St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 May 1895 — Page 2

Cljc independent. AV. A. JET* OUiCV", I*xil>llslior. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. BIG^INSIRANUE SUIT. STOCKTON COMPANY WORSTS ITS OPPONENTS. ®an Francisco Shipping Wonderfu’ chr Busy-Grand Trunk Keoraranizatt .as -Gave Up Life Bather Than Lov* ' Hopelessly-Headgear Costs More.

Insurance Must Be I’aicL The decision of .Judge Smith in the famous suit of the Stockton. C al., • ombined Harvester and Agricultural Works against the Glens Falls and sevent}-two other insurance companies to recover $90.000 as insurance on property of the plaintiff burned several years ago, was rendered Tuesday in favor of the harvester company for the lull amount. M hen the property was burned the harvestet company and the insurance people submitted the matter to arbitration and an award of $90,000 was made. The harvester people accepted this, but before it was paid matters were brought to the* attention of the insurance companies that caused them to refuse to pay any such sum. Suit was then brought on the award. The case lias been to the Supreme Court and this was the second trial ami the second decision in favor of the plaintiff. The insurance companies alleged that fraud bad been committed and that the burned property though insured for $127,000 was worth scarcely anything. Straw Hats on the Rise. Straw hats and wall paper are now slated for a trip to the sky. '1 heir prices are likely to join the procession of btvUoons occupied by beef, oil and leather. Straw braid, out of which the familiar and nee essary straw hat is made, has gone up I'l per cent, and more, and there is a chance that cheap straw hats will cost a little more this year than they did last. There is an equal chance, some jobbers believe, that next year's crop will be sold at better prices, because of peculiar conditions that exist. Braided straw, of which hats are made, comes mostly from China and Japan. Last summer's spell of hot weather exhausted the supply of straw hats: the war in the East, it is thought, has interfered to some extent with the shipments from China and Japan, for it is understood the manufacturers have not yet got their stock. There has been a smart, healthy trade in hats tor the coming season and a rise in straw braid. Out of these conditions jobbers foresee possibilities that hats may cost more. Heavy Wheat Shipments. Every iron ship in San Francisco harbor. with one exception, has been chartered. This is a condition of affairs which has never been before at that port. A year ago Mission Bay was crowded with idle British ships, but one after the other they have been engaged at prices ranging from 25 to 31 shillings. The sudden demand for wheat carrying vessels was a mystery until the statement was made that the 206.660 tons of syndicate wheat was to be sold and shipped to Liverpool. The engaged tonnage in port now amounts to 58.583, while at least forty more vessels which are on the way to San Francisco have also been engaged.

Unable to Control Her Affections. Unable to remove from her mind the strange hypnotic influence exerted over ( her by a music teacher and suffering from unrequited love, Mrs. Seelie \ ermieren. ' of Denver. 24 years of age. tired a bullet into her left breast, inflicting a fatal wound. In a letter to her husband she ‘ coolly informed him that she loved Luther T. Hail, the music teacher, and it ' was for his sake that she intended to take her own life. Another letter was addressed to Hail and one to his wife, both , telling of the vain struggle of the writer to control herself and prevent unhappiness to all concerned. Sir Henry Tyler Resigns. There was a crowded meeting at Lon- ! don Monday of the shareholders of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. Sir j Henry Tyler, the president, announced . that on account of the majority of proxies against him lie placed his resignation in the hands of the company. The meeting was very noisy, and finally adjourned until next Tuesday in order to enable the shareholders to appoint a new board of directors. BREVITIES, The gubernatorial investigating committee has reported to the Tennessee Legislature that Gov. Turney was elected by a plurality of 2.358 votes. The Republican members of the committee will present a minority report in favor of Evans. The Colima (Mex.) volcano is again in a state of active eruption, and the inhab- । itants of the valley at the base of the * mountain hare been forced to abandon I ' their homes and flee for their lives. The I ‘ molten Java and ashes have destroyed the I ( growing crops and much valuable proper- I 1 ty in that section. ' The habeas erpus case of Fred Milhei- | . ser. who was arrested at Galveston. Tex., | April 12, by one of Superintendent | Byrnes detectives on a bench warrant i from New York for grand larceny of l.oOi) j barrels of sugar from the sugar trust, has 1 been decided in the District Court. Judge Stewart announced that the prisoner will j have to return to New York. It is rumored in railway circles that a ! new rule will shortly be put into force I on the railroads in the Vanderbilt system, which, in brief, is that officials, when making promotions among employes, shall pay no attention to seniority of service, but will consider only efficiency. It is said that if the rule is adopted it will meet with stubborn resistance by the men. The 300 coatmakers of Baltimore. Md., members of the United Garmentmakers of America, opposed to the sweating system, are out on strike. The body of Dr. C. S. Dixon, a prominent citizen of Ashland, Wis., who was lost in the woods last winter, was found Tuesday by a searching party near Eagle river. Mrs. Andrew Carnegie was thrown by a fractious horse at Dungeness, Fla., and severely injured. Frank D'Albert, foreman of W. 11. Herbert’s job printing office at New York, was caught in a belt and crushed to death.

EASTERN. John Hubbell, a well-to-do farmer of Cuba, N. Y., has been swindled out of $3,000 by the old-time bunko scheme in which the swindlers negotiated to buy his farm. Methodist Episcopal bishops of the world are in private convention at Carisle, Pa. They will fix the dates for the fall conferences and designate the presiding officers. 1 rof. A. J. W aters has resigned as professor of agriculture in the Pennsylvania State College, to accept the directorship of the Missouri experiment station, locatif’d at Columbia. s Ihe New Aork House Wednesday , t dopted a resolution favoring the annexa- ’’ >n of Canada to the United States, ‘Ve'gh will be forwarded to the Senate

1 । ►ofi'i'T'-mce. 1 • "ih 'ivings Bank nt Williman- ' “« 'impended. Tim last bank comm. ter’s ort shows that the savings ba k hao -1, 2,877 depositors, $(526,591 on -'posit ai. ' n surplus of about $23,000. Gov. Brown, of Maryland, is to ask the Governors of all the States and territories to aid in securing money to erect a monument at Frederick, Md., over th’ grave of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star-Spangled Banner. ” General Ballington Booth, of the Sah tion army, has renounced Queen Vlctorh.}^ and in two weeks will become an AmefUl can citizen. He has made formal application at the county clerk's office in Jersey City for the necessary papers. The financial strain on Stanford I nirersity has been fixed up so that it will continue to run as usual for at least one year. When the Federal Government filed its $1.■>,(•00.000 railroad claim against the Stanford estate the university received ti heavy blow. At Plainfield, N, J., the First National Bank was robbed of $22,765. It is thought the theft was committed while but two clerks were in the bank, at which time a stranger entered and engaged them in conversation, while a confederate reached the vault through the directors' room. WESTERN. Three pool rooms were raided by the Denver police. The proprietors will resist the attempt tv close their places. John Tincher, editor of the Weekly News at Pawhuska, has been banished from the Osage Nation by Indian Agent Freeman because ho "roasted'' Freeman bitterly in his paper. Nathaniel S. Jones, once one of the "big four" operators of the Chicago Board of Trade, died of paralysis nt St. Joseph's Hospital Wednesday night. His wife ami son were with him nt the last. Nebraska may have to close her State penitentiary for lack of funds. The hist Legislature abolished the contract system in vogue, but failed to appropriate funds to pay the institution’s eximnses. The interstate commerce commission ; has granted to the railroads terminating in California and their connections au thority to make a lower rate for oranges to the Atlantic seaboard cities than to intermediate points. This will enable Cal ifornta growers to market oranges on the Atlantic seaboard in competition with im i ported fruit. Five tons of nitro glycerine at the sac torv of the Ohio and Indiana Torpedo i Company, two miles west of Lima, (»., | exploded at noon Wednesday. The shock ! was felt for twenty miles. Over a thousand panes of glass, including a number of large windows in business blocks, were shivered. Two employes had barely left

the building when it went tip. The Denver and Rio Grande express was robbed of about $l,lOO nt Victor, Uolo. Express Agent Carlin says a pop erfully built man came into the depot and struck Carlin a powerful blow which laid him insensible. When he regaim d conscious Dess the robber had disappeared, the safe doer was open and the money gone. When Henry Schneider, a Chicago barber, put his head out of the window Friday ami found it was raining he blew his brains out. Schneider was fairly well-iixed in the way of property and had a pleasant home with his wife and two children over his barber shop. For some time past business had been dull ami it seemed to a orry Schneider. Win n he woke up Friday, however, and saw the rain coming down he muttered: "Too ! bad. This means another dull day." i’hen he went into a bedroom and shot himself. The member'of the East St. Louis Live Stock Exchange held an indignation no > ting at the National Stock Exchange amt denounced Secretary Morton. The ]' • ceedings were opened by a discussion of the advisability of replying to his statements in which he charged that the rise in the price of beef was extortion ami the result of a beet ring or pool or combine. Resolutions were adopted calling upon him to appoint a commission for the purpose of making an investigation under oath as to the truth or falsity of his charges, the exchange to pay all expenses. It is estimated by the Denver. Colo., street railroad companies there have been S,(MM) bicycles added to those in use in Denver since the opening of spring, and electric and cable companies have been the chief losers. Friday’ the Tramway Company announced the wages of all classes of employes would be lowered to the uniform rale of 20 cents an hour, a cut of 20 per cent. From the figures of men stationed at central points the com- I pany has established the fact that the use of the wheel is costing them S2,(MM) j a day, as there are at least 1().(HM) wheels in daily use by all classes of citizens. The Hamlin furniture factory at the I I southeast corner of North < ’ampbell ave- ! nue and Homer street. Chicago, was en- i tirely destroyed by tire Sunday afternoon. , I Ihe factory was a three-story frame I building, with a frontage of 150 feet and ; a depth of 200 feet, and a throe-story I brick structure with a frontage of lop feet. Roth buildings were destroyed. The stock and machinery were valued at $25 - OOP ami are a total loss. Mr. Hamlin said the insurance amounted to about $20,000. The two buildings were owned by J. I). I reuse and were worth $21,000. They were insured for between $15,(M)0 and $16,000. M hat will probably prove another murder mysery came to light at Milwaukee Friday night. The vicim is Henry Mosher, of Rochester N. Y., 29 years of age. whose body was picked up in the lake, near Lakeside Park, minus money and minus a gold watch. Mosher was the captain of the dining-room waiters in the Pfister Hotel. He left the hotel and was about to go to Rochester, N. Y., to visit his parents. Mosher did not talk much about his business, but he I ad Thursday

drawn thirty-three days’ pay from thej Pfister and besides that had $l2O In; cash on his person. He had a bank account and carried the bank fiook in his pocket. SOUTHERN. Ex-Cashier Holland, who swindled the Merchants and Traders' National Bank of Charlotte, N. C„ has disappeared. His; shortage is between $60,000 and $75,000.| Hail storms in Arkansas and Missis* sippi damaged growing crops and de-; strayed considerable farm property. A negro woman named Kauffman was frightened to death. Upon representations that citizens of Nicaragua were making an honest effort to raise $75,000 to pay the Hatch indemnity. Great Britain granted an extension of time to give them a chance to make up' the amount. Five cheap two-story stores in the Fincel Building at Frankfort, Ky„ were destroyed by tire. It was with difficult^ ’hat the people in the second stories well saved by firemen. George Yeager, S cripple, and his two children, aged 5 ans 8 years, were burned to death. An old feud between Marshall Cham' bers and Hurry Myers, prominent < rewf - County (Ala.) planters, was wiped oi.fln blood Wednesday night. Myers uas found lying in the road dying withdßve bullets in his body. He lived long emwth that Chambers had killed hlm.^^ 1 *o!lnixl, comply•' *** psrsuit agnW • x (’• ’ ’• "-T? will soon sail for Europe, ami for (IL next four years will be the traveling couC panion of n wealthy and charitable wow an who has taken an interest in her east Associate Justice Jackson of the Unites. States Supreme Court is at his ijNn#, West Meade, six miles from Na^hvilh; His health has steadily improved sine* his return from Thomasville, Ga., several weeks ago. During good weather he ride# several miles on horseback daily, and do>b not appear to feel fatigued from this ercise. At Arkansas City, Kan.. Friday after* noon Arthur McKay Stanley, the 5-yeaH old son of Dr. J A. Mathews, was found at the bottom of an old unused well. Thr boy hud been there since Monday afteri I noon, as he disappeared on that datd j A thorough search had been made; th* i rivers and canal had been dragged, and ■ it was finally concluded that In- had beet j stolen by Indians. Edward Henry, i: : Salvation army captain, heard the mount 1 of the boy. On being taken out the little fellow was discovered to be uninjured, I except for a few flesh wounds. He w alive, but terribly emaciated. He will pull through. He was without food a period of more than 106 hours. The terrific hail storm which swept through Wilson. Bexar and M>din< Counties. Texas, W. dm "day night did । much damage. The hail stones were the ■ size of goose eggs and covered the ground to the depth of two feet. The towns of Lytle. Benton City and Castrovi’le were ' greatly devastated by the storm, the Imuses being riddled like n sieve by the hail stones. Tim damag" to residences j and business houses in Lytle alone amounts to about SoOJMtO. llv.«imAi of head of live stock were killed The track of th* International ami Grout Northern । Railroad was blockaded with, tail stones, i and they had to l» removed beDre trains ! could proceed. The cotton am! rorn crops in the path of the storm wore <a ; destroy'd. Two hundred thvu&a^MHr ' lura, it is estimated, will hardly eon^the I amount of damage to crops nnd other prop erty. A subs--ription was started fur the i relief of sufferers front the storm. WASHINGTON, President Cleveland has appointed Brigadier General M' Merritt to be major general in the army. During the third session of the Fifty. i third Congress bills and resolutions became laws, which is |e*« than 6 j«r ; < t nt. of the numlwr intn»!m of. The member-, of the Interstate Com mero- t'oinmissi- n have rem hed Kearney. Neb . ami ar. listening to coiuphimfs that the roads are discriminating against I Kearney, Au effort is being ma<le by the civil service commission to extern! the protection of the classified service over the steam ami electrical engineers employed i in the departmnts. Reports nt Washington, D. r-how I that during the last ten months the number of Italian immigrants arriving in tinutitry was I<>.s-jy, h ss than during the same period last year. The Se. ret S Tvi e Bure.'U a: Wash ington has Ihuui informed that Mrs. Marit has be<-n identified at Hamilton. t*nt.. as Tinsey McMillan, one of the Chicago stamp . ounterfeitt rs. and will be brought either to Chicago or Buffalo for r-.al. The Secretary of Agriculture will in about ten days begin the publication and distribution of a series of bulletins relative to the foreign markets for the agricultural products of the United States. The bulletins, it is believed, will be of great value to persons seeking foreign markets for their products. FOREIGN. I A London dispatch says England give Japan open support in ratiticatioi her treaty with China, and that strenumU efforts are being made by Roseberyfe, government to induce the United Btatk to join in pres . nting foreign interfereiit^H If true, this is a p**uliarly Ktmng<> unusual attitude *’ll Groat Britain’s Washington advices give no contirmati#' i of the report. | Calcutta dispatch: A dispatch froMl Simla announces that the contents of the diary of Dr. Robertson, the British political agent a>t Chitral, who was besieged in the fort there, ami who was relieved on Saturday by the Hying column commanded by Col. Kelly, has been received there, ami gives an account of the siege He says that on Mauh 3 the British gar- ■ rison made a reconnoisanee in force and lost twenty-two officers ami men killed and had thirty-one wounded. The siege proper began on March 4. On the Sth the enemy tried to set tire to the water tower, and on the 14th the besiegers attacked the east side fort, but were repulsed. The enemy on April 8 attempted to set lire to the citadel, and on the 11th । the fort was attacked on all sides. The garrison made a sortie on April 17 recantured the summer house and blew’up iiL enemy’s mine. The British loss j n th „ sortie was eight killed and thirteen wounded. The enemy lost sixty killed, of whom thirty-five were bayoneted by the troons engaged in the sortie. On April ip siege was raised. The Russian Government has sent note to Japan intimating there are various conditions to the treaty of peace between

From Berfin toX7 eCU i t,On ^- Adi Jis firmly believed i^ th d °n T ‘“ CS Bnyß !t I that Japan i,„ d the capital Eoncesllons ^p Ina ^® J «? nßi ‘lei’a b le secret received nt A r A dispatch I »Ss that h? “ n fIOW Tokio Wednesday the Jannn? - formally protested to 1 a the memn 0 mi “ ,etr ? of for ‘'i«n affairs troatU f „ . Por ? non ’ by the 4of nnv I' ! ‘ co L’hina and Japan, 1 i ' s le Chinese mainland in the at w'n C The Japanese officials f tv ti N !lll Kton are disposed to treat lightto tr ^ rom European capitals as i meHr M^i° Ver - t,H> Ch i»a-Japan settleb be ‘ . I, l “ stcr ^nrino is satisfied all will '“l* nrr,u ‘K<‘d if. «s he jocularly I H > >■> Bt * d * n temporary armistice of i ini European press reports unn be arrang- | ’ . mher official quarters, however, is apprehension of t4ie menacing attitude of Russia, Germany and Prance, the report that Russia had instructed its ambassador nt Pekin to demand a cession of territory for a harbor on the Pacific, confirms the view that Russia would obtain Port Lazareff. The failure of England to join in the menacing action of other European powers is explained on .. the ground that England already has its Asiatic possessions and Pacific naval stations so it is anxiouß to maintain the status quo while the latter powers are noxious to secure similar territory ami naval advantages. Jh IN GENERAL Detectives have unearthed a scheme by which Chinamen are being smuggled across the border from Canada in coffins with concealed air holes. Ex-Congressman Charles D. Hayes, of Kinderhook, N. ¥., and Lase Fence, of ^Colorado, purchased a controlling interest in the Kinderhook and Hudson Rail ney for about $75,060. The death of Coxswain John Johnson of the cruiser Olympia was not caused by the blowing of the breech plug of the five-inch rifle, as first reported, but by the recoil of the rille itself, which struck the coxswain full in the face. The suit of the Wells-Fargo Express Company against the Adams Express Company for $35,000, tin- value of a pack. I age of currency stolen from the Adams company Iwtween Cincinnati atul Nash I rille in IN*2, has b<‘en compromise<], she Wells Fargo ]H>oplc accepting $27,000 in full mid final settlement. | Obituary: At St. Louis, Edna A. For I man, daughter of ex-Congressman Forl man. At Springfield. Ohio, T. C Bush. * ! father of W. 11. Bushey, of Chicago At Day ton. Ohio. Rev. Dr W. M itten.'.^-f, '6l At St. Johnsbury, It. Col. l ran*u; Fairbanks. At Beloit, Wis„ A L. Ik Montague, of Rockton. 111. At Elg n, 111., I Robert M. Ireland, 45. Reports have coniw to Winnipeg. Man., ' from St. Johns, just o> er the Manitoba | boundary, that ).s<m Indians nn4 half i breeds are on the warpath, and that "'*• i women and children nro in tents on rhe ' prairie. Troops 'tom 1 ut T 't> n ar, •* ’ living ar the iMnnidary on the t’anadian j side, was chn*cd by Indians am! had to j floe for hi* life. I Two girl# dead, sercntcon badly injured by bums or bruises rro-iin! while jump | Ing from the windows, at ’east thirty j other persons hurt not so badly, and a I total loss of S7SOjHKi mark the JcstrucUoipaf "he groat factory of the I'nuoliau < 4 , . . t‘,np.i y. Moutrcai, Thur -;ay I evening. This is the largest concern of i it* hind in the dominion, ami is owmM j principally by W. C Ma< Donald, the great benefactor of MitJill I nlversity. The expert# who are examining the book* <>f Paul Schulze, late general land agent of the Northern I‘acific Railway. ' have found that his defalcation amounts ■ to over instead of a few thouI sand, ns was at first sup[M'sc.l. The ' shortage, it is said, mny even reach the ! enormous sum of The embez-zk-r. wh<> was one of tin- b< st known railj road men in the country and an influential resident of Tin>>ma, committed suicide a I few day# ago. R G Dun A Co.’s weekly review of trade say - Neither the risinu- speculative markets m>r tin- steads gain in in dustrie# has <ens><|. ami it is wholesome ' that there are fewer signs of hesitation i in the pr -dm tive industries than in s|«-e---j ulativo pri es. Wage strikes grow more : num>-roHs and . ause some tr able, and : retail demand lags behind whole-sale ami i jobbing purchases behind production in some branches, but through many eon- ■ tiieting rr]s>rts the fact shim' out that ' the industries are gaining, not w ith a rush ! ami a whirl but m,»re ~at> ly. It is less . clear that railr • Is are increasing their earnings. But revival of activity in i other directions helps •■onfnlence to take ( I the throne so long held by distrust. MARKET REPORTS, Chicago Cattle, common to prime, I t<> $3.75 to s6.o(i; hogs, shipping grades, $3 to 5.25: sheep, fair to clc ice. $2.50 ! to $4.75; wheat, N". 2 red. 61c to <i2c; i corn. No. •_*, 47c to is.-; oat . No. 2. js,- | to 29< : rye. No. 2. tiae t > G”e; butter, j choice creamery. Ith- to Itdac; eggs, fresh • I2e to 12Le; potatoes, car lots, per bushel. : 7Oc to s 5. ; broom corn, per lb. common | grow th to tine brush, te I ■ 7c. Indianapolis <'attic, shipping-. S 3 to ■ hogs, choice light. s:>.<»• to .'5.25; ‘ sheep, common to prime. $2 to 81.5(1; , wheat. No. 2 red, GUc to (JO'e: corn. No. 1 | white, 46c to 46’hc; oats. No. 2 white, 33c ; to 33U>c. I St. Louis —Cattle, $3 to 6.25: hogs. $4 . to $5; wheat. No. 2 red. 62c to 62’ 2 e: corn, i No. 2. 45c to 46c; oats. No. 2,29 cto 3(>e: rye. No. 2. 63c to 69e. , Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $6, hogs, , $3 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2. Gabjc to 67'je; corn. No. 2 mixed, I *Se to 4s ! 2c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 31c to ' 31%c; rye. No. 2. 69c to 71 ■. . I Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6; hogs. $4 1 to $5; sheep. $2 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 64e to 64C0: corn. No. 2 yellow, 47c to 47',<-; oats, No. 2 white, 34c to ! 34 L,e. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 red, 64c to 65e; corn. No. 2 mixed. 47e to 48c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 33CC; rye. No. 2,66 c , to 68c. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to s(‘>.so; hogs. I S 3 to $5.50; sheep, $3 to $5; wheat. No. 1 hard, 69c to 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 52c to 52'^c; oats. No. 2 white, 35c to 36c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 62c to 63c; corn. No. 3, 47e to 48c: oats. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c: barley. No. 2, 52c to 54c; rye. No. 1, 6<c to 69c; pork, mess, sl2 to $12.50. New York—Cattle, $3 to $6.50; hogs, $4 to $5.75; sheep, $3 to $,>.25; wheat, No. 2 red. 69c to 70c; corn. No. 2,53 cto 60c; oats, white Western. 37c to 41c; butter, creamery, 14c to 20c; eggs, M estern, 13c to 14c.

BIG RISE IN LEATHER, SHARP ADVANCE IN SHOES TO PROBABLY FOLLOW. New- lork Fails to Squeeze Its Population Above 1,840,866 —Pittaburs Blaze Costs Three Livca-What England Really Wants. f Another Trust Afield. 1 Shoes may go up in price. Leather’s price is skyward bound, and as a conse- 1 quence footwear, especially the cheaper grades, may rise also in cost. Leather is one of the things in the procession of commodities the upward whirl of which has attracted the attention of the business and speculative world. Prices of certain grades have gone up from six to nine cents a pound—a rise in instances amounting to over 60 per cent. D>wer grades of shoes have advanced in some cases I,> per cent., and manufacturers’ agents in Boston, the great center of the footwear business, are writing customers declining to duplicate orders at prices recently quoted. Jobbers ami manufacturers believe the advance in shoes must at a moderate estimate amount to fully 25 per cent, before snow flies, for they see no marked indications of a change in the conditions which have mainly brought about the rise. Tliese are t^e facts of the receipts of live cattle and the supply of hides, though there are some men who suspect the leather trust in some measure has helped the hurrah along. Gotham in n Sad Way. Figure as they may. the officials of the New York Health Department cannot squeeze out a total population for that city of more than 1.849.566. These are the official figures as made public Monday night. It was stated a couple of weeks ago that they would certainly turn two millions, and when this claim was relegated to the rear it was announced that the population would certainly be more than 1.9(»0.<MM). Second canvasses of districts believt'd to be underestimated was made, the discrepancy being based on the death rate as announced by the Board of Health, but somehow the figures have kept on dwindling until now they are at least LSOJMM) less than the total fixed U|x>n by the most confident estimators. The imputation of New York in June, IStMt, was 1.515.351. NEWS NUGGETS. Janies F. Caldwell, the veteran starter of race horses, who is known to turfmen the eountrj over. lost $55,600 in a faro bank nt Little Rock, Ark. Judge Goff, of Columbia. S. C.. and the State authorities are likely to lock horns over the seizure of liquor brought into the State in violation of the dispensary taw. The State Hospital for Insane nt Watkins. N. Y. was partly burmsl. The loss was 57.500, and the i-X'itement among the inmates was intense while the tire raged. I’h, men employed by the New York ami t'leveland Gas ( oal Company, near ' Pittsburg, repudiated the strike order, i They *aid in convention they were satis-

! fit's) with the 55 cent rate. William Kirt. of Hamilton. <mt.. and Charhs Witters, a colorod man. wore killed, and Alfre>l Sells, of Now York City, was .seriously injured nt Rockjnirt, < thio, by being struck by a train. In regard to the reported Indian outbreak in North Dakota and the sending of troops from Fort Totten to the scene of the trouble. Major General Merritt s;d " I here is nothing in it at all. Some man with a fertile imagination has started the scare.” Light is being let in ujion the intrigue In ) ind the British movements in Nicaragmi. and the revelations are in the high- ■ es: d> glee sei,national. They point to i British control of that republic and to 1U iti'h domination over ami ownership of । the cimil. British capital will build the ! canal and its operation will be under tin pfott । tion of British cannon, unless ■ the plans that ire now well along toward , ! completion miscarry. , The Nebraska State Supreme Court convened in • \traoi Jinary session to hear the . ase I the State of Nebraska against e.kState Treasurer Hill and his bondsmen t recover the sum of $236,000 w hich was lost in the failure of the Capital National Bank of Lincoln. The case will be tried by a jury, and a special panel has been 1 drawn for the occasion. This is the first time in the history of the State that such a course has been resorted to. A stranger walked into the lowa Trust and Savings Bank at Dubuque and broke the window behind which lay the funds for use during the day, with the evident j intention of grabbing the money and eseaping before the employes had recovered ; from their surprise. Teller Maurice Brown was standing near, and as the window was broken he took in the situaI tion ami grasped a revolver, shooting the ' | m in, the Dall taking effect in the robber's ' | Lead, indicting a serious but not dauger- , ous won ml. A fra me <1 w elling ow iid by Henry Sny<!er. in Pittslmrg, and oceiu>ied by Samuel Weaver and his igmily, burned the other night. AV eaver was ill with typhoid fever and was known to have perished. In the morning his remains and those of Frederick Snyder, son of the owner of the । auilding, and AVilliam Mitchell, a male nurse who was attending IVeaver, were recovered from the ruins. Mrs. Weaver Is in a critical condition from burns and fright. Mrs. Weaver is the mother of a , two-day-old baby, and she and her child were rescued with great difficulty. The loss was about $16,660. Maximo Gomez, the famous soldier who took part in the last revolution in Cuba, on the side of the separatists, has landed in Cuba. Grant 'Wheeler, one of the men who robbed a Southern Pacific train at M'ilcox, A. T., some months ago. finding it impossible to escape the officers, shot and killed himself near Mancos. James Dupont was arrested near Perry. O. T.. charged with a murder near Lexington. Ky., in 1890. Curryville, a small town in Pike County, Mo., on the Chicago and Alton road, was almost destroyed by fire. The American section of the Theosophical Society has voted to sever its connection with the international society. A cyclone struck the northwestern portion of Omaha. Four houses were demolished at the corner of Thirty-third and Spaulding s’rrots, and a number of outLjudings and trees were blown down.

James W. Scott. Mr. Scott was personally a most genial and likable man.—Buffalo Courier. It was impossible to be acquainted with him and not like him.—Scranton Truth. The city was eminently for the man and the man for the city.—Kansas City Star. Long will his memory live In the archives of American journalism.—Springfield News. Fortune failed to change him from the genial, kindly spirit that he was.—Milwaukee Journal. There is no man in the profession whose loss could be more severely felt.—Minneapolis Tribune. He Intelligently labored to the achievement of the public interest.—Rockford Register-Gazette. He was a man of high private character, and this was reflected in his newspaper.—Toledo Blade. He inaugurated n new era and Injected a new spirit in the AV estern newspaper field.—Oshkosh Northwestern. Mr. Scott has been a force in Western Journalism and politics that commanded national recognition.—Kansas City Jour--1 nal. Mr. Scott was a man of groat energy and enterprise and possessed wonderful executive ability.—Rochester Post-Ex-press. Above all he had a high sense of ths duties which belong to newspaper work, believed in making a paper of clean character, attractive in its typographical appearance, and edited in its own office.— Springfield Republican. Mr. Scott was a grand type of a true American. He was eminently a practical man, and many editorial (convention# have been instructed and benefited by his addresses and instruction. Few knew him but to love him.—Elgin News. Opinions on Various Snbjecta. ■ The oil producers can live on the fat of the land, if they wish.—Cincinnati Tribune, In any event. Great Britain never let# the handle of the jug get on the farther aide.—Detroit Tribune. The author of “Trilby” may come t this country if he likes, but he must a, sume all the risks.—Chicago Record. What Is needed Is not legislation to make the dollar cheaper, but to make It les# coy and delusive. —Chicago Dispatch. The counterfeiters of the postage stamp probably excited suspicion by using a good quality of gum.—Kansas City Journal. The Income tax opposition has revealed one curious sact —the enormous estimate which multi-millionaires put upon two . cents. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The I.exow Investigation cost $67,000, which is cheap enough, for Tammany would have been glad to pay forty time* as much to prevent it.—St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.

Those persons who have positive knowle^ge that J. Wilkes Booth is still alive should form an organization of some sort and do their talking to each other.—Chicago Tribune. Russia is growling louder than England over Japan's peace treaty with China, but there are no signs that either of them means to do anything about it.— New York Recorder. Tax on Bachelors. The one commendable feature of the tax would be the ease with which it could i be collected. —Bloomington Bulletin. ■ Illinois proposes to tax bachelors, too. , I It looks as if a new name would have to , | be invented for single blessedness. —Bosr : ton Herald. ■ i There is a bill In the Illinois Legislature to tax bachelors —the theory proba- • i bly being that married men are already I overtaxed. —Detroit News. A supplementary tax might indeed b* - levied upon such old maids as should ba s discovered to have promised once upon a time “to be a sister" to any young man. i —Philadelphia Record. ' As a rule old maids do not require home other than that which they may pro1 vide for themselves, and it is an Insult t<) 1 them to suggest that they stand in need 1 of such a retreat.—St. Paul Call. 1 Illinois proposes to tax bachelors above the age of 32, and with the proceeds of the tax establish an old maids' home. ' This would appear to be equitable, wheth- ' er constitutional or not. —Minneapolis ’ Tribune. i Woman and Iler Hat. > Many men are of the opinion that wom- , an will not deserve the ballot until she gives up big hats and balloon sleeves.— > Baltimore American. s A Dallas lawyer opposes the bachelor’s - tax and insists that women shall go back to sun-bonnets so that Le can afford t< marry one of them. —Galveston News. The Inflated theater hat flaunts Itself triumphantly in public, while the whipping post skulks regretfully back Into the shadow of innocuous desuetude.— New York World. There is a future awaiting the theat- ' rical manager who will provide a hat ' museum near the foyer where women ' may inspect each other’s bonnets between the acts.—New Haven Palladium. The designs for the theater hat this spring are larger than ever. Fashion Is an inexorable ruler. Perhaps since woman's suffrage is recognized the women will remove their hats. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dr. Cook's Expedition. It Is to be hoped that Frederick Cook will on his expedition to the south pole meet with better results than have the many explorers to the pole at the other extremity.-—Washington News. Dr. Frederick Cook will lead au exploring party next September to the antarctic ice cap. which covers a sixth of the surface of the globe. The doctor expect# to pre-empt this little tract and make a summer resort at the south pole for effete New Yorkers.—Minneapolis Journal. To Dr. Cook, who is said to be contemplating an exploring expedition to the antarctic regions, we have a single suggestion to make. It is that he arrange to send out a relief expedition in advance to receive and care for Lis party when it arrives wherever it is going.—Washington Star.