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PRESIDENT CRESPO, of Venezuela, is a tall, heavy man, with a oountenance revealing force and determination. He is absteminous in his habits. and is very rich. A

DuriNGg the year 1895, 53 railroads were sold in foreclosure, aggregating 13,129 miles of lines and representing a total bonded debt and stock of $775,776,000. During the year receivers were appointed for 31 roads. .

DuriNGg 1894 3,315 patents relating to electricity were granted in Great Britain, the United States and Germany. Of these 1,130 were British, being onetwentieth of all British patents, 1,704 were American and 481 were German.

BerLeiuMm proposes to facilitate marriage by reducing the legal age for both sexes to 21 years, instead of 25 for the man and 21 for the woman, as the law is now, and by making the consent of the father alone necessary, instead of that of both parents. v

ANDREW CARNEGIE has announced that he will give $50,000 a year for the embellishment of the museums and the art gallery in Pittsburgh bearing his name. The only proviso he ate taches to the gift is that two or more pictures by American artists be purchased each year. ‘ :

IT MAY be of interest to learn that of the 14 new stars discovered within the past 300 years, four were discovered by Mrs. Fleming, of the Harvard observa« tory—namely, one in the constellation of Perseus, in 1887; one in Norma, in 1893, and one each in Carina and Centaurus during the present vear.

TrE picturesque upper suspension bridge at Niagara falls will within the next year be replaced by a new and more modern . structure, for which plans are now practically completed. It will be a steel arch bridge 1,240 feet long and 46 feet wide and over 4,000,= 000 pounds of steel will be needed for it. L :

A TRIBUTE to the memory of the late M. Pasteur will take the form of an underground chapel, somewhat resembling in style the tomb of the Great Napoleon at the Invalides, which is to be constructed under the shadow of the institute bearing the famous savant’s name, and where his ashes are to be laid definitely.

Aturerics will have to be introduced into the medical colleges if practitioners are to hold their place in the procession. A New York patient on the way to a hospital thrashed- the doctor in the wagon who was taking him there, so that.the hospital invoiced two patients -where only one was entered in the bill of lading. ,

THE picture ‘‘Breaking the Home Ties,” by the late Thomas Hovenden, ‘which has been on exhibition in Philadelphia for the past month, is to be exhibited in Chicago, St. Louis and St ‘Paul, along with other western cities The proceeds of the exhibitions will be devoted to founding a Thomas Hovenden students’ aid fund in the Univers'ity of Pennsylvania. |

THE growing scarcity of fur-bearing animals suggests to a writer in' the London Spectator the feasibility of 'breeding such animals on farms in Si/beria. Last spring, he says, a single silver fox skin sold in London for $B5O, and he believes that silver foxes, as well as many other desirable fur-bear-ing animals, could be bred in great numbers in the proper climate.

TaE faculty of Columbia college announces that two prizes, the first of not less;than $l,OOO and the second of not less “than $4OO, to be known as the Loubat prizes; are to be awarded in 1898, and every fifth year after that, to the authors of the best works on the history, geography, archaeology, ethnology, philology or mumismatics of North America. The competition for these prizes will be open to all persons, whether citizens of the United States or not.

THERE have been but 13 poets laureate in England in 258 years. They were Davenant (1638-1668), Dryden (1670-1689), Shadwell (1689-1692), Tate (1693-1714), Rowe (1714-1718), Eusden (1719-1730), Cibber (1730-1757), Whitehead, (1758-17¢5), Wharton (1785-1790), Pye (1790-1813), Southey (1813-1843), Wordsworth (1843-1850) and Tennyson (1850-1892). The yearly fee of the poet laureate was formerly £lOO and a tierce of canary wine, but since 1813 the wine ‘has been computed for money.

Dr. STerHEN M. EMMENS, who is the inventor ¢f the most powerful explosive kno&rn to modern times, and a practical mining engineer has a theory of the solution of the labor problem which he expounded in New York the other day. He warns the people of the United States to elect ten ‘‘grand councilors” to preside over a national bureau of labor, which shall give employment to the 2,000,000 souls who are annually reckoned as out of employment in this country. This is his solution. :

A'recENT dispatch announced that records in the navy department show the United StateB government to be the owner of Grover Island, in Camden county, Georgia. No geography. map or gazetter mentions it. Camden couns ty is in southeastern (teorgia,’abuts on tne Atlantic ocean, and has islands, but the oldest inhabitant never heard of Grover island until this announcement., Diligent inquiry elicited the fact that the island is in or on Crooked river. It contains about five hundred acres of good land and has belonged to the United States for more than a hundred years. o r————— A uxiQue distinction belongs to Sir Robert Rawlinson, K. C. B.—that of being the only soldier who has ever been knocked out of the saddle by a eannon ball without being killed. 'l'he identical 42 pound shot is preserved by - Lady Rawlinson as an interesting relic. At the Crimea Sir Robert was riding ‘with a group of artillery officers, when he announced his intention of turning “back. At this moment a shot from the _ Russian lines came whizzing along ia

. : Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS C'/IPILATION. FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. The Proceedings of the First Session. Washington, Jan, &8 —Joirt resuclutions were introduced in the serate yesterday to revive the grade of lieutenant general in the army in the interest of -Gen. Miles and directing the secretavy of agriculture to resume the purchase and distribution of secds. The free-silver substitute for the house bond bill was reported and a bill was introduced providing for a popular ‘oan by the issue of posta) savings notes. Senator Vest\ spoke on the Sherman gold reserve resolution, saying, among other things, that the supreme court, the Harrison administration and the monecy power were to blame for the present financial coadition. In the house - bills were introduced (o create a special ccinmission on highways; to authorize tbe issu~ of 21, per cent. bonds to maittain the gold reserve and for the rcdemption and retirement of the greenbacks and treasury notes. A resolution was adopted to inquire whether the laws againgt trusts and companies were being enforced. Member-Elect Allen, from [Ttah, was sworn in.

Washington, Jan. 9.—A bill was reported favorably in the senate yesterday to increase the number of enlisted ‘men in the navy. ‘Amendments to the hcuse bond bill were offered prohibiting the sale of interest-bearing bonds without the consent of congress, and making it mandatory to redeem greenbacks and treasury notes in silver. In tLe house Mr. Spalding (Mich.) introduced a resolution providing that the Sandwich islands be erected into a new state, to be called the state of Hawaii, with a republican form of government, Lo be adopted by the people. Washington, Jan. 10.—Senator Baker (Kan.) introduced a resolution in the senate yesterday that the United States will regard it as an unfriendly act for auy foreign power, without our consent, to extend its territorial limits in the western hemisphere on either of the American continents. Referrved to the foreign committee. Senator Stewart (Nev.) in speaking in favor of a resolution prohibiting the sale of any bonds in the future except with thL: express comsent of congress characterized the proposed popular loan of the administration as a ‘“cruel mockery.” In the liouse the pension appropriation bill ($141,325,620) was reported. Mr. Livingston (Ga.) introduced a vesolution demanding that no English armed force should be allowed in the disputed \ enezuelan territory. Referred to the foreign committee. Washington, Jan. 11.—A bill was introduced in the senate yesterday for the general revision of the national banking laws. Senator Jones (Ark.) spoke in favor of the free-coinage substitutefor the house bond bill, Senator Pritchard (N. C.) favored the reenactment of the McKinley law, and Senator Morgan (Ala.) introduced a resolution congratulating the republic of Transvaal on its stand for‘independence. Adjourned to the 13th. In the house the time was occupied in discussing the proposed amendments to the rules of the 51st congress.

FROM WASHINGTON.

The president in a letter says that no arrangement of any kind was made for ithe disposition of the recent bond issue to any syndicate or through the agency of any syndicate.

In the United States there were 431 husiness failures in the seven days =nded on the 10th, against 403 the week previous and 420 in the corresponding period of 1895. ‘Exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on ihe 10th aggregated $1,235,652,555 against $1,420.042,400 the previous week. The increase. compared with the corresponding week in 1895, was 18.6. . .

THE EAST.

In the New York supreme court Judge Pryor announced that he would refuse to admit any person to citizenship: who could not read the constitution of the United States or who could not spealk the English language. ' . Simpson & Watking' coa! breaker at their Mount Lookout colliery near Wilkesbarre, Pa., wak destroyed by tire, the loss heing $lOO,OOO. :

The loss of the schooner J. H. Carey. which left Gloucester, Mass., August 20 for the Grand Banks, with 13 persons on board, was reported. 4 In Essex county, N. Y., the farm once owned by John Brown and where his body now lies has been turned over to the state as a public park.

The failure was announced of Kecne, Sutterlee & Co., one of the largest exporting and importing firms ip Philadelphia, for $500,000. At Ransomville, N. Y., Ceorge H. Smith, who fatally shot Robert Clapsaddle, his futher-in-law, was pursued by a posse of villagers and shot to death. !

- In a drunken brawl at their home in Lynn, Mass., Mrs. Lamoire, aged 53 vears, and her daughter-in-law, Annie Lamoire, aged 28, were burned to death.

WEST AND SOUTH.

Henry Thomas and Albert Stafford feught a duel about a girl near Mount Pleasant, Fla., and both were killed.

InChicagoJesse Krueger was awarded $50,000 in her damage suit against the West Chicago Street Railroad company for the loss of a leg. : A convention to consider the question of statehoo(l for Oklahoma and Indian territory inet in Oklahoma City but adjourned without accomplishing anything. / Municipal authorities of Little Rock, Ark., refused Robert G. Ingersoll permission to lecture in that city. Harrison Fuller and Frank Simpscn, two unegroes who assaulted Mrs. Pomeroy and her daughter near Hnaron, Tenn., were lynched by a mob at Lexington, ,

Three men robbed *“Uncle” DBose Mason, a well-known farmer living near ilnmmond’s Mill, Ky., f $4,8:5.

. The death of Mary Fitzgerald-Welch occurred at her home in Chicago, aged 104 years. ; H. Williamson shot and killed Bill Wells. and Gus Osborne and fatally wounded Jim Cox in Wise county, Va., as the result of an old feud. Mrs. Nancy Smith, aged 104, died at her residence near Shoals, Ind. She had been a resident of Indiana for 96 ~ years. i The firm of Bartley, Johnson & Co., distillers at Louisville, Ky., failed for - $lOO.OOO, ; ‘ , ~ Peter Hart, a prominént citizen, fell _dead across the coffin while taking a “last look at the remains of his brother ‘Jamesat Decatue, I, 0000

The legislature of Mississippt convened at Jackson. e

Wisconsin republicans will meet in state convention at Milwaukee March 18 to elect delegates to the national convention in St. Louis.

The death of W. R. Marshall, who was governor of Minnesota irom 1869 to 1872, occurred’ at Pasadena, Cal., wheres he went for his health, .

Louisiana populists in convention at Alexandria nominated A. R. Bocth, of New Orleans, for governor. . At Cleveland, an electric car went through a bridge, killing Lyman Haymaker and William Young. The Indiana supreme court decided that the county seat of Crawford county should be removed from Leavenworth to English. At Columbus, 0., A. C. Ady, dwellinghouse builder, failed for $400,000. A mob hanged Abraham Smart (colored) near Monroe, La., for murdering Calais Ducer, a peddler. The celebrated stallion Pilot Medium, owned by Walter Clark, of Battle Creek, Mich., and valued at $lOO,OOO, died suddenly of inflammation of the bowels. Democrats in the Kentucky legislature renominated Senator Blackburn for United States senator,

The firm of Howard & Uayne, of Duluth, Minn,, reteil dry goods dealers, failed for $lOO,OOO. . At Roone, la., Stanhope PRoysler, a well to-do farmer, shot and killed W. E. Mc¢Farland, a wealthy resident, who was said to have wronged Roysler’s daughter. 3 Mased men blew open the safe of the Farmers’ bank at Verona, Mo, with dynamite, and escaped with $9,000 in casli. i '

At Tuskegee, Ala., Freceman Colins (colored) was hanged for the murder of his wife last year.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Insurgents in Cuba were said to have been defeated in three battles hear Havana by the Spanish troops. James Leggatt, boot, shoe and rubber jobber, made an assignment at Montreal with liabilities of $150.000. Authorities at Pretoria held dcecumentary evidence showing that the whole affair of the Jamesop raid and the uprising in Joharnesburg was a plot te annex the Traunsvaal to British South Africa.

It was announced that Portugul would remain neutral in the dispute between Great Britain and Germany regarding the Transvaal and would not permit the Germans or the British to land troops at Delagoa bay or to traverse the Portuguese territory in South Africa.

In Persia the towns of Janjabed and Gol were destroyed by earthquake shocks and 1,100 persons were killed.

Berlin and Vienna newspapers regard the warlike preparations of Great Britain as being of little importance, and as being more in the nature of a political move. A Dboiler in a torpedo boaton Lake Maggiore, near Milan, Italy, exploded, sinking the vessel and drowning 12 persons. P

Advices from Berlin say that Russia’s cooperation with Germany in the Transvaal matter has been assured and that France will act with Russia. A movement in favor of arbitrating the Venezuelan question with the United States was said to be growing daily in England. The Cuban insurgents captured Guira, a city of 8,000 inhabitants and the third of importance in the province of Havana, after an engagcment in which 1,000 men were killed or wounded.

Advices from Progresso, Mexico, announced the wreck of the steamer Oxford on Alerans and the loss of 12 of the crew. . ;

It was’ believed in diplomatic circles at Berlin that an amicable solution of the Transvaal question was only 2 matter of days. The warlike preparations made by England were regarded as a ridiculous demonstration to cover the inevitable check of her policy. ! At Montreal, Can., the Bonk of the People went into voluntary liguidation with iiabilities of $400,000. :

. In the wreck of the stcamer Ealings off Halifax, N. 8., nine persons lost their lives. ‘

LATER NEWS.

In the Kentucky legislature the republicans nominated W. G. Hunter, congressman from the Third district, for United States senator. The death of Representative Wilson gives the republicans a majority of one on joint ballot. - The Venezuelan commission resumed its sessions in Washington. : ' ~ “The Parisian,” a general store ‘in St. Louis fun by the firm of Siegel, Hillman & Co., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $200,000. : ’ The Exchange bank of Greeley Center, Neb., closed its doors with liabilities of $lO,OOO. i ' It was announced that the eczar of - Kussia had assured the’ emperor of Germany that he would support him in his trouble with England over the "Lransvaal and Egyptian questions. ‘ George G. Wright, ex-United States senator and one of the most popular r men in lowa, died at his home in Des Moines, aged 70 years. . ' THe factory in Chicago of E. W. Gillett & Co., manufacturers of. baking powder and flavoring extracts, was burned, the loss being $15,000. John Smith died at his home near Jonesboro, 111., at the age of 105 years. Nelson Mills’ sawmill at Marysville, Mich., including a large amount of l timber, was burned, the loss being | $lOO,OOO. ’ : ; e dispatch from Rome says that 10,000 Abyssinians were killed or wounded in an attack made upon Makale. Later advices from Armenia say that ' in the provinees of Harpoot and Diar,bekir 176 towns and villages were destroyed by the Turks and 15,845 Ari menians were killed. ~ Nineteen students in the Drake medical college at Des Moines, In. were arrested on the charge of robbing graves, ~ Mrs. Alva Vanderbilt tlie divorced wife of W, K. Vanderbilt, and Mr. Oliver H. P. Belmont were married in New York city by Mayor Strong. 5 ~ The English ship Jeanette Cowan was ~wrecked on Vancouver island and seven . Washington, Jan. 13.—The senate ‘was not in session orf Safurduy. In the ‘house a resolution was offered directing the foreign affairs committec to report Bpok i AGHan Y SO4 Jenctiae ity of tkflfltfib‘?*’?‘m ‘of a permanent ‘court of international arbitrution, repesenting the. United Btater ani. the ess and the amendmerts thereto were Elas T e e

WAR . FEVER IN ENGLAND

British Lion Bristles Up at Ger-

many's Attitnde.

Emperor William Will Recognize No Suzerainty Over Transvaal—Cecil Rhodes . Resigns Premiership of Cape Colony —Dr. Jameson’s Expedition.

Berlin, Jan, B.—At a special audience which Dr. W.J. Leyds, the se<letary of state of the Transvaal, had with Emperor William Tuesday his majesty declared that he would not recognize any claim of suzerainty over the Fransvaal. Great DBritain, by the treaty of 1884, claims suzerainty over the Transveal republic.

The Situation. *

New -York, Jan. 35.—With reference to Emperor William’s declaration that he will not recognize suzarainty over the Transvaal, Julian Ralph cables the Journal from. London as follows: “I cabled Monday it was impossible to believe the rumor that Emperor William told Dr. Leyds, the agent of the Transvaal, that he meant to send a German minister to Johannesburg. Dr.'Lu_Y(!s told this to one press agent Monday, and now he has said to the Ceatiral News man in Berlin that the emperor told him he would recognize the vomplete independence of the Transiaal. This reiteration has strengthened the story, which, if true, meant neither more nor less than war between Eigland and Germany.

“William has not ships enough to ficht England, and will not do soalon=. The case is one either of pure bluster, or else it is the outcome of well-ar-ranged plans between Russia and Germany, in pursuance of which Emperor William takes the first slight excuse for anncuncing his intentions. “The situation is intense here because England is not so averse to this war as she was to war with America."” Ballard Smith cables the World: “The war fever permeates every class of society in Great Britain.” The Emperor Rebuked. London, Jan. B.—The Westinster Gazette says the queen has written a letter to the emperor of Germany re-

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buking him for his attitude in regard to the Transvaal, especially in the matter of the congratulatory message which his majesty sent to President Kruger. T >

Sprigg Succeeds Rhodes.

Cape 'lown,’Jan. 7.—The news that Hon. Cecil Rhodes, premier of Cape Colony, has resigned is confirmed. It is not yet known if his resignation has teen accepted by the governor, Sir Hercules Robinson.

- Hon. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, K. C. M. G., treasurer of Cape Colcny, succeeds Mr. Cecil Rhodes as premier.

It is learned that after Wednesday’s fight Dr. Jameson’s column, originally about 700 men, moved southward, tighting hard all the way throughout the night, and eventually reached Vlakvontein, six miles from Johannesburg, on Thursday morning, when the column was completely surrounded hy a force of 4,800 Boers. In spite of this Dr. Jameson’s followers fought stubbornly until noon, when all their cartridges were exhausted. In addition, they had not tasted tood for 24 hours and were worn out with fatigue. But the white flag was not hoisted by Dr. Jameson’s orders. Defeated with Great Loss. London, Jan. 7.—The governor of Natal, Sir Walter Francis Healy-Hutch-inson, K. C. M. G, telegraphs upon Roer euthority that 130 of Dr. Jameson's followers were killed and that 37 were wounded. On the Boer side, itis added, only three were killed and five wounded. : ; - Emperor Supported by the Czar. Berlin, Jan. 9.—The emperor has summoned to Potsdam the chancellor, Admirar Knorr, commander in chief of the navy, and Admiral von Hollmann, chief of the admiralty, ta concert military measures to be taken In the event of England’s landing troops to occupy the Transvaal. The feeling is gaining ground that England intends to occupy the Transvaal as a guaranty for the observation of the convention of 1884. The emperor and the czar of Russia Wednesday exchanged dispatches regarding the kaiser’s telegram to President Kruger and the resulting cecxnflict with England, and Rugzia's cooperation with Germany is already assured. France will regulate her policy by that of Russia. The Transvaal representatives here are attempting to obtain French support. i Count von Hatzfiéld has received instructions to intimate to Lord Salisbury that Gerlflmy will never permit the slightest lesMon of the interests of the persons of Germian nationality. The duke of Suxe-Coburg-Gotha deplores Dr. Jameson's crime, and the Gothuer Zeitung warmly supports the idea of imperial intervention of ‘Germany. s : . Salisbury’s Notice to Germany. 3 London. Jan. 9.—The Central News s authority for the statement that Lord Salisbury has notified the Ger- , man government that Great Britain will maintain the rights in the I'rans. vaal under the convention of 1884 at all . Prisoncrs Held as Hostuges: London, Jun. 11.=The report that Dr. ‘Jameson had been released turis out }2 have ‘been premature. [Presideat Kruger, in reply to the message of e R *‘;%fi“ Wi S N el ot l%mgg;é%%&mfig Hmen fi!”

punishment, but a dispatch ‘from Johannesburg states that the surender of the prisoners will be made conditional on the abrogation of the AngloBoer conventicn of 1884, which gives Great DBritain suzerainty over the Transvaal, ' rngland Won’t Agree.

If such a condition as this is imposed by the Boers it'is quite certain thut Great Britain will never agree to it. The government is determined to uphold this convention in all its terms, and although the Transvaal government may urge that Dr. Jameson’s raid made the convention null and void, i 3 is pretty safe to say that Great Britain will never accept that view of the matter unless she is compelled to do so.

Urging Kruger On,

. London, Jan. 11.—-The queen has addressed an autograph letter to Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, thanking him for his services in connection with the disturbances ig the Transvaal. A disps‘to the Central News from Beriin sa hat unless Great Britain ‘satisfies the demands of Fresident Kruger, which include the abrogation of the convention of 18%4, by the terms of which England exercises suzerainty over the TFransvaal repullic, Germany will urge Kruger to appeal to the European powers to support him in his demands. :

Great Britain’s Isolation.

~ Never before has the isolation of Great Britain been so completely driven home in the minds of the British people. Hitherto they have been accustomed to believing that should England become embroiled in a war with a foreign power she would find sympathy, if not actual aid, from some of the Furopean nations. Now it is known that in all Europe she has not a single friend, and many believe her enemies are cnly awaiting .an opportunity to attack her and deprive her of some .f her vast possessions.

Situation Complicated.

The situation is -a complicated one, the more it is studied the wider the vista of its possibilities becomes. But with the hands of all the powers against her, Great Britain is awaiting

to see from what direction the first blow will be delivered. Should ar at-, tack be ‘made upon her, she will be found not unprepared. In every direction measures are being taken to ward off possible dangers and the nation is -rapidly putting itself in a position where, if events warrant such a course, it will itself be able to dea! the first blow. ;

NOTED JOURNALIST GONE.

Death at Washington of Mr. Edward B. o 3 ‘Wight. : {

Washington, Jan.- 10.. — Mr. E. B. Wight, one of the most widely known oud respected of Washington correspondents, died at his residence Thursday of heart disease. The precarious condition of his health had been known tc himself and to his intimate friends for some time, but he continued to discharge his duties to the last. Mr. Wight represented the Boston Journal in Washingtorn for nearly a quarter of a century, and during the same period was also the Washington representative, first of the Chicago Tribune and afterwards of the Inter Ocean. He was vice president of the Gridiron club uncer the late Frank Hatton.

Mr. Wight was well known to newspaper readers in northwestern states through his articles in the Chicago Inter Ocean, signed “E. B. W.” GOMEZ CAPTURES GUIRA. Big Cuban Battle Reported, with 1,000 Killed or Wounded. Kev West, Fla. Jan. 11 —After a desperate engagement in wlich 1,000 men were killed or wounded the insurgents have captured Guira, a :ity of 8,000 inhabi.ants and the thitd in Importance in the provinces of Havane and Pinar del Rio. g e

- Thursday the Cuban army entered the city of Alquizar, province of Havana, which is beyoud Guira and nearer Havana. Alquizar was- garrisoned by 500 Spanish troops, and after a brief skirmish, in which 30 were kiiled, they laid down their arms. The Spaniards nad a great quantity of munition stored in Alquizar, and these Goniez seized. There were 3,000 Manser riiles, 50,000 rounds of ammunition, and one fieldpiece. : :

; - USED COAL OIL. As a Result Mrs. Marshall Cooks Herself Instead of the Breakfast. Cleveland, 0., Jan. 11.—Mrs. C. A, Marshall, a widow who lives at No, 16 Mill street with, her two brotkers, was literally cooked Friday morning. While getting breakfast she poured coal oil on the fire. An explosion oc‘curred, and she was enveloped in flames. She ran kcreaming to the yard, and when her brothers arrived she was rolling on the ground,asheet of flames. All the clothing was burned from her body and the flesh fell from her bornes. She was taken to a hospital, and can‘not live, Her brothers were so badly burned that they were also taken to the hospital. N ¢ ! iquick Retribution. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan, 11.~At Kansomsaddle, an aged fatmer, was ‘”’“Mg ) By S g il 3 %45%% % iy bttt b eudbalpin e et it el assassin, riddling his body with 8 score. olbullen oo a 0

CLEVELAND TO CAFFERY. President Shows the Attitude of the Ade ministration, . 3 Washington, Jan. 11.—Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, has made public a letter of the president to him avhich, liad opportunity presented since Monday, he would have incorporated in retnarks which he intendgd to make in ‘the senate on the bond bill. [t reads: “Executive Mansion, Washington, Jan. 5, 1845 —My Dear Senator : I have rea?d today, 1 the Congressiona. Record, ths debate In the senate on Friday, conearning the flnancial situation anrd bond issuas., I am amazed at the intolerance that leads even excited partisanship to adopt as a basis of attack the unfounded accusations and assertions ol a maticiously mendacious and sensational newspaper ‘““No> banker or financiér, nor any other human being, has been invited to visit ‘Washington for the purpose of arranging, in any way or manner, for the disposition of boads to meet the present or future needs of the gold reserve. ““No arrangement of any kind has been made ‘for the disposition of such blonds to any syndicate or through the agency of any syndicate. . “*No assurance of such a disposat of bonde has been directly or indirectly given to any person. In point of fact, a decided leani.ig towards a popular loan and advertising for kids has been plainly exhibited on the part of the administrfation at all times when the subject was under discussion. *‘““Those charged wita the lesponsibility of maintaining our gold reserve®so far as legislation renders It possible, have snx lously conferred with each other, and as occasion permitted will. those having knowlcdge of financial affairs and present monetary conditions, as to the best and :nost :avorable meaans of selling bonds for geld. The unusual importance of a successful result, if he attempt is again made, cughf (o be apparent to every American citizen who bestows on the subject a momen*'s patriotic thought. The secretary of the treasury, from the first moment that the necessity of another sale of bonds seemed to be approaching, desired to coffer them i 1 issued to the people Ly public advertiscment, if they could thus be successfully disposed of. After full consideration he came to the conclusion to which I fully agree, that the amount o 1 gold in tha reserve, veing now $20,000,000 more than 1t was in February last, when a sale of bondz was made to a syndicate, and other conditions differing from those then existing, justity us 1n offering the bonds now about to be issued lor sale by popular subscription. This ir the entire matter. and all these varticulurs could have. been easily obtained by any member of the senate by simple inquiry. *‘lf Mr. Morgan, or anyone else, reasoning from his own standpoint, borought himself tw the belief that the government wouid, at length, be constrained to again gell bonds to a syndicate, 1 suppose he vould have a perfect right, if he chose, o taks such steps as seemed to him prudent, to put himself in condition to negotiate ) “1 expect an issue of bonds will be advertised for sale to-morrcw, and that bids will be invited, not only for those now allowed by law, but for such othei and diftferent bonds as congress may authorize ¢uring the pendency of the advertisement. ““Not having had an opportunity to confer with you in person since the present gession of congress began, and noticing your participation In the debate of last Friday, 1 have thought it not amiss to put you 1n possiession of the facts and informatio: herein contained.

‘“Yours very truly, “GROVER LEVELAND. ‘“Hon Donaldson Caffery.” “Washington, Jan. 10.-—Secretary Carlisle expresses the opinion that the new bond issue will be a success. He did not intimate whence the gold would come, but he spoke with a full knowledge of the number of inquiries for blank forms for bids and the informal cffers already made. The mails brought_ in quite a number of inquiries for blankforms on which to make bids and, in some cases, persons desirous of subscribing stated the amount they wanted and the price they would offer., These figures, of course, are withheid from rublication. The bids are regarded as informal and where possible, those | making them will be communicated with and blank forms will be sent so that they may comply with all the requirements and make their bid in regular shape. A circular letterof instructiun to prospective bidders was issued Thursday. . It says: | ‘““The subscriber should state plain'y the amount of honds desired. the price which he proposes to pay and the piace where the bonds chould be delivered, which may | be the subscriber’s iome or any other more convenient place. He should, at the same 1 time, state whether he desires to dcposit the amount of his'subscrintion atthetreas- ; ury department in the city of Washington or at one of the following subtreasuries, viz.: New Ycrk, Bosten, Philade.phia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. lLouis, New Orleans or San, Frencisco. Deposits at said places must be with exchange on New York. The bonds will be issued in the tollowing denomunations viz.. Coupon bond. $2O, $lOO, $5OO and &1,000; registered bonds, $3O, $lOO, $5060, $l,OOO, $5,000 and $10,000." | BUSINESS BACKWARD. 5

Trade in a State of Hesitation Rather J Than of Hopefulness.

New York, Jan. 11.—R. G. Dun & Co., in their weckly review of trade, say:

‘“The ncw year begins with such uncertainty that business is somewhat retarded. The proposed sale of bonds offers ground for confidence in the future, but no one is able to determine what its earliest effects may be in the money market, and for the time it is a case of hesitation rather than hopefulness. Speculation in products has not been active. Cotton is not unchanged, although the receipts for the week have not been very large, but sorhe slackening appears in the foreign demand. ‘Wheat is about one cent higher, and corn the same, without distinct reason in either case.

The industrial situation has not material1y changed. There is much hesitation in the iron business, with some advance in Bessemer pig because of the expectation that Connellsville coke and lake ore will both be dearer, and yet finished products of iron and steel are on the whole quoted a little lower. Everything turns on the contracts for ore which are still unsettled, but the great excess in production of pig fron over the present demand is no longer denied, and it is expected that quite a number of the furnaces will presently discontinue production. “In boots and shoes the average of prices is a shade lower. Leather is a little lower, but hides are on the whole about five per cent. stronger at Chicago, with scanty offerings. The demand for boots and shoes falls far behind expectations, and many shops have been closed for a time. “The volume of domestic trade indicated by payments through the principal clear-ing-houses shows the usual large increase of 14.6 per cent. over last year, but in comparison with the same week in 1893, shows a decrease of 13.1 per cent. Part of this difference must be attributed to the shrinkage in prices, but there is also without doubt a considerable decrease in the distribution of goods to final consumers. - - «1 iabilities in failures for t.ie first two days of January amounted to $918795 of which $240,407 were of manufacturing and $678,388 of trading concerns.. Failures fer the week have been 421 in the United States, against 420 last vear, and 83 in Canada, against 64 last year.” _ i RBradstreet’s snys: = . |

“General trade has not improved anpreciably. Some wholesale houses are sendIng out travelers, while others have not completed taking account of stock. Mild weather at western points bas interfered with business in some instances, and the week continues to present characteristics of a between-scasons period. The impres¢ion is general that uncertainty as to finan- | cial action by congress and disturbing po}itical conditions have an unfavorable infiluence on the prospect for new enterprises. Mercantile collections east, west and northwest are complained of, but at the ‘gouth the comparative ease with which they are made forms & conspicuous exception. Demand for funds at various western _genters Is the most active for a year. Stocks of wholesalers at many of the larger. _interior distributing points are low. mr’r&; vmaia&m lesmen on the road are of mods:. e wmfnfi%;& _for goods, tmprovement ~showing {tself first In dry goods, shoes and Sbl e s T e e

$4OO IN PRIZES ON OATS AND CORN - Last year we offered $2OO for the biggest yield of oats. 209 bushels Silver Mine Oats was the highest. This year we offer $2OO more on oats, $lOO on Silver King Barley, a barley yielding in '1895 116 bushels: per. acre, and $lOO on Golden Triumph Yellow Dent Corn, the corn of your dreams! What’s Teosinte and Sand Vetch and Sacaline and Lathyrus and Giant Spurry and Giant Incarnate Clover and lots of such things? They’ll make you rich if you plant a plenty. Catalogue tells you! S gt ' IF YOU WILEL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it with 10c. postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis., you will get free 10 grasses and grains, above oats, barley, corn and their catalogue. Catalogue alone, sc. (x) —_—————— Miss Guse—*‘o, captain, were you ever boarded by a pirate?’’ - Capt. Storms—*“Yes. He charged me $ll a-day for a hall room on ‘the fourth floor.”—lndianapolis Journal. ' How's This? i We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure, F. J. CrENEY & Co., Props., Toledo, }9 We, the undersigned, have-known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him . perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. . I\VdESTO& Truax,; Wholesale Druggists, To-. edo, O. : ] ‘WaALDING, KINNAN & Makviy, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. : Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per botgle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimoniuals ree. ; : Hall’s Family Pills are the best. & ————————o—'——-—f— ’ ToeE mule is a demi-Jaclk, and therefore a ‘demi-John, which accounts for the spirit that is within him.—Boston Transcript. Sebaétapol Was Not Impregnabie, For it was taken by assault, but a physique built up, a constitution fortified by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, may bid defiance to the assaults of malarious disease even in localities where it is most grevalent and malignant. Emigrants to the ague-breeding &ections of the West should bear this in mind, and start with a supply. The Bitters ‘promptly subdues ~dyspepsia, rheumatic and kidney complaints, nervousness, constipation and biliousness. - - THERE is no_courage but in innocence; no coustancy.‘but in an honest cause.— Southern. ‘ ! ) S — BeEcHAM'S PILLS for constipation 10c and 25c. . Get the book (free) at your druggist’s and go by it. Annual sales 6,000,000 boxes. Duzey—‘‘What's in that bottle—poison?” ‘Dooby—*‘l guess there * ust be; there isn’t any label on it.”—Roxbury Gazette. , Sufinnnns FroM CoucHs, SORE THROAT, etc., should be constantly supplied with ‘Brown’s -Bronchial Troches.”

The nerves upon pure blood, and they will bayour faithful servants and not tyrannical masters; you will not be nervous, but strong, cheerful and happy. To have pure blood, and to keep it pure, take , = ~ Sarsaparilla Hood’s Pills cure.all Liver Ills. 25 cents. See that : hump? It’s the feature of ‘ ’ | l ; the DELONG \\ <!’ _Pat. Hook and YD/ Eye. No matter l‘i’f(;\'! how you twist - I“. and turn,itholds - B\ . » f \ the eye in place. \ . Send two cent stamp N\ with rame and ad- I} '. I dress, and we will mail you Mother Gooase ih new clothes i ) —containing ten color plates; ten black and white pictures; and lots of lively ) jingles. RICHARDSON & DELONG BROS., Philada.

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