Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1895 — Page 6

•V THE REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA.

WOMEN’S NEW BIBLE.

RUMOR DISTURBS THE THEOLOGICAL WORLD. Many States Suffer from the Cold Wave—Nebraska Farmers Now Able to Help Themselves—Gen. Harrison toßetirelromt-heLaw. The New Woman's Sensation. The theological world is thoroughly stirred by the announcement that Elisabeth Cady Stanton and nearly a score of colaborers, in the persons of distinguished women, will undertake a revision of those portions of the scriptures dealing directly or indirectly with the relative positions of man and woman, and will publish the results of their labors itTa"hew Bible; whichis to be-known-as “The Woman's Bible.” Mrs. Stanton has declared that the greatest obstacle which has retarded the advance of woman’s cause is the inferior position accorded her in the scrip- _ tures as now translated, and that she can Attain the full measureLPfJmr-self-respect, and equality with man in which God created her only when the Bible is correctly retranslated. This work, she holds, should be done by women, as man has, in every translation, declined to do her justice. Damage by-Frost. The cold snap of Monday night was one of the most general ever experienced at this time of year, extending as it does from Nebraska to the Atlantic coast. The aggregate damage to crops and fruit will be enormous. The grape-growing section of New York State was one of the heaviest sufferers, the injury to that interest alone being estimated by one of the .largest growers at $2,000,000. Snow fell in Wisconsin at several points, which report killing frosts and much damage. Michigan practically was under snow, nearly every dispatch received reporting a more or less severe fall. Crops and"fruit Were considerably damaged in many place;?. The peach belt may not have been so hard hit. Indiana got a touch of the snowstorm, several places reporting light flurries. From lowa comes a story of damage to fruit about Boone which amounts to total destruction. Potatoes and grapes were destroyed in Greene, Calhoun, Carroll and Guthrie Counties. - Many other places send similar reports. In Ohio, throughout the central portion, vegetables were killed, and fruits met a like fate in the northern part of the State. Damage io wheat and corn is not believed to have been great. Corn, fruit and garden vegetation sustained considerable damage in Minnesota, but the main crops were not affected except in a few instances. Garden stuff and fruit in the northern tier of counties in Missouri were nipped, but the damage in other parts of the State was inconsiderable." Nebraska Requires No More Aid. Gov. Holcomb Friday authorized the following statement: I have been advised by the State relief committee that the wants of the people in the drought stricken portions of Nebraska have been supplied to such an extent that further contributions from sources outside of the State are unnecessary, and there remains in the handset the treasurer of the commission sufficient funds to care for any isolated cases which may arise. In making this announcement 'I desire to acknowledge on the part of the people our gratitude for the evidences of kindly interest which have come from almost every State in the Union in the form of generous donations to relieve the distress of our unfortunate drought sufferers, and to the railroads and express companies which have transported these contributions in many instances free of charge. Like Hie White Brethren. Friday was the time sot for the execution of Johnson Jacob, a full-blooded Choctaw, at Caddo, I. T., Tor the murder of his wife last fall. Since his conviction he has been permitted to go whore he pleased, and he adopted the white man's tricks and left for parts unknown.

NEWS NUGGETS.

Captain Bartholomew Diggins, of Washington, declares that the story that Admiral Farragut was tied to the rigging of the Hartford during the battle of Mobile Bay is true. He says he did the tying himself. The Mary Lee Coal and Railway Company’s property at Birmingham, Ala., was sold to satisfy a decree in favor of the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore, Md. The bondholders bought it in for $40,000. Mrs. Margaret Bach died at Dayton, Ohio, as a result of the fumes inhaled from ammonia placed in a tub of hot water. Another woman in the neighborhood, Kate Leichtler, using ammonia in the same way for washing, was badly injured. A number of Baltimore musicians and clergymen were present at the test of a chime of bells which has just been completed for St. James’ Catholic Church, Chicago. There are twenty bells in the chimes, the largest of which weighs 1,150 pounds and the smallest 150. Their total _ jxeigfitis 40,000 pounds. It is tne largest musical chime of bells ever cast in this country. * , -J. • The Morrison will case went to the jury at Richmond, Ind., immediately after the dose of ex-President Harrison's speech Friday afternoon. The court room was packed to hear Harrison speak, apd hundreds were denied admission. It is,pronounced one of the great efforts of his life. It is officially announced this is the last speech he will ever make to a jury, having determined to retire from the practice of law. The Bank of Montreal has shipped SIOO,OOO in gold to its branch in Kt. John's, N. F., by the steamer BonaVistu. Kt ate Senator Pety It. Morrissey was •hot and instantly killed nt Mt. Louis by Maud Lewis. The woman has been mentally unbalanced, according to the statements of her neighbors, and is supposed to have beeu insane at the time. Gail Hamilton, who was reported to be gerlously ill at Washington, is improving. Gomel, the Cuban rebel leader, is re norted to have won a decisive battle at Boreyey, killing and capturing more than • thousand men. '

EASTERN.

Harold Ethelbert Addison,, of Chicago, won first prize in the Boylston prize epeaking contest at Harvard University. Manuel Fuentes, the New York World ..correspondent. has .been ordered released by the Cuban authorities on condition that he leaves the island. It is reported at New York that the -Pullman company, in order to escape hostile legislation in Illinois,-will incorporate under New Jersey laws. The Senate at Albany has defeated the New York police reorganization bill. This action is said to be the result of a deal by which the “Greater New York” bill is also to be killed. , A receiver has been appointed in New Jersey for the Columbia Straw Paper Company. of-Clvieagm The liabilities outside of the bonded indebtedness a re $200;000 and available assets $50,000. Dr. Buchanan, whose execution been twice deferred, may remain at Sing Sing some time louger. His attorney claims that he is legally dead and cannot btrelectrocuted, the time set for his execution having passed. President Seth Low has offered to personally assume the cost of the new library bu ild ing for Colmnbla College, est ima ted at about $1,000,000. Trustee AVilliam_C— Schermerhorn agrees to be responsible for a new science building for the college, to cost not more than $300,000. .A special meeting of the executive committee of the Newsdealers, Booksellers and Stationers’ National Association was held in New York for the purpose ot for-" mulating a plan to protect booksellers of the United States against attacks by department store keepers in regard to the cutting of prices hi books. Two sons of Ralph Agnew, of Beaver Falls, Pa., having a burning desire to become contortionists and perform in a circus, set about making their little frames supple. Some one told them if they drank a concoction prepared by boiling angle worms-, they might tie themselves In compact knots or stretch out even as does the worm. They gathered a tomato can full of worms, boiled them over a bonfire and drank the resulting elixir. They have taken on the form of a knot most of the time. The doctor says they nearly died from poisoning, but now they are out of danger and have given up the circus idea.

WESTERN.

The lockout of union painters at Indianapolis has ended, the men having accepted the terms offered by the bosses. The Taylor Brothers Company, of Bloomington, Quincy, Pontiac and other points, have confessed judgment for large amounts. Through the death of Mrs. Lewis, of jColdWater, Mich., the magnificent $300,.000 art coltactioii of her late husband, Henry C. Lewis, is now"at the disposal bT the University of Michigan. City Treasurer Simon Jacobs, of Butte, Mont., who was to have turned over his office to his successor Monday, committed suicide because his accounts were $50,000 short. . . At Duluth, Minn., lightning struck a # small boat in the harbor during a sudden’ storm and two of the occupants, Charles Emory, of Bay City. Mich., and George Barshaw, of Duluth; -were instantly killed. Thursday x was the hottest May day which Chicago has ever seen. The temperature ranged from 73 degrees in the morning to 90 degrees at 4 in the afternoon. One case of sunstroke was reported. Two masked road agents caught a stage load of San Franciscans on their way to the summer resorts of Lake County and stripped them of their valuables. The robbers secured about $1,300 from the p'assengers and looted the Wells-Fargo treasure box. The mystery of the disappearance of Charles S. Smith, bookkeeper for MeGlaughlin & Co., es San Francisco, who engineered the late Senator Fair's $3,000,000 wheat deal, is clearing and the firm now asserts that the young bookkeeper is an embezzler.

Suit has been begun against President Joseph W. Reinhardt, of the Santa Fe Railroad, by Mrs. Matilda Wallace, of Philadelphia, for $50,000 damages. She charges that Reinhardt falsified the company's statements, thereby misleading her as to the value of its securities. Newton Blagg, a farmer residing near Chatteroy, Wash, came home just in time to save his 2-year-old child from a hobble death. His wife, driven insane through religious frenzy, had built an altar in the woods near the house, upon which she had secured the babe, preparatory to roasting it alive. Four men killed and two injured is the result'of the explosion,in mine No. 10 of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, at Sopris, Colo., Friday morning. Foul gases ignited from a miner’s lamp. The company never had any report of gas in any of the mines in the district, and therefore never adopted any precautionary measures. Edward Millard, a young man of Aurora,, 111., died Wednesday from an unusual cause. He was an employe of Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago. About three weeks ago he took dinner at a Chicago restaurant. A piece of pie with which he was served seemed to lie heavily on his stomach and give him considerable trouble. Soon after he was taken violently ill, and was removed to his residence in Aurora. There was every symptom of oxalic poisoning, and it is believed something in the food he ate, probably the pie. caused his death. A cloudburst at Massillon, Ohio, Friday morning washed out a number of bridges on the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling and Wheeling and Lake Erie Railways. People in Summit and Erie streets removed in boats. Immense damage is reported. The Wheeling and Lake Erie wreck train left Massillon to go to Daltoii to repair trestles. One mile and a half west of town a bridge had been washed away, leaving only the unsupported track and ties. The train plunged into the water below with all on board. The engine was buried to the bell in the torrent, ami one man was drowned. About 1,200 men employed in various capacities at the blast furnaces of the Illinois Steel Company at South Chicago went on strike Tuesday. The laborers, greasers and helpers at the same company’s shops in Joliet are oil strike. Altogether 4,500 to 5,000 men are affected by the strike. The strikers of South Chicago demand n reduction in their hours of labor and an increase of pay. They have been [working twelve hours n day and their pity has beeu SI.OO per day. They

demand .a ten-hour day and the restoration of the former schedule by which they were able to earn $2.10 a day. The Joliet men ask for an advance of pay ranging from 10 per cent. up. The laborers, who have been paid 11 cents an hour, or sl.lO a day, ask $1.35 to $1.50 a day, but it is expected they would fie satisfied with $1.25. Thus far there has been no sign that the company will accede to the men’s demands, and the strike may prove a serious setback to the revival of business which seeified to have begun. Meh" in other industries are said to be infected, with the same desire for more pay, and the strike may spread both in South Chicago and Joliet. The South Chicago strikers began rioting Tuesday, and many heads were cracked by police. Three highwaymen made a desperate -effort shortly before 1 o’clock Thursday morning torobJoh nW.Moore,-haTd-~ ware dealer, No. 369 West Madison street, /Chicago. For ten minutes he fought them and so vigorously that although they stabbed him three times he beat them off before they succeeded fn robbing him. One thrust of the dagger just missed his .heart by a sixteenth of an inch. At the County Hospital it was said that the wounds, though serious, are not necessarily fatal. Mr. Moore was passing Lake and May streets while on his way home to 44 South May street, when three men tried to “pocket”Tim;-one-oneach side and the other in the rear. He started to run, but was tripped and fell. Before the robbers could take advantage of this he was on his feet. A straight “left” sent one of 1 hem to Ihe ground, but the others closed in on hiiH-trrnrpinioned his arms. Then the third man tried to seize his watch. Moore struggled so violently that they could not secure possession of if, and again the plucky merchant was knocked down. This time he did not try to get up. He drew a revolver from his pocket and fired twice. The shooting attracted a number of pedestrians. Two of the highwaymen ran away. The third drew a dagger from under his coat and stabbed Moore three times—ift tifc right arm, in the right shoulder and in the chest. With the pedestrians came half a dozen policemen. They gave chase, but failed to catch the fleeing desperadoes.

WASHINGTON.

Washington dispatch: Comptroller Eckels reports a healthy improvement in business in all quarters, a condition that is reflected in his advices from the banking interests in every State in the Union. Evidences of revived activities are not confined to any line of business or any dozen or twenty lines. They are general and far-reaching, as reflected in the demands for banking accommodations. Tens of thousands of men who have been lying low during the period of depression are coming out of retirement ready and anxious to embark in new enterprises or extend themselves in fields already occupied in perfunctory, half-alive fashion. The inquiry for funds is especially active from manufacturing‘interests, thus confirming what has beeu said about a general revival in the industries —a declaration that is often received with open skepticism, but which, nevertheless, has substantial foundation in facts. Merchants are preparing to spend money in enlarging their trade and in increasing their facilities in every way. Construction projects that have been held in abeyance for' a couple of years are being dragged' into light. A Washington special says: “Treasury officials profess to see something ominous iir the purchase of the output of the gold mines of the United States by brokers representing the Morgan-Rothschild bond syndicate, which is accumulating American gold at the rate of $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 a monjb, which represents from 65 to 75 per cent, of the total production of mines of this country. It is taking practically all the refined gold bars which are produced by the twentyfive or thirty private refineries in the East. The syndicate is under contract obligations to maintain the Government gold reserve until the conclusion of its $62,000,000 bond deal. The Government is absolutely at the mercy of the syndicate. The administration has contracted to sell the syndicate any and all new bonds it may issue between February and next -October, no price being named. Those who are familiar with the details of this last enormous bond transaction say the syndicate will come out $8,000,000 ahead, net, and the temptation to engage in another colossal operation of the same sort is apparently too strong to be resisted. The syndicate is beyond any question getting possession of all the gold it can. When the emergency arrives the Government will find its source of supplies dried up completely.”

FOREIGN.

A dispatch from Shanghai says the Chinese emperor has written to the czar and President Faure asking for financial assistance to meet the war expenses, and promising to grant special commercial advantages to Russia and France in return therefor. Oscar Wilde; was released on bail in London, after furnishing a personal bond for $12,500 and two sureties in $6,250 each. His sureties were Lord Douglas, of Hawick, eldest surviving son of the Marquis of Queeusberry, and Rev. Stewart Headlam. A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that up to Sunday it was believed that Japan would refuse to give up Port Arthur. Orders were given to mobilize 110,000 troops in the Irkutsk and Tomsk districts and a credit of 20,000,001) roubles was opened. It was in view of this attitude of Russia that Japan immediately yielded to the demands made by Russia, France and Germany. The end of the Cuban war is at hand. The rumor is confirmed in all well-inform-ed circles. The chiefs the insurgents have abandoned their cause in despair. JJapt. Gen. Martinez Campos has ordered that the work on the port of Santiago be begun at once. Railways and telegraph hues are to lie built, rebuilt and improved, through Manzanillo, Bay a mo,- Puerto Principe, Santa Cruz, San Luis and Soriano. King Humbert nnd Queen Maigaret of Italy had a narrow escape from death Tuesday. They were on their way by rnil in a special train from Florence to Rome, attended by their suites. Suddenly, near Incisa Lake, there was a violent shock, one of the carriages was derailed and everybody on board the train received more or less serious concussions. An obstruction of some description, it appears, either fell across the track or was placed there by evil-minded persons. Several members of the royal suite sustained slight injuries, but the King and Queen escaped with nothing more serious than a bad shaking up. The Spanish warship Infanta Isabella was release J fiom quarantine at Fort

Tampa, Fla., where she had been held five days by the State authorities. The vessel was held the full five days required by the Florida law. In addition to this she was fumigated from top to bottqm. The Florida authorities have gained the distinction of being the first to enforce on a warshipthe quarantine regutattons Intended: for other vessels. By international courtesy war vessels' have always been free from quarantine regulations. This Government has, indeed, on several occasions protested firmly and successfully against the imposition of quarantine regulations against its war vessels in foreign ports. This Tampa affair has been kept from the dignity of diplomatic interference simply because the Spanish minister did not see fit to protest. The republic of Brazil is having an experiehce l h finance mu?fiT!ke that of the United States. Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister in Washington, has received copies of the recent decree for an internal loan of 100,000,000 contoes, or $50,000,000. Part of this was taken by the people, in the form of a popular loan, much as Senator Sherman urged as the ■most desirable manner of floating bonds. Of this $10,000,000 was at once used in redeeming paper money, and $15,000,000 more will be-used for the same purpose. The important feature of this step is that Brazil, has begun to strengthen her gold reserve and reduce her paper money, with ■ a view to bringing her two forms of currency—gold and paper—to an equality. ' It will not be bimetallism, as Brazil has little! silver except for subsidiary coin, but it will inaugurate the unique system of gold and paper circulating side by side on a n Oquali ty. A dispatch from Managua, Nicaragua, says: There is no longer any doubt that Great Britain will receive her smart money on time. The £15,000 _to be paid by Nicaragua to Great Britain has been raised by popular donations. Three German mercantile firms have given about £2,000, and the whole amount will be ready to be paid in London in a few days. The raising of the money, however, has only increased popular feeling in Nicaragua against Great Britain, and the feeling is notv very bitter indeed, more so,-if possible, than when the British landed at Corinto. The general Opinion seems to be that the Central American republics will form a combination, possibly secret, against Great Britain, and that everything possible will be done to exclude British goods from Central America. This feeling will probably result in commercial gain to the United States, There is no doubt, however, that the action of the three German firms in subscribing so liberally do the indemnity fund will prove a good stroke of business to them.

IN GENERAL

The Manitoba Legislature has adjourn-. ed until June 13 in order to allow’ the Canadian Government to act on the school question. British Columbia canners have petitioned the Canadian Government to place salmon on the free list, to enable them to meet American competition. Antonio Bern and Louis Budinich, two Hungarian students, who are walking from Buenos Ayres to Chicago, have reached Piedmont, Mo. They have traveled 10,365 miles on foot since Aug. 7, 1892. 'l3lO Amalgamated Association of Tin, Iron and Steel Workers and the Merchant Bar-Iron Manufacturers’ National Association have entered into a combination to secure for the iron Workers of the country better rates of wages and for the manufacturers fair competitive conditions against the mill operators of the Pittsburg district, - who have been Working their employes at low wages. Between 2 o’clock Friday afternoon and 6 o'clock Saturday morning the temperature in Chicago fell 43 degrees. The highest temperature of Friday Was 86 degrees. One man was prostrated by the heat. The fall in temperature of 32 degrees in twelve hours at Fort Robinson, Neb., brought on a snowstorm Friday morning, which lasted half an hour and made the hillside white. Following is the standing of the dubs of the National Baseball League: I’er Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Pittsburg ....17 12 5 .706 Chicago ......19 12 7 .632 Boston 15 9 6 .600 Cincinnati ... .19 11 8 .579 Cleveland ....16 9 7 .563 Baltimore ....13 7 6 .538 Philadelphia ..14 7 7 .SQO New York.,.. 15 7 8 .467 Brooklyn ....15 6 9 .400 St. Louis 20 Washington ..15 5 10 .333 Louisville ....16 5 11 .313

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 62c to 63c; corn. No. 2,50 cto 51c; oats, No. 2,28 c to 29c; rye, No. 2,64 cto 65c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 50e to 60e; broom corn, per lb, common growth so fine brush. 4c to 7c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat. No, 2,64 cto 65c; corn. No. 1 white, 50e to 50%c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 33i6c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00,4© $6.50; hogs, $4.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2,48 cto 49c; oats, No. 2, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2,63 cto 69c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,69 eto 69%cj' corn, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c; 311,6 c; rye, No. 2,62 cto 64c. Detroit—-Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 50c to 51c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 34c; rye. 65c to 67c. ( Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to GBc; eorn, No. 2 mixed, 51c to 5156 c; oats, No. 2 white, 38c to 331,6 c; rye, No. 2,66 c 'to 68c. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 1 hard, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 54c to 55c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 64q to 65c; corn, No. 3,50 cto 51c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; barley. No. 2,‘ 48c to 51c; rye, No. 1,64 cto 65c; pork, mess, $11.75 to $12.25. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, $4 00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 60c to 70c; corn, No. 56c to 57c; eats, white Western, 38c to 41c; butter, creamery, 12c (0 18c; eggs, Western, 12J$c to 1854 c. i I

LOSS SCARES THEM.

LAKE INSURANCE CIRCLES IN F A FLUTTER. Crops Are Yet Unhurt by Frost— Death of a Famous Surgeon—Three Men and Eleven Horses Die in an Erie Wreck. Underwriters Rattled. The loss of the Cayuga caused a good deal of consternation among lake underwriters in Chicago. Following so closely on the heels of a large number of heavy losses the sinking of the Cayuga and the probable loss of the entire cargo was a severe biow to the in sura nre business. Among the practical marine men it was believed the steamer could ultimately be got afloat again, but it was thought the expense would amount to nearly all it was worth. The work, must be done with pontoons, and will be a long, tedious job at best. If the Hurd was at fault for the collision the Lehigh Valley line will not get much out of it. The total loss on the Cayuga and cargo is about $300,000. The liability of the Lake Superior line is limited to what the Hurd is"wbrth after the collision, which may be SS,(XX) or $6,000 Crop Prospects Greatly Improved. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says:-—“The-event of the week Is the demoralization of foreign exchange, caused by enormous sales of bonds abroad. Besides a sale of $10,000,000 Manhattan and other railroad bonds through the syni dicate large purchases on foreign account i have been made for some weeks, so that i the aggregate probably exceeds $50,000,000 Since the sale of goyernments. Safety for the summer means much for all business, and the syndicate deems it so fully assured that it distributes 40 per cent, of the money advanced by its associates, which relieves a large amount to stimulate operations in securities and products. Crop prospects also have greatly improved and this is of still higher importance, as it will do much to determine the character and volume of all business after summer uncertainties* are over. In addition business is reviving, although the gain in great industries is retarded by many strikes.”

No Serious Damage. Cheering news comes from the fifteen States visited" by frost Sunday morning. The crops are reported safe. Wheat and oats escaped uninjured, because neither had begun to joint, and where cut down by; the fropt or heavy rains will sprout agaip. Corn was slightly nipped by the cold in a few States, but not enough to occasion the slightest alarm that the yield will be affected to any noticeable extent. In a general way this states the condition of the three great staples in the Mississippi valley. There is no longer any ground for a scare in the face of these facts. Ou the contrary, the outlook is said to be better than it was May 1, when it was unusually promising. Small fruits, garden truck and vegetables have suffered from the frost in a few of the Northern StateS, but no da ma ge 0 f any consequence is reported elsewhere. Scheme to Get 11 Firm’s Checks. . April 23 a stranger giving the name ot L. C. Rogers rented a box in the Stillwater, Minn., post office. He commenced sending postal orders to various business houses in St. Paul and Minneapolis, the amounts being usually sls. He sent one to Dunham & East ma n without announcing what it was for, and next day wrote them it was a mistake, asking them to send a check for the amount, which they did. He raised this check to $645 and got the money from the Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis. He also forged the firm’s name on the back. Next day he presented another forged check for $465, purporting to be from Dunhajn & Eastman, receiving the money. He tried the Security Bank next day for SBOO, and when payment was refused the fellow vanished.' The hist time he gave his name as Coyne. Surgeon of Two Wars Passes Away. Dr. J. D. Robinson, who performed the first amputation in the war of the rebellion, died at Wooster, Ohio. Friday evening. The fact that Dr. Robison was entitled to the distinction was recognized by the Government. The operation was performed upon James E. Hanger, a Confederate soldier, who was wounded at the battle of Phillippi, W. Va. Dr. Robison served through the Mexican war as a surgeon, and during the war of the rebellion established half a dozen hospitals, at one time having charge of the national hospital in the Patent Office at Washington, D. C. He was born in Wooster April 23, 1820. Death on the Rail. On the western division of the Eric three miles west of Hornellsville, N. Y.. at an early hour Sunday morning, a fast freight was thrown in the ditch by a broken wheel and ten ears were piled up in a confused heap. Three men were killed and two hurt. Eleven horses also were killed.

BREVITIES.

The “greater New York" bill was deSeated in the New York State Senate. Farmers in the extreme western part of Nebraska report chinch bugs in rye and barley fields to an alarming extent. Their presence is most marked in those sections where no heavy rains have recently fallen. The Pennsylvania Commission Company. one of the largest bucket shops In Pittsburg, suspended. The proprietors. Spunler & Frazier, give as a reason for quitting business the rapid and continued rise in all the speculative markets. August Teffer. married, shot and killed Clara Herliold, aged 20, and killed himself nt Philadelphia, Pa. She would not elop* with tym. In Bachelor Valley, near Ukiah, Cal.» a big bald eagle made n fierce attack on an 8-year-old boy. and had it not been for the arrival of assistance the boy might have been fatally injured. J. G. Harley lias been appointed United 'States Commissioner for South McAlister, I. T. ' Abraham Rimes, of La Porte, has been granted a divorce from his Unfit Wife., who was also his first bride. During the- last year the American Bible Society issued 1.581,128 Bibles and Testaments, of which 735,221 were circulated in foreign lands. Obituary: At Colorado Springs, Prof. Newton S. Fuller, of Ripon, Wis„ College, 3(l—At Fort Wayne, ex-Congresa-man A. H. Hamilton, CL

RECALL OF THURSTON.

- I Hawaiian Government Finally Re* ceives that Sfutfh-’falked-of Missive. U Hawaiian advices from Honolulu say that the letter demanding the recall of Minister Thurston is there and has been read-to the executive session of -the -eoun- - cils. It had been to Hong Kong. It went past Honolulu in a bag with others. The fault lies with the post office at San Francisco. The ground of the objection to Thurston is confined to a single transaction. The offense alleged is that Thiirston, at the legation, showed to reporters private letters to himself from Honolulu. Gresham spoke to the Hawaiian minister about the matter. Thurston said that he regretted it very much; thht in the hurry ofhandlingabig-Tnallhehirdshownfhls letter with others without any special intent, .Secretary Gresham thereupon asked that the apology be submitted in writing. Thurston declined to do this. Gresham's letter is dated Feb. 21 last, and states that Thurston is no longer personally Acceptable to the administration at Washington as Hawaiian minister. It is definitely settled that Thurston will not return toLWashington. He has resigned, his resignation to take effect when his successor has been appointed. No retaliating measures will be taken by the Hawaiian Government’ so a cabinet officer stn*tes;-aniL Minister Willis will remain in Hawaii so far as anything the officials on this side may do or say to him.

A REMARKABLE COLONY.

Sixty-Eight Bank Officers Confined in the One Penitentiary. There are now in the Kings County, N. Y., penitentiary sixty-eight prisoners, who, at one time or another, were officers of banks —some tellers, others presidents, and others still cashiers. The Kings County penitentiary is onetof five penal institutions which are under contract with the Federal Govcrnmeht to keep in confinement all prisoners- convicted of felonies by United States courts, and hence the large number of former bank officials, as these have been gathered from a wide extent of territory. .Speaking of his boarders, Warden Hayes of the penitentiary says: “I have here in my population as able financiers and expert accountants as ever lived. They came from all over the East and Southeast. We have them from Louisiana to Maine. If there should be a strike of tellers, cashiers and clerks in any one of-the banks of greater New York I could furnish a complete staff on one hour’s notice. Y’es, I could fit the bank out with a president and a full force down to, but not including, the janitor. It is a remarkable fact which I have verified by looking over the records, that although there have been confined in this prison since it began to receive United States prisoners, twelve or fifteen years ago, a total of 130 bank officers and clerks, we have never yet had a janitor or watchman or runaway messenger.”

AGAINST “COIN.”

Referee Vincent So Decides in the For-rest-Hopkins Contest. 'At Chicago, Referee William A. Vincent has made public his decision in the L'orrest-Hopkins wager, in which the veracity of “Coin” was the question at Issue. Mr. Vincent, decided against “Coin.” The bet came about in this way: ExMayor Hopkins, William S. Forrest and Sigmund Ztisler were engaged in a discussion on the money question. “From 1792 to 1873,” said Mr. Hopkins, “silver was the unit of value in the United States.” “What is your authority?” demanded Mr. Forrest. “ ‘Coin’s Financial School,’ ” replied the ex-mayor. “I’ll bet you any amount of money at 2 to 1 that ‘Coin’ lied,” said Mr. Forrest. “I’ll take $lO of that,” said Mr; Hopkins, nnd the S3O was put up in Mr. Vincent’s hands. Mr. Forrest being called away, he left Mr. Zeisler to draw up the wager. Mr. Vincent hold's that two units of value were expressed from 1792 to 1873. W. H. Harvey, author of “Coin,” saya Judge Vincent’s decision is a farce.

WASHIGTON COSSIP

W. R. Smith, superintendent of the Botanic gardens in Washington, has held the place for forty-fhree years. The Secretary of the Navy has appointed Herbert Howard, of Port Huron, Mich., a cadet at the naval academy. Senator Gear, of lowa, with hia health in part restored after a desperate fight for life, will return home in a few days. Prof. J. T. Rothrock is authority for the statement that 15,000,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania were sold for non-pay-ment of taxes last year. Gen. Stanton, paymaster general of tho army, has received from Fort Washakie, Wyo., a, magnificent war bonnet made by the Shoshone Indians. Private Secretary Thurber says tho statement that the President is writing a book on economic science, or ou any other subject, is absolutely untrue 1 ? The reclassification of employes of the customs service has been completed and the rules for carrying into effect all the changes made will be promulgated at once. The six new gunboats for which plans have recently been approved by the Secretary of the Navy will be known by numbers until they are named by the Sec-, rotary. The action ofc the Pension Bureau in conetruing the legal meaning of “dependence" under the net of June 27, 1890, has been reversed by Assistant Secretary , of the Interior Reynolds, who says that by “adequate means of support” the law means a comfortable maintenance during the remainder of life. Secretary of State Gresham continue* ♦o improve He takes food in sufficient quantities, secures considerable sleep, and the pleuritic attack, while still the source of some constant pain, is running its course naturally and satisfaclorily. Secretary Carlisle has directed the Federal authorities at Tampa, Fla., to communicate to the £Wte quarantine authorities hia opinion that the Uulted States laws do not warrant tiie detention of tho Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabella on a reported violation of the Federal q»*tontine laws.