St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 October 1895 — Page 6

THE OLD-FASHIONED CIRCUS. ; see it again, with its gay cavalcade, t threw all the rest of the shows in the shade; fThe clown was so funny, the timblers so fine, fThe pink lemonade and the peanuts divine! its one padded horse, in the old sawdust ring, @traight back thro' the yesrs will to memory bring, | ‘And once more I peep thro’ the canvas to see f'he old-fashioned circus so dear unto mel Whe shouts and the langhter again now I hear, I seem to inhabit some airier sphere; Mhe ringmoster’'s whip brings a pang to my soul When [ think how the years in their flight onward roll. Whe clown with his song and his redpainted nose, His comical hat and his breeches and hose—©h, where is he now? All his merriment ger. . .~ ®he old-fashicned cirens beholds him no mogpe! 1 think of the time when the canvas I : raised, 24 under the tent T so timidly gazed! I think of the “Hey, Rube,” who caught me, and oh! The shaking I got ere the fiend let me go! The band, a queer compound of string and of brass, Pwas music to me, and I thought it firstclass; Os rare entertainments, the great and the smali, The old-fashioned circus, for me, had the cali! Oh, what would I give just to see it once more? Oh, what would I give if but time could restore Its jest and its pageantry, spangles and glare? Oh, what would I give to be now seated there? To laugh at the clown and his comical leer, And watch, in my awe, the ringmaster austere” Oh, what would I give—well, to be quite precise — An old-fashioned quarter, for that was the price! ~—New York Clipper. . ‘.__.__‘_;"‘;T.::.—:::.“::._ e it . FIVE-STRINGEDBANJO Miss Josephine Bannister, daughter of the well-known music sgeller at Sea- | eliff; was a highly attractive, If rather pert, young lady, whose good looks were the source of much male custom o her father's shep. You could have seen her during the Seacliff season be- | bind the counter, in her neat milnr-! made costume, rolling up music with | white, bejeweled hands and flirting vigorously with her gentlemen customers, l; Bhe was a sight for the gods—not for l the goddesses, though. No female, hu- | man or diviue, could ever have been | found to say a good word for Miss Jo- } sephine. Ladies !n Seacliff had even been heard to allude to her as a “minx,” ‘ and to deplore the infatuation which | led young men to desert charming girls : of their own station for the vulgar snig- | gerings of that shop girl down on the | Parade. This eriticism, however, was | oot without prejudice, for the ladies | who made these remarks liked a flirta- | tion themselves—and had it, too, when | they could get it—which was not, how- | ever always, for in Seacliff the ladies | outunmbered the gentlemen by nearly | two to one, But, although Miss Josephine flirted lndiscriminately with every man she | met, sinly because “it was her nature | to,”” and she couldn’t help it, she had a certain smail coterie of admirers, | whom she treated with particular favor. This coterie consisted of iive | young men, and some wag., with more | wit than was usually to be found n: the Seacliff humorists, had evolved for ’ her the punuing and appropriate nick- | nawme of “The Pive-stringed Banjo.” * - * " = - . Oh, that silver string! Houw truly divine was its music. Many other ladies besides Miss Josephine had come under | Its bewitehing influence. The first time | it intoned the prayers in Seacliff Parish ! Church a gross and a half of feminine | devotees bowed the head and worship- | ed. Before the sermon was half fin- | fshed that Sunday, 200 tender hearts | were fluttering inside an equal number ’ of smart summer blouses. ’'Twas not | ‘merely the new curate’s voice—not merely his looks-—not merely the graceful hane of hic surplice, not the subfime set of his stole—not merely the | rlghteous fervor of his roaming eye— | these, indeed, had their influence, but | above all. a je ne sais quoi fascination | in the man himself, which no male mind ' eould appreciate and no female heart | resist , When it became noticed—and you | av bie sare that this didn't take long | ::r'.. nlace like Seacliff-—that Rev. Braba- ' p‘»u:\ B. . IFliteh was constantly buy , fng music in the shop on the Parade, | tho ladies of the pla greyw very angry. | Now, if there was oune girl in the ’ !,;‘3 v (excelinding for the moment !’,xl‘g five-sivinged banjo), to whom the curate | could be id to pay attention, that girl | svas Tishy Bullock. Her full name | was Letitia, and she was the daughter | of a wealthy widow, who lived in a | 'ar:.x honse JUust outside the town. ‘ Tishy was a prefty girl, considerably | pretticr than her name, either in I!si Youg or its shortened form. She was | an only echild—the future heiress, i under settlement, of her mother’s mon- ‘ ev. The curate began by being polite | ((; her. He was—there is no doubt about it, though it occurred in the modest society of Seacliff—-in fact, encour“aged to be more than polite. You see, Mishy didn't want money. She did want birth. refinement, a sympathetic helpmeet, And what man better fulfilled these requirements than Brabazon Mliteh? To one Bullock’s banking & ount add one Flitch's blood and 1

“ birth. What was the answer? Tishy totted up the sum and found it came to social success. Mrs. Bullock checked her figures and pronounced them correct. The result was that Brabazon Flitch became conspicuously persona grata at Westcombe house. : This, of course, excited remark in Seacliff. People soon had still more interesting news to gossip about. Brabazon Flitch had been seen coming out of the five-stringed banjo’s father’s private.door, and the five-stringed banjo's father had followed him on to the step, with a red face and a choleric demeanor. The Inference was obvlous. Brabazon Flitch had been called to account by Bannister, Sr.,, for trifling with his daughter’s affections, and whatever ex. planation he might have given of his conduct had clearly not satisfled the indignant father. In church, next Sunday, Brabazon was observed to be nervous and depressed. On the left of the middle alsle, where the ladies sat, many eyes shone with watery sympathy. Tishy was observed to turn pale; Mrs. Bullock got her smelllng salts ready In case she should faint away. At present other people only surmlsed and guessed the facts. Tishy and her mother knew them—from Brabazon's own lips. The previous day he ~had called at Westcombe house, and, discarding all reserve and false modesty, had poured the whole story of his trouble Into Mrs. Bullock's sympathetlc ear. He had been a little fool-ish-——he owned--to have gone so frequently to Bannister's shop. He had—ves, he had been attracted, just at first, by Mlss Bannister's superficial beauty, and, no doubt, he had talked to her more than was prudent. Then he had a hint from a kind friend that his visits to the music shop were getting talked about. He at once discontinued these visits. And what had been his reward? He had been summoned by her father to an interview, in which he (the father) had adopted a high-handed, bullying tone; had demanded whether he meant i | to marry his daughter—whom he would as soon have thought of marrying as of flying over the moon. Hq {Brabazon) was quite at his wits’ i end to know what to do. The g!rl'ul 2 father had given him a week to decide | in and the week expired next Monday. ‘ Unless by that day he recelved, from ' Brabazon a written undertaking to [ marry Josephine, he should not only | | take the first opportunity of assaulting ‘ i the curate on thestreet, but proceedings i | would be lmmmediately {nstituted to re- { cover damages from him at law. ; | “Either of these steps would be fata} | . to me,"” said the unhappy curate, “and | | both together would simply crush me. | L If you, dear friend, could advise me | | what to do for the best you would lay 3 ' me under an eternal obligation.” i *lt is a sbameful, scandalous con- | | spiracy,” exclaimed Tishy's mother, ! { with indignation. *I should be dispos led to—to--simply defy the wretch.” ’ . “But think what that would mean, dear friend. A layman might take this | ?(‘t-m'fl-, ne doubt. But a minister of | . God—how & he to face it? The mere i | fact of having such accusatlons pub- | | liely brought against hAlm is sufficient ' to ruin him, even though they be not substantinted. And these people, hav- ' ing gone so far already, will not, 1 be- | | lieve, hesitate to perjure themselves in suppoert of thelr wicked claim.” , “Yet what else can be done?' an- | swered Mrs. Bullock, with a perplexed | look. *“lf you do not defy him you must ; give in to him and marry that hussy, , { his daughter, which would be still more ' deplorable.” “Alas! I am afrald, dearest lady, that I am between the dev—hem-—-on the hores of a dilemma,” the curate hasten ed to correct himseif. “But I could | not—could not marry that girl, if for ! { no other reason, because—because s ! He broke off suddenly, looking con- | fused and embarrassed. | “Pray do not hesitate to confide In ! me,” sald Tishy's mother, gently. I “My dearest friend,” said Brabazon, | g suddenly.«peaking with determination | | and resolve, like & man who had made | ' 'up his mind to a bold course, “I feel | 1 I have no right to conceal this thing 2 from you. I never meant to have told | it to anybody. It was to be a secret locked up in this bosom, because—be- | l cause—-" The curate dropped his ‘ eves and lowered bls volce, humbly. f “1 knew that I was unworthy to mention it to—to—her, whom it chiefly concerns. But you have spoken so kindIy to me in fay trouble, dear lady, that 11 cannot but confide the truth to yon. Spurn me, ridicule me, if you will. It | will only be what I deserve. I—l-- | ' God help me to bear my cross and to | i recognize the futility of my suit. I—l- ? | love your daughter!”’ i | “Oh, Mr. Flitch,” cried out the lady, ; | <tending both her hands to him, and | | smiling joyfully into his face. “Don’t [ | speak of unworthiness—of—of—futility. | You have made me the happiest wom- | | an, but one, in the world. For I am con- ; | vinced that dear Tishy alone will be | | happier about this than I am!” ; | “But, alas! dear lady,” sald the cu- | "mu-, a cloud overspreading the radi-i \ ant felicity which had for the moment | { shone in his face. *“Remember how 1 1 |am placed. I—l-—could not subject | ’ that angel to the shame of marrying a ; 3 publicly disgraced man.” l | “Pray do not talk like that, my dear ] ; Mr.—may I say Brabazon? You lmw-} i‘l"““ nothing wrong. Therefore, ynui | have incurred no real disgrace.” | “But the shame of a—a—public trial | ‘»wf a—-a cruel exposure!” murmured | the unhappy priest, with a miserable | look. E “Perhaps that may be avolded,” an- | swered Mrs. Bullock, after a brief reflection. *“Of course, these wretches are mercenary. They must be, else they would never threaten to sue you 1 for damages. I have no doubt that we !4':1!1 buy them off. Don’t you suppose } so?"” |

5 - 3 PR | “If T could offer them a large sum of | money they might accept it as satisfaction,” answered Brabazon, rathemdubiously. Then he added: “But I need noy think about that, for I have not the money to offer them.” 2 “Brabazon,” said Mrs. Bullock, who, with all her faults, was a generous woman at heart and had more delicacy. of feeling than might have been expect--ed. “Do not be offended, my—my boy, at what lam going to say. Ilook upon you 4s my—my son now, you know. And it would be hard, indeed, If a mother might not help her son out of a scrape. You must—must—let me find the money for this purpose.” “Oh, I could not—l could not!” ex. claimed Brabazon, evidently overcome by her generous offer. “But you must,” insisted Tishy's mother, with gentle firmness. “People would—would--think—think me—me-—contemptible for thus sp—sponging on you,” said the curate. “RBesldes, if—if those—those ,people knew they were treating with a—a rich person, they would—would make the most extortionate demands.” “There is no reason why they, or anyone else, should know of my connecgion with the affair,” replied Mrs. Bul “You shall conduct all the negotis s and the money shall be paid through you.” : Still Brabazon's scruples were not overcome. He resisted the generous proposal a little longer. Mrs. Bullock, however, determined woman that she was, would have her way. And the curate, half relieved, half ashamed, and wholly embarrassed by her kindness, at length consented to accept her help —for Tishy's sake. . . » . » . * Rannlster senior would not aceept any less sum than £I,OOO. Nelther argu. ment nor entreaty on Brabazon's part could induce him to abate those terms. The curate went to Mrs. Bullock, with tears In his eyes, .and told her of thel ioxtnrnnna!o demand. She was not | daunted, but at once drew him a check for the amount, Next day curate—and cash-—-quitted Seacliff. ~London Trmh.z ‘ A Sensible Verdiot, ‘ | A coroner in Nevada recently rea | ! soned out a verdiet more sensible than : z one-half the verdicts usually rendored. | ! It appeared that an Irishman, vom'(‘iv-i i Ing that a little powder thrown upon ‘ some green wood, would facilitate !ta§ burning, directed a small stream from | i a keg upon the burnimg piece, but not | { possessing a hand sufficiently quick to | i cut this off was blown into a million | | pleces. The following was the verdicet, | | delivered with great gravity by the | [ official: g | “Can't be ealled suicide, bekase he | didn’'t mean to kil himeself; it wasn't | ‘visitation of Gor,” bekase he didn’t die t i for want of breath, for he hadn't any- ! ‘Hzin;: to breathe with; it's plaf¥ he | i didn't know what he was abouggso 1| ’ shall bring in--died for want «"“—' mon sense.’”’ * i - - ~ - i A Test of Love, i This tale is told in the orient: A lady | 1 " one day found a man following her, and asked him why he did so. le reply was, “You are very beautiful, and I am in love with you.” “Oh, you think | | me beautiful, do you? There i 3 my sis- ; ter over there. You will ind her more beautiful that I am. Go and make love | to her.” On hearing this the man went ; to see the sister, but foung shie was very ugly, so he came back in an angry mood | and asked the lady why she had told a | falschood. She then answered., “Why dld vou tell me a falsehood?” The man \\;;; surprised at this accusation and asked when he had done so. Her an swer was, “You said yvou lovea me. If that had been true, you would not hiave gone to make love to another woman.” | —San Francisco Argonaut i . ? Old-Time Accompl shments. : The following extract from the Biddeford Times gives us an idea of the! | nccomplishments of our grandmoters { in household arts, of lmportance in ev- | ery girl's education: : ! Mrs. Ann Emery, of Saco, died last week at the advanced age of 93. When | she was married, in 1525, her accom- | plishments were stated as follows: She | i eould cook all kinds of food In ap ex- | | pert manner; sew and knit, spin aut’.v ‘ weave cloth, make her own clothes | from cloth made with ner own hands, | make butter and cheese, make soap and tinder—this was long before the days of friction matches—adip candle, s?n_fiu‘x i dance. ™ All excepting the last two “‘er{'?ifln sidered indispensable requisites 7‘!‘!"‘@o' ( I ginning the married life. and whf-fiog ! these were added the two last the N | i was regarded as very highly ;1-"='In~? : plished. | i Altitude of Observation. i { The very highest observatory in the | | world is that situated on Mont Blane, | E:xt a height of 14,000 feet above sopn ! | level. The highest in Asfa is that on the | ': side of Point Everest, 10,000 feet above | the Mediterranean's level, and the high. | Z est in the United States is that on thui { top of Pike's Peak, in Colorado. It is | | 14,147 feet above the level of the Gulf | i of Mexico. The highest on the Atlantie | | coast of North America is the one si:.§ j uated on Mount Washington, height , l 65,288 feet. 0 . l | Artificial Pearl. ! l The French artificial pearl is Dm.! duced by boring a hole in the shell o;‘s the oyster, and introducing a small bit | | of glass, which the animal covers wit), | i“nncro," or mother of pearl, to 5t,,;,l ' the irritation. Such pearls are flat gy : one side, and of less value than thogg | produced naturally. | Indicates a Coming Republic, l The brutal butchery of 100 inval:rj! Insurgent soldiers by the Spanigy troops at a hospltal In Santiago g, Cuba is about the surest indication gy t a coming Cuban republic¢ that has bee; lduvolopml by the rebellion thus far.— Philadelphia Times.

DS e g e N N \ 1 ¥ STRIKE AND LOLKOI}T{ Gl oS ot ! THE LABOR COMMISSIONER'S ! ANNUAL REPORT E : ; i Shows that Employes Have Lost More | than Twice as Much as l-lmployex‘s‘, from Labor Troubles During the Past Seven Yecars, Employers Lost $04,825,837. In his tenth annual report, just completed Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner |()f Labor, computes that the loss to em-

ployes in establishments in which lockouts and strikes occurred during the thirteen and a half Years ending June SO, 1894, amounted to $190.493 382, rud to employers to SH4,825,837. The loss o ctployes on account of strikes was £163.50T.86G6 and on aecount of lockouts ' $26,685,516: to em-

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| plovers, on account of strikes, $82,500,8986, aud on gccount of lockouts, $12.- | 235,451, The number of establishments 167 and the number of persons thrown out { of employment by reason of strikes 3714, - - 406, making an average loss to the employes of each establishment of $2.368 - and to each person of $44. The nnmber of establishments involved in lockouts was 6,067 and the number of persons locked ont 366,600, These persons lost an average of 873 each. The assistance given to strikers and the subjects of lockouts during the period amounted. as far as ascertainable, to $13.438,704, or a little over T per cent. of the total loss to employes, One of the moest important tables related to the cause of strikes. This statement shows that more than a fourth of them were caused by a refusal to accede to a demand for inerease of Wages, over 13 per cent. for a refusal to concede a re“duction of hours and more than S per cent. by the determination of employers 10 reduce wages. Three thousand sis hundred and twenty, or almost S per cent., of the strikes were caused by SVlpathetic action with other sirikes. and LGSS were occasioned by the employ ment of non-union men. The industries most affected by strikes in the last seven amd & half years were the building trades. with 20,785 establishments involved, After these in the order of impertance came coal and coke, elothing. tobaceo, food preparations and stone quarries, Out of a total of 10488 strikes in the entire country for this period 5,909, or to sxced 56 per cent., occurred in twenty-six of the principal cities, while of the establishments invoived in lockonts over 61 per cent. oceurred in these cities. Fifty-nine [ per cent. of the establishments engaged in sirikes were closed on an average of twenty-two days, and 64 per cent. of those engaged in lockouts for an average of thirtyfive days, the loss of time !in other cases being only temporary. In each ease there were a few establish- ’ ments closed permanently, { Speeess was gained by the emiploves in rover 48 per cent. of the strikes, partial | | SRCeess in over 10 per cent., while the i remaluing 43 per cent. were failures. ! Over 48 per cent. of the lockouts succeed- | ed completely and over 10 per cent. par- | tinlly. ‘Che others were failures. In the i suecessful strikes GGH,OO2 persens were ;t!:runu out of ecmployment, 318,801 in !lhnfw partially successful and 1100988 in those which failed. Os the total num- ! ber of persons thrown out of employment ! by strikes in the period of thirteen and f a half years 898 per cent. were females, i and by lockouts 22,538, | | Os the 10,452 strikes which oceurred in | ; the seven and & half years, especially cov- { ered by the present report, 7,200 were ordered by labor organizations, while of the ‘ 442 lockonts of this period only eighty-one were ordered by organizations of em- | ployers. Sixtr-nine per cent. of all the ' strikes and 76 per cent. of all the lock- i j outs of the seven-and-a-half-yvear period | treated of scenrred in the five States of | Hlinois, New York, Pennsyivania. Hhin% 3 and Massachusetts, lliinois taking the ; lead of all the States of the Union, i l SRR R R ‘ =, 1 - DERSONAL eSO - i .(e f’{?:fll‘?—') L/ fi'! ‘ Dii® .'f:d/’;% 1S ci® f Q’::T.:Q/ 7 :',"G;{ .‘L”/'\/U :;/\5 . ii [~ 4 D U s (:‘:: G\:;’)' : : s i The great-grandson of Robert l’»ur:n.[ I the poet, is Jiving in poverty in Edinburg. ! ’ The oniy game that the Pope indulges | iin is that of chess. He is said to be a i { very skillful player. i i Gen. Cassius M. Clay has concluded to 3 ‘S(lud his voung wife to school instead of i t having 2 governess for her. I { Lady Randolph Churchill, according to ',:.._‘-Jmi is tattooed with a snake around onie arm. The peration took place dur shm her visit to India. l | Iu spite of cold weather Queen Vietoria | takes many drives about Balmoral, much to the surprise of those who imagine that her Majesty is in feebie health. Beareaud, the French artist, makes the | g sketches for his famons genre p:;in:hi:s } zni' Parisian life from the windows of a | i cab drawn up by the curbstone. g ‘ Henry Irving has cominissioned Thomas | I Nast to paint an oil of Shakspenre's bast | | now in the room of the old house at Strat- ! 1! ford-en-Avon in which the poet was born. i | Francisco Bazaine, a son of the great | Marshal, died in Cuba recently of illness x contracted in the campaign against the | patriots. -He was a young oflicer in the Spanish expeditionary armpy. ' Elisha I’. Ferry, the first Governor of the State of Washington, died at Seattle ’on Monday. He had also been twice Governor of Washington Territory by ap--1 pointment of President Grant. -~ Some of the friends of Gov. Atkinson, of Georgia, hiave presented a h:lln!.\‘nnu‘l gold watch each to Miss Sawyer and Miss ‘ Burton. the two yvoung women who nnrs- i ed him through his recent dangerous iilNness, ‘ The British Medical Journal says that the lines inscribed on Huxley's ""“”’i stone, and guoted in the last number ol Science, are part of a poem by Mrs. Huxley, and were used as Huxley's epitaph at his own request. Joseph Jefferson never talks politics. What his party bias may be is not generally known. He is very diplomatic in I]();lgi||g all questions that to.m_l to entrap him into an expression of opinion regarding national issues,

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i HE disagreement between Eng- | I sand and Venezuela with reference to the line which divides British Guiana from Venezoela has existed many ! Years. It 7is contented hy the Sonth | Americans that the Fseequibo River forms the line, while the English elaim | considerable territory beyend. If the | English ¢laim is unjust iis ('n?'urrvmvn?; would involve 2 violation of the Maonroe | doctrine. As Secretary of State Olney | views the matter there i= at least sufficient reason in the clains of Veneznela | to create a doubt and justify an investiention. Accordingly he proposed an arbitration, to which England replicd that while willing to submit her pretenses to one part of the territory to arbitration she was unwilling to yield that much with re- | gard to another part. In reply to this Secretary Olpey lays down the proposition: | COLT AFFAIRS WELL AIRED. l Wife Forestalls Her Husband ini Bringing Legal Action. A Providence, R. L., social svnsauimil descended with donble force when .\lrs.l Sampel P. Colt filed her petition for di- |

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vorce with the Supreme Court and almost immediattely after a writ for the arrest of James J. Van Alea was issued on the athdavit of Mr. Colr. charging him with the alienation of Mrs, Colt's affections and placing the damages at K 200,000, These two acts

in the Colt domestic tragedy “followed ml closely one after the other that Rhode Island society steod dazed at the lightning changes in the scnsation. It was early in the afternoon when Mrs, (olt's petition was filed, but in less than three hours after that the writ for the arrest of Mr. Van Alen had been issued and was on its way to Newport in the hands of a deputy sheriff, who was insirveted to aecept not less than 5420.600 in bail Mrs. Colt's petition was siened “Elizabeth B. Colt.” and it represents that she was married to Col. Colt Feb. 12, ].‘?Bl.‘ Since that time she has, the petition says, | “Demeaned berself as a2 faithial wife ana Y performed all the obligations of the mar- i riage covenant, but that the said S:un-; uel P. Colt hath violated the same.” The | petition prays that a decree of diveree | may be granted and that she may be granted a separate maintenance and the enstody of her two miner children. Russell G. Colt. 13 years old, and Roswell O. Colt, 6 years of age. | As soon as Col. Colt learned that his | wife had filed her petition making him ! defendant in her divorce suit he hurried ' to the court honse. accompanied by his | attorner. and a writ was issued charging James J. Van Alen with the alienation of Mrs. Colt's affections. The writ was immediately placed in the hands of the Sher- ! iff. with instruections to serve it at ance and to reguire Mr. Van Alen to furnish , bail. 1t was stated by Col. Colt's attorney that if the ease ever comes to trial the country will be shaken by a sensation | that has had no equal within the annals ‘ of society history, aud that the names of | some of the wealihiest amnd most pmmin-{ ent society people of New Engiland. as! well as State officials and one man who has occupied a f\igh position in nmiomd‘ affairs. may be given a publicity that will place them in a most unenviable light i and.that will surprise iheir inost intimate | i friends. - |

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The United States erniger Alert has ar- | rived at Lima, Peru. i Nothing has appeared so imlicate the | ‘ foundation of a new Cabinet in Chile. i lL.ondon celebrated the anniversary ul',g the battle of Trafalgar for the first time. | Ten children were killed by the burning i of the Home at Starford in Polish Prus- | sia. i An order has been issued for the open- 1 ing of the Canadian canals on Sundarss | during the remainder of the season. ! The Marguis of Salisbury has been ap- j pointed Lord Warden of the Cinaue Ports in place of the Marquis of Dufferin, re- | signed. | The Imperor rederick Memorial | Church was consecrated in Beriin in the |1 presence of the Emperor and Empress, |’ who subsequently attended the unveiling |

1. If the guarrel wite Venezuela is an ordinary boundary dispute, having its ori“in in fanlty descriptions, imperfect surveys or other misunderstandings, a refusal to arbitrate the s is contrary to | the precedenis set by Gresy Hritain her- | self and contrary to the practice of all i civilized nations. I 2. If. en the other hane. as appears to % be the case. and as is the belief of the | President of the Unired States, the dis- | pute as to the loeation of 2 boundary line !is a mere disguise nnder which Great ! Britain is attempiing by <aperior force to g extend her territorial possessions in | America, this isfdirectly violative of the ; Monroe doctrive and will never be subi mitted te by the United States. | This attitnde plainly commits the Unit(ed Ntates Government to a resistance | against a forcible entry on the part of . England upon the disputed territory. of the monument erected to the memory of the late Empress Augusta. John Dillon, member of Parliament for Fast Mayo, will be married at the end of November to a daughter of Justice Matthew. Mrs. Katharice Kilso Jobusen, dunghter of the late Alexander Johnson, of Pittsburg. died in France. She was S 0 ! years old, : % A dispaich from Brassels says that M. I Bicque. chief inspector of the water suppiy of that city. was murdered by a subs ordinate, . ,’ Sir Charles Tupper anticipates no difli- { celty in arranging the question of the sale of the Canadian salmon in saver of the Canadian experters, ITield Marshal Dunst-Adelshelm and his wife killed themselves ai Vienna. He was 72 years old: she was 50, Money [ troubles caused the crimes. | Many were in attendaifce upon the ! Mormon conference in London. N. H. { Ives, of Salt Lake, annonnced the snceess | of missionary work in Wales. i The British steamer Indrani, Techio to { Port Kembla, ran into the Alameda, of Moodyville, Cal., near Sydney. N. S, W, l The Alameda was zrounded, badly damaged., l Niearagua's recent attempt to boyeott i British goods, the newspapers of Colon. | Colombia say. was not gennine, in view { of the meore recent endeaver teo horrow i British _‘.:'ui\'. i The heart of Kosciuske, the Peolish %p:i:rim and general under Washingion, { was transferred from Vezia and will be { deposited in the Polish museum in the ; Chatean Reperswijl, near Zurich. | The cleventh cengress of Americanists, 1«-nm]m>vd of sclentists interested in all | questions relating to the history of the | new weorld and the character of aboriginal } races, opened in the City of Mexico. | ee s TR ! News of Miner Nose. % Chili is anxious on account of the sus--7| picions movements in Buenos Ayres of i ex-President Caceres of Peru. I At Winona, Minn.. a saie of 15.000,000 | feot of ent lnmmber has been made to the ! Jay Lumber Company of St. Louis. I At St. Joe, Mo.. a little daughter of ! Mrs. Carrie Mann was killed and a son had botihr legs broken by being thrown from a bngoy, Ixpert accountants have discovered | that .jcromme Couiler, deputy treasurar of 'i Omalia. who was deposed last May, stele ! nearly 820,000, { Facts which have just come te light | raise the presumption that Alex. Grayton, i wife and child, of Indianavolis, perished ! in the Hotel Gumry fire at Denver. | While eating supper in a shanty at | Jerome I'ark. New Yeork. Robert Scott. a | colored laborer. was prohably fatally | mangied by a dog supposed to he mad. i Q. L. Miller and wife were murdered in i cold blood Ly unknown parties at Lawson, P T.. and Will Miller. their sen. was s¢ : badly wounded that he cannot live” . { Four bridge carpenters, working on tha Northern Pacific Road near Butte, Mont., were knocked ofi the top of a high tresile by o falling timber and were kilied on the I'-‘::'.!\s below. The trial of Mrs. Samuel Smith, of Detroit. alleged to have aided her husband in swindiing Mrs. May Cameron out of 83.600 after he eloped with the woman " from Detreit, began at Duluth. The remaining Haytian exiles who were invited to return home have sailed from Jamaica for Haxti. President Hyppolite pays their expenses. Only two of the conspirators are left, Gen. Manigat and ex-DPresident Boisron Canal. W. A. Baker. a young man employed as a stepographer by the Paragon Refining Company at Toledo. is Iying at Clvde, Ohio. totally paralyzed and in an almost hopless condition. Baker formerIv lived at Ciyde. and he rode there on his wheel, it being a distance of i’ort,f'«five miles. Upon dismounting he was stricken with paralysis and found himself unable to move one side of his body. e