Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 30, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 October 1897 — Page 2

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LIGONIER. -« : :+ INDIANA

Bottles made of paper under a German- patent are now much used, especially at sea, which is hard on fine glassware.. . . - :

A Philadelphia man named Button, who is the father of six young children, always speaks of them- as ‘“the six button kids”? :

- Japan has adopted the American style of steel rails for its new government railways. Our iron mills are beginning to look to the world for their market.

The fact that Italy has ceded its ‘African outpost, Kassala; to Great Britain tends to confirm the report of a secret understanding between the two powers. . I s RT S YT R TSI SRS D N ~ Within 90 days the town of Skaguay ‘was born, reached a population of several thousand, and petered'out. Europe should revise its opinion that we have no intex;éstin‘g ruins in this country. - . i TR T M TR T SIS The builder of the famous old United States frigate Constitution called it “a powerful agent of national justice.” It proved to be that, and also materially hastened the return of peace in th&war of 1812, - . A

. The counterfeiting of certain “lines of Americafl_manufail_l_afie isreported to be a new industry in Germany. But as a rule American goods are like American girls, and cannot be successfully imitated. = Ly

" The reign of the present czar will * probably be marked by the completion of the great Siberian railroad and the construction of a thousand-mile canal from the Baltic to'the Black sea, to cost a hundred million dollars. That would “do Tor on¥monargh’s share of internal improvements. : 1

As the bicycle scorcher and the boat rocker retire into winter quartérs the idiot with the “unloaded” pistol again takes the center of the stage. There sbould be no ‘“unloaded revolvers.” ‘Every revolver should be loaded and everyone should understand that fact ‘and leave firearms alone. | o

Sir Edwin Arnold, whose sojourn in -Japan caused him to entertain and ex.press such a favorable opinion of the natives.of that country, has married a Japanese lady. By thusuniting himself with- a “Pitty Sing” he has shown -his faith by hisworks. “The Light of Asia” will, now shine more refulgently than ever on the enraptured vision of the poetie Bir Bewit,. - -

. The Piute Indian.in Nevada is said to be thinning out rapidly, due to the deadly salaratus biscuit. The Piute squaw got'the idea of throwing a handful of salaratus into the flour and for the last year every buck on the reservation has stuffed himself daily with the seeds of indigestion and intestinal dis--turbance known as:saleratus bicuit. The next census reports will find what is left of Lo pasturing on patent medi- ‘ cine and pessimism. = :

It is announced that the fortune left by Fair, the bonanza king, has so shrunk since his death - that it now amounts to but $15,000,000. This sum should suffice to keep his three children in bread and butter for the remainder of their lives. But as a dozen or more eminent legal gentlemen are still at work energetically upon:the estate the heirs may be in luck if they receive enough from it to cover the cost of bread and oleomargarine. - .

The Salvation Army in California has “tomched ‘the heart and pocket of the " sugar king, Claus Spreckels. He has bought a large tract of land in Mon- | terey county and leased it to the army, advancing money until the Salvation beet growers . are self-supporting. ‘When they begin to make money they are ‘to be encouraged to buy ten acres - of ground apiece on ten years’ time by installments: Mr. Spreckels agrees to " buy their beets at good prices. f

~ Henry O. and James M. Neville, twins, were born in Kentucky in 1815 and the similarity of their careers is something marvelous. Both married sisters and each is the father of seven children, each lost a child, each was a county judge, each entered the federal army as a captain and was mustered out of service as a colonel. Their father, James Neville, a Virginian, served as a private through the revolutionary war and died in Fauquier county at the age of 99 years. i [ . c A valu‘atio‘x‘l has been fixed atlast ona masculine heart when trifled with by one of thé softer sex. In Maine a jury awarded damages amounting to $1,7“894 against a young woman who disappointed an expectant bridegroem at the last minyte. The amount asked was $25,000. - Why it wag scaled down to the nice figure of $1,789 is not explained, but the award is at least an assurance that the male cardiac muscle hasa value, and that everything is not fair in love when the victim is only a man. The damages are large enough for a Klondike grub ‘stake, and may lead on to fortuneanda girl who will stick. :

- A Minmneapolis man has invented a .locomotive powerful enough to drag a train at the rate of a mile in 33 seconds; _and the inventor hopes that it will be adopted by all the railway companies of the world. He i 5 likely to be disappointed, for, while the companies would dpubtless like to increase the speed of their trains, somebody will have to find a way to make greater speed safe before they will attempt to do so. It is'not probable that Mr. Holman’s “double friction-geared locomotive;’ wonderful as it is and uséful as it might be, will eome into general use solong as railway tracks lie on the ground. Lata

Mark Twain's remark about the perils of going to bed because statisties prove " fhat more people die there than anywhere else is recalled by the annual report ‘of the interstate commerce commission, which "shows that last year ‘American railways carried 511,772,737 passengers, and that of this enormous numbey only 181 were killed, or only one in 2,827,474. . When it is considered how ‘eomplicated the business has become, ~how numerous the trains are, great speed they maintain, and How the fate

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INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION,

FROM 'WASHINGTON.

* Admiral Worden, heéro cf the battle between the Monitor.and the Merrimac, died in Washington, aged 80 years. It is shown by the annual report;of the third assistant postmaster general for the last fiscal year that tiie total receipts were $82,665,462; expenses, $94,077,242, leaving a deficit of $11,411,779. - The president and Mrs. - McKinley will leave Washington on the 25th inst. for a visit to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. : An order has been issued by the secretary of war creating a military reservation. in that part of Alaska lying within a radious of 50 miles of St. Michael. ‘ : : The president has determined not to consider any new consular appointments until congress meets. e ~ J. K. Taylor, of Pennsylvania, has been appointed supervising architect of Ilhe treasury in Washington. ; _The president has asked Russell Sage, of New York, to purchase the Unidn Pacific railway on the basis of satisfying the full government claim in the property. o - In his annual report te the secretary of war Gen. Wilson, chief of the engineers of the army, estimates that $5,810,0004wi1l be needed for coast defenses for the years 1898-9 and $48,328;000 for rivers and harbors.

President McKinley has appointed W. K. Van Reypen to be surgeon: general iof the navy, to succeed Surgeon General Bates, deceased. ' -

THE EAST.

Near Austin, Pa., forest fires burned $200,000 worth of.timber. R _ Edward Voll struck Frank Kozewski a blow in a boxing match at Lancaster, N. Y., that killed him. . In Fayette and Somerset counties, Pa., thousands of acres of timber land and farming country were swept by flames. ; ‘ The death of William L. Mains, formerly a well-known Ohio newspaper publisher, occurred in New York. . At Glen Cove, L. 1., the body of Charles Anderson Dana was laid away in St. Paul’sichurchyard. Many prominent menr-gathered to pay the last respects. ST At the age of 838 years J. F. Hartley, ex-assistant secretary of the United States treasury, died at Saco, Me. i

Consul General Fitzhugh Lee announces that he expects to return to Cuba about December 5 and remain unt til the conclusion of the war. .

Not since 1892 has the potato.crop of the United States proved so nearly a failure as thisyear. . . In Boston the centennial *of the launching of the United States frigate Constitution was celebrated.

‘The Gloucester (Mass.) fleet lost 11 vessels and 62 men during the fishing Season now closed. - : ' The death of John Murph¥ occurred at Marlsborough, Mass., aged 103 years. . .~ WEST AND SOUTH. : On December 13 next the seventeenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor will be held at Nashville. S _ Sivert Berg’s barn was burned near. Iranley Falls;, Minn., and four tramps were cremated. : ¢ The Edgerton (Wis.) bank closed its doors with liabilities of $148,000. James Tyler and George Doyle got a three-year sentence in: Kokomo, Ind., for stealing 40 cents’ worth of beer. At Gallup, N. M., Clemente Rivera shot and killed Mrs. Victor Barréla and then killed himself. - ' In Sanilae, Huron &nd St. Clair counties, Mich.; forest fires were doing great damage. ) . At Mitchell,S. D., J. B. Thurinison and wife were suffocated by gas from a coal stove. ) ) ; The republicans of the Sixth Illinois district. nominated Henry Sherman Boutell for congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward D. Gooke. B :

In Chicago the Lexington hotel went into the hands of a receiver with liabilities of $600,000. i )

At the age of 66 years, George M. Pullman, founder of the town of Pullman and head of the great palace car.company that bears his name, digd suddenly in Chicago of heart disease. He leaves a widow and three children.

To escape starvation hundreds of gold seekers were fleeing from Alaska. Flames destroyed the business portion of Osceola, Ark. - S " On the river in the Marinette (Wis.) region the total cut of 17 lumber mills this year will beover 327,000,000 feet. At Joliet, 111., Joe Patchen broke the world’s wagon record, pacing the mile in 2:043. . v - At the age of 94 years Zeb Rudolph, the father of Mrs. James A. Garfield, the widow of the late president, died at Mentor, O. 5 : i :

.~ George Young, a farmer aged- 35 years, living near Blue Earth City, Minn., driven temporarily insane by business reverses, killed his wife, two children and himself. :

Gen. E. S. Bragg was reelected president at the annual reunion in La Crosse; Wis., of the Iron brigade. . Two men were fatally hurt and five persons were more or less injured in a railway collision near BDayton, O. - ‘ln session at Indianapolis, the-na-tional Association of Retail Liquar dealers, elected August Kochler, of New York, president, and declared against persecution. of men engaged in the iraffic. . L 0

Yaqui Indians in New Mexico are driving white gold seekers out of their country. . ; At Duluth, Minn., 28 Italians were denied admittance to this country un‘der the ‘contract-labor law. = °

- Bankers met at Indianapolis and formed a state association, with Allen M. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, as presiaent. : ’ -

'The jury in the Luetgert murder trial in Chicago failed to agree after being out 68 hours, standing nine to three for conviction, and they were discharged by Judge Tuthill. , A : Newton Bateman, for 17 years president of Knox college at Galesburg, 111., died at the age of 75 years. - Resolutions declaring the saloon the greatest evil confronting the church and civilization at the National Christian Missionary convention in Indianapalis, were adopted. Zoby L b .. The 'democrats of the Sixth conWi@g}zdfisfigfigt_gf Ilinois nominated St N o e s nominated George A. Laudgren. = ml mefiulwm =fl:&:fi-#§§§?§}:?&?§&;}gfii’?§g%§, f";fi,‘;%?%}“fi;

Fire aestroyed Y. L. Murden’s livery stable at Peru, Ind., and 12 horses were cremated. »

The greatest observatory in the world was presented at Williams Bay, Wis., by Charles T. Yerkes, of Chicago, to President Harper, of the University of Chicago. ; b . The doors of the bank of Lodi, Wis., were closed.

At .Madrid, Mo., George Westerman, 80 years of age, killed his stepdaughter and then ‘shot himself.

In the Exchange bank at Wakarusa, Ind., three robbers blew the safe and secured $9OO. : 2

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Throughout Canada November 25 has been named as‘a day of general thanksgiving. il

- Peace has been .restored all over Guatemala. :

- The 'newly-appointed general of Cuba, Marshal Blanco, sailed from Madrid for Havana. S '

Gen. Blanco said before leaving Madrid for Cuba that the instructions he had received from the government were to establish autonomy and a Cuban responsible government. : James, of Cardiff, and Nelson, of London, broke the world’s tandem bicycle record in London for 100 miles, covering the distance in 3 hours and 26 minutes.

_Great Britian’s government has decided against silver and there is now no hope for an international conference on bimetallism. :

A cyclone destroyed several villages and over 1,000 lives were lost on the island of Leyte, one of the Philippine group. : ’ In Havana Cuban women have issued a circular urging a boycott against all Spanish merchants. ca b

LATER NEWS,

Gen. Miles, commanding general of the army, in his annual report commends the efficiency of the army and says that the maximum peace footing should :be one enlisted man to every 1,000 of population ard the minimum one to every 2,000. ~ W. G. Hitchcock & Co.; dealers.in silk in New York, failed for $1,000,000. J. 8. Parkhurst. and his aged wife, living four miles from Biloxi, La., were shot to death and their bodies cremated by unknown fiends. 2 Several points in southwest Virginia report having experienced earthquake shocks. s s

- Another effort is being made to secure a pardon for Joseph R. Dunlop, the Chicago newspaper man, from Joliet penitentiary. e ~ Henry Hunsley and his nephew, Ray H‘imsley-, and Miss Bertha Davis were killed by the cars at Pecatur, 111. -

Reports from all portions of the country say that the volume of business continues of large proportions. The report of First Assistant Post-master-General Heath calls for an appropriation of about $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. ) The Fowler Cycle company, one of ihe largést bicycle concerns in the west, failed in Chicago for $500,000.

There were 224 business failures in the United Siates in the seven days ended on the 22d, against 223 the week previous and 274 in the corresponding period of 1896, . ' Ex-Congressman Charles M. Woodman, of Chicago, has become insane. Russel Sage makes emphatic denial of the report that he is at the head of a pool to buy in the Union Pacific railroad. :

The Towa supreme court says that speculation in grain, where no delivery is intended, is gambling, and that such contracts are void. ! =

- The correspondence in regard to the bimetallic proposals of the = United States monetary commission was issued by the British foreign office and shows that Great Britain rejects all offers to entertain such proposals. : /Fhe National bank of Asheville, N C., closed its doors. The annual report of John G. Brady, governor gf Alaska, estimates the population at, 30,000- natives and 10,000 whites and recommends that $lOO,OOO be appropriated for government buildings and $60,000 for schools. He says the gold seekers as a class rank far above the average manhood of the country. ! i’ An express train on the New York ‘Central & Hudson River railroad was thrown from the track into the Hudson river near Garrison’s, N. Y., and 28 lives were lost. The track had been undermined by high water. 55 State’s Aftorney Deneen has decided to put Luetgert on trial for the second time in a few days in Chicago. A receiver was asked for the city of Hamilton, O. . It was said corrupt mismanagement had brought the town to insolvency. /+ . - | ] Thirteen of the crew of the schooner Casper were drowned by the wreck of the vessel near Part Arena, Cal. An alleged conspiracy to murder Sheriff Martin, who led the deputies who fired upon aad killed a score of strikers at Lattimer, Pa., dn September 10, has been discovered. -

Three persons were burned to death and seven more severely injured in a fire that destroyed the Hotel Brooklyn at Kelletville, O. The Tuttle brothers, of Mohawk, Ind.. and J. M. Butler were killed by the cars at a crossing at Oakland, Ind. In his annual report to the secretary of the navy Philip Hichborn, chief constructor of the navy, says that the strength of the navy is 141 vessels.

The dead bodies of Frank Moon and

Jane Wells wereA‘fouq,nd in a. well on Moon’s farm near Derby, Kan.

At the biennial convention of the World’s W. C.'T. U. in Toronto, Ont., Miss Francis E. Willard, of Evanston, llli., was reelected president. Mrs. Bernetty Woodard died at her home mnear Coldwater, Mich., aged 102 years, 'and Dr. W. B. Sprague died in ‘Coldwater, aged 101 years. - Special prayer for rain was offered before the Mission Baptist General association in session at Mexico, Mo. ' - Tuneral services over the remains of George M. Pullman were held at the family residence in Chicago and the interthent was at Graceland cemetery. At TLos Angeles, 'Cal,, Searchlight ‘broke the world’s pacing record of 2:091, for three-year-olds, going the mile in 2:07. . . ! : Mrs. A. L. Hannah, wife of a farmer living near Mahomet, 111., was resuscitated 24 hours after baving been prosounced desd,. . _ln a special note to United States Yipinter Josithiat the Spunish overa: ‘her power to end the war in Cuba and N R T i T i N RPR

SILVER IS HIT HARD.

‘Great Britain’'s Rejection of Our Bimetallic Proposals. .

Officinal Account of the Coni?renqie— France Agrees to a Ratio of 15 1-2 to I—lndia’s Strong Argu- . ment Against the Plan,

London, Oct. 23.—The correspondence in regard to the bimetallic proposals of the United States monetary commission was issued by the British foreign office Friday evening. The following account of the negotiations is taken from the official publication: At the conference held at the foreign office on July 12 the premier, the marquis of Salisbury; the’ secretary of state for India, Lord George Hamilton; the chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach; the first lord of the treasury, Mr. A. J.: Balfour; the. United States ambassador, Col. John Hay, and the United States monetary commissioners, Senator Edward O. Wolcott, of Colorado; ex-Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, of Ilinois, and Gen. Charles Jackson Payne, of Ma;sgchusetts, were present.” : ‘ ~ © Senator Wolcott Explains.

On the invitation of the British premier Senator Wolcott explained that the object of the misslon was to ascertain in advance of an international conference the views of the governments, and the envoys had determined to ascertain the views of the French, British and German governments on the question of reaching an international bimetallic agreement. They had been to France, where they reached a complete and satisfactory understanding with 'the French government, and the envoys would have the cooperation ‘in this matter of the French ambassador in London. The senator then explained that the success of the mission depended upon the attitude Great Britain would take, and he requested Great Britain to agree to open the English mints as its contribution to the attempt to restore international bimetallism, with France and the United States cooperating together in an attempt to that end. ' Ratio of Fifteen and One-Half to One.

- The marquis of Salisbury asked if France was ready: to'open her mints to free coinage, and Senator Wolcott replied: “Yes.” The premier thereupon inquired at what ratio France would open her mints. Senator Wolcott said at{lsl,, adding that the American envolys had accepted this ratio. : hat Is'Wanted of Great Britain. he senator then presented the follotwing list.“of contributions whjch, among othets, he suggested Great Britain might make: '

“First. Thé opening of the ‘lndian mints and the repeal of the order making the sovereign legal tender in India.

‘“‘Second. Placing one-fifth of the bullion in ’ihe issue department of the Bank of England in silver. S s “Third. Raising the: légal tender limit of silver to, say, £lO and issuing 20-shilling notes based on silver; which shall be legal tender, and the retirement, in graduation or otherwise, of the ten-shilling gold pieces and the substitution of paper based on silver. & : L

4'Fourth. An agreement to coin annually 80 much silver, the amount to be' left open,: o : . ¢

“Fifth. The opening of the English mints to the coinage of rupees and the coinage of British dollars, which shall be full tender in the straits settlements and other silver standard colonies, and tender in the United Kingdom to the limit of silver legal. ““Sixth. Colonial action and the coinage of silver in Egypt. o T -“Seventh. Something having the general scope of the Huskisson plan.’”” The meeting closed, and it is understood by the parties that .the absence of ‘the French ambassador, Baron de Courcel, from the proceedings should be regarded as informal, .and a second corniference was held on the 15th, at which in addition to those already mentioned, the French ambassador and M. Geoffrey, the cbuncillor of the French ambassy, were present.

Positign of France.

~ The French ambassador was invited to declare the position of the French government, and he said France was ready to reopen her mints to the coihage of silver if ' the commercial nations adopted the same course, and he advocated, at great length, the ratio of 15%. But, he explainéd, France would not consider the reopening of the mints of India alone as being sufficient guarantee to permit the French government to reopen/the French mints to the free _coinage of silver. g

Great Britain’s Reply.

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach then announced definitely that Great Britain would not agree to open the English mints to the unlimited coinage of silver, and that whatever views he and his colleagues might separately hold regarding bimetallism he could say that they were united on this point. ; Baron de Courcel said, as a personal suggestion, that among other contributions he thought Great Britain should open the Indian mints and also agree to purchase annually £10,000,000 of silver for a series of years. ¢ . Senator Wolcott accepted the proposal that the British government should make this purchase, with proper safeguards and provisions as to the place and manner of its use. | ‘ : Since this conference the British government has been considering the proposals, and finally made the reply handed the United States ambassador. The reply of the government of India, upon which Lord Salisbury based his decision, is a long document, giving an emphatic negative to the proposal to reopen the India mints, It says: % . :

Would Paralyze Trade and Industry. “The first result of the suggested measures, if they were to succeed even temporarily in their object, would be an intense distrustance of Indian trade and industry. There would be a sudden rise in exchange, which, if the ratio of fifteen and one-half toone wereadopted, woufl be to about three pence the rupee. Such a rise would be to kill our export trade for a time, at least unless the public were convinced that the arrangement would be permanent and have the effect intended. ' The paralysis of trade and industry would be prolonged, and would be acompanijed by acute individual suffering. None of the advantages expected would be attained, and the country would pass through a critical period which would retard the progress for years.” oo . 'The reply then proceeds to point out that the proposed agreement would be a much more serious question for India than for the United States and France, as the whole risk of disaster from failure would fall upon India. If the agreement broke down +the United States and grance could tale precautions - against a. depletion. of their gold reserves, but in India the rupee, when -the collapse came, would fall headlong and the governmefit would have no remedy against fluctuation in the exchange value of India’s standard of value with the fluctuations in the price of silver. ‘For,”’ continues the reply, *if the dndian mints are reopened to silver now, it will be practically impossible for the government ever to close them; and, if it were possible, it would pe only after very large additions had been _n;ade’ to the amount of silver in circulation.’ 8 : : e Motive of the United States, -

After noting that ‘“the effect of the adoption of the scheme would probably be an increase in prices in France and the United States, but a decrease in India,'" a change which France 'and the United States “would contemplate with equanimity, but which would be manifestly impossible to India,” the reply suggests that the United States is doubtless partly inspired in making its proposals by a fear of experiencing some difficulties and dangers which India hras already surmounted after years of embarrassment. - . o ol o) o . Why It Would Fail. . _ The reply then proceeds to discuss various reasons why the experiment would ‘Bot succeed. First, France and the United Ak F e e VAR K . R U S P el i e e e N g R

States, seeing the pruspect of a total disappearance of gold coinage before the price of silver has been raised to the intended ratio, might take measures to prevent the export of gold; second, either country might be reduced to a paper curréncy, in which case the agreement would cease to operate; third, a three-sided agreement would be open to greater risk of termination by one or two parties than a-many-sided international agreement, besides which. either France or the United States might some day think some other nation benefiting at its expense, and this would lead to discussions as to the expedjency of the termination of the agreement, discussions only less serious than actual termination. Refusal Recommended.

‘““For these reasons alone, without considering objections to the particular ratio proposed, we do not hesitate,”’ continue the authors of the reply, ‘‘to recommend that your lordship refuse to give the undertaking desired. We shall be willing to consider what effect the cooperation of any other nations, if secured, may have on the problems, ‘but we believe that our best policy is to link ourselves to Great Britain.” ‘ : Ratio Too High.

" They then proceed to argue that the ratio of fifteen and one-half to one is ‘“too high. Differing so widely from the existing ratio, it would immensely increase the difficulty. Indeed, if it could be secured and maintained, we would object to the ratio in the interests of India, and we recammend your lordship, on behalf of India, to decline to Pparticipate in, or to do anything to-en-courage the formation of a union bgsed thereon.” Ky ¢ 2

Having discussed the probable effect in -various directions upon India’s local interests, the dispatch recommends a reply in the negative, adding: ‘“We presume thata union based upon a ratio low enough to suit our, interests would not be acceptable to Frdnce and the United States.”” ‘ln conclusion the official dispatch intimates that the present proposals might have been.favorably considered in 1892, but ‘‘the experience of the last few years has made the position very different.’”’! It also notes that ‘“‘the ‘conditions under which we have had to reply to your lordship’s ‘dispat_ch preclude our consulting with the commercial and banking: communities of India,”’ but “‘even had another reply been possible it could only have been after the fullest preliminary consideration by our banking and commercial bodies.”” . : ) i

The dispatch is signed by .Lord Elgin, the viceroy of India; Sir George Stewart White, commander in chief of the British forces in India and extraordinary member of the council of the governor-general, and by the following members of the council: Sir James Westland (financial member’ of the council), Sir John Woodburn, major general; Sir E. H. Collin, Hon. Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers and Hon. A. C. Trevor. The correspondence- concludes with Lord Salisbury’s dispatch to Ambassador Hay, the contents of which have already been cabled. . .

THE POS TAL SERVICE.

Recommendations of Assistant Post-master-General Heath.

Washington, Oct. 23.—The repott of First Assistant Postmaster-General Perry S. Heath for the fiscal year ended June 30 was made public Friday. Following -are his principal recommendations: . AR

. On July 1 there were 3,733 presidential post offices, embracing 169 first-class, 750 second-class and 2,814 third-class. The net increase for the year in the salaries of the postmasters at these offices is $97,600. Their aggregate salaries are $230,800. . The estimates for the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1898, embrace $16,250,000 for compensation of postmasters, for clerk hire; $11,300,000; rental and purchase of canceling machines, $125,000; rent, fuel and light, $1,750,000; miscellaneous items and furniture, $200,000, and advertising, $2(§000. e

-The éstimates for the free delivery service for: the fiscal year, June, 1898, is $13,810,400. Since the close of the fiscal year 1897 the service has been established in more than 40 offices, and before the close of the current year all offices entitled to the service will receive the same.

Domestic and international money orders issued aggregate 26,113,240, . amounting to $188,071,056; aggregate-number of payments and repayments, 25,580,566, amounting to $180,141,660.

There were '5,967,960 pieces of original unclaimed matter received at the dead-letter office, a decrease of 276,403. Rural free delivery has been.put ‘to the test.of practical experiment in 29 states and over 44 different routes.: The general satisfactory results suggest the feasibility of making rural delivery a permanent feature of postal administration in the United States; not immediately or in all districts at once, but in some gradual and graduated form, regulated by the present experiments. sy

There should be fixed a more severe penalty for the punishmerit of postmasters who peddle postage stamps with a view to increasing their own salaries, resulting.in the diminution of the net reeeipts of the government. Authority should be given to secure leases of post office stations for a period of ten instead of five years.

GILBERT IS CHAMPION,

Wins Dupont Cup and World’s Wing S Shot Record. ]

, Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 23.—With the Dupont cup and the world’s wing shot championship at vstake,' Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la., and J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, made phenomenal records in their match here Friday afternoon. Gilbert was the victor. Out of 250 birds shot at by the two cracks, but one was missed. Six others fell dead out of bounds. For 100 birds the two cracks tied with 97 each. Gilbert’s 21st, 53d and '72d birds fell dead out of bounds. Elliott killed 79 birds without a skip, missed -his 80th and his 91st and 96th birds fell dead out of bounds. Out of the shoot eff of 25 birds, Gilbert won the match with a clean score. Jlliott’s24th bird fell dead out of bounds. He killed ‘the 25th. :

PRIZE FIGHT IN MICHIGAN.

Colored Pugilists of Chicago Pommel Each Other at Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 23.—Kid Ryan and John Johnson (colored), both of Chicago, fought a knockout contest before a big crowd at Reeds lake, just before daylight.. Ryan was the cleverer, but he exhausted himself in offensive work in the sixth and seventh rounds, when he had the negro going, but lacked steam to put him out. After that Johnson rallied and forced the fighting. In the eleventh round, 'while. Ryan’s hand was still on Johnson’s shoulder, the latter swung on Ryan’s jaw and .k*no‘ct'ed him" senseless. Johnson’s bléw was declared a foul under the rules and Ryan got the money. Deputy sheriffs were present, but did not interfere.

DYING BY THOUSANWNDS.

Terrible Mortality I-&:Report’ed\trom Unhappy Cuba.

Havana, Oct. 23.—A local newspaper says that at Chascapaba, in the district of San Julian, belonging to the munici_Eality of Melena Del Sur, there were oncentrated 2,500 persons. These reconcentrndos were the only inhabitants of the place. Now thereare only five survivors; the rest died of hunger and fever. In Havana city it is no unusual sight to see ten or a dozen dead ‘on one plaza early in the morning. The authorities employ regular roundsmen to remove the bodfes from the parks, *

HIT HIM HARD.

Widow Awarded Big Sum in Breach of Promise Suit. Danville, Ill.; Oet. 23.—Mrs. Carrie Corbett, aged 32, a buxom widow, has been awarded $54,333.33 damu%es for breach of promise, John Gernand, aged 71, a retired . capitalist, being the defendant. It was a great trial, with Mayor Kimbrough counsel for the plaintiff and Cuban Commissiorer Cal houn for the defendant, .- .

SHIPMENT OF MONEY. -

Reasons Why Banks Prefer to Remit ‘Funds by Express. -

The fact that many southern and eastern banks have recently used the registered mail service for the transmission of currency to and from the bapking centers of the country has caused considerable comment. The reason. is foumd in the jnability of the banks to gecure this year, through the &t'rea_sury of the United States, the benefit of government contract rates from the ex-| press companies. Prior to this-year the | treasury gladly shipped currency to banks-at government rates; in return for gold. In the last contraet with the express company, however, a clause was ivserted by which such privileges should | be afforded to the banks only when the treasury néeded gold. for ‘ The secretary of the treasury having decided that the treasury does not need. gold now, the bdnks cannot participate | in. the pd“vantgges of the government contract and to save transmission charges country bankers have directed tkeir city correspondents to make ship-, ments intended for them by registered mail. Fe T The cashier of a large.national bank which ships many thousands of doliars every day to its correspondents all over the country, in speaking about this matter with a New York Evening Post reporter, said: {5 i “The conservative banker still prefers to, send money by the well-known express companies; but, to save-expensé)‘,/ since the government refuses to remit for the banks any longer at government. contract rates, the country banks are apparently, willing to take the risk of | transmission by registered mail with the guarantee of an insurance comspany’s policy for its safe delivery. Notwithstanding, however, the registratidn and insurance, the risks of sending large sums of money by mail are very great. A package of currency which is forwarded by the registered. mail de‘partment of the postal service has no. distinctive mark indicating its value; a ‘pencil receipt is given for- it just the same as for any ordinary letter or package of merchandise. The package of money” is thrown ‘in with packages of merchandise of all sorts, and no more care is take® of it than is taken with a kox of shoes or a package of gloves: The registry clerk/s receipt is not a doe-; ument that is as well known c;r assatisfactory as the receipt of the receiving clerk of an express company, and in case of the loss of the’package, the delay in the recovery of the money is interminable. : ZEL :

! “On ‘the other hand, the express com- | panies locate ~ missing packages of j money or make good the loss promptly, | without technicalities or delays. They are responsible, and banks run no risk in shipping by.them. Their employes ' are chosen solely on the ground of abil--1 ity and trustworthiness, and they are .therefore more likely to be more ac- ' curate and prompt than postal em- ! ployes, who owe their places, more or less, to polities, notwithstanding the, l civil service examination. “Whilé it is ' true that by insuring money sent by % registered mail there is some guarantee 'against loss by nén-delivery, it is equal|ly ‘true that there is considerable risk ! of loss if the insurance company stands |on technicalities. The slightest -informality in the observance of the terms ‘ of an open policy issued by aninsurance ' company renders the policy invalid, and 'would in the case of a missing package !cgca}lse the loss to fall on the consignor. 'The technicalities to be observed by a remitting bank in sending money by registered mail when the delivery of the money is insured by one of the local insurance companies are very great compared with the simple but safe methods of the express companies, and unless some new regulations are made by the ‘postal authorities for sending registered mail conservative New York banks will certainly prefer to ‘ship~ by express.”: T S The cost of postage and insurance, says the Post, is much less than the l usual express charges at what are known as bankers’ rates. Few New York bankers, however, would remit money in that way; unless they were directed to do so by their correspondents. They would rather, ship it by ex- } press, even though it cost more to do 80, | because they consider it the safer way.

walter's First Dip.

Walter T— was six years old. He ‘never had seen the ocean. We were tor spend the summer at the seaside, and Walter had a new bathing suit: Every boy in the block’ was invited into the house to see him try it-on, and one day we discovered him in the bathtub surrounded by an admiring group of juveniles, to: whom he was discoursing abont how he would dive from the end of ‘the iron pier when he reached the ocean. When the young man, however, saw the ocean with the great waves rolling on the beach, he could not be induced to go“near it, and positively refused to‘put om his bathing suit. One day his father offered him 50 cents if he would put on his suit and get wet all over once. He waiited the mogey very much, and he finally consented. Clasping his arms around his father’s neck like a vise, the great undertaking was begun. - After much shivering and trembling he was wet about two inches above his-ankles, when he exclaimed: -~ ‘“Papa! I—guess—l—will—only — take — ten — cents’—worth—this—time.”"—Crypt.

LATE CYCLING EXPRESSIONS. : ~ An awkward person is a “wabbler.” | | A gossip travels with a “loose sprock-| | et wheel” e gaety If your clothes are not in style you | ¢ are a “’96 model.” s : ~ Any rider abraiding the skin by a fall : ‘merely “scrapes off some of this | enamel.” i St ol A stupid individual, if there be any, | such on a bicycle, has “sand in- his | bearings.” ANI A proud persen, or one unduly |. ‘haughty, “rides with his handle-bars | raised too high.” & - . e e One who is disposed to be imagina- | ‘tive to the extent of - romancing, “is |- 3gf&l’léd.'llp".() 100.” i - e R S . ~ The individual who shouts at night | _when others desire to sleep, is the victim of “loose spoken® 0. ol ~ The unfortunate condition. of being |. broke is described as a “compound | puncture of the pocket-book.”—Sport- | dugilibesr <il Stal vl op T R es s b 7 : L WITR B OOW, - 1 o F

PAINFUL AFFLICTION

A Son Writes. a Letter Teiling How lfl;

Father Was Troubled.

WINAMOE, IND.—“My father was troubled with boils and" carbuncles. After suffering for some time, he heard of a similar case cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. He began taking "this niedicine and continued its use until he was cured. My mother is taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla for rheumatism and it is helping lier.” Guy E. NEWKIRK, Box 184. ‘Get only Hood’s.

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~ OPENING AN ACCOUNT. g Woman in‘a Bank for the First Time e Makes Trouble. i “A woman opening a bank-account for the first time is a peculiar creafi;re,’s’ said one of the clerks in a national bank. “One camein a’ few days ago and glanced around suspi‘ciously. Then she ambled up to the window and. said: : o s B 2 ‘lt you please, I want to deposit some money.’ ‘ el e © % *Yes'm; just go to the next window.” “She stepped over in a careful way; as if .she was breaking some rule or other; and, almostin & whisper, said:’ : i - “““Is this where they deposit money ?”: “““Yes, ma’am. Do you wish to open an account? . .o e - ““‘Oh, no,’ she said. I don’t want to have ‘anything:’ ,cilarged. I just want to deposit my money." Is thisgmnk really safe?’ { “She was assured that it was. -~ g - ““This bank is as firm as Gibraltar, madam. You have come to the right place. We will Have to have your autograph: Just -write -your name right there.’ ‘“‘Oh, I.can’t write without a stub pen., ‘Haven’t you got a.stub pen and some nice violet ink?* . pre Y : _“*She was fitted out, and in the most careful way imaginable she wrote cut her full ‘name. = Then she was provided with a de[posit book, which she looked at in an inquiring way. She produced her money, hung on to it for ‘a minute, and then handed it in, all rolled up and tied with a-thread. The .receiving teller “counted -it in a rapid way and threw it in with the other receipts. . *Now,” she said, ‘this ain’t.a good bank. “You've: just gone and thrown my money in with all the rest, and you can never pick _it. out again.; Take your-old book and give Ee my money. And scératch my name off - that big autograph album. Mother said you couldu’t tell anything about-a bank.’ , - “She. was given her_ little roll, tHe auto--graph “was scratched off and the deposit ticket destroyvéd: - She flounced out in a decisive way, as much asto say: ‘They can’t . cheat me,.if I"am g woman.’ ’—Cincinhati Commercial Tribune. L <y

MOCKRIDGE SAVED THE DAY. I nad —— - ' _His Trangportation Feat More At= . .- tractive Than His Singing. - “Whitney Mockridge, the noted tenor, was once taking a troupe of singers around the country: giving concerts at the principal towns in the middle west and northwest. The ‘troupe also included a violinist and a solo_pianist. They eventually arrived at St. Louis, a town on the Mississippi river. From there they expected to take a train for Sedalia, a flourishing town-in theginterior. But to Mockridge’s dismay, there was no train which would take him to Sedalia in time for his concert. The officers of the Missouri -Pacific railroad were sorry, but it “could not be helped. Mockridge telegraphed ahead to ‘his agent ‘to see if the concert could: not be postponed. “Impossible,” was thereply. ~ - But the tenor was equal tothe]e_gmergency. He groped down in his broadel6th and extracted a roll of large, potefit hills, currency of the realm. These he waved in the countenances of the railroad people and demand--ed a_locomotive, a special car for his tréupe and ‘a clear track as far as Sedalia. Money talked and -he got the train and the right of way. He telegraphed to the anxious agent: “We are :coming, Father Abraham, 10,000 strong. “Meet us at the depot with band.” The news spread through the town and a crowd gathered-at the §epot. The special train ate up the 178 miles between St. Louis and._Sedalia: as a hungry tramp eats a piece of huckleberry pie. The wheelg only hitithe high places.” The crowd at the depot was madly- enthusiastic -‘when the train leaped into town, and there was a crowd at the concert, To-hear the'singing? Oh,no. To see theylellow who had saved the day, with Sedalia®l7B miles away.—Chicago Chronicle. : ' At a Disadvantage. .. Browne—TF -can’t see that he’s 'distinguished looking. s i = . Towne—But his wife is with him now.— Truth. - ’ i i

_Many a sore-eyed man sets up for an eye doctor, and ‘does a thriving business at it.— Ram’s Horn. ' . :

» ~ FIBROID TUMOR Expelled by Lydia E. Pinkham's .+ Vegetable Compound. * Interview With Mss. B. A. Lombard, ¢ I have reason to think that I would not be here now if it had not been for Iydia E.-Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cured me of a fibreid tumor in my womb. - e ey _ Doctors could donothing ?oi:’me, and they could not cure me at the hospital. I will tell you about it: e | ‘I had been in my usual health, but had worked quite hard. - When my monthly period came on, I flowed very badly. - The doctor gave me medicine, but it did me no good. He said the flow must be stopped if possible, and he must find the cause of my trouble. Upon. examination, he found there’ was a Fibréid Tumor in my womb, and gave me treatment without any benefit whatever. About that time a lady. called 6n me,and recommended Lydia E.. Pinkham’s Vegetable . Compound, said: she owed her life to it. I said I would try it, and did. Soon aftér the low became more natural and regular. I still continued taking the Compound for some time.. Then the doctor made an examination again, and found everything all right. The tumor had passed away and that dull ‘ache was gone.—Mßgs. 8.-A. LOMBARD. ‘Box 71, Westdale, Mass. Sy R

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