Decatur News, Volume 3, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 10 April 1901 — Page 2

•'•-' ' ■ • ' ■ " ——” ©he gleratur Ifleive. DECATUR, INDIANA. B. F. KIZER, - Editor and Publisher. ,?-' f /.. 7 - •■ 1/1 ■ V ' " , ' < < ?'. ■ l .-?. .—'i- ■ 1901. APRIL. 1901. Mfr, ■i ■ " ■ — Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa TTTTTT7 ,7 8 9 10 11 12 13 i 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 , 28 29 30 • • • • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 z£«\F. M tf'L QA N. M. F. Q. \g> 4th. Q 11th. W 18th. > 25th. NEWS IN BRIEF GUSTS K/ ~~ t BLOWN IN FftOM ALL PARTS ft OF THE EARTH. An Important Record of the Week An Told by Ithe Telegraph—Latest fe>', from Foreign Bhoree— Crimes, Casualties, Fires, Etc. A GRUESOME STORY. _______ Ship-Wrecked Sailors Compelled to Eat Their Mates. The Singapore correspondent of the | London Daily Mail wires a ghastly story of cannibalism atsea, brought to Singapore by two survivors of the Nova Scotian bark Angola, wrecked six days’sail from Manila, October 23 last. The correspondent says: “The survivors, Johnson, a Swede, and Marticorun, a Spaniard, assert that the Angola struck a reef. Two rafts were built. The smaller, bearing five men, disappeared. The other with twelve men drifted for forty days. The sailors ate barnacles, sea weed and finally their boots. C “On the 25th day two became insane and killed themsleves. On the 25th a Frenchman killed the mate with an ax, drank his blood and tried to. eat his brains but was prevented by the others. “Next day the Frenchman was killed while attempting to murder the captain. The survivors, all of whom were now insane, ate the Frenchman’s body. F Cannibalism continued until only Johnson and Marticorun remained. On the forty-second day the raft stranded on -Subioi flat'island, in the Natuna group , (northeast of Borneo.) Johnson and Marticorun were awfully emaciated. Friendly Malays sent them by junk to Singapore.” - — K Cuban Constitutional Convention. Havana special: The Cuban constitu- : tional convention did not meet at the appointed time owing to the absence of Senor Capote, its president. La Lucha refering to the delay, says: “The Convention is unwilling to accept or reject the Platt amendment. Three propositions on lines practically the same as the amendment have been rejected, but the convention refuses to discuss the majority report of the committee on relations, which is diametrically opposed,” '• It is intimated by La Lucha that the Relegates are afraid of public opinion such be likely to result from decisive | action on the amendment. • p "z Quit Buying Army Mules. j , A* dispatch from New Orleans says the war office in London has cabled its agents ; in this country to buy no more mules and horses for the South African War, but to hurry all stock now under contract to New Orleans, where it will be put aboard ships as speedily as possible. It is believed here that the injunction suit began by General Pearson of the Boer army, and Evan Ness of New York, had something to do with the instructions to stop buying stock, though the British representatives deny it. India Being Depopulated. gfe The depopulation of India through famine and cholera is assuming alarming f proportions. It is estimated that five millions have died in India since 1896 from causes directly due to the famine. In Western India things are. even worse. The Odeypoor State returns show a de- ■; crease of 840,000 of 75 per cent, of the population; the State of Bhohaul shows a decrease of 808,000; the district of Banda shows a decrease of 124,000 and so on. Forts to Fall. General Chaffee has reported to the war department that the allied military com1 manders, despite his strong protest, have decided to recommend the absolute destruction of the forts at Taku, Tien-Tsin, Shan-Hai-Kwan, Yang Tsun and Tung Chow. General Chaffee proposed that : they should be merely dismantled but he ' was out-voted. _____ Igg To Kill Loubett. ? A dispatch to the London Evening News | from Paris says that the French detectives ; were privately informed of a projected attempt to assassinate President Loubet n during his coming Irip. Extraordinary precautions have been taken everywhere and the usual police protection has been I doubled. Four Hurt in Kansas City Yards, nw the derailing of the engine and a number of empty freight cars brought into Kansas City, Mo., on the Kansas City &Ffinburban Belt Line Railroad, four men were injured, one fatally. ■' ' •» •, Ditched and Burned. f The westbound Southern Pacific “Overland Liniited” has been ditched and ' . burned near Wells, Nev., 200 miles west of Ogden, Utah. Two firemen and a mail | clerk were killed. :■ Fort Wayne Masonic Temple Attractions. April 22.—(The ushers’benefit.) Creston | Clarke in “The Last of His Race.” ' 1 S’,: Czar May Abdicate. “The health of Emperor Nicholas has t.; been shaken by the recent commotions,” I says the St. Petersburg correspondent of - “the London Daily Express, “and he will probably abdicate if the next child of the empress should be a daughter. f ■ Famous Portrait in England. C. Moreland Agnew of the firm of Agnew L and Sons, art dealers, has arrived in LiverK pool. He says he has with him the real f Gainsborough “Duchess of Devonshire,' K wtolen from the firm in 1876 and, valued at 1150,000. _ 1

SHOOTSWIFE AND FRIEND. Mall Carrier Commits an Awful Crime at Marion, Ind. Victor Schultz, aged 30, a mail carrier in the Marion, Ind., postoffice service, went home the other evening at 6:30 and found his wife and Mrs. Caswell Bowman, a neighbor, in company of W. H. Eichenberry. Schultz seized his wife by the arm and placed a revolver against her breast and fired. The ball passed through her heart. She fell to the floor dead. Eichenberry attempted to overpower Schultz and was shot through the right breast and left shoulder. Schultz then cut the telephone wires connecting his telephone and packed his grip and prepared to flee. When he returned to the room where his wife and Eichenberry lay he discovered that his dwelling was surrounded by a large crowd. He stepped to the door and flourished his revolver and threatened to shoot anyone who came near. Fearing that he could not escape he returned to his room on the second floor and cut his throat. He then came down to where his wife lay on the floor and fell with his head on her breast. When the police came Schultz and Eich,'enberry were still alive. Schultz was a prominent worker in the Methodist Church, but recently commenced drinking. CHIEF OFCHIPPEWA TRIBE COMPLAINS. Tells Minnesota Executive that Lumbermem Are Destroying Timber. Red Blanket of Leech Lake, chief of the Bear Island Chippewas and principal chief of the Chippewa tribe, accompanied by a substitute chief, Mah-Che-Gah-Bow (Man Who Moves Standing), and an interpreter, appeared before Gov. ■Van Santos Minnesota to protest against the manner- in which, as Red Blanket asserted, the Chippewas are being defrauded by timber cutters on the reservation. Red Blanket declared through the interpreter that white and half-breed lumbermen are nqw destroying the reservation timber by assuming to act under the provisions of the law permitting certain persons to cut the “dead and down” timber. Red Blanket also said that, although the Indians have been allotted land in severalty, many of the men do not know where their allotments are situated, and cannot find out. Mah-Che-Gah-Bow said that the tribe supposed that the full-blood Indians would secure work cutting the timber. The‘work, however, had all been given to half-breeds and squaw men. Moreover, the lumbermen had cut large quantities of green timebr in place of the dead and down timber. BANK SAFE DYNAMITED. A Watchman Clubbed and Gagged After' . Shooting One Burglar. A gang of half a dozen robbers blew open the safe of the Citizens’ Savings Bank at Chardon. Ohio, and after a desperate fight with Night Watchman Pomeroy and a citizen, made their escape. It is believed the robbers secured less than S2OO. The night watchman discovered the men at work in the bank. He was seized, bound and gagged, but not until he had shot one of the burglars. Dr. Hadson, who lives near the bank, was aroused by the noise and came to the scene. He was also seized and tied hand and foot. It required three big charges of dynamite to blow the safe door off. After completing their work the robbers left town on a handcar. The robbers succeeded in gaining entrance to only one compartment of the big safe. In another part, which was not reached, it is said nearly $50,000 was stored. VILLAGE DEVASTATED BY FIRE. Main Business Portion of Lehigh, lowa, In Ashes. The village of Lehigh, lowa, was devastated by fire the other night. The buildings on one side of the block, eight in all, in the main business portion of the city, were destroyed. The buildings burned included the postofflee, Ross’ hardware store, Lehigh Valley Bank, William Young’s barber shop, Albee’s livery stable, William Barrowman, dry goods; J. Tule’s restaurant and D. Cunningham’s restaurant. The town has no fire department and citizens fought the flames with a bucket brigade. Children Hurt at Party. Six children nearly met death in an accident at a party at the home of little Johanna Brierton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Brierton, in Hamilton, O. One will probably die and the others miraculously escaped death. Many were leaning against a railing when it gave way, dropping six to the pavement,’ twelve feet below. Work a Rich Gold Deposit. At Yankee Hill, Cal., an old-time gravel strike was made in the Dondero claim, owned by Louis Dondero. A shaft being sunk at a depth of thirty feet cut into the channel of an old river bed. One nugget weighing three and one-half pounds was found. They have taken out $12,000. Duel In a Courtroom. A sensational shooting occurred in Kingston, Tenn., in the court room during a session of the court. Sam A. Brazeale and James J. Littleton, prominent attorneys, fired six shots each at each other. Both were hit, but not seriously hurt. Find Merchant’s Body in Elkhart River. The body of Edward Moyer, a Benton Harbor, Mich., merchant, was found in the Elkhart river at Goshen, Ind. Moyer left home over a month ago, and had been seen but once since, when he attempted suicide at Middlebury, Ind. Nebraska’s Chidf Executive Will Resign. Gov. Dietrich of Nebraska will resign his office April 15, according to the latest reports. Lieut. Gov. E. P. Savage will take the oath soon after and by the Ist of May he will have the State government well in hand. Great Brick Yard Planned. The Harbisoii & Walker Company of Pittsburg has completed the purchase of 5,000 acres of fine land in Carter County, Ky., and will use it for the erection of one of the largest silica brick plants in the world. ■> First to Seal* Pekin’s Wail. The President has appointed Calvin T. Titus to be a cadet-at-large at the United States Military Academy, at West Point Titus was the first soldier to scale the wall at Pekin. Stove Works Are Burned. - The plant of the Mountain stove works burned at Chattanooga, Tenn. Loss $30,1000. The greatest loss is found in the pattern ami molding rooms, which were destroyed.

DOCTOR NEED NOT GO. CANNOT BE COMPELLED TO RESPOND TO ALL CALLS. Indiana Supreme Court Settles a Point in Medical Ethics that Has Long Been Debated — Carrie Nation Whitecaps Wreck a St. Lonis Saloon. A licensed practicing physician ’is not legally bound to attend any patient for whom he is called, where he has not made any contract to do so, even though he may have served as family physician, and he is not liable in damages for the consequences of his refusal to answer such a call. The Supreme Court so decided at Indianapolis in affirming the judgment in the case of George D. Hurley vs. George W. Eddingfield, appealed from Montgomery County. Dr. Eddingfield was sumomoned to attend EJnrley’s wife, but he refused to go. There. was no other physician who could be Obtained in time to be of any service, and he was called a second time by Hurley, and a third time by the neighbors, and at last a preacher who lived, in the neighborhood called on the doctor and urged him to go, offering to pay his fees in advance. There was no apparent reason why he should not go, except that he did not choose to do so, but he proved obdurate, and it is charged that Mrs. Hurley’s death, soon after a baby was born, was due to the lack of a physician’s aid. In affirming the judgment of the lower court Judge Baker said the act regulating the practice of medicine was only a preventive and not a compulsive measure. CASTS ACID IN GIRL’S FACE. Unknown Enemy Seek* to Blind Young Woman in Ashtabula, Ohio. When Miss Lillian Hawkins, who makes her home with the family of William Bliss in Ashtabula, Ohio, went to the door of the Bliss home at 9 o’clock the other evening to respond to a ring at the bell the unknown caller threw a quantity of carbolic acid into her face. Her screams brought both Mr. and Mrs. Bliss to her aid, but before their arrival the acid thrower had disappeared in the darkness. The girl’s forehead aud face and both of her arms from the wrists to the elbows were burned, and all that saved her from being blinded was the fact that when she opened the doOr she shielded her eyes with her hands to shut out the glare of a street lamp directly in front of the house. This is the third attempt which has been made to kill or ' maim Miss Hawkins. WRECK SALOON DURING NIGHT. Carrie Nation White Caps Demolish a St. Louis Saloon. Vandals in imitation of Carrie Nation entered a Franklin avenue saloon in St. Louis and left it a complete wreck- The big French plate mirror back of the bar was smashed into fragments, several hundred dollars’ worth of glassware was demolished and the stock of liquors was poured out on the floor. When the proprietor arrived at his place of business the following morning he found the interior a wreck and an anonymous note saying that the Carrie Nation whitecaps had given him a visit and that he had better cease the traffic in liquors. The warning had little effect. He is now contributing to the support of a night watchman. Begin Work on Branch Road. Work was begun at Boonville, Mo., the other day on the Boonville and Jefferson City branch of the Missouri Pacific, forming what will be known as the Boonville cut-off. Very soon 2,500 men will ■. be at work on the road. When the road is completed* the Missouri Pacific will have a “water route” from St. Louis to Kansas City. Mikado Sends Ultimatum to Czar. Japan has issued what is practically an ultimatum to Russia, calling upon that government to surrender Manchuria' at once, and declaring that the refusal of Russia to grant the request will be considered by Japan as an unfriendly act which will necessitate a declaration of war. No Contest Will Be Made. It was reported from New York that Russell B. Harrison intended to contest the will of his father with the view of obtaining his portion of the estate direct. Howard Cale, who is Mr. Harrison’s attorney, says that the report was unfounded. Mr. Harrison, he says, is entirely satisfied. Fatal Shooting Affray in Saloon. Two men were fatally shot and one seriously wounded in Joseph Anderson’s saloon in San Francisco. Joseph H. Cordes of Elmhurst did the shooting. He fired at a woman acquaintance, but missed her each time and struck three innocent bystanders. Accused of an Old Murder. ’■ Edward Quaintance was arrested at Dublin, Ohio, on a warrant sworn out by James Corbin, charging him with the murder of James Jamieson on the evening of Jan. 11, 1895. Three masked robbers shot and killed Jamieson and escaped. ’ Physician Kills Himself. Dr. J. V. Cal ver of Washington, a winter resident at Orlando, Fla., committed suicide while suffering from-; a mental malady. He was engaged in pineapple culture and was the manufacturer of a proprietary remedy. Duel Between Two Women. Two women at Newkirk, Oklahoma, fought a duel with revolvers at twenty paces, one of them being shot twice in the breast. The fight grew out of a feud of loilg standing and may lead to a duel between the husbands "df the women. Not to Sign Manchuria Pact. The Chinese government has formally notified Russia that China, owing to the attitude of the powers, is not able to sign the Manchurian convention. It is believed that China will persist ih her refusal, even if war should result. Unexpected Wealtn for Duluth People. Scores of Duluth residents, some poor, have found fortune in rapid rise of mining shares bought in boom days at low prices and now worth nearly 200 because of absorption of properties by steel combine. ___■ Doctor Slain by a Maniac. Dr. Johnson, a physician in the State ..hospital for the insane' at Danville, Pa., was stabbed to death by an insane Italian patient of the name of Capello.

— ————- ■ ■ : THINKS CASHIER IS DEAD. \J ~~~~ E. V. Harding Disappears and Suicide Is Theory Advanced, Ej,V. Harding, cashier of the GermanAmerican Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in St. Joseph, Mo., is missing and his friends are making desperate efforts to locate him. His* accounts were found to be straight. Mr. Harding left a letter to his wife and one to the bank giving his reasons for his Sudden leave-taking. The bank officials were dissatisfied with the letter left to them and were somewhat exercised until they got possession of the letter Harding left to his wife. It showed him to be in a greatly disturbed- mental state, due to charges made by him against his wife. Friends fear the cashier has committed suicide. He was 33 years old and very popular. TRIES TO KILL HIS WIFE. Brooklyn Man Then Swallows Carbolic Acid and Dies. Thirteen years ago Phillis Wood of Brooklyn, N. Y., married a girl of 16. He is now 60. . He was intensely jealous. He dogged his young wife’s footsteps and went so far as to say to her time and again: “Well, you’ll have to die with me.” The other day at noon he returned to the house with a bottle pf carbolic acid, sought out his wife, and told her that her time had come. She ran and he followed, deluging her with the scorching fluid. Then he swallowed some of the acid. Wood died on the way to the hospital. His wife it in a critical condition. KANSAS SNOW BRINGS WOE. Famine Prevails in Northwestern Section of the State. The extreme northwest section of Kansas was recently buried under snow that was two feet deep on the ieyel and from eighteen to twenty feet in drifts. The prairie roads were impassable. The Orleans and St Francis branch of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad from Atwood to St. Francis was blockaded. Many cattle died. In nearly all the towns there was a famine in fuel and provisions. It was several days before the rail road could. be opened. Mino Superintendent Killed. W. W. Boswell, superintendent of the Julian Consolidated Mining and Milling Company at Julian, Cal., has been probably fatally injured at the company’s mines. Boswell was superintending the installation of a ten stamp mill when a cable which supported some of the machinery broke. A piece of iron struck him on the head and crushed his skull. Sharon, Pa., Carpenters^Strike. At meetings of the carpenters and painters’ unions at Sharon, Pa., a general strike was ordered, and the next morning 500 men went out, causing a suspension of work on scores of houses and buildingsthroughout the city. The strikers, demand one hour off on Saturdays at the same pay they are now receiving. Propels Bicycle by Steam. There has been built in New York by a Boston inventor a steam vehicle which may solve the problem of successfully handling steam as a motor vehicle power. The inventor exhibits a two-horse potver engine which is attached to an ordinary bicycle. \ , Train Robber’s Sentence Commuted. President McKinley has commuted the 24-year sentence of John H. (“Kid”) Wilson to ten years, which will liberate him Nov. 21, 1903. Wilson robbed an Arkansas train, his weapon being a glass pistol loaded with candy. . ~~ Americans Will Not Participate. Gen. Chaffee has been ordered by the President to take no part in razing the Chinese forts and establishing a chain of fortified posts from Pekin to the coast as planned by the powers. William R. Warner Is Dead. William R. Warner, a widely known manufacturing chemist, died in Philadelphia. Mr. Warner was the first man to manufacture sugar-coated pills and to introduce licorice tablets. Filip nos See End of Fighting. Col. Gonzales, the insurgent governor of Manila, with ten officers and forty-five men, has surrendered to Col. Beaeom at Malabon. Filipino Leader Swears Allegiance. Secretary of War Root announces that Aguinaldo has taken the oath ol allegiance to the United States. Boers Wreck a Train. The Boers derailed and wrecked a train near Mount Prospect, Natal. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prince, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $6.17; sheep, flitr to choice, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red» 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2,40 cto 41c; oats, No. 2,24 c to 25c; rye, No. 2,49 cto 50c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 12c; potatoes, 34c to 37c per bushel. Indianapolisr-Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $6.12; sheep, common to prime. $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 70c,t0 71c; corn, No. 2, white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $6.10; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 70c; corn, No. 2, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2,26 cto 27c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $6.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,75 cto 76c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27e to 28c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 55c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to s4.7s;'hogs, $3.00 to $5.95; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2? 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 3ffc; rye, 55c to 56c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2,51 c to 52c; clover seed, prime, $6.50 to $6.70. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 3,42 cto 43c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 1,53 c to 54c; barley, No. 2,56 cto 57c; pork, mess, $15.55. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.60; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $6.30; sheep, fair tq choice, $3.90 to $5.20; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.00. i New York—Cattle, $.75 to $5.65; hogs, $3.00 to $6.50; sheet, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c 78c; corn, No. 2, 47c to 48c; oati, J No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery. 21c t< 22c; eggs, western/ 12c to 13c.

The expenditures of the government of the United States for the current year were never before exceeded except in 1863-4-5, during the Ciyil War. The greatest expenditures of any year in the history of the country were $1,297,555,224 in 1865; in 1864 the total was $865,322,614; in 1863 it was $714,740,725, and then comes 1901 with a total of $710,150,862, which will be exceeded by nearly twenty millions in 1902, as the appropriations at the last session of Congress amount to the enormous sum of $720,911,683, and if Senator Carter had not beaten the river and harbor bill they would have reached nearly eight hundred ( millions. Low tide in national expenses was touched in 1878, when the total was only-$236,864,327, and the amount per capita of population was $4.98. The most economical year, however, was 1886, when the total expenditures were $242,483,138, a per capita of $4.22. Expenses have been rapidly increasing since the Civil War, and ten years ago, in 1889, *we passed the three hundred million mark. In 1898 we passed the fofir hundred million dollar mark, and in 1899 the half billion mark. The census office has received through the State Department a consular report on the population of the German qmpire and its changes in the last century, The population is now about 56,000,000, being larger than that of any other country in Europe except Russia, which has in Europe alone over 106,000,000 subjects. In 1789 the whole German empire had a population of about 26,000,000, and at the close of the Napoleonic wars in 1815 Germany, although somewhat reduced in size, had a population of something more than 30,000,000.. In 1845, since which date the areh has remained almost constant, Germany had 34,000,000; in 1865, 40,000,000; in 1885, 47,000,000, and in 1900 about 55,500,000, an increase in the century of nearly 30,000,000. The Germans feel a natural pride in the rapid growth of their population compared with that of their rival across the Rhine. In 1845 France had. about 36,000,000 inhabitants and Germany 34,000,000. Now France has 38,000,000, or only two-thirds the number of Germany. The engagement of Miss Martha Hichborn, daughter of Rear Admiral Hichborn, to James G. Blaine, Jr., while not . : formally announc-

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intimates that she has placed James G. Blaine, Jr., upon a year’s probation of good behavior. If, during that time, he entirely abjures those serious failings which have heretofore mitigated so seriously against his standing in society and advancement in life, she will marry him. Satisfactory progress is being made with the wireless telegraphy experiments under the direction of Willis Moore of the weather bureau. Messages have been repeatedly transmitted a distance of fifty miles overland. Towers and apparatus have been erected at points, along the ' Virginia and North Carolina coast to command a wide expanse of ocean. Those in charge are confident that one hundred miles can be covered without the use of a wire and are hopeful that even a greater distance will be mastered. The methods ahd mechanism in operation are distinct from those used elsewhere, and are being patented as.fast as perfected. Under the arrangement with Secretary Wil-. son, made w-ith the experts in charge, the government will share the benefits of all inventions and discoveries that may result from the tests, those employed binding themselves to give them without royalty. The following table shows the growth of the pension list during the last twenty years, the nuiAber of pensioners, the disbursements on account of pensions and the number of new claims filed: No. of Disburse- Applipensloners meats for cations on roll. pensions. filed. 1879 242,755 ?23,664,428.92 57,118 1880250,802 56,089,22*1.08 141,468 1881268,830 50,583,405.35 31,116 1882285,697 54,31X172.05 40,939 1883303,658 60,427,573.81 48,776 1884332,756 57,912,387.47 41,785 1885545,125 65,171,937.12 40,918 ,1886365,783 64,091,142.90 49,895 1887406,007 73,752,997.08 72,465 1888452,557 78,950,501.67 75,726 1889 489,725 88,842;720.58 81,2'20 1890.. ...537,944 106,094,250.39 105,044 1891676,160 117,312,090.50 696,941 1892876,068 139,394,147.11 246,638 1893966,012 156,906,637.94 119,361 1894969,544 139,986,726.17 57,141 1895970,524 139,807,788.78 s 45,361 1896970,678 138,215,174.98 42,244 1897976,014 139,949,717.35 50,585 1898993,714 144,651,879.80 48,732 1899991,519 138,355,052.95 53,881 1900993,529 138,463,130.65 51,964 Chief Wilkie of the secret service is not aware that United States silver dollars are being coined in Mexico. He sas's that if they are being made there and put in circulation in this country the operations have escaped the vigilance of his agents, who are constantly on the watch sos such violations of the law, and have hitherto shown marked efficiency in the discharge of their duties. Senator Frye has decided to resign the chairmanship of the committee on commerce and accept the chairmanship of the committee on foreign relations of the Senate, which was made vacant by the death of the late Mr. Davis of Minnesota. This leaves Mr. McMillan of Michigan at the head of the commerce committee, but he will yield the chairmanship to Mr. Elkins, who stands third, because Mr. McMillan prefers to remain where he has been for six years, as chairman of the committee on the District of Co- * lumbia.

ed, is well understood. Miss Hichborn is considered the most beautiful woman in Washington. Miss Hichborn’s most intimate friends declare it to be a probational engagement, inasmuch as i the admiral’s beautiful young daughter does not hesitate to affirm to her

——— - 1 I ■ - J DEERING AT PARIS IN 1900. The Famous Chicago Harvester Company Received More aud Greater Honors than Were Ever Before Accorded an American Exhibitor in the History of Expositions. America may well feel proud of the interest which her citizens took in the Paris Exposition and the elaborate exhibits which were prepared with consumnjate skill and displayed in a manner not excelled by any other country. Those of Harvesting Machinery in particular wefe most complete and interesting. The Deering Harvester Company of Chicago, Americans foremost manufacturer of thi» line of goods, was accorded the position of honor, having contributed more to the advancement- of the art of harvesting than any other manufacturer, living or dead, and with a greater array of important inventions to its credit than any Other company in the world. *Visitors to the Exposition were prompt to accord the Deering exhibits supreme honors, and it only remained for official mandate to ratify the popular* verdict, , which was done in a manner as substan- * ( tial as it was well-merited. Each one of the seven Deering exhibits secured the highest award in its class. In addition to four high decorations, the Deering Harvester Company received twenty-five awards, or twenty-nine in all, as follows: Decoration of Officer of* the Legion of Honor, Decoration of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, two decorations of Officer of Merite Agricole, a Special Certificate of Honor, the Grand Prize, six Gold Medals, six Silver Medalsand eleven Bronze Medals, including Deering Collaborator Medals. The Decoration of the Legion of Honor was instituted by Napoleon Bonaparte when First Consul in 1802, and is only conferred in recognition of distinguished military or civil achievements. It is thehighest distinction in the gift of theFrench Republic. The Decoration of Merite Agrieole is an honor of but slightly less importance, which is conferred upon those who havecontributed greatly to the advancement of agriculture. An Official Certificate of Honor wasaccorded the Deering. Retrospective Exhibit, which showed the improvements in harvesting machinery during the past century, and excited the highest praise of the French government officials who had entrusted to the Deering Harvesting Company the preparation of this most important exhibit. By special request this , exhibit has been presented to the National Museum of Arts and Sciences at Paris, where it has become a permanent feature of that world-famed institution. The Deering Twine Exhibit and Cora Harvester Exhibit, both of which received the highest awards, have by request of the French government been presented to the National Agricultural College of France. There was no field trial, either official or otherwise, in connection with the Paris but the most important foreign contest the past season was held under the auspices of the Russian Expert Commission at the Governmental Farm at Tomsk, Siberia, Aug. 14 to 18. AU the leading American and Europeanmachines participated and were subjected to the most difficult tests by the government agriculturist. The Expert Commission awarded the Deering Harvester Company the Grand Silver Medal of theMinister of Agriculture and Donjain, which was the highest award. The Peering Harvester Works are the largest of their kind in the world, covering eighty-five acres and employing 9,000 people. They are equipped with modernautomatic machines, many of which perform the labor of from five to fifteen hands. This company is also the largest manufacturer of Binder Twine in the world, having been first to. produce single-strand binder twine, such as is-in general use to-day, making over a third of the product of the entire world. The output of its factory for a single day would tie a band around the earth at the equator, with several thousand miles to spare. The annual production would fill a freight train twenty miles long. Madeinto a mat two feet wide, it would reach across the American continent from ocean to ocean. Peering machines are known as LIGHT DRAFT IDEALS, consisting of Binders, Mowers, Reapers, Corn Harvesters, Shredders and Rakes. This company exhibited at the Paris Exposition an Automobile Mower, which attracted much attention, and exhibitions were given with one of these machines in the vicinity of Paris throughout the season. It is planned to establish in Boston a flay nursery for blind babies who arc z not received in other nurseries because they require more care than the matrons can give. Eat Mrs. Austin’s famous pancakes, ready in a jiffy, so good you always want more. The natives of India believe that elephants have a religion and form of worship. The Nickel Plate Hoad , Is the shortest line to Buffalo and the PanAmerican Exposition. Rates are effective April 30th, 1901, on any one of our Peerless Trio of Daily Express trains either going or returning. 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