Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1891 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1891-TWELVE PAGES.

!A JMSERW-SIISD. ,One Bank Under Two Names Goes Down.

'Tho Spring Garden. Bank and Penn Trust A Speculative President the Cause of Disaster. Tho City a Heavy Depositor in tho Broken Bank. $io Statement of the Assets or Ida Dllltles, Philadelphia, May 8. Another of T&lsdelphia'a national banks closed its doors this morning by order of the comptroller of the currency. After doing buBicess for one hour and a half this morning 'the Spring Garden national bank, at Twelfth and Spring Garden-sts., closed its Seors and posted the following notice upon ihe door: By order of tho comptroller of tho currency fhla bank it closed until further notice. ( V. P. Drew, national bank examiner, f The news of the cloeing of the bank ?pread rapidly and a large crowd eoon colected but admittance was denied to all. In answer to a request to President Kennedy aakinpj for some information aa to the reason of the bank closing, the following note was sent out: We hare thia morning decided to place thia tank in the hands of Ilr. Drew, the national back examiner. This itep has been forced Upon ua principally by the large witndrawa! of deposits during tbe financial emergenor whioh commenced last September and the continued dallneaaof business since. To meet these demanda on oor reserves it was found impossible' to realize rapidly on the assets. We hare been pelow in our reserve some weeks past and can bo immediate crospe-jta of increasing it. IV still oire a balance to tbe clearing bouae eommittee for outstanding loaa certificates. payment of which ia beinz pressed. These facts, eon pled with tbe disturbances of the past wetk, bare caused increased uneasiness on the part of some of our depositors.together with weakening our eredit with the other banks. We hope the suspension will be only temporary. Fkancis W. Kennedy, President But little information as to the bank's Teal condition could be learned as tha officials, directors and Examiner Drew Mere in consultation and could not be seen. Among the crowd of stockholders end depositors who had gathered ou tho street in front of the bank a ttrong feeling prevailed that the closing of the bank would prove but temporary and they ould recover their money. The Pennsylvania trust company, which xnade an aseiirnment this inorning, is really a part of the bank, but it is eaid to ie solvent, the alignment being simply for protection azainst a run. Tne capital fjtock of tho bank is $750,000 fully paid in, and by the February statement the reserve fund amounted iu round figures to 5150,000. On Tuesday last tho bank declared a semi-annual dividend of 2J per cent, and the stock sold at $121, par beinj: $100. Tbe bank's line of deposits amount to about $2,000,000 and the city of Philadelphia, which has $400,000 locked up in the brokea Keystone bank, zain sutlers to the extent of $154,000. The Spring Garden bank was organized in 1S70 as a state bank, and in ISSti was nearly driven into insolvency by a heavy run upon it. At that time th9 clearing bouse came to its assistance, but with the understanding that the bank should reorganize as a national bank. After the run TraA over and all danger bad passed thia was done. When the run took place on the .Keystone bank last winter a email run was also made on the Spring Garden bank, but the bank met it without diilicnlty. The report of the closing of tho bank caused great surprise in financial circles, but there were some bank ollicials who declared that they were not surprised at the suspension of the bank. They eaid that it bad been for some time in a weak condition and that in the inner financial circles of the city it was known that unless the bank received aid from some influential quarter it would get into trouble. The city treasurer has j'144,0!X) on deposit in tho spring Garden bank. The officers are: President, Francis W. Kenl?edy; cashier, Henry II. Kennedy; assistant cashier, S. A. McClure. Josiah li. Adams, the assignee of tho renn trust company, 6aid that he could gjve no idea of the company's resources or liabilities at thia time, but that ho Tvonhl probably have a statement of its condition ready tomorrow. He said that the company had a line of deposits amounting to about $175,000. According to the statement of the bank made to the clearing house on Monday last its atseta exceeded its liabilities by 51,873,000. Among tho items credited to its resources was ?-',427 00 worth of loans nd discounts. That theso loans and discounts are not of a gilt edge character is practically admitted by President Kennedy in a written statement to the reporters in which he cited as a reason lot closing the bank was the impossibility to realize upon its assets. Samuel Ji. liuri, counsel for the bank and the trust company, said this afternoon that the latter's deposits amounted to 5209,000. Of this sum $35,000 in cash was locked up in the vaults of the company and the balance was out in loans and. discounts, bow good he did not know. President Kennedy, his brother, II. II. Kennedy, cashier of the bank, and Nelson F. Evans, a director, are said to be interested together in a number of ventures of a more or les speculative character that bave not proven to bo very successful When President Kennedy was asked about these speculations he declined

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to make any statement reearding them. Among the stories of the bank failures telegraphed from the city today, the failure of the Pennsylvania Trust and the Girard bank were mentioned. There was no foundation whatever for this. The two institutions are among the strongest of the kind in the city. The failing institutions were the Spring Garden National bank and the Penn tru-t company, an altogether different organization from the Pennsylvania Trust. EXCITEMENT IN EUROPE.

Tho Portuguese Lomi Cause m Condition of Panic London; May 8. The known difficulties of several financiers who are heavily loaded with Kussian-Portuirucfio stocks have induced a bear raid on these other speculative kinds of stocks. The selling which has been lively since Monday paused yesterday. The bourses being closed on Thursday Ascension day the members of the Ijndon stock exchange seized the opportunity to try to improve prices, and a decided rally set in, until the Paris operators woke up and checked the rise by placinj hero larpe selling orders. To assist the operation of these financiers rumois were circulated involving the credit of a number of prominent firms. Thus it was that the firm of Messrs. Ephrussi, who have for a long timo been deeply interested in Portuguese stocks, were mentioned as being among the firms said to be in a shaky condition. It was definitely stated that a member of the firm had fled or had committed suicide. The Ephrussi family are allied by marriage with the Itothscbilds, but are in no way linked in business with them. The Messrs. Ephrussi headed a syndicate in March, 1SH0. taking the Portuguese loan of 20,000, in which the Credit Lyonnais, Comptoir d'Es-compte, Stern Bros., Credit Industrial and Societe Generale were concerned. This loan failed and tho house again joined a syndicate in taking the new Portuguese loan, which is now subject to a severe bear attack. Yesterday the stocks of Portuguese, Russian, Italian and Spanish securities were thrown on the London stock exchange, complete! v knocking the feet from the holders of thee etocks. Inquiries werehastily telegraphed to Taris, but the senders of the messages got no explanation of this turn in the market, and everything closed dark. The gale of reaction was resumed today, when other firms were bruited as about to collapse, and the report caused a panic on the Paris bouise for some hours. A lanr number of onlers from scared provincial holders aided the rapid downward movement, which extended to the London. Berlin and Frankfort exchanges. Towards the close the fall was arrested by extensive bear purchases and it was announced that the firms whose position had been deemed shaky had obtained asMstance. "When business closed confidence was fast replacing the panicky f. eling. The London stock ex'-hantre brokers had a merry time, the shake up infusing new life into their dealing, and bringing in volumes of orders. On Paris prices closed much above the lowest rates of the day, though the market is still unsettled. A Crooked Hun nets. Nashta, X. II., May S. An excited meeting of the stockholders of the Pay state shoe manufacturing company wag held here yesterday at which serious charges were made against the management and the officers ousted from their positions. For three years tha cumpanr has paid a 10 per cent, dividend but it is alleged that the recent examination of the books of the concern show that every cent of it came out of the money paid in as a capital stock. These looks show that about two hundred thousand dollars has been spent, of whi. h $22,000 was paid for machinery, about thirty-one thousand dollars for dividend and no trace of the remaining $147,000 is given. The report ot a book-keeping expert to the meeting showed a very tangled condition of tho finances and some rather peculiar transactions. HE TOOK A DRINK. A Kentneklnn Killed by Poisoned Whisky Given by itn Enemy. Louisville, Ky., May 8. Xear Springfield. Ky., yesterday JclF Holiiday, er , a well-known citizen, died of poisoning. It is suspected a dose was administered in a drink of whisky given him by James Matherly. Last February Holiday's son, JeT Holiiday, jr., and his two brothers kMed Ca! Vest at liarrodsburg while Vest was returning to his home from his wedding with his bride. The HolliJays escaped, but were arretted and JeiT Holiiday, jr., is now in jail. James Matherly is a cousin of ChI Vest and has been active in collcctinr evidence against the Iloliidavs. Yesterday he and Vest's brother met Jeff Holiiday, sr., in the road andoilered him a drink. Holiiday accepted and was immediately taken 6iek. He went to a farm house near by and in twenty minutes was dead. A FATHER'S CRIME. Tie Drowns Himself and Child Ills Wife Kaseued. Ban Antonio, Tex., May 8. This afternoon J. M. Wesson, a lawyer of Navasata, aed twenty-eight, bis wife, aged twentythree, and their two-months-old babe went to an ice-cream saloon and took a seat on the back gallory which juts out over the river. Soon after a splash was heard in the water. A boat near by rescused the woman, but the man refused assistance and was drowned. The child was also lost. There seems to be no doubt that the three were sitting upon the railing of the balcony when Wesson shoved his wife and baby backward into the river and then sprang in himself. Wesson, it has since been ascertained, had been In ill health for some timo which bad affected his mind. Everybody needs and should tike a good spring medicine, for two reasons : 1st, The body Is no more susceptible to benefit from medicine than at any other season. 2d, The Impurities which hire accumulated in the blood should be expelled, and the system given tone and strength, before tho prostrating effects of warm weather are felt. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the best spring medicine. A single trial will convince you of its superiority. Take it before it is too late. The Best Spring Medicine "1 tike Hood's Sarsaparilla for a spring medicine, and I find it Just the thing. Itter.cs up my system and makes me feci like a different man. My wife tikes it for dyspepsia, and she derives great benefit from It. She says It is the best medicine she ever took. F. C. TcRNrn, nook & Ladder No. l, Boston, Mass. "Last spring I was troubled with bolls, caued by my blood being out of order. Two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla cured me. I Cin recommend It to all troubled with affections of the blood." J. Schoch, Teorla, I1L irsaparifila . Sold by all &TuyU. f 1 ; six for f 5. prepared by C. L IIOOD a CO.. A pothecarios. LnwsU, Mass. L IOO Dosos Ono Dollar

PANIC STRICKEN ROME.

Woes of tho Eternal City Still Increase. F'eople in Mortal Terror For Their Lives. Anarchy Rears Its Red and Awful Front. The Religious Orders Preparing for a Siege. A Pitiable Condition of Affairs In the Ancient Capital, LoNDoy, May 6. A letter received here from Rome discloses a number of new facts in regard to the riots which took place there on May day, and as to the general feeing of the people upon the same occasion. According to this letter the public officials at Koine, as well as the people, have been in a state of actual panic for a week or two. This state of affairs, it appears, is due to several causes, the most prominent of which are the fall of the ministry beaded by Minister Crispi, the accession of the Kudini ministry into power, the strong public demand for an equalization of expenses and receipts without freeh taxation, the diplomatic troubles which have arl;eu between Italy and the United States, and finally the explosion at Pozzopantalo, which caused so much damage and alarm in Home and its vicinity. All these incidents have tended to bring about the feeling of panic which, as already stated, exists among the public officials and the inhabitants generally at Rome. In spite of all the denials and official statements made to the eflect that the explosion at Fozzopantalo was not the work of socialists or anarchists, the Romans are convinced that the explosion was the work of anarchists, aud it will require considerable and most clear evidence to the contrary to convince the people that they are mistaken. So deeply is this conviction rooted in the public breast that the people live in daily expectation of bearing that there has been an explosion in another powder magazine or that some public building has been blown up. As this letter was written before the fire yesterday which destroyed the barracks, stabies and storehouses of the Carabineria and which created so much alarm at the Vatican that tho full force of Swiss guards were kept under arms all night, the feeling now existing in Rome can be easily imagined and especially as the fire is currently attributed to the socialists or anarchists. The feeling of panic re'erred to in the letter from Rome is thus apparently justilied or, at least, it has received a sufficient amount of confirmation to enable tho pessimists at least to say "I told you so." ". Conlinuing, the letter says that tho crisis which undoubtedly exists has caused a collapse of speculative enterprises, which state of affairs has, in turn, thrown thousands of workingmen out of employment, and in this state of enforced idleness thov naturally become dissatisfied with their employers, with the government, and with the wholj system uuder which they live- In this frame of mind the workingmen become ready prey for the apitators who are continually digging away at the foundations of popular content". On May day, this letter says, the natural excitability of the workingmen was worked un to fever-heat, and the wildest rumors were circulated by those who had everything to gain and nothing to loj-e by a popular disturbance. These rumors were continually magnified, and nowhere wa the panic greater than at tho Vatican and among the various religious societies and committees of the city. In this section if. was stated that these religious bodies had hurriedly stocked their headquarters with live days' provisions and that the inmates had been strictly eonlined within doors. In a word, the religious communities wero so alarmed at the socialist taint in the air that they had prepared to stand a Beige in the event of a wholesale uprising on the part ot tha masses. Rut this panic wag not confined to the relisious bodies. The richer families of the city were also so seriously alarmed that they adopted the same tactics as the religious institutions and stored provisions in their houses and ma le other preparations to face a serious riot and, perhaps, an attack upon their residences. Conflict with Anarchists. Rome, May 8. A conflict between anar chists and police took place in a narrow street in this city tonicht. Twelve shots were exchanged and several persons were wounded. It is Btated that Ladi has been arrested. A DfeMENTED BRIDEGROOM. MArk Lnrkln's I'sfaMnr Conduct Some Myterious'Msis. Colcmbcs, May 8. Special. Mark Larkin, who was married a few days ago to Miss Mamie Coffman and mysteriously disappeared after enjoying a three days' honeymoon, has been heard from, the following telegram having been received from Indianapolis: "Stop investigating. Mark Larkin not dead yet," and signed "Mark Larkin." This telegram was to John Carr, afriend. Another telegram came last night, addressed to the deserted wife, saying "Cheer up, I'm all right." signed Mark Larkin. These messages were dated at lixlianapoli. A letter also came from Jerkin to his brother, saying that his father in-law .was against him and to tell his wife they would meet ajain, but not in Columbus. A search by friends in In dianapolis fails to disclose anv trace of him, nnd it is believed his mind has be como deranged on account of the opposi tion of his father-in-law. His wife is back at her father's residence and does not believe tho letter or telegram genuine. It is feared she, too, will loose her mind. A THAIN IN A FLOOD. Loatdsd with Worknttn It la Engntfad and All Irownt. Rome, May 8. News of a terrible disaster which occuired today at Alerona near Orvieto in the province of Umbria has been received here. The dispatches say that while a quarry-train, on which were many workmen, was at Alerona a sudden Hood occurred In the river, and the river and the rushing water sweeping over its banks engulfed the train and before anv of its occupants could escape the cars were lifted from the tracks and swept away on the foaming torrent. The train was carried a considerable distance and most of the men on board were drowned before any assistance could b rendered them.

AND NOW COMES AUSTRIA

Damamdlas; Ridrcn fur Trntmnt BoctTdbj Her Subjects. Vixs'SA, May 6. In the reichrath today Ilerr Masaryk gave notice that he would interpellate the government as to whether it was aware that subjects of Austria-Hungary in the state of Virginia, United States of America, were treated as' slaves, and if so, what measures would the covernment take to obtain redrefB for such treatment of Austro-IIungarian sub jects. The interpellation of Ilerr Masaryk probably refers to the report that eeventyfive Bohemians lelt New York in December last with a man who had contracted to complete the extension of the Norfolk & Western railroad. The Bohemians had been induced to sign a caBt-iron contract, concerning the provisions of which they were entirely ignorant One of the party wrote a letter to a Bohemian newspaper of New York, calling attention to the inhuman manner in which the Bohemians were treated, with the result that a correspondent of that paper was sent to Pocahontas. Vs.. and the treatment of tha contractor's employes was fully exposed and some ot them were brought back to New York. The Bohemians were found, according to the correspondent, guarded by a dozen or more nnder bosses, all armed with "Winchesters and revolvers, who were backed up by a pack of huge bloodbounds. "The Bohemians were found to bo," said the correspondent, "the most utterly wretched set of human beinarB I ever looked upon. They were terribly emaciated, and with hardly any clothing to cover their nakedness, they stood trembling with fear of some new calamity." One of the foremen is said to have pointed to the bloodhounds and referring to the possibility of the Bohemians escap ing, said: "lhoso are the fellows that we 11 bring in if they try to slip us." One of the Bohemians who tried to escape and who was captured, w as lashed with rawhules wh.le covered with revolvers. They are said to hive been beaten black and blue while Legging piteously for mercy. Spoiled pork and bread, according to the story, was their only food nnd water their only drink. Knjrineers of the Norfolk tfc Western railroad company, who are said to havo investigated the matter made a report which said there was no cause for complaint. The senior member of the firm of contractors said that he was sure that no cruelties had Wen practiced upon the workmen aud that a foreman who was complained of as being harsh with the men was immediately discharged. HE PLEADED GUILTY. Capt. Vernejr Confesses Ills Oullt and Gets t ft Tear In Prison. Loxnov, May . The trial of Capt. Edmund Verney, member of parliament for North Buckinzhamshire, charged with procuring a sjovernefv. Miss Nellie Beckett, for immoral purposes, took place here today. Capt. Verney was on Thursday last at the termination of the ex iminatiou at the Bowe-st. police court held for trial in 000 bail. When arraigned this morning Capt. Verney pleaded not guilty of procuring the girl, but he pleaded puilty of ronepiracy in conjunction with Mine. Koullier of Taris to procure her with record. Sir Thomas Chambers, before whom the trial took place, accepted the plea and sentenced Capt. Verney to one year's imprisonment without hard labor." During the trial the court was packed with people eagor to witness the last scenes in this sensational caso. Capt. Verney, though downcast in appearance, pleaded in a lirm voice to the charge of conspiring to procure. Counsel for the defense, in bis plea for the prisoner, alluded to the prisoner's distinguished service in the Crimean aud parliament and undoubtedly won sympathy for the disgraced ex-navy officer. The recorder, in sentencing Verney, said he had come to the conclusion through the evidence given that the case of Miss Nellie Beckett was not the only case of procuration in which the captain had been implicated, and, therefore, he could not lean toward the side of mercy so much as he conid have done had it been an isolated case. Killed Vtlth Arsenic. Pksvek, Col., May 7. Prof. II. C. Ileaden, who is analyzing the viscera taken from the remains of the late Josephine I. Barnaby, did make a discovery, it is said, which will set at rest all rumors that Mrs. Barnaby did not die from the etlecta of arsenical poisoning. He announced that poison had been discovered in large quantities in one of the kidneys. He found, he said, considering the amount of viscera analyzed, enough of the drug to prove beyond a doubt that Mrs. Barnaby had died from its e.'lects. A Long Journey. X. Y. Sun. I He (as they wander through country lanes) "I could go through lite contented with you at my side." She (in a burst of rapture) "Jack, if you'll buy a carriage it's a go." A pcadiar fact with reference to Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is, that, unlike sarsaparillas and other blood medicines, which are said to be good for the blood in March, April and May, the " Discovery works equally well alL the year round, and in all cases of blood-taints or humors, no matter what their name or nature. Its the cheapest blood - purifier sold through druggists. Why? Because it's sold on a peculiar plan and you only pay for the good you get. Can you ask more? " Golden Medical Discovery" is a concentrated vegetable extract, put up in large bottles ; contains no alcohol to inebriate, no syrup or sugar to derange aigestion; is pleasant ,to the taste, and equally good for adults or children. The " Discovery " cures all Skin, Scalp ' and Scrofulous affections, as Eczema, Tetter, Salt-rheum, Fever-sores, White Swellings, Hip - joint disease and kindred ailments.

THE T. 31. a A. CONTENTION.

A LARGE GATHERING AT KANSAS CITY. Thomas BlePhcoters ot St. Loots Chosen Prosidont The $cratary Presents a Long and Interesting; Report Tha 31 iaion&ry Movement. Kansas City, May 6. The twentyninth international convention of the Young Men's Christian association convened in this city this morning. The convention, which was preceded by an hour's devotional exercises at the Central presbyterian chnrch, was called to order at 11 o'clock in the Calvary baptist church by II. B. Chamberlain of Denver, Col., president of the twentv-eighth convention. After the opening exercises, which consisted of prayer, reading of tbe scriptures and singing, the committee on permanent organization was appointed. While the committee was preparing its report George A. Hall, state secretary of New York, conducted a short devotional exercise. The committee reported the following officers of the permanent organization: Thomas II. McPheeters of St. Louis, president; vice-presidents, Charles A. Jewell of Connecticut, Thomas A. Wilkie of Ontario, David Coleman of Alabama, Henry A. Avery of South Dakota, Thomas D. Foster of Iowa, Samuel P. Harbison of Pennsylvania and John A. Schemerhorn of Colorado; secretary, Herbert M. Clark ot Michigan; associate secretaries, Ralph C. Goodwin of Massachusetts, William McBride of Alabama and William H. Meade of California. After the adoption of the committee's report the convention took a recess until 2:) p. ra. The afternoon session of the convention was opened by an address of welcome by William McDonald, president of the Kansas City association, which was responded to by President McPheeters. A very interesting p.- per was then read by C. S. Holt of Chi, ,ion the "Snares in the Path of Youn Men of Txiay ; Doubt, Licentiousness, Intemperance, Gambling and Haste to Get Rich." The balance of the session was devoted to a general discussion of Mr. Holt's paper and more especially of the remedies for and methods of dealing with these snares. The hour for adjournment. 4:30, having arrived, the convention took a recess until 7 o'clock p. m. LDon the reassembling of the convention this evening the report of the international committee was read by the secretary, Mr. P. A. Wieling. The report, which is vory exhaustive, among other things contains the following subjects of interest: The association owns buildines and other real estate to the value of over $12,230,000. The total indebtedness is less than $'500,tlK). One thousand and eighty-three per.-ons are engaged as general secretaries ard other paid olhcers. Seven hundred and seventy-nine reading rooms and t"4;) libraries, containing almost ."sNUJOO books, are reported. The total membership is 225,500. Great interest was manifested in thp.t part of the report iu regard to the extension of tho work of tho association to the mission fie'ds. On thi3 point the report considers that its field for work in mission lands is now open, and no far as it has been attempted the results seem to establish its value and usefulness. The general foreign missionrry work suggested by some of the associations is looked upon with alarm. Upon this question the committee consulted with its Kansas state committee within whoso jurisdiction eilorts to promote general missionary work seems to be the mot prevalent. At the conference held in Topeka Sept. 17, 18t0, it was genera'ly agreed by the committee that the association of the country oupht not, in a technical and legal sense, be connected with a general missionary movement. The committee does not oppose missionary work, but advocates every reasonable project lookin? to a better knoweledge of Christian missions and securing support for them. It encourages all young men who exhibit willingness to accept the work of the church upon the foreign field. The report makes many recommendations, among which are: The observance of the second Sunday in November and the following week for prayer for association work ; authority to prepare and publish topics for prayer meetings and biblo classes for tho next two years ; an increase of the fund at the disposal of the committee to ?75,0.K); the establishment of a fund for the provision of those who have given their lives to association work, have become incapacitated to earn a livelihood. The report mentions the death of two persons who were the association's warmest friends, viz: Dr. Howard Crosby of New York City and Henry II. Webster, a member of the international committee. After a general discussion of the report the convention adjourned to the parlors in the Y. M. C. A. building, where a reception was tendered the delegates by the citizens and members of the Kansas City association. Kansas City, May 7. The three-quarters of an hour devotional exercises at the Central pre3byterian church was led this morning by C. M. Copeland of Ontario and was largely attended by the delegats to the Young mens' Christian association international convention. . The morning session of the convention was called to order promptly at 10 o'clack in the Calvary baptist church. After the opening religious exercises the vice-presidents were introduced to the convention and responded in short speeches. A paper on "The Correct Relation of the State Committee to the State Secretary and tbe State Work" wan then read by Se:den P. Spencer of St. Louis. A general discussion of the topic followed. The next order of business was the selection of a place for holdins the next convention. This matter was left to a committee composed of one member of each state, province and territory represented, instructed to report on the last day of the convention. A recess until 2 o'clock p. m. was taken. Alter the usual devotional exercises, which opened the afternoon session of the convention, an address was made bjf W. K. Jennings of Pittsburg on "Bible Study in tbe Association." This was followed by an address on "Leading Young Men to Christ, the Crowninsr Work of the Association," by J. B. Mott. The subject was to have been discussed by Bishop Baldwin, but ho was unable to be present. The evening session was devoted to railroad work, and after the reading of scripture and prayer. Mr. W. Peabody of Cincinnati, vice-president of the Baltimore h Ohio railway, addressed the convention on the opportunities and responsibilities of the railroad association works and its best methads. The convention then adjourned to give the delegates an opportunity to attend a reception tendered them by the Commercial club. Kansas City, Mo., May R. This morning's session of the Y. M. C. A. international convention was almost entirely given up to the transaction of business. Indianapolis was selected aa the place of tbe next meeting. The report of the committee to which, was referred the biennial report of the

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international committee recommended the adoption of the international commissioner's report with several amendments. One of the amendments provides for the observation of the second Sabbath in November as a day of praise and thanksgiving and of prayer for the blessing of God upon the work of the association. One of the resolutions calls for the appropriation of $7o.000 yearly for the international work. The following resolution was adopted: That the test of active membership iu all foreign associations, organized uuder the national committee, be the same aa tbe l'ortiai.d teat under which American associations are orf a iizd. Fifty thousand dollars was pledged for international work. In the places ot the eleven members of the international comrnittee,whosft terms now expiie, the following gentlemen were elected lor a term of six months: R. M. Colgate. New York; S. V. Constant, New York; S. H. Black, Toronto; M. K. Gates. Amherst. Mss. ; J. II. Converse, Philadelphia; H. M. Hubbard, Chicago; W. S. Gilbert, Saginaw, Mich.; H. B. Chamberlain, Denver; Walter Hugbson, Spokane Falls; J. W. Harie, Marshal, Tex., and James Bowran, Tennessee. GAME TO THE END. Charles Ford Kxfinte 11 AwTul Crime on the Oilliim. Ottawa, 111., May P. Charles Ford, as he is known on the records of the law has suffered ita extreme penalty for the crime of murder. For very threwd reasons, he, during life, concealed his true name and nativity. He pretended to be of Irish antecedents when in fact both his parents were tierman and his reul name was William Budohh. The motive (or this deception was bftsed on the circumstance that the 1 rih American element is unuuallv strong in this country and that a number of the olhcials whom he encountered were of that extraction. iih this knowledge he htiu'tfed the delusion that by assuming to he Ir.sh be would have an unoonouerable "puli" aud thereby escape punishment. Last evening a dramatic incident occurred in the jail olfice. Budol-pu'a w ife Kate wa, at the oonderaiied man's request, brought into his presence. She La 1 but a few moments previous pleaded guilty in court to conculicity of Moore's murder and been sentenced to imprisonment at hardlabor tor fourteen year. The meeting of the two companion in cr.me, whose brief conjugal uuion has brought tnm only priion har was one geuuiuely a-ieciing. 1 heir fate, so close at hand, seemed to draw to the surface in both some redeeming qualities of human nature. For tweuty niir.ute the pair wept nnd talked together and wire then separated forever. During this inttrview the depraved wretch die played the only sieu of emotion which be has exhibited for weeks. He has been absolutely without hope ainca the governor refused clemency, an i his attorneys abandoned him, publicly anuouueiag a belief iu his gailt. ltudolth was baptised into the eitholio faith by Ltean Keating ot fc-t. Colutubu' church last niifht. "Uudoluh reminds me strongly. said Father Keating afterward, "of one of th characters in Victor Hugo's 'Les Misernbles.' " tie was actually surprised that anybody should do him a kindnesa. Kvery one's hari'l has always been against him and his agaiust every ones' I pitied the boy, and I must say that in all my twenty-one years as a priest I never administered sacrament to a person who bhowed deeper religious feelings. Uy las wiih 1 christened him Wdliam Amelia Rudolph, Amelia being the name of his mother of whom he teemed to know little, hut spoke reverently ret." Fntil nearlr midnight ltu-lolph paced slowly back and forward in his loneiy cell with eyes closed, as if in a dream. At one t:me, when silence in the jail and suspense of waitir -g passed human endurai c, he resorted to an extraordinary method ot relieving his tension. This was to stop his monotonous waik and deliberately dance a jig before the estouiihed yea of tbe death-watoh. So amazed was that Individual that Rudolph actually broke into a hearty laugh, but with a sudden revu'aion of feeling stopped dancing with the remark: "It is too bad, isn't it, lor a young feller like ma to bavtodie." Tuis morning found Tludrdph, or Ford, displaying the same wonderful nerve that ta characterized him from the heeinnin?. Faht-r Keating was with him at sun rise nnd rem-iined by his side, crucifix iu hand, until the last moment on the gallows. Standing on the scaffold before the noose was adjubted the doomed mnn joined Fatiu r Keating in repeating the Lord's prayer ai.d the "sve marie," and said alone the act of the contrition. When asked by the fcherifl if he bad anything to nv he re pied tlmt Fathi-r Keating would spetk for him. The priest aid that the prsoner in the face of the doom waiting him denied thnt lie was guiuy of the main charge against him; that he would meet his fate with charity toward all and inal.tce towArd none and that he was going witi it lear before the greatest 0f all tribunals, lukir.g only the prayers of the witnesses of his death to the Merciful Father. Life waa pronounced extinct at tho expiration of sixteen minutes. Rudolph's avowed ambition was to beat the the record for gameuess ou the sca3old, and he did it byoud a doubt. The most extraordinary feature of the ar'air, coupled with the titter absence of any show of fear on his pnrt. was his total abstentiou from the display of the slightest tracj of bravado. Death was appar'LtiV painless and the losa of conse'ousnesa instant, though the man's neck was not broken. (On the morning ot June 21 Inst the body of 1ut1 I Moore of Omslia, a tiavelin salesman lor the T. H. t tt lu.nl r -oiiinny of Mrrll, Wis., wa difcovered in Allen lsrk the h-d crnl.e l in ly refieatod bios with a car-coupling pin. Kate Ford, ier hnslmn.1, t'harlus Ford, William O Hrion and Minnie Wintering, mere arreted for complicity in the kiUiog. O'Brit-n was trld in Aniut and kchtccced to inifTinnnnient for life. ForJ wa tried in Novetiil.sr, f"und guilty and sentenced to death. JudireSiipp.tbe tral ju'lg'-.w so unmanned by overwork during the trial that he collapsed w ith nervous prostration two days following the verdict, and for a time it wa feared he never would be aM to liMen to a motion for a Lew trial. weeks fpnt at a private ssnitariiuu and the Judse returned with bis mind restored and bis-bodily health improved mtticientl to admit of his sittlag n the motion f r a rehearing, w hich he denied. On the tiial of Ford It was shown that st his instipntion liiw wife decoyed Mo're to Alien park presumably f.ir purposos of robbery or bluckinail. The woman wss of hud reputation previous to her tnsrria.'e to Ford. O'hrien was Ford's accomplice. The duv hefor- the ruurder Ford aod his wife quarreled and In tha h ar tat she would not k-ep iho appointment with More, Ford enad a Bimrlo min I 'd woman of the t wn named Minnie Winterling to meet Moore, lint Mrs. Ford rpen'l. consequently the four were present. The two women have not been trid. Ford's father was hut.eat.Sing Sing, his mother s brother is doing tiniest the namo prKon for train wrecking, his sister keeps a notorious hons in Toronto and his mother was driven from t . 1 hirt w lgbth-st.. New York, when? he kept a thiever paralla in 70's. 8he was also chased out ot Cliicwco and her t md husband, also nsmcd Ford, is in the Indiana aiale prison. C harles Ford had also served a term in tbs Illinois penitor tiarv and two terms in the New York reform school, lie was born in the slums of New York ai d bes been a tramp since boybood. - English Aa She I Spoke. (liofton Hcra!d.l A correspondent of the Springfield VpuUiean calls attention to tbe fact that there is not the slightest authority in either Worcester's. Webster's or the Imperial dictionary lor the pronouncing of words like alas, pass, crass, etc, as if the "a" in them were long, and he denounces also the pronouncing of vase as if it were spelled r a-h i-e as an ai'ectation thnt ought not for a moment to be recognized. It strikes us that this is a matter worthy the attention of those, espeo ally among young people, wbo have done so much of late years to give greater accuracy to the way the language ia spoken. Something TTnrtli While. Fllegende Blsettcr.l Keeper "Hi I Stop! You're Fhootinp tbo cattle over in the lot beyond!" Amateur Hunter "Well, well I Sow at last I can briu; my wife some game worth baTinf?."

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TCI tiJlUl Siddons and White Have a Game Battle In the Presence of a Choice Crowd of Sports. The Fort Wayne Mill Draws a Great Crowd. Blood and Blaclc Eyes Are Freely Found. The Fight Stopped After Three by the Hours. Police FonT Watxe, May Special. The loc. tilked-of George SiJlonH-Tomray White prizefight for 1,000 a si le attracted 'Jno people to the I'riuef as rirk tonight, a pec a! train bringing in 3CO sports from Chicairn. Roth men weighed in at US pounds. Whita was seconded by Harry tiilmore and Jimmy Murphy and iddona by Tom Ryan and Bill Rradburn. Jerry Ihiiiy of Chicago as chosen referee. llefore the fight Rradburn offered foOO on Siddons, which was takeu at once. The lattle bean at 'J o'clock. The men were fighting at 11 with the re suit in doubt. At the end of the thirty-first rounltbe blows of both men were so futile that the Cdit promised to last indefinitelj. In the thirty-second round White caught ?id Ions with two heavy blows on t'.ie back of the head, stazcerinz him around the stage, the round cloning in White's favor. Neither had had yet been knookeJ down, and their waiting tactics promised to prolong the result unt.l church services. Whits kept playing for Siddons eye. Tha thirty-fourth round closed in White's favor. At the end of thj thirty-fifth round, when th fgbt had progressed two hours and twenty minutes, both contestants showed wonderful freshness contrasting with the extreme w.-ari-i:es of the audience. The Chi' a ;o contingent demanding that the battle close so that they could reach home at Wt by Sunday noon, amid much laughter, t! e Lands of the hi? clock behind tho reporter s gallery were turt.e i beck for two hours aud tbe weary slruglo proceeded. the tight v.-as a desperate natne irnm tne ,tnrt hite snowing superior skill and Si Idons vastly the most staying powers. White got the tlrt blond and at halt pact 12 o'clock Sunday morning it was anybody's fight, with bih men weak and forty rounds foi;ght. siddons' left eye wa closed in th eighteenth round, and White bled freely from . a cut in the upper lip. I The fortieth round closed et 1 o'clock, with the huttl? still in tlouhr. ! The forty-sixth, round opercl with loud cries of wind tip. and the lighters tegan again with freh vigor. S.d-lons landed strongly on White's forehead and fllow d with territio lunge for short ribs. hite follow ed SidJoni ( to his corner at d rained blew on nim, bul fnil.-d to knock him out. White knocked Ssid Ions down and the fiercest fiphting of tin night began, it looking es if a chance blow would settle it for eitht r. At 1:41 the police ordrrad the fight to atop in two mors rounds and both men started la for a winning wind-un. At the end of the for ty-cluth round the fight w a. declared a draw. A CONVICT'S ROMANCE. Ills Sweetheart Kemiined True to IPrn Evfn t'nt Pent . CoLOlcr?, May 9 Ralph Holmes, a convict seiT-ng a two jeir' sentence from Ashtabula county for pi-sing counterfeit money, gave his name a hulf hour before his death to the nurse as F. C. (juion of Connecticut and a. k -d flint hia mother be notified. This waa dvr.e and ahe ordcieJ the remains sent to Litt'a Fti!li, Is'. V. Yesterday morning two welldresjed iad.es cril-d t nsk the privileia of b irying the b' d . t hey were 'r tu Ashtubula county and explain' d tiiat the convict was engaged to innrried to the yot-.njer one they were mother i n I tlauhtt: h- y i.ad never believed him gi:l:y and the wedding wns set for J u!y 4, v h -n his term expired. 1 he req ieet wes refused, b it the fni h'ul fiancee tock a lastl k at her dtad lover and went away in tears. Tfe body was tent to his mother who, bv his death, had the fir-t iutitnatiou that he ha i been in tha penitentiary. Snnrisin Oegeneraey. Martha's Vineyard Herald. The avernce Florida crocodile brought North by th tourist ia seven inches in length, ami be lias fca room enough in a cijrar box. We look at the little cusn, and then, thinking of his ancestor shoro we faw pictured in the gcoeraphv of out bovhood tlnya carrying oil an ox in bit jaws, we conclude that the Augustan age, ior crocodiles, is pat. And Worked l"p. Puck. "You know the wealthy and cultured Mr. Shiner, don't you?" "Yes; he couiiuenced life as a bootblack." "Ah! I fee; began at tbe foot" GRATEFUL C0MF0RTIN1 EPPS'S. COCOA. BREAKFAST. "Py a thorough knowl.dj of th natural liws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine proper. lie of w-li-lcled coa. Mr. k.;pt has pruviisl our breakfast tbls with a delicately flivors 1 bvr. are which may save us many beary doctors' hills. It is by tb- judicious use of such articpu ot J'ot task a coustitut;on insy be arsduaiiy built jo until strong enouah to r-sit every fn Hnrv to die, Han dreds of subtle ms'.s ll s are floating around us rjady tu attacK wherever there ii we point. We mar escape isany a fatil shaft by keepin ourselvos well fortiiied with pure blo-id and a properly nourished frsme." Civil Servioa Oatetto. Msde simply with boiil'i watsr nr milk. Soli enlv in half-r"ttid tins, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAMLb LI'1'6 4 CO., lijmjeuf alhtc Lhmuisu, London. tu.'Uod, WEAK MEN CURED. tkO elixtric nHr.xsr.. ao mtom.k ii DRi nnpin. Pend at otire ir S":il-d ducetlons MtKK of The Common Sense Heme Cure, for all weaUnew of men. A certain permanent euro for nervous debility, lost nA'ih"xl. emission and varicocele; WKAK K(iANS KNLAIUini) and omplrte cure cnratitel. Wa furnish the bet of references. Address Al.TtlON 1UA101ACY CO, L.Kk lioi CO, ALUION, MICli. C7C OOffiOCfl 00 A WOXTII fsnbsinias 3 I J , IU vlvUiMvrikti!pforti. lVnxir.H preferred who cm f urnth a horse nd fcie their whola tlmetithM uslces Spare moment smay bepr.ifital'ly employ ed alo A few -t"nw In to-vn airt rltt-. B. r. Joll.SboS CO., luuv Alain bu, tUrhwoiid. Va LOADED DICEr: iMMIMMHOTK. i.SM GW.

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