People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1897 — Page 3
DIDN’T DO A THING TO IT.
Senate Amendment* to the Ah*io-Am«r-lcan Arbitration Treaty. Washington, Feb. 3.—The text, of the changes made in the general arbitration treaty by the senate committed on foreign relations are as follows: Assent to the senate article I reads as followj: “The high contracting parties agree to submit to arbitration in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of this treaty all questions in difference between them which they may fail to. ad just by diplomatic negotiation.” • _ The senate committee to this add the following: “But no question which affects the foreign or domestic policy of either of the high contracting parties, or the relations'bf either to any other state or power, by treaty or otherwise, shall be a subject for arbitration under this treaty except by special agreement.” Article VII in the original treaty read as follows: “Objections to the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal constituted under this treaty shall not be taken except as provided in this article. If before the close of the hearing upon a claim • * * either of the high Contracting parties shall move such tribunal to decide, and thereupon it shall decide, that the determination of such claim necessarily involves the decision of a disputed question of principle of grave general importance affecting the national rights of such party as distinguished from the private rights whereof itt is merely the international representative, the jurisdiction of such arbitral* tribunal shall cease and the same shall be dealt with by arbitration under article VI.” Articles VII as amended by the comr mittee is as follows: “If at any time before the close of the hearing upon any matter except territorial claims submitted to an arbitral tribunal constituted under this treaty, either of the high contracting parties shall declare that the determination of such matter necessarily involves the decision of a disputed question which is excluded from arbitration except by special agreement by the operation of article I, then the jurisdiction of such arbitral tribunal over such matter shall cease.” The committee struck out entirely, and without inserting anything in its place, article X which provided that King Oscar of Sweden should have the naming of the umpine in case of dispute.
SEVEN MEET A FIERY DEATH.
Six of the Victims Are Children and One a Wife and Mother. New York, Feb. I.—During the early hours of yesterday two fires occurred in Hoboken, N. J., which resulted in the loss of seven lives. Many poor people were made homeless, and even had narrow escapes for their lives. The fires occurred in different parts of the city, and one of them at least is believed to have been of incendiary origin. The - first fire started in the three-story ' frame building at 410 Newark street. There a mother and five children lost *f their lives. At the other fire a little I girl was burned to death. The dead are Mrs. Nellie Schroeder, 40 Vears old, wife of Charles Schroeder, her children —Henry, 11 years old; Kate, 9; Maggie, 7; John, 3; Willie, 3 months, and Mabel Mangles. The second fire was at 153 to 159 Fourteenth street. It was there little Mfibel Mangles perished. Her sister Florence was seriously burned, but is expected to recover.
Takes His Fifth Wife.
Kankakee, Ills., Feb. 4.—8. F. Harris of Champaign, a banker, capitalist and farmer, and the most wealthy man in central Illinois, was privately married here Wednesday morning to Mrs. Carrie Noble of Kankakee. Mr. Harris is 80 years old, and this is his fifth wife. Mrs. Harris is'GO.
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial. New Yoßg, Feb. 3. Money on call nominal at I)4a>2 per cent.; prime mercantile paper B@4 per cent.; sterling exchange heavy, with actual bnsiness in bankers’ bills at 486)4 for demand and 484)4@t8494 for sixty days; posted rates 485® and 487)4®488; commercial bills, 48344. Silver certificates, 6194®35)4; no sales; bar ' silver, 6194. Mexican dollars, 5094United States government bonds easy; new 4's registered, 12394; do. coupons, 12294; s’s registered, 11394; do. coupons, 11394; 4’s registered, 11194; do. coupon*, 112)4; 2’s registered, 94)4; Pacific 6's of Y 7, 10394. Chicago Grain and Produce. C’HicAGf, Feb. 3. • Following were the quotations on the Board of Trade today: Wheat—May, opened 75J4c, closed 75)4c; July, opened 72c, closed 72c; September, opened 70J4c, closed 7094 c. CornMay, opened 24)4c, closed 24)4c; July, opened 2694 c, closed 35)4e; September opened 27c, closed 26)4c. Oats—February, opened and closed nominal; May, opened 18c, closed 17%c; July, opened 1894 c, closed 1894 - Pork—May. opened 87.70, closed $7.57)4c. Lard—February, opened and closed nominal; May, 0pened83.92)4, clcsed 83-87)4. Produce: Butter—Extra creamery, 20c per lb.; extra dairy, 170 per lb.; fresh packing stock, Bc. Eggs Fresh stock, 12c per doz. Poultry—Turkeys, 8®12)4 per lb.; chick ens (hens), 6®7; roosters. sc; ducks, 9)4@11}4c; geese, 6®Bc. Potatoes—Burbanks. 22 @2oc per bu.; Hebrons, 22@23. Sweet Potatoes—lllinois, [email protected] per bbl. HoneyWhite clover, 12c per lb; extracted, 6@7c. Apples—Common to fancy, 60c®82.00 per bbl Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Feb. 3. Live Stock—Prices at the Union Stock yards today ranged as follows: Hogs—Estimated receipts for the day, 35,000; sales ranged at $3.20 8-47)4 pigs, [email protected] light, [email protected] rough packing, [email protected] mixed, and [email protected])4 heavy packing and shipping lots. Cattle—Estimated receipts for the day, 12,01X1; quotations ranged at [email protected] choice to eXtra shipping steers, $4 4,[email protected] good to choice do., 83 00®4.40 fair t > good. [email protected] common to medium do., [email protected] butchers' steer* [email protected]'J stookers, $3.5>§4.15 feeders, $1.73'u.U0 cows, [email protected] heifers, [email protected] bu ton and stags, [email protected] Texas steers an . , [email protected] veal culvos. .Sheep and lambs—Estimated receipt* for the day, 10.000; sales ranged at [email protected] western $2.2561)3.50 Teians, $2.00®;!.90 natives and $3.50 @5.2 iambs. Milwaukee Grain. Milwaukee, Feb. 3. Whe t—No. 2 spring, -74 c: No. 1 northern, 77)40: May, 7594 e. Corn —No. 3, 19)4c. Oats— No. 2 white. 18« oi4c Barley—No. 2,36 c; amples, 24@oU‘. h ■ —No. ). 32. Grain. . tar. Louis. Feb. a Wheat—No. 2 r U elevator. 83)4c’ bid; track. ■ a.' BV4e: •> Oar . c-'-sh. —c; May. 83 @Bo)4c hid. 0 tu— : ;as i, 1994 c; May, 2134 c bid. Oats— No. 2 21 i7c bi i; May, 18>4c bid. Bye— Nomi 2 1. t Grain. ' . ' etroit, Feb. 3. Wheat—Cash Hvli e6)4c; cash red, 86)40; May, 8694 c asked; J uly, Ts)4c.
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An Old Hymn.
A pathetic and yet chaxftaing story is told of the origin of the well ■ known hymn, “Blest be the tie that hinds,” which was written by Rev. John Fawoett, an English Baptist, who died in 1817, having spent nearly 60 years in the ministry. It was in 1772, after a few years spent in pastoral work, that he was called to London to succeed the Rev. Dr. Gill. His farewell sermon had been preached near Moinsgate in Yorkshire. Six or seven wagons stood loaded with his furniture and books, and all was ready for departure. But his loving people were heartbroken. Men, women and children gathered and clung about him and his fam* ily with sad and tearful faces. Finally, overwhelmed with the sorrow of those they were leaving, Dr. Fawcett and his wife sat down on one of the packing cases and gave way to grief. ‘‘Oh, John,”ctied Mrs. Fawcett at last, ‘‘l cannot bear this! I know not how to go. ” “Nor I either,” returned her husband, “and we will not go. The wagons shall be unloaded and everything put in its old place. ’ ’ His people were filled with intense joy and gratitude at this determination. Dr. Fawcett at once sent a letter to London explaining the case, and then resolutely returned to his work on a salary of less than S2OO a year. This hymn was written to commemorate the event. When Mr. Coffing, a missionary at Aintab, in Armenia, set out in 1800 In explore the Tuurus mountains, he vs' to penetrate an entirely new and dai erons field. This f v< t was
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fully realized by the inhabitants ox Aintab, and they gathered to the number of 1,500 at the roadsides and bade farewell to the missionary andJiis family in the Armenian words of this hymn, written nearly a century before by {be devoted Yorkshire preacher.—Youth’s Companion.
When the Jewish Moody becomes known, we shall have revivals having the Jewish spirit and encouraging a warm devotionrto the ancient faith, in which the woman’s council and the Hebrew associations will be conspicuous. There is nothing in the physique of the average Jew that prevents his growing enthusiastic in religion as well as in art or politics; he merely awaits the man and the opportunity. The true Jew is not indifferent. Given the occasion. and he will promptly display his warmth of spirit. We can well picture the crowds of excited worshipers hailing the words of Isaiah or Joel, who, before the approach of these prophets, showed little interest in things spiritual. And in some respects Moody may be called the Isaiah of today.—Jewish Messenger.
A vitty retort is credited to a well known writer and critic, to whom a fr ad spoke of a young author whose literary efforts are not received with the enthusiasm which he feels them to merit. ‘He tells me he is confident of win ning fame for himself before long, ’’ said the cnlie's friend, who had lately met the ycung author, ‘ami.in the .piean
A waiting a Jewish Moody,
Constant Employment.
dine' He revenges himself - upon hfs unfjftvorable reviewers by laughing at Wt envy him, ” artd the critic, heavirifp mock sigh. *He must be by all odds the merriest man jn this part of the country if he does thafli"
A Grandfather’s Clock.
Baron Ferdinand Rothschild possesses an old “grandfather's dook” that originally cost over £BO,OOO. The mechanism records the day of the week, month of the year, the phases of the moon and strikes each hour. The quarters are chimed with a different bell, and (a rare thing with these clocks) it has a second hand. The case was made by Wertheimer and stands 14 feet high. It was originally the property of Louis XVT.
The Telltale.
“Yes, my dear, I’m a gay bachelor,” said a masked man to a masked lady at a masquerade party the other evening. He felt queer when she said to him in a low voice: “Don’t be a silly, John. I know yon by that wart on yonr thumb. ” It was his wife.—London Fun.
Indignant.
Botts—You are a weather prophet, I believe? Potts—Sir, I allow no man to call me a falsifier.—Youkers Statesman. Tln’ frrn has a ruo4t peculiar and orig«ut ! it ■ seeds, tk' c e be* dar order ou the
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Expensive Benevolence.
There is a venerable and benevolent jndge in Paris who at the moment of passing sentence on a prisoner consults his assessors on each side of him as to the proper penalty to be inflicted. “What ought we to give this rascal, brother?” he says, bending over to the assessor on the right. “I should say three years. ’' “What is your opinion, brother?" to the assessor on the left. “I should give him about four years. ” The judge, *pth benevolence: “Pris-
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Poisonous Serpents.
All poisonous serpents have movable fangs, which are found in the upper jaw. and wheu not in use close up like the blade of a penknife. The fang is provided with a duct leading to the poison sao, and the virus is ejected through this duct by pressure. At the base of every poison fang there are numerous germs of others, and the fang broken or lost is replaced in a few weeks by the growth of another.
Fitness.
Author (invited to a very poor dinner, to himself) —A miserable dinner 1 I’ll have to take care that I don’t let anything witty slip out.—Fliegende Blatter. There was not a member of the royal family within reach of the Duke and Duchess of York when their second son was born. The cabinet minister, whose attendance was required by the law, arrived 18 hoars too late. The traveler from New York may reach Sydney in 81 days.
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