Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1894 — Page 6

Democratic Press. DEC ATL’K, IND. Demorratir Press la, - Publishers. TROPHIES OF A CHASE AFTER THE FLEETING ITEMS OF NEWS. Secretary Carlisle -Makes a C all for Bids for 550.000,000 Bonds—The People of Hawaii Practically < nanimous for Annexation—Farmers Fighting Fires—Lives Lost by an Earthquake. They Are Welcome* Washing: on special: The latest advices fioui Hawaii received at the legation here show that the American Union party, which represents the annexation sentient in the islands, not only n ade a clean sweep practically, in the elections cf October 29, for Senators and Representatives, but that there are few persons in the country who oppose annexation. The first plank in the platform of the American party declares that “the foremost mission of the party is to secure the political union of Hawaii with the United States ” Another plank “demands such revision of the tariff as will prohibit competition with American produetsand manufactures, protection to which America is . ustly entitled by virtue of the treaty of reciprocity, and which we deem necessary to insui e the existence of our merchants who are being rapidly superceded by an element having nothing in common with the prin iples lying at the foundation of our institutions.” Bond* to Issue. Secretary ( arlisle has issued a caH for bids for $50.0105.000 5 per cent, ten year 1 onds interest to be paid in < oin. which is interpreted to mean gold. The only material changes made in the present call from that issued January 14th last are the o idssion of the upset o'- minimum price which would be accepted, and the notice that proposals for the present issue must be sealed. It is confidently expected at the Treasury Department that an amount will be realized considerably in excess of that received from the February issue. This expectation is based on the fact that there are exceptionally large amounts of money now lying idle and seeking investment in the money centers of the country and upon the further fact that the February issue is now quoted at $118.50 or about 2 per cent, above the price which would yield 3 per cent. Pleaded Guilty. Larned (Kan ) special: Harvey and Arnold the murderers of Mayor Marsh, of Kinsley, were taken before Judge Vandivett and pleaded guilty to mur der in the first degree. The sentence imposed was imprisonment in the State penitentiary until such tune as the Governor shall decide that they shall be hanged. The boys, were taken on the first train tor Leavenworth, but not until a mob had gathered and threatened lynching. Judge \andivert convened court ar. hour before the regular time in order to frustrate the would-be lynchers. The toys uro J7 and 19 years old. Farmers Fighting Fires. Poplar Bluff Mo. special: As a consequence of the long drought which has prevailed in this county, forests fires are raging all around this city. A misty haze of smoke hangs over the city. Reports received from various points indicate that farmers are suffering considerably from burned fences and outhouses. The condition south of Neelyville is serious, and the farmers have all the r available forces out fighting the fire. The tires are said to have been started in many places by hunters. Money Order Offices. The annual report ot George A. Howard, the Auditor for the Postoffice Department, shows that the total number of money order offices in operation June 3b. I'9o, was 9,382, and June ;0, 1'94, 19,529, an increase of more than 108 per cent, in the four years. The increase during the last fiscal year was I, During this period the amount received by postmasters for money orders and postage notes issued ‘ was $165,235,129. The amount paid out by postmasters on account of money orders and postal notes was *157,983,5150. December and May. Lexington Ky. special: Gen. Cassius M. Clay, despite the efforts of his children, succeeded in marrying pretty 15-year-old Dora Richardson. The ceremony took place at White Hall, the elegant home of the groom, in the presence of only the farm hands and the girl’s relatives. ’Squire Douglass performed the ceremony. Helena Celebrates Its Victory. By far the greatest demonstration ever made in Montana was witnessed when Helena formally celebrated its selection as the permanent capital of the State. Excursion trains were run from every direction and brought thousands of people to town, and every inhabitant of Helena took part. One Hnndred I.ires Lost, There have been violent shocks of earthquake along the northern coast of Chili and in Bolivia. One hundred people have been killed by the seismic disturbances within a radius of forty miles from La Paz. The cathedral has been rendered unsafe. One tower was thrown uown. Postmasters Appointed. President Cleveland has appointed postmasters as follows James W. Burgess. Dunkirk, Ind.: Edward B. Hodges, Mount Sterling, Ohio: Jesse J. Blue, Montpelier, Ohio. Tramp Killed. While stealin? a ride on a passenger train on the Lake Shore road a tramp named McCoy fell between the cars at Millersburg, Ind., and was instantly killed. His head was crushed beyonu recognition. Nail Works Resumed. At Martins Ferry, Ohio, the Laughlin Nail Works, which were clo-ed over two months ago, has been placed in mil operation. About ouv men and fiovs are employed

JEAI.OCsT. Foreign Countries l»o Not Like the l ulled State, to Take the Part of Mediator. \\ ashington special: Jajian has not as yet accepted the offer of the I nited States to act as mediator in the war between China and Japan. Lengthy cablegrams are passing, however, between the Japanese capital and VC ashington. with the prospe t that a final decision will not long be deferred. A cable irom the Japanese authorities was received, asking for more explicit details. A lengthv answer was sent, giving not only the decided details, but adding figures that it is believed will show to the Japanese Government the desirability of the arrangement. China has already formally notified Secretary Gresham that she will .oin Jajian in acknowledging the independence of Corea and will also pay a ea-h indemnity. The amount she will pay is not specified. It is felt in official circles that the gravity of the action taken by the I nited States is not yet fully realized by the public, as it contemplates a foreign policy to vhich the Hawaiian inc dent is said to be trilling in comparison Should Japan and China accept the United States as mediator, it will close the greatest war since the FrancoPrussian conflict, ana this country will for the first time occupy a commanding position in de. iaing Asiatic questions which ha\e heretofore had the attentiou of European powers only. At present the European powers are endeavoring to reach an agreement among themselves by which they will forcibly intervene. They feel that their interests are so much more extensive than our own, that they are entitled to a voice in the settlement aud the apprehension that some of these powers may suddenly make alxtld and decided move is likely to cause Japan to speedily accept our oiler of mediation if she i eally cares to end the war at this stage and place her interests in the hands of a nation which she Knows to be disinterested. AN EXPLOSION. Three Workmen at Huntington, Ind., Suffer Horrible Death. A frightful explosion occurred at Huntington, Ind., and resulted in the death of three men and the injury of many more. The dead are: John Hartman, Norton Keefer, and John Flynn, ail married. The explosion oc- i curred at the Flint Creek sewer, which crosses the entire city from northeast to southwest. The , employes were just going to work. Probably 1(A) men were in aud around the ditch on First Street. Some of them had built a tire on the 1 bank and were thawing out a fiity pound box of dynamite. There was a thunderous crash, and the entire city ! was shaken. Keefer. Hartman, and Flynn were nearest the fire. Hartman was literally torn to pieces. His body was lifted into the air .00 feet and ■ fell on a Market Street sidewalk a square awav. His legs were blown off near the flips, both arms torn off, his head half torn away and the body completely disembowled. One of Hartman's feet were shot through the weather boarding of Frank Windle’s residence. Keefer was not killed outright. His body dropped into : the sewer. After he was taken out he reco. ered consciousness for a moment, but died on the way home in the ! .imoulanee. His death was < a .-ed by shock, no bones being broken. Flynn’s i legs were both broken, his arms broken in several places and his head crushed. He lived several hours. Every house within ten squares was damaged. The 1 residence of Marion Wilbur was totally destroyed. The kuilaing was blown to i pieces. Mrs. Wilbur was in bed and was thrown out upon the floor, but escaped without injury, WESTERN BANDITS Hohl i p and Successfully Rnb a Train. Monett Mo. special: Train No. 1, ' jn the St. Louis and San Francisco ■ railway, was held up at a small station aamed Verona, five miles east ot this city, oy two masked men. The affair did not occupy over twenty minutes, md the amount secured by the roboers : did not exceed S4OO. The bandits ; boarded the train as it stopped at | Verona, and as the engineer pulled ' the throttle to start the train he was confronted with two Winchesters and ?iven orders to go ahead until he was I told to bring the train to a halt. Half a mile out the train was stopped and the engineer compelled to get down from the cab and walk back to the express car. Then he was told I to order the express man, Dolph Chapman, to open the door. Chapman did as requested, recognizing Engineer Stevenson’s voice. The rob- ; bers immediately covered the express ! messenger with their guns and compelled him to give them the packages i that were in sight. Engineer Steph- ' enson Was then marched back to his; sngine and ordered to pull out. The , robbers departed in a northerly direc- ’ tian. A posse of citizens is pursuing the men. TRADE WILL GROW. O cople Expect It and That Will Help Some. Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Business has been waiting the greater part of the past week, and the elections are expected to give it a sharp stimulus. Whether men are right or wrong in expecting better things, the fact that they expect them, does tend to made things better. In speculative markets there has been scarcely any movement, and nothing favorable to holders. Wheal is 2 cents higher, but with receipts of only 3,845,J3_ bushels, against 6,598.477 tiie same week last vear. there is little encouragement, because the stock in sight are far beyond previous records. Atlanti ■ exports have been 552.327 bushels against 947.563 last year and prices advanced t cent, but there is scarcely j any confidence that the present prices, low as they are. will be maintained. Corn has fallen about 2 cents notwithstanding the tact that Western receipts were only about 1,017.693 busheis against 2,494.647 last year. Atlantic 1 exports were only 72,732 bushels against 662,3.4 last year, for statistics ha. e little effect when the supply is believed to be so far short. OIK GOVERNMENT May Ho Asked to Act a. .Mediator Between Japan and C'.hina. Washington special: As a result of negotiations now pending, it is confidently believed that the United States will very soon be asked to mediate be- j tween Japan and China with a view to

permanent peace on a ba is satisfactory to both countries. It can be stated positively that the United States has declined to join with the European powers in any arbitrary intervention to force a settlement. But while unwilling to act in any arbitrary manner, either individually- or jointly with European|nations. the representatives at Washington have been given to understand that the good offices of this Government will be gladly exercised to secure peace in case such is their expressed wish. Naturally Japan insists that China -hall take the initiative in any negotiations looking to a restoration of jieace, but that she is entirely willing to accede to any reasonable proposition is not doubted. MOTHER AND SON Killed in an Accident on a Railroad Crossing. A mother and her young son met a terrible death about five miles south of Wadsworth, Ohio. Mrs. David Epling. wife of a well-known farmer, and her 11-year-old son. were driving toward Doylestown. As they- neared the Gale House crossing of the C., L, and W. Railway, which is one and a half miles from Doylestown, they saw nortb-l ouna train No. 36 approaching. They whipped up tile horse and endeavored to cross the track. The buggy was upon the rails when the train struck it. The vehicle was competely demolished and its occupants thrown many feet. The boy was’instantly killed. "The mother lived about one hour, but was unable to state how the accident occurred. The bodies were removed to Doylestown. Mrs. Epling was a comparatively young woman and was well known in that County. The horse she was driving was not hurt. A LOUISIANA MOB. Hanffs One Murderer and Shoots Another to Death. On the night of Nov. 6 Thomas A. Keys, of the firm of Keys & Henson, merchants, of Lloyd. La., was murdered in his store by being knocked in the head and having his throat cut from ear to ear. After a thorough investigation Charley Williams, a halfbreed Mexican and noted desperado who has figured in numerous murders, robberies, and shooting scrapes, was arrested, along with a colored man, and put in jail. The black confessed to being with Williams the night of the 6th. and that Williams cut Keys’ throat. It is supposed that the colored man first brained Keys with an ax. and then Willianucut his throat. The other night a mad crowd went to the jail, hung the black man and shot Williams to pieces. It is reported that the former made a full confession. Bold Burglar*. Three men masked and heavily ar > ed. entered the bank at Sylvan Grove, Kan., demanded the money and got it: the bandits placed the money in a grain sack and were preparing to mount their horses when the cashier shot one of them in the back. The fellow was able to mount, however.and rode some distance before he fell to the ground, weakened from the loss of blood. The other two halted and rather than see their comrade fall into the hands of the posse which was in pursuit, ea h put a bullet*into his body, killing him outright. posses are scouring the country in all directions. The robbers are thought to hail from Russell County. Baid of the Ccok Gang. Two of the Cook gang plundered the town of Lenapah. I. T., and left a bloody trail behind. They entered the town without any attempt at concealment. aud terrorized the citizens until they had carried out their plans of robbery. Milton. a brave young man, who attempted to stop them when they were riding away, was shot and instantly killed. Anotherman whose name cannot bo learned now, is reported seriously wounded. Both were with a small force of citizens, who hastilyarmed themselves and tried to prevent 1 the escape of the bandits. The robbers were mounted on fast horses and heavily armed A Cluinsev Counterfeit. The secret service is in receipt of a photographic counterfeit ten dollar note, check letter B, act of July 14. 1891), series 1891. J. Fount Tillman Register of the Treasury of the United States, portrait of Gen. Sheridan. The seal, a small scalloped one, numbers have keen colored maroon instead of the carmine of the genuine. The portrait of Gen. Sheridan is very dark,the ■ features of the face being almost undiscernable. All the coloring of the note has been unskilifuliy applied with a brush and the paper is scratched with red ink to imitate the silk threads in the genuine. Blacklisting to Bp Tested. William Hallet of Terre Haute, Ind., formerly a conductor on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois road, and who was discharged for joining in the strike last June, has sued the company for $25,000 damages for being blacklisted. He alleges that the defendant, verbally and in writing, presented him from getting employment with other roads. It is specifically alleged that a letter was written October 20 which prevented him getting employment with the Wabash road. People Alarmed. City of Mexico special: The volcano of Colima is in active eruption and the people in the immediate vicinity are greatly alarmed as streams ot lava are pouring down the sides of the mountain, the flames being visible for manymiles. They have abandoned their houses. Police stations in this vicinityreport a totai of fifteen deaths as the result of the late earthquake and the subsequent eruption. Lynching in Georgia. Lee Lawrence, the negro who assaulted Mrs. Folk in Jasper County. < leorgia, was taken to Monticello. He had keen sentenced to be hanged .November 30. The neighbors of the injured woman were not satisfied, however. and taking the negro from the officers carried him to the outskirts of town and hanged him, riddling his body with bullets. Burned to Death. At Flint, Mich., Willie Grinnage, aged 10 years, burned his leg by a stoze. He then got a piece of cloth and saturated it with kerosene oii, was binding it about his leg when he again came in close proximity to the stove. The cloth catight lire and the youth had his legs, arms, and chest burned

to a crisp before the fire was extinguished. Disaster at Montreal. Montreal special: The seven-story stone building at the corner of Craig street and Place D’Arms Hill..owned by the Montreal Street Railway Com--1 any. collapsed recently. Twenty-one men employed on the building were buried in the ruins, of them three are known to be dead, while a number of others are badly injured. But fifteen of the men have thus far been accounted for. and it is feared that the other six are dead in the ruins. The dead thus far taken out are: Pierre Monetti. Regis Pouge. and Joseph Marquis. Nun. Can Teach in Our Public Schools. ! Pittsburgh special: Justice Dean of the Pennsylvania Sup erne Court. ’ has handed down an opinion in the case of John Hysong et ai. vs. the school district of • Gallitzin borough, an appeal from Judge Barker, of the court below, who refused an injunction to prevent nuns from teaching in the public schools dressed in the garb of their order. Justice Dean affirms Judge Barker's decision in his opinion, which is very lengthy. The St. Louis Launched. The first of the two steamships built in this country for the International Navigation Company, was launched from Cramp's shipyard. Philadelphia, in the presence of I 'resident Cleveland, members of the cabinet and a large i throng of people. Mrs. Cleveland stood sponsor for the vessel and chr stoned it the St. Louis, after the metropolis of Missouri. A Hunter Scalped. In Boone County, Indiana. Mark i Booker and Elza Klinger were hunt- ■ ing Booker had just scared a rabbit I out of a log and yelled. "There he I goes'” when Klinger turned and fired at Booker. The charge tore away about four inchesof his scalp, leaving i the sknll bare and making a wound which cannot heal. A ('loud Burst. The New York Herald correspondent in Venezuela sends word that a 1 eloua burst near Valenci, in that Rei public, bus killed ISO persons mid damaged the coffee and other crops to the extent of half a million dollars. Houses have been leveled, bridges washed away and traffic generally , suspended. Held Up the Town* Guthrie (O. T.) special: Four masked men rode into Shattuck, in . County N. held up the Postmaster and l robbed the office of all the cash and ' stamps. They next went to the gen- ’ eral store of T. H. Miller and robbed ; him of S4OO and some clothing. Then I unmolested they rode out of town Fatal Cave-in at Wabash. By a cave-in of a ditch north of Wa- ; bash, Ind., a man named Conn was in- : stantlv killed and J. W. Porter of Huntington, was fatally injured. ( Porter was buried deep under the ; earth and was not released for thirty minutes. The other two escaped with slight injuries. Chopped llißwelf. Mike Quigley, a noted desperado, I committed suicide at the work house at Canton. He cut his abdomen open, cut : his throat and then hanged himseli to his cell door with a sheet He was al- , lowed the use of a razor, because none of the prisoners would shave him. Gen. McCook Succeeds Gen. Howard. Brig. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCook has been appointed Major General of the United States Army, vice Gen. Howard, retired. Col. James W. I Forsyth, of the 7th cavalry, has been I promoted Brigadier General to sucI eeed McCook. Going to Liberia. A party of twelve negroes reached I New York. Tuesday, on the steami ship Kansas City, from Savannah, Ga. ’ Their objective point is Monro, ia. L.iI beria, where they expect to found a colony drawn from the negroes of the ; South. I Terrorized by a Lion. The people in the vicinity of WashI ington C. H., Ohio, are in a state ofter- ; ror by the appearance of an African | lion in that neighborhood. For the Poor. St. Petersburg special: On the occasion of the funeral of the Czar. 25.tM.Hl of St. Petersburg's poor were provided with dinners. A Fata) Hunt. At Huntington, Ind., Bert Anson, a young man. while hunting was fatally injured by the premature discharge!©! ; his gun. * THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. , Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 75 @ 6so Hous - Shipping Grades 4 no 5 no Sheep- Fair to Choice 2 00 3 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 53 54 , Coex-No. 2 51 5 . ■ Oats—No. 2 w 20 RXX No. 2.. 47 et 4S i BUTI Ell—Choice Creamery 22’..<u-- 1 .. Eggs—Fresh is ”r: 10 Potatoes —Car-lots, per bu 55 -1 t. INDIANAPOLIS. ; CATTLE—Shipping 3 co 5 75 Hogs—Choice Light 4 00 ez 4 Sheep—Common to Prime 200 (0 300 Wheat —No. 2 Red 4s 4«u, Corn—No. 1 White.- 52 : r, :i " Oats- No. 2 While 31'2 32fe ST. LOUIS. CATTLE 3 00 fti 5 75 Hogs 300 w 4 75 Wheat No. 2 Red a-j r. Corn-No. 2 47 Ja im-No. 2 i , CINCINNATI. CATTLE 3 50 5 Hogs 4 00 4 I SHEEP... 2[ o 3 oo W HEAT—No. 2 Red 51-,, -...V Coen-No. 2 Mixed 52 X 53 1 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 31 {( r I „ DETROIT. £™3 LE -» “55. H°GS 4 00 0 4 75 i SHEEP a OO a,7 W heat—No. 2 White 55 .1 "MU Cobn-No. 2 Yellow “ Su Oats-No. 2 White (J 33 v! , TOLEDO. Wheat-No. 2Red 53 „ K Corn—No. 2\ellow 53 ~b B \ N °'., 2WhitC “ « I*l E —No, 2 ot: .., buffalo. W heat—No. 1 W bite 57 1 .../' -.s’-, No.2Red 54 ~e ~5 l - CpBN—No. 2 Yellow. « 576 Oats-No. 2 White... t * ',7 'V MILWAUKEE.' ® ” i 2 Spring 65 ® 66 1 corn No. 51 ,y, ruz I Oats—No. 2 White ■> ( <c ; Bablby-No. 2 J » « Rye-No. 1 £ % “ Pose—Mess "11 25 jit -- new York:' 1125 ials Ho^s LE 300 ® f -W ' WhfTt-n<; "i 'neii aOll ® 75 E : Sa?? WiiL-'ia ’ Butter—Creamery. . Sua . EGGS-Western.. y j””:"

REPORT is a roast. OPINION OF THE STRIKE CO"' mission made public. . the Facts »■><• “ clear Sta.emen of Thoaehtfol that croud Them -FnUn.ao CompaV severely < riticise*!— ‘’I*'*** 111 * General MaaaE*” Hlt ' ..., The report «f “pniident

an maii'T. to the fanimis Chi- , s t r ike has been submitted to the President The renort is a volnnnnou* document of fif’A' three pages awl is the findings of fact and the omdusions thins of the commission. 'mis commission was appointed

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CARROLL I>. Willi.HT. ■ (■ 01 tue President under the provis. section (>, chapter 1.903. of lh ‘' 'J th,. United Stat.-s - • • sind is eompossvl ot 1 arroll 1 • - ■ United States Conunisrioner ol Laho John D. Kernan, of N.w Y>rk. ail Nicholas E. Worthington, of I eona. 111. By its report on the cireumstances n - tending the strike of Pullman empires and the great strike on the railroads centering in Chicago declared by the American Railway I nion, together with the recommendations made as a result o 1 s investigations of these remarkable labor disturbances, the strike commission baa added a notable and valuable work to the growing literature dealing with the practical side of the relations between labor and capital. Its showing «»f the arrogant and unjust attitude of the I unman corporation toward its employes, of the illegal and dangerous methods of the General Manager*’ intior* an 1 o. the errors and weakness of the labor organizations opposed to these great aggregations of capital presents in a clear light the real causes leading to the asCT.ki/Jv gmlminn t»>d imvuih-um'.' ........ in riot aud bloodshed and a general muster of the soldiery of the nation and the State in Chicago lust July. The conditions prevailing in the town of Pullman are set forth at some length, and the conclusion is reached that they

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“enable the management at all times to assert with great vigor its assumed right to fix wages and rents absolutely. and to repress that sort of independence whi c h leads to labor organizations and their attempts at mediation, arbitration. strikes, etc.” On the part of the American Railway

Union there is found a failure to guard against the possibility of disorder and violence among its members. Such an organization. in the opinion of the commission. must oppose all strikes except as a last resort against unbearable grievances and must advocate conciliation and arbitration: also, through wise leadership, it must aim to secure legal standing and the assistance vs wise laws sustained by public opinion. Os the General Managers’ Association, which dealt with the great railroad strike, the commission “questions wheth-

er any legal authority, statutory or otherwise, can be found to justify some of the features of the association.” which has all the effects of a pool, the extension of whose power would lie dangerous to the i>eople, and would lead to the serious consideration of Government ownership of railroads. “The re-

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fusal. sajs the report, "of the General Managers’ Association to recognize and deal with such a combination of labor as the American Railway 1 nion seems arrogant and absurd when we consider its standing before the law. its assumptions and its past at.d obviously contemplated future action.” The reduction of wages at Pullman to offset losses are found to have thrown Infar the greater burden on labor, though during the time of reductions no salaries of officers, managers or superintendents were reduced-employes who manifestly could have sustained a reduction much better than the workmen lhl . sb , The refusal to ent down the high rents in I ulhuan is regarded as unfair and unwise considering the reductions in wages of those paying the rents. Failure to make any concession and the discharge of the committee calling on the Pullman officials for increased pav precipitated the strike. The orderly ££ '" licn the great railroad strike was he General Managers’ Association the I ullman corporation, refused to con aider the matter of arbitration Th e is of the opinion that ”a I f losToflT; y havt - prevented the loss of life and great loss of prouertv i wages occasioned by the strike comm.ssion would have l iit „, r . ’ a tinue it will not be long before th’ r ernment will have to 2..-; . *“ ’ JOT ’ Government ownership a“nd ? e“ Sld, ‘ r ment regulation wip h v ' P r®,""”’ ted States , trik? a '“™anent fnithat power courts to enforce the findings of ( h’‘' : " al mission. In th.. ... < n * c< »mtions. like railroads" it f"'-'" ',,r”"rasmn’s opinion that'the "‘'’f’mmiaHitfieulty a„ d no the acceptance of terms’ of ' n ’ M ‘ li| ng as agreed on bv the <•. • • this recommendation it is nr S ’°i L Resideß '« syatems o Sta - arbitration similar to tha T " nd retts and to render illeg.i . -'lassaehn--liuring men not to loin L tract *' r< ” tions or to leave them\« c ~rcilniMploymeut. The . rf “ ldl,, °ns of ememployers even where t?** f ’ lrth< ‘ 1 ' urges unions ami t..',- , t ®, rec ”CTirc lalw.e raise wages vohiatarilv'wt. and to ditions will permit, ' ' en ,rad - ’■‘on-

N EW ISSUE OF BONDS. WIU In«-re«M> In.ere.t-Hearing Debt of tne lnit.<l States One-Twelfth. The contemplated new issue of bonds t,v the government, if it be a <aai issue, will in< rease the interest-bear-ing debt of the Unite! States about onetwelfth. it was $7.<>.t«9,315 Jan. 1. ISIH. The whole amount of Ixtnds issued bv the government from the Irnginning of I the intito l ss " was the enormous sum I <>f $1« 1.699.W-O<W- <‘f course a good deal of this is made up of bond issues to refund Other binds which were falling due and which the government was not ready at the time to pay. So that this amount is a larger one than the interest-bearing : | .jebtedness which the I nited States I | I3S been, or will be, called on to pay. The United States issues two kinds of I i.iinis. One kind is known as registered the other as coiqcin bonds. The i ,-mipon hinds are payable to bearer, and ! Attached to them are coupons each re|>roI senting three months’ interest on the I bond to which it is attached, or if the inI terest is pnid stHui-annuany. six months’ i interest. The conpnus are all uumbered. I When interest is due the owner of the i bond cuts it off. and if he has a bank ac--1 count, as bondholders usually do, he dei ooujts it just as he would a check or draft i and it is credited to his ac.s.uut. The i bank gets them cashed at the subtreasury. It is dipping off these coupons Hint is [Mipularly supposed to lie the principal - Registered bonds have no coupons. Each bond is made payable to the person whose name is written on the face of it. A record of these is kept in the office of the register «f the treasury. When an owner sells one he transfers it by indorse meat witnessed by jsTsotis appointe.l by the government, and the transfer is recorded as the original ownership was. A month before interest day the clerks in the register’s office go through the l.Kiks. ami treasury drafts are made out for the interest due, payable to the person who stands of record as the owner of the bond. The largest amount for which a single bond was ever issued by the government was for sls.s<").iloti. That was the amount paid by the British y.neniiiWut to Secretary of State Fish under the Geneva award. Congress had failed to make any provision for the disbursement of the money, so pending legislation on the subject Secretary Fish : ioto.l »♦ in <royd>ri»m<*flt FW?r bonds and one l>ond. by h;ind. was issued to him for the whole amount. The <»ld«‘st United States bond known to exist is in the possession of th*' treasury. If is about the size of a $5 bill, and a> knowledges the receipt of from John Bonfield and promises to pay it three years from date with interest at 4 per cent The promise was redeemed. The first loans ever negotiate*! by the United States were with coun tries. Holland, Belgium. Spain ai.d France taking up the bonds. The first issue of bonds for home inrestment was in 1775, when what were called loan office certificates wen* negotiated. Part of these bore interest payable in ftpecio .iirl part in paper money. In 171X1 the first large bond issue was * made. The amount was .1 the rate of interest was G per cent. This issue was made to fund the debts in (‘urred by the various states of the I nit••■! States to carry on the war of the revolution. The debts im nrred l»y the several states were assumed by the national government. This was Alexa nder Ha mil ton’s suln me and it was bitterly opposed. In 1812 another loan was made for war purposes. The amount of bonds is•oiefl at this time was 81 I.<kmmhm». There were other loans nmde between that and the beginning of the civil war. The year Im*l and the beginning of the war marked the era of large bond issues. At this time S*‘cretary (’base negotiat 1 with tin* bai *rs of the country a loan of the largest that up to that time had ever !>een made. There were larger ones made during the war and since to refund other issues falling due, but it was this loan which established the credit of the country. TO RESTORE THE DEAD. Physician* Will Attempt tn Bring Back to Life Electrocuted Murderers.* Gov. Flower <»f New York is willing to allow experts to make a test to ascertain whether a man killed in the electri <1 ••hair can be Ever sin«*e the adoption of the electrical-execution act by the State, the Westinghouse p< whose dynamos are used, have declared that electricity was not the cause "t death, but that death was assured by the holding of tn autopsy directly after the body was taken from the electrical chair. ,No less an authority than Nicola Te- . the famous electrician, contended that he could bring back to life a man killed in an electrical chair, provided the attempt was made immediately after ev-• cution. Mr. George Westinghouse has always asserted that electrical death was a sham and that a Now York commission headed by Elbridge T. Gerry had ad-fi I the autopsy clause to the law ro as t«» make it certain that the man was dead. M ithin the last few weeks the agitation "f the subject has been prominent and an appeal is to be made to the Governor 1 » allow the next man condemed to be used as a subject to be experimented on. Th** Governor says he will grant permission to do this. Ihp attempt, if made, will undoubtedly create great excitement and intense interest in the scientific world. It will • arouse curiosity among laymen, betmuse, if snecessfuk it tvill bring to lift- a new man who cannot be execute*!, having once suffered the penalty of death. It uill nUo prove that the State execution era have really been the aurgeons who held the autopsy rather than the Stat • electrician. THE GREAT VIOLINIST. The Most Distinguished Performer in the World. i?S e?ar -^?^ mson ’ one °* the greatest 1 ng violinists, and the one generally cognized to be the superior exponent

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