Ligonier Banner., Volume 28, Number 35, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 December 1893 — Page 2

| @ AT L@ b/ The Figonier Banner, LIGONIER, $. 8 INDIANA. THE extra session of‘congresk's cost Uncle Sam about §3,300,000. B

THERE are now 330 lines of electrie street railroads in this country, using 7,500 miles of track and 17,000 cars, and capitalized at- $135,000,000. This is'an enterprise, that has all developed within a single decade. .- T

THE term ‘“‘boodler” has received a ‘udicial definition in-Montreal, where, in confirming the judgment of a lower court that awarded &500 damages to a ,%laintiff who had been called a boodler v the defendant, the court of review says ‘‘boodlers means the very meanest class of thieves.” - e

LicHT blue-eyed men rank highest in the experts on target shooting of the Colorado mnational guard, -followed in their order by dark'blue, slate blue, light brown, dark brown and black: In the. colored troops light blue eyes again-stand at thetop. Tall men shdot more accurately than short men.

BosToN is to mark the historic scenes of the throwing overboard of the tea into Boston: harbor by a bronze tablet. The tablet measures five feet by three, and is' a bas-relief representing a full rigged ship, from which men are throwing overboard boxes of tea. Tea ’ghests and tea leaves form the border.

- Turs season’s orange drop in Florida is much above the average in quantity, being estimated at 5,000,000 boxes, and is much earlier than usual.. While during the whole of last season some 58,000 boxes were shipped through Savannah to New York, more than 83,000 boxes have already been shipped there this year. =~ .

THE movement against child labor is making progress in various states, and particularly in Massachusetts. 'The past year the police found only 253 children under fourteen years of age at work in Bay state factories in violation of law, a decrease from the previous year, when seven times as many were found. ) L

" IRVING BLOUNT, who has entered the Brazilian service as one of the officers of El Cid, was formerly a cadet at the Naval academy. He was appointed a cadet from Indiana on September 6, 1887, passed the requisite academic course, performed service at .Sea prier to final graduatien and resigned on Jine 30 last. ’ '

" A GREAT London merchant is said to use the phonograph every day to save the time in which he drives to his office.” The instrument is put in his carriage and on-the way into the’ city he talks instructions into it. At his office the phonograph is handed over to the head clerk, who makes it repeat what it ha¢ just learned. ‘

EIGHT cars loaded with human hair arrived in Paris recently, consigned to dealers in that merchandise. The hair came from India and China, whence thousands of pounds are annually sent to England and France. This traffic, a foreign medical journal says, is the cause of the introduction of many of the diseases to Europe.

'THE smokeless powder is not proving such =an unadulterated success in Europe as was looked for. It is said that at least 500 Italian steel field pieces have been ruined by the use of this new explosive. If field pieces are thus ‘destroyed in ordinary practice with the smokeless, the guns would hardly do for war. The party using the old-fashioned gunpowder would have all the advantage, - ' a

SIR BENJAMIN RICHARDSON, the eminent London physician, has expressed the opinion that bicycling is very injurious. *He says that while riding the -machine the spine of the rider becomes " almost an arch; the chest bone is then affected by the unnatural pressure, circulation is impaired,- and no doubt the lungs are interfered with, too. In - fact, there is hardly any possible evil effect it does not produce. - - 2

As A result of the modern discovery and linvestigation of microbes, it has been found that next to air in motion flies are the most active agents in the spread of those animalcules that constantly threaten the lives of the human family. There is the authority of a celebrated Russian physician -named BSawtschenko, who has literally been delving into flies, that during a siege of Asiatic cholera no agent is so active in the spread of the dread malady as are flies. !

THE respiration apparatus invented by Prof. Voit, of Germany, has been received by the Yale college medical | school. Its purpose is to measure the ' oxygen absorbed by the body and the carbonic acid and ~water given off. From the data thus obtained, the decomposition of the body can be determined, and the decomposition | caused by the digestion of the various | kinds of food compared. It is hoped that the experiment will result iu the | selection of diets that will prolong the ! lives of those suffering from consumption and other diseases. : {

Ax Italian artist of some note in his ! own eountry, who came over to see the | World’s fair, and*who made a study of ) American pictures and landscape while | in the eastern states, has gone home ' full of surprise at the American paint- l ers. who look to Europe for subjects. / He told a. New York-man that he was ! coming back to America next spring to . paint American landscape. There was ! nothing on the Mediterranean, he said, | that impressed him as much as the | bold rocks, windy moors ‘and tangled : woods of Cape Ann, and our clean, | white eountry villages he pronounced , to be charming. | i 7 l

sTo UNDERSTAND the way to rest, says ! the American Analyst, is of more im- ‘ portance than tc know how .to work. ! The former it takes years to learn. It . is simply a change of scenes and activities. Loafing may not be resting: | Sleeping is notalways resting. Sitting down for days with nothing to dois not restful. A change is needed to bring into play a different set of faculties and to turn the life intoa new channel. The man who works hard finds his best rest in playing hard. The man who is burdened with care finds relief in something that is active, yet #roe from respopsibility,. =~

Epitome of the Week.

INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.,

FROM WASHINGTON.

THE director of the mint in his'annual report says the value of the coinage executed at the United States mints during the fiscal year was $43,685,178, 'The stock of metallic money in the United States in July, 1893, was estimated to have been: Gold, §97,697,685; silver, £615,561,484. The amount of money in active circulation, exclusive of the amount held by the treasury, was stated as $1,596,701,255. :

FIRE of incendiary origin destroyed Jackson City, the Monte Carlo of the district of Columbia. Lo

Ix his annual report of the war department Secretary Lamont says the total strength of the army on September 80, 1893, was 2,144 officers and 25,779 enlisted men. Theorganized militia

in the states numbered 112,597 men. The expenditures for the year were §51,966,074. )

THE president has appointed John R. Proctor ecivil service commissioner in place of G. D. Johnson, removed. TaE secretary -of the mnavy in his annual report shows that the total number of serviceable war vessels in the United States navy is forty-one, fifteen of which are armored. In addition there are sixty-four vesselson the list, mostly wooden cruisers, tugs and monitors that are set down as uhserviceable for war purposes. The United States ranks seventh in the list of paval powers. 'Ex-l‘fii}?flmn STEvENS. in answer to Commissioner Blount's report on Hawaiian affairs alleges a conspiracy to discredit Harrison’s administration.

THE government expenditures for the first five months of :the present fiscal year exceeded the receipts by £34,000,000, : .

THE statement of the public debt issued on the Ist showed that the deht increased §6,715,898 during the month of November. The cash balance in the treasury was $95,199,617. The total debt, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to $§961,568,310. ATt the leading clearing houses in the United States the exchangesduring the week ended on the Ist aggreated $790,870,812, against 057,775,035 themprevious week. The decrease, compared with the corresponding week in 1892, was 49, 8. -

- IN the United States there were 278 business failures in the seven days ended on the Ist, against 387 the week previous and 286 in the corresponding time in 1892. “

-IN his annual report the secretary of the interior says the policy of removing from the pension rolls those who are not legally thereon. will be continued, and denies that the purpose has ever existed of an extreme and unreasonable manner of suspending pensioners. He says the work of the Indian bureaushows that they are steadily advancing in civilization. He recommends that Arizona, New Mexico and Utah be admitted as states into the union. ‘. .

THE government receipts from all sources during November aggregated 223,979,400, or nearly 85,000,000 Iless than during the same time in 1892. The expenditures last November were $31,802,026, or $1,750,000 more than in November, 1892. '

A sTATEMENT issued by Comptroller Eckels shows that the national bank note circulation outstanding November 30 was $208,850,788, a decrease during the month of November of 8363,348.

THE EAST.

. Mrs. CaMPBELL, of Boston, was burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene lamp and her husband was fatally burned. ° . IN general assembly in Philadelphia the Knights of Labor elected J. R. Sovereign, of lowa. muster workman, T. V. Powderly having resigned. AN earthquake shock was felt' in Brooklyn, N. Y., and throughout northern Vermont and New Hampshire and at Greenfield, Mass. -

NrAR Hyndman, Pa., a freight train went through a bridge and seven tramps were supposed to have been killed. i

¢ A SCHOONER hailing from Bangor, Me., sank off Egg rock, near Swampscoty, Mass., and the entire crew of eight - men were drowned. . - FLAMES destroyed Shield’s restaurant in Oil City, Pa., the loss bein’g $lOO,OOO, ‘and Mrs. Shields and three children perished in the flames. j . TrE Knights of Labor closed their work at Philadelphia and adjourned to meet next year at New Orleans. RHODE IsLAND voted in favor of plurality elections in place of majority elections, as at present. . In New York Helen Dauvray, the actress, was granted a divorce from John ‘M. Ward, the ball player. Fraues destroyed the Newell block at Utica, N.Y., the loss being $140,000.

IN the worsted mill of J. F. Cochran & Bro. in Philadelphia fire caused a loss of $223,000. :

THE death of Gen. William Lilly, congressman at large from Pennsylvania, ‘occurred at his home at Mauch Chunk 'of congestion of the lungs. | | . EpwARDS & BARRETT, Boston leather dealers, failed for $500,000. ‘ P

- Tae firm of Abe Stein & Co., im- - orters of goatskin, hides, etc., in New: ‘York, failed for 81,000,000, _ _WEST AND SOUTH. MicHAEL J. BOoLAND, of Muncie, after voting and holding office in Indiana for twenty-five years has discovered he is not a citizen. £ i . Tae will of ex-Secretary, Rusk was offered for probate at Viroqua, Wis. The estate, valued at 850,000, is left to the family. ' : - THE death of David H. Ames occurred in Jerseyville, IIL, aged 101 years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His father lived to be 102 years old.. L | ELpEr Dinsey, disturbed ‘while preaching at Ashboro, Ind., stopped long enough to soundly thrash one of the offenders, : Fire wiped out Wakefield, a Virginia village of 500 inhabitants. i OwIiNG to domestic trouble Myron A. King instantly killed his wife at Grand Rapids, Mich.,, and then committed suicide by shooting. - He was 55 years old and she 27. S A MoB fatally beat G. W. Morrison, a piano tuner, charged with assaulting a young girl at Winchester, IlL.° IN national convention at Cincinnati the colored men denounced the numerous lynchings of their race and called for a law compelling counties in which lynchings occurred to pay the heirs $lO,OOO. : o

- 'TaE gold output of Colorado for 1893 will show an increase of over 100 per cent. over 1802, 5

. AT Bertrand, Neb., George Keller, agent of the Burlington & Missouri rajlroad, was sandbagged and robbed of an express package containing §l,OOO. THE steamers Australian and Annie Johnson, which recently cleared from San Francisco for Honolulu, carried arms and dynamite. faT Ix St. Louis county, Mo., forest fires were doing great damage. Three farms had been laid waste and over 300 acres gf timber destroyed. ; DuriNGg a family fight Henry Wesley was fatally hacked with an ax at Mason City, Ind., by his stepdaughter. =

Tae commission firm of Turman & Hamilton, at Shreveport, La., failed for $111,712. : :

- Wrrn liabilities of $500,000 the Mary Lee Coal & Railway company. went into receivers’ ‘hands at Birmingham, Ala. o ;

Ix a fire at Lexington, Mo., twentyone horses were burned,and five others were made useless by their injuries. THE interior of a large clothing stovre in Chicago was burned, the loss being $185.000. ¥

Ix Kansas City thousands of people were suffering from the grip. o TrE sudden death of ex-Congressman Phillips, of Salina, Kan., occurred at Fort Gibson, I. T. He served three terms in the house. b

A MoB lynched Newton. Jones, who killed O. G. Herndon at.Baxley, Ga. Six men were killed and ‘four others were fatally injured in a drunken row among miners at Eckman, W. Va. By guessing on world’s fair attendance Miss Edith Erskine, of Pleasureridge Park, Ky:, won fifteen barrels of whisky. ) S Fire destroyed seventeen business houses at Jasper, Ala. ' THIRTEEN persons were . reported drowned in the Missouri opposite Blaire, Neb., while trying to cross the river with cattle. ‘

THE execution of George ' Armstrong (colored) took place at Taylorsville, Ky., for the murder of Kate Downs; John Reiter was hanged at Astoria, Ore., for the murder of Victor Snellman, and Charles Johnson (colored) was executed at Swainsboro, Ga., for the murder of a negro named Shields. In Chicago Victor F. Cyrvier, a drug clerk employed by E. L. Caron, ard Mrs. E. L. Caron, the wife of Cyrier's employer, committed suicide at the Virginia hotel. They left letters indicating that the pair had been too intimate. -k . ;

FIRE damaged the Haymarket theater building in Chicago to the extent of $lOO,OOO. c )

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A ILIBT is being prepared by the government of Switzerland of known anarchists, who, when the list is com-~ pleted, will be expelled from the country. : g IT is said that Princess Colonna, a daughter of ‘‘Bonanza” Mackey, has applied for a divorce in Paris from her titled husband. :

IN Montreal and at other points in Canada an earthquake shock which lasted several seconds caused consternation and did considerable-damage. At Peru, Ind., a jury awarded Mrs. Imogene Hyatt $6,000 damages in her suit for breach of promise against Albert Tucker. ; L

‘MorMON colonists were ambushed by Indians in Mexico, but drove off their assailants. )

IN Berlin an attempt to assassinate Chancellor von Caprivi by means of an infernal machine failed through the watchfulness of an aid. i

THE emperor of Germany received an fnfernal machine from Orleans similar to the one which was sent to Chancellor von Caprivi. ; A

Trag steamer Sir John Hawkins, from Gibraltar to Liverpodl was lost with her crew of twenty-five persons.

A MEMORIAL tablef erected to the memory of the late Jdmes Russell Lowell in ‘the old Chapter' house of Westminster Abbeyin London was-unveiled. Ix a fight to prevent troops closing a Catholic church at Krosche, Russia, twenty-one persons were killed. PASSENGER and freight trains collided in Italy and twenty persons were killed and many injured. ; ; MEXICAN revolutionists were making it unsafe for travelers to cross the border. ) .

LATER NEWS.

IN navigating the great lakes in the season just closed 123 lives were lost, fifty-three boats, with an aggregate tonnage of 24,258 and valued at $1,040,400, passed out of existence, and partial losses by stranding, collisions and fire bring the grand total of losses on boats to $2,112,588. - SwEARING he would not go to jail for life Alfred Anderson swallowed poison in a Fort Madison (la.) court. i

IN Baltimore three large manufacturing buildings and the University of Maryland were burned, causing a loss of £400,000. ' JoHN BoyD, governor of New Brunswick, died of apoplexy at St. John.

During the recent blizzard Nicholas Bergstrom and two daughters. were killed 'by snow slides at Glendale, Mont., three miners met a like fate at Hecla, Mont., and mnear Pine . City, Minn., Mrs. Russell and - her daughter were frozen to death. - '

J. J. VAN ALEN has declined the appointment as ambassador to Italy. THE special committee sent to the upper Michigan peninsula by Gov.-Rich reports the miners in urgent need of relief. L . For stealing cattle to feed starving families six men received a one-year sentence at Cheyenne, Wyo., the lowest penalty. ! Houses Nos. 1 and 2 of the Union Dock & Warehouse company at Duluth were burned, causing a loss of $105,000. _ . PAvuLINE CUSHMAN, the noted female scout of the rebellion, died at San Francisco from an overdose of morphine. : - A FIRe swept through the commercial center of Baltimore, entailing a a loss of $700,000 and throwing out of employment over 500 persons. ; ‘Lucius Hovur, a negro arrested at Concord, Ga., on suspicion of the murder of Wilbur Reynolds, was lynched by a mob. . : . - WomAN suffrage was carried by 6,347 majority in Colorado and Gov. Waite has issued a proclamation giving women the right to vote at all elections in the state..

Tae annual report of the comptroller of the currency shows 8,796 national banks to have been in operation at the close of the report year, with a capital stock of $695,558,120. Within the same period 158 bankssuspended, with a capital stock of €30,4300,000. Of this number eighty-six, with a capital stock of $18,205,000, resumed, and sixty-five passed into the hands of receivers, with 4 capital stock of $10,885,000. :

TELLS OF THE BANKS.

A Synopsis of the Report of the Comptroller of the Currency.

During the Year 119 National Banks Were Organized and 158 Suspended—Causes of the Depression — Shortage in Liabilities and Resources.

MR. ECKELS REPORTS.

W ASHINGTON, Dec. 4 —The annual report of the comptroller of the currency will be submitted to congress more briefly than the report usually made by that officer, Itdiffers from former reports in that no tables appear in the body of the text. Itshows 3,796 national'banks to have been in operation at the close of the report year, with!a -capital stock of 695,538 120, represented by 7,450,000 shares, held by 300,000 shareholders. '

- At the last report of condition the total resources of the banks thén in operation was §3,100,563,284. ' The total amount of circulation was on October 31 209,311,993. a net increase during the year of §36,886,972. During the year 119 banks were organized im thirtytwo states and territories’ with a capital stock of $11,230,000, distributed as follows: For-ty-four witha capital stock of 5,135,000 in the eagtern states, 41 with a capital stock of §2,840,000 west of the Mississippi river and 34 with a capital stock of §3,755,000 in the central and southern states. 5 %

Within the same period 158 banks suspended, with a capital stock of $30,300,00). Of this number 89, with a capital stock of §18,205.00), resumed.and 65 passed into the hands of recivers, with a capital stock of §10,885,000. At the close of the year 7 remained in the charge of examiners pending resumption : v ’ The aggregate resources and liabilities on October, 3, 1893, the date of the last report of condition, compared with those of September 30, 1892, were $400.531,613 less.. The. shrinkage in liabilities is accounted for by a decrease between the dates mentioned in the following items: ¢ :

Capttal stock, §8,032,C7%; individual deposits,’ $314,298,653, and bank and bankeps’ deposits, $181,338,125. The decrease in- resources is as follows: . Loans and discounts, §327,406.926; stocks, ete., §5,965,564, ana due from banks and bankers, $132,054,654. Cash of all kinds increased $30,968,606, including $8,410,815 in gold. United States bonds held for all purmdses increased §40,601,230. = ¢ The comptroller reasons from the changes in these conditions that the business depression of the last months was occasioned by the action of - depositors withdrawing so much money from the banks, which caused a sudden contraction in' the volume of money needed or employed for business wants, and by the banks bemng compelled to call in loans and discounts to meet demands of depositors, which prevented the making ok new loans and rendered it hazardous on the part of - banks to grant renewals of credit or extensions. The suspension of national banks during the year is discussed, and also that of resumption Upon the question of resumption the compe< trolter says: “With a full knowledge -of the general solvency .of these instutions and the causes which brought about their suspension,© the . policy was inaugurated of giving all banks which under ordinary circumstances would not have closed, and whose management had been honest, an opportunity to resume. business. This policy was one which seemed to commend itself to the comptroller as, proper to pursue under the circumstances, and it is believed the results have justified the experinment of its adoption.” _ «The following amendments are recommended: ; ! “1. Thaf every association may issue circulating notes equal to the par value ot the bonds deposited. : “2, That the semi-annual duty on c¢irculation be so reduced as to equal one-fourth of 1 per cent. per annum. «3 That the comptroller of the currency, with the approval of the secretary of the treas. ury, be empowered togremove officers and directors of a bank ‘i‘violations of law, first giving such officers and directors an opportunity to be heard, leaving the vacancy so created tobe filled in the usual Way. _ ; “4, That no executive officer of the bank or employe thereof be permitted to borrow funds of such bank in any manner, except upon application to and approval by the board of direction. ; . : N “5, The assistant cashier in the absence of the cashier, or inability of -the cashier or authorized and empowered official, to sign the circulating notes of such bank. S : ~ %6, That the law may be amended by appropriate legislation so ag to empower some class ot public offigers' to administer the general oaths required by the provisions of the national bank act. ; ©7. That bank examiners be required to take an oath of office "before entering upon the discharge of their duties and to give a bond in guch amount and with such securities as the comptroller of the currency may require. %8, That the comptroller of the currency, with the approval of the secretary of the treasury, be empowered to appoint two general examiners of conspicuous ability and experience, to be paid out of the reimbursable funds, whose duty it shall be to visit, assist and supervise the various examiners 1n their several districts, in order to secure uniformity in method and greater efficiency in work. 5 : “9, That the law be so amended as to provide that the compensation of all bank examiners be fixed by the comptroller of the currency, with the approval of the secretary of the treasury.” : The question of loans t¢ directors is dis“cussed and a distinction drawn between directors who are merely directors and those who are constituted the executive officers of the bank and are paid by the bank for their services. :

Upon the subject of currency legislation is the following: a 5

*‘The comptroller has been urged to make gome specific recommendations with respect to a revision of the law so far as it pertains to the Issuing of currency. After a careful considerition of the question .the comptroller is of the opinion that, aside from the amendments heretofore suggested allowing banks to issue circulating notes to an amount equal to the par value of the bonds held to secure-circulation and abolishing a portion of the tax on national bank circulation, the public good will be best subserved at this time by making no radical change in the provisions of the law as it now stands. : 0 « _‘“The financial situation of the last few months was not the result of either alack in the volume of currency, of which there is now a plethora, nor.a want of elasticity in the present system of issuing it, but arose from a loss of confidence on the part of the people in .the solvency of the distinctively wonetary institutions of the country. In view of the fact that there is mow.a very great abundauce of unemployed currency in the country, as is_shown by the daily money returns from the. commercial centers, it would seem that whatever needs appeared some months gsince for enlarging to any marked extent the circulating medium has now ceased to exist, and therefore congress is afforded an opportunity of giving to the wholeé subject that careful research and investigation that its importance in all of its bearings demands. It will not do to place upon fhe statute books Any experimental legislation upon this subject, but whenever a new law governing bank issues is enacted it must be one that immediately upon going into operation commands in every respect the confidence of the whole peo¥le. and insures to them a system of currency issue as safe in every respect as the present one, but with none of its defects.” g

: IN TROUBLE AGAIN. New York Clothiers Who Failed Last May ‘© Make Another Assignment. NeEw Yorg, Dec. 2.—A. H. King & Co. and Cohn, Ball & Co., one and the same concern, the former retail dealers in clothing and the latter wholesale, at Nos. 627 and 629 Broadway, have suspended again, having been unable to meet the second payment on their compromise. After their failure last May, with liabilities reported at over $250,000, they waade a compromise with their creditors at forty cents on the dollar, 10 per cent. payable each in three, six, nine and twelve months. 5 Help Is Needed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—A call for relief has been issued by the District of Columbia Auxiliary Red Cross association in behalf of the sufferers on the sea islands along %he South Carolina coast. Contributions of ‘money, food or clothing are desired, and may be sent to Sarah A. Spencer, secretary, Washington; money alone to Riggs’ Bank Sea Island Relief Fund. L Losses on the Lakes, : ; CHICAGO, Dec. s.—Lake reports for the season show 128 lives lost, fifty« three_E)oa.ts worth $14040,000 out of existence'nnd total losses §2,112,588,

REFUSED.

Mr. Van Alen Daclines the Italian Ams : bassadorship.

NEw Yorx, Dec. 5.—A personal friend of J. J. Van Alen, recently confirmed ambassador to Italy, has made public letters showing that Van Alen has declined to serve. : s :

< Under date of Newport, writing to the secretary of state, Mr. Van Alen says that he cannot accept, at the same time expressing his appreciation of the honor conferred upon him. He continues: - : ;

“Among the comments upon my nomination’ which appeared in the public press, one charge only merits attention, not because it was true, but because it was. and I suppose still is, be lieved by many persons unfamiiiar with the individuals concerned and the facts essential to the formation of an accurate judgemeut. The charge was that I received the appointment in return for a contribution of §50,000 to the democraticmational campaign fund. While my nomination was pendmng in the senate it did not seem fitting and proper for me to offer more than an explicit denial. I was aware thatas an interested party my statement would have littleteffect beyond the limits of my personal acquaintances. Now, however, when. my action cannot be fairly attributed to purely selfish motives, it seems to me that arepetition of that denial, which I make without qualification, should be sufficient for any honorable man. ; . : ; i

“I have never .denied, and.do not now deny, that I contributed to the campaign fund—not §60,000, but yet a considerable sum of mocuney—sincerely believing, as I did, that a continuation of republican supremacy would be not only a hinderance to national progress, but in time a positive menace to :thc success of popular government, and, having large interests at stake, I was impelled by both patriotic and selfish reasons to aid the democratic cause.

*So far from attaching pndue importance to it, I was fully aware that the contribution meant far less to me tha‘n ‘the time and effort devoted by thousands of unselfish citizens to the same campaign. Nor did I believe that it should entitle me to any more consideration. On the contrary, I have not only admitted but have positively insisted ' at all times that ‘it created no obligation to me whatever, and I feel confident that the president, who, in faet, was kind enough to say to the democrats of Rhode Island that his personal acquaintance with nié ¢habled him to consider my candidacy solely upon its mer-: its, will bear me out in this assertion. On the other hand, I frankly admit that, until after the appointment had been made, it never once occurred to my mind that my contribution could be used to my injury. It therefore seems to me sufficient to add that self respect compels me to adopt the cnly alternative and to decline the high office to which [ have been appointed.”’ “EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 1893.—T0 Hon. J. J. Van Alen—My Dear Sir: The secretary of state has submitted to wme your letter of the 20th inst. in which you tender your resignation -as sambassador to '}tgxly. : ’ s “I hasten to express my earnest wish that you will reconsider this conclusion. The sentiments contained in your letter do credit to your conscience and Americanism, but you must allow me. to dissent -from'yheir application in this case. I did not select you for nomination to the Italian mission Wit;gO‘*t satis\fying myself' of your entire fitness for the mace. I am now better convinced of your fitnéss than ever. You know and I know that all the malignant criticism that has been indulged in regarding this appointment has no- justification, and that the decent peopile wilo ‘have doubted its propriety have been misled or have missed actual considerations upon which it ' rests. We should not yield to the noise and clamor which have arisen from those conditions. g e

[_‘*My preference should enter very slightly into your final determination, but so far 4s I have such preference it is emphatically that.you accept the honorable office conferred upon you and vindicate in the discharge of its duties the wisdom and propriety of your selection. Awaiting an early reply, I am yours sincerely, : **GROVER CLEVELAND.” Mr. Van Alen, on November 25, replied to the president thanking him for the kind and flattering sentiments expressed, but firmly announcing his intention to stand by his declination as expressed in his letter to Secretary Gresham, considering it inadvisable to invite further misrepresentation by taking advantage of the president’s generosity. | :

HELD UP A DOZEN.

K'welve Men Robbed by Bandits. at Lu- : - zerne, lla.

CepAr RArips, la., Dec. s.—When passenger train No. 8, eastbound on the Chicago & Northwestern road, arrived at Bell Plaine, near here, Satuarday night- nothing could be heard from Luzerne. After waiting half an hour Conductor Ward took an operator from the office and started on a slow run for Luzerne. When the train pulled in he jumped off and ran into the depot. As he did so three men emeYrged, the tallest of thegthree stepping in front of him and - closely peering. ‘into’ his face. Mr. = Ward passed on into the .depot, but finding no one about called out and wanted to know what was the matter. An answer came from the freight room, dnd breaking down the door he found a dozen men huddled up in a corner shivering from cold and fear. . “We've all been robbed!” gasped une, and then quickly followed a narration of what had transpired. Conductor Ward rushed back to the train, and throwing open the door of the smoking car he shouted: ‘‘Every man who has a gun get it ready. I think the train is going to be held up.” Immediately fifteen revolvers were drawn, and as the conductor went on through the train the armed force was increased, and everybody was preparing for the assault which was momentarily expected. But the bandits hal been frightened away, and after a few minutes the train ‘pulled out. - :

About 7 o’clock three men *entered the depot and told Agent Thompson to hand over his money. He did so and was pushed into the freight-room and' locked up and told if he made any noise he would be killed. In a few minutes the night operator came down and the bandits robbed him and pushed him into the freight room. They were followed by othiers .who were treated in’ a similar manner until the little freight room contained a dozen men. The amount secured is estimated at from §2OO to &700. PR

COASTERS RECEIVE INJURIES.

Sled Full of 'Them Runs Into a Buggy at ‘ ’ Cincinnati. 3 CINCINNATI, - Dec. 5.—A large sled with eight persons, coasting down. Gilbert avenue, ran into and | wrecked a buggy. ' Frank Ayers, ‘ the steerer, had his. skull ' frac-. tured and was frightfully cut. Nellie Gates had a dislocated arm: Mary Foley was cut and bruised about the body and arms. Charles Thompson had his face badly lacerated. The others were bruised and stunned. The occupant of the wrecked buggy, Charles Voorhees, escaped with painful bruises. | A WORLD'S FAIR FOR LONDON. Movement for an Interuational Exhlbi-i tion in 1896 or 1897, ' ‘ LoNDoxN,; Dec. s.—The mayors of the leading cities and towns in Great Britain have received a circular signed by twenty-five members of the house of commons and twen-ty-five other gentlemen, who have formed themselves into a committee to promote a scheme for holding an international exhibition in London. The J scheme provides that the exhibition shall be on the largest scale: It will bé held in 1806 or 1897. W

FOR MAYOR.

Chicago Republicans Xame Swift—Demo=

crats Choose Hopkins.

Craicaco, Dec. s,—The republican city convention at 1:40 p. m. Saturday nominated Acting Mayor George B. Swift for mayor, to succeed thel late Carter H. Harrison, by acclamation. " Charles Kozminski, the well-known banker, droppec{ dead in the republican convention at I}so p. m. = Mr. Kozminski made one of the speeches seconding the 'nomination of Mr. Swift. - He had been® ill at’ his houisg: for Several days, and said soin his speech. He added that he had come out of doors and to the conven- | tion in disobedience to the orders of his physician in order that he might say a word for his friend be= fore the irepublicans of Chicago. Mr. Kozminski had been appointed thember of the committee on reso- ’ lutions aund after his speech he retired to the committtee room. A few min- | utes afterward Alderman Madden came . out of the room startling and shocking* the convention with the announcement ‘of the banker’s sudden death. Mr. Koz- i minski was the founder of the firm of Kozminski & Co., bankers. - ¢ ! i Mr. Swift, in consequence of the sad - occurrence, did.not make his speech of acceptance, and on the news being communicated to the delegates, they at - once adjourned as a mark of respect to- “ Mr. Kozminski’'s memory. sl R l - The democratic convention to nomi- ' nate a candidate for mayor to succeed- ' the late Carter H. Harrison, nominated .Hon. John P. Hopkins, only one ballot 'beigg needed to reach this resulf. ) ! LOST IN THE STORNE @ = . Eleven Victims of Its Fury in Varicus l : Parts of thev Country.% : ' CHICAGO, Dec.” s.—Reports “indicate ! that the storm has been of widespread _extent and of unusual severity. In ' many places the fall of snow has been ' accompanied by heavy wind, ecausing . high and dangerous drifts and block- ' ing traffic. * Many persons ha,v_e‘“ lost. ' their lives. e e : ! At Glendale, Mont., a small camp 7 ' miles southwest.of Butte City, a snow-. ~ slide occurred, crushing and burying a ! cabin occupied by Nicholas Bergstrom | and family, consisting of his wife and ! three children. Bergstrom and ‘twa ! children, aged 12 and 10 respectively, { were killed. Mrs. Bergstrom and babe . were dug out of the snow, having es‘lcaped serious injury. i e | At Hecla., Mont., a slide came down . the mountain side, dewmolishing two | cabins and killing William Sparks and |'fiobert Rusk, miners, and a Chinese % COQk. : ! i » , ,- %; Near Pine City, Minn., Mrs. Russell - and eldest daughter, 18 years old, were | frozen to death in the woods 8 miles %:from their home. They followed a g,horse till lost; and, failing to ‘catc}}‘ i ‘him, could not reach home and so per= 1 ished. o ‘ : l \ At Meat Cove, B. C., during a heavy ' storm of wind and snow a small boat . containing John and Michael Donohoe. ‘ was blown out to sea and both were lost. : g !' At Panora, la., J. B. Davis, a brake- | man on. the Des Moines, Northern & l .Western, slipped from the roof of a car | and was killed. calala | ; » : | IRON HALL WIPED OUT. '!Judge Winters Continues the Receiver | ‘aud Orders Assets Distributed. - | Inpranarouss, Ind., Dec. s.—Judge ! Winters has handed down a decision in { the Iron Hall case. He continues the ‘ receivership, orders him to close up the | affairs of the order #nd distribute its | assets among the members. In brief, | the decision wipes the Orderof the Iron ! Hall out of existence. A new trial was ' asked, overruled and exceptions taken. { The decision is brief. . -

The :decree entered upon this decision is voluminous, its chief point being that all of the 65,000 members who have revolted against the receivership, in this state or elsewhere, shall not share in the final distribution of assets unless. the funds now in their possession are promptly turned over to the receiver. Those branches that have already distributed their funds are shut out as beneficiaries. The elegant property and buildings of the order here will be converted into money and the receiver will' make a desperate effort to get his clutches on all of the order’s property in the east. His bond will be increased to $lOO,OOO and the Iron Hall wound up as quickly possible. S Exceptions were entered to the decision; but were overruled and sixty days allowed to make answer. The decision is considered an awful slap at mutual assessment companies. An appeal will be taken to the supreme court. The litigation has already cost $25,000 in attorney’s fees. - D

MELLO DEFINES HIS POSITION. Wants: a Republican Constitutional Gov=. : ernment for Brazil. : NEw YoRK, Dec. 5.—A rrno'rning“ paper received the following from Admiral Mello, dated on board the Aquidi~ ban, Rio Janeiro harbor:’ A “I am invited to define exactly the purpose. of the revolutionary movement. I assure you our sole and unchangeable intention, as already stated in my last manifesto, is to establish a re publican constitutional government, which was destroyed by Peixoto; to promote national peace in all the states of Brazil and substi» tute civil government for militaryism and the awful political system developed by an actual dictator, who prepares for our country in this way the tremendous misfortune common to. Spanish commonwealths. All reports about monarchial pland as to the navy revolution are absolutely talse.” o " ANGER CAUSES A MURDER. A New Orleans Man Abuses His Family and Is Killed by a Policeman. / NEw = ORLEANS, Dec. s.—Philip Schneider, a grocery clerk possessed of ‘an ungovernable temper, beat his wife and threatened that he would cut the throats of his family. When the police. went to his residence to arrest him on affidavit made by his wife he drew a razor and attempted to assault Officer Martin Geiss. The policeman fired one shot at him, wounding Schneider in the abdomen, and the man died inside an hour. ; i : Died While Sawing Wood. Quixcy, I, Dee. s.—Abner MecDowell, a prominent citizen, ate a hearty dinner at the home of a triend, complained of indigestion, and was advised to saw a stick of wood after each - meal. He went home at dusk and tried it. He sawed part way through one stick and then fell dead. His body was not discovered until morning. He was about 60 years of age. e ; . Death of Pauline Cushman. =~ 'SAN FraNcisco, Dee. s—Pauline Cusbman, the noted femalé scout of the rebellion, d’ed here from an overdoseof morphine,

. SONGS. BY THE POETS. S 7 Retrospective. ’ ¢ In a wagon made of willow Wheeled I once a little maiden, : Ringlets shining on the piliow, 5 : Rolling homeward, treasure laden, - - Like a boat upon the billo:y. : Ten years fled; oh' how I missed her © . When I left the village school! ; But she said she’d be my sister, : - As we lingered by the pool, e . And I passionately kissed her. * Ten more hopeful years renew it; ; . Little wagon made of willow, Loving eyés are bent to view i, : _Loving hands adjust the pillow, . ' And we've fitted rockers to it! ; Gl e L e ( —Boston Transcript. fooan gst A JAttTe, BBoelks G A littie book, with here and there a leaf - Turned at some tender passage! how it seemsi 'To speak to me, to fill my soul with dreams | Sweet as first love, and beautiful as brief! { Here was her glory, on this page her grief, For, tears have stained it; here the sunlith streams, e i ~ And there the stars withheld from her their| sooheams = { And sorrow sought her white soul like a thief, | And here her name, and as I breathe the sweet,! -Soft syllables, a presence in-the room i Sheds a rare radiance; but I may not look; ; The yellow leaves are fluttering at my feet, / " Thelight is gone; and I, lost in the gloom, Weep like a woman o’er this little book! ' T > ' —Atlanta Constitution. : o ey S The Pretty Woman. : ' Her features must be §émall and fine, : "~ Her eyes be clear, and softly shine; ' Her skin must be of pink and white, ! Unknown to rouge or powderiquite. She must have glossy, silky hair, 5 ; It matters not if dark or fair; : " Her figure must be plump and trim, ° 5 Bust not too large; waist not too slim. i . Her mouth a perfect one must be, : : .Her neck the swan'’s for symmetry: Her hands must show the greatest care, .. Her feet a dainty, slender pair. In word and act & charm, a grace,, : A little tact for time and place— : " . The woman thus by nature blessed il ‘ Needs nothing; save to be well dressed. | i . : —N. O. Picayune. {- . My Neighbor’s Garden. & My neighbor’s garden is full of weeds, e . ~And'he-only lets them grow; When the wind is right it will blow their seeds Over into mine, I know, . < For daysand weeks I have watched them there, And wished he would clear them out; : He should give his garden better care— : On, what can he be about! * ° ‘Why proclaimest thou thy neighbor’s plight? Hath thy garden plot no weeds, | ; And havethey not reached a goodly height, | - -Whilst thou learned another’s needs? '"Twill ‘take all the time thou hast to give To keep thine.own garden clear; . Work; or the seeds of its weeds may live . To grow in each garden near. ; —Warner W. Fries, in Demorest’'s Magazine.

: AN N J ; - = = : [ A.. ¥ 7Ji A e Vil : # PHEN : ' & W Ry A : \i\\\\\% o A ,7 A ¢ , \\\\\\ A EFF _ . 4 4 /,ik!l Yot '\\}a‘l’ o e 7\ | 7ue/ N % . NERVOUS PROSTRATION. “After a sunstroke I suffered with nervous prostration. I ‘lost all appetite, and my strength failed me; I was on the point of giving up.. ‘I had read much about Hood's Scfisapa—rilla, and concluded to give it a trial. Before I ‘nad taken half a bottle my appetite became so | voracious thatl would be cgmpelled - / | 00l e s | 5 S » { to'eat between meals. Hood’s Sarsaparilla hag now fully restored my strength and general, health. That terrible nervousness is gone. I feel as hearty and vigorous as ever.” EDWARD ScoLLIN, 1532 Ogden Street, Philadelphia, Pa. e e e - Mlood’s Pills cure all Liver Ills, Billousness, Jaundice, Indigestion, Sick Headache. i > ;

66 < ‘ Augus Flower” ““ For two years I suffered terribly ‘with stomach trouble, and was for all that time undcr treatment by a physician. He finally, after trying everything, said my stomach was worn out, and that I would have to cease eating solid food. On therecommendation of a friend I procured a bottle of August Flower. ‘ltseemed to do me good at once. I gained strength and flesh rapidly. I feel now like a new man, and consider that August Flower has cured me.”’ Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.®

DR, KILMER’S CURED ME. Gravel or Stone IN THE BLADDER _ LARGE AS A GOOSE EGG. Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Gentlemen:-**l was under the care of different hysicians for nearly two years; tried ever goctor in our town; continued to suffer ang decline untill was a physical wreck, A The most learned physic,;f : ians pronounced my case 2 =t GRAVEL or STONE R fl in the Bladder, and said Aot that I would never be any better until it was removed » 70N by a . surgical operation. AANT M Oh! T thought what next? g ”‘x\;\"\§i‘;r" {I""* Every one felt sad; I myself, : ; NA gave up, as an operation seemed to us all certain death, I shall never forget how time}i the good news of your SWAMP-ROOT reached me. Isend you by ‘this same mail sample of the stone or gravel that was dissolved and expelled by the use of SWAMP-ROOT, The Great Kidney & Bladder Cure. It must have been as lerge as a good sized goose ‘egg. lam feeling as well t-o-dsi;' asever I did. I%;ept right on using SWAMP-ROOT, and i saved m¥ life. If any one doubts my statement I will furnish proof.” _LABORNE BOWERSMITH, = Marysville, Ohio, ‘At Druggists 50 cents and SI.OO size, & Invalids’ Guide to Health” free—Consultation free. Dr. Kilmer & Co., = Binghamton, N. Y. e A et e et et e e e e et e et THE JUDCES :- } WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION _ Have made the ' (Medals and Diplomas) to WALTER BAKER & CO. On each of the following named articles: BREAKFAST COCOAy ¢ « ¢« o || Premium No. 1, ,C_hOcolate, i || Yanilla Chocolatey, « « « o « || German Sweet Chocolate, . || Cocon Butters « ¢ ¢ o 4 o o ‘For “purity of material,” “excellént flavor,” e %fikfl"nomcvmm.;_i-.’” T WALTER BAKER & CO., DORCHESTER, MAGS,