Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1901 — Page 3

•Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville By. Rensselaer Time-Table, South Bound. No. 31—Fast Mail - 4:49 a. m No. 5 Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. No.33—lndianapoiia Mail, (daily)., 1:48p. m. No. 30-Milk accoram., (daily) 8:15 p. ns. No. 3—Louisville Express, (daily).. 11:05 p. m. ••No. 45—Local freight 2:40 p.m. North Bound. No. 4—Mall, (daily)...., 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk aceomm., (daily)..... 7:31 a. m. No. 32—Fast Mall, (daily) 9:65 a. m. •No. 30—Cin.to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p.m. INo. 38—Cln. to Chicago 2:57 p. m.. , No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p.m. 7. *No. 48— Local freight. 9:55 u. in. No. 74 Freight, (daily) 9:09 p. in. •Daily except Sunday. {Sunday only. No. 74 carries passengers between Motion mnd Lowell. Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. No. 32 and 33 now stop at Cedar Lake. Fbakk J. Reed, G. P. A., W. H. McDof.l, President anil Gen. M'g’r, Chas. H. Rockwell, Traffic M'g’r, CHICAOO. W. H. Beam, Agent, Rensselaer.

CITY. 10MIP HD COUIITY DIRECTORY.^ CITY OFFICERS. -Mayor..., mT Eger Marshal. .... .... ... Abram Simpson Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Harry R. Kurrie •Civil Engineer H. f.. Gramble FlreChief Elden R. Hopkins C’OUNCILMEN. Ist ward Chas. Dean, H. J. Kannal 2d ward I. J. Porter, C. G. Spitler -3d ward J. F. McColly, J.C. Chilcote COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stew art Hanging Grovo John Ryan Gillum Lewis Shrier 1 Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue .., Marion John Bill Jordan ■Geo. M. Wilcox Newton Bert W. Sigler Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee Stephen D. Clark... WheutUeld Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William F. Smith Milroy Harney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Hensseieer G. K. Hollingsworth Rensselaer J. D. Allman Remlngtou Geo. O. Stembel Wheattield COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major Sheriff ...Abram G. Hardy Auditor W. C. Balicock Treasurer R. A. Parkison. Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner Truitt P. Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2ud District Simeon A. Dowell 3rd District Frederick Wuymire Commissioner's court- First Monday of each mouth. JUDICIAL. •Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney John I). Sink Terms of I'mirt. Second Monday in February. April, September and November.

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES’ CARDS. Milroy Township. Wm. T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township, gives notice that he will l»e at his resilience in said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business: and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. Wm. T. Smith. Trustee. Hanging Grove Township. Joseph Stewart, trustee of Hanging Grove township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on Friday of each week for ffie purpese c f transacting township business: and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. Joseph Stewart, Trustee. Jordan Township. John Bill, trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. John Bill. Trustee.

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Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office first stairs east of Postoffice. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, Law, Mueis, Loons and Root Esioie. RENSSELAER, IND. Office up stairs in Leopold block, first stairs west of Van Rensselaer street. Wm. B. Austin, /Lawyer and Investment Broker Attorney For The L. N. A. AC. Ry, and Rensselaer W. L, & P. Co. £iL,Oflieeover Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer. Indiana. ™*"« rOLT*. o. a. spitlsh. harry a. kukris. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance ALisracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER, IND. Mordecai F. Chilcote, William H. Parkison Notary Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Parkison, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance, Abstracts and Loans. Attorneys for the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. Will practice in all of the courts. Office over Farmers' Bank, on Washington street. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. J. F. Irwin ' S. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office in Odd Fellow's Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington. - - - Indiana. Law. Re'al Estate, Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. H. O. Harris. E. T. Harris. J. C. Harris, President. Vice-Pies. Cashier. Rensselaer Bank. Deposits received on call, Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued on time, Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities, Notes Discounted at current rates. Farm Loans made at 5 per cent. We Solicit a Share of Your Business.

Addison Parkinson. John M. Wasson. President. Vice President. Emmet L. Hollingsworth, Cashier. Commercial State Bank, (North Side of Public Square.) RENSSELAER, IND. The Only State Bank in Jasper Co, DIRECTORS. .Addison Parkison. G. E. Murray. Jas. T. Randle, John M. Wasson and Emmet L. Hollingsworth. This hank is prepared totransacta general banking business. Interest allowed on time deposits. Money loaned and good notes bought at current rates of interest. A share of your patronage is solicited. Farm Loans at S per Cent

Drs. I. B.& I. M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. 1.8. Washburn will give special attention to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose. Throat and Chronic Diseuses. He also test* egos for glasses. Orriee Tiliphoni No. as. Risioknci Whom. No. *7. Rensselaer, - - Indiana.

E. C. English, Physician <fc Surgeon. Office over Postoffice. Rensselaer. Indiana Omici Pmoni, 177. Rixoinci Pmons, fie. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Lnrsh's drug storo. IHE LEADING INDIANA NEWSPAPER THE ■MS Sill. (Established 1823.) Dolly, Sunday and Weekly Editions. THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL, In its several editions, continues to occupy the position It has so long held of Tiie Leading Indians Newspaper. It is the oldest and most widely read journal published In tiie St/te. Iterates of subscription are the lowest. THE SENTINEL is a member ofthh Associated Press and ita telegraph columns are the fullest and moat comprehensive of any Indiana pagers. Its press reports are supplemented by Special Washington dispatches. covering very fully ail matters of Indiana interest, and by reports from Its special correspondents at every county Indianapolis Sentinel are complete and accurate. THE SENTINEL, pays special attention to Indiana News and coYers the ground fully, Indiana readers will find more news of interest to them in The Sentinel than In any Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis or Louisville newspaper, THE SENTINEL, although Democratic in politics, publishes all the new* fully and Impartially and always treats its political opponents with fairness. lERIB Of SUBSCRIPTION. Dally, one year, go.oo Sunday, one year 8.00 Weekly, one year. .50

CONDIION OF CROPS.

AREA AFFECTEO BY DROUGHT GROWS GREATER. Temperature Conditions on a Whole Were Favorable to Germination anil Growth Corn-Planting Delayed in Come Sections. While the week has been abnormally cool iu the upper Mississippi ami Missouri valleys, with frost more or less damaging in the Missouri valley, the temperature conditions as a whole have been favorable, but the area needing rain is much greater than in the previous week, and the effects of drought more serious, especially in the gulf States. The generally abundant raius of the previous week over the Western plateau and Pacific coast districts, followed by much warmer weather, have given highly favorable conditions in that region. Corn planting in the Central Missouri and Mississippi valleys has been somewhat delayed on account of low temperature, but fair progress has been made, this work being nearly finished iu Missouri and Kansas. In the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic States planting has made favorable progress.”although somewhat retarded in poriiims of West Virginia and Ohio.■ In the Southern States the crop is very uneven, has made slow growth, and is generally in need of ruin, although showers have afforded relief in sections. The general abundance of rain over a large part of Nebraska, Kansas and southern Missouri lias somewhat checked the progress of winter wheat, lint"elsewhere iu the winter wheat belt the condition of this crop continues favorable, a deWded improvement being reported from Michigan and Ohio. In Texas no improvement is reported. Wheat is now heading as far north as Tennessee and southern Kansas. On the Pacific coast reports continue favorable except from extreme southern California. Spring wheat seeding is practically completed, and the early sown is rooting and stooiing satisfactorily. High winds have caused some damage to spring wheat in South Dakota. Seeding of oats continues in the extreme Northern districts, and harvesting has begun in Texas and Florida. Over the greater part of the Southern States the crop has suffered much from drought nnd is now needing rain iu the lower Missouri valley. In the middle Atlantic States aud Ohio valley oats have made good growth and are generally in promising condition. Over the northern portions of the upper Missouri and Mississippi valleys the early sown is rooting and stooiing well. R;port9 by States. Missouri —Showers are very local; drought continues ia most sections; corn planting nearing completion, complaints et uneven stands; cool weather unfavorable for cotton; wheat Injured by drought, in-few southern counties and insects continue destructive in southwest, but au tan. rain would give promise of heavy yield in most sections; oats, grasses, flax and strawberries need rain badly; oats greatly damaged iu some districts. llHuols—Hood rains during week greatly improved vegetation, ground still too dry iu some localities; wheat doing well, but some Injury by chinch bugs; oats improved by rain but crops only fair iu some localities; corn planting pushed rapidly though somewhat delayed by rain; some corn up and looking well; pastures and meadows greatly Improved; gardens doing well aud potatoes coming up nicely; fruit prospects still good. Indiana—Weather cool with frequent badly distributed rains; all growing crops are advancing rapidly; wheat 4s jointing Iu south portion; rye aud barley are heading; most oats sown early coming up nicely; most tobacco plants sufficiently advanced for transplanting; fruit Is very promising; corn planting advanced rnp4d!y except iu north portion, early planted coming tip. Ohio—Plowing for corn idanting somewhat delayed: ground in good condition; meadows, rye. barley, clover, timothy, pastures, oats and wheat made steady improvement: rye heading: fly and chinch bugs begin to affect wheat iu west: gardens aud potatoes coining up well In most sections; tobacco plants growing fast; apple ldo-si ms not so full in north; too early to determine damage by frost of 13th.

Michigan-Opportune mill very litmeflciai showers have greatly improved whiter wheat, rye, meadows ami pastures; oats gerniluat:hr rapidly; plowing for corn; b'-ans and potatoes some who t delayed; euro plant log and angar bet t seeding ailraneing slowly. Wisconsin—Very beneficial rains In all portions of the State except northeastern coun ties aud along eastern border; pasturage and meadows much Improved; early sown grain coming up irleeiy: ground generally prepared for corn nnd potatoes, and souic planting done in southern section: fri q trees In full bloom; prospect for elierrlua aud plnuis excellent, apples fair, berries poor. lowa—Cool weather; ample raiufall highly beneflelal to wheat, oats, Parley and gVass: preparing ground and planting corn some vrliat delayed, but fair progress made, and bulk of corn area will lie planted early ns usual; early planted corn shows healthy germination; no reports of material damage to fruits by frost. South Dakota—Cool, with generally ample raiufall, very favorable for healthy root.ng and stoollngs of spring wheat, rye, oats and barley, which are generally reported in satisfactory condition: heavy front in northeast portion the L2lh probably caused material damage to fruit bloom, hut no Injury to other crops reported yet; pasturage Improved; corn planting advanced. Nehmsku —Cold, dry week; wheat nnd grass have grown well, but would lie bene tiled by rain ln western counties; oats doing fairly well, but not quite a* promising as last week: corn planting delayed In eastern counties by low temperature and rain of last week; slight damage by frosts.

A FLOATING EXPOSITION.

A Unique Method of Advertising American-Made Gomla. A floating exposition, which will encircle the globe and visit every seueoast town, is nil idea which is being pushed by O. Z. Austin, chief of the bureau of statistics of the Treasury Department. It is a proposition in which some of the leading men in commercial lines iu tlm country have become interested, nnd t -• ward which a step will be taken shortly which will definitely decide whether the necessary finnuciul burking cun be secured. It ia proposed to have a fleet of ships (Tiled up as floating booths, iu which the lending nrticlos of manufacture in the United States can lie exhibited. the exhibits will be of those articles for which it is presumed there is a foreign demand. Tho length of the trip which la to be made by -the Heet, of course, will depend on'the amount of financial backing aerur ed and the wishes of tiie promoters. It has been thought advisable to bare the trip extend over a period of at least two years. James H. Jarvis, Fayetteville, Ark., killed hia wife and then cut bin arms with n razor. He will live. Domestic trouble. ■ ■ * George Kellogg, 00, New Hartford, Conn., father of Clara Louise Kellogg, the celebrated prims •luma, is dead.

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Most people have probably forgotten that Jay Cooke, the famous financier, who was the tin uncial agent s>f the gov-

eminent during the rebellion, is still alive. the age of 80 lie is still a Jiale old, man, and recently he felt that all his predictions and forecasts ; were justified when ‘Northern Pacific stock, common, s.ibl-at par. it was his confidence in -the securities of

JAV COOKE.

this road which led to the crash in 1873 which carried Jay Cooke off his feet us a great financial power. The creditors who I waited iiniil the estate was settled, howI ever, received the amount of their claims I' n full- together with interest. The imi port a lice of the work which he did for tiie I uion during the rebellion cup hardly ■be overestimated. As the sole financial I ngen’ of the government he successfully -Hegot-iate-d loans amounting to more tittrtr I rtro billions of dollars, and each of the j men who served ns Secretary of the | Treasury during that time has publicly I testified that what he did no otiier man | in the country could have accomplished ' so successfully. One of the new rural mail delivery routes in Nebraska runs from the town Schuyler twenty-five miles out into

the country and back again, and the trip must be made daily with the exception of Sunday. Since the route was established half a dozen carriers have been tried on it. Either they were slow or careless or they did not find that the job paid well enough to stick to it, and accordingly resigned.

MRS. P. ELDER.

Then Mrs. Pauline Elder, a widow, nearly 50 years old, came forward apd applied for the job. With some misgivings and chiefly because nobody else could be found who would undertake the job she was given a trial. Since that time, the mail has never missed a day. In all kinds of weather and over all sorts of road.* Mrs. Elder has driven her horses fifty miles a day and lias given such satisfaction that her appointment has been made permanent. The story has been telegraphed from Rome that Pope Leo XIII. has made a will in which he designates Cardinal

Gotti as his successor. It is pointed out that each succeeding Pope is chosen by vote of the Cardinals, and that therefore the story of a will (s most improbable! <>u the other hand, it is declared that as the papal authority is absolute

CARDINAL, GOTTI.

the present rontiff would have the right to nominate the man to succeed hint. In addition, it is known that Cardinal Gotti has long been the especial favorite of I’ope Leo. He was made a Cardinal iu 1895 after his return from Brazil, where he displayed great tact and skill in managing the affairs of the church during the early days of the republic. Since he was made a Cardinal he lias held the post'of Prefect of the Congregation of Indulgence and Sacred Relics. Princess Hatzfeldt, the adopted daughter of the late Colli* P. Huntington, has

arrived in New York from Europe. She will commence suit for $371,437, being the amount over $1,000,000 bequeathed to her under the will, which her portion of the estate increased since the millionaire's death. The estate has increased $20,000,000. Mrs. Collis I‘. Huntington and the nephew, Henry K.

PRINCESS HATZFELDT.

Huntington, are tho residuary legatees under the will'.

Thomas M. Patterson, who succeeds Hon. K. O. Wolcott ns one of Colorado's representatives in the United States Sen-

ate, N proprietor and editor of the Rocky Mountain News, published at Denver. Mr. Patterson is also u lawyer. Buck in t lie seventies Tom Patterson represented Colorado for one term in the lower house, of Congress. In 1891, whin Colorado was almost unanimously PopuliAtic, Mr, Patter-

T. M. PATTERSON.

son identified himself with the People’s party nnd has since been an active lender iu that party. He was chairman of the Populist national convention iu 1900. Ilia election as Colorado’s junior Senator resulted from a union of Populists, Democrats and Silver Republicans in the Legislature. The Baltimore News says that Tom L. Johnson's-first name is not n contraction of Thomas, but n family name widely known iu the Bonth—especially in entucky, his native State. Mr. Johnson always feels aggrieved when he sees himself referred to in print ns Thomas Johnson or “Tout” Johnson (with the quotation marks). Lord Kitchener is blind in one eye. Five hundred Cuban negroes will settla in the Congo Free Btute.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. t » ■ ■■■— New Law Increases Compensation of Teachers—Little Boy the Victim of Strange Malady—Student Crazed by Unrequited Love-Kills His Prisoner. School authorities in the State are amazed at the possibilities of increased cost of teaching iu the common schools nuder the operation of the law passed last winter fixing the basis of pay for teachers. Now is the time when the school authorities employ teachers for the next school year, nnd in doing so the discovery is made that there will be thousands of dollars of increase in the salary totals. The new minimum pay is figured at two aud one-half times die percentage of the teacher in the examination on which the teacher's license was issued. For instance, if a teacher made 100 per cent the pay would be $12.50 a day. Twenty inys a mouth are counted, aud tint would make the salary SSO, and ten months in the year, SSOO. Few of the new teachers receive above SSOO. Of course not many have 100 per cent to their credit, but with 00 per cent there is an advance of $l5O. ■ Members Drop from Roily. Raynaud's disease, of which only two eases have ever been reported to the American physicians, is slowly consuming 3-year-old Garnet Jones of Winchester. The malady is described by Dr. Milligan of Winchester. The spinal cord becomes first affected and causes a contritction of the arteries. It cuts off' the supply of blood to the extremities of the body. The parts diseased finally shrivel and die, dropping from the body. The boy patient had seemingly excellent health from the time be was born until recently, when the disease suddenly came upon him. It appeared in the form of common hives, tjje eruptions breaking out on the fingers aud toes. Then the eruptions ceased anil the fingers became colored, first white, then red, and finally ended by assuming a dark blue and later becoming dead, until they dropped from the child's hands. His Love Drives Student Insane. John Shephard, a student at the Indiana Normal School and a member of a prominent family at Danville. 111., has been driven insane by being jilted by a young woman student. The attentions of Shephard for a time were to all appearances reciprocated. He was found roaming the streets of Laporte, crying aloud for the young woman. Escaped Prisoner Recaptured. John Davis, who escaped from jail at Winchester by knocking senseless the wife -of -Sheriff Overman when she was serving his supper, was captured in Mancie. He had been held for trial' on tiie charge of shooting an officer at Blountsviile who attempted to arrest him for burglary. Officer K lis a Prisoner. In a desperate battle with a deputy sheriff George Reeves was shot to death near Huntingburg while being taken from Jeffersonville reformatory to Jasper, where he and his brother John were to be placed mi trial for a murder committed nearly twenty years ago. Within Our Borders. At Mentone natural gas was struck the other day. Richmond fire losses last year, $35,613. Building permits, $175,540. Noblesville bottling works started. Down all winter. No gas. Robert Daily, 19 years old. was killed by an electric car at Marion. Fire in Merchants’ Distillery at Terre Haute caused a loss of $20,000. The Thompson platting mill, Oakland City, burned. Loss SI,OOO, small insurance. Mrs. Martha Peck. Kokomo, tried seven times to commit suicide. Poison, choking aud hanging. Will go to asylum. Congressman A. L. Brick lias decided to recommend C. D. Sherwin n* the uext postmaster at Goshen, to succeed M. A. Cornell. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben T. Width, Lafayette, celebrated their, sixty-sixth wedding anniversary. They have ninety-five descendants. A woman swindler worked Middletown females' for SIOO. Sold ’em rose bush sprouts of a tine variety. They never sprouted. Elections for minor officers are held in 300 incorporated towns in Indiana. Local questions rather than partisan politics decided results. Hickman Rich and wife were instantly killed by a north-bound train at Sullivan. They were returning home in a wagon nnd endeavored to cross the tracks. Charles Baunuta, living near Mount Summit, was standing in the back yard when a crow alighted on the fence. Bau* nata secured his shotgun, intending to kill tiie bird. The shot instead of hitting the crow hit Mrs. Bannata. who wag standing near, and inflicted a fatal wound. Ln Porte will entertain May 21 it ml 2'J the largest delegate body in its history. The Knights of the Maccabees ami tiie Ladies of the Maccabees will meet there in the largest Stale convention yet held, aud preparation is being made for tiie entertainment of over 1,000 delegates and visitors. Within the past two months thr - • business men of Klwood have smldeuly disappeared, leaving no message to their families, nnd as yet none of them has been heard from. The last to be added to the list of missing is John Bullard, who was formerly engaged in the furniture business in Klwood. .» Fish in St. Mary's reservoir dying by thousands .ns the result of suit water coming into it from the oil aud gas wells. Charles Blanchard, who read the first proofs of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s "Fncle Totn’s Cabin,” has been declared insane by a commission at Lognusport, and will be confined in lamgelifl iusane hospital for treatment, Mrs. "William Hawley, Kokomo, who lost her wedding ring two years ago, found it recently in a parsnip. It la supposed that she threw it out in the garden iu a pan of dlah water anil the vegetable grew up around it.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

The zoologists of the Department of Agriculture are not yet prepared to say whether the introduction of Belgian hares into the United States will be a nuisance or a blessing. In Australia the introduction of ordinary rabbits proved so disastrous that the government was compelled to take the matter in hand nnd use the army to exterminate them. The animals bred so rapidly that they overran the «#• farms and the pastures and destroyed the forage and vegetables as effectually as ihe locusts of Egypt or the grasshoppers of the West. A bounty was offered for rabbit skins, and everybody went to killing bn his own hook, but they increased so much faster that it seemed for a time the whole continent yvould have to be abandoned by its human inhabitants. Then the government ordered out the militia, and for months thousands of men * were engaged in the extermination of the pest. Nome fear has been felt lest the introduction of the Belgian hare should result iu a similai-.danger to this country, and the government zoologists are now making anxious observations, A serious condition of affairs is reported in Alaska in tetters which come from army officers on duty in that territory, and especially from those stationed at Fort Davis. The forage at last accounts was nearly exhausted, and it was evident that there would soon be entire dependence Upon the animals of the vicinity. A correspondent, writing to the War Department, says that it is "surprising to see some of the stuff sent to Fort Da via. The canned cream supplied by the subsistence department was exhausted long ago. A great deal of the supplies furnished has been condemned, and will probably he of no use as army subsistence.” There was sufficient coal at Fort Davis to last through the winter with economy, but at St. Michael's it is reported there was no fuel worth mentioning. 'Hie p«iee of supplies, which must bo shared by civilians as well as the army, lias greatly increased, and there was every indication that those who had made .noney in Alaska would have every opportunity to spend it for the necessities of life. Coal, for innstance, brought as much as s<lo a ton. The national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers are open to regulars and volunteers alike who have served in any war, the board of management, iu the discretion allowed by law, construing service iu the Philippines as equivalent to service iu a war. The proposition lias been several times advanced to throw the volunteer homes open to regulars without regard to war service, and an amendment was offered during the last session of Congress with that objwct in view. Bur it was defeated because of strong opposition to endangering the rights of the volunteers, and also because the regulars tave a national home at Washington, sur rounded by beautiful grounds, an ideal place, which is in part supported by contributions of 13 cents deducted from the monthly pay. There an/in addition to these thirty Syite homed where the volunteers of the various States may find slieltor in their old age.

Admiral Dewey favors a neutral isthmian eaual, being opposed to its fortification. In discussing this subject he said: “More than a year ago I said that the canal should lie neutral. I am more convinced to-day of the necessity of such action. Erection of fortifications would make the canal one of the prime objectives of our enemy's operations in time of war. Besides, their construction would entail enormous expense and necessitate constant expenditure to keep them manned and iu proper condition. The neutrality of the canal can lie guaranteed by our fleet. The canal is to he a commercial waterway, and neutralization, therefore, will mean it* preservation.''

Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of the "PaThfinder." lias a claim against the Fnited States government for lands taken from her in California. These lands were, appropriated as far back as lstk'l for military purposes. They had cost her more than Soti.OtlO, to say nothing of the, interest since, and she has never been paid for them. (Jen. Miles.made an investigation. and ii« pronounces her right to restitution to be un<|iiestional>!e. Tlie trade balances in favor of the United States in its foreign commerce during the last three years have amounted to more than all the gold in all the banks and treasuries of Europe, including the British Isles. For the three years ending June JIO. BttNi. the excess of our exports over our imports was sl,tlNt»,* 540J187. The amount of gold coin in European hanks and treasuries at the data of the last returns was JjtI.tiOV.JOT.JtO". P. C. Knox is the eighth Attorney (Jenornl of the Fnited States taken from Pennsylvania, his predecessors being William Bradford, Itleliard Kush, 11. I>. (tilpin, Jeremiah S. Black. E. M. Stanton, Wayne McVoagh. Benjamin 11. Brewster, Justice McKeuim. President McKinley’s first Attorney (icuernl, appointed from CaltforiHn, was born in Pennsylvania. Judge (Jeorge K. Baldwin. Fnited States consul at Nuremberg. (Sermnny, in IHtSH nominated President McKinley for the lirst public office he ever held, that of prosecuting attorney. Wit Ting Fang was recently asked about the status of the legal profession in China, lie replied, “Lawyers are prohibit wl iu China.” Unele Sum is making all the way from $40,001) to SOO,OOO a day iu stamps upon stock bought and sold on the New York Stock Exchange. Every transaction has to pay whether It is a sale or a purchase, so that Uncle Sum catches the speculators “coming aud going.” The private lettcr-tiooks of Koltert Morris, the financier or the Itcrolution. which were lost for several generations, were brought to light in Washington recently, end have been deposited Iu the (Jougree* •tonal Library.