Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1896 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN, ,'.». ■, ■ ; GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. KEKSSELA.EE, * • - INDIANA.

CRUSHED IN A SHAFT,

AWFUL ACCfOENT IN A SHAMO KIN MINE. Part of Hoist ing Apparatus Gives : . Way and Kills Four Men—Proposed fa Buy the American Gold OutputAffairs in South Africa. ~T Awful Death of Four Miners. While fohr workmen wore being lower-tod-iato the shaft of the Luke Falter nine nt fyiamokiu. Pa., Monday, the “billy,” which balances the elevator gnd iwhich weighs 1 JK*O pounds, fell upon them without warning. They were intotantly killed, their bodies being crushed too horribly as to make them almost unrecognizable. The shaft bucket in which the four men met their sudden death Was guided b.v big cross pieces and arms, known fisnho ‘'billy.” The wire rope’passed through this ‘"billy," and it is supposed that ice had formed on the rope. The bucket passed the ice in safety, hut the '‘hilly" was caught by ,it and the bucket bad descended several hundred feet before the heavy weight caused the he to give way and allowed the “billy” to fall upon the men. This colliery had been idle since Oct. 8, 1594, when the mine was set on tire by a carolers workman and six tires,Wefe loajt, four of the bodies not being recovered for nearly a year. One of the killed Monday was a brother of one of ,the victims of the former disaster. New Premier of Cape Colony. Hon. Cecil Rhodes, premier of Cape Colony, has resigned and his resignation lias been accepted by the Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson, who has appointed lion. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg. trdhsurer of the colony, to succeed him. The new premier was colonial secretary and premier of Cape Colony from 1878 to 1881, treasurer from 1884 to 1880 and treasurer from 185*0 on. lie was horn in IS3O. It la learned that after Wednesday's fight Dr. Jameson's column, originally about •even hundred men; moved southward, fighting' hard all the way throughout the night, and eventually reached Vlakvon•tein, six miles from Johannesburg, on completely surrounded by a force of 4,800 Boers. "In spite of this. I)r. Jameson's followers fought stubbornly until noon, when all their cartridges .were exhausted. In addits®, they fiad not tasted food for twenty-four hours mid were worn out with fatigue. But the white flag was not hoisted by Dr. Jameson's orders. It is known (that Dr. Jameson expected 2,000 Uitlanders to join him, at Krugersdorp. Hie Dutch press is jubilant at this lowering of British prestige and advocates the incorporation of ."Rhodsia" with the Transvaal Republic. Mr, Emmons' Plan. Stephen 11. Emmons, who is president •fa goldmining company at 1 Broadway, New Yjork, hQs sent an open letter to President Cleveland offering a unique plan for maintaining the gold reserve. lie •aid in part: “If the Secretary of the Trea sur.v will put himself in communication with the owners of gold mines throughout the country he can cagse the entire gold production of the United States to be placed at the disposal of the Government in exchange for silver coin. So far. at any rattyas the mines which I iwrsonally possess or direct are concerned, I am willing to undertake that their output 1 of gold- a very —considerable •mount -shall thus he dealt with; and there cgnaot l*e any doubt of every other American gold mining, corporation beingready to do the same. The assistance thus obtainable by the Government will not involve any bond issue, and will not •addle the nation with any interest charge or syndicate remuneration. I t will add to the volume of home currency at the same time that it will equally increase the •mount of international currency in the treasurjy.” To Pool the Western Gold Output. An a tent of Ws 8.. Stratton, of Cripple •CPeek, [arrived in Deliver, Colo., with the object of disclosing a plan for cornering the Western gold product bud compelling the Government to pay a premium to producers. instead of giving tbe extra money to bond buyers. Stratton thinks his scheme-can be carried out if the producers unite and pool their output with a common agent in New York, with orders to sell to. the highest bidder. Tito project is form, and needs • good deal oi embellishment before submission to a syndicate of "gold kings. If the details are regarded as feasible the scheme will go through, foe there is no doubt of it meeting with public approval.

NEWS NUGGETS.

Erie train Xoi 5, while running; forty miles an hour, struck an open switch ami collided with a locomotive in the New Vork and Pennsylvania yards at.Meadrille, Pa. Fifteen persons were hurt. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of James Parker, aged 18, a sou of the late Thomas Parker. ex-Mayor of ILebanon, lad., for alleged abduction of Ora, the pretty 111-year-old daughter of Barton Goldsbury. 'A dispatch was received by the Boston < I lobe Monday afternoon from Batabano, Cuba, saying that the insurgent forces had Captured Havana. It was impossible to either confirm or discredit this report. Tlie dispatch is claimed to have been retired by the cable operator-front Havana and is as follows: “Cubans have Captured the <-Ity-*-Havann. Morro castle alone holds out. General Campos has “ Here the dispatch ended abruptly, as <-able communication between Havana and Batabano was cut off. The Berlin correspondent of the London Standard says the miners there say that the Emperor has ordered Prince of Prussia to a fortnight's confinement in bis own room, owing to his behavior toward his wife. Princess Louise Sophie of Bchleswig-Holsteift, after the skating nsnayaat nt jJabdatiiHipay - wfahrii innrrtyr resulted in her being drowned. Col. Thomas W. Knox, who becahie distinguished as a newspaper correspondent in the civil war, and who since that time bus written many stories for the young, died at New York. He was G 1 years of W»- «v . 1

EASTERN.

Mni- William K. Vanderbii t is to marry Oltver 11. P. Belmont, sou of the late Angust Belmont. ‘ The New York World advocates popular subscriptions for the forthcoming issuer of Government bonds, anil- offers to subscribe for $1,009,000 of them, Mrs. Leslie‘('ar terdleeidenfa 11 y stabbed Actor John E. Kellard while playing at New York lately. The leather shield he wore as a protection had slipped'from itst place, and the bayonet used by Mrs. CaWer in the play entered his side two inches below the heart, narrowly escaping making a fatal wound. ; , William J. Weeks*, of Yaphank." U. 1.. aged 73 years, has issued a •challenge to all persons over To years <»T age "6> skate” hint from fifty to 500 ntiies. lie is a w»>U--kttown- sktt+er and will allow any ooinpetitor ifnv TTfflcjncvprwt'mi. Wrekrchus also come oiit with a challenge to any person in the world t«i contest-with him in fancy figure skating and writing. Herman P. Gerald, cashier of the Brookfield, Mass., Savings. Bank, hits disappeared. It is believed he is a de-faniter' for between SIO,OOO and sls,o**o and his disappearance strengthens this boljef. About three weeks ago George W. Johnson. ffresideilt of the bank, was appointed receiver. He discovered that GerolJ’s accounts were wrong. Attachments ha ve been placed upon Gerohi's property in Brookfield and in Hampden County. The Solicitors' Loan and Trust hoiiip.myof Philadelphia (hade an assignment to Col. T. I)e Witt <'uyler, one ol the di reytors. -TheArouhlecamemhont thrimgit the outside oporationsof J. R. Ritter, who has charge of the company's real estate department. An cxaiivimition of the books shows that the assets are all right. The company has -asseis-ol abmit .81—UO.tJtJU, most of Which is tied up in Western mortgages. It was founded*ln. ISBG, with a full paid' capitaf of 8500.000. Its stock recently dropped about $lO a share. With !i detonation that was hdar/l two miles the fireworks stock of Detwiler A Street, a. Greenfield, ,N. •).. firm, stored in the rear of .'“os* North 2d street, St. Louis, exploded Thursday afternoon. Four persons are dead, six missing, one fatally injured and thirty-two seriously hurt. Adjoining buildings were crushed like paper boxes, and in their fall carried scores of inmates (down, with the ruin. Windows were broken for blocks around, and the air was tilled with powder smoke, sparks and flying-debris. Two other explosions followed the first jn rapid succession, completing the work of death and destruction. In addition a property loss of .8100,000 was entailed by tire.

WESTERN.

The Northwestern - millers' trust has been reorganised. It came to light that several St. Paul and Minneapolis banks hare been victimized to the extent of some SO,OOO by a clever forger. lie worked under the names of Esch and Charles E. Rhodes, and did the work chiefly by means of 1 a bank cashier's certification stamp. Montana produced in metals about $47,115,000 during the year 1805, taking the value of the silver nt tlie coinage rate and estimating the last two months of the year on a pro rata basis. The production of gold'was $4,100,000; of silver, 4,500,000 ounces; of copper, 212,000 pounds, and of lead, 24,500,< >OO pounds. The output of copper is estiinated as being 05 per cent, of the production of the Fniti-d States. The receipts of bullion at the Helena assay office during 1805 were 10 per cent, greater than last year and 47V. per cent, greater than during 1895. It was learned Thursday that a wellpaying gold mine lias been in full operation almost' within the city limits of Duluth. Minn., for the last few months thousands of dollars’ worth of metftl. The news Ims caused considerable excitement, and the surrounding hills will 1 be* gone over carefully liy prospectors. The men who- are interested in the mine now in operation are S. W. (’lark. M. I.cwK, John Do (Jraw, Dr. Landry and A 1 Miner.' The min/S* down seventy feet. It is located on tse county road, just outside the eif.v limits, and the owners are preserving the-utmost secrecy regarding it. A fire horror -claimed six in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday uiorniirg. At 4 o’clock the residence of John 11. Hibbard was discovered to be on tire, and before tiie Haines could be extinguished six members of the family were suffocated by tiie smoke and their bodies partly cremated. .Mr. Hibbard was secretary of the Central Ohio Natural Gas and Fuel Company and was yonneeted by marriage with the Dcshlers. Huntingtons and others of the wealthiest families of Columbus. l’our sons less than 15 years of age and the colored servant, aged IS, escaped by jumping from the second-story windows. Natural gas Was used in the house, but the tire - evidently originated front some defective construction in the woodwork. Through the treachery of an- officer 'n the San Francisco custom house two eur' loads of Chinese from the Atlanta exposition have slipped through the hands otrn score of United States inspectors and are now somewhere in Chinatown, out of the reach of Federal control or interferon v. The Chinese were landed in that city before daylight and were hurried in carriages into the Chinese quarter. How many there were in the party is not definitely known. Collector of the Port .KlinH.'Wise received what is considered to be reliable information that 104 were coming overland to the, city, but the agents of ths Chinese claim that only forty-three were spirited into the district. In Federal official circles the opinion prevails that over 100 Chinese escaped the officers. ~ » Chicago has the lowest death rate of any city of 200,000 or more population in the world. This is shown by the annual report of the city health department, completed Tuesday. The death rate, based upon the u are vised figures, is 15.11 in a population,of 1.000, as against 15.24 for last year, less than any previous record for the city. The whole report shows the health of the community to be in excellent and the sanitary condition 6f the city to be good. Tiie low deutli rate, however, is the best evidence of the healthful cqtjdition of tlie city. Next in point of interest to the'general public is that part of the report devoted to the crusade made by ho authorities against impure milk, bad ice and the treatment,of diphtheria. All of these, it is shown hi, figures that cannot be dtspufrilT are file sevcral cuuscs tEn*-’ with the general bealthfulness of the Chicago air. have" pulled down the dealt rate until the city stands first in the world in that respect. Chicago will lose 1.000 saloons. The brewers have declined to longer staild good for the fixtures in the small places

1b return for the exclusive handling of one brand of beer. It is also claimed that? the people do not harp the money to stopport t hie vast number of groggeries which have Sprung into existence. In some localities each corner .lias been, takes by a saloon, and the result that many have ' l»een .unable to make payments on the furniture. This has reduced the total issue of license* tor date to a few more than 4,500. There will he settop additions Yo tire lisjt, ho\y<n cr. The association has lifted the price, of beer from $4 a barrel to $5. Tjje ! change in price tv HI affect those ft* the outlying district's nfost. Brewers a re" more discouraged than they hayo bpcji for,many years. They did less business last year, in proportion to capital invested, than for a long time. Milwaukee -makes the sn ni c. xumuUuiib Xlie, tmt-mn-from the city was 87.T08 barrels less last year than for tin* year preceding. Chicago has also shipped less. Chicago is likely to lose about SS(X),OOQ iu revenue from the saloons during the year, although the brewers hope that the abandonment of some places by men of bad paying habits will tempt others to start iji the trade. Many of the breweries are now running at about half their capacity. Some would have closed entirely had not the price been put up a notch.

SOUTHERN.

A report has been, received by the Knoxville,. Term., revenue office .to the effect that seven men wen- kilted In r battle between moonshiners and officers near the Tennessee and North Carolina line. Miss Ida Skinner, of Englewood, 111., died at Chattanooga. Temp, Thursday jiight,7attended only by Prof. C. C. Slmmaim, her betrothed iiusbuml. who comes from one of Chicago's best families, ami is art instructor lit a Chicago* college. Miss'Shintour -wsfg-. tlying slovy lf, Iflid/■ ns her paroijts . were, without nleatisp Bfeof. Shunnum at bis own Pltpehse took her South to recover her health. He has faithfully attended her to the last.

WASHINGTON.

President Cleveland Wednesday night announced the appointment of the Venezuelan Boundary Commission as follows: David J. Brewer, of Kansas, Justice of the Cuited States Supreme Court; Richard 11. Alvey, of'Maryland, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals o ; f the District of Cobunbia; Andrew I*. White, of New York; Frederic 1L Couderf. of Now York; Daniel C. Gilman, of Maryland. The commission is regarded at Washington among those who had an opportunity to see the list as a very satisfactory one. An order was issued from the War Dc partment Tuesday, by authority of tlm President, dismissing from the United States army Lieut. Samuel S. Pagi.e, Fifteenth Infantry. Lieut. Pague, who was stationed at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, was found guilty of shooting at his superior officer, Col. Crof ton, commanding Fort Sheridan, within the lands of the post last stumper and was j&s#* fenced to dismissal. Subsequently lie was examined by medical officers because his sanity' had been questioned, but it was found that alcoholism was the real cause of his actions, and tlie President therefore has approved the findings and sentence of the court-martial. Washington dispatch: Senator Chandler is probing into a Navy' Department scandal of large proportions. By direction of the Senate the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs will inquire into various little matters the construction of warships, and incidentally it will be learned to what extent officers of the Ordnance Bureau are interested in patent processes by which, it. is said, the Government is robbed by extortionate charges out of between $500,000 and $750,000 on every vessel built. Secretrfr.v Herbert wanted to let the contracts for the two warships about to be. built, as it was thought better results could lie obtained thereby,* but lie found himself strongly antagonized by the Ordnance Bureau, though the other experts of the department cordially indorsed the position he had taken. The stubborn resistance of the Ordnance Bureau finally prevatied/’ and the Secretary announced his intention to let the contracts in the old way. This decision set tongues wagging., and members of Congress were solemnly assured that there was rank rottenness in Uie Navy Department and that officials were using their positions to divert public moneys to their own pockets by corruptly influencing contracts, whereby the Government was forced into bdying patented processes in which they weye financially' interested. The instructions given die Naval Committee will afford an opportunity for investigation into the alleged abuses. It will also serve to prevent jfie guilty parties fnhn escaping by the usual method of defeating Inquiry.. The charges are -now being aired, and the Navy Department must purge itself by proving the Charges to lie unfounded or else looare and cast out tin* guilty officers who are accused of bringing discredit on the country and disgrace upon the.department.

FOREIGN

Russia is negotiating for the creation of a branch of the Bauque lmpcrialc Russo i:i New York. Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria has. formally renounced the throiie of which the crazy King. Otto is the normal incumbent. An explosion of fire damp occurred hi a colliery at VTahlouburg, Prussian Silesia, forty-three miles southwest of Breslau, Tuesday. Fifty persons are known to have been killed or injured, and seventeen others are missing. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, dispatch: The Government intends to call a meeting of all diplomatic representatives of .South America early in the new year to consider means of common defense against E:uopcuh aggression. It is denied in Rio Janeiro that Brazil will send troops to-aid Venezuela. The Venezuelan Government is negotiating in die United States f«r war ► applies. Four heavy gnus have been sent from Caracas to. fortify, the harbor of Maracaibo. Special commissioners appointed to arrange an-alliance of South and Central American republics against England arc ready to depart." A semi-official denial was made at St. Petersburg of the announcement made in titc N’eue Frcie Prcsse of Vienna, saying that, Russia and France had actually promised diplomatic support K> the United States in the Venezuelan question, and that Russia was prepared to facilitate the FulledjS.taleaLJuan--. ailh . lmr ..a>wa. goUreserve. At Madrid, it is announced that the Danish Government has expressed the opinion that the steamer Ilorsa, tiyiiig the Danish flag, which conveyed a filibustering expedition to Cuba in November last, front Philadelphia, ought to have been regarded as a pirate, >n spite of the

[ contrary derision of the United State* authorities. : jtho Turkish Government has orderet tile commander of the Turkish forces sur founding Zeitoun to suspend bostijitiej pending the negotiations which'flie repre sentatives of the powers have entered info in order to bring about the surrender of the Zeitouuiifl. ..The ambassadors have given their respective consuls at Aleppo full* liberty of action iu regard to the steps which they may think necessary to take fa prevail!upon the insurgents to surrender. .. I 1 ■ 5' The greatest; ,alann existed iu London Saturday, because no further pews had arrived from the Transvaal. Forty-eig ht< hours had elapsed since the confirmation Of the report of the capture of Dr. Jiftne-' son and jiTsTittvadlng force by {Be BoffFsT Tlie re came a very significant message from the* German Emperor to. the president of'the Transvaal republic, congratulating him upon (the successful repulse of the British force). This aroused a storm of indignation iu Great Britain/ which was quickly succeeded by a feeling pf apprehension over! an unconfirmed rumor .that an uprisingf had occurred at Johanliesbtirg; and that the English were beingdriven out. It i 3 believed a great crisis is On. Tlie dispatch !to the Tguidon Daily; Uhiiitiielo from its special commissioner at Washington, giving hitherto unpublished correspondence between th«» GoVerilnieiits of Great Britain and Venezuela during tlie period between November, 1840, tvhen Robert Schomlnirgk was appointed to survey the western territory of British Guiana, and April. 1842. when Great Britain finally removed the boundary posts which he had set at various points in that territory to form : the so-called. Srhombtirgk line, is attracting much attention iu -LOUdpir. Tlie ('lu-viiiele calls it a “iilornetitons dispatch” and heads it. “A New; Face to the ('ohtroversy; tlie Sehombiirgly Line Usejess. Some Startling Dis-l patches.” A ; foreign office official said that the correspondence, quoted was correct “so far as it goes,'’ ami added: “But there is much which is unpublished, especially letters of Seuor Fortique (tlie Venezuelan minister to Great Britain at the time}. These give a different light upon the whole matter: We might, for iffstance, take portions of Secretary Gino.v’a document and transform il into a statement which would he entirely antagonistic to the American side of the question.” | A Loudon dispatch says: The invading English army in the Transvaal Has been disastrously defeated by the Boers. A 1 score of more have been killed, many wounded, and Dr.i .Tnmeson is a prisoner at .lohaiinesburg. One of the most im.pudeut nets of aggression -ever committed even by British arms has thus met with swift retribution. The details are meager of this inglorious finale of what was intended to be a brilliant piece of bravado, which success might justify but which failure would, make a crime. All. that is known is that tlie Government messengers, with dispatches from Lon-,' Aon ordering Dr. Jameson'to retreat to the t ‘-bartered Company's territory, reach-! ed Dr. Jameson Wednesday morning. He pocketed the Queen’s orders, told the messenger laconically that he would at-! tend to them, gave tint command to his troops to saddle, and marched, not on; the back track, but on toward Johannes-! burg. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon he, .encountered the Boers at Krugersdorf.' about thirty miles oast of Johannesburg.' There was hard fighting until sundown,; and the British troops suffered severely/ The famous marksmanship of the Boers l was no less deadly than in their gallant! defense against the same enemy fifteen! years ago. Twenty men, including three' officers, were killed, and fifty prisoners were taken before Dr. Jameson surren-, dered. These meager facts are all the information the Government vouchsafes.

IN GENERAL

- Richard Mansfield has decided to. leave the stage and enter the lecture field;: ——r * The United States cruiser Boston has received orders to proceed to the -Gfafna station. If is believed that the order indicates a desire 011 tlto part of the admin-, istrailou- t(^preservelie strength if the Asiatic squadron until domestic affairs 111. China become quieter. The new city bill which has just passed; the Quebec Legislature, provides that hereafter every ahivnuan of- the city of Montreal who votes grants in excess of available appropriations shall be person-! ally responsible therefor, and shall leave the right of sitting id the City Council for five years. It is also provided that the city treasurer shall lie,, personally responsible for every sum of money which lie shall pay, knowing it exceeds the appropriations itottato-hy tiuM'uuneil:

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3. 30 to 83.00; hogs, shipping grades, ?3.00 to 84.00; sheep, fair to choice, B—so' to $3 75; wheat, No. '2 red, 35c tireic,corn, No. 2,25 cto 2tjc; oats, No. 2,10 c, to lie; rye. No. 2,32 eto 34e; butter, choice creamery, 23c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 22c; potatoes, per bushel, 18c to 25c; broom corn, S2O to $45 per ton for" poor to choice. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to 84.50; hogs, choice light, 83.00 to 83.73; sheep, common to prime, 83.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, Coe to 04c; corn, No. 1 white, 2Gc to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to 85.00; hogs. 83.00 to-81.00: wheat. No. 2 red, (Hie to C7e; corn. No. 2 yellow. 23c to 25c: oats. No. 2 white, 10c to 17c; rye, No. 2, sio to 83c. Cincinnati—Cattle, 83-50 to $4.75: hogs, 83.00 to $4.00; sheep, 82.50 to s4.<M);r wheat. No. 2, CCe to (!8c: corn, No. 2 mixed, 2S)e to 30c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 10c to 210;T.'.e. No. 2,30 cto 4tc. Detroit—Cattle, 82.50 to $3.25; hogs, 83.00 to $4.00; sheep. $2.00 to 83.75; wheat. No. 2 red, GSc to t!7c; corn, NO. 2 yellow, 27c to 20c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; rye. 37c to 38c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. GGe to GSc; corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 27c: oats, No. 2 white, 10c todilv; rye. No. 2,37 cto 3Se; clover teed, 84.30 to 84.40. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 5.8 c: to 50c; corn, No. 3,25 cto 27c; oats. No. 2 white, 18e to 10c; barley. No. 2,32 cto 34c: rye, No. 1,35 cto 37c; i>ork, mess, 88.75 to 80.25. Buffalo-Cattle, 82-50 to $5.25: hogs, $3.00 to 4 54.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.73; Wheat. No. 2 ml. llSc to 70c: i-nrn. No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3-00 to $4.75; sheep, *2.00 to $4.25* wheat. No. 2 red. GSc to G9e; corn, No. 2, 34c to No, 2 whit*, 23c to 24ef hotter, creamery, 176 to 25c; eggs, West ern, 21c to 25c.

INTO AN OPEN SWITCH

FIVE* f LIVES THE PENALTY ,OF •> - ' CARELESSNESS. Express Train DashesTlit<X a Freight at Full Speed—United States Bonds for the' People—Close to a Crisis in Havana. I Fire Are Killed In a Wreck. At 11 o’clock Saturday night two freight trains stood on a swßc-h at Sehooley’s Station, seven miles east of Chillieothe, Qj The first train- pulled out, and the con-, doctor, thinking that the second one would follow, left the switch open. Fifteen minutes later the east-bound express came along at forty miles an hour, and, running on to the switch, collided with the tralp standing there. Both trains were badly wrecked- The dead are: George Addis, fireman freight train; J. 11. Cox, fireman express train; Jesse King, brakeman; Thomas Michaels, engineer of express train; Leon Mathers, fireman. The, injured: J. E. Edigton, postal clerk; Fitzsimmons, engineer; J. D. Murphy, postal clerk. Conductor Tom Brown of the express had to walk two miles to telephone the news to the city. Conductor Hendorshot of the freight is resporfsible for the wreck, as he left the switch open. The passengers in the express were badly shaken up, but none were seriously inured. Alaskan Boundary Line Drawn. Gen. Duffield, <}hief of the coast and jroodetic survey. fioes not hesitate to express the opinion that there can be no serioirs dispute between The United States and Canada oyer the Alaskan boundary. He said: “Tbe llne is as plain froin the treaty as if it had been recorSed by deed pnd map.” Gen. Duffield is/confident that the British can find no grounds upon which to base a claim to the gold fields pf the Yukon river, since a British engineer, Ogleby, in 1593, after careful observations, marked the banks of the Yukon and Forty-Mile Creek where these streams are crossed by the 141st meridian and his marks were verified by the (United States survey. The* only possible ground for contention which Gen. Duffield foresees is furnished by that phrase of the Russian-British treaty that at no point shall the boundary be more than ten marine the shore. The United States Government interprets this to mean continental leagues, while Great Britain mijfht contend that ten leagues from the islaud -shore was contemplated. Martial Law in Havana. The Spa'nish authorities confess the grave condition of affairs by proclaiming martial law for the provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Maximo Gomez has his purpose To penetrate into the province of Dinar del Rio. - Although his-forces have not reached the borders of that province, the action of the authorities is understood to indicate they have no hopes of preventing him from carrying out his threat. The insurgents gre apparently making a swift advance directly Upon Havana. The advance guard of their cavalry, under Gen. Lncrety was at latest accounts at Lapaste, which is •only eighteen miles from Guannbacoa, the latter being hut a suburb of Havana. Rejoicing in Mormondom. The President on Saturday issued his proclamation in conformity with the act of Congress, stating that the xieople of Utah have complied with all of the requirements of the law providing for the admission of Utah to the Union, and declaring that the territory has passed out of existence and that Utah is admitted to the family of States. The people of Utah' showed an intense interest in every step made at Washington, and Private Secretary Thurber was importuned to telegraph immediately to Salt Lake the first news of the signing of the proclamation, and to preserve as a valuable historical relic the pen with which President Cleveland affixed his signature to the document. Failures of 1895. R. G. "Dun & Co.-s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The commercial failures during Lie complete year 1895 number 13,197, against 13,885 in 189-1, but'the aggregate of liabilities is slightly greater, $173,19(1,000, against $172,992,850, so that the average per failure is $13,124, against $12,458 in. 1894. The bright promise offered by a large decrease in the first quarter was followed by a small increase in the second and third quarters anil a large increase in the last quarter of tlie year. In that quarter also the deferred liabilities to each firm in business increased. and also ilic proportion of .deferred liabilities to payments through clearing houses.” Bonite. far tJic People. Speculation concerning the amoan-t-aud character; of tlie new bond issue was set at rest Monday when Secretary Carlisle maTle public a circular on the subject. The loan will he a ‘jmpular” one, and the circular gives notice that the Government will sell $100,000,(XX) thiriy/ve.‘ff 4 per cent coupon or registered bonds dated Feb. 1, 1895, for which purchasers will be required to pay in gold coin or gold certificates.

BREVITIES.

At Grafton, 0., two Italian brothers who slept together in the same bed were awakened by three masked men, two of whom held one of the brothers while the third stabbed the other brother to death. Robbery does not seem to have been the motive for the crime, ns several hundred dollars in the house was not touched. It is-believed the deed was instigated by the Mafia. The three men escaped. Another startling discrepancy has been discovered jti the accounts of Omaha City Treasurer Bolin, whose downfall occurred last May. His bondsmen then discovered the shortage to he nearly $33,000. r Expert accountants, who for months'have been checking up the books, have reported to the Council finance committee an additional Shortage of $77,000. At MilledgCville, Ky„ n hoy named Wal.rrs, while playing, secured a revolver and shot his two little cousins, two girls, aged 4 and 8. A third was also injured. The boy then sent a-ball through his own head. .HnandJiisTwo , „ u *“ "" The St. Taul wholesalers are chafing ander the exactions of the sugar trust and will revolt They are required to put up heavy financial guarantees that they will not sell sugar below the tm»t price v About $20,000 of tbeir capital it Continually tied t\p in this manner.

SWINDLE JERSEY MAIDS.

The Old Frize-Packasce Scheme A gal to Successful in Rural Regions. 4 The mistress’ luncheon \ya.a delayed fend the maid's money was lost, says the New York Times. This unfortunate combination was due to the desire of two too-confldlnjc Jerseyites to come Into wealth by other than the slow process of daily toil. in a small town in the northern part of New Jersey, about 10 o’clock oha morning, the servants In the family of a New York business man were interested by the arrival at the front gate of their master's house of two smartly dr-essed raeu in a carriage. 1 ■w-™ 1 , While one of the strangers looked after the horse the other quickly inter-' csted the two maids with his stock* of paper, envelopes, pens, etc. The special inducement offered purchasers was that in certain envelopes were bills varying in..size from $1 to $lO, and the whole outfit—paper, envelopes and possibly slo—could be obtained for $5. To convince the |naids of the truth of his statements drew out of his packages a couple of envelopes and from them took the money, as described. The bills were, to all appearances, replaced In the envelope,, and the two maids decided to try their luck. That they could raise only $6 between them was a matter of small moment to tho courteous salesman. They should have the two packages and he would pay the balance himself, he declared gallantly. There was only one condition to be made. He must give himself tlie pleasure of being present to see that the money was lu the envelopes as agreed, and would not the young wom-i en wait, until 4 .o’clock, before opening them ? Pressing business made his immediate depjpture necessary, but he would return at the time named. : Who could refuse the request of such a pleasant-spoken young maul Two Jersey maids certainly could not, and they were so much pleased with them--selves their purchases that they quite forgot when the luncheon hour arrived. 1 . - ■■ ■■■ ’ The mistress of the establishment had not, however, and explanations were In order. The prize envelopes were speedily opened, and—now there are two sadder/ wiser maids In Jersey/" A small messenger sent post haste to the constable overtook other messengers going in the same direction and for a similar purpose. The suave strangers had not returned nt last accounts. There are warn# hearts and simple minds in Jersey, but It will be some time before writing paper salesmen will be cordially received in the northern part of the State.

A Canine Tramp.

There was some talk of sending Owney to tlie World’s Fair at Chicago; with all his medals, and I am sure that; on his merits, he would have takeu first prize. At a San Francisco kennel exhibition, Owney received a very handsome silver medal as the “Greatest Dog Traveler In the World.” But the little dog is more than a mere curiosity. He is a faithful friend and companion. It is said that several times a sleepy and wornout postal clerk, who had fallen asleep, fqj’getful of the stations, has been wakened by Owuey’s Marking, and has thus been reminded to throw off the mail hag. Owney has never been “held up” by train Tobbers, but lie has been ill morn than one wreck. Except for the loss of the sight of one eye, however, the dog is still in good trim. You have heard of his wanderings—now you “shall hear of his home coming. When he reaches the Albany postoffice he walks in with wagging tail, and beaming with joy to be at home again. Gojng up to the good friend who looks after him, Owney rubs against him and licks his hands. Thus lie bids all the clerks good morning, wags his tail for a “how-d’ye-do?” and, returning to t l>c spot lie left months ago, O wnev lies down and sleeps for hours. But after this first greeting there is no familiarity. * While iu Albany Owney goes to a certain restaurant near the postoffico and then carefully selects, from the food offered, just the bones he prefers. He arrives there every day at the same /Uoul._ ILAhe restaurant fails to supply the food that Owney is seeking, lio goes to a hotel across the street, where he is sure to find a meal—St. Nicholas.

Sauty or Dull.

The Commercial Bulletin reports n passnge-at-arms between a college professor and a sophomore: The professor believes in simplicity and clearness. He said: “You should have written on tills subject, sir. so that the most Ignorant of your readers could not fall to understand you. 1 ' And the aophoinor* replied: “What part of my paper Is not cle&i to you, sir?’’

Two Big Land Owner.

.Henry Miller and Charles Lus, eattlJmen, of San Francisco, confess to owning more than 14,000,000 acr.?s Of land in three States. This estate is as large as Greeec“with the lonian Isles. It Is four times the area of Alsace-Lorraine, over which France and Germany fought. It Is but little smaller than Ireland, and half .again as large As Switzerland. , It is twice as large as. Belgium aixl one-third the size of England and Walts together.--Westminsut-Gazctte. *•* *

Embarrassed.

Miss Sevebfignres—Oh, Mr. Gllthunh. tWs HUdden.proposal suiyn4?»(M me: I am embarrassed. Mr. Gllthnnt— Embarrassed ? Then I take it all back. I thought your fortune was as secure as the Bank-of England.—Tdx as Siftings. The yeast cake and the negroes' Ue weapon are both raisers.