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ture spat again, with renewed zeal, and winked to a bystander who didn’t look line a minister. "These preachers," said he, "think they’re some. Just you wait and hear me tiring ’em." An<>n there came another divine. “Are you fishing?" he said, pleasantly. "Knaw” (spit), "I’m shootin’ deer.” The minister looked surprised, but ventured again, mildly: "it's a nice day for fishing.” “Yep, for fishin’ it is. but for catchin' of fish it ain’t.” iSpit and a renewed chewing) STRINGING A DIVINE. A friend here joined the first minister. "How big fish can you catch in the lake, my friend?” he asked. " ’Bout two hundred pound,” said the youth, in an easy tone. “Two hundred pounds!” exclaimed the - seeker for information. “Surely you must be joking.” "No I ain't. Why, the other night I ketched 800 pounds o’ them big fish, and my arm was so tired it ain't well yet, jest from pullin’ of ’em in.” The two divines wore a slightly grieved look, but continued to ply their questions. “What kinds of fish Inhabit the lake?” "All kinds.” "Any sheepsheads?” "Yep, but a sight more of 'em on the bank. ’ During the conversation it was learned that the lake was 700 feet deep, it iroze to the bottom in winter, over by the “narrers you could catch fish with your hands, and a man died last week from eating a carp. Finally the fisherman drew in his line for anew cast. Perhaps accidentally the hook caught in the flesh of the first divine s hand. He uttered a yell of pain, but no expression of sympathy from the tobaccosoaked one. He reeled up his line, spitting copiously meanwhile, hopped into his leaky boat, and as he shored off said with an oath and a grin meant to be good natured, "Caught a big sucker that time, didn t I. The two divines retired discoursing on the wickedness of the world. A curiosity has been discovered here in the shape of a clergyman who "sets cm up” to cigars. “Do you smoke?” he asked a reporter the other day. “Yes,” hesitatingly but truthfully admitted the reporter. , . , “Try one of these, then,” and the clergyman calmly drew forth two choice weeds, handed one to the reporter and lit the o*-n e r himself. It was a good cigar, too, and the reporter has since been thinking s .wV” of joining the church. Even less things have figured In accidental conversions. There are people here from all over the known world, and one sees and hears some strange things. He is aided in hearing these strange things by the thin partitions which prevail in some parts of the hotel. A reporter has one of these rooms with a thin partition, and the other night a. commissioner and his wife from an Eastern country district were put into the room on the other side. "What time have you? said she. "Half past eleven,” said he. “Why, the clock down stairs said half said he In the calm manner of one who know r s everything, "this is the West, and you know they have such funny tI ThJy U star ted to talk of other things, hut the reporter didn’t care to be Initiated Into all their family secrets, and, besides, life wanted to sleep, so he hammeieu on the partition and the voices sank away Into B *The C work of the assembly seems to be moving along, though that work seems to be much like that of seettrian gatherings and to consist largely of quibbling over little things. They talk for twenty minutes over a point of order or a question of ■privilege, and most of them seem to know neither from a load of hay. But they e n Jo> It even if the moderator doesn t. and It gives them something to talk about hen they go home, and doesn’t cost a cent. It Is a fact that, with some exceptions, the best thought of the Presbyterian Church is not represented at thest* general assemblies. The more heavy element prefers to stay at home and attend tts flocks, leaving to those who enjoy it the squabbling about things of which they generally know nothing. There is a w r eek more of it ahead, and the prophets look for still more excitement. Sunday Given to Rellgfioua Work. EAGLE LAKE, Ind., May 23.— Though the General Assembly has not been in seselon to-day it has not been a time of idleness. Many ministers have preached in neighboring towns, but most of the commissioners and visitors have remained here. Consequently the meetings held In the laige auditorium have been very fully attended. Three sets of meetings, each double, have ocouppied the day. In the morning Dr. James A. Worden, superintendent of the board of Sunday school work, taught the Sabbath school lesson. It was upon the first council at Jerusalem and was made to teach the authority of the General Assembly. The second service consisted of a missionary address on Alaska by the moderator, Dr. Sheldon Jackson. The first hour of the .afternoon was devoted to the interests of the American Sabbath Union. Addresses were made by Dr. I. W. Hathaway, general secretary of the union: Hon. Samuel B. Hur, Philadelphia; Hon. William Lanntng, Trenton, N. J.; Mrs. Darwin M. James. Brooklyn, president of the Women’s National Sabbath Alliance, and Elder James Yereance, New York, manager of the union. The following hour was devoted to women’s executive committee on home missions. Rev. John Hewitt, of Emporia, was presented, and an address w r as delivered by Rev'. John Eaton, °Among: other things, he said that the idea that polygamy was dying out was a mistake Several other commissioners spoke, the final addrqss being- delivered by Dr. Sheldon Jackson, who again spoke of Alaska and of the hardships caused by the failure of the churches to provide for the continuance of the work in the school at Sitka. In the evening Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, pastor of Bethany Church, Philadelphia, preached on "The Holy Spirit. Ihe exercises of the day were closed with a meeting in the Interest of missions, both home and foreign, the speakers being liev. Elliot B. Brown, of Dubuque; Rev. Samuel Moffett, of Korea; Rev. Henry C. Yanderbeel, Newark, N. J., anil Rev. Win. J. Loomet, tpe day tho matter of the Presbyterian building in New York has been discuss'd in private conversation and the general impression was that the assembly will not order its sale.

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY. Seventy-Second Anniversary Celebrated In Broadway Tabernacle. new YORK. May 23.-The seventy-sec-ond anniversary of the establishment of the American Tract Society was celebrated to-day with religious exercises in their Broadway tabernacle. Various organizations connected with the church conducted separate exercises during the day. A report was .read in the evening by Rev. G. L. Shearer, showing the work of the society for the year. The Report deals largely with the effects of the "increased financial stringency of the year, which, it Is said, led to scrutinizing revision of the modes of work and various reforms in the interest of economy. The salaries of all employes have been cm down, the cost ot running depositories reduced, the depository at Rochester lias been discontinued and the issue of new publications has been greatly restricted. The report says that most of all to be regretted lias been tile falling off of legacies <>f the year to the amount of over $40,000. as compared with the preceding year and then states, that notwithstanding the hard times, the sales during the year have been slightly larger than those of the preceding y. nr. and the trust fund has been somewhat increased, it is said that the rental <>f the now building has occasioned disappointment. The new permanent publications added to the .-octety’s list during the ys*ur tin? Cash grants to foreign missions of evangelical churches for the year total less than SBOO. During the year iso colporteurs, working in thirty-two states and territories and Ontario and Manitoba. made 135,0tS family visits and found 8,050 Protestant families without the Bible. ,Baptists Raising fSStt.tHM). PITTSBURG. Pa., May 23.—Tlie Baptist ministers attending the anniversaries tilled the pulpits of the different denominations In the city to-day. and a large number of special meetings were held. The regular programme of the Baptist missions for the day was carried out in full, and consisted of forenoon, afternoon and evening religious services, conducted, respectively, by President Henry G. Weston, LI,. D.; President Augustus H. Strong. EL.. D., and Prof. Galusha W Anderson, D. D. Rev. H. C. Mabie, D. D.. of Boston, and Rev. R. L. Morehouse, D. I>.. of Brooklyn, secretaries of the American Baptist Missionary Union, and the American Baptist Home Missions Society, respectively, announce to-night that 1205,000 has been secured in cash and pledges for the payment of the debts of these societies, leaving $31,000 yet to be secured. The interest in this great effort lias extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific. the result of the society's appeal to churches and individuals for an immediate and final rally to raise the remainder before June 15, anticipating the condition of

the magnificent offer of Mr. John D. Rockefeller of $250,000, to meet the balance of the debt. The last contribution received came today by telegraphic order. It was SI,OOO raised by the Second Baptist Church, of St. Louis. .Yew York Yearly Meeting. NEW YORK, May 23.—The 203d session of the New York Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends was continued in the meeting house on Stuyvesant square throughout the whole day. From morning until night the day was devoted to public worship. There was a prayer meeting in the mornii g at which a number of persons interested in the society delivered addresses and in the afternoon there was a school union at which the school children attended, followed by a meeting for worship which v. as largely attended. Meetings were also held in Brooklyn, in the evening there was a meeting of the Y'oung Friends Association, at which Mary A. Nichols read a paper entitled: "Are Friends Clear of Materialism.” Her contention was that even among those who believe in the principle of truth and the divinity of Christ materialism was making inroads. Mnrtinelli the Guest of Honor. ALBANY. N. Y., May 23.—Mgr. Martinelli was the principal guest of honor at the celebration here to-day of the fiftieth anniversy of the establishment of the Catholic diocese of Albany. Pontifical mass was celebrated, the archbishop presiding. There were pontifical vespers this evening. Tomorrow a reception will be tendered to the Papal delegate. Bishop .Mullen Dying. ERIE, Pa., May 23.—The last rites of the Catholic Church were administered to the Rt. Rev. Bishop Mullen, this morning, and the prayers for the dying were read by Archbishop Ryan. The bishop’s condition is hopeless. TORONTO SUNDAY CARS. Injunction Denied, and the Public Rode Yesterday Ail Day. TORONTO. Ont.. May 23.—The street cars ran to-day and were liberally patronized, notwithstanding that there was a steady downpour of rain all day. There was no disturbance or incident of any kind connected with the running of the cars. In view of a decision given by Judge Ferguson last night denying an injunction, it is not likely any further attempt wili be made to interfere with the running of the cars. The money taken by the company to-day will be given to the city hospitals. CIGARETTES*AND DEATH. Hoy llsiuK* Himself Because lie Could Not quit the Habit. CAMDEN, N. J., May 23.—W. R. Ross, the fifteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mis. William Ross, of Stockton, this county, committed suicide to-day by hanging himself. The boy was in good spirits when his parents started to church. On their return they found him hanging. He was aildicted to the use of cigarettes, for which he was chided by bis father. It is believed that ho could not break off the habit and in despair took his life. EDITOR BENNETT HOME. His Steam Ynclit Makes a (pdek Run from Bermuda to Sew York. NEW YORK, May 23. James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, arrived this afternoon in his steam yacht Namouna from Toulon, France, calling at Madeira, Las Palmas and Bermuda. The Namouna sailed from Toulon May 3, touching at Madeira on the 9th. Las Palmas on the 19th and Bermuda on the 21st. The run from Bermuda to this port was made in fifty-three hours. The Namouna arrived at quarantine shortly before sundown, and, after a brief inspection by the health officer, she proceeded up the bay and anchored off Tompkinsville. A tug went alongside the Namouna shortly after she dropped anchor. but Mr. Bennett and his geests, Lady Kulkeley and her daughter and Mr. Henry Ridgeway, remained on board, and will come to the city to-morrow. I.lncr Arcadia OtV the Rocks. ST. JOHN, N. F., May 23.—The HamburgAmerican liner Arcadia was pulled off the rocks near Cape Bay at 3 o’clock this mono ing by the British warships Cordelia, Pelican and Buzzard, assisted by five tugs. She is now safely anchored in Port aux Basques harbor, having reached there under her own steam. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, May 23.—Arrived: La Gascogne, from Havre; Manitoba, from London. Sailed: Massilia, for Marseilles. LIVERPOOL, May 23.—Arrived: Etruria, from New York. Sailed: Assyrian, from Glasgow, for Philadelphia. MOVILLE, May 23.—Sailed: City of Rome, from Glasgow, for New York. QUEENSTOWN, May 23.—Sailed: Lucanla, for New York. HAVRE. May 23.—Arrived: La Burgogne, from New York.

1,200 MORE STRIKERS. Total Number of Tailors Now Out at New York Is 21,000. NEW YORK, May 23.—N0 meetings were held at the headquarters of the striking tailors to-duy, and quiet prevailed there. Strike Leader Schoenfeld said that the executive board of the tailors had held a meeting and decided to give permission from to-morrow on to strikers to make settlements with the manufacturers. In ail the cases the agreements signed must provide for only' fifty-nine hours of work weekly; the manufacturers must guarantee the pay of the employes, who must be paid weekly, and an increase of 15 per cent, over last year s scale must be granted, lie said that one manufacturer who employed 250 persons would reopen his shop on Tuesday under that agreement and several others had promised to accede to the d< mamls of the strikers and would also open their shops Tuesday. The Lithuanian tailors, numbering about 1,200, will strike to-morrow. That will make the total number of strikers about twenty-one thousand. Several shops altempted to start ta-uay, but the workmen did not appear. Rockefeller Against Sunday Labor. CLEVELAND, May 23.—1 t is announced that John D. Rockefeller has issued an edict against Sunday labor by the men employed on his ore docks on the upper ant. lower lakt'e. While the men are expect* and to respond to calls to load or unload vessels at any hour of the day or night, they will not be asked to work between midnight Saturday and midnight Sunday. OBITUARY. Dr. John P. Atwater, Last Member of Cliinn of '34 nt Yale. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 23.—Dr. John P. Atwater, the last surviving memb r of the class of 1834. of Yale College, died at his home in this city to-day. He was born in 1.813 at Carlisle. Pa., where hi* father, Rev. Jeremiah Atwater, was president of Dickinson College. l)r. Atwater lived at Cincinnati from 1*.!7 until I*6l and removed to Poughkeepsie in 1870. lit was one of the early purchasers of real estate in Chicago and owned much valuable business property there. telegraphic'brevities. Among the passengers who arrived yesterday on tin' steamer La Gascogne from Havre, were Messrs. Bouchard, inspector of French Telegraphs, and 1. G. Cassatt, vice president of the Pennsylvania. A dispatch to the? London Times from Buenos Ayres says; The sugar industry is threatened with a severe crisis owing to overproduction. The exc* ss of available export for the current year is more than 10,1,000 tons. Brewsters Sell to Qtiiniby. NEW YORK, May 23.—J. M. Quimby & Cos., of Newark, N. J., the second oldest iirm of carriage makers in America, haw purchased the business of B. B. Brewster & Cos., of New York. Brewster & Cos. failed in October, 1885, reorganized in March. I**o, and again assigned last month. James, the* father of J. B. Brewster, established the lirst carriage factory in America in I*l2. To Attract Ills Attention. Philadelphia Record. As the result of being hit on the head with a !>rlck thrown by Armstead Sanders, Lewis Wyatt, a colored preacher, may die at Lancaster. Sanders says he threw' the brick to attract Wyatt’s attention.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1897.

ABLE TO COMPROMISE N ATI H A 1,-G AS DAM AGE SI ITS FOR OYER *70,000 WITHDRAW V. They Were the Result of Two IHg Explosions in Alexandria—Steuben County Investigation. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, lnd., May 23.—The litigation against the Alexandria Mining and Exploring Company, which followed the disastrous explosions of natural gas in that city in March and September of 1894, resulting in destruction of two business blocks, the instant death of two persons and serious maiming of several others, has been compromised and the suits withdrawn. Negotiations have been pending for several weeks looking to the termination of the disputed claims, and the company was all the more ready to compromise since the decision in the case of Mrs. Har.rold, whose husband was killed, and who was awarded a large verdict for damages. Suits were pending for claims amounting to more than s7o,Out). By the terms of tile adjustment effected Mrs. ilarrold receives $3,700; William Pyle, $30o; Mrs. Hoover, whose husband was also killed, $1,450; Ora Ball, $1,000; Columbus Heerd, crippled for life, $3,250; Mrs. Myers, $750; Chris Myers, $1,000; Cory Waiters, $1,750. These claims are the largest amounts that have ever been recovered as damages resulting from an explosion of natural gas in Indiana. The great explosion of March, J 895 in this city, that wrecked the When block, has been followed by several suits, but one of which resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff, and that only amounted to S4OO. * DEMAND AN INYESTIGATION. Steuben County Records to Have Thorough Hauling Over. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANGOLA, lnd.. May 23.—Several weeks ago indignant citizens commenced circulating petitions throughout Steuben county, asking the county commissioners to order an examination of the records of the county for fifteen or twenty years back, the examination to be made by the prosecuting attorney and a competent accountant. The prime movers in the matter and those signing the petition are nearly all Democrats and Populists. The county commissioners, learning of the movement, did not wait for the presentation of the petition, but held a special meeting April 29 and concluded a contract with W. H. Ernst, of Bluffton, the expert who conducted the examination of the De Kalb county records, to make a thorougli examination of the records in this county, the work to begin early in June. On tne following Saturday, May 1, a party of ten, as a committee on behalf of the petitioners, called on County Auditor James B. Watkins and verbally demanded that he call a special meeting of the commissioners, that they might have an opportunity to present their petition. They exhibited no petition, however, and said they would not do so till the board should be in session. Auditor Watkins announced that he did not deem their demand sufficient to justify convening tlie commissioners and he declined to call them together. A day or two ago another committee called on Auditor Watkins and introduced a stranger to him as an expert -accountant from Toledo, whom they had employed to make an investigation of the records and books of Steuben county, anil demanded thut he be given an opportunity to commence the work he had been hired to do. Auditor Watkins peremptorily declined to give the stranger access to the books of his office, and stated that he would not do so unless the Board of Commissioners or some competent court should order it. The men who wanted to set the stranger to work were furious. They declare that they are going to have an investigation by a man of their own choice, but just how they are going to accomplish it has not yet been developed. Mr. Ernst will probably enter upon his task the first week in June. He is to be paid a dollar an hour, and he may employ an assistant whose wages are not to exceed $2.50 per day. A Club Arbor Day-. Sreclal to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., May 23.—The Amaranth Literary Club of this city closed its programme for the year Saturday afternoon with a most interesting meeting at the residence of Mrs. William M. Lewis, Silver Hills. By invitation the Alpha Club, the hilltop literary organization participated in the exercises. “Lowell In Nature” was the theme for the afternoon, and appropriate readings and comm?nts were given by Mrs. William Lewis, Mrs. Jesse J. Brown, Mrs. James E. Hubbert, Miss Cornelia Bowman and Miss Ella Hubbert. For the final selection, "Under the Willows,” the clubs adjourned to the piazzas, where refreshments were served and a social interval enjoyed. After a paper on "Treeplanting" by Mrs. Jonathan Beard, of the Alpha Club, the clubs marched to the lawn, singing a tree-planting hymn to the tune of “America,” and there formed a circle to celebrate a club arbor day. Lowell's poem, "The Planting of the Birch,” was read by Mrs. Frances H. It. Maginriess. This was followed by the planting of a birch tree, each member casting in a spadeful of earth, and repeating a sentiment on trees. Lucy Larcom’s poem, "He who Plants a Tree Plants Hope,” was then read, and the promising young birch tree was christened "Nannie Martin,” for a loved and valued member of the club. With the passing of the loving cup the exercises were concluded. The committee on arrangements were Mrs. Emily I’. Reid, Mrs. Emma N. Carleton and Mrs. Laura C. Bentley.

Democrats Fought Till Midnight. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. GREENSBURG, Ind., May 23.—The Democrats met in convention Saturday night to select six delegates to tln congressional convention. The Armington-Ewing-Men-denhall combination selected men favorable to John Overmyer. Mayor Northern was turned down at his own home by the friends of Clark. Resolutions of instruction for Northern and Overmyer were offered, but owing to the great confusion were not acted upon. The name of Allen W. Clark was not mentioned in the convention, but he lias several personal friends on the delegation. The convention was in session until midnight. This morning the Democrats were out howling against ring rule. The Ewings are in politics this year. In the out townships several delegates are favorable to Northern. A Merchant's Lottery Scheme. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., May 23.—A number of weeks ago a man named Charles Stevenson came here and started the Merchants’ Premium Company, ihe plan of operation being to give premiums of various kinds when purchasers from the various business houses that had arrangements with the premium company lias secured sufficient coupons. The manager did well for a time, but iiis business became such that he was not justified in staying, and he left the city, with his contracts, which were with forty some odd merchants, unfulfilled. The general office of the company is in Chicago, but Stevenson purchased the agency for this city, paying SI,OOO for it. It is reported that he is in Springfield, O. Three Girl* After flint Medal. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., May 23.—An exciting contest is now going on in the Ajndcrson High School among the members of the graduating class. There are thirty-live members, fifteen boys and twenty girls, and the Bulletin gold medal scholarship prize is the cause of the contest. This has narrowed down to three girls—Ada McMahan, Ruth Campbell and Lenni Burner. So close is the contest it will take the lust day to determine tile result. Commencement exercises will be held Friday night, and the first time in the history of the Anderson High School graduating orations will be done away with, and in their stead Rev. Z. T. Sweeney will deliver an address. Butter Coloring; 1* I’oisou. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind-, May 23.—Yesterday the three-yeai-old son of Oliver Mabbitt, near Young America, while playing in the pantry got hold of a bottle of butter coloring aV|d drank a large quantity of the stuff, wutich proved to be poisonous. The child lac at the point of death for several hours, bul the attending physicians says it will

recover. The liquid was in use in coloring butter for family consumption and was supposed to bo harmless. Franklin College Programme. Special to the Indianapolis. Journal. FRANKLIN. Ind.. May 23.—Preparations for Franklin College commencement are now being made. The city will be very attractive to visitors commencement week and the previous week and many are expected. Invitations for numerous social affairs have been issued. The Pi Phi fraternity entertain Wednesday evening, June 2, the Webster Society Thursday evening, the Alpha Gamma Patronesses will receive at the home of Mrs. M. J. Voris Friday evening, the 4th, the Phi Leltas have issued two hundred invitations for the evening of the Bth and numerous other affairs are being arranged. The programme for the exercises proper of the week is as follows: Sunday, June 6—10:30 a. m., annual missionary sermon, by Rev. J. W. Clevenger, of Seymour; 3:30 p. m., memorial prayer meeting; 7:30 p. rn., baccalaureate sermon. June 7—7: oa. m., examinations; 7:30 p. m. t inter-society entertainment. June B—2 p. m., field-day exercises; 7:30 p. m., symposium, “The One Hundred Thousand Dollars,” E. T. White and J. H. Deer, in behalf of the college, Rev. Mr. Chaliie. for the laity of the State, Rev. D. H. Cooper for the ministry of the State. June 7—8:30 a. m., examinations; 7:3i p. in., a. m., class-day exercises; 2 p. m., aiumni meeting; 7:30 p. m., address before the aiumni by Hon. C. F. Remy, of Indianapolis. June 10—10:30 a. m., commencement exercises; 8 p. m., faculty levee. Iltslioit Chntard at Richmond. Special to ihe Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind.. May 23. The Right Rev. Francis Silas Chatard, bishop of the diocese of Vincennes, was at St. Mary’s Church to-day, and administered the sacraivint of holy eucharist and confirmation to a large class. Indiana Notes. Memorial Sunday was observed at Greencastle yesterday by Greencastle Post. No. 11, G. A. R., n Meharry Hall, Dr. H. A. Gobln, of De Pauw, presiding. Anna Boardman, an inmate of the Putnam county asylum, was found dead in bed Saturday morning by the superintendent. The coroner is investigating the case. Mr. Frederick L. Beeson and Miss Lama Davis were married last evening at the heme of Rev. John Parker, near Dalton. The groom is a son of Mr. B. B. Beeson, editor of the Richmond Enterprise. Memorial Sunday in Anderson was observed by Major May Post, G. A. R. The post members in a body attended services at the First Presbyterian Church to hear Dr. Wright, who is a member of the Grand Army. The firm of Giles-Clough Company, fruit jar manufacturers of Redkey, commenced shipping its stock of jars the first of this month and at this date have sent out an average of ten cars a day. This factory gives employment, to a large number of hands, both day and night. The large barn of Henry Coy, a wealthy Madison county farmer, west of Anderson, was destroyed by fire Saturday night. Six fine horses, together with a large amount of grain, nay and farming implements, were lost. Loss, $-i,OOO, partially covered by the Madison County Farmers’ Company. The Daily Democrat is the name anew newspaper to be launched at Columbus about June 7. It will advocate free silver and will be controlled by the Democratic committee, consisting of prominent citizens there. It will probably be the official organ of the Democratic party in Bartholomew county. THE SAUSAGE-FACTORY CRIME. New Clew That Brings tlie -Murder Nearer to Leutgert. CHICAGO, May 23.—Charred bones and some old clothing said to be blood stained were taken by the police to-fiay from a building In the rear of the home of Adolph L. Leutgert, the wealthy sausage manufacturer who is accused of wKe murder. The bones will be examined to determine if they are of the human body, and tho stains on the clothing will be put under chemical test to ascertain whether they are bloodstains. The police attach great importance to this find. A witness was discovered by the police to-day in John O'Connell, who, it is said, will testify that he saw Adolph Luetgert about the sausage factory between 2 and 3 o'clock of the morning following the night of the alleged murder of Mrs. Luetgert. On the morning In question O’Connell was or. his way home. His way led him past the Luetgert sausage factory, and his attention was first attracted by seeing smoke issuing from the tall chimney at the rear of the factory. O’Connell is said to have looked in the basement windows and to have gone up the stairs leading to the factory office and to have looked in at the office windows. Just what O'Connell claims to have seen could not be gained from the police to-night, but Assistant State's Attorney Ewen says that by this witness he would be able to show Luetgert’s presence about various portions of his factory at an -early hour Sunday, May 2.

THE AMERICAN IN MEXICO. A Country Where Foreigners Are Encouraged -n ltd Protected. Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper. With a bountiful nature, and a population accustomed to work for pay that would only support them in conditions of squalor, it can be seen why the citizen of the United States, who is always looking for a place to "invest his capital” (meaning often only his wits), finds Mexico attractive. So long as wages are low and the peon is content to live as he does, and the American dollar can be changed into two Mexican dollars for the purpose of land or the pay of labor, the prospect seems a dazzling one for the adventurer. The government Invites investments by the most liberal concessions, and encourages in every way the building of railways and the development of productive lands. I doubt if there is another country where foreigners are so much encouraged and so well protected by tlie authorities as in Mexico. And tins invitation to foreigners will continue so long as the government is administered in its present spirit, until the Mexicans are educated, and have learned to live better and to demand adequate wages. Meantime the government, while holding out inducements to foreign capital, is multiplying its schools, both for common and industrial education, and adopting our new educational methods from the colleges down to the kindergartens. In this transitional period the American sees an opportunity for making a fortune. It would sound strange in England, and it begins to be rare in the United States, to hear of fortunes made by agriculture. But cases of it are said to be common here, f was told that in the little, clean, healthful, delightful city of Guadalajara (125,000) there are forty-seven millionaires (no one of them worth more than three millions), who have nearly all made their money from the product of ihcir haciendas. Many of them are from the lower ranks, and began with no capital a few years ago. Some of these lucky people are foreigners who have married Mexican women and adopted the manners of the country. 1 could till this paper with instances I have heard of, of foreigners who came here penniless and in a few years have risen to positions of trust and ownership in banks, railways and plantations. But these stories are common the world over. These profitable haciendas, where sugar, coffee, and cereals are grown, both the old and the new, are really feudal principalities in extent and in authority. In the center of a tract of tens of thousands of acres, only a small proportion of which is cultivated, is the owner’s residence. If he is a Mexican (anti comparatively few as yet are owned by foreigners), there is a church with a tall spire or tower near the house—a landmark for every dusty visitor —a store, and, grouped around, the mud hovels of the peons who are the feudal dependents. The hacienda residence may be surrounded by a high adobe wall, and within are the various offices. court's, with tropical tr.-os, plants, and flowers and fountains. The large and poor population of tiffs domain are absolutely dependent upon the proprietor. Their dwellings are wretched, even for this climate; their wardrobe would make a rag market in any ghetto: and they are apt to be in debt to the proprietor, who gives them their wages in store pay, at a handsome profit. And yet, so far as I can see. it is a contented and cheerful population, both in country and city. Then is ar> air of leisure everywhere; church festivals and holidays are, frequent; every one has his siesta in’the middle of the day: in small cities the shops close from twelve to three; the tramways take a rest then also, and there is no appearance that laborers are driven in their tasks. You cannot hurry anything or anybody. For "to-morrow" is always corning. It will thus be seen that it is a good country for the laboringmen, who can wear anything that will hold together. eat anything that a cent will huy. sleep on a mat on the ground wrapped in ills scrape, and who has not been taught that if he has a piece of silver worth 50 cents it is his right to take it to the mint and have it coined into a dollar. No Problem at All. Truth. “Why is it that some women look so ugly on the bicycle?’’ "Because they are the same women who look so uglv off the bicycle.’’

TETUAN’S HOT TEMPER BRINGS SPANISH MINISTRY FACE TO FACE WITH A CRISIS. Tlie Premier Declares tin* Government Cannot I)ci Without the Duke —Bloody Riots in Hungary. LONDON, May 24. The Madrid correspondent of the Times says: ‘'Seldom in the history of the Cortes has an event created such a sensation as the Tetuan-Comas incident. It is difficult to conceive how a staid and experienced statesman like the Duke of Tetuau could have so completely lost his self-control on so slight a provocation. It is believed that Senor Sagasta is willing to do all he consistently can to minimize the difficulties, but it seems impossible that the Duke of Tetuar. should retain his portfolio.” The Standard correspondent at Madrid says: "In the conference held on Saturday between the president of the Senate, the premier and Senor Segasta with reference to the Tetuan-Comas incident the premier said he would not be justified in interfering, as the affair had not occurred in the Senate Chamber, but in the lobby. The premier declared that the opposition ought to be satisfied if the Duke of Tetuan announced in the Senate Chamber that he never intended to slight or give oftense to the Liberal minority. He added that the government could not dispense with the Duke of Tetuan’s services as minister of foreign affairs, because he alone was acquainted with and able to conduct important and delicate pending negotiations with foreign governments.” (Meaning America.) “Senor Sagasta promised to give his followers conciliatory advice, but said he must be guided by their decision. Accordingly he summoned a meeting of the Liberals who were in no conciliatory temper. However, after a prolonged discussion, they gave a vote of confidence to Senor Sagasta, with instructions to settle the conflict on the understanding that they would not enter the CorUs until the government i.ad given ilnm such satisfaction as Senor Sagasta ueenieu proper. The dissenting Conservatives declared they would follow the decision of the Liberals, and, therefore, Ministerials only have been present in Parliament since Friday. "The premier, on receiving the reply of S> nor Sagasta, went to the palace to inform the Queen Regent, who summoned a council of ministers. The crisis has withdrawn popular attention from the attitude of the United States Senate, which a majority of the newspapers and of the ministers affect to consider without importance as bearing on the immediate relations of the two countries.” The Clinet’> Decision. MADRID, May 23.—The position of the Cabinet is the theme of most anxious discussion on all sides. Some of the government organs thing the Ministry should meet the Cortes to-morrow, endeavor to secure the adoption of such bills as are pressing, and then suspend the session as soon as possible. Others think a change of policy expedient and, in fact, inevitable. All admit the difficulty of appointing a colorless Ministry to carry on the business of the country. The Cabinet sat in council this evening until 8 o’clock and it was decided to appear before the Cortes tomorrow" and give explanations of the Tetuan-Comas incident of Friday last, ■even if the Liberals should absent tttemselves. A special committee of the Cllainber of Deputies will be Instructed to consider the budget bill. BLOODY ELECTION RIOTS. Military Fired on a Crowd, Killing Fourteen and Wounding Thirty. AG RAM, Hungary, May 23.—The elections for the Croatian and Slavonian Provincial Diet took place to-day. Serious disturbances occurred in several towns. At Bosnyacizi there was a terrible riot. The military was ordered to fire on the crowd, with the result that fourteen were killed and thirty wounded. „ . „ The Hungarian papers accuse the Catholic clergy of fomenting the riots by asserting that the government intends to introduce civil marriage. The soldiers who were assigned to preserve order at Bosnyaezi were fired on and stoned by a crowd of a thousand, mostly women. Outbreak!) in Armenia. LONDON, May 24.—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Constantinople says that serious outbreaks against the Armenians have occurred in a village near Van and at Ineboli, a seaport of Asia Minor. The Russian consul at Ineboli has telegraphed to the government to send a war ship. Japan Envoy to London. WINNIPEG, Man., May 23.—Marquis Ito, ex-premier of Japan, and special envoy to her Majesty's jubilee, arrived here to-day by the Canadian Pacific, bound for New York, whence he will sail for England.

THE ROER AT HOME. A Queer Creature with Contradictory Traits of Character. Poultney Bigelow, in Harper's. Bryant Lindley met a Boer and asked the way.. He received a surly answer which amounted to “Go to the devil.” Upon this he protested angrily, and the Boer rejoined in equal bad humor. At length the Boer shouted, "What's your name, anyway?” and when he heard it his manner altered at once, and he exclaimed, “What, and are you the son of the great American missionary Daniel Lindley?’ My friend gladly pleaded guilty to this charge, and the surly Boer became at once the most hospitable friend, and begged forgiveness for his rudeness. As they rode together towards the road which my friend was seeking, the Boer recounted with grateful satisfaction the many good deeds performed bv the elder Lindley, but of them all the best to him was that represented by a sound thrashing he had once received at the hands of this venerable missionary. For it appeared that this particular Boer, in his Touth, had been sent to a school taught by Lindley; that the Dutchman was noted for his size and strength, anu had bragged of his capacity to down the teacher, and had actually sought the opportunity by refusing obedience. But he soon learned that he had made a gross mistake, for this particular missionary was also a noted athlete. and gave him such a hiding with a bullock whip that the young giant roared for mercy before the whole school. And for this and similar deeds the Boers loved the elder Lindley, and this particular Boer venerated his memory. On the evening in question, when the two men were about to part the Boer, who had been so uncivil at first, begged Lindley. with tears in his eyes, to grant him a great favor for the sake of his conscience. “You father, said he, “did me a service so great that I can never repay* it—he gave me the worst thrashing I ever had—he saved my character, and 1 am a better man to-day. thanks to him.” My friend cheerfully promised to grant the request, puzzling his head as to what was going to be required of him. The Boer was mounted upon an excellent horse, which he prized beyond anything he owned. He dismounted, put the reins in Lindley’s hand and then ran away into the black forest as though the devil was after him. Here wi i no lndian-glvlng. This Boer had put it out of the power of the American to discover the name or whereabouts of the strange giver. It is a story typical of the Boer, and serves to illustrate many apparent contradictions in his nature. He does not hate Englishmen In general: he hates only those who seem to threaten his peculiar quality of independence. Recovered from the Astonish men t. Philadelphia Record. It is probable that no power in Europe is so much astonished and disappointed by the extraordinary vitality of the sick man. at Constantinople as the Russian government. The deeper the degeneration and the greater the impotency of Turkey the more brilliant the prospects of Russia for the extension of her Eastern empire. Hence, the display of his old-time military prowess by the Ottoman on the plains of Thessaly comes most inopportunely for the Cossacks, and suggests the possibility that the prey which they have watched and coveted for centuries may yet slip through their long fingers. An American Court Dress. Chicago News. It is possible the government will have to decide formally bv law what shall constitute the court or official dress of an American representative abroad in order to protect itself from the ridicule brought upon us, as a nation, by the antics of some of the jackanapes that are selected to reside at the courts of foreign countries. In the early days of the Republic, when Franklin and Adams wire our foreign ministers, they were by the extreme simplicity of their dress the most notable representatives at court and it has been in accord with Amer-

lean Ideas that our ministers make no attempt to a;je the customs in dress that are prevalent abroad. When the ropiest motives of the powers in Europe met In Paris at the close of the Franco-Pruss'an war Mr. Washbumc. our minister to Trance, was invited to be present. While the representatives of other governments appeared in full court costume, their breasts resplendent with the insignia of the orders with which they had been honored, Mr. Was-h----burne appeared in the plain costume of an American gentleman, without sword, sash or diamonds. For that, reason he was the most conspicuous minister present and was accordingly honored by all. But an American militia captain at the czar's coronation tries to outshine the representatives of governments in Europe with glittering brass, not confined exclusively to the buttons of his coat, and is laughed at both at home and abroad. LYNCHED ft WHITE MAN. He Was Accomplice of a Negress in a Texas Murder. HOUSTON, Tex., May 23.—R. W. Stewart, a prominent merchant of Lindale, was recently enticed from his home by a negro and murdered. Efiie Jones, a negro, was ari oso <i for the munb r, and in a confession implicated W ill Jones, a white man, prominent in the community. Jones was arrested and placed in jail. Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning a mob appeared at the county jail at Tyler, and, on the refusal of tilt- slut in to admit them, broke down the doors, went to Mill Jones's cell and shot Dim to death as tie sjt on his cot. He told them they were killing an innocent man, out the leaders answered they had proof of ins guilt. They refused to Kill Rale Jones, the negro woman wno killed Stewart, saying that, as she,did not have the means and innutnee to escape punishment, tney would let the law takes its course. WO l LD-liE V. OMAN DIPLOMAT. Mrs. Mnrilia Ricker Applies for .Minister to Colombia. New York Journal. Mrs. Marilla M. Ricker will be the first woman in tne world to occupy the diplomatic position of foreign minister—that is, if sne gets the appointment she has applied for, and there is no denying the fact that she is maiviiig a great light and has an excellent chance to oeeome the heroine of this unprecedented departure in international relations. A unique coincidence in her case is the fact that the man whom she asuires to succeed is a namesake of tne President "Parson McKinley,” who also hails from her native town, Dover, N. H. The post for which Mrs. Ricker has already applied is that ot envoy extraordinary ana minister plenipotentiary to the United States of Colombia. The salary of the position is .UO.OOO a year. She would be located at Bogata. "I can wait until the tariff is settled,” she said. ”i know that we need a tariff to pay the expenses of the government, and that it is of more importance than office seekers.” Mrs. Ricker ridicules a Washington dispatch to a local paper to the effect that President McKinley would not appoint a woman to any important position. "Mr. McKinley would not say anything like that.' she said. I do not believe it. Why, he is a strong woman suffragist. Last #vet k he appointed two women postmasters. It would perhaps be a good thing for him if he appointed a woman to some high office, perhaps not me, perhaps Mrs. Weed, for instance. It is simply a question of time when women will have a fair share of all the offices.” Mrs. Ricker is one of the most prominent women lawyers and one of the most conspicuous women politicians in the country. She is a stanch Republican. Although her application has been on file several months, the novelty of her case has not worn off. She is receiving remarkably strong support from high sources. The press has given her considerable support, but perhaps the biggest surprise, and the one which will attract the greatest attention, is an editorial in tim May number of the Arena, in which Editor Ridpath, the well-known historian, conies out in the strongest terms advocating her appointment. Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, with whom she was associated as counsel in the famous Star route case, says that she is one of the clearest-headed and most capable persons he knows, man or woman, and he strongly recommends her. Ex-Senator Blair has filed her application with the President and has charge of her interests in Washington. In a personal letter which she has just received from him he states that the President will carefully read all of the papers filed in her case, and the Senator underlines the word “read.” Mrs. Ricker is the daughter of Jonathan B. and Hannah Young, and was born in Durham. N. H., in 1840. She married John Ricker in 1863. Twenty-seven years ago she became a widow. In 1579 she began the study of law wfith Albert G. Riddle and Arthur B. Williams, in Washington. She was admitted to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in 1882. She was appointed United States Commissioner and Examiner in Chancery by the Supreme Court of the District in 1801. In 1890 she was admitted to the bar of the state of New Hampshire. The political field she entered in 1870, when she astonished the country by going to the polls and demanding the right to vote. “1 was a law-abiding taxpaying citizen. and I wanted to vote,” she explained to the .Journal man. "Ever since then every election I go to the polls and present the wWble ticket. They all know me, you know. /They say, 'Why. Mrs. Ricker, you know we can't accept that.’ So I tear off the state part and present the local ticket and they refuse that. Then I tear that off and offer them the school committee ticket, which they accept. I always do that every time.” Mrs. Riker went op the stump for Harrison in the West in 1888, and wrote political articles in 1882.

Tb<* Methodical Way. New York Tribune. A characteristic story is told of a New England man arid his wife who live very methodically. One evening at exactly 9 o’clock they went to the kitchen to make the final preparations for the night. "Marthy,” said the husband after a few moments, “hev ye wiped the sink dry yit?” “Yes, Josiah,” she replied. “Why do you ask ?’' “Well,” he replied, “I did want a drink, but i guess i'll get along till the morning. A Vulgar Calculation. Washington Star. “I am convinced.” said the broad-minded man, “that a United States senator’s salary is. comparatively speaking, a beggarly pittance.” “Oh, I don’t know,” replied Senator Sorghum. "It depends on how he handles it. A year’s salary isn’t much if he attempts to live on it. But it makes a very respectable margin in a sugar deal.” Wunnmnker'x Error. Kansas City Journal. \ Mr. Wanamaker is so accustomed to quick returns from his newspaper advertisements that he imagines the country ought to realize quickly on its prosperity investment. It doesn’t seem to occur to Mr. Wanamaker that eleven weeks is a phenomenally short time in which to undo four years of Democratic mismanagement and hard times. Ready for Fume. Detroit Free Press. “Is your daughter properly equipped for literary work?” asked the editor. “Equipped? I've bought her a Louis somebody desk, a fountain pen. a silver inkstand and a mother-of-pearl penholder, besides the most expensive stationery on the market. I guess that comes pretty near being a literary outfit.’ Doing Nothing. Cleveland Plain Dealer. “And how is your husband doing, Sarah?” •He isn’t doing anything. “I thought I heard he was elected to Congress?” . . , , . "He was—but he isn t doing anytning, just the same.” Sounds of the Season. Chicago Times-Herald. If you listen now intently at the early blush of dawn you can hear the busy mower as it shears the grassy lawn, and if you listen closely you, will catch a frequent hint of remarks which may be forceful, but which don’t look well in print, A Potent Physician. St. Louis Republic. Abdul Hamid's prompt compliance with Russia’s demand to cease hostilities shows that the Sick Man of Europe knows who would likely give him the worst medicine in the event of a further*continuance of his attack of blood fever. Not ut Ills He Hi. Judge. First Novelist—So she refused you? Wonder why? Second Novelist—Well. I think she felt slighted because I didn't propose in dialect. Expensive Potato Planting;. New York Evening Post. John Farrell, who was arrested at Nanuet. N. Y.. yesterday for planting potatoes in violation of the laws governing the Sab-

MERIT MAKES IT FAMOUS. The Only Remedy In the World, Except a Surgical Operation, That Will Certainly Care Any Form of Pile*. The study of physicians, the experiments of chemists, the loudly advertised pretensions of quacks, have been for years expended in one direction—to find a pile cure that would cure. The results have been a number of harmless. and, in most cases, useless olnments, suppositories find even internal remedies, which the public hive weighed in the balance of experience and found wanting. Nearly all of them gave some lelief, but nothing approaching a radical cure resulted from these preparations. The remedy required is one which will immediate'y stop the pain t-o severe in many cases of piles, and then, by contracting the small blood vessels (capillaries) to their normal size, produce a radical cure by reducing and finally absorbing the tumors and healing the inflamed, raw mucous surfaces. Until two years ago no such remedy had bben produced, but at that time a suppository was placed upon the market, which has since pi oven itself to be the long-sought permanent cure for this common and distressing trouble. It has rapidly become famous throughout the United States and Canada, and is now sold by nearly all druggists, under the name of the Pyramid Pile Cure. Jt is now the best known, because its merit and safety have advertised it wherever used. It has been advertised by word of mouth, from one sufferer to another. People who have tried everything else, even submitting to painful and dangerous surgical operations without avail, have finally leund that piles may be cured without pain and without expense, practically, as the Pyramid Pile Cure is sold for the nominal price of 50 cents and $1 per package. The Pyramid instantly stops all pain and at the same time contains no cocaine, morphine or narcotics; the acids and healing properties contained in the remedy speedily remove, cause a healthful, natural contraction and absorption of the tumors. It will cure any form of rectal trouble except cancer and advanced fistula, which, by the way, nearly always result from neglecting proper and timely treatment for piles. As above stated, can furnish you with the Pyramid Pile Cure at 50 cents for ordinary size or $1 for large package. A book on cause and cure of piles sent free by addressing Pyramid Cos., Albion, Mich. bath, was fined $o to-day for this offense. The ease has caused considerable sensation in that neighborhood. Ronton's Library. Literary World. It is a humiliating confession—humiliating for somebody, though we do not know where the responsibility rests—that Boston’s new and to the eye outwardly magnificent Public Library building has hardly been fairly occupied and put into actual use before It is found to be seriously defective for its purpose, and an outlay ranging from SIOO,OOO to $200,000 is called for, so to alter its machinery for the delivery of books as to- enable -it effectively to serve the public. It has looked from the beginning as if this great building was more of an architect's display and advertisement than a practical storehouse, consulting loom and furnishing office for the reading public, and as if the planning of it, as so often in architectural “efforts,” had begun at the wrong end—the end, namely, of show, and not of utility. The true architect, in planning a real house to live in, begins inside, at the center, and works outwardly; the exterior is the last thing he thinks of. It seems as if the builders of the Boston Public Library had begun with the outside and worked in exactly the opposite direction. One hundred thousand dollars' worth of changes needed simply to facilitate the delivery of books! Surely, somebody has blundered.

First Duty of Congress. New York Tribune. The Congress which sits at Washington is the Congress of the United States. It is not the visionary “Parliament of Man.” As Senator Wellington properly reminded it on Monday, its first duty is to the people o£ the United States rather than to the Cubans. That is exactly true, and it should be borne constantly in mind by all members of both houses. No doubt Cuba is suffering. So is the United States. There are fifteen hundred thousand sufferers in Cuba. There are seventy millions in the United States. There have been two years of trouble in Cuba. There have been four years of it in the United States. The Republican party in its platform pledged its sympathy and support to the Cuban patriots. But that was not its chief plank, nor the one on which it came into power. The first and chief of the planks on which it came into power, to quote Senator Wellington again, was the pledge to enact a tariff which would furnish an adequate revenue. That is the promise which demands first fulfillment. - His Humane VVay. Puck. Askins (sympathetically)—What is the matter, old fellow? Grimshaw—Nothing that would interest you, Askins. It is true, I have troubles of my own, but I never tell them—l am no opera singer. •. • , Taking Exercise. Washington Post. We don't know just what Bob Fitzsimmons is in training for at the present time, but we do know that he sat through Hon. Bally Mason's speech on Cuba and that he is taking other violent exercise during his stay in the city. A Measure of Economy. Philadelphia North American. "I see the Shah of Persia has cut down his harem to sixty-two wives.” “Couldn't stand the expense of buying wheels for any more, I presume.” No Sympathy. Kansas City Journal. There is not much sympathy for the umpire who was mobbed in this town the other day. An umpire who would cheat the Kansas City team out of a game would steal butter from a blind man's bread. finite tlie Reverse. Kansas City Journal. The rejected suitor who Kills himself in his sweetheart’s presence may fill her with horror, but he certainly doesn't convince her that she made a mistake. A Probability. Washington Post. Lillian Russell has decided to apply for another divorce. All of which means that she has also decided to make some other man happy. A Favorite. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. An observant public notes with satisfaction that the visiting' Baptists sang that good old hymn beginning “Shall we gather at the river?” His* Present Name. Philadelphia Press. Prince Constantine. orGreece, has eleven baptismal names. His principal name, however, is “Dennis.” If It Had. Detroit Free Press. If Russia had only done Greece that good turn a little ekrlier in the game. /-X NATIONAL iC& Tube Works % Wrougbt-iron Pipe fer Gas, Steam ami Water. \\S holler Tub***, dot and MalieB • X, able Iron Fitting* (blaGi ttud tSf'.v irifwb catvaulz-U), \alv-*. Slop •ykiii,. Ir NBem dirks. Kuglae Truniutu);, SHIS' ' Hr Gauge*, t’U* Tongs, H K'l ” Pipe Cutlers, Vines, Screw rwjj W ;, *Si| Plates and Die*. Wreathes, RfiS bLS Strain Traps, Pumps, Kltch"3 pn Sinks. Hose, iielttug. ltabjsjf IS'•'3 bit Metal. Sollies, While and US Colored wiping Waste, and r' Klcal all oilier Supplies used iu f | h Til connection with Gas. steam I'jM Kl ami Water. Natural Gas A ftO supplies a specialty. Steam- | el heating Apparatus for Public Puddings, Store-rooms, Mllls, Shops, Factories, l.auudries. Lumber Dry-Houses, •*■l etc. Cut and Thread to order any she Wrought-Iron p I Pipe, from H inch to it * rd inches diameter. 1 mGHT JJILLSON, HI H. PENNSYLVANIA Slit