Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — Page 6

SUDDENLY.

> Rftv. :ue! F. Smith Stricken £n F ~4'ton Railway Depot. - —■ — l ——■■ » - — 6 —■ He ft • ihe Author of the Natloaal Hymn. “ My Country, ’TU of Thee M—l amed ue an Author and . ’ Ungmlet. Boston, Nov. is.—Dr, 8. F. Smith, of New to .. the cenei-nhlt-a tithor_of‘‘America,” <!7ed in this city at 4:50 o’clock Saturday afternoon from heart failure. He was in the corridor of the New England <i» jiot and was awaiting the leaving ui .1 ii .oil when lie was seized with ‘a fit. He sank to the floor in a semiconscious condition and only spoke a few ian r lieu ia te words.af terward. Gen. A. P. Martin. the Boston polite* comit: i ssion," w hoMiad just arrived at the depot on the way to hia

SAMUEL F. SMITH.

home in Dorchester, was one of the first to notice l)r. Smith's condition.. He did all he could to revive Him, while others summoned an emergency hospital ambulance by telephone. Dr. Smith, however. w ; as dead w hen the ambulance arrived Nit the hospital. He had evidently e-\f»ind Vviii.ii. uve uiiiuiieS“fffterthe attack; iit* liatl been very feeble foi some time, but whs able to appear out as usual. Hi* Career. Samuel Francis Smith was born In Boston on OetobtT 21. i.SOS. He was graduated at Harvard in 1529 and at Andover theological seminary in (»32 He was ordained to the ministry of Hie B initial church at Waierville, Me..ln 1334, occupied pastorates at Waierville in 1h34-'42, and Newton, Mass., In !Si2-’54, and was professor of modern languages in W’atervllle college (now Colby university) while residing in that city He was editor of the Christian Review in Boston in 1842-'4B, and editor of the various publications of the Baptist Missionary Union in 1854-'69. From 1875 to JBSu he visited foreign lands in company with his wife. He was received everywhere with notable tokens of regard. He made a careful tour of nearly all the missionary n-ios of the world. — U, ill. Works Voluminous. His published volumes haye been many and ids articles for standard reviews without i i. nnt He became proficient in 15 languages, from which tie absorbed the sentimental spirit of tlie best poets, us well as prose and liu*: atvre Mr. Smith did a large lii.ii uii ol lib oily_..work, niainly in the line of hynindiopk . his most posUipn iujjug tile A met ir-mi national hymn, "My Cob.dry. Tis of Viic-c," which war written when he was a theological student and fits; sung at a children s celebration in the Fan k mueet church, Boston, July 4. 3Sft2 The n.iu. ;.;:i) liyoin. ".The Mol ui.ii; ' Hi ht Is 1 .•• alii. was written at the same time a.a! pi. me las collections original hymns ami poetry end poetical translations have been published undei the title "Byf ic (f. ms." tHe "psalmist,' ami "Hock of Ages." He also had published a. "Life, of Kev Joseph-Grafton," "Missionary -is.-:etches," "History of Newton, Mass ." ".Hambies in Mission Fields," and contributions to numerous periodicals

DECIDES TO UNITE.

Bimetallic league ti> Act with the National Siivar Committee. Washington, Nov. 16.—The executive committee of the Bimetallic league has unanimously adopted a resolution accepting the invitation lof the national silver eommitiee of Chicago in calling a conference of those who believe in the free coinage of gold and silver at sixteen to oue, indejjendently of other countries, to meet at Washington, January 22, 1896, for the purpose of arranging for a national convention. By the terms of the resolution each orgnniza- ' lion is to be equally represented, neithei to have more than 25 representatives.

Sentenced for Perjury.

St. Louis, Nov. 16.—John L. Powers, who swore after election one year ago that Henry Troll, the republican candidate for sheriff, bod given him SSO to procure votes, was found guilty of perjury und his punishment fixed at seven years in the penitentiary.

Thirty Horses Cremated.

San Francisco, Nov. 19. —Fire Monday morning destroyed the livery Btable of J. K. Koous and five dwellings. Thirty horses were cremated. The total loss ia placed at $40,000. One fireman was seriously injured.

Duke and His Bride Sail.

New Fork, Nov. 18. —( The duke of Marlborough and his young American bride sailed at 11 o’clock Saturday morning for Genoa on the North German Uoyd steamship Fulda from Hoboken

Excess of Exports.

Washington, Nov. Ift. —Tbs preliminary report of the treasury department on foreign trade for Octn)>er shows an excess of exports over imports to the amount of ftll,9fto,ooo.

Statehood for Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City, O. T., Nov. 19.—Sid- i ney Clurkft, chairman of Oklahoma's statehood executive committee, bus j culled a statehood convention to meet , at Shawnee. December 4, 1895.

Lumber Cut Is Heavy.

Duluth, Minn., Nov. Ift.—The lumber cut of the Duluth district for the season just closed reaches a total of 4«1,000.000 test, exceeding the cut of previous years by nearly 100,000 feet. -

Letter Carriers in Trouble.

CM oage, Nee. It.—As the reeulf of vu ' Investigation lft letter carriers in this a Were discharged for disobeying " ww euepenlil hr turn

VERY MUCH ALIVE.

Protection Not Dead, as the Democrat* Believe. There is a great deal of anxiety among the democrats as to whether the republicans, when they get into power, intend to revise the tariff on protection lines. It certainly should not r>e a difficult problem for the free traders to solve. If they will taken hint from the result of the congressional elections of last fall and. the rapidly-developing , roteetiou all over the country they will surely be revised on a sound protection basis. Ttjßf people demand it, and tlie republican party 'always obeys the mandates of the people. D »s n_fnli I less atteiu jit on the part of the democratic free traders to make out that protection is dead. The American -system is more thoroughly aTTve than ever! The tariff law, ak Saul demon atie Senator Butler, of’ South Carolina, the.! other day, would lie doing far gre iter injury to the country if its schedules vvepe t tie same as when it passed the limiM' of representatives. The protective features of the law are the only redeeming points of the measure, and lucky it is for the nation, now so cadTy ..hurt by its operation, that Free Tiader Wilson was not able to whip the t ill through the senate as he did through -♦he house. — in speaking the other dnynf the-prop-osition to restore the duty on wool, Mr, Wilson, now Mr, Cleveland's postmaster general, says: "The American people are to-day wearing better woolen clothes, more ol them and at cheaper prices, than ever before, and they will not sanction any effort on the part ol a political party to increase the price of woolen goods.” It would be some consolation if this outburst of the American free truder were true and not the outpouring of a man who has done more to injure the industries of the country than any other person or dozen of persons. The truth is, thousands of people this winter will be fortunate if they have as much woolen clothing this yewr ns before, not to speak of "more.” Woolen clothing is practically no cheap-, erTutvv t hail one year or two years ago, and shoddies are taking the place of the good woolens given us cheap enough under protection. ‘ ■ And yet, surveying all of the disaster that has been wrought by their mongrel T tariff law, the free traders stand lip und cry that the tariff must not be _tou’ched: and even Mr. Wilson’s friends havethe audacity to anno mice now that their idol, repudiated by the people of his distrjcb is to stand again for election to congress next year. Tariff tinkering is all right if the tinkering is done in the right direction. vVith protection us the idea, it will bring hope and prosperity ; but meddled with on the lines of free trade, the outlook can be nothing but, dark and gloomy. The people now, more than at any ot her time in the history of tariffs, believe in protection and hate the democratic free trade theories. Yes, indeed will the republican party restore protection in 1897, W iry the republican press and campaign speakers are savi iig >' everyday. Free trade is a. failure and a curse’." Keep you r eye on the vote iin i-'..(i. — Albany Juurmil.

MR. BRICE HEARD FROM.

5Si Democratic lloss •Is Oct of a .100. ATr.YioiTnnn has. no! been In ar<! from since tlie election except to say that such things do sometimes happen. 1i is friend Hill htfsi not said as much as that, even, hut the other member of tile trio, Brice, has found his voice, 'i hiit Murlborougli-Yandjerbilt wedding breakfast gave him strength enough to speak above a whisper. He is in tin- social swim, with wealth enough to keep him in it, off fee or no office, and so it does not matter much to him. with his social father than political ambition, whether school is out or not. lie can afford to indulge the easement of giving some vent to his iee lings. Mr. lirice finds a little comfort in the fact that he went down in a general crash. His was not an isolated case, by any meuns. Nobody has a right to say that his being a virtual nonresident had anything to do with the result, or that the sugar scandal “sweetened” him. This was the year of universal disaster for the democracy, without regard to individuality, locality, or any secondary consideration whatsoever. Extreme free trade or moderute protection, gold or silver, did not matter. They all went down to one common ruin. To be a democrat was enough. There is no occasion to go into details.

Mr. Brice does not hesitate to say that his party has no show for carrying the next presidential election. He feels nbout that as Cassio did about getting buck bis military job ufter that famous drunk. “I shall ask him for my place again,” he says, but Othello will not, as he prognosticated, stop to go Into particulars. “He will tell me 1 am a drunkard.” That will settle it. So, ns Mr. Brice opines, to know thnt n candidate for president is a democrat will be the end of controversy. "You are n democrat,” will be enough. The candidate might have aa many mouths ns Hydra; such an answer would stop them all. But Mr. Brice does not think Gorman Is necessarily done up, and he is right about it. For, unfortunately for Hill, the state senators elected in New York the other day will vote on his successor, mid. still more unfortunately for Brice, the Ohio legislature will cast him into outer darkness, and make a short shift ol it. too; but lucky Gorman is ae-ving a term that will,not end until March 4. 1901. Anything that lasts until the year one may be renewed. Thai is a good way off. Maryland is naturally' a democratic state, and the wily Gorman w ill see to it that if he live and have his health it must be himself or astraightotit republican. The man w ho could work his way from page to aena tor knows politics and how to play every curd. Hie ' ■n iefortune 18, however, that of the 5$ in the pack he holds only a baker’s { 4mm a. and about the lowest ia the desk.'

There is really no special - gj: just now to any democratn- n.< ■ but it is rather interesting ,* . the movements of the felme u n. sonime. —Chicago Inter Ocra-tr- -

A DISASTROUS TARIFE.

The R.T«nui:.U«4royia: Muk.-niri n| tuo Democrats, ■lt is at last possible to set nie be and com rare some of the resn: t s of thr tariff lego-lnlnm -nl-ISU4 v. .tb ... ~ the law it superseded. Titl- " 'Kir- — \\ asliirginii i,uTe7Tu7 ami Aerial ineii ; with COTisixferai;le t liorong -in ,;n, us we believe, with accuiaev in. lev itw' covers a period ol tv. u rs lbs Just I ~ .uuntJ.ii id Hie larr-s' oH.isiib aiTtt-tftc first i-i monthi ot tire, f j irting law. •‘T , o~7T<iiicenffrxrrtTCrt^i.., o- | ,lr.u.a>'l~ll?r | ... . . csTgraSoUr.w -iW'ifiTiiuS ! Im iTs api Lo: sio ihe 'act of I'v'H; ur.il if ~KfijtetH'S to be-kwoly i n mM-alo; ann-iid- - liiCllt. I.J-j_e frce.ti a.Jers assei l.Jiini [s-is-iff- the in Iwiieve. linri "(frr tariff' is a tax" upoi. coiiiiumpvi'uut iXEOyrj i,l in.ported articles, but tilsiy of articles of donpesrie maniifaetiii'e. l.i "flilß bs.a fact, it lippears that the people, of the United Amies are ni<»re„liein..iivv,— taxed tinder the law ol IST .Thai it he \ were under the and."pdj- - orts-' act of ltJJU.—Theaverage e.tDoiiiit "or per cu'pita"“tariff' tilxat totl'TisiTfrdi:i .i:i.k7 in 1«!<4 toin IMIS —;tn increase ol 40 cents—or more than 21 percent. The average rate of (1 nty on all impona tions was higher in 181)5 than in 1894. and the average on dutiable importations was less than four per cent, lower in 1895 than in 1894. Moreover, as the careful analysis of imports belonging to tlHT"several classes clearly shows tlie burdens of "tariff taxation” uc moie ttnetpiatly and inequitablv listribu.ted under the tariff of 1894 than they were under-the iaw of 1890. Despi-te ihc increase of "tariff ta_xa-_ non.” theTiew law tias failed to yieiti ■uflieient revenue for the support oft he --ovei-iinieiit7Tind it is ~ -very hand -that—oue,,.oJ two. tilings .s .ne v i labji; an incvenii.e—of—Taxftioft her 1 'bistK'-'Tf}™ niUVesi.earing bonds. The Situation would not be qtiile so perplexing' ant! mrsfms — avtory, pei lnips, so far as the goiei nnient is concerned, if the tribute which ,rhe law enables the sugar trust to levy wind collect from consumers could be turned into the national treasury. We firmly believe that every honest.— intelligent Than who sbul] carefully study the results of the last year under the tariffof 1890 and the first year under the new tariff and compare them wiil be inesistibly forced to the conclusion that, tile iegisiat.ion'of 1894 has been as disastrous in its effects upioii the country as it was crude, ignorant, incon-., sistent and 'dishonest in its fmining' araf ■ enactment. In the light of a year's experience the act of August 28, l«9i. \vhicli I’resident - C 1 evieiaisd failed furmall.v to appiove, licit wliich he lacked tiie courage to veto, appears worsemuch worst—iii ewery respect thaji it dui when he denounced it as an act of ■ •“party perfidy and party dishonor.” — N. \ . Tribune,

RESULT OF THE FLECTIONS.

Not a Grain of Comfort for tin: Dciuo--IT.II s. . The results of the elections in the set - eral states which voted more than exct died republican cxpcetrnioiTß. New York stands firm with a more tlitui <0,00(1, and a big republican majority in the legislature. (Jhio eorues ii'. with lot),000 or more, and has a republican legislature to choose a successor to United States Senator Brice, democrat. Massachusetts increases its republican majority. New Jersey elects a republican governor. Maryland goes repU'bticHii for The first time in its history, and with a republican legislature will elect a republican United States senator in place of Hibson, democrat, and present indications are that Kentucky, Hitherto hopelessly democratic, has joined the republican procession. Pennsylvania, lowa and Nebraska climb higher than ever in the republican column. There is nothing in this to bring a grain of comfort to the democratic national administration. It is proof that the people are more than ever convinced of democratic incompetency and untrustworthiness. Tfei accomplishment ot some of the democratic purposes simply has confirmed the popular distrust of democratic policies and practices. The trust Of the people is still in the republican purty. For a time they were led astray by extravagant democratic promises, but they were quick to discover the deception practiced upon them, und at every opportunity are voting to undo the work performed under a misapprehension of the relative virtue of republican and democratic management. There is nothing in the results to give the democrats encouragement for the presidential year. —Troy Times.

COMMENT OF THE PRESS.

regret that he cannot •pend all the time fishing in Buzzard’s bay makes it unanimous.—Chicago Tribune. trThe author of “Four Years More of Grover” died with a very poor opinion of the gratitude of the man he helped to sing in office. —Chicago Times-Her-ii Id. tyPresident Cleveland would likelv . veto any tariff bill the coming congress ' would pass. He refused to sign the | present tariff, law because itipad too much protection and not enough free trade in it. He called it "treason to democratic principles,” and it became a law without his signature.—Chicago Inter Ocean. CTThree years ago the democrats blamed protection because the average price of corn had been 83 cents. They oaid give “tariff reform” a trial. It has now had a three years' trial. Corn is selling for 14 cents A bushel, oats for 11. Now they any the tariff has nothing to do With it. Why then did they arguo otherwise three yean ago?— low* State Register.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A touho man Ea }> "•* cHnnioyed as a section a t Lafayette, fell c-ts . - gS< gmh r south and wan m, ■ —•. c—r ;ae car. He will probe a - is a brother of R, v R lev. a leading minister c. s u-i-t enarch Goy. Mattb.the testimon;. .a Charles ! Oder ' ... . guilty of shod-' ( both cases p, ■ k.'* cuseri were : c'r .iled eve r L « . fnr tha- Logr.r . h ■have y- i ’)■, • ■ ■ ' A F.nt-piV he corn pa n ~ new t,ampin. am lib. for The , .. r.ear 'Guy,. 11 o' T, L. a ,- port. The co; . to strengthen :t j e -h ■stems i.'yl uij.T'.;'.. " • '■" iT.lu ' :'B;i£tion umfre-wa■ .v~ , . , •jrtiiinvr a ffenit or < f S'■(! ■■■ ':• ■ A lEiuya:.;; r i.t ■ i at AsherT.i ,e cxMween .-.ti Cier:- to t.eo. Lnzvvell. t-oih minert T t. -,.■., got t. lark down and chewed hsui in a horrible manner. '• C. >S. JoXKi, of ilockpovt. has gcvp.e to Litfle Rock, Ark., to ,rv to save nis son, Jesse, who is under sentence to hang. A respite has been grunted to December 0. Thk damage suit case of J. C. Downey, who sited the Fairmount Fair association for damage a on account of being crippled 'O’- ii-e wnile racing on the ir track in 1891, is now pending iD the Madison county court, having been taken thereon a change of venue. Xmc—i r.f.L-. tl.ti Life ln<civra I Hngh:^P^ , has appeal.d its ease to the aupreme eourt itr the smt of 'I n <’tnas .b-nicins for 8T75. the amount of a policy on a child, which th£ agent refused to turn sick when it came. The child after? ward died, and Jenkins.sued for tiie amount - - - . ' Frank Matley. an employe of the Kokomo Wood; Enameling Co., wait rwarned sl.ooo damages against the company for injuries sustained in the fall of an elevator. He sued for

*20.000 At Rock port Mrs. Sarah Davis shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Isbell Goodman, her neighbor. They quarreled about their chickens. Mbs. Maggie Garb, of Indianapolis, while in the Union Railway station the other morning intending to take a train for Middletown, 0,, to attend the burial of a kinsman, died suddenly of heart disease. She was 54 years old, and the wife of Charles W. Garr. Black diphtheria is raging in Tipton county. Several deaths were reported a few days ago. The country schools are being dismissed. The malady is mostly confined to children. Montpelier people are going to turn the faucet next spring and the new water works will do the rest. Wm. H. Evans, a veteran editor of southern Indiana, died at his home at Oakland City. Alexandria is to have fifty new •dwelling houses, and by January 1 expects “toTfave 8,000 population. Noble county has granted a franchise to-the Huntington, Columbia City & Ligonier.Electric railway. At Frankfort Mrs. Margaret Fulkerson has filed a claim of 314,000 against ■the estate of the late Di. T. B. Cox. Dr. Cox for the last five years of his life made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Fulkerson, and they attended him in his last illness. James Loudin, of Hammond, has been released from the Marion county jail, where he has been confined since August on a charge of counterfeiting. The 25-barrel oil well developed in the vicinity of Fortville is the property of a private company. Contractors commenced putting in the Vernon water works plant a few days ago. and expect to have it completed by the first_of the nevv year. Morrill & Co., of New Albany, are tho contractors. Gov. Matthews has selected Mayor Thomas Taggart, Dr. J. L. Thompson, Co!. William R Holloway and Charles R. Williams, of Indianapolis; Gen. Lew Wallace, Crawfordsville; Hon. S. P. Staerin, Logansport, and Hon. Arthur W. Brady, of Muncie, to act in conjunction with himself and John H. Holliday, of Indianapolis, in selecting a silver service for the battleship Ini diuna. .. Danville is going to have a public ; library. : Noblksvili.es opera house wRI soon be completed. A railroad extending from Evansville to Nlsw Albany along the Ohio river is being talked of. Rev. W. It Nelson's residence at Union City, was enured by burglars the other night while he was hto'.ding aervioes. -The burglars secured sl4 and two gold ringa The Wayne County Teachers’ association will hold its annual meeting at Richmond on Friday and Saturday, November 2# and 3<». * < Habeas corpus proceedings have been brought at lx>gatu>oort to secure the release of Peter Lauer. a wealthy T'drtar cnunty man, from the Logansport hospital. Luther I. Hals, an aged resident of Hibbard, stuck his head under the second car of a Nickel Pbte freight train the other morning and his head wascut off. Hale was out of work, and deepen ency prompt' d the act Jakk Cass,- living near Alliance, smelled natural gas and struck a livht to laohJfor it A . flash fallowed. Tne bowse was blown to pieces and Capp and bis daughter were blown across the street a * At Fraaklin James D. Lacy has filed •nit against his father-in-law, N M. Maria, for 810.00# damages for alleged Mander alienating hk wife’s afiw-

MORTON REPORTS.

The Secretary of Agriculture Portray* the Work of Ui* Department. Washington, Nov. 18.—Secretary Morton’s third annual report Is a brtefer document than the two which preceded it ft discusses the work of the several burea us of the department, asserting that expenditures have been reduced In some of them for the sake of economy and increased In others for the sake of efficiency. Much of the matter of the report has been anticipated In publications from time to time dining the fiscal yeai _and since its close. The more important information and recomtnenciatiolla not heretofore made public are subjoined Over l,36ti,UH) animals, cattle and sheep, wcOa inspected for foreign markets, of which -tSShiuO- were snipped' abroad. Over pounds, of pork was iaspi . led in and exported, against Ju,tiie amount exported last yeaT.neaiJT 237Oc«J,UUJ pounds went to Germany ana over i*lvOc,<'oß pounds went ip France' The secreernjLjsays --I’he ■■pro^eßogof doinewtiy health u ui be mucti mipiuveu when each piuciiaotr or rfieais deiiiaid.-: and insists uuon that which has been aov-, erhmentaiiy iiispeeteß and Certified-I** 1 ** i be w0,,-, ol cue weather bureau for the year cost $878,439, and owing to rcduced.sxiTuuiuaa, .which were accompanied by increased efficiency.. *55,000 wJli tiltUnateJy tie covered into the treasury from the amount appropriated. It is claimed that the warninas of cold waves atone secured iiom iretz.i.g more than $2,270,0UU worili of perishableagncutiurai prooucts which otnerwise would have been lost. Improved road construction is progressing in many of the states, notably in Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina and Kentucky. More than half the states have passed new road laws within the last year, and there is a general effort to ascertain the best melhoua of developing the county roads, tor county prisoners or slate convicts tor this purpose and tor organizing state commissions to look ,oner tliese matters, it is proposed during the coming year to secure the cooperation ot agricultural colleges and experiment ■stations in the object lesson method of disseminating information regarding improved roads. They will be taught to construct muuel roads on the farms of their -'experiment stations or on their college grounds, where they can be regularly Used, and thus become a lesson to all the farmers who visit them. Tiie' of the department for the yeas iai)3-4 and 1895 were $1,311,766 less ii,n.n the amount appropriated tor that oertoti. this sum, together with the 52007tiU0 or S3UO,UOO that could be secured from a sale ol the property now occupied by the weather bureau, Keci-e-tary Morton tecomrtßniidk im invi-Mifii m ttte conati uction ol a suitable uuiidii.g tor the department. The report closes with a discussion of “Tiie ftii(ire ol lamis and farming in the tinilea States." in which the secretary compares tile indebtedness of the various classes of owners. —"These figures,” he says, “show an enormous anu constant indebtedness of the banks and bankers alongside of which the money in farm'mortgages and the debts owed by farmers are relatively insignificant. The debts of railroads, bankers, manufacturers and .merchants entitle them, and not the farmers, to be callocTthe 'debtor class In America.’ " The average value of farms by the census, of 18. nin,.,3 u t lie value pi iiupieim nts, domestic animals and sundries will make a ic-..i ..a. ui ~iat.i us ss,uvci for a family averaging six persons. These farms have fed the farmers’and their families and 40,i'o.OUU IiAUU.iI it-biLcilU, DubiUCb SUppiyiUg over $500,000,000 worth of products to. foreign consumers. The mortgage on farm values does not exceed 10 per cent.—a less Incumbrance ci. . upiiai hi (cSic, than im any other line of industry In (Oieieffs. eoi'ificlently, a steady increase in live value ol farm lands as the pVjiutaliOii ul tlj*; camhiLo' iiiCl'tilrftiS.

MORE SLAUGHTER.

Eigiit 1i si ii. i lvd Aini'-maiis Ruthlessly iilMe.t ut. Conktiialiiiiii/lc, Nov,- 18.—About jier.sbn.s u-eTc iiiusjsacfed by the Mus.-ul-muiis at lvliai ;>i;t, and i\\’,iu nut <-f 12 imiUkngs belonging to-the American missions v,eie sacked and biiiTied, The uiissioiiiines. however, escaped From (luran, in the villu.vat of Sivus, ‘where the Ktlrds have been besieging 4,000 Armenians, it is reported that all jhe Armenians have been massacred, —’ltiThefelwli'ict of .V.nrdin. where there r a iaige ( lirislian population of Chaldeans and Syr.aus, a nuuiher of villages have been binned to the ground. The people are destiru te ahd su tteri ng from sickness flue to exposure and-lounger. It is estimated that 20,000 persons have beeii massacred since the acceptance by the gultan of the scheme of reform.

Life-Saving Service.

Washington, Nov. 18. —Superintendent Kimball, of the life-saving service, in his annual report states that at the close of the last fiscal year the establishment embraced 251 stations. The crew saved during the year 379 vessels, valued, with their cargoes, at $3,561,665, and 5,382 persons. The Cost of the maintenance of the service during the year was $1,345,324,40.

Important to Holders of Bank Stock.

Toledo, 0., Nov. 10. —lu the United States district court. Judge Kicks has rendered a decision to the effect that an üßsesament on national bank stock to pay liabilities is equal to a judgement, The opinion wus rendered in the ease of the Columbia nationul bank of Chicago, which failed in 1893 and the amount involved is about $750,090.

Plead Guilty.

Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 18.—. lames R. Barnett and Don Furden, the two men who robbed the Adams Express company of $16,000 at Terre Haute several weeks ago, pleaded guilty iu the federal court Saturday and were each sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and SSOO line.

Tote in Kentucky.

Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15.—The official count of the vote in this state in the tecent election for governor is as follonfe: Bradley (rep.), 172;436; Hardin (dem.). 163,962: Pettit (popl), 16,911; Dematee (pop.); 4,162; Bradley’s plurality,B,474.

Agricultural Press League.

Chicago, Nov. 16.—Sixty newspaper men, representing the agricultural press of the country, met in this city and organized the Agricultural Press league with M. J. Lawrence, of Cleveland, as president.

Hanged for Harder.

Devall’s Bluff. Ark., Nov. 16.—G. Dupree (eolored) was hanged here for the murder of Robert Harris (colored)'on June 15,1894.

Immigration Increasing .

Weshlugton. Nov. 10.— In October 3*,. M 0 immigrant* reached the Ualtafi States, against 87,809 for the same BMmth la 1894.

FRIGHTFUL PLUNGE.

Trolley Oar in Cleveland Goes Through an Open Draw. It Drop* too Feet Into the Cuyahoga Hirer - Fifteen Bodies Have Been Recovered—Four fenoui Are Missing. Cleveland, 0., Nov. 18. A southbound Jennings avenue trolley car, packed with men, women and children, plunged through the open draw of the Central viaduct at 8 o’clock Saturday night. It shot into space with the rapidity of a bullet from a gun. For one brief moment it remained poised in the air. Then it turned over on its forward end and plunged headlong 100 feet down into the dark waters of theCuyahogt river. One wild shriek came from the interior of the car, which was cut off as the car struck the upright piling below. There came a crash of splintering wood and shivering glass and then all was-still as the shattered car,with its load of human freight, disappeared beneath the waters of the river.% reteen Dead. Up to 6 o’clock Sunday evening 15 bodies" had been recovered. This accounts for all but four of the passengers known to have been on the car at the time it made its dreadful plunge. The verified list of the dead and ini ss in g is ns follows: Thb Dead— James MoUHiighlln. baseball player, 77 Trowbridge avenue; Henry W. Mecklenburg, merchant tailor, 58 Mary street; Edward Hoffman, conductor, 121 East End avenue; Mrs. John A. Sauernheimer. 76 Professor street; Miss Bessie Davis, school-teacher in Sackett school, lived at 107 Noyes street; Harry W. Foster, clerk for Root & Mcßride Co., 61 Mentor avenue; Mrs. Minnie C. Brown, 10 Thurman street; Curt Clemens, pianist, 66 Jennings avenue: Mrs. A. W. Hoffman, 30 years old, 1508 Pearl street; Mrs. Martha Palmer, 44 Grant street; Marie Mellgen, 21 years old, domestic, lo Joseph street; Augusta Sarinski, 207 Central avenue; Gertie Hoffman, three years old. 15u8 Pearl street: Louis F. limetz, mail carrier, 38 years old. The Missinu—Louie Voth, Branch avenue; Miss Martha bauernheimer, 15 i Merchants avenue; B. C. Page, residence un*treet. Got the Signal to Go Ahead. Augustus Rodgers, the motorman in charge of the cur, vvus arrested a*, hia home and brought to the central statioii, where he was questioned by thd coroner and police officials. He stated that Conductor Hoffman gave him the signal to go ahead. Asked as to how the conductor could have given hint the “all right" signal, in the face of the fact tiiat the red light signuls, showing that the draw was open, were hung on the closed bridge gates, Rodgers replied that Hoffman probably thought that the draw was just* closing instead of opening. Rodgers was released after giving bond for $5,000. death Hint Numbers Eighteen. Cleveland. 0., Nov. 19.—Two more of the bodies of the victims of Saturday Mg-ht's bridge horror were taken from the river Monday afternoon. They were Martha Suuehcimer and Edward Caljai, n This makes 18 bodies, that have been recovered. It is believed that the Insr of the bodies have been found, as in. more persons are reported missing. The/ blame for the accident hits not been fix/ci. The coroner w ill begin bis in4<Mig;ition to-day.

MURDERED HIS CHILDREN.

I’, jiiisylvalii i Alan Then fut His Own Throat aiul Will i’rolmbiy Die. i’lioenixv die, Pa., Nov. 16. —Thomas Elwin on Friday cut the throats of his two children, aged four and six years, .with a razor, and then attempted to commit slide hit* in the same manner. The children died id most instantly, and there is hut little linpe of the fat her’a recovery. For sometime Kivvin has not lived happily with his fa ft lily and Ibis, together with drinking, is \\ hat caused the tragedy.

USED FOR FEED.

Nebraska Farmers Fatten Their Live Stock ou Their Surplus Gralu. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 19. —Much of the surplus grain supply of Nebraska will be used this year within the state for feeding purposes. The total acreage of corn was 6,564,112 ueres; the total yield was 123,740,984 bushels. This is an ineicuse of 110,000,000 bushels over lasti year. The total wheat acreage whs 1,. 460,540; tl)e yield was 17,750,794 bushels.

Publishers Assign.

Chicago Nov. 19.—The 11. Q. Shepard Printing & Publishing company made uii assignment Momiuy in inc county court to P. K. Hilton. The assets are $U5,000 and the liabilities ftioo.ooo. The company vvaa an extensive dealer in railway stationery. Hud business was probably the reason of the ÜBsignmeut.

Reduced to One Ceut.

fit. Louis, Nov. 18. —The Kepublic and the Clobe-Democrut unnounce a reduction in price to local subscribers from live cents to oue cent for tbe week-day issues, the Sunday paper price to remain at five cents. This move mukes the price of nil papers in tiie city one cent. J

In Memory of Justice Jackson.

Washington, Nov. 10. —Secretary of Btate Gluey presided at a meeting of the bur of the Uuited States supreme court Monday, at which appropriate action was-taken respecting the death of the late Associate J ustice Howell E. Jackson, of Tennessee.

Chief Mayes' Annual Message.

' Fort Gibson, LT, Nov. lft.--8. H. Mayes, principal chief of the Cherokee nation, in his annual message to the national council recommends that legislation be enacted that would prevent the mouopolixing of the public domain for speculative purposes.

Five Years for Murder.

Carlisle, UL, Nov. lft.—George Putman was given a five-year term in the penitentiary. He killed A.B. Urine, a resident of tibia city. May ft. 18ft*. /

Young Wife's Sutelde.

Charleston, 111,. Nov. lft.—lira. Anna Cox eomaxitted ante Ida bj tubing morphine. She wee eedy lft and woa separated from her huakaod.