Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1896 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. . . GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. KEMULAXE, • - • INDIANA.

CARNIVAL OF CRIME.

CHICAGO’S SABBATH DAY RED WITH BLOOD. » X>on([ List of Casualties and Arrests— Story of Fiendish Treachery of the Bpaniohraed Their Harder of Macco —San Francisco’. Sensation. Snnday at Chicago. Murder once again broke the Sabbath peace in Chicago Sunday. One man was shot down in cold blood at dawn by robbers, who, frightened at their work, es-’ caped without booty. The bruised body of a man was picked out of*the lake, and in its finding a mysterious disappearance was partly solved. The pockets in its clothing had been turned inside out, and indications pointed to a killing for money. Two men fought in a saloon and one shot the other, inflicting instant death. Two others chose a christening as a scene of their battle, and one of these was wounded mortally. Two other cases of shooting resulted less seriously. The summary of'these crimes follows: William Jahn, bartender, Hotel Le Grand, shot and almost instantly killed by a robber, who escaped with his partner; Dominick Gill, No. 159 Milton avenue, city employe, body found floating in the lake at foot of Schiller street; circumstances point to-robbery and murder: William Morris, shot and killed at 9:30 p. m. in Danato Zuecari’s saloon. No. 505 Clark street; John Meehan, shot by William Keenan during a quarrel at No. 3323 Archer avenue; physicians prouounee wound fatal; Frank Rafferty, shot during a quarrel at Desplaines and Madison streets by John Murphy; Harry Simpson,' diot in the shoulder during a quarrel with Andrew McCarthy at No. 3094 Archer avenue. The police in all the cases were quick to action. In the matter of the murder of Jahn 1 three men were arrested, but non'e of them identified as the slayer: in the case of the body ifi the lake no arrest has as yet been made; for the murder of Morris two persons were arrested; in the Meehan shooting the assailant is in custody; the Simplon shooting resulted in the speedy arrest of his assailant.

Mnceo Brutally Murdered. General Antonio Maceo, the famous Cuban leader, is really dead, having been treacherously murdered by Spaniards Dec 7. while on his way to attend a conference to which he was invited by the marquis of Ahumeda, acting captain general of Cuba, while General Weyler was in the field. Saturday noon a letter was received by Colonel J. A. De Huau, the head of the Florida junta, at. Jacksonville, Fla., from his secretary correspondent in Havana, giving a detailed account of the assassination of General Maceo and his entire staff, with the exception of Dr. Zertucha, who was Maceo’s physician. The letter came from a reliable source In Havana, but the correspondent’s name, of course, cannot be made public, for. as Mr. Huau said: “The writer would be shot within an hour by Spanish authorities if they knew who gave away details of one of the most horrible atrocities ever chronicled in modern warfare.’’ Mother and Daughter Die Together. The death by asphyxiation of Mrs. Sarah B. Codper and her daughter Harriet Friday morning has produced a profound sensation in San Francisco. No woman in San Francisco or on the entire Pacific coast was so prominent as Mrs. Cooper, who had devoted her life to religious and philanthropic work and was actively connected with every reform movement. She was a cousin of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, with whom, despite their opposite religious views, she maintained a warm friendship. Mrs. Cooper and her daughter were found dead with the gas turned on and every evidence of suicide. There is no doubt but that Miss Cooper was responsible for the deaths of herself and mother.

NEWS NUGGETS.

William Steinway left his estate, valued at to his children. The New York Union League Club has started a movement to boom Joseph H. Choate fort thje United States Senate. Miss Helen Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn., born blind forty-nine years ago, has had her sight restored by the removal of a cataract from each eye. M. Lockroy, formerly French Minister of Marine, has withdrawn his naval proposals which involvfe the appropriation of 200,000,000 francs for building new battleships. - “Gen.” J. S. Coxey, of Massillon, Ohio, . issues an open letter to Senator Marion Butler denouncing “the disgraced People’s party, sold out to an issue so insignificant as silver.” He says: “I once left the Democratic party, and now find in order to be out of it for sure I must leave the once grand, but now disgraced, People’s party.” The Britsh ship Springwell, Capt. Kinnan, from Liverpool Dec. 9 for Galveston, arrived at Swansea, Wales, with two survivors of the German ship Rajah for Brexnen, which left Cardiff Wednesday for Hong-Kong. She capsized in a gale near Lundy Island at the entrance of the Brit-' ish channel. Nineteen of the Uajah’s crew were drowned. J. • John G. Newbill, register of the Springfield, Mo., land office, has been requested to send in his resignation to Secretary of the Interior Francis or undergo charges of neglect of duty. Land Office Inspector Andrews has given him the alternative of resigning or having the latter send in a report that will mean removal. Mr. Newbill was appointed by President Cleveland in March, 1894. John Buzzard was and stabbed by Henderson and his sons at Saluda, Ga.. Nov. 26. He had thirty-seven bullet-holes In his body, had received eight knife stabs and his skull was fractured by rocks. He was reported dead and there was great surprise when he Showed signs of life. Buzzard continued improving until Thursday night, when-he died suddenly. Print paper manufacturers have agreed to fdrm a national association to control the pnoduqt of all mills and fix prices: Grand Rapids’ people are getting free telephone service as the result of a war between the Bell and Citizens’ companies.

EASTERN.

Abraham Eckert, who was to have ” %een hanged at Wilkesbarre, Pa., fj>r the * ■pnurder of Frederick T. Bittenbender 7, 1895, took poison in his cell and 4 The Superintendent of the New York Building Department reports that 3,200 buildings in that city are unsafe, and de- , dares that every day he expects “to hear «f some awful calamity caused by the falling of buildings.” Willi. A. Meyers’ Milwaukee depnrt- I «neat More, known aa the Boston Store, Was seised by the Sheriff Tuesday morn-

lag on four attachments, aggregating 558,921! Later Mr. Meyers mad >an assignment to George Koch. Mej ers’ kttorney estimates the assets at $171),000 to 5200,000, and the liabilities at SIOO,OOO. A special cable dispatch from London to the New York Sun says that the deadlock, which has been known in Europe as the concert of powers, is broken and the Turk is to be coerced. t The Sultan is to be reduced in fact if not actually in name to the vassalage. His fate will be made known to him at once. Russia, France Great, Britain have decreed it Should he resist or fail to bow at once to the inevitable, then tlje combined fleets of those three powers Will enforce their behest.* Such, in brief, is the infinitely welcome news which will bring relief and" a sense of restored s.elf-respect tq, the whole Christian world.

WESTERN.

At Butte, Mont., Judge Knowles has signed the final decree for the sale of all the Butte and Boston properties by the receiver. Capt. Couch’s' resignation as receiver was accepted, leaving J. T. Forbes the sole receiver. The sale includes the 'properties covered by the mortgage of the Massachusetts Loan and Trust Company and other claims. Bluford Bethel, of'Hannibal, Mo., has Oust received notice from London that he is the heir to a large estate in England. He is “the grandson of William Bethel, brother of Alexander Bethel, who died in England many years ago, leaving a large amount of money in the Bank of England and considerable real estate to be divided between his legitimate heirs. Alexander Bethel was' a .bachelor, and soon after his death his brother, William Bethel, came to America before the estate had been settled. Since that time the money has remained ip the Bank of England and the real estate'has greatly enhanced in value until it is now said to be worth about SS,<XHi,OOO. Bluford Bethel’s share of the fortune is said to be about $1,000,000. After a long preliminary examination, Rudolph Brockpian, a wealthy farmer living in Osage' Township, near Osage, Kan., has been held in the sum tof $lO,000 to answer for the murder ofglis 17-year-old daughter, Mary. Four weeks ago Brockman gave the girl a terrible beating because site did not work to suit him ip his cornfield. He then tied a rope around one of her ankles, fastened the other end of the rope to the rear axle of his wagon and drove to his barn, a quarter of a mile on, dragging the.girl behind. Arriving there, he locked her up in the barn without sufficient clothing and without food. The girl was found by her uncle and another neighbor, who carried her away, but her injuries were so serious that she died NoV, 22, A disastrous wreck occurred Monday morning near Storr’s station on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway, in which two persons were killed and a number injured. The trains which collided were an accommodation from Cochran, Ind., and a special made up of a passenger coach and two private cars, carrying the general officers of the road, who were starring out to make an inspection of the line. The engineer and cohductor of a special had orders to follow fifteen minutes behind a preceding regular traiu and to keep out of the way of the accommodation, which had the right of way. The special stopped at Storr’s, where it should have waited, but the engineer and conductor both- forgot their orders aud pulled out. When three-quarters of a mile west of Storr’s the trains came together. There was a fog which prevented seeing clearly, so neither engineer suspected collision until the shock. The killed are Engineer John Price. Fireman Homer Dixon, and L. Zepernich. The Iron Mountain fast express, outgoing, was .held up by six masked men one mile from thee union station, within the city limits of St. Louis, Wednesday night at 9:30 o’clock. - Two robbers wontto the express car and demanded admittance. Express Messenger W. J, Egan refused to let them in. They threatened to kill him. but he was inflexible. They then placed a stick of dynamite at the car door, and blew it to pieces. The explosion badly shattered one side of the car. When the robbers looked for the treasure they were told that the money was in a time-locked safe. Finding it useless to try to; bibw open the strongbox, the robbers jumped off and notified their companions ou the engine that they had failed to get anything. The robbers then disappeared, and Engineer William Green started ahead. As fid’, train pulled away Express Messenger Egan came to the shattered door of his car, intending to shoot at the marauders. No sooner did they see him, however, than they opened- fire and he fled behind a pile of boxes. r J’he noise of the shooting attracted the derks in the mail car and they opened the doors and a fusillade followed. Express Messenger Egan said the Pacific Express Company had lost nothing.

SOUTHERN.

Senator Faulkner of West Virginia denies the report that-he is to resign. Father J. J. Harty, of St. Louis, is being urged for Roman Catholic Bishop of Mobile. entire plant of the Withingtbft & Russell Company at Nashville, Tenn., was burned. Loss, $125,000. DeWitt E. West, wanted in Chicago on a charge of embezzlement, has been arrested at San Antonio, Tex. At Frankfort, Ky., the court of appeals dei-ided that the State law pf Kentucky exempting whisky in federal bond from taxation during the bonded period is unconstitutional. This will material-, ly increase the tax list in Kentucky and will also bring into the State treasury considerable arrears of taxes.

WASHINGTON.

Secretary of State Olney, it is reported on excellent information, has under consyerftticm a treaty of annexation of Ilatvaii to the United States. The Secretary of the Interior has der cided that the amendment of sections 2289 and 2290 of the revised statutes does not authorize _ the homestead entry of lands included within the»lin):ts of an iiF corporated town. It is held thdt sound public policy would not allow such acquisition qf lands so situated aud thereby likely largely enhanced in value. Secretary Carlisle Monday transmitted to .the Speaker of the House of Representatives the estimates of appropriations required for the 1 fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. They are recapitulated by titles as follows, cents being omitted: Legislative establishment ....... *4.379.820 Executive establishment 19.865.952 Judicial .establishment ....*c... 0)07,120 Foreign Intercourse 2,082,728 Military establishment . 24,292,0.‘)6 Naval establishment '32.434,773 Indian affairs 7,279,525 Pensions .A, r. 141.328,580 Public work* . 31,437,061 Postal service # ..V 1.288,334 Miscellaneous ... 36.844,210 Permanent annual appropriations 120,078,220 Total $421,718,970 The -estimates for the present fiscal, year amounted to $418,091,073, and the appropriations, including deficiencies and miscellaneous amounted to $432,421,005. Daring the first few weeks-after Presi-dent-elect McKinley assumes his duties' "he will have’ the privilege of making about one hundred and fifty nominations •I Presidential postmasters. The Sen-

ate will have about four hundred cases up for action. During the recess of Congress there have been 104 nominations of postmasters which must, now be subtnitted to the Senate for confirmation or rejection. Ail nominations to fill vacancies caused by the expiration of commissions of postmasters at Presidential offices during this month and January and February must also be submitted, together with nominations for about fifty lower class offices which will be raised to the Presidential rank Jan. 1. These swell the list to about four hundred. The second'session of the Fifty-fourth Congress' was called to order at noon Monday, the Senate by Vice President Stevenson and the House by Speaker Reed. Exac.tly' atjoeon the Vice President entered the chamber, and, going to ■ ihe desk of the presiding officer, gave a tap, whicit brought the Senate to order, while the blind chaplain, Rev. Dr. Milburn, delivered an impressive Invocation. The -roll call showed seventy Senators present. In the House. the hurry and bustle, there was ah air of sadness as members glanced at the black pall which covered the conspicuous desk of the late ex-Speaker Crisp, the Demo- _ cratic leader. *On it were some cut flowers. His portrait in the lobby in the rear of the House was also wreathed with Oalla lilies. After the President’s message had been read, adjournment w»s had.

FOREIGN.

Among the leaders in both branches of Congress there seems to be a growing disposition to leave the Cuban question, “up in the air,” where the President put it. Returns from 100 trade unions, with an aggregate of 500,000 members, to the labor department of the British Government Board of Trade-for the month ending Nov. 15 show that the percentage of unemployed continues to diminish. The showing would have been much more favorable had there been included the results *’6f the activity in the shipbuilding trade that developed during the last two weeks of the last month. , In these 10 Trade organizations only 3 per cent, of the membership is reported as unemployed for the month, as against nearly 14 per cent, a year ago. This showing is the most favorable and remarkable’of any that has been issued sinpe the establishment of the labor bureau of statistics by the Government some years ago. Vigo. Spain, dispatch: The North German Lloyd steamer Salier was lost off Corunnas Corrobedo. All hands were drowned. There were 210 passengers on board. Her crew was composed of sixty-five men. All on board, passenr gers and crew,, perished. The Saber's passengers consisted of 113 Russians, thirty-five Galicians, sixty-one Spaniards, and one German. The Salier was bound from Bremen to Buenos Ayres, via Corunna and Viliagariea. The passengers were mostly in the steerage. The Corrobedo rocks, on which, it is believed, the Salier was lost, are situated off . the southwest coast of Corunna and should have been given a wide berth Before the steamer headed eastward, and then in a northeasterly direction -for the bay leading up to Viliagariea. It, is stated in most positive terms by the Spanish authorities at Havana that Antonio Maceo, the great insurgent leader and the heart and soul of the Cuban cause, has boon killed iu Havana province. after having effected the passage of the western trocha, near Muriel, at its northern extremity. » With the Cuban leader died Francisco Gomez, son of Maximo Gomez, who accompanied the mulatto general on his passage of the trocha. Most explicit details of the finding of the bodies of the fallen Cubans and of the facts relied upon for their identification are at hand through the report of the Spanish com uiander, Maj. -Cmijedn, whoeontested the passage of the trocha unsuccessfully on Dec. 4 with Maceo, an.l who sustained another conflict Monday with the forces under the insurgent leader. It was in g reeonnoissance after the latter engagement that the ..Spaniards found the two corpses, which '4]icy have identified as those of Antonio Maceo and Francisco Gomez.

IN GENERAL.

Mayor Timelier, of Albany, N. Y., has received a medal and letter of thanks from Germany for his work in connection with the World’s Fair at Chicago. Mr. Thacher says the Treasury Department is alone to blame, for the delay in forwarding the awards. The Independence Club of Canada, which has beeu in existence in Montreal for some five months and whose object is the attainment of Canadian independence, is gaining in strength, and a cohvention will probably be held next March with a view to federating all the groups and clubs having a like object. Members say the movement is rapidly gaining ground, especially in the rural districts. The famous Topolobainpo communistic colony in Sinaloa, Mexico, must be numbered among the socialistic failures. For nearly eight years the colony has been struggling for existence, and now the Mexican Government has struck a blow which will end the great experiment. It has revoked one of the -most important concessions given to Albert R. Owen, formerly of New Jersey, the founder of the colony, and the early dissolution of the community must result.

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75,; sheep, fair to choice, $2 ; 00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2,22 cto 24c; oats, No. 2,17 c to 19c; rye, No. 2,38 cto 40c; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fnesh, 22c to 23c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common green to fine brush, 2V&c to 5%c per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, common to prime, $2.(30 to $3.50; wh£at, No. 2,89 cto 91c;, corn, No. 2 white, 20c'to 21c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5,00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 911 to 93c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 21c to 22c; oats. No. 2 whit?, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 350 to 36c. • Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2,92 cto 94c; corn, No. 2 ' mixed, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2,40 cto 42c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 91c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 21c to 22c; oafs, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye, 38c to 39c. „ Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 92c to 94c,; corn. No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; rye,-No. 2,38 cto 39c; clover ,sej»d, $5.25 to $5.35. Milwaukee —Wheat, Nd. 2 spring, 77 c to 79c; corn, No. 3,21 cto 23c; oats, No. 2 7 white, 20c to 2?e;T>arley, No. 2, 34c; rye, ,Np. 1,43 cto 44c; pork, mess, $6.50 to $7.00Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 97c to 98c; corn. No. 2 yellow, ,24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, Nd. 2 red, 85c to 87c; oorn, No, 2, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 15c to 25c; eggs, We«tern, 20e to' 22c. ■ 1

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND’S HOME AT PRINCETON, N. J.

A picture of the house in which- President Cleveland will live after his retirement from public life is here presented. It is a picturesque old mansion in a pretty part of Princeton, N. J. Mr. Cleveland will not be dean of tne Princeton University law college. This story, which currency shortly after the purchase of the property, has been authoritatively denied by President Patton. According to the university authorities, Mr. Cleveland’s residence in Princeton will have no university significance. The fact is that the President has been desirous of retiring to some quiet place, aud both he and Mrs. Cleveland are very fond of the college town and its atmosphere. The house is not one which any one would suppose would be occupied by a man of Mr. Cleyeland’s wealth?., It is a large, roomy structure, with an appearance of, age that it does not deserve. It ‘is built of stuccoed brick and brown stone iu the old colonial style. Its dimensions arc thirty feet wide by fifty feet deep and two stories, and a half high. Three sides of it are surrounded by porches. Through its middle runs a wide, old-fashioned, Jiail, at the right of which is the staircase. The flooring of the hall is„in hard wood, but thereare no other hard wood floors in the house. The rooms, fifteen in number, are

STATISTICS OF THE MINT.

Director Preston Gives Facts About the Precious Metals. The report of R. E. Preston, the Director of the Mint, shows the operations’ of the mints and assay offices during the fiscal year 189 G. The original gold bullion deposited at the mints and assay offices during the f year was valued at $68,769,383. The original silver bullion deposited represented a coinage value of $11,672,077. The purchases of silver bullion for subsidiary coinage was 184,578 fine ounces, costing $122,429. The coinage executed‘at the mints during the fiscal year was as follows;- Gold, $58,878,490; silver dollars, 7,500,882; subsidiary silver, $3,939,819; minor coins, $869,337; total, $71,188,528. There was a total coinage under the act of July 14, 1890, up to' Nov, 1, 1896, of $56,306,876, with a seigniorage of $13,304,034; leaving on hand at the mints a balance of 125,00l.202lfinc ouncco,' coating $113.865,625. The average London price of silver bullion during the fiscal year was equivalent to $0.68005; the Nfew York price was $0 ! .65491, and the average .price at the par of exchange was $0.67588. The highest quotatiifn during the year was equivalent to $0.70204, the lowest quotation $0.66081. The commercial ratio of gold to silver was 1 to 30.58 and the Bullion value of a United States silver dollar at the yearly average price was $0.52262, The employment of precious metals in the industrial arts in the United States during the calendar year 1895 was: Gold, $13,429,085; 5i1ver,,512,277,024. The metallic stock in the United States on July 1, 1896, was: . frold, $599,597,954: silver, $628,728,071; , a total of sl.228,326,035. The estimated production of the precious metals in the United States during the calendar year 1595 was: Pine Commercial Coining Metals, ounces. value. value. Gold ...... 2,254,760 $4G,010,000 $46,610,000 Silver 55,727,000 36,445,000 72,051,000 The estimated production of gold and silver in the World for the calendar year 1895 was as follows: Fine Commercial Coining Metals, ounces. Value. value. Gold ... 9,694,640 $200,406,000 $200,406,000 Silver . .108,308,853 110,073.700 217,510,800 The total coinage of gold and silver by the various countries of the world was as follows: Gold, $231,087,438; silver, $121,610,219; total, $352,697,657. The total metallic stock and uncovered paper in the world was estimated on Jan, 1, 1896, to be as follows: Gold, $4,143,700,000; full legal-tender silver, $3,616,700,000; limited-tender silvdr, $620,200,000; total metallic.stock, $8,350,G00,Q00; uncovered paper, $2,555,000,000; grand total, $10,938,600,000.

SAYS NAVY IS INSUFFICIENT.

Secretary Herbert Makes His Report to the President. The Secretary of the Navy; Hilary A. Herbert, has made public his last annual report of the affairs of his department. The document, while affording much ground for congratulation, is from beginning to end a warning to the country of the insufficiency of its unvy for the requirements of war. The report contnins tables regarding the construction of the new navy of the .United States. The following is a summary of the vessels authorized since March 4, 1593: Total displac?- ~ ’ No. tons. Battleships .......5 67,600 Light-draft guhboats 6 6,000 Torpedo-boats .*....16 2,098 Submarine torpedo-boat ....... 1 168 Grand total 28 ’ 60.866 The boats commissioned during the present administration are: Sea-going coast-line battleships Indiana, Massachusetts and Oregon; second-class battleships Maine and Texas; arjnored cruisers New York aud Brooklyn; low-freeboard coast-defense monitors Ainphltrute, Monadnock. Terror and Puritan (last will fie commissioned Dec. 7, 1890); armored rain Katahdln; protected (cruisers Cincinnati, Raleigh, Columbia, Mlnpeapolts and Olympia; cruisers Detroit and Montgomery; gunboats Castine, Mnchlas and Annapolis (last will be commissioned Feb. 20. 1897). There are now twenty-one vessels binder construction, among them being the lowa, Kearsarge. Kentucky, Nashville, Wilmington, Helena, Annapolis. Vicksburg, Newport, Princeton, Wheeling and Marietta. After reviewing the naval strength of other nations and our own resources the Secretary says: —(■ —— ; —■— .1...,,,. Whoever may be called upon to consider the possibility of n sudden outbreak of war by the United States, any part of Which Is to be waged upon the high seas, will be deeply Impressed with t|ae utter Inability of any administration under present laws to utilize promptly and efficiently, as we should be able to do, our naval' resources. Congress, at Its last session, appropriated $400,000 toward the armament or our auxll-t llary cpnsers. This sum has been used, but It Is .totally Insufficient. Other sum! are needed to supply gone and ammunition with Which to arm vessels to be called Into service from onr merchant marine, and laws .are necessary to give authority to the President to contract for and call such vessels into the

all very large, and the ceilings are twelve feet high. of the first floor is given up to the parlor. This apartment ocupies the south side of the house. On the northern side are the dining and sitting rooms. The whole affair is sadly out of order. There is no ornamentation whatever in the interior. The house was built in 1854 by Commodore Stockton, a lineal descendant qf Richard S.tockton, who bought the land |rom William Penn. It was owned lately by Mrs. Slidell, who, when she left for Europe a month ago, told her agent to sell it for $40,000. The Clevelands will reside in Princeton from October to June and intend to spend the warmer months at Buzzard’s Bay.

service, to utilize our naval militia, to enlist still Other men and to purchase supplies that may be needed. Until Congress shall legislate upon this subject and give such authority as that herein indicated, it cannot be said that our Government is in conditldn, as* It should be at all times, to meet emergencies as they may arise.

REPORT ON PENSION AFFAIRS

Assistant secretary of the Interior Reviews the Work. The report of Assistant Secretary of the Interior Reynolds for t\e present year shows the policy pursued* in the admi'fiistration of pension affairs. The Assistant Secretary says: “The liberal and generous spirit which prompted the enactment of the pension laws has been the guide of the department in their construction. Former' adjudications have not been disturbed, save when fraud, error in law or mistake was apparent.’Figures are cited to show the significant reduction of pending eases and to demonstrate that, for the first time in eight years, the work of the office during the last year was devoted to considering current appeals. The action of the Commissioner of Pensions was reversed in 2,000 of the cases ruled. Suggestion is again made as to the advisability of such legislation as will lodge in the Federal Courts the right of any one, on behalf of the Government, to ask better protection to the pension fund of those laboring under legal disabilities. ; 1 _ It is suggested that justice demands the universal application of the common-law rule in proof of marriage. State laws govern, ami lead to denial of title in cases which are equally meritorious. It is claimed pensionable rights of minor children, whose claims come under the act of June 27, 1890, should be defined with more certainty where the soldier dies leaving no widow surviving. The act of Aug. 5, 1892, relates to pensionable title of those women who served as nurses during the war of the rebellion. Title is confined to those who served in regimental, post, camp or general hospital. The refusal of the War Department to recognize' those as properly employed who served in the first three classes mentioned tends to defeat their title and renders this jjortion of the act nugatory. Attention is invited to this in order that proper legislation may be enacted to relieve any deserving claimants of an unjust and unintentional discrimination.

MAY SUCCEED WEYLER.

Lieut.-Gen. Pando Is Said to Be More Brntal than the "‘Butcher.” Lieut. Geo. Pando, who is spoken of as Capt. Gen. Weyler's successor at the head of the Spanish forces in Cuba, is reported to be a man of blood and war—more,brutal, perhaps, in his methods than the “butcher,” who has made for himself a name in history ns a murderer rather thaw as a soldier or a conqueror. Pando has always believed that the suppression

LIEUT.-GEN. PANDO.

of the Cuban rebellion w.%s an easy task. He predicted that Campos would suppress .it, and when Campos failed he ascribed the failure not to his own bad judgment, but to lack of soldierly qualities in the baffled captain general. Gen. Pando is apparently quite friendly to the United £tifaes. He says there is not now and never has been danger of the American annexation of Cuba. « He favors Cuba's paying tribute, commercially, to this country. Cuba’s natural market, he says, is the United States, jn»d. he believes in making new treaties o< reciprocity to encourage increased commerce.

Told In a Few Lines.

Joseph H. Choate is a candidate for the United States Senate. His friends have mtfde him so,' and he has said to Jhem that he will not repudiate ahy hoioraMe.efforts made in his behalf, even if success should not crown them. Oscar Hammerstelii, the New York theatrical manager, has made a proposition to his creditors, offering to pay -his outstanding indebtedness of $75,000, in .full with interest daring 1807 in installments and to give a collateral mortgage on all his property as security. , v

CONGRESS IN ACTION.

b6th houses convene, with THE GALLERIES PACKED. Diplomatic Representatives of Other Nations Amonc Those Who Attend the Opening Ceremonies—Reading of President’s Message. Solons Reassemble. Washington correspondence: The reassembling 'of Congress for the closing session of the Fifty-fourth Congress was, an occasion of unusual brffliapcy and interest. The opening day is always a gala affair, marking as it does the official inauguration of the social as well as the political season in Washington, but Monday it was all the njflre interesting because of the long and hard fought political battle that had been waged during the recess. Proceedings of the Senate. The Senate began the second session of the Fifty-fourth Congress with crowded galleries and with that accompaniment of activity and of greeting that usually attends the reassembling bi Congress. But the upper branch of Congress never puts aside its dignity, nn(J the meeting developed no demonstrations of dramatic incidents. The reading of the President’s message mas ilia lea I u ‘the-■ proceed! ugs, ami no attempt was made to enter upon the "business the {session. Proceedings of the House. While the scenes attending the opening' of the House were both brilliiViit and iuterestingjin the crowds that thronged the galleries and the conspicuous personages present, the proceedings themselves were dull and spiritless,' being distinctively routine. The House met, the chaplain invoked the divine blessing on the work of the session, the roll was called, a committee cbiVkisting of Mr. Cannon of Illinois, Mr. Payne of New York and Mr. Turner of Georgia was appointed to wait pn the President and the latter’s annual communication” was read.

Before the Tuesday session closed the House had passed three bills and the first of the regular supply bills—-that for pensions. One of the hills provided for the use of private mailing cards of the same general size a»d character as the present postal cards, when 1 cept stamps are affixed. Another provided for limited indemnity of $lO for the loss of registered mail matter"and the third provided that on the appiicatjpß of twenty persons receiving their mail at the same -office the postmaster appoint- such persons as are willing to undertake the collection and , delivery of mails at the charge not to exceed ! cent for each letter, and that the charge shall be paid by the beneficiaries. The pension hill carries $141,203,880, about $75,000 less than the law for the current year. The notice of the opening of a Cuban discussion was about tlie only feature of interest developed at tlie brief session of the Senate. In tlie Senate Wednesday the prayer of Rev. Dr. Milburn made eloquent reference to the late Charles F. Crisp of (JJeor-gia-t-“A man faithful and loyal in all his relations and fa-ithful servant of the people; may his name be graven on the tablet of the nation’s memory.” Early in the •day three sets of vigorous resolutions for Cuban independerfee furnished an interacting feature. The Senate.by a vote of 35 to 21 adopted a motion 10-take up the Dingley tariff-silver bill. The House pr.ssed a dozen billls of minor importance. The House also agreed to the Senate aniehdmeht approving certain acts of the Legislature of New Mexico for the issue of bonds, so as to ’validate $172,500 of Santa Fe County. The Senate -Thursday -took—up—the immigrntion bill, and also hoard the first of the .speeches on Cuba- -those of Mr. Cnllom and Mr. Call. The immigration bill was not finally passed upon, but the Senate agreed to the Lodge bill as a substitute to the House measure. The substitute requires that all immigrants over the age of 14 years shall be able to read' and Write their native language and shall be required to read and write in the presence of a United States official at least five lines of the United States Constitution, The Senate adjourned.to Monday. Pending the preparation of the next appropriation bill the House again devoted its time to the consideration of bills on the calendar, but only two were passed during the four hours’ session. One of these was a copyright bill, urged by prominent playwrights and theatrical managers to secure to musical compositions the same measure of protection under the copyright law as is now afforded productions of a strictly dramatic character, A bill to prohibit the sale of liquor in the capitol building was also passed. A bill to modify tlie law forbidding the alien ownership of lands jn the territories so as to give aliens the right to acquire under mortgage and to hold for ten years real property was defeated. In the House Friday Rev. Mr. Cowden, the blind chaplain, referred in his invocntipn to the action of the,, House in prohibiting the sale of liquor in the Cayitol. “We thank Tliee. O Lord,” said he, “that the House is no longer responsible for, the liquor traffic within the halls of the national Capitol. Grant, we pray Th.ee, that the bill passed here yesterday will go through the regular channels and speedily become a lnw, never again to be repealed in the history of our ■nation.’* At the conclusion of the prayer, half a hundred members applauded vigorously, but Speaker Reed promptly suppressed the outburst. On motion of Mr. Dingley, the floor leader, it was agreed that when the House adjourn it be to meet Monday. The joint resolution extending until the close of this session the time in which the joint commission for the investigation of the subjpet of the rehate of the tax on alcohol used in manufactures or arts may report was adopted.

News of Minor Note.

Gen. Blanco lias resigned the Governor Generalship of the Philippines. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi has been elected president of the Societe Liberte des Artistes Franca is. , While excavating for a cellar under Trinity Church, Newport, It. 1., workmen found several skeletons, one of which was in a cedar coffin and was well preserved. . The burgomaster nnd sheriffs at Brussels have resigned owing to the adoption by the common council of a proposal fixing the minimum wage of communal employes at 3 francs per day. The prefcctorial commission at Paris has reported in favor of the removal of the Orleans Railroad terminus to the Bite of the Cour des Comptes, which was burned during the commune. A Berlin dispatch says Princess Bliznbeth of Lippe is dead at Delnod. She wps the widow of .Prince Leopold of Cippe, nnd was the Princess of Schwartz. burg-Rubolstadt. She was born in-1833. George W. Shiffier, teller of the First National Bank of Lebanon, Pa., is missing. He is thought to be suffering from temporary derangemctit, brought on by the heavy defalcations of Cashier Hoffer. Senator Yoorhees’ physician says the Senator cannot possibly recover and will never again be seen in Washington. He is suffering from progressive paralysis, and because of hjj age he cfmnot ba cured. * y ■ <. ■ , , T *

PULSE of the PRESS

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. New York. So he presents a heaping peck of tronbles with scarcely a hint as to how they may be leveled, to the rim of the measure.—Press. His conclusions show beyond a doubt that he will leave to his successor the honor of taking the, first step to assure Cuban liberty.—Journal. We should mind our own business, re. store domestic prosperity, faithfuily comply with the neutrality laws and let Cuba alone. —Commercial-Advertiser. The message writes the history of an administration and writes it with dignity and calmness. It is one of the most instructive .documents ever prepared ful perusal.—Brooklyn Eagle. . The only political value of the document is in its incidental disclosures of Mr. Cleveland’s frame of mind as indicating his probable course during 'the brief ijelriod of power remaining to him.— Sun. The message as a whole is a creditabio ■ document* —lts stylepia-open tp'oritficism, but it is evidently animated throughout by a sincere desire to avoid offense without a sacrifice of personal dignity.—Mail and Express. As to Cuba, it is noteworthy that the hypothetical condition which he sets forth as one that would justify and comp*] American intervention is* wholly indistinguishable from the ~conditions now actually existing as described in the message' itself.—World. ChicagoHis threat to Spain will present to the European power a very clear view of this nation’s attitude. —Record. The intimation that the United States Will be compelled to protect American Interests in Cuba and the interests of civilization and peace is important in its significance. —Chronicle. , Most Americans believe that the situation is at hand and they will be incensed rather than placated by the fatuous negotiation which the administration has undertaken in lieu of decisive action.— Journal. Reduced to its essence, he has given Spain until March 4 immunity from intervention by the United States or any other power and permission to continue its hideous, work of murder and ruin.— Tribune. Of the prospect of armed intervention, in case of all other means of pacifying Cuba fail, the President speaks with the utmost frankness and good sense. It is a contingency that, however deplorable it may be, has not been overlooked by levelheaded people.—Times-Herald. London.

Spain had better accept Mr. Cleveland’s friendly counsel ns Mr. McKinley is not likely to be less exacting than Mr. Cleveland. Altogether, it is a dignified and able message.—Standard. President Cleveland’s argument is clear enough. No country possesses the right to foster- a perpetual source of trouble, and Spain must either grant autonomy or sell. Spain, however, will probably refuse to do anything of the kind.—Daily News. We believe the time has passed when the Cuban insurgents will accept any solution placing Spanish officials over them, even nominally: There is no mistake, however, about the warning President , Cleveland addresses to Spain.—Chronicle. The tone and spirit of the message aro worthy of ail praise. It is a pity that tho moderation and balance of mind which Mr. Cleveland has just displayed were not more conspicuous last year, when he startled two continents by a menace of war. —Times. - In General. , On the whole, the message will be regarded as rather commonplace.—lndianapolis Journal. i President Cleveland adds to his well- a earned reputation as a sound financier in his attack on our financial methods. —St. Louis Star. Mr. Cleveland’s last message will add nothing to his fame, and will be a source of gratification to his enemies.—Kansas City World. It is characterized by the same strong common sense that has been such a marked feature of all his state papers. — Peoria Herald. President Cleveland’s message is a forcible reiteration of views that he has long held in most of the subjects treated. —Indianapolis Sentinel. The President gives very little encouragement for any hope that this Government, under his administration, will favor tho annexation of Cuba.—Minneapolis Journal. * It maintains (in regard to Cuba) a calm judicial attitude, which disregards neither facts uor obligations founded on them. Sentiment is acknowledged, but not admitted as a ground of action. —Milwaukee Journal.

Mr. Cleveland is in accord with public sentiment in the United States Nvhen he declares that this Government should object to any other nation Siterfering in Cuban affairs or acquiring.- the island.— Toledo Blade. Until the inability of Spain to end the war is manifest, until her sovereignty iu Cuba is extinct, or until “the situation is by other incidents imperatively cbuqged,” Mr. Cleveland will do nothing. This is the true policy.—Milwaukee Sentinel. In every feature and detail of the message Mr. Cleveland maintains the in vincible loyalty to the American public which he has manifested from the first moment of his advenUTnto public life — Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. President Cleveland's last annual deliverance to the Congress of the United States is a sober, thoughtfuL and statesmanlike survey of national, affairs. —Detroit Free Press. j if Especially noteworthy is his statement thnt “by the. course of events we may be drafvn into such an unusual and unprecedented conflict as will fix aijimit to our patient waiting for Spain to end tlfe contest, either alone nnd in her own way or with onr friendly co-operation.” Spain cannot fail to understand the warning conveyed in these words.—Duluth H«r-

Notes of Current Events.

The packing house of the Sioux City Stock Yards Company is said to be haunted by a ghostly pig-sticker nine feet tall. Loren H. Hixon, one of the best-known men in Northwestern Indiana, died of Bright's disease, aged 78 years, at Valparaiso. , The schooner Red Wing, of Philadelphia was lost sixty'miles south of Pen ll sacola, Fla. Her crew and passenger* were saved. , " The two factions which have been dividing St. Stanislaus’ Polish Catbolio congregation iu Bay City catne together Sunday In a pitched battle, in* which clubs and missiles were used and nfearhr % score injurtft. * * "■ '*• «. <