Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 January 1897 — Page 2

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ANSWERS HA9f aonj^PNS WSIfH HATE pBN 4SKED HIJL

Stamp* Himself as Socialist and Says There ii No Hope For the Laborer In Eolltlcs. "f

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ByjSSB® Vf fishd has sent forth an open letter ^nnoupfipg bis stapd in t)ie gre^t political sjtu^tipp. During the ogHFSft ®l letter he says: "Since the recent presidential election, have received ft l^rge nuipb^r q£ Jett£F3 mating urgent Jpqyirles as te future eSorta to emancipate wageworkers from tbeir thraldom, all copched in langup.fe whjcji, prggefly interpreted, if the SUbstapcp qt ih§ intenrflgatory, e^What shall we do to be taved71 V**| a "That* the result of the election was npt diijgrppt, w^ss gye largely, if pot -wholly, to the fact that unorganized workers overwhelmingly outnumbered those vho wpre or^^ized and wfto Jjtad bgep cdpatpd apd driUfd iq fejjja tpctjos of the enemy and could nbt be coerced, intimidated or stampeded j. from voting their oyrn convictions. JjjjiJ flip sl^og is 3D(i ttfter m^ity?e $ejifegr&tio& persuaded that it may be regarded as bath a defeat and a victory. This affirmation play appear ^paradoxical, byt jt is tru.e, ne#erf.h£less. TJg Ffsqli #f tjjg IfWSiW eleetiop ban convinced every intelligent wage^ttrkep 'that in politics, per ee, there is no bope of emancipation from the degrading curse of wage-slavery. In the late election they may read their doom as vividly outlined as if written in Are across the blue dome of the skies above *hem. The storm cloud of the campiign disappeared, bearing upon its frowning breast no bow of promise of better things, Cowering before tijp g§§7 potism of the money power, itg injunctions, prisons and standing giftaie^,' tjiey were driven to tj»§ PQlls to vote fpr q,' system pf wage piracy ths.t they rpight hold their jobg, while sitting on th§ rjtgg^g egpe pf gt§ry%-

ffetffi!$lft at-aiiypipipept fheirlfamr Ine wages might be withheld and they and rtlielr wives apd (jhildren jforced iqtp an abys3 4??P.air °J deatty. It is therefore, pot surprising that thpy shgpld ask: 'What •hall we do to be g^v^d?' jpittje Hope {n Pontics,., "A&4 ?S 1? just jha| t£e defeat w^iph more tftq-n gi^c pni|}ion§ of mgp spught fg av£rt r|ges Jikp 'truth cfujfoed to earth,' ami prgcifcjms t&frt Whqjj Jg $alj§4 a gefeat is like Nebuchadnezzar's fiery fiiFn$ce, mqgp to st$pd fcy the ggniijg pf jpgtip$, a flaping sym^gl gf ^ripteyy, because ail oyep thf Jpgl-it sppy€d $9 ^fQuje the fovees of mjmpng ?f nien to, hew put new r^ge

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tQ th© gQftl of emjancipa-tipp.

»i,-^gThe ballot, hpwQYer muqh it h^s bepn eulp- ,' if'/gized, has been beaten to the earth by bPPd?0 wrung from unrequited toil, and as a

v, weapon ean pot be relied ppon to execute j.!,3,^£the will of the people while they are in in'"tq^dudtrial bondage. An industrial slave caanot be expected to cast an independent balfilplOt. ..

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"Ope John D. Rockefeller with his $200,000,000 one Cornelius Vanderbilt with his $150,000,000 one Andrew Carnegie with his ||p$lOOj00O,O0O one C. P. Huntington with his $76,000,000j one J. Pierpont Morgan with hia ^$60,^00,000 one Gppfgp M. Pullman with his fSO.POO.QOQ ajfd onp Mark Hfmn§i with ^his $49,000,000, ajpge or in ailiancp, can debauch the nation. "Nine per cept pf puf popul^tfou. having obtained posseggion of seventy-one per cept 5^- or $5O,pOO,O0O»OQO of the, natipp's wealth, can p|jfvan# do ppispn. ,§yery stream of knowledge, pf truth, of justice, pf Ipye, of merpy, fnd f-l.-m^fee it run b%nk full pf fsyery vile contamiQfttiop, that hpia§n greed pan devise |¥»j»nd ipflict upon thp spffering people. §w "It hap pas«pd into proverb that tb? schppl of e^perigncp is a dear one, and it is) as $ru^ ap the apbor^m that the wageW^i workers pf Aipeica. have hftd an abundance P?of tuition \n ibis school, ffhey have wprifgd an4loilfd dpwn tfep declivities of ppvejty until they have reached the bottom, to find

huts. r$gs, cruets, darkness ?ind despair, *^&jThe palace? pf thosp who have driven thqni down hlU ar§ o^ the higbiands, ablaze with light. Therp is miisic and dancing, purple robes and fine li^en there is luxury beyond cojnpare, and the robber barons, filled tp ff§|thfi throat with wine, have their auction bleak? where their Slaughters are offenpd in gjarkpt for titles, creating scenes g$ pfiifyeivQ and sbpcking were the vices of

Sodgon. *"Ib there a way out of this labyrinth, thi« tortuous, blinding and confusing maze? I believe there is. All that is required is a will on the part Pf w&gewprkere tP 4 place where they may extricatp themselves from bondage and b$sk in the sunshine of prosperity. There arp even now in the wilderness thousands pf John the Baptists crying, 'We will hew out a ^'ay for the opt pressed tellers of the, world, a highway of ... deliverance to new regions beyond the reaqh

B^SJ of Moloch rnaws and boodle beasts of prey, fl~-s' I Am a Socialist. ,, £tS#, "These leaders of the socialistic army have thrown wide open the door of hope to the toiling masses and are, inviting them to en§tl|terf and with a faith that is even now the substance Of things hoped for, they can see

P^a victory achieved for the producing masses fgfiin the late election, the full fruititions of W|?which are now budding and are soon.to

bloom on 'the thorny stein of time, ""v Speaking of myself. I am a socialist. I have long since given expression to my socialistic convictions they have grown with my growth and I am more than strongly impressed with them at this hour than ever before since first I began the painful study of the progress and poverty of the race.

Our competitive system is utterly cannibalistic. Human beings are set against one another, the strong devour the weak, and this heartless proceeding has to be done in self defense. Qrugh and devour yovjr neighbor, or hp viH ypu. Under this system the few cunning and unscrupulous have been enablpd to monopolize the e^rth and the fullness thereof, and they have used their ill-gotten possessions to enslave and degrade mankind. Private greed has been the controling force and it has been and is accounted as of vastly more importance than the "public welfare. Under the regime of private capital, property has become sacred ind human life has been reduced to fi valueless commodity. A few pjen own and control the country. The producing many have been subjugated by degrees until millions tfork by permission $nd milliops pf others ire tramping and starving to pauper?' graves. And ajl of this amidst fabulous ibundance. The theme invites elaboration, but time and space fprbid. I survey these frightful conditions, the ripened anJ fei rotting fruit of the capitalistic system, and jpr declare, with all the ernphagis of which ||1^ my words are capable, my implacable hostllity to this system, and my deteerjmiiatton to battle with all my power for its »verthrow. jHf "It is axiomatic that men have a right to work, the same inherent right to work that they have to breathe. And they bfcve aright to all they produce, and if ai*y part is taken from them without thejr express consent,

It Is robbery. The present system is founded, essentially, in the robbery of labor. No other word in the language prpperly describes the crime. "Every machine that I§ Invented reduces labor tp more desperate conditions. The vwhole syst«m perverts and subverts and is

fruitful of crimes beyond the power of l&n-

^^h^^s^^Spoialism \b. Capitalism. I amp gqoiaUst -hficaus* I an for humapiiy. Wg have been curbed witt| the reig^ 0/ goj.4 enough. Monjy cof^ituJ|g $0 jwofir. basis of civilization. The time has come to regenerate society—we axe on the eve of a uaiyeajftt ehftQgg-..

The Utopia of SocIalUm.

"I am aware that socialism Is a term littie unstrstppd fey the w.orW *1 Ja/ss %od thjit it is everywhere a target for jdenuciati^q. by t|e plu^opratic prea^. When aJyaedl lt Fore distribution of the products of labor co-op-eration instead of competition collective ownership flf land, capital and all the means of the pp-flfiefa#ye comfponw^}^! ^..take the place of wage slavery. Under socialism there would be work and plenty for all, readable hour* and life WP"14 be Bomftthing more and better' than a grojong^d ftfQny or q, co'ntinuous' curse. Another panic would i^ever curse the land. Crime would disappear and suicide would cease to shock the publip cpnsqigpce, ..

RF^fiast industrial Bystem is not only

a failure but a clossal aggregation of crime. It robs, it degrades, it starves it is a foul blot upon,$e fsc$o/ qhj: piyiliaatipn, indica,tive of poisoned blood flowing through the veins and arteries of which the world deplores and which is leading nations, as well s|s individuals, iflto a 4§g}ipq a^d fall, fjojn whicli, as histpr^ teaches, theje is 110 resurrection. "I confess to no hope for the toiling masses of my countrymen except by the pathways mapped out by socialists, the advocate of the ce-operative common wealth.

Indnleei |p No Illusion*.

"I.HjdyJge in no. illusions.

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plate condit^pps, productive of dismay and steadily growing worse, I am convinced jthat to continue in the old ruts and grooves is but to fea.ch profounder depths of poverty and degradation, until, tagged, numbered and jjranded, plutQCf^fj, the managers of trusts, syndicate and conjbinegj will at ng distant day call the roll of their whij^ slaves, under the stars and stripes, in front of. pjd Independence Hall, on Bunker Hill, aod in a thousand gtjjer places made sacred by patriotic blqp^ shpd in the causf li^r erty and independence.

J'Such being-'my'convictions and concinsipns after a careful survey of the field, I dp not hesitaj#,. •vfi® fealty horn of hope in the ultimate triumph pf rfght, to enlist in the grand army of socialism, to do battle for the emancipation of those who toil from conditions and environments which shock humanity and e§g inevitably to the degeneracy of the race." r»

THE BIGYCLE TIRE TRADE.

A Blf jSyndtcate Being to Pracr tioally Contrpl It. Npw York, Dec. 31.—The World says: A syndicate headed by Charles R. Flint, treasurer of the United States Rubber Co., is endeavoring tp form combination tp pontrol thp bicyejp,. tire business pf the country and to fip^t a large company with both American and English capital. The first attempt at this was maiie last summer when a syndicate was formed tp float a company, prince pally an English corporation based on the business of Morgan & Wright, of Chicago, makers of double-tube tires. Mr. Morgan, of the manufacturing conipany Mr. Eddy, of Holly & Co., and Mr. Aurburch went to Ijondon to see what could be done in launching the concern with English capital.

About the same time that the Morgan & Wright syndicate was feeling the English financial pulse* a syndicate was orgaiii^ed in which Charles R. Flint of New Tofk, and Deniatou, Cross & Co., bankers of London, were the leading members, They took in hand the TiHinghast patent for a pingle tube tire. Mr. Eddy, of Flint, Eddy & Co.f and William M. Ivans, the New Ypr^c law-r yer, were sent as. their agents tp, London.

The Morgan syndicate proposed tp ha capitalized for $12,0OO,eOO, while the Flint syndicate placed its capital at $5,QQO,OOQ. Thus these two American syndicates1 entered London about the same tinie. The men pf money in England, however, were shy of, American securities last summer g^ing to the presidential

canvaasES.

It then came ^bout that the bankers and the lawyers from America got together and endeavored to pool bpth syndicates and see if anything could be accomplished by pulling together. The British bankers, however, refused to be interested and the whole bicycle tire business was given pp for the time being. The Morgan syndicate dissolved. The Flipt, however, quietly continued at work to get aii the various interests intfi line for anew syndicate.

Mr. Aurbaifit find Mr. Hpllins, of the former, Morgan syndicate, joined with him and the Morgan $ Wright cpmjgany WW taken as the basis pf a n§w syndjpatp that is npw in progress pf fonnatipn. The banking firm of Denjgton, Cross & Cp. became the London partners in this new cpmbinatipn.

If bpth the double and the'gingle tuhe inr terests pan be brought into the scheme it will take on a greater magnitude. lust how far toward success in thiq direction the promoters have gone th?y decline to gay. If the Tillinghaste and Morgan & Wright com^ pany ipterests cap bp combined the whole bicycle iire bp&jneas will be controlled.

An English aeqpuntant is said to be draw?ing up a report of the business of the Morgan. & Weight company. Their trade in the yesir, it is said, amounts to $5,080,000.

VENEZUELA QUESTION.

Concerp^Dg tb| New Treaty BjBtjr^en the United states and Great BrUniQ: Washington, Dec. 31—The new treaty between the United States and Great Britain, by which all differences between the two countries* for the ne*t five ye^rs are to b« referred to arbitration, will not.be signed at present. Mr. Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote closed the negotiations about seventeen days ago, and t|ie final d^aft w?,s madp and forwarded to L0I"d Salisbury. As }t included all the features whjch had been agread upon during the negotiations, no doubt was felt that a speedy approval would be given by Lord Salisbury and that the signature* to the instrument thereupon would be af? fixed at Washington. It was expected that the document would be signed coincident with the new yea*, but this expectation will npt be realized and the signatures, it is now stated, cannot possibly be affixed before thj end of next month. The causes for the delay cannot be stated but they are sufficient tq defer the consummation of the tr-eity. In the meantime, there is no reason to believe that the prospects of ultimate agreement are legs favorable than they have been, the ^elay doubtless being due to some unes?ential question, as there is complete understanding on all material questions.

Sugar Trnst Representative KU1« Himself. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 31.—This afternoon William 0. Park, representing the Sugar Trust, shot himself through the head with a revolver in his office. Death resulted instantly. The deed was evidently eommittel to escape the exposure" arid probable prosecution which was imminent, for it is learned that he was bptweep $7,000 and ?8,060 short in his accounts \vith the trust. Mr: Park was under surveilance of a detective an dwas on his way with one of the attorneys for the trust to the Spalding Hotel, Where It had been agreed he was tp nd the night awaiting the coming of President Havemeyer of the Sugar Trust- Park's parents }ive in Milwaukee.

THTOEK HAUTE EXPRESS, FRIDAR MORNING, JANUARY 1,1897.

HOW TO po NIAGARA

TUB FLEECCM PAN hi UCAFJBD If ONE IS INFORMED.

Beaatles of the Canadian Rspl4i As 8wp From the Three Sisters Islands— ,. freaiitd Waters.

Niagara Fills, N. Y.. Dec. 31.—The aura thgjt f$fngg tg f?r ^9 fW?P9 "dping" thj?i Fajlg shpqld pps^esp hiB^elf j^ certain information concerning tie place ^®-f !w7Se" fore coming. If he fails to do so, tile, chfigcn are ilia plf§?urp pprp W|J1 fe? considerably naarrpd i» the end by the ization that h'e has parted with a good dear more money thga was necessary. Hq ^ojay^ nof h^y,9 ^en "ffbftjceft 4^1?" he will hav.e spent «fv«rAl dollars So vantage. In some cases visitors to the Falls get into the! hands of disljpnest cab, njenf and th|,.ou|h ca^mep intp the pt oth«r 4iphpfle§| pgppie. wiih the they are royally fleeced. Everybody may insure hjmself against any such thjng^ by taking the' to fiRlJ ftBt: ft 'e^r 'a^ts about Niag^f» Fi^lf be^Pre fef cwies.

In the first place, all visitors are xnet at the rail way station by a gang of importunate hack and cab drivers. It is next to iaapoagible tp get past these men without employing one of them, if you run the gauntlet jijst putside tt^g station doops, you will find yo'^sfelf" Waylaid at, alnjost every §t.ep fpr pne and two and sometimes thre6 blocks up the main street of the town. Each driver la frantic to haul you "for-5 cents.'? This is a pipre fusjg. If is true tha$ he wty.1 you for 5 hut he w|ii W for'that amount, and it is long pdds that as goon as he gets you beyond the din of his competitors he will convince you that you Will bft afcls tp 'W 4hp points of interest" pflly by majsing cpntrffit yrith hi5 tft transpprt you to them. Hp will ajsp apsurg you that he can explain everything and make your visit thoroughly enjoyable and profitable.

If ygu hayg plpnty of money and waot to let go o'f |t, ^llpw thei cabby's elaquen.ee to gway you. If you hg.ve a good pair of leg^ and not so much inoney, turn "the cabby down and go about the business of seeing thpt F^llp flo your own account. You will meet with po afljgoyanbe pf difficulty wftiafcev^ri andViJJ ?at?.p Sfid profound polftcg Jn, reflectinqf that you we?P too lynopth jpr the cab fharks tha.t inj?e?t tlie mppt delightful and m.Qft ^o§g^rfui pleg^ure rgsort (wi tj»e western hemisphere.

it is only twQ Pr three blocks tioin "the Buffalo tr^iin? }p thp hgart of the city of Niajgara Faijs. One pajiy easily find a good American hotel whPr.0 the price be is to pay is understood and where he will be safe frpm imposition $nd jobbery. Let him dispose of his baggage, if he has any, at Ui|a hotel, and then let him sit down and quifttjy find out from thp hotel proprietor just how to see the Falls at the least expense. He will soon dif£pv§? thjtf the pab drivers, while seeming tp be good Samaritans, were really bent c-n making him pay mueh mors for his vipit than was actually needful. He will find that the drive around Goat Island, for which the cafc nian would have charged him -about $2, can be hftd in the state wagons, with stpp.royer privileges, for 15 cents. Better still, he will learn that the distance around Cfo$t Island is short, and that it

so they stay and atay—stay until the dayngbt $r ^ie~an|"16s staff "are out, anf Niagfjn is morf in thfir imagi|lftion Anf e|fs ^i»n in pight. *-,

"T.'STTL "alk' lo conflrmatlon filed It. eharg, dq.wn on him that the cabby explanations!

The visitor tp Niagara should be constantly on his guard. Outside pf the New York state reservation he is liable at any moment to fall a prey to snap judgments. Fqf instanc?. at the whirlpool rapid's, sSine distance down the Niagara river, ye^y courteous gentlemea will volunteer .ip *&ke the sightseer below and explaip jthp phenomena pf mad waters. They take.fym Whije dpwp there they induce him 'to b^ve his picture made. When he ccpmeS) up they sell him some trinkets of oneiso^t or another. He gets out his money ^o .seftle aqd flijds that the picture taken l^elow is $3 and that the bric-a-brac is scandalously high. He foots the bill with a pang- at-the heart and starts to leave. The gentlemen call him back and tell him he has neglected to pay for the explanation of the whirlpool. The charge is 50 cents. The vietim looks about to see if he has any friends^df there is any way of escape. He is alone with the sharks, two or three miles from the city, and frenzied Niagara is roaring beneath. He pays the 50 cents and gets away-as soon as he can. There are more swindlers than this at the Falls, or rather in thd neighborhood of the falls. In some places the unwary enter, seeing no sign. They do not see the sign because it isn't there. But as they come out they are stricken- almost speechless by a conspicuous announcement pf the charge for seeing what they have Just seen. And then there are swindles up in the eity. Some of the citizens will tell you there are not, hut If you fail to act with the greatest cafe you will learn the disagreeable truth by personal experience. If you step into a barber shop the porters will brush your clothes and work about you until they melt your heart te a tip. The barber, if he is uncertain about the matter, will slyly seek as he removes your whiBkers to find out if you area stranger in Niagara Falls, if you area traveler. He h'as no difficulty in ascertaining that you are, and so your shave costs you at least 25- cents, no matter how villainous the job- Nor can the restaurants be trusted. Every traveler should demand a Dill of fare, with prices clearly printed thereon, when eating at a Niagara restaurant. If he does otherwise, the bill he will have to pay will chill his blood.

It requires only a little caution, therefore, to see tlM greatest waterfall in the worl'd without expense to speak of aside from the expense of visiting tnls city. The State of New YWk has made such a thing and for the service it deserves the gratitud. of America and of travelers from every part of the globe. Niagara Faljs never grows old. The spectacle of mighty waWrs lias na known equal, and its situation is ideal. The climate in summer Is delightful, the city of Niagara, with its 19.000 people, is tr*$y and Clean, and the whole neighborhood Js remarkable for its beauty. It is pre-etamently a place pf mad waters. Not pnly does Niagara river run a fearful race and l®ake a fearful leap every tipy streamlet abo^it here does its level be?t In the same ]ineH They all hasten with po'|3 and confusipfi. apparently half in flip «md half in madness, toward the cbmmon catastrophe. -Of^all the view-points 05, the reservation perhaps Prospect Park is the most Depui»r p«°p13 may be found here at almost any hour, however early or Wt-e. They lean over the iron failing and lose themselves in the awful plunge, the graphic, thrilling fliswter, of the American Falls. The longer they lpok the American niis. Jiuc iLuigti W stronger becomes the spoi^ of t^e sce^o. vxd caused t^e failure,

But the^e »re pany beautiful ffots on the

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Mroii -th® riter were watqtr.

ers linger in all but actual translation. Secluded places here and there furnish good sriass of both tapids, asd the wanderer atwiat

often ceates upon a lonely mac that is giving Jijnflelf BP mind and soul to th* magic of the pituatipn. fh,® rapids ^rjt *11 bpt the "equals iifo F^fly. upon ob? ,tb«r .adwm. -hfs. Mnies inn*-

MARRIED TO A KING.

Pe M«Mtafeh

cif a South $99 Island.

New York, Dec. 31.—Col. John F.Hobbs, who calls himself King of Illika, and Miss EH{a Collins were parried at the residence of the bride's parents, oa Fourth avenue, this city, last night. The newspapers have announoed that tfep "king of the Cannibal islands" was tp take a wi*e £.nd ^ripps cfowd surrounded the. hou^e. Thej gefpmony was performed by a Swedish Lutheran pastor, and only a few friends* and relatives of the contracting parties were presept.

After the wedding the "feing" gave an audience tp newspaper reporters, #nd tjhh| is what he^told them: Colonel Hpj^s, about six years ago, was sent as a special commissioner, by a Sydney (New South W(Jfs) ,n«w?pap«p to ijiyestigjite.th» 5on4itions of an abominable traffic in Polynesians by the Queensland sugar-cane growers'. His sehooner was wrecked by a hurricane, He was east adrift, and after floating by means of a life- boftj uptll p^rly e$^iau ted, _.nrfj picked .up by a panpe manpe^ $y natives pf Illika, which, by the way, is a South. Sea. island nw on the map. Tliey did not devour h|gi, hut treated him kindly, and la rotufen hp rendered them f$ryic§f Wh}P^ I.P h|s bein^ created a war chief ap4 k|ng ^.t the dwith of Oumalisa, the reigning monarch. Cannibalism has been abolished in the inland, wkieh is rich In pearl fisheries, and wftptpd bofh by fifnef an^ $8lopel Hobbs refused an offer of jjmlghthpod and $75,000 fdr thb privilege of working the pearl shell deposits of the island. Its population is 83,000. The king *nd quten will proceed to Illika v|f Australia, apd will? hf received with royal honors and conveyed from shipboard in his barge, propelled by sixty oarsmep at a speed of eighteen miles gsat

CHARGES AGAINST HOWERY.

A. Tragedy In Which He Figured Is to Be Investigated. Washington, Dec. 81.—A sub-committee of the senate committee PP judiciary is investigatipg ft charge of manslaughter which h^s been madeagainst Judge Charles Ho wr evy of 'Mississippi, who has been nominated to be judge pf the Court of Claims. Tlip

are valueless compared with a detailed map before th® firtft m,eetipg of the session was that the authorities supply free of charge. With this map ip his hands, and afresh pair pf legs under him, the, visitor is prepared to do Niagara Falls in the best possible^way and at no expense whatever except a toll of 15 cents for crossing the suspension bridge to the Canadian side. If he desires to visit the Cave of the Winds, to descend under the Falls from Queen Victoria Park or to take a voyage on the Maid of the Mist, he will be charged the legal amount, but he m^y see the Falls, American and Horse Shoe, and tjis rapids, American and Canadian, to say nothing pf the beautiful islands," without 3, penny's expense* .'& t'

held by the committee, and while strong influence was brought tp bear to have the charge ignored and tp sequre immediate ppnT firnaation, thte more conservative members pf the commjttee asked fpr delay in order to investigate the facts.

The friends of Judge Howery admit that he did fciil a man, but claim the h^pinicide was entirely justifiable. Howery and a lawyeF named Sullivan quarreled over a case at Oxford, Miss,, and Hpwer^'s friends say that as both were men pf courage it speedily became a question of which should die. Bpth men were armed and both drew thfir wea.pons. Hence, they contepd, th$t Hpwery acted in self defense. An Oxford grand jury investigated the case and took this, view ai it, refusing to return $ true bill against Howery. The killing occurred about ten years ago, and Howery has been appointed tp and confirmed in three federal offices since, Sullivan, the man he killed, w^s a brother, of W. V. Sullivan, member-elect of cung ess from the Second Mississippi flistricf.

S|Bn%tar Wolcott Going Abroad. Washington, Dec. 31.—Senator Wolcpti pf Colorado, chairman of the special senate cojamittee to arrange for a bimet^lic coqferenee of the nations of the world, is going abroad to confer with European bi-mptalT lists on the subject. The purposes pf his visit are known and approved by Presidentelect McKinley. The "senator said ip reply to questioc9 that it was true that he wag going to Europe early in January at the. request of his associates on the Republicap capcus committee for consultation, with English bi-nuetallists. He added thp.t therp were other piatters coneerning his. missiop in tt£ interests of bimetallism, w^JCb Jie preferred not to talk about.

Mr Woicptt was asked if the purpose? of his visit were ppt known to" Major McKinley apd approved by him and he answered that they were, but when pressed fpr partipu-r l^rs, he declared that he would prefer not to discuss the question further.

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A Fardod Denied.

Washington, Dec. ?l.^The president has denied the application for pardon in the case of Joseph H. Wilson, convicted Iti Illinois, but sentence not passed, of embezzlement of National Bank funds. In £is endorsement the president s^ys: "This applipation appeals Very strWgly to my syippathy and if I owed no duty to the publlo I would unhesitatingly yield to the pfty aroused for the convict and his family, but my responsibility to the public and the care I should have for the integrity and safety of pur national banjis, as well as a due regard for the just an? equal administration of the laws passed for their protection, restrain me from granting a pardon, even before his sentence, to this copvict, concededly guilty of embezzling the money of a national bank while in its trusted employ." |§p6

His Former Sweethinrt-

Doniphan, Dec. 31. —Report has reached here of a murder and suicide at Barfield, fifteen miles ea,st of here, to^ay. Adolph Havis pf New Salem, III., walked into that village from Neelyvillg. He went to the house of J. A. Payne and asked to see Payne's wife, Qn being shown into her presepce he drew a pistol apd shot her deadThen as he left the house he shot himself in the bead and shoulder, dying Instantly. I^avis and Mrs. Paype had been sweetheart? before her marriage tp Payne si* weeks ago.

Safe Blowers' Rich Hani.

OaUipolls, 0-, Dee, 31,—The general merchandise store of J. H. Hanley at Apple G|rove was entered l*st night by burglars. The safe was blown open and ftbput $20,000 In mpney was stolen, besides stamps and valuable papers. TJjere is no civs to the rqbber*.

Tn'pbrtm CanfeM

New York, Dec. 31.—Syper & Co.. importers and dealers in furniture, etc., today-con-fessed judgment for $8a,QQ0. The liability are said to be $150,000. Depression in trade

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Whoever has spent an hour on The

.Three Sisters Islands, looking out over the ,Pan»dian rapids, -will «arry Che memory the dashing, Jeaping, whirling waters as •}ong as he lives. Of the same sort are the -American rapids. They are wild with the same MefjU .fggtrness, they I«tp and hurry under ,the saipe tgfrib}p sp§}}. Grand beyond wordis is Njia^ra, frpm the first faint jine of breakers'on the upper river to the transcendent climax at the abyss. ,-r.s -r., 4. ..T—7—"r

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•nerelal Veatmres V«r the Tear 189S— gmittWIlWi Iwf jl*a By Tallares.

New Y«rk, Bee. Sl.-r-a. fl. Dun £a*s Weekly Sevjpw of will »y There hava bean man i»mmercial failr ures in 1896 than in any previous year, except lfi?3, ftbftut UfiM last y«r, HiSiUtifji against $173,196^0 last year, an lncre^ae in number of about 11 per cent., and in 1'abilities impossible to give exint figures until next week, but the monthly returns heretofore prepared show that |3«,000,000 gt the excels pver last year was in two months* August and September, in which manufacturing liabilities were $15,600,000 larger than last year trading $10,09P(000, and brokers and other commerPi#l» $10,300,000 larger. Of the lsit^r oiit pf 118,600,Q00 were in those two months ®f tfef Mufacturiag slass $84,610,854 out x»f a&out $98,260,000 Jh the whole yew were In those tw^ ppnthf, of the tracing Qlass $21,831,888 Pf ip tft® year. The ratiA of defaulted liabilities clearing house exchanges was $4.37 per $i 090 ^gainst $3,25 }a|t year, and $6.39' in 1$W. 4Wr«l£g* Uabillt?^ per firm in businese was $ld0.&7 againrt $145 last year, and $290.65 in 1893. The exact statement |»y states and by branches pf busiiMNift wyi be .given next week.

For the first time detailed monthly, stater ments are also published for the last quarter of th$ paifcic yeaf of 1893, showing commercial liabilities Amounting to $64,000,000.

The -year closes with an epidemic of failures, paainly at West, and in banks,'^oan ap4 trust cpnpipfnies or concerpp Jdepepdept op, Tfce ^etipa

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denM» gpfl geyssrftl WWP& win b« as»feted pay te #»iU. tot disclosures si ui»fim^4?eB» iQ wi4^iy khpw» instttuttflPf ip the ftbpprmal ftate of pppulW feeling after ^n e^eitipg eoptest isgy&i has paused distrust WA- g'JSPMfiOT where it is freattentjy undeserved. There has beep 90 monetary pressure tp qapse trpwl»i®. npr h^ye imnortr aot Fester® product* dSecJIned in value. Thgire few eyiden$ly been tpo liberal as^lst-an$e,,-givep by 80HW Pdueiary concerns to speculative operations. -No drain on^ Eastern funds has resulted since the firBt alarm at two large failures, and the money then Sent has all returned. Failures often grow mere frequent as annual settlements ap-! proach.

Holiday dullness has been itensified by the f&ilures and the efforts of great eombinajtipps t§ pake new arrangements, with irqp, coke, WP®1»

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what lower, there is almost uniyersal confidence that business will soon become larger and safer than before fer a long time, apd several large establishments, among them the Ypnjker^ Carpet "V^ork?, wh,ip.h «»plpy^ 7,0P0 hpiidfl whgn full, and t^p Mary|^pl Steei Co., will ftart qpgratjop)}, C^,ton mills have epormpus stpeks of ungpl4 gpogs in ^om.e l|n§s, the giyreHiP Sf Sriot cloth? being[~the largest §yer ^noiwn ppd 9tout a quartpf of a ysar'p ejQSJyaPfion, Woa| siles decre,sse5| ?4 per' cest? ip tfeg ftrpt

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months and tyigr tW ftrt ye^rs decreased gf, pe? 8tSt» iP the second four months, w|ien gew W99I was cPWiflg forward and were pipfh the silliest ever known, expept |R Sfe® fiMiP §f h»t fiDPFr mpus sajps, maiply spepni^tiYg. made the aggregate 4uring the last |pMr mppths pearly equai to that of lfst yegr,

Wheat risen tp the |Ug|ei| pqipt sines Jung, 1^ecj^g^aieFg r«ceipts ip five weeks have been but 13,280,p00 bushel agftiapt 2?,60»,36n«?t y«§r.

Atlantic exports, flour inclpged, have been in gve weeks 9,900,000 bushel ^gainst 10, 413,249 busftel last year-. The exports from Npw Yprk ip Decppabpr weFp 5 per cent, larger and imports 12 per cent, smaller than lfisjt year. ...

'The aggregate of grosg earpiga of all. railroads ip tfee United Sttes, rpportiijg far Der cember is $21,923,536, $ d$§r.ease of 4-4 per cen^ cofpp^red wfth last year apd pf. 9.3 per cent "Compared with Dpggggbgr, 1892- The loss on western -roads, especially the grangers, copipftfed wjith X§82, If still much greater, than on roads in other sections.

A rpyigw 0? the y^r shows a larger movement than last year except at Indianapolis. Eastbound from Chicago,, this year's tonnage is below 1??2. Jn cppjparispp with last year, the gain was largely in the first half of the year. In the last quarter there has been a decrease at each center except at St. Louis.

BRADJJTRjEET'S REPORT.

8ho|fS tt^e Total Number of Failures For Year 189ff. New York, Dec. 81.—Bradstreets op Saturday will

General tratje has been rather more quiet and this week proves one of the dullest of the dull season which has followed the fortnight pf revived demand early in fJpvgmber. Ttya uneasiness l^st week capse^ bJT NPfthwegtr erp bapk fgilijres is continued by similar embarrasscents at Chicago and Minneapolis.. Three bank failures seem to be tjjie outcome of conditions originating in the ban&s gipd not due to t^e situation of general trade.

Unseasonable weather, the marking of in ventories and the customary absence of de.mand in who.lgpale lines, hfve .combined to produce mere than the usual holiday dullness. More favorable reports iaeluda heavy exports of flour and general merchandise froni Tacoma to China find Japan, the receipts at Chicago of a satisfactory apiount of orders fpr dry goods for spring delivery and an ipcrea$ed total volume of busipess in 1896 among St. Louis shoe manufacturers and jobbers gf 4ry g.ooda as .epmparei|, Tf i^h 1895.

Exports of wheat, flour included *8 wheat, from both coasts of the United Scate3 amount to 2,707,7^ bushel as compared with 2,111,000 bushel last week and 3,457,000 bpshel in the week a year ago. Exports of "Indian corn this week amount to 2,656,99* bushel against 2,468,000 bushel last weik and I,839,0p0 bushel in the week a year ago-

Total bufipesi failures in the United States ip 189$, |n whipfc l|(pib|lities exceed assets, number 15,llg, an increase Pf 16 per cent pver 1895, in which yea? fell off 18 per cqnt from 189?, when the total was 15,560, the largest op record. Total liabilities of those failing in 1896 amounted to $247,000,(J00, 55 per cept more than last year and 65 per cpnt tsjpre tfcsp, ip thf year 1894. being exceeded only by the total liabilities In the. y4ar 1893—$402,000,000. The ratio of assets to liabilities aigong those failing in 1896 was 60 per cent, an evidence of an unusually high rate cf njortallty,. wblc& is exceeded ftsly py the corresponding eshlbit of 1893. The copisercin) death rate wa» in 1896,1.40 per cent, by which Jt is meagt that 1-40 per cent of every 100 Individuals, firms and corporations in business ]Mt ye«r fn-'led. This

JJi#..-!!**- »pe«ded only by that ol W91, when was 1 61 pfr oept In 1395 th« commercial ^eath rate was 1.23 and in 1394, it Was 3L.21 per cent.

Ther^are 2JL79 business failures reported fret tile Dsmwioa el Casada-for 1896, a» increase of 303.

M'GHAITH'S RESIGNATION.

Secretary of tlie Federetlon of Tabor—^k ClaiKi

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IndlfQapolis, Dec. 3L—^ecret^ry WcCr^lth: pf the American Federati^o pf Labor re* sfgn€8 fodayf He gave out fdrthe first time his statement in reference to the charges against President Qompers wijlch crasted the sensation. .#t. the recent cwnrention at {Cincinnati. The fibarge.fil»de 'then, which Mr. McCrajtJi reiterated tqnight, w^s that Mr. Gfompers^ negotiated with. National {Chairman Jones for the purpose of using the jfederatioh's influence in behalf of silver in the recent campaign. Mr. McCraith in his statement-cays /'The eherges were made by Delegate Mahon and I was oalled upon to substantiate them. As the convention was largely made UP of free sflverltee, many of whom bad been pn the stump, I kfiew they would have little effect. Among the delegates, for instance, were John McBride, campaign manager of labpr end of the Denaocratic campaign, who could npt cpndeipn Gotppsrs without condemning himself PhilJip Penna. who stumped Ohio Harry Lloyd, who addressed a Tammamny labor meetieg in Cooper Union, New York, gnd there denounced JUr. Sargent of the Locomotive Firemen as being ip the pay of Marie Hanna, when he had no evidence to prpye it George E. McKeill, delegate to the convention whieb nomipatel George Fred Williams fpr gpvernor of Mas-, saehusette, and a number of delegates from the silver states. That Gompers was in collusion with Senator oJnes there can be na: question notwithstanding the federation had emphatically declared against political action. "On July 26th he received a letter from. Goldnei W. C. Wet mar a of St. Louis, asking him to meet Chairman Jones to whi°h he as- t. sented, s^yipg, "I will be pleased to meet the gentleman you name.' On September l3t Gompers and Wetmore conferred in Indianapolis. On September 2nd they again met ia

"I hplc( that President Gompers clearly violated the non-politicai policy of the fell eration. Already the iron and steel workers are up to am against the aeHen of the recent convention on free silver."

THE BANK SAVED.

Dime Saying fastltation of Chicago Pat on Its Fept. Chipajgp, Dec. 31.—The Dime Savings, B$nk has been saved, it is apnounced, by the sacrifice of the stockholders, who have gone down |p their pockets and pa4d an assessment of spme fifty per cent The examinatiop pf Auditor Gore is understood to have found a large deficiency ip the bank's assets, and rather than ^ave the institution clo^e its doprst, leving its 4,000 depositors to suffer, the directors put the ban)£ on its feet So successful were they that the state auditor gave his fuil endorsement of the inatitutipri. The cash reserve was increased to over 25 per cpnt pf the deposits as compared with the legal reserve of 5 per gent for savings banks.

Just hpw soon the 90 day notice for depositors will be withdrawn was not determined at the meeting of the directors held today It is said the Dime Sayings will soon be sold to some one of the stronger brinks of its

-NEGROES ARRESTED.

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-Birmingham, Ala., Dec.3i-—Two sus-s pected train wreckers were placed in jail here to^y, J&ey gave their names as Tom Ingeram and Andrew Feagan. Both are npt groes. They were apprehended by detectives in the mountains about ten miles from the city. Th§ theory of the detectives seems to bp that the work was dpne by an organized band of negroes who had a rendezvous in the mountains. The detectives are fol-^-f "j lowing every clew, and more arrests are ^-*4 looked fpr tomorrow. ^4

It dpvelopes thft thF§e white boys vyho f} Were passengers pn the Ulfated Blogtpn train are missing. No bodies have been found answering the description of the missing boys, and it is thought they w§re cre-^ mated in the wreck.

A a an N or Milwaukee, Wis., Dee. 31.—Efforts ari making for an adjustment of the affairs of ,• the Van Nortwieks for a settlement of their business affairs more speedily than Is possible through assignments, it 's said tonight that an agreement for a general resumption ef business by the various institutions in which they are interested will probably be reached in a few days, but the plans under consideration'are not made public. John S. Van Nortwick denied today that ill feeling existed between his brother William and himseif. He says they are working together harmoniously for the piotection of thir creditors. Both Mr. Van Nortwick and his attorney said today that the former will pay every dollar of indebtedness and Save his properties.

I Fall Amount SutoserSbeiSNashville, Tenn., Dec. 31.—Tonight at h.

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meeting ©f'eitizens at which Governorelect Taylor, and other prominent men ma-.e speeches, the balance ef §500,000 subscri.ition needed to secure the government builiiing exhibit and appropriation was subscribed' The government appropriation of $130.000 will now be available and proper cert 111 cates of the correctness of ihe $5o0,000 subscfibed will be forwarded Secretary Carlisle dt once

Amiirlcftii Eooiioiiile Anwcittl'Mir Baltinpore, Dec. 31.—At the final se^hn ol the American Econoniic Association

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the following oncers wpre electcd for tre following year:" President—Henry C. Adams, rh. D., versity of Michigan.

Secretary—Walter Wilcpx, Cornell LnJyersity. Treasurer—Charles Hull, Corre A

Reunion of Hepabllt an'-

Mrs. Anderson on Her fllettle. Mary Anderscon caused a warrant to bfc sworn out yesterday for

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Pittsburg, Pa-, Dec. 31.—A reunion of fre mont Republican campaigners will he Srm in this city pn January 20,1897, and an .qrt is hpjng made to secure a Jarge altendancs,, from all parts of the coutftry of partic=pan in the first campaign of the Repub i,an^| party. Invitations have been sent to Tre*-ident-elect McKinley, Vice

Presldent-cKet

OHQbart, the governors of all the states and piembers of congress. I

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John Anderson, and his brother. Dan Elliott. Shp alleges In the complaint that they came home drank *nd that John and then threatened to kill her with the rest of the family.: She only put a drunk charge against them. ..

?At the Mg»»» Honse MlMlon, There was a great congregation at thfc Light House Mission last night to see tb old year QUI. There was song service and abort talk! by those in attendance aM