Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1896 — Page 2

Democratic Press. DECATUR. IXIK Braum* t*. • ISM JANUARY. ISM ®BS*BBB8BBBBRSSBB&toSSE ?' "hCSSE- m Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa V| • • f 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1! 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 • • • * •i♦ I • • N. M. a F. O. ts-. F. M v 7th ? Htb P-nd-vT .'tn Oacassa. - “ffSTW.« *asm > - ■■ • - DOINGS OF THE DAY. Summary of the news of the WEEK. R esat rsi Hsppsmsgv •• Esvrv Know* ■*•- tepfcers ~ FU**, lereteal*. < rto". PoU(tes. Babgtea. (eauassa* aart Crop* toad ■teM wttb Misor tCrtn. NINE DROWNED. Fteha* chooser Cat la Two by tbc e*<*mer Barnstable. .jOTtai: Tte firt.Bg jehoooer Fortuna. Captain Greenlaw. fore Boston lor tbe George Banks, **» & eoilawem • with tbe BriV-b steam, r Barnstable, off Hgb.aod Efffit. The schooner waseutabam* hi t»n and snakwitbai three minute*. Fourteen of b*t cm were nrd by tbe steamer. tatt »*< wee went Sown with tbe veascL Tbc*< drowned belonged to Giotjrester. where they leave tam.ue*. The Barnstable to from Port Antonio with fru.t for this c.ty. She brought tbe first in'* ...jenee of tt.e <L*astr* WL’rfi ii>* bttsv«l. The Fortuna left Borton at 1 eMock Wednesday morning bound for George* on fiflab-nguip. St»e bad a crew of t»lour men all told, meet of them beioaging ia Gloucester. The tort wwe: Wb. a<man. Robert Chads, Harry Menefee, Tom Seward. Craw lord Mmareh, Harry Eaten- I eau. 'noun D.’eawx, John Clark, and Wm. Tobin. Thought She Had Plenty Time. Mtoa Frances Mortoa, the iteyear-old danzi.'er of James Monos, a prominent citarn of Hopkins County. Keatueky, »u struck by a las-engez tra.n os the L. and 5. Kai.road as ahe was walking along the ad track w rth her mother, near ton's Gap, and was mrtantiy killed. Hearing a train wbiatle behind them. Mrs. Morton left the track calling to her daughter who repbed that sue bad plenty of time to •etoff. She teemed naomaaoss of an til the train .truck her. Her tody was thrown several yards, and when it was taken up she was dead. :.* r neck being k'lirO. Bad Collision. Two sections of a freight train on the Allegheny Valley railrood came together > on a bridge over Manotung creek, near Kittanu.nz. Pa., and. toe span of tbe bridge giving way, toe engine, caboose and three oil cars were precipitated into the water. I Au exptooma ot the tank cars followed and the wrecked car* were consumed, i B.x trainmen were badly injured, but none, it is thought, family. Their name* have not yet been obtained. The property damage was very heavy. Caused by Gasoline. A Gasaline explosion at Start's 'team Laun-iry. Mechanic* bars. Ohio, set fire to the building, ensuing consderabie damage, and came near revolt.ng in the death of Professor Hxrtz-H. Director of Mas.c. from heart failure, esuard by over-exer- I taoe. Mr. rtoaoL the proprietor. also narrow iy escaped a tembte death by the bum- I tog fluid being thrown all over him, set* ; t-'.g bto doth.ng on fire, ami bum.ng t.m •everefy over bn body. His injuries are •enoos. On Friendly Terms. The London .-xamtar ‘. say* it is plex«ed by the expraaioas of g<Md will between the I'aited Mates and Great Britain, and again argues that away mart be found to rectmcito England's views of her rights in Guiana wit. the sen.»itl.t.»-s of the people of the United State*. It add*: “It mast be only a work of time to efferta tatisfactory settlement- with Venezuela. It is obv,ous that we sbouid bare the good wili of the United Mate* in meh solutsoa.'* A Horrible Death. Mtnu m • tt, an ■ t resvtent of s.n.p*on, W. Va~ after eating s supper the other night, went to hrs room and -at dozing :n front of an open grate fire. Next morning be was found lying with hi> bead under the grate, the aafae* and coak falling down on his face. He was horribly burned about the l>ead and sboaider*. but was •till alive. It is supposed be fell from bis chair in a fit, and was slow 1, roasting to death without being able to move. Didn't Do Anything to Him. * Berlin special: The trial of R. F. Kneebs, I the American horseman, charged with fraudulently entering the mare Bethel in the name of Nellie Kneel)*, resulted in a verdict of guilty. Kneebs was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, to pay a fine of l.iM) marks and to three years loss ! of his eivil right*. In addition, the mare , wa* confiscated. _ Drowned in a Tub. The 2-year-oid child of Herman Hocker of Evan.vtlte, Ind., was drowned by falling into a wavhtub containing less than three inches of water. The mother was in the yard talking to a neighbor at the time. Masonic Temple Theater, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Jan. 9.- Bruce Wallace. Feb. L —“The Engineer.” Feb. s—Clay Clement. To Save Grant’* Home. C ongrevsman Hulick of Ohio, has introduced a bill appropriating fo,*M for the purchase of the ground in Pleasant, Clermont County, 0.. on which stood the house in which On. Grant wait born. He desires it to be a public park. Daubed to Death. A scaffold on which three painters were i working, at No. 38 Soith Second street, Philadelphia, fell. William Anderson and , Edward Petroski were instantly killed and > Henry Peterson fatally injured.

GOVKKNOH Bl BXXSU. i Blsaclr a»T Brief Cereasoatoe at Hi* laaagtrak Catombws < (Mm. > special: Th* rtty was 1 gay with flags aad twattag, march.ng troop* and pbi.Ueal clubs, with theg band* efmhsx. aeicbrat.ng the maagaraI tsc« «f Gowtracf Btebncll. The maugura* : Da* cactctoe* proper took p!a<v la th* • reroMa es the capitol al aoeu, Mocdsy. i At 11:** o'etock a tegtrtattro romai'.t’re arrived al th* tap.to. 1a csrrag**, w .tb • Gewroec MeKmley and Gevwnor-etect I The aaantoa* hero were saapla I and very brief. Prayer wa* offered by Rev. J. W. Russe.l. at Che t ewtral < tirsat<*a - etitarcte. The oath ot odke was tore , admiai*tered by Judge T £. Miasfia... of I toe twpreroc roert. Got. McKinley tore preweted Got. BusbneU with tw CM*at»*i«e. He Mid utpart; • W< have as»**«bled to dav to perform a cwr.stitu'.>ona; duty of great digaity and .asportanee—the transfer es the oflre and power of Ute Governor to the etiief rentire cboeen by the people last November and wbeae term of odtae, by th* eoart.tuttah beets* to firy “It to a tribwte to our lavtitutfbtu and aa Mwuratsre of their strength and permanence that those who stood oppoeM to each adHT aQtoe tart atoctMa, new cheerfully actjaies.ng la the popular will, kava gnflbarad here to garttatpato la the iaaptat.oc of Gov. Borttoeil and to wafi fi.m God »pe»l usd the n*la*ax>n of a awful, hoaorabto. and dirt.Bgu jbed admi»i»traI IMB.” Gov. Bushnell then delivered ha inaugural address. There w a* a asagn Brent parade es thirty • n.ne c"v,l and political orgaaizat.ons and sixty milttary organ r*tx>as, which was reviewed by the j .beruator.u! party from a stand oa the north side ot the capdtoL NO PUtoßlßlLlTr OF WAB. Lord toali*bary Believed to be Playing for Popular Applanae. Low*c special: Ttxxigh official and • diplomatic circles are Mud to believe that Great Britain to facing a great cn»to. the I pubbe refute to believe that there » even ! a poaaib«'»:ty es war. It to thvnght that | navm preparat,oc» making are well eneagh in their way to uaprea* npoa fere*B pow- ' er* that Great 8.-.tain to ready to neerpt the gage ot battle should it be thrown down, bat the popular opinion w that England will not herself provoke a war. Tbe belief grows, however, that tse Trans- , vaal government will need a reminder that Great Britain still esetetae* auzera-n pew- | er* over the country, and does not propene ‘ to forego any other ngnt* conferred upon I her by sto AEgio-Boer convention of ISH. Much dAsatisfacuoa .» expressed at tot attitude ot President Kruger. Though it o generally eooc*4-d That be to prm ’.eally a dictator m the Transvaal, it m belseved that the anger of tbe burgher* against tbe ‘ Br.tish to burning to fiercely that be dare* not release Dr. Jameson and tt» other prisoner* at present, and that in tuikiaj their j release contingent upon tbe tertnraOoa of j order m Johannesburg be <* temporizing [ in order that tbe ind.gh*tojU among toe Boers may «oi down. Kass’.a and France Will Help Germany. A special cable dmpoteh from Berlin says: Tee Emperor baa summoned to i Potsdam the Chancellor Adm.ral Kurr, Chief of the Navy, aad Admiral Von Holt- ! mann. Chief of tbe Admiralty, to concert military measure* to be taken in tbe event of Eng.at>d'» landing troop* to occupy the Transvaal Tbe Emperor and tbe Czar of . Rum.* exchanged disyxtebe* regarding toe Kader's telegram to President Kruger and tbe recalling conff et wnb England and Rna*:a > co-epera:.on with Gertnaay , id already aroarod. France will rogulaM | her policy by that of Russia The Transvaal representative* here are attempting to obtain French support. Trestle Collapse*. Oeveiand special: The Akree. Bedford i and Cleveland Interurban Railway Com- j pany's bridge whseh spanned Tinker's ! Creek, just southeast of Bedford township. 1 eotiapacd. and a powerful luO-bor*epower , aaotor on which were three trainmen and ' attached to which was a heavily lx ten Penaaylvaa a Ccixpa-.y’s -oal car, p.ung-d to the bed of tbe <*r* sixty feet be.«nw. : W.luaia Young, one of tbe trainmen, was I instantly killed. He was crushed and ! ground beneath the falling car*, until be '■ was scarcely recognizable. The other two 1 trainmen. Haymaker and Gieb. mmcakm»ly escaped instant death. They were I both so badly injured, however, that they i may die. The Queen beenres Pence. The London Telegraph publiahro a dis- ! patch from Berlin stating that Emperor William received by special messenger on Jan' », an autograph letter from <? u Victoria. Tbe Emperor's auto- | i .*ph reply is now in the Queen’s hands. 1 It » under-to»*i that toe Emperor remarked to his entourage that be believed the terms of bis reply would be accepta- I ble. The writer of toe dispatch affirms i that tbe tetters referred to tbe political ’ situation, and that bis majesty in his re- : ply, in brief, general terms, also confirms 1 tbe aaauraaoea given by tbe German min- | ister* that toe Emperor had no intention of casting a slur on the dignity of Eng- | land. Out of the Trap. Havana special: News ha* been received that Maximo (temez with k.W insurgents ha* again pasted tbe plantation of aan Antonio and toe towns of Aiquizar and Guira Meieua. His present whereabouts and fits proposed destination are hot known, but Us movemeut is practically a countermarch over tbe tame route by which he entered tbe province of Pinar Del Rio. Gmra Helena Uon a line almost directly south of Havana. Gomez is therefore well out of reach in the province ot Pinar Del Rio in which it was said he was being enmeshed a« in a trap. Masked Men Rob a Mi**ouri Bank. Eight masked men dynamited tbe safe of the Farmer's bank at Verona. Mo., and escaped with gfI.QOO in eash. all it contained. Telegrams from Cashier Fly state that the robbers made good their escajie. rid.ng in the direction ot Monett. Tbe robbers are supposed to lie professionals, i . v entered the city on horseback. - cured Night Watchman Hoover and bound him to a tree mtroM the street. They then easily forced the front doors of the bank and in a short time literally blew the vault and safe to pieces with dynamite. Kesaler Bandit Makes a ConfeMian. Ligonier I Ind.) special: The trial of James Brown, the Kessler bandit, was begun in this county at Albion. Brown took the stand and pleaded guitly to the charge of robbing the midnight express on September 12, lsu3. Brown made a full confession, and implicated John and Abe Smalley, two desperadoes of Alegan, Mich. He says that be shot tbe engineer while

rite Saaalwy* blew open tbe ex «ro** ear. imcM as* itaxged rite uteseengv *•< dynamite tpey blew open the «ate They took ats*ut Ilk.flUfi, aad tbeu made tut the ; womb. Hi* Head Torn from Hi* Body. Wbeu Ux men were teamag Muw No. ’ to of toe Brazil. lad . Block Compaay. i.aloes Aats<*e raa down tbe entry aad jumped on the He Ml and Bi« bead wa* caught between tbe cage and shaft umoen. lenriag toe bead from toe body and drop: <n< n to toe bottom of tbe shaft. The trunk wa* dragged torotogbatve-ineb •pace. Tbe unfortunate man * U«<d wa* throw* all over tu» borrifisd vompan.ou* «n tee cage, white the sound of crunching banes aad Se-fe wav •Kkeoiag. Cwt to nlircd*. Alton Bas tew. ag*>l *S. dabbed a maa aamed Willi* Dot; near Lancaster. from tlte effect* of which Doty 4*4. Ballew surrendered and is ia Ml awaiting an examiamg trial. Ballew claim* teat Doty ba* been too Atimate with hi* wife. - and cwtefi.ag tar guilty pair in a cons- ’ promising pe» tioe. p.-Bveded to cut him into afired*. Baitew is a renpected aad wall-known o*d man. beaeotioMl Arreots at Jehannewbara. Jonaanesbnrg specta). Twenty-two member* of toe reform committee, including CnL Rhode*, broteer ot Until Ktxsta*. Str Drummond Dunean. Mr. Lioaol Philiipa. and -ir eoocr. all F.agiirtuneu. were arrested at tbetr club on tbe cfmrge ot high treason, aad conveyed under escort toPre’orta. Perfect quiet prevail* here. Tbe population is indifferent and fi-Uitian-4en are disarming. High School Baroed. Tbe city Mgß aebna* building at V ran City. Ind- oa burned, firobeiag toxOTered a few mißUtea after acbcoi was dismissed. It had ga.ned such beadway | before tbe department arrived that with all i its cvertivov n could not be subdued. Tbe fire caught near the ho: airshaft. Lox. i insured for a vnluatte ’ .. aad iabucator were daatroyed. AU I bucks m twelve rooms were iort f»hot Hi* Brother. At Anderson, lad.. William Harrison shot and kilted hi« brother. An4«r*on Harrived. and nflieted a fatal wound. Tbe »bootißg:wa> provoked by a revere whipping Andenan IlaiTuoo gave his brother just before tbe tragely occurred Ttii* so ! rarag-d the boy that be immediately re- , cured a gun and. taking good aim. be shot fix* brother down. Odd Fellows* Block Burned. Fire destroyed tbe Odd Fellows'Block, at Forts ilte. I&<L. a large two-story structure. Tbe lower story wa* occupied by R. A. Burns' bakery aad tee Tribune newspaper. Tbe upper story was occupied by toe Odd Feiiavs and K. of P. .odges. The building is a total loss. A small port ion ot Burris' goods was saved. Eritiwh Activity. Information hat reached tbe Navy Department that tbe British Government a displaying great activity in storing coal at ;u well fortified naval eoaln>z aad supply ; rtat.oos of St. Luca, near the Venezuelan <eart. Tbe disturbed relativMM between ; Great Britan and <terxaay are given as the reason for the activity. Auxion* to be State* Tbe three territorial delegates. Messre. : Flynn.of Oklahoma: Murphy,of Ar.iaua. aad Catron, of New Mexten, are waging a very campaign in > ocgtass to veecre tevonbi- a<tnxi upon weir bill* for the admission &f tbe respective territories : represented ty them to statehood. Blackburn Selected by the Caucus. Tbe Democratic ;oint legislative cauecs ' at Frankfort. Ky_. nominated Senator Black burn a* a cand.date of tnat party to succeed himself in tne United States senate. Tbe deciding ba hot resulted: Blackburn K; Mte’reary. 12: Brown, 4. No Caucu* Nece»*ery. It has been decided that there i* to be no 1 Repubhean caucus for tbe United State* henatonh.p in Ohio. Ex-Governor J. B. \--- ■ ■ ■> . > i.-' . . • be a useless prowding to bold a meeting to decide upon a nominee A Good Ri.i .. nce. Isaac Reed, in jail at IcaMMee City, j Tenn., ebarged with raviahtog bis own daughter escaped, went borne and ariaetead ha 14-year-old son with a knife and was ' shot and mortally wounded by tbe son. Held for Murder. West of Tiffin, Ohio, an unknown man was found banted to a crisp. Hiscoaapaa- I ten, John McCloskey, fosmerty of Me- ] 1 onnelsvilie. Ind., is Lehi in jail until after tbe coroner’* inquest. THE MARKETS. Chicago—< art. . common to prime. I FlliO to So. 00; hogs, shipping grate*. , *3XK> to 84. W: »b*ep. fair to choice, to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 55c to 57c; j corn. No. 2. 25c to SBc: oats. No. 2. 16c j to 17c; rye. No. 2. 32c to 34c; butter. • hoice creamery. 23<- to 25c; egg*, fresh. I 3)c to 22c; potato***, per bushel, 18c to | 25c; broom corn. fJO to *45 per to* for j poor to choice. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. S>.i»> to : 54-V>; h r*, choice light. 13.00 to *3.75. ' •neep, common to prime. J'JJKi to *3.75: I wheat. No. 2. iße to 64c; corn. No. 1 1 wh t». 26e to 27c: oat*. No. 2 white, 3t»e to 22c. Lcni* -Cattle. *3.00 to *s.<X>; hoc*. *3.00 to *4.00. wheat, No. 2 red. 06c to F7e; corn. No. 2 yellow. 23c to 25c; oat». No. 2 white. 16c to 17c; rye. No. 2,31 c to 33c. •’incinnati—Cattle. *3.5<) to *4.75; bog*. *3.00 to *4.00: sheep. *2.50 to *4.'>»; wheat. No. 2,88 cto 68c; .•orn. No. 2 mixed. 2fo' to 30e: oat». No. 2 mixed, lite ' to 21c; rye. No. 2. 38c to 41e. Detroit—Cattle. *2.50 to *5.25; hog*. *3.00 to HDO; sheep. ,2.00 to *1.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 65c’to 87e; corn. No. 2 yellow. 27c to 29c; oata. No. 2 white, 20c to 21c: rye. 37c to 38c. Toledo— Wheat. No. 2 red. 66c to 68c: corn. No. 2 yellow. 26c to 27c: oat*. No. , 2 w > re. isle to 21<-1 rye. No. 2. 37c to lte> clover seed. *4.20 to *4-40. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 apring. 58*’ to 58c: corn. No. 3. 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white. 18c to 19c; barley. No. 2. 32c to 34c: rye. No. 1.35 cto 3ffc; pork. rues*. *8 75 to *9.25. Buffalo—Cattle. ,2..7) to *5.25: hoes. *3i») to *4.50; *heep. *2.50 to *3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 68c to 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 31c to 32c; oata, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c. New York—Cattle. *3.00 to *5.25; hog*. ,3.00 to *4.75; »heep, ,2.00 to *4.25; wheat. No. 2 red. 68c to 60c; corn. No. 2. 34c to 35c; oata. No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 17c to 25c; eggs, Westera. 21c.t0 25c-.

ALL DIE TOGETHER. PETER MOUGAARO KILLS HIS FAMILY AND HIMSELF. A Cbte*«o Duu*. Gooded by Bev»r**o la Fortune. Tore* on tbe G»* While Mi* Wife and Children vlccp-ffui-vid* la Added. Put* Hevea to Death. I’rtrr H vugaar J kilted toaweif. wife a:.4 I five . tuJdrea la ChicM? ffnuday night. Tbc dweovery eaa suite by the p-4te-Moaday Upua foretag open tbe <L~r of ! llwugaaed** reoutenre they found the . whole family aaphyxieted. Hougaard had evidently waited till all were a*puyv-*:«d aad then, turaiag ea tbe remaining gu yet*, calanty laid down aad waited hi* own , tfewth. Houguard uu a Dane Mviaff at 731 I Sxxty-firet rtreet. He wrote a tetter to a ; friend toHtag him what be wa* going *o i do. saying he »u deepundea: and be •poke of eoute diamond* which tbe police wou’d find by k;s ».<Jr when they entered tbe bouse. The tetter, which wa* wnttea la Daniek. wu received by Hougaard's fnend Monday and be :aimedi*tely informed tbe jed.ee of it* content*. When tbe poll -* broke open the dour* of the Ukovtewt house the chill of death {wrvaded every nxm A boew dog. half dead with tbe fume* of ewcap.ng gas. dashed part tbe ..ffi'-er* and up the stairs to the bed chamber of Hivx the eldest child. And there be remained until beaten away by tbe uffi--er* of rite coroner. Hevea perw.ne lay deed in tbe three rooen*. F'nwn every jet tbe gas wa* yet flood .ng tbe room*, but it* deadly work had long mace been completed. In the front room were found the bmise* of Peter ILnigaard. h.s wife aad the-.r 2-year-olf infant, tbe bttte form of which wa* beetled cioeely against that of it* dead mother. Hoagaard’* arm* were created upon hi* breast and his fare wa« peaceful in it* last sleep. In an adjoin.ng room was the body nf Hana, the lAy ear—ld son. He had died without a struggte. Laefltod in each other'» ana* in tbe rear room were Jeanie. Olga and Mend, the beautiful 1

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H rogaard girl*, beloved of all the a«ghborhood. Death bad ■'*m» ia the night—•iient, painie** and futile**. Peter Hougaard came to Chicago from Denmark two year* ago. A man of education. culture- and ambition, he wa* attracted to Chicago. He was trained in the busineM methods of hi* native country and did not hesitate to throw his small fortune into tbe balance. He engaged in buainre*. at first with sm'rea*. Emboldened by fate first victory, he plunged into speculaticn—and tort. How much he lost and how he tort it no one know*. It make* no difference. It is sai.J he tort *104)00 and that th* mnainder of his little fortune was stoten by a swindler. II igaard was pk-nn .-*< His dream of rtefies was rudely swept away. But be

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did not burden bis wife with hi* -roobfe* and be always seemed happy and •heerf i! There vu yet food and warmth in the fittie cottage. He went bravely ahead ia an attempt to secure work, but it w«s denied him. His bortaeaa reverse* and the fart that he wa* peactirally pennite** sad a»abte to find emptoyment. *0 preyed on Hougaard'* mind that finally, seeing o*> other way of escape, be r-soived on death. The police found little fowl in the L«se and not a cent of money, with the *xreptfon of some *mall Danish coins. FOUR OF A BOAT CREW MISSING. Mi**is«ippi River Hteawer Wink* and Pa»*cuicer* Narrowly ftecape. A* the result of th* sinking of thsteamer Congo in the Miners*i;>pi river four people are missing and are *uppr»*ed to have drowned. Two others were injured. but not seriously. The missing, whose names are unknown, are the raptain of tile deck crew, a barber, the ash hauler and a roustabout. The inj&reit are James Hayes of Pittsburg. Pa., and W. F. Brother*, of Giay City. lIL The boat sank *0 rapidly that there was no time to blow tt»o dtetreua signal. Many of the p«s*<*ngere were picked ap more dead than alive. Tcm Patrick and wife, of Owrnwboro. Ky.. were on their bridal trip. He hcroiraHy srriiH ashore with bis wife. An individual may smite and smite and still be a temperance advocate.

PORAKER ELECTED. Cbevea to Reperoewt Ohio is tbe United Htolea Iteaate. J. B. Foraker ba* been elected by the tib.o Lerm*’«f to rtW’Y 4 I Bore la tbe Senate of toe I i Tbe Sebat* ba* thirty R*vob..> an*. «ne ' of whoan. Senator Porter, wa* * h ** aS '*’* ? toMuat of i® fimtiy* . t tMuorret* voted for Mr Brte*. Tb* Popaitot. W lUtoiu F. <' •atey. of Mer»*r.

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voted for Mr. Grout. Gov. Bushnell and ex-Gov. McKinley were present. Foraker’» name was presented by Senator John J. Sullivan, of Trumbull, and aaconded by Senator Adolph Roemer, of Cincinnati. Senator Hy*. : pre- nted Mr. Brict'a i name. In the bouse F ..raker received the } full Republican vote. AN INTERNATIONAL BANK. Comptroller Eckel* Speak* i“ Favor of a Great Project. The H.toee Committee on Banking and Currency Monday con»i<l*red tbe project for an iaternattenal American bank, whi> h was one of tbe recommendation* of tbe pan-Amertean <oagre-** and was largely the idea of the late James G. Blaine. Among tbe wouM-be incorporator* are • Cornelia* B!:*s and Charles R. Flint, of New York: T. Jefferuou Coolidge. Andrew

Carnegie. J. S. Clarkson. I*. D. Armour and M. M. Ertea. of California. The bill puts the capital stock at ,5.OOOuOUO and aathoriaes the bank to act as tbe financial agent of any government. State or maaicipality or corporation, to handle bond*, ete.. but bare it from issuing n■ >'e» to circulate as money in tbe United State*. Comptroller Eckels addressed the committee. stating that he favored the establishment of so- h a bank under proper restriction*. It would give to the United state*, be said, cheaper exchange with South American republie* and enable them to compete sueveusfully with European m-ndur.:- and manufacturer*. Ail South A meri-an ex<Gange i* now handled through I»ndon and other European centers. and a small saving in exchange often determined who should do the business of the country. The International Bank, be thought, sbouid not be permitted to issue circulation in the United States, and it sbouid not be given an advantage over other bank* under government control in case it should de.-ide to do all its business in the United s- ites. WOO DMA N 7 S DEFE NsFpLAN, Chicago Congressman Would Quickly Dispose of *100.000,000. Ciingresaman Woodman ba* introduced a bill appropriating fllisi.fKXl.iXM) to estate lisfi fortificatains and other coast defenses *t the sea and lake port* of the United strata*. Hi* bill provides for tbe creation of a tartrd of fortifications, consisting of «ix member* beside* the Secretary <>f o of tbe member* shall be officer* vs tb* army and the remaining four .an*, use be.ng an engineer and on* an rtkritay. Tne n. -mbere shall rereive ,77>r» »*rh per year. The bill provide* "ii- -h- heard : cause plan* to be prepared for fortifications at each of thivty-fo it port* re»: jiring protection and enumerated in the bill. It is provided •hat the work of fortifying shall begin iBB*: x’ely and that *5,<«j0,000 of rhe smn shall tie available for use during the fiscal year beginning June 30 next. Ten million dollars shall tie used during the year beginning June 30, 1897, and a like »nm during rije following year, while in eaiffi succeeding year thereafter there • haU be *25.000.4*0. By this prov the en-.r- sum would be exjienued before June 30, 1901. liecision la Against Pullman. - ' 1 red States Cirmt Court at Philadelphia, rendered a flreirion in rhe ease of the Central Trans>»>rr.inz,n Company against Pullman's i i i- <ar 1 iiipany. dismissing the exception* of the latter' company to the awarding of *2.552.000 to the Central company. The Central Transportation • ompany was afo. rts-d by the Pullman company in 1885, and suit waa.instituted to recver payments to th* amount of over »2.i*»>,.».. alleged to be due. Nebraska Farmers Desperate, Two hundred citizen* of Boyd County Nebraska, whose families were suffering from cold, invaded toe Fort Randall military reservation, cut all the timber and toe enstodton of the garrison telegraph* that they will probably destroy and carry off the building*.

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