Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1897 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1897.

th?ro could b no prosperity for this country arul no respect for it. declared Mr. Call. It was a. ppwtaole which belittled the United States In the eyes of the world. The senator Fpoko bitterly against tne drlay in the Senate, the Idle assertions that trade and. commerce would bo jeopardized by action and the concerted movement emanat

ing from om central source, to have chamber o commerce nd boards of trade urge dlay. ilr. Call declared that the whole force of the United States was beingused to protect and continue that condition. The senator closed with an appeal that the American ring be made the symbol of jiower and of protection to American citizens throughout the world. At the close of the speech the' Senate azrext to Mr. fall's resolution requesting the secretary of state for all correspondence relating to the case of Jul!o Sanguilly. The other resolution, (kmandln? Sanfcuilly's Immediate release, was referred to the committee on foreign relations. Mil. M'HIMiKH HETl It.S. Vice Consul ut Havana Talks (inurdedly About Cuban Affairs. NCW YORK, Jan. 6.-IIcn. Joseph A. Springer, United States vice consul at Havana, arrived to-day on hoard the "Ward line steamer Orizaba on a month's leave of absenee. He went at once to his home in this city, whtre he will remain two weeks, at the expiration of which time he will proceed to Washington. To a reporter who called upon him to-day Mr. Springer said: "Being an official. I can employ little else than generalities in speaking of Cuban affairs. One noticeable thing the heavy importations before the beginning of the new year. After the 1st of January the duty on imports w; s increased 5 per cent. The result is that prices In the markets there will bo much higher hereafter. Communication seems to be uninterrupted on the island except In the province of I'inar del Rio. The trains run regularly, although they are armored and always carry soldiers. The last batch of Spanish troops, numb-ring 23.0uo. were landed about two weeks aro. .and no more troops are expected, so it is said, for some time. Travelers are, of course, scrutinized carefully, and no one can leave the island without a passport that Is carefully Inspected. So far as the censorship of the telegraph is concerned. I have seen nothing of it. and I don't think it amounts to much." "Is Weyler popular In Havana?" Mr. Springer was asked. Well." he replied. "I cannot say anything about that. I am going back there agahr." Air. Springer has been connecter! with the Havana consulate for thirty years. UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS. Representative of Illeven Western lusllt titloim In Conference. M. !! . Win.. Jan. fi. Prf i-lent- of elen TV-itern universities are hcl'lln a meeting herr, called by Ireidi nt Ad-iais, of Wisconsin University, to liv.-u.-'-i various university iratters, one important feature lein tliojr relation to preparatory m -hoots with a view to recvrlns? uniformity In t Mandard of requirements for ndmtreion to . iinivrrslty. Tho Pril :ll niehti'n is exerted to be brought up by I'rri-lf nt J.ss?. cf Missouri, vs ho wants the cane at dished i r el so channe l as to remove danger juh features. Thoj-e resent at the miintr are: Ii estfl'Mit James M. C'anflrld. Ohio State Unlveudty; President J. II. imart, F'urdii I'niversity; Chancellor F. II. nmr. t'nlvrity .f Kun.-;: Prejdicrt J. .. STacIan. 1 'ntv.-r-ity f Nlrak": President Joseph Swain. Indisw.a I'niverfity; Piei1nt 11. If. .le-e. Cnivrrslty of Mis-.jri; President A. 1 1. lrair. t'nivtrslty of lllnds; X'reu!ent t"h.-s. ;S hsflfr. Stare l"nlvenity of lov.a; President Cynn, N'erthup. Cnlvcrfity ef Minnesota; President J. I!. Ancel. rnlvnity of Michigan, and I- cl ient harls Kendall A'lapic '."i orpin. "n afternoon was dvtod t vifitinsr and In(fftlrg tl. unlerlty buildinc.', nnd dinner was Mved at the hnm of Prosi ifnt Adams. The teninjr waa ip.t In -nniderin tn a ry seneril way the iunjet.-i of Administration and finance. Hetrig clothed with no fifricia! authority, the presidents uro loath to atp-ur as f&rmulatini; l-eiorms until th- really take pome practical rhape. but President Nerthup said that he looked for vrry sreat pl to ultimately result from this mettlnrr. t!ie nrt f Its kind in America. LOUISVILLE BALL CLUB. Harry rulliam !Unde rresldont nntl Jimmy Holers Mnnnser. L.OUIHVII.M:. Jan. The annual meet!nt: of the directors of the Louisville Baseball Club, which had been pos tpond because of the death of Ieor;;e Ruckstahl. one of the largest stockholders, was held at tht Ioul:;vllle Hotel to-niirht. Tl;e meeting way entirely harmonious. Although the plans for the coming season were discussed in detail, the feature of the meetlnjr was the retirement of lr. T. Hunt Stucky from the presidency of the club, fetid the election of Harry rulliam to succeed him. Mr. Pulliam acted as financial aficnt for the club for scleral years. Is well-known in baseball circles throughout the country and Is very popular in this city. l-Mrst baseman Jimmy Rogers, who came to fjouisville toward the close of last season from Washington, will manage the Colonels this year, succeediiifr Manager W. If." Mcfiur.nigle, 'President Pulliam was given the disposal of $ti.0tx. to be used to strengthen the club by the purchase of new playtrs. trading or in any way he sees tit. An Incentive to good work on the part of the lsJT team Is given In the offer of premiums to be determined by the standing of the club at the end of the season. If thrt Colonels soar to ninth place $1,000 is to be distributed among the players: if to eighth. $2.00,; if seventh is reached $:t.wj iU I divided tip. In addition to thH a prlz of 51 X) will ! given at the end of the season to the man having the best batting average, the inrm with the best base-stealing record. the man making th most sacrifice hits and the p'tcher who wins the most games. After the'meetlng the directors were tendered a banquet by Secretary Iehler. v Finish Flsht at Marion. Special to the Intiana?Klla Journal. MARION. Ind.. Jan. 0. Dan P.aiiiff. a heavy weight, from Lima. ().. and Albert Milton, of this city, ambitious to shine in pugilism, fought six round "for points" last nlsht at Oolding's Hall. UallilT bad the best of the contest from the beginning, ami In the sixth round put Milton to sleep with a blow on the point of the jaw. c-eorge Hoehe was referee and Tom McCarty timekeeper. . Women Ulcycle Itnce. CLEVELAND O.. Jan. -At the close of the racing to-night In the women's six bicycle contest the score stood as fol lows: I arnsworth. ill mbes; Anderson, 114 miles; Keys. 11? miles. 11 laps: Urown. 113 miles, 11 laps: Kalgren. 113 miles, 5 laps; Allen. 11 miles. 0 laps. Anderson and Farnsworth gained one lap on Keys and Urown to-night. Fa rns worth finished tirst and Anderson second. Drawn Its the Tenth Konntl. et-l4l to the In ll.inar li' Journal. WASHINGTON. Ind.. Jan. . The fight tween William Jackson, of Chicago, and Georgo Smith, of San Francisco, both colored, here to-night, tliat was announced to be a tliiht to a finish, was declared a draw In the tenth round. There was no Interference or sensational future. Signed wHIi Utt rlir.tou. Special to the lnt!a.napoiU J-;ur:rit. MARTINS VILLH. Ind.. Jan. C-Gus Pryant, of this city, has signed a contract to x play ball next season with the Burlington Ia.) team, in the Western Ao lation. Voting Pryunt played with Washington and other Indiana teams last season and has the making of one cf the best catchers to be found in the minor leagues. CunilleMone Full Dead. LEXINGTON. Ky.. Jan. t;. Pyron McClelland had the misfortune to-day to lose his fast-two-year-old colt Candlesione, by imiorted Candlemas, dam Iauru Ston-. He Jell dead at the track. His owner thought o well of him that he entered the youngster in many of the richest two-ycar-oid cvcnU) of the coming saou. Cure fr CruoLfil Spines. PARIS. Jan. t.-Dr. Callot read before the Academy of Mfdicine ye.:tmtay a remarkable paper describing a decade's exinrlments in straightening the ppir.es of limchbucks by pressure. The novelty consist:? of tho means adoptel to keep the plne straight for ten months, by which time a cure is affected. No accident had occurred In thirty cases. Dr. Callot says ther Is no need that any child should lecorn" a hunchUick. but h- is doubtfnl whether the method will cure adults. The academy wad much Impressed by the paper. Hope liny Will ucceeil Daynrtl. LONDON. Jan. 6 Tb Daily News xSpsae the hope that the report that Col. chn l'uv is to succeed Mr. Bayard as embassador at the court of St. James will pro-.e true. "Besides his high ability.' says the 2Zevs "he Is ail eiceedlnalypd fellow."

AN OLD SCOUT KILLED

joh.v froctor m itn:i imjkii a LAMJSLIDi; 1 IDAHO. Six Jlen C'rasherl by n. Derrick In Jeffrruonvllle Rev. Hnrtvcll to He JtelenMed nt Iticliiuond. Special to the In-llanapr.lls Journal. ELKHART, Ind.. Jan. C. A dispatch lias been received informing members of the family here of the accidental death of John W. Proctor, at Hope, Idaho. Proctor, who formerly lived here, with two others was prospecting on the side of a gulch near Hope, when ho slipped and started a landslide which carried him down the side of the mountain about two hundred feet and burled him ten fe-t under the earth and rocks. When taken out his head was crushed and ho was dead. Proctor was a typical "wild West" character, being six feet six inches tall, and wore his black hair down his back. He always went clothed in buckskin .and was known among Jhe Indians as "Death on the Trail." Ho was for many years a scout. He was one of the men who oiened the Black hills to white men. He was born and raised here, and several years ago returned and spent a year or so with his. aged father and brothers. After leaving here he took to evangelistic preaching for a time, but, finding that too tame and not sufficiently profitable, ho ran a wild West show with better results. While here he always wore his Western accoutrements revolvers, bowie knife and all. He was one of the last of the old line of famous Indian scouts of the "Texas Jack" and the "Wild Bill" order and in former years was a prominent character In border warfare. In the civil war Proctor was a scout, and his appearance afforded him an excellent opportunity to pass for a Southerner. Major Braden and several other ex-soldiers who still live in this city wero members of the same regiment. SIX Mi:. I.NJLHCD. Cn ii glit Ilenenth u Falling Derrick at Speed' 31111. special to the In lianapolls Journal. JEFFERSON VI LLE, Ind., Jan. C.-Six workmen employed at the Speeds cement mill, wero caught by a falling derrick today and probably fatally Injured. Anthony Reagan received the most severe Injuries end may die; three others are dangerously hurt, and all of them received eithtr broken ribs or badly cut heads. Lytic JHnard. of this county-.. was catlght by a falling tree and pinned to the earth an hour before assistance arrived. He received internal Injuries, hi- head and shoulders were mashed and he is in a serious condition. The Itebelllon Fought Over. Fprvial to the Inilanapolts Journal. ELKHART, Ind., Jan. C An Innovation in the entertainment line was Introduced here last evening by the G. A. R. of this city. It consisted of a joint discussion between Judge Rea, of Minneapolis, ex-commander of the G. A. R. for the Fnlon. and Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, of Charlottesville. Va.. for tho Confederacy. The entertainment was finely illustrated by stereopticon views, the principal commanders of both hides and th prominent battles leing shown. General Rosser opened the discussion by patriotic references to the present united and happy condition of the country, and then landed into his subject, which consisted of a resume cf the methods and characteristics of the various commanders on loth sides of the struggle. He was very fair in according praise and impartial in distributing blame. He said that had the Northern forces been properly commanded the Confederacy would have been crushed in 1SCJ. He was followed by Judge Rea, who observed the same line as the one followed by General Rosser. He also summed up the leading military events of the war and mr.de estimates of the characteristics and abilities of the commanders. The speakers were both eloquent and gave a great deal of new Information on the subject, and the entertainment was considered a marked success. Robbed the Ticket Office. Special to the lndianaioll9 Journal. COLUMBUS, Ind., Jan. rt.-For t-ome tlmi Agent Ford, of tho Pennsylvania lines at Jonesvllle, has been missing small sums of money from the drawer in the station ticket office. The money had been taken by some one who had a key of the drawer, but no clew could be found to the theft. Yesterday whilo the. agent was at dinner, leaving the drawer locked but the office open, the drawer was opened and all Its contents, amounting to 57.13. taken. Suspicion rested on Virgil F. Clark and Frank Corum. who confessed to the deed, saying that cno stood on watch outside while the other ransacked tho drawer, but each charges the other with entering the building. They were both arrested and bound over before Justice Meyers. They refunded ?10 of the money and say that was all that was taken. Clark was formerly an employe of the road. A Hunt for Asftet. Sleclal to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind.. Jan. 6. The creditors of the Western Natural-gas and Iron Company have begun proceedings .with a view to tinding out what has become of the assets of the company. East summer the company made an assignment. The creditors claim that in the six months preceding the assignment scrap iron and other material was purchased t the amount of over S5.000. All this was bought on time and never paid for. It was worked up and the product sold for cash, for which little or nothing appears In the Inventory. So far the attornevs for tho plaintiffs have been able to elicit but little Information, and todav the hearing wa.s postponed until next Friday to enable the defendant witnesses to examine the books. Movement for Chen per fins. Special to the Imlianaplls Journal. LEBANON, Ind:. Jan. 6. Tho recent arbitrary action of tho Indiana Natural and Illuminating Gas Company has revived the talk of organizing a citizens' gas company. Some of the moneyed men of the town l)uva tho mnttpr In fh.-irro sind are eonsid- . 1 V. till. ...Kit . ... - - " f . ' - ering the advisability of organizing a stock company to iurnisn gas to me pcop;e ai a reasonable rate. If this be done the citizens will bovcott the present company, whlrh will, without doibt. drive it out of business so far as Lebanon is concerned. A number of consumers have already instituted a-boycott against the company and have laid In a suppiy of wood for the wintor tirr f.rrini? to burn that rather than accede to the demands of the company. Absconding Trustee Hoard From. yjclal to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON, Ind.. Jan. 6. II. A. Bradshaw. the trustee who nearly a year ago disappeared with the township funds and was later reported dead. Is alive. L. . Jaques. one of his bondsmen, says, that the absconding trustee pays frequent visits to his family near Elizabeth. Mr. Bradshaw's wife has stated that she Intends to redeem their property, and as she has no other source apparently from which to get money it is believed that Mr. Cradsh iw is furnishing i No steps have been taken to appre hend tne ex-trustee. Ilrakrninii Scully Seriously Hurt. Special to ttu Indianapolis Journal. CARTHAGE. Ind.. Jan. 6. James Scully. a Cincinnati. Wabash & Michigan brakeman, lies seriously injured at Hill's Hotel here. He was on top of a high furniture car coming south. whn he was struck on the back of the head by a part of the Blue river bridge, a half mile north of here. He was savtd from falling fiom, the train bv another brakeman. Scully's home Is near Elkhart. Itev. Harwell Will lie Iteleancd. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind.. Jan. '.. Rev. J. H. Harwell, the Methodist minister confined in the county Jail awaiting admission to the asylum, will probably be reK-ased within torty-elrht hour.. The caes again.-1 him lKth In Wayne and Rush counties will be dismissed. An attempt will bo made to get Rev. Harwell into St. Stephen's Hospital, where he can have medical treatment. Wreck on the Alr-I.lnc. Special to the InJUr.apolls Journal. EVANS VI LLE, Ind.. Jan. 7. A freight train on the Louisville. EvansvV.le & St. Louis Railroad was wrecked at Chmndler, a few miles from Evaimllle, early this evening. No lives are reported lost. The passenger train duo here at 10 p. m. ha3 not

arrive d at ihU hour. 2 o'clock a. m. The damage in said to be heavy, but no particulars can be obtained to-nfght.

Wealthy Pioneer Deatl. Fpeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. LEBANON. Ind., Jan. 6.-Solomon Runion, of Washington township, is dead, aged seventy-nine. He had been a resident of this county for sixty years, having entered th eighty-acre tract on which he died. He owned I'iO acres of land and $4..i in all kinds of currency were found in the woodhouse in teapots and kettles. He leaves an aged wife. Antler Get Two Yearn. eclal to the In-llanapolls Journal. VINCENNES, Ind.. Jan. 6. William Antler, a fugitive from justice for over a year, came home disguised as a tramp to spend Christmas with his narents and was ran. tured. To-day he pleaded guilty to the charge of iorgery and was sentenced to two years in prison. He is about twenty years old and comes from a goud family. Indiana, Obituary. MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. Jan. 6.-Mrs. Christina. Schissoler. aged sixty-six, died at her homo east of this city last night, of congestion of the stomach. She weighed nearly pounds and was little more than live) feet tall. She was born in Baden Baden. German y. and came to Morgan County thirty-five years ago. after a residence of two years in Indianapolis. RICHMOND. Ind.. Jan. 6.-Mrs. William II. Hunter was found dead In bed this morning at her home here. She was fortyfour years old. and death was due to organic disease of the heart. Indiana oten. William H. Ripple, a stock raiser, of Warsaw, was perhaps fatally injured in a runaway accident in Wabash county yesterday. The Christian Endeavorer, published at Jeffersonvllle, has been made the official organ of the Christian Endeavor Union of tho State. F. B. Bush is the editor-in-chief. William Pixley, a pioneer farmer in Lake county, trimmed a corn with a razor and blood-poisoning set in. Three toes have been amputated and the doctors have given him up. Georgo McBrlde, a young attorney of Clark county, while traveling through middle Tennessee recently entered a small town, and, being taken for a Pinkerton detective, a mob formed to lynch him. It was with difficulty that he proved his identity and escaped. SCHOONER BURNED. MyMterioiiM Conduct of the Captain u ud Crew of the M. I. Ilonnell. NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Jan. 6. The threemasted schooner M. L. Bonnell, whose hailing port, destination and owners arc unknown, was burned to the water's edge in Long Island sound last night. The tug Mary Ann, from New York, sighted the schooner sortly after 9 o'clock last night in tho vicinity of Greenwich. The schooner appeared to lx all right, with sails set and sidelights burning. At that time there was no sign of fire. Overhauling her, the Mary Ann's captain discovered fire on the schooner's aft. He waited to see rockets sent up, but no signals were given. Approaching the. vessel, he suddenly detected two boats putting off across the schooner's bow in a stealthy manner. Aboard the boats were chests and other goods, evidently the effects of the. captain and crew. He balled the boats and asKed if help wis needed. Th reply he received was a warning, accompanied by an oath: "Don't go near her; she Is loaded with cartridges and oil." I The skipper of the schooner, Allen by name, boarded the Mary Ann. while his crew stuck to the boats. Captain Rogers proffered Captain Allen his assistance, but was Informed that the crew would stand by until the vessel was gone and then make for the Norwalk light. The story of Skipper Allen is to tho effect that the mate had a lamp in the cabin, when the bottom suddenly fell out and the oil scattered upon the lloor and ignited. Allen gave no reason for leaving his vessel without making an effort to save her. except to say that owing to her cargo it was dangerous to remain aboard longer. Allen alleged that a part of his cargo was stored under the cabin, and Captain Rogers thinks that a peculiar place to store such a cargo. , The steamers Medea and J. Howard Laundes put out to the burning wreck from South Norwalk. The vessel had l-en abandoned. Captain Laundes succeeded In getting a line to the burning vessel and towed her to the bar on the Cockenoe islands, where she burned to the water's edge. The crew arrived at Norwalk this" afternoon. Wrecked on Cntshenil Rock. BREST. Jan. 6. The steamship Belglque, while bound from Antwerp for Bayonne, France, was wrecked last night on Catshead rock. Fifteen of the eighteen persons on board were drowned. The Fnernt Bismarck Aground. HAMBURG. Jan. 6. The Hamburg-American line steamship Fuerst Bismarck has gene aground at tho town of Blankenose, on the Kibe. The ship Is In no danger. .Mo einentM of Steamers. NEW YORK. Jan. C Arrived: Majestic, from Liverpool; Obdam, from Rotterdam; Manitoba, from London. Sailed: St. Louis, for Southampton; Britannic, for Liverpool; Westernland, for Antwerp. SOUTHAMPTON. Jan. 6. Arrived: New York, from New York. Sailed: Lahn, from Brement, for New York. BREMER HAVEN. Jan. C Arrived: Munchen. from New York. iiamv ciu:niTS. Recent Failure Hnsed on Violation of the Credit Principle. New York Financier. Poor judgment, an absolute indifference In the matter of extending bank credits, an unhealthy accumulation of real estate, and a general desire to enter into wild speculations, are the causes underlying the majority of the recent bank failures. They were not precipitated by disappointing political realizations, nor were they due to widespread, communicating causes which affect all banks alike. On the contrary, the suspensions were sporadic in nature and Individual In character. Analyzing each and every failure, the main truth which stands revealed is that the principle of proper banking credit was ruthlessly violated. Now. banking credit is an intangible creation. The whole fabric of modern banking Is based on its proper use, and the first deviation from the fixed rules of sound finance In this, as in other matters, is bound to end in disaster more cr less widespread. If all speculation was successful we would not have bank failures, but since the opposite holds true, we will probably witness a succession of banking wrecks as long as tho officers or managers permit a greed for gain to override the judgment which, as trustees, they are called upon and are supposed to exercise. It is easy to create imaginary wealth, as the controller of the currency observedafter the bank had failed by the mechanical act of marking up the price of town lots, but it is not easy o realize upon this wealth when bank'ng credit has been extended uoon it. nor can it bo called good Judgment, in the nryt place, to lend the bank's aid in fostering a boom which was bound, in the natural course of events, to collapse. And It was this lavish use of the most priceless prerogative of a bank that dragged down several of the notable institutions which have closed their doors within the past two weeks. Perhaps the directors were not to blame in every instance, but the bent that can be said in their defense. If they were not actually cognizant of the transactions which sent their Institutions Into the hands of receivers, is that they had but poor conception of their duties. How to bring about a better state of affairs Is, Indeed, a difficult problem. Controllers of the currency. State banking superintendents and shrewd bank officers without number have dwelt upon the question of banking credits until the subject has become tiresome. That the advice so freely tendered has had Its effect is not disputed. Its continuance, therefore, is to be encouraged. Some day. perhaps, the question of bank credit will be treated as a scientific part cf banking. The New York and Pennsylvania Bankers' Associations have already adop.ed the precaution of demanding from borrowers a detailed statement of their financial rtanding. and this resolution marks an important epoch in the practice of banking business. It is a thing that should be encouraged, but it seems in the West that an unbiased estimation of the value of property U equally important. lll-Tenipcred Remark. Brooklyn Eagle. Wo don't know what good Is done by crowding Into the White House on New Year's day and sliaklng hands with the President, but it Is an established custom, ami perhaps It serves a purpose in keeping the chief magistrate from feeling too big. The Kmperor of Austria has to do worse: He has to wash tho feet of beggars. The American custom may not be to charitable, but It is more manly.

GENERAL ASSEMBLIES

ORGAMZATIO OF LEGISLATURES IX VARIOUS STATUS. MenRe of Governor Black, of Tiew YorkMr. Curtis Elected Speaker of the IIlinoiK House. ALBANY. N. Y., Jan. C The Legislature of tho State of New York convened in regular session here to-day. In the Assembly J. M. E. O'Grady, of Rochester, the Republican caucus nominee, was chosen speaker by a vote of 112. against 31 for D. E. Fint. Democrat, and the organization was completed according to the slate prepared at last night's Republican caucus. In the Senate, also, the Republican caucus nominees were elected. The organization having been completed, the message of the new Governor. Frank S. Black, was submitted. The message deals almost wholly with State affairs. He notes. In opening, the satisfactory condition of the finances of the State. Tho providing of work for convicts Is especially recommended to the attention of the Legislature, in which connection It Is suggested that tho short-term men may be employed in making or improving roads. The relations of employer and employe are discussed. "Tolerance," the Governor says, "is the first requisite of amicable relations, and this will arise when the employers and the laborer understand each other. Some plan should be devised which will afford to each such information of the other as will form a basis for the friendly adjustment of differences between them. No such plan now exists here, and the result is the appalling loss of wages and property which is often seen when the rights of the employer and laborer clash. The plan known as the university extension has been tried In England, and It is said by many to have produced satisfactory results. It is the investigation by careful, intelligent and conscientious men into the affairs of tho laboring people and their relations to their employers. Its tendency and purpose is to give and get information, and by seeing both sides prevent the conflict which a view of only one might produce." "The subject of civil service." the Governor says, "has provided capital to many who would otherwise be bankrupt. In my judgment." he add;,, "civil service will work better with less starch. A scheme is not necessarily effective or high-toned because it lacks common sense, and they are not necessarily hostile who think common sense would improve It. An examination lor a public place should be suitable to the kind of service required, and sufficient margin should be given those making appointments so that the most competent help can be selected. Experience, character, tact and even muscle may be of more importance in some cases than the fraction of 1 per cent, in an examination In geography. The discretion of the appointing pocver should be entirely subordinated to the marking system. Civil service is Intended to secure "for tho public at a reasonable tost unquestioned Integrity and approved skill, enlarged by continuous service, and not to exploit any particular idea." Turney Acnliiot Gold Contract. NASHVILLE. Trim.. Jan. fi.-Govcrnor Turney sent his message to the Legislature to-day. It relates purely to state affairs, except in one particular. He advises the Legislature to enact, a law that no obligation hereafter executed payable in gold alone, cr gold contract bo enforceable in Tenncsse in the court, and that judgments on such contracts shall Ik discharged In any legal-tender currency, and that gold mortgages and deeds of trusts executed by citizens In thir. State, including railroads and street railroads bo non enforceable as to the gold clauses. This afternoon Representative. Craig Introduced a resolution expressing sympathy for Cuba, that the rights of United States citizens are endangered and petitioning Congress to Immediately take steps to bring tho cruel and barbarous war to an end. Curti Elected Speaker. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Jan. 6. Tho opening of the fortieth session of the Illinois General Assembly occurred to-day. It was attended by no. Unusual incident. E. C. Curtis, Republican, was elected speaker of the House and H. V. Fisher, Republican, was elected president pro tern of tho Senate. Governor Altgeld's biennial message was presented and both houses adjourned. It is understood tluit the ballottlng for the senatorship will not begin before Jan. 11. A vital point in the fight for the United States senatorship is the distribution of committee assignments. Speaker Curtis was asked to-day if he intended to mako up the list before the election of United States senator. He. replied that as yet he had given tho matter but little thought. "I have not decided what I will do In this matter, ho added. ?nd as yet I am unprepared to say just how I will act. () it c-Hu ml rcd-und-Firt Session. CONCORD, N. H.. Jan. C The one-hun-dred-and-first session of the New Hampshire Legislature wa.s opened to-day with tho usual ceremonies. Spectators were present from all parts of the State. James F. Briggs. ot Manchester, the Republican caucus nominee, was elected speaker of the House, and Chester B. Gordan. of Lancaster, was chosen president of the Senate. The present Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. In the Senate there are twenty-two Republicans and two Democrats, while In the House there aro -111 Republicans and sixty Democrats. Michigan Aeinlly Open. LANSING, Mich.. Jan. C Both houses entered on the thirty-ninth biennial session of the Michigan 'Legislature at noon today. Governor-Mayor Pingree hrd arrived from Detroit an hour previously; out ne otd not appear in the Senate or House. Large crowds were present in both chambers. Proceedings wero of the usual opening routine character. The addresses of retiring Governor Rich and of Governor Pingree will be read before a joint session to be held to-morrow afternoon. Popullstn uml Sllvcrite In Control. DENVER. Col.. Jan. 6. The eleventh biennial session cf tho Colorado Legislature convened at noon to-day. The Populists and silverltes captured tho organization in loth the Senate and the House with the aid of the few McKinley Republican members. Edwin W. Hurlbut was elected speaker of the House. Francis Carney. Populist, was elected president pro tern. the Senate. Governor-elect Adams will be inaugurated Tuesday, Jan. The orth Carolina Fight. RALEIGH, N. C. Jan. 6. Interest in the senatorial contest was Intensified to-day by the publication of a statement by Congressman Skinner of a list of sixteen Populists who. it is claimed, will vote for Pritchard. Senator Butler, however, tonipht authorized an Interview in which he rejects this claim, saying that fourteen of the sixteen Populists named came to him to-day and denied that they were pledged to Pritchard. The "Xtitnii's" State. HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 0. The General Assembly of Connecticut met and organized to-day. The House has a membership of 21S Republicans and twenty-four Democrats; all of the twenty-nine senators are Republicans. Joseph L. Barbour, of Hartford, was elected speaker of the House. Both houses of the assembly elected the usual complement of officers and adjourned for the day. "Way in I re ABraInt Perkin. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Jan. Assemblyman James A. Waymire has announced himself as a candidate for United States senator. Waymire was the leader of the light for Perkins two years ago and favored him for re-election, expecting his support for a Cabinet position. He now feels aggrieved because the California congressional delegation has indorsed Horace Davis. Temporarily Organized. JEFFERSON. Mo., Jan. 6. The Missouri Legislature convened at noon to-day and after temporary organization adjourned until to-morrow. George T. Collins, of Scotland county, was elected temporary speaker of the House, and T. J. Tingle, of Sedalia. temporary clerk. Governor Stone will send in a lengthy message on State affairs to-morrow. Governor CIourI Sworn In AKnln. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Jan. 6. Governor David M. Clough was Inaugurated fcr his second term of office" shortly before noon to-day. Chief Justice CM. Stuart officiated in the simple, but solemn, swearing

in of the chief executive. Governor Clough then read his biennial message to tho Legislature, which was heard with close attention.

BAND OF FORGERS. Five Young; Men Changed with Fleecing: Prominent Chiczigoanii. CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-Flve men. who, it s alleged, composed a band of forgers, are locked up at the Woodlawn police station charged with having fleeced a number of prominent citizens by means of forged checks. One of the members of the band is still at large. Two of those under arrest have made a written confession, the police say, in which they Implicate other companions. Those under arrest are: Arthur L. Foreman, alias Howard E. Stone; Elmer Russell, Eddie L. Root, alias O'Rourke; Charles McCuen, William Bert. The member who has not been arrested is said to be Paul Moran. Their work, which has extended over about one year, has been confined to the signatures of millionaires and prominent business men. George F. Swift, the wealthy packer, and Henry Welskopf, a prominent grocer, are among those whose signatures were forged for large amounts. A worthless check for $1,200, bearing George F. Swift's signature, was cashed at the National Live Stock Bank, and other checks, aggregating J2.50O to $3,000, bearing the signature of H. Welskopf & Co., have been cashed at other banks. These aro all the forgeries known at present, but the statements of the men who have confessed show that the forgeries will run anywhere between $lo,C00 and Jl'O.CUO. All the prisoners are young, none being over twenty-live years. "JOE' 3FCILLAG1FS "WAY'S. Daily Routine or the Lute Editor of the St. Louis Globe-Deniberat. "Old Reporter," in Chicago Times-Herald. Never a better newspaper man lived than Joseph B. McCullagh, and never one who was a greater taskmaster, exacting the limit of work from every employe. He never spared himself while demanding from others: that can be said to his credit. A man of routine, ho was as well a peculiar character, an oddity among men. The editor of a great paper, continuously en rapport with current events, great In its news features, he had no associates, seemed never to talk to anyone, but was ever in touch with the world. A man of routine, in the old days, when the Globe-Democrat was located at Fourth and Pine streets. McCullagh would walk into the office at 12:30 o'clock daily. He never varied a second. Then, going to his den. a dusty, paper-bestrewn room of eight feet square, he would summon the heads of each department to his presence. Never looking at any one of them, but eyeing a marked iper on his ill-kept desk, he in turn "roasted" each one of his staff. He was never known to commend, but everlastingly condemned. The dally duty discharged, at 1 o'clock he would leavo the office and go to the Southern Hotel. He was as prompt to leave at 1 o'clock as he was in emering the office at 12:3!) o'clock. Reaching the hotel and entering at the Walnut-street doorway, he at once repaired to the bar. On sight the barfender set up four glasses, two of which he filled with water. In the other two McCullagh poured the same size generous drink of whisky. He drank one and In a few seconds lifted the other to his lips and swallowed it. It used to be said that In taking the second drink McCullagh treated a "phantom." though the drink went down the gullet of a very sturdy man. Then he went to dinner. Finishing that quickly he strolled down into the corridor of the hotel bought a big. black cigar. lit it. and. buying a Cincinnati Enquirer, sat down and buried his face behind the paper until 2 o'clock stood figured out on the dial of time. Then he stood up. left the hotel by the Walnutstreet entrance, and, turning west, walked into Paries buffet, a half block away, i here rour glasses were set ;p for him. leaving the saloon he walked east to I-ourth street and thence to the office There he ensconced himself In his den, but every fifteen minutes or so he would walk to too water cooler located in the city room. It was well understood, or thoroughly supposed, at least, that "the old man made these frequent trips to see. like an Irish schoolmaster, if the boys were at work. And however gleeful they may have been when his step was heard every man got to his desk, bent down his head and began writing for dear life. n6 'l,?ctk1he would again go to the o?onhirn "?te ' FturninB at 7 o'clock, and until 12 o clock keep up his visits to the water cooler. At midnight he would go home In a cab. This was his daily life for twenty years or more. He never attended a place of amusement nor any public meeting, and never wa.s the guest at any entertainment. He had his own peculiar views about running a newspaper, and having absoluto and untrammeled control of the Globe-Democrat his views have been proved correct by tho grand success of that Journal. The Globe-Democrat under Atw ial management, was unlike any other newspaper in the country. He subordinated the business department to the editorial department, and in few other papers hi the country is the "upstairs" supreme over the downstairs." He declared in print in answer to an interrogatory some years ago YV hat makes a great paper?" "A te'egraph wire, a pair of scissors and a pastepot." And in the conduct of his newspaper he followed out this sentiment. He paid more for telegraph news than Is paid bv nnv newspaper in this or any other country It was his boast that If anything, from birth, marriage to death, or in life, happened of any consequence in the remotest hamlet of the country there would be an account of it in The Religious Dailv. latterly Issued from the Temple of Truth While the editorial columns of the GlobeDemocrat, under Capt. Henrv King's scholarly control, are not excelled In the country, space in them was ever contracted for news, telegraphic news and the "scissors and pastepot." or reprint selections. Local news. too. had to be summarizes Into "the conventional two sticks." unless there was a mighty good story to recount. "This." he would say. "is a national paIM?r. not a local affair, and while published in St. Louis, it goes to every town in the country. The current events of St. Ixmis. therefore, should not b elaborated to the exclusion of other news more interesting to other localities than the happenings here." But he never failed "to cover" St. Louis, though never padding out the local news because simply St. Louis matter. Stern, unbending and exacting, taciturn and never commending, there was a good side to this odd genius which now and then broke out. For a year he would condemn, never commend, and then on Christmas morning, or at 12:30 o'clock precisely, would stroll Into the office and without so much as a "Merry Christmas" hand each reporter a $20 gold piece and the city editor a $.".0 crisp greenback. The eagles looked invariably as if just minted and the greenback as if just printed. It wasn't good form to thank him, and he never was thanked. The great editor lived for his paper. It was his especial pride, and this story goes as an Illustration. He had occasion to send one of the reporters to San Antonio. Texas. His correspondent there. Tobe Mitchell, had gotten into "a difficulty." as Kit Carson would term It. with a Texan and had been knifed. The reporter was sent down to take Mitchell's place. Going to his quarters and packing his grip, he wired to the Southern to get a 'bus ride to the depot. There he encountered "the old man." "Are you ready to go?" he arked. "Yes. sir." "Have you any money?" "Yes. sir." "How much?" "Forty-eight dollars, and my transportation." "Not enough." he said laconically, and stepping up to Harper, the cashier of the hotel, a whispering conversation ensued. Then returning to the reporter "the old man" shoved a roll of bills into his hand, saying: "Take that." ns If he were delivering a body blow, adding: "All I have got to say is. remember you represent tho GlobeDemocrat." On count intr the bills the reporter found the sum of $300. Reaching Texas, the new correspondent found himself almost unable to spend a cent, the Texans trying to placate tho Globe-Democrat for the stabbing of Mitchell with all sorts of hospitality. Contriving to spend about $-Vi In some way, the reporter stt the end of ten days returned to St. Louis. Mitchell having recovered. Reporting to "the old man.," he turned over a wad of bills to him. "What's this?" be asked. "The balance of the expense money you gave men." "Ugh." he ejaculated. "You are the first man that ever returned any expense money to me." And There Are Others. Christian Work. "There is not a hospital in the United State-s. nor anywhere else, which was r.ot built by people who believe In the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ." The Interior. Not quite right, brother, not quite. Mount Sinai Hospital. In New York city. I a very good liospltal. If you ever get Injured In this city you could go to a worso place than Mount Sinai Hospital. Then Rabbi Gottheil would call upon you; and wouldn't he have you somewhat at a disadvantage? Obituary. MADRID. Jan. 6.-Ex-Minlster Vcnaclo Gonzales Is dead.

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NATIONAL TIAMv OF ILL1()IS FAIL1'KB lKVi:i.OIS A S12NSATIOX. Paper Proving CluImM AgninKt the IiiMtitntlon Stolen from Colonel Jacobs Other Iluftluesn Troubles. CHICAGO. Jan. 6. New and startling complications are forthcoming as the result of the National Bank of Illinois failure. Colonel W. V. Jacobs, who conceived the Calumet Electric Railway and was forced out ot control in 1SL3. is unable to push claims against the officers of the National Bank cf Illinois because all papers and books relating to his connection with the Calumet Electric Railway have been stolen. According to Colonel Jacobs the crime was committed by one of his confidential clerks, against whom a charge Is now landing in the United States Court. Claim is made that tho theft of the papers in his possession was the sequel of a conspiracy which promises sensational developments. In addition to the significance attached to the stolen papers in relation to the failure of the National Bank of Illinois, the publication of a duplicate foreign exchange eretlit from the? defunct bank to Colonel Jacobs places an entirely new face on the suit which Is now pending In reg.ird to the. sale of the Englewocd 6z Chicago Electric Street-railway Company. The printing of two fae similes of the credits Is expected to lead to the conviction of tho culprit who is charged with the theft. Tho significance attached to the missing papers and books so far as the National Bank of Illinois is concerned is that they support Colonel Jacobs'? -claims and embrace his judgments against the National Bank of Illinois as former owner of the Calumet Electric road. Too Many Bunk In Kansas. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. State Bank Commissioner John W. Breidenthal predicts tho numlK-r of Kansas banking institutions will decrease materially within tho next two years, if not be cut in two. Ho says there are too many banks in Kansas now for the amount of business transacted and he is advising consolidation in every place where it is leasiblc. "It is simply a question of time whether many of these institutions shall go into voluntary liquidation or bo forced to suspend." said the commissioner, "and in order to prevent the latter I have advised a general consolidation all over the State, especially in the smaller towns." The oversupply of banks came into existence during booms, and, while capital has since diminished, there has not been a visible decrease in the number of banking institutions. The deputy commissioners, who have Just returned from a tour of the State examining all banks, report that In nearly every town or citv tho bankers aro figuring with each other on a plan of consolidation In accordance with tho advice of tho commissioner. Banker' Senlences Commuted. SRINGFIELD, III., Jan. 6.-Governor Altgeld to-day commuted the sentence of the Chicago bankers, Charles J. and Frank R. Mead'owcraft. convicted of receiving deposits when their bank was insolvent. The sentenco was changed from a penitentiary gent once to sixty days in Jail. The Governor states that both the states attorney and judge who presided at the trial recommended clemency. Interest on Dunk Deposits. BUFFALO, N. Y., Jen. There Is a movement on foot to reduce tho rate of interest that is paid by the discount banks of this city on deposits. Most of the discount banks hero pay 4 per cent, per annum. Superintendent Kilbcvn. of tho State banking department, thinks it altogether too high, and is in lull sympathy with the movement to reduce the rate. Withstood a Steady Run. ERIE. Pa.. Jan. 6. Tho Second National Bank, conceded to bo one of the strongest financial institutions of the State, withstood a run on it all day yesterday. From 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. a steady stream of depositors called upon the paying teller, but every demand was met. How the run started is a mystery. Other HusinesM Troubles. CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 6. To-night W. P. Callahan & Co., manufacturers of icemaking machinery, riled a petition in the Common Pleas Court for the appointment of a receiver for the Consumers' Ice Company, of this city. Tho petitioners aro creditors of the company and they aver that the company is unablo to pay interest on its principal or their claim of $26,000 of balance due for machinery. They ask for an assessment of stockholders and other relief. DUBUQUE. Ia.. Jan. C. Tho District Court ordered the foreclosure of a mortgage for $.V,0'JO against the Iowa iron works to-day. The firm built the torpedo boat Ericcson. the revenue cutter Wlndom and many Mississippi river steamboats. The effect of this action will be that the works will probablv be sold to the holders of the trust deed and will be continued in operation. TORONTO. Ontario, Jan. C The wholesale dry goods house of McMaster & Co., has assigned for the purpose of liquidation. Tho firm has issued a circular to its customers, announcing the liquidation and giving losses during recent years as the reason for the step. The circular states the assets and liabilities as follows: Assets, $34j,000; liabilities. $213,XK. CINCINNATI. O.. Jan. 6. The DecampLcvoy Company, wholesale saddlery manufacturers, Nos. 239 and 2l Main street, assigned to-night to James P. Jackson, vice president of the company. Liabilities are $SO,o) and tho assets are sufficient to pay promptly dollar for dollar. Dull business is the reason assigned. CHICAGO. Jan. 6. A bill for a receiver for the wholesale jewelry house of Mark Strelcher & Co. was filed In the Superior Court to-day by Mark Strelcher. one of the members of the firm. Assets are placed at about $r0,0u0; liabilities not stated. ROCHESTER. N. Y.. Jan. C Gould, I,ee & Luce, one of the largest retail boot and shoe firms In this city, assigned to-day. Assets and liabilities aro not stated but are probably large. NEGRO LYNCHED Tried ly Citizens' tin the Charge of Arson and Found Guilty. ORANOKBURCI, C, Jan. 6. Lawrence Brown, the negro who Is generally believed to have been connected with the burning of Itobt. Wiinarr.aker's stables at Stilton last week, was lynched at 10 o'clock last night. III? body as found hanging from the cro?a arms ot the danger signal at the crossing of the South Carolina and Cloorpla Hailr-oad. llnned to it was a placard on which was inset ibed the following:: "Juire Lynch is in pession to-night. Verdict, guilty. The prisoner must dl. Warning. W wi'd protect our homes and j roperty, po help us (Jod. No hellish lire fiend fhall live. CITIZENS." Drown had l)n In jrdl charged with the crime of arson, but was rt-Uaved yesterday, as Mr. Wanamaker said h did not tdleve the negro was guilty. There have l-tn a number f incendiary fires in the tiltrn community recently, and the citizens are tiftcrriined to stop them. The corcnr's in:uf!d developed no material testimony as to the lynching. tirnciAL lifi: i washhktox. Prof. Harrington Observation on the Work of f ongrcs anil t'ongreMnnien. Seattle Times. Mark V. Harrington, president of the University of WashitiKton. yesterday morning delivered a very Interesting lecture on "How We are Governed, and Official Life at Washington." For a number of yearn President Harrington was chief of the United States Weather Ilurrou at Washington city, and lie is thoroughly familiar with all official workings at the capital. "Have you ever noticed." he paid, "how many governments we are unU r federal. State, county, city, faculty and many others? Of theso wo will discus only the federal and for convenience will divide It into its mo.-?t important branches Judicial, legislative and adiminstratlve. Th? judicial branch of our government I more nearly perfect than any other, and is too well known to necessitate discussion. "The legislative department Is very complex. The greater portion of the work In both houses Is done by the committers, of which there arc a great number, each having its committee room and committee clerk. Only the well-known senators ami those who hav served pewral terra3 get places on the Important committees, snd the chairmanship is much sought for. However, every Senator gets on seme committee, but new men nre placed on Ihoso having very little work to do. The committees aro appointed by the speaker. "It might interest you to know what be-

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