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1500,000,' SSd^at tfi® present time'its deposits aggregate $1,700,000 and Its surplus about $150,000. Mr. Eckels has been la Philadelphia several times recently, trying tomato arrangements by which the pulp and paper mill's securities" could tie taken, out of the assets of the bank and preferred stock of the ^Philadelphia Record Co. substituted. By this and certain other changes Mr. Eckels ihoped to put the bank in flrstcias3 condi iion.

Up to 5 o'clock last night it wa,s thought that the plan would be adopted, but at that time a hitch occurred which rendered 6vis pension necessary. When the pulp and.paper mill's security* were taken by the bank they were regarded- by every one as flretelass but since that time paper lias fallen in price from 10 cents a pound to

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and the «q i£rltles have depreciated In proportion. tj- Mr. Eiekelsfsaid there was not the least "(suspicion Of any wrong-doing on the part of any one connected with the bank, and he stilt' had strong hopes of arranging for the vokmtarjr, liquidation of the bank's affairs wltjput che expense incident to the appointin eat of a receiver. Mr. Eckels expressed the^belief that the back ultimately would ...j»R»every dollar it owes.

T%e Philadelphia. Record, which is owned by jh'esidentMSingerly, Mr. Eckels said, is a veiy valuabip property, paying about. 5 per cetC annuall^ on £}{itrt $5,000,000. (Jomptroller Eck?le said this afternoon that no jj^her banks wer# involved and that in his judgment note "frooid be affected by the failur^£ Mr. Eckels and Mr. Hart, the bank exswniner in charge, had a conversation late thijf afternoon oveT 'the long distance tele-^Mart-said that a joint meeting of .the, dir^joj-^f ip.e two failed concerns •wich Mr. John Bu'utt, who is acting as counsel fop-tbe department Mr., Coffin,, the deputy comptroller, and himself, was then in progress arid that they were working on a plan to bring about voluntary liquidation Witb«ce%s9$able hope of success. Among the direetocs w&e£ent_\vere several men of large

"P™1* it "was hoped a final settlement on_this basis ultimately would be secured.

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"*Total $1,858,659 35 l-i LIABILITIES. Capital stock, paid in 250,000 00 Bifroluw-ftwid 50,000 00 UMivicW*»pre*i$S, less expenses iy$d RuteS paid Dqposits^'Suolect to check Deposits, special Miscellaneous liabilities

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St. Paul, Minn.,- Dec«^ 23.—Charles A, Pillsbury, who is reported to have made $2JJOO,00(f in wheat this year, has resigned the management of the English syndicate mills. Mr. Pillsbury declined to discuss his private fortune or how he made It but admitted with a laugh that he had done fairly well the last eight or nine months. Referring to the PillsburyWashburn syndicate mills, which are controlled by a. syndicate of Englishmen, Mr. Pillsbury sa}d he had for many years been managing direotor. Recently he had concluded that the work of the position was too confining and 'too exacting. He had, therefore, resigned the position of managing director to Henry Little, who had been connected with the companv many years be-Sero-it was transferred to British interests.

In grain circles it is stated that Mr. Pillsbury has made a great deal of monev the last summer and fall wheat. He for£§tfw4hat there would be a big shortiff 'vtfftjfcit in the Northwest early (n August, and when a little later it was rowdowd certain that fully 60 per cent. c)f,ttf(JtAvhe''frtsof this section was below contract grade, lie bought very heavily. HS Tlfupkhfc wheat all the way from 60 eents to 75 cents and sold it from SO cents

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Vhe Lelter-Armour Denl.

Chicago, Dcc. 23.—The possibility that l.eiter ajid Armour will pool their interests and corner May wheat is stirring traders on-: 'change. The Post says:

George "French, operating for the LeltecVowo, lias plied up a line of at least ftusfrols of May •wheat, according to reports from the floor. Armour's radical change of front in bulling May wheat Is common knowledge. It is

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known that'Armour n, a pyramid nf May wheat bought, which is supposed to come rlosa to the Leiter holdi'ig. As If to emphasize the bull talk, both Armour's and Loiter's men bought wheat, rid&y. Armour's movements ar? closely veiled, bvit Lei.engineers m.*Re mi seere: of their ('eatings in May wheat. Already that option is regarded as being as dangerous for the public to handle as a sto»re lid at white heat. 'May wheat is a long fchot' is the antwer given by commission men when approached by customers. The winter wheat .rriu this country Is not harvested until July. and. according to the forecasters on chmngr- the situation has never been so taVorable for a corner in May wheat as it will be this s«ason. Everywhere the price or May is on the rise, and the difference between May and December isbeing rapidly narrowed."

Stocks of Grain in Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 23.—The stacks of wheat, corn and oats in Chicago at the close of Saturday, December IS, 1897, were as follows: 1—In public elevators, all grades: ,,r. Bushels. Wheat 7.793,000 17.413.000 Oaw- 1.495.000 2—In private elevators, all grades:

Wheat Corn Dats

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1.475.000 4,069,000 2,201,00

S^-Tatal stocks, all grades in all positions: Bushels. Wheat 9,268,000 Lorn 11.482.0(H) Oats 4,696.000 4^-Contract grades, in public warehouses and elevators:

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Wheat 5479,000 ywn^..,,. ,w...-.jAU 13,759.000 ua's 952,000

The additions to the stock of contract wiieat since Saturday have been large, probaJSly aggregating 1,600,000 bushels. The Impression is that there will be from 7.W 000 to 8,000,000 bushels of contract grade ty*the end of the month. Deliveries have been large for three days, all being taken paid for by the bull clique. What they tvjJl do with it seems to worry the bears more than the buyers.

REACHED THE SPOT.

Miarx Myers Was a Mighty Happy Man Yesterday Evening. iThsrtt is toothing a wide-awake merchant liKes to hear better tluui some stranger ln~the city come to his store store aud aay: "T-«e* by the paper that, you are selling tlils or that article for such and such a price." he wide-awake merchant altrays advertises and laat week Myers Bros, placed a large ad. in The Express exetesively. As Is pretty well known to ptjrybo^y The Express has a larger eiN c^Jation in all of t3ie towns within a

ridlus ot fifty miles ef Terre ftuute than i$y other paper, Mr, Myers found this the case. Last week he advertised dishes for sale at a bargain. Through the columns a? Tho B»»re.«s he readlnp skbHc vritst ttfc dlshos

were like and called on them to make an examination. Yesterday evening fie sold the last set of dishes. He sold about twenty sets to people residing in Paris, three or four sets were sold to Rosed ale people., RockvUifi shoppers bought dishes of Myers Bros, and so did residents of Marshall, Chrisman, Brazil, Clay City, Shelburne, Sullivan and other surrounding towns. Fully fifteen sets of these dishes were sold to Sullivan people. A Terre Haute man went to the store yesterday evening to buy a set of them and was on the point of asking for them when a woman from Sullivan stepped up and s£0d "I saw in The Express where you were selling dishes ahd if they are as advertised I want a set." She got what she asked for and toOk the last of the 100 sets,

AGAINST HIGHER ASSESSMENTS.

A Decision to Favor of the Railroad Com •. panies in Tennessee. .Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 23.—Judge .Clark of the United States Circuit Court, has de dded the case of -the railroads vs. the state board of equalizers in favor of the former. The new railroad commission, in making out its tax list, assessed the rail roads and telegraph companies in the state about 130,000,000. higher than the assess ment of the previous yesar.

The railroad companies thereupon en joined the board of equalizers from certifying to the comptroller the approved assessments. The court grants a temporary injunction, but with the provision that ihe railroads pay the taxes to the state on the basis of the taxation for 1896-97. '1. 'J, ij •QgtJufc!} pMART BLAZE AT WASHINGTON. Warehouse', Hotel and Other Business In' terests Badly Scorched. "Washington, Ind., Dec. 23.—Fire this morning totally destroyed Hatfield & Palmer's four-story warehouse, which covered nearly one-fourth of a block. The loss on the building and contents 4s $10,000, with $6,000 insurance. Strong, winds spread the flames to the Iiyati hotel, dam aging the building and'contents about $3,000 covered by insurance. G. W. Willeford's drug store and F. M. Huddleson's photograph gall ry were destroyed. Loss on the former $700, and on the latter $400, with no insurance. Walter Blanchard's

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Philadelphia, Dec. 23.—The condition of

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Co. atjhe close of business on November 16, 1837, Was reported to the state authorities as fallows:

RESOURCES.

Cash on hand .. $ 34,046 59 OheckS and other cash items .... 69,895 84 Due from banks and bankers.... 115,073 03 CaJlJbiLhtf Wpon collaterals ...... 088,513 56 Time Joans upon collaterals 226,589 52 .LowawSuSjSiji btmds and mortgages 317,306 49 Mortgages .. J.72 376 50 RdSfl estate, furniture and iix~ es^Ji 218,105 01 drgfts..,. 1,092 77 ellSneoua- assets ............ 15,542 07

.52,385 04 850,750 92 636,502 94 14 020 48

-Total .... $1,858.659 38 Aflfount trust funds invested $103,744 Amount trtujt uhds uninvested .. 41,829 06 £. I?:r 1 1 2 3 5 1 7 3 7 0

SlnjMlv IMnrtgasrew His Property, Jjiforr.istown, Pa., Dec. 23.—A mortgage of $190,000, covering Wm. M. Singerly'g realty injjwynpdd township, was placed on record •Here this afternoon. The mortgagee is H. G.^ JEjartt of Philadelphia, and the instru ment is* dated March 21, 1897.

PILLSBURY MAKES A FORTUNE. Reported That He Has Cleared Two Millions in Wheat.

printing office was damaged $100. Mrs. Elizabeth Carnahan's residence was leveled to the ground.

FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH,

Four Chicago Men Who Were Hunting in Missouri. Lifctfle Rock, Ark., Dec. 23,—From passengers reaching here it is learned that four Hunters were found frozen to death by the roadside near Dawes creek, Newton county, Monday morning. It is believed from descriptions of the dead men that they were W. H. Hughes, A. H. Dolphin, John W. Bright and Samuel Sevier, who got an outfit her a couple of weeks ago. They claimed Chicago as their home, and it is said they passed through Marshall, in Searcy county, early last week, saying they were going into the Boston mountains for game. It is believed the party lost the way in the jungle of Dawes creek bottom.

MURDERER SPELLEN KILLED.

Shot Dead by Officers When He Resisted Arrest. Dubois, Pa., Dec. 23.—Stephen Spellen, who killed Michael Rohr last night, was shot dead this morning when attempting to escape from his pursuers. Spellen took refuge in a Water-sliaft, but the steam ^ras turned on, and he was forced to get out. Before he was killed, he fired several shots at his pursuers, one ball taking effect in the shoulder of Thomas. Casey, proprietor of the Central hotel, arid another passing through the coat of tlhe chief of police. The murder of Rohr was entirely unprovoked. and it is thought Spellen was demented when ho committed it.

Central Telephone Co. Insaea Boads. New York. Dec. 23.—Bonds are to be offered at subscription, in this city to the amount of $1,200,000 for the Central Union Telephone company, which holds licenses for all the instruments and appartus .owned or controlled by the American Bell "el^phone company in the territory comprising the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and which is operated under the general policy-.of the American BeU Tele-i phone company, which owns -mec! ilitfrt half the capital stock,and also a larke-part of its bonds, the present issU» included.

Judee PaxsuD Likely to Be Appointed. Washington. Dec. 23.—It is believed that the president has decided to appoint Judge Paxson, of Pennsylvania, as a member of the interstate commerce commission to succeed Colonel Wm. R. Morrison, whose term will expire in January. The president today informed Senator Deboe, of Kentucky, who called upon him in the interest of Mayor Todd, of Louisville, that the position was promised, and it is thought that Judge Paxson is the man slated for the place. -,:f,•.

Pickpocket! Kob Railway Patsengeri. Special to the Express. Vi/iceinies'l Ind., Dec. 22.—J. w. Chaddix, a merchant of Palestine. 111., arrived here today on' his way home from a business1 trip to the Northwestern states and together Vith twelve other passengers had his pockets picked while on a Missouri Pa-eific-train from Kansas City to St. Louis last night. Mr, Chaddix says the pickpocket gat,.several hundred dollars and was not detected in his work. They discovered their lews at St. Louis. Two la-dteKV-e'irreluded in the lis., being relieved of all their money together with their jewelry.. «Mr.»,Chaddix's loss is about *40.

LIKE MRS. PULLMAN^

Mrs. Billings Claims Her Dower Right to .-Her Husband's Estate. Chicago ,Dec. 23.—Mrs. Augusta S. Bill"ihgs~wife*o!"the late Albert M. Billings, the mUJionaire banker and capitalist, hae renounced the provisions of her husbands ^111, so far as it relates to her, and has elected to take the share of the estate allotted to her by law. It is said that the difference in the ineomd to Mrs. Billings will be very slight, her reasons for the action being the desire of the fteire to improve a large portion of the property belonging to the estate.

Mr. Billings' estate was estimated at the time of his death at $2,000,000. Since then, however, much real and personal property in other states hae been inventoried, bringing the total value of the estate, it is said, up to $7,000,000. Mrs. Billings' share will amount to something over $2,000,000, and will give hc-r command of the ready money necessary for use in the contemplated improvements.

ONE SUICIDE PROMPTS ANOTHER.

Manner in Which Miss Herbert Killed Herself Sets Jane Forrest Example. Chicago, Dec. 22.—Mrs. Jana Forrest, 69 yeans of age, committed suic-de today by throwing herself head forenscst from a third-story window. Mrs. Forres for several years had made repeats! attempts to take her oswn life. Her relatiyes kept very close watch upon her, and it .vas by reading an account of the death of Miss Leila Herert thsi she gained a new Idea of cow to take her life. She imi^te-l as Hoselv as possible the manner of Miss Herbert's death and took*the trouble to criwl through a very small window in order to thxpw herself upon §ozpe flagstones la the rear of the house.

Try Gnlno! Try Grains!

Ask your grocer today to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food driak that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink It without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich seal brown ef Mocha or Java, but Is msde from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress, One-quarter the price of coffee. 25e aad £5c per package. Sold by all grocers. ,**:

Fotrltlux Perry HMd Not Uollly. Philadelphia. Dec, 23.—'The jury in the case of Samuel G. Perry, a local pugilist, charged with manslaughter in causing the death of Edward J. Gibbons during a boxing bout last May, today- rendered a vcr* diet ef not guilty.

tare a Beadache to 15 Mioate* By using Dr. Davis' Ant -Headache. druggitrts.-

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Tben Propose# to Farc«|« J[oanf InrarC«it to Aiisulnita -Hhi Father, Held HoiU^i

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Leading Antonomlsts Admit Fallare and Say It I Now War to the

Second, an old Cuban, Jose Robon, baa son, Luis, who is a leader in the Cuban cause at Sagua. For this the old man was expatriated to H^v^na. where he ncr^ resides. *^1'I.

Dr. Congosto knows that General Gomez has issued a proclamation ordering every leader to see that all, emissaries who may present themselves wi'th^ propositions of peace that are not based ion the absolute Independence of the ielandi^hall be sentenced to death and all infractions of this order shall be considered treason.

Dr. Congosto has conceived the idea of sending the father toother eon with propositions looking irwardi autonomy, thus placing the son in the position of either shooting his father or (being himself declared a traitor. The poor old man refused, but I know not how long he may withstand the pressure that is being brought to bear on him

Third, Dr. Congosto is-endeavoring to secure the services of some prominent man in the United States. This prominent person is to come here and on his return to the states is to declare that autonomy is an accomplished fact,, that, peace is firmly established and other foolish things. As if this could alter the real state ot affairs and as if Consul General Lee were not here to tell the truth.

And by the bye, I very much fear that if this gentleman (Lee) does not take his departure in good time he is running the risk of. being blown to pieces.

PROTECTED BY A FOG.

A Schooner Sails For Cuba With Much Ammunition for Insurgents.

New York, Dec. 23.—The Press my i: During the thick fog of the early morning of last Saturday ^jthe^chooner James M. Haskell gkipped -quietly" from her pier, evaded the custom officers and under the mantle of the fog began her fourth filibustering expedition to Cuba. The Haskell in view of her recent performances, is credited with being the fastest and mcst successfully, managed filibustering schooner afloat.

On Saturday morning in her hold she car ried 500.000 rounds of ammunition and 2,000 rifles. The cartridges were carefully pack ed in baled hay, the rifles in boxes. All the important loading was done at night. Dozens and dozens of big tins marked "Canned apples" were carried on board as if they had been the most preclbue'df cargoes. It is said they contained the -most dangerous dynamite. Her crew is' cbihposed mostly of foreigners, but her captain's name could not be ascertained.-- fKtfoj \c-,

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Best Informed Perspps Deny That Aran ,f guen Was'.JKiiled by Ruiz. Havana, via Key^West, Fla.,,Dec. 22.—All the best informedipersons deny that Aran gueren was killed-' wife" Ruiz. On the elm trary, there is good authority for the report that immediately .after Ruiz was macheted Aranguren was p&moted from the rank of colonel to that of brigadier. He delivered the temporary cqjjLjgjjid to his first officer and went to the camp-pf General Alejanddro Rodriguez to inform him of the execution of Ruiz, after whicli he returned and took charge of his troopsr:

General Pfendo Ms' written to Captain General Blanco to say that all the commissioners whohave^ been" sent to the In*' surgent camps proposing peace with autonomy have failed and that therefore no other course is open than to finish the war with war.

In a telegram, to General. felafietffS&sting fn the name of the Cuban autonomists against the killing of Colonel Ruiz, Senor Marcos Garcia sar6*also that hitherto the^ autonomists haVe observed a passive attitude/ but from this date they will "help to crush the rebellion," adding that the war must be finished with" war.

In the presence of local newspaper men and a number of cdirespondente of American and other foreign newspapers he said today that he does not believe that Colonel Aranguren betrayed the trust reposed in him by Ruiz. He thinks that owing to a difference existing between Aranguren and the insurgent leader, Rafael De Cardenas, the latter ambushed them and killed also, although unable to conflrni his suspicion.

RUIZ CARRIED A BRIBE,

It Was His Plan to Offer General Aranguren '. .100,000.

kew York, Dec. 22 —A cable from Havana says:. The insurgents found on the body ef Colon^ Jog^uin Ruij^ who w«$ executed by the insurgents, a letter from Captain General tiiitift Blanco, authdiftr Ruiz to offer $100,000 to Colonel Nestor Aranguren and^a high office to Aranguren's father, who id no* In the United States. General Blanco: gate pledges in his letter that both promises would be fulfilled immediately aftef~ tire return of Aranguren to Havana with Colonel Ruiz. The letter extended a simitah offer to Colonel Raoul Arango if Ar«^wen, afWr accepting the terms, should use his influence with his friend Arango to that end.

Afcout a moaW^go an attempt to bribe Aranguren was nfrae by the palace authorities, *ad the xegmt spread in Havana that one of his subordinate officers had accepted an offer to betrayjhe patriot cause. Blanco and some of lis swff were talking at dinaer three weeks ago about the failure of this attempt. CoVmtl Ruiz, who was present, said that the plan bad not been intelligently prepared, aud ififet he could make it successful: then gave him*the mission that cost hhn his life. Next day Rule repented of what he had said, but it was too late for him to withdrawe from his promise to the eaptala genend. Before lcaring Ha-

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row will publish a sensational letter written

to a resident of this city by '*a distinguished resident" of Havana, whose name is with

.held for obvious reasons. The writer says he has information from a Cufcan, who holds

a position in the councils of General Blanco,

that Dr. Congosto has several schemes for the pacification of the island, among the Im

portant ones are these: First, an emissary, now on his way to New York, where he in tends to join one of the filibustering expeditions and reach the army under Gomez, learning what he can and when occasion presents itself he is to murder Gomez, for Which he is to be well paid. *i^

wtna he said to *. friend fn the Union Club "t know {hat I am surely going to my death."

Ruiz was sot ia his uniform when he met Aranguren. He left his uniform at the inn in Campo Florido, and went to the Insurgent lines in a white suit and wearing a straw hat.

The news is circulating here that General -Jesus Rabi, second in command of the insurgent army in Santiago de Cuba, has hanged two commissioners sent to him by General Pando with the offer of autonomy and a large bribe if he would surender,

RUSSIA AIDS CHINA..,

She "Will Supply the Chinese With ittfies on Long Time Payments. .• London, Dec. 22.—The Pekin correspondent'Of the Tidies, says: The Chinese ire prtMsioning Port Arthur and wift reconstruct the forts there, Russia supervising and furlnshing the money. In the face of this indication of permanent occupation the necessity of safeguarding our position in the far east increases. "The Russo-Chinese bank, which 1s the agent of the Russian government, has offered to China 120,000 Berdan rifles, with payment five years hence. .- China has accepted the proposal."

According to a despatch .to the Times from. Kobe, Japan, the news from Port Arthur has greatly disturbed the Japanese ministers. Long cabinet counicls have been held, and the high military officials have attended. The Japanese newspapers, the despatch says, are nonplussed jt,t the situation in the far east, while the ministry in Involved In domestic troubles connected with its proposals, to ^Jgh the Diet is hos-

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^y^||BeIng FiKbusterers. Key West, Fia., Dec. 22.—Schooners leaving port last night thast were unaccustomed to the summary methods adopted by Uncle Sam in intercepting filibusters were treated to a surprise. The battleship Maine and launch fired a shot as a command for them to halt. Not understanding the signal they proceeded on their course but another shot brought them to. They were boarded by the naval officer and thoroughly searched but no arms nor ammunition were found and they were allowed to proceed. The Maine's officers are unusually alert, and there must be strong ground for suspicion that a fili bustering expedition ds being planned for the big battleship coasted along the islands several times during the night, putting all vessels under the inpuisitlve glare of her big search lights.

COST IS NOT SO MUCH.

The Gazette Overestimates the Expense of the Crookshanks Trial.,,,, v"" To say that the trial of Sadie Croofcshanics which was concluded Tuesday evening will amount to $1,500 is putting it entirely too strong.-. The Gazette expresses the belief that the trial will cost the county this sum. From certain sources the Gazette is informed that the case should never have been brought, that there was never at any time possibllty of ponvicting the woman of murder, and further that all evidehce pointed to the fact that Crookshanks killed himself. The prosecutor is criticised for paying any attention to the case in the first place and over his shoulders one of the city detectives is brought into the matter.

Viewed from the point.of an officer whose duty it is to prosecute criminals there was every justification for the arrest of Mrs. Crookshanks. In the first place the information on which the indictment was returned came to the police third handed. It wes not solicited, nor the case even thought of until it was told to Superintendent Hylafld that Mrs. Crookshanks had told Grace Mitchell and Ida Griffith she killed her husband, The confirmation of this first report caused the arrest. As to the expense attending the trial of the case, it certainly will not reach •$900. There is nothing to warrant an assertion that it will cpst $1,500, The state's cost will not exceed $75. This was expended in bringing witnesses here from Indianapolis and Paris. There was an allowance or $200 for looking up evidence for the defense

Associated with Attorney Soale were At torney Catlin and, by virtue of his, office in the trial of poor people, County Attorney Stunkard. There were twenty witnesses for the defense, but only four of them came from another state and the trial lasted but four days.

Speaking of the trial Attorney Soale said that was his purpose to render to the' county an itemized statement of all expenses.

The money allowed by the court for securing evidence had not all been expended, and whatever was left would apply 6n the fees the court should grant to the attorneys for the defense. It was Mr. Soale's belief that the entire cost of the trial Would scarcely reach $900. -, taO*„ *.

ANDERSON WAS DRAMATIC,:

Trial of the Sea Cook Ends and Ca«e Now With Jury, Norfolk, Va„ Dec. 22.—The trial" of'John Anderson, cook of the steamer Olive Pecker for the murder of Mate Sounder was concluded today aad the case went to the jury at 5:30 this afternoon. The court has adjourned until tomorrow morning.

Under the ruling of the court the jury must either find Anderson guilty as charged in the indictment, or not guilty. There can be no verdict of manslaughter.

The prisoner was dramatic to the lash Just before the district attorney concluded his closing argument, telling the jury that if Anderson had been innocent he would have adopted an- uer course, the accused man sprang to his feet, saying: **I am innocent, Mr. White," and had to be forcibly pulled back into his chair by the court bailiff.

PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT

St Louis Ex-Bank Cashier Who Embezzled $20,000. St. Ixmis, Dec. 23,—William E. Burr, Jr. ex-cashier of the St. L/ouis National bank now serving a sentence of five years at the Jefferson City state penitentiary for the embezzlement of $20,000, has been par doned by President McKlnley. The pardon, it is said, was issued on the recommendation of Attorney-General McKenna, who received petitions of clemency from National Republican Committeeman Kerlns, the two Democratic senators and other influential people of the state.

Accidents Over the I'oaatr*

John Hay, a pioneer farmer of New Goshen, fell on tho ice yesterday and Jb($ke two. ribs. jy rs, John Laymah fell Monday and broke her wrist.

Charles Stimson. of West Terre Haute, fell and broke his jaw Saturday night on an Icy pavement. He is a brother of Judge 8. C. Stimson and Lawyer R. C. Stimson, this city.

Mrs. David Relger, 619 Third Avenue, thig city, fell on the pavement near her home iresterday and sustained a fractured hip.

JHarrlace Ucen*es.

Frederick Lentz and Lucy E. Ward:

Harry B. Southard and Mellie A. Manuel. Leo A. McCarmack and Ada L. Reveal. David Braxton and Ada SUrks. James Henry Jones and Bertha Edwards.

Chalmers Bailey and Roll' Potter?*']

.Turks Killed By Severe Earthquake* Constantinople, Dec. 22.—A number of earthquakes, increasing occured today around Sm Already considerable dsma and some persons have been injured. Smyrana at the la population of nearly 176,000

intensity have a, Asia Minor, has been done, illed and many census ha 1 a

JUDGE JOSEPH GABY.

THE CHICAGO JURIST IS A SATIRIST AND WIT.

Cnlqiw Tfp* of Maarly Exftteo* SdfooL likes to Um aa He Vaad to Do—Boi Been on the Bench Nearly Forty Yean.

Specfa—n ot Hh Wit.

Judge Gary oif Chicago, who is to ait in tbe seocmd trid of Luetgeii, charged with wife murdcr, Is one of the few remaining Judges of the beaoh of other times. Per sonolly and judicially lie Is aisique. In spite cf his years Judg® Gary is alert ph ically and mentally. T3s is quii and appropriate.

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ruJUcg or 'decidon, ^t d6e8 iwrt conflict With the dignity of hto office. A man c3 few words, brusque in manner oftep, avoiding the publio, eedtoag no applause, literally waiting' wfireqoenied Gtreetz when he can, #e is in £is hoxpe Bfe iovab«e ctuumcter—kind, syEupsti»tlo, approachable, rcspouslTe. He looks AdoTphe Thiers. But only in «is face cab ccao -unt his .yeass. His home is on the same site as th» one whlab was buxned-iit the big flre. Whcxi he Bmr that fire oncroaohing upon his heme, he took a few things whi&h he most highly prlawd. carried them to a place of safety, uWl wh^F all was over he determined to rebuild, an'd* .here he has lived ever since.

He likes to live as fee did In hia c&Rltaz days. He and: his wife constitute the home now. "Sbene is an ugly dog, shaggy and noisy at times, which is conpeoted with the boose. When his ssdate tnastel rettrms trom the bench, this ugly looking dog goes out to me«t him, and if the weather is not uapropitious tho two stroll together. Every morning the raastjgc qnd this dog are seen exercising. Thoy market togother. Long ago, when he was in practice, Mr. Gary was his own stewftrt. Hs has kept up the habit 'Besides," ho said one day to. afriftndi "Bobo has to have a certain kind of meat, and I am the only ono who knowfe What he likes." Sobo is the dog.

Long ago, before there was such a convenience as a raflk cart, Mr..Gary, before, he could afford domestics, went to the bouse of an old woman several blocfcifdirf* tant and purchased milk for his house This old habit is continued. There is no reason for it other than that it was the way housed to live. Some of the children

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He baa been on the bench nearly. 4p yfears. Ho is a natural jurist. Had he overintimated such a desire, he^ would have gone to the highest judiciary of the state. His present place and several re-elections thereto are due to tho bar of the eity and. county as well as his friends. Ho. nqver tnado a political speech. He never seughfc a vote. Ho never paid a political assess-, ment. Ho was never a political eandld^e. As a judge he is revered. M$n who^^ not honest fear h'jn. Lawyers who ^are^ tricky avoid him. Few of his deoisioh's have been reversed.

When Justice Harlan of ihe tlnilqd,States supremo bmch holds oonrt In Cht-' cago, he likes to have Judge Otury dlina with him as often as he will. When Chie? Justice Fuller visits bis old home! he usually visits Judge Gary. Wh^n the Bar association of Cook county ha& its annbal banquet. Judge Gary has the Scat of ^oniik' Not many months ago the district judges of the United States courts from several districts and the supreme eourt of-Illinois had a social session, Judge Gary wd&'tbtf one man invited from the Cook ,Bounty bench.

This is a speolmon of this old fashioned judge's wit: A man charged with..^iga^iy was before' him. Tho aocused had lived two years with the second woma#/antf his concluded to plead guilty on tlie utfSS^ standing with tho stat* attorney thh&hls sentence would divorce him from N#. 2. When he stood before Jud^e G&rf, tfce-llt~ tile man looked over his desk and asked 1n a voice of kindness: "You fully understand what oi guilty means?" .ar S "Yes, your honor.''

And do you undesstand If you so pl^d it will be my duty to send you to. tbe penitentiary Do you understand thtj^?""* "Yes, your honor. Anything tp Mit tree?"

The judge looked at tho meat and then said in his inimitable •tanner: "I suppose there are some tWhgs Beside which prison would be a relief: 'Arty'relative or friend of tbe defendant in oourtf*'1

A woman lu black ood up on a besoh and said in a voice which soiinded.ljkfe a rip of cambric: "i am his seoond wife, judge."

Judge Gary replied immediately, ,yith no change in his voice or face: "Some things beside which prison wotild be a relief. You ought to be willing to take three years."

T»e prisoner nodded an assehft Judge Gary lookeu over at ^he wem^n In black. He setmed tc read hsrYn'a second. He turned to the man wh& ,had pleaded guilty and said: "I will give you one year. You seena to have bad tbe other two before they arrest

Few criminal trials in America created more Interest than that of the anarchists. Judge Gary presided Public Xaalui&..w,os at high tension. Men walked the streets an&iwent ti$and from theip^^SbiSeicss armed. Judge Gary WAS threatened and warned. A guard was offered he refused it indignantly. A dstcctjte was detailed to follow him. He cffaeci&d the detective and ordered him awaj|P He was tbe one man in the town who^'&oomed to be fearless.—New Yoxk Sun. eA

She 'Auuir-'it Him a Leoon.

"Not being aware of any reason, except tbe conventional one of etiquette, why 1 should not sprak to every pfetty woman whose face pleased my fan#, I. deter mined to try it one day on Chestnu street," remarked one of the Well dram* loungers of that well promenaded thor oughfare. "Ono would be surprised ht the wii some smiles and bows cf apparent reco nltion I received. 1 did not g9-Dl^|ut iu pleasant duty as though ttt capi vate any of them, but when .'Shft^of tl niooet would come aiong'l ttDAfcid qtiicki glance at her, bow nnd raJSS riy ha Nine timos out of ten I got acknowied. ment of some sort, but tho l^st time tried I was taught aJassoS- ^3a«t aari'1

*Fss'Sross!ng "TBlrteenih stroet a smartly dressed little woman, coming in the opposite direction, happened togianea my way, UMfelttdsed my hat. "She stopped short, eyed mo for a time, and in language moro forcible than polite told me very plainly what she thought of lnjr&npadenoe. She did not speak in a 'whisper either, and bv the time sho was .^nished quite a crowd had gatbexed, for I •oold not gat a^vay, as, like the wedding guest and the ancient mariner, she bcld me with her glittering eye. I hnven't tried the srhomo slnoa"—Philadelphia CSaB. it :s

i- Chlldlsood's Simple Pleasures. The ernltation which Mrs. Kate Doa/f las Wiggin fecls over her real childhood, .•With its copper toed shoes and rag doll, ia hef'eliaptcr on training children, will find ab echo in the breasts of many city mothers. lt Is what many.of them f^ht for for *thqir children as they fight for health in the city's microbo and fcadllu? ladon ab. "How cao a real child keep her happy fe&Joymcnt in simple pleasnrcs?" said a Wt&fifih, discussing this point recontly, ''when every influaace to which she is^ ^subject is against it? My littie girl h«! nip liSrtbC&y lately, her tenth, and ehe was^ thrown into an ecstasy of delight over afp lltiJersiiVer pin an aunt sont her.

VShe ruiihedover to show it to her other j&If, the litile neighbor over the way, nnd retajn«d in a few minutes with the serjpsnt in her Eden. I saw the cloud and •soon/ound its cause..

Jtfemma,' she whispered, coming close to Kitty thinks my pin isn't staling. What is sterling, mammaf' .'.'.'y^afs the whole thing in a antshelL JSvcrything today must represent so many 'tiolla^ or it has no valua The atmosphexe of life is so surcharged with this strife for tbe high priced that even the •a$e bapies absorb it, and childhood, with no discrimination, is tormented by it. It makes my heart ache to think that the birthright of my little ones—the capacity to'tnjoy without knowing—is being stolen fttjfth them, nnd I must stand by powerless to prevent it"—New York Times.

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Soma lnveatioas of Women. It!is rather Interesting to know, in view,df tho faot that one of the chief reasons advanced for the disfranchisement of women is their Incapacity for war, that tbs 4ph©rical shape of the bullet is the result df a woman's experiments. And though women have net much-of a reputation for Buocess in Inventing some of the most impqj^ant and useful inventions have been made by them. Catherine Littlefield Greene, widow of General Greene of Revolutionary memory, perfected the cotton gin after Eli Whitney, who happened to be, bearding with her and who made tho ^original design, had-given it up as a. bad

The light and convenient paper pall was .irivc&ted by a Chloago woman, and tbe invaluable gimlet pointed screw was tho ideh of a little girl. An improved wood carving machine, a furnace for smelting Croj a chain elevator, a-deep Bea telescope, a screw crank for steamships, a flrescape, a Wtol feeder and weigher, a spark arrestor for locomotives and a signal rocket used in the navy have all been invented by ftoihen: The device in use on tbe New Yoi'k elevatod road for deadening tho ,noise of tho trains and which Edison had boen* asked to take into consideration.tais made by a woman.—fixohange. an"-

Bo'prtpftred For' AccWenfi. A man who was reoently ia an express train which-ran off the track in the middlo of the night was evidently not too mtich upset by the danger and discomfort ustially attendant on an accident to keep hiM Cjes open, and this is the result of his observations: "It made mo Wonder why Women were not as particular about their poitebnal appearance in private as in pubJlj," lie said.

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in 'the confusion of the accident thst nigbt many of them would be more particular fend better prepared for emergencies. Many rufihed from the sleeping oar in the untiipicst and most unbecoming of flannel dressing gowns, bootless and slipperless, While wise women looked quite smart in their. neat peignoirs, lace covered heads and dainty worsted slippers. It reminded me forcibly of tho great earthquake in the Riviera, whero I saw Russian princesses riiahing about the courtyard, minus their wigs, teeth and figures, looking terribly washed out also a stout English dowager dudhess in a sealskin dolman, which concealed only a portion of her bare lower limbs. On that occasion, be it said to the credit of the United States, the American women seemed best prepared for the emergency."

1- Integrity of Toilet. One thing conspiouous in the costume of a Frenchwoman is that, however interesting any detail may be, it is not allowed to claim too much importance from the eye. The French express that integrity of tbe toilet which is conveyed by the word profile. It is difficult to put the analysis of all that the word means into language. But concolve of that distinctness of outline that one realizes when it is applied to the face. .The costume of a French "elegante" is remarkable for tbe distinctness of its profile. The details fall into their proper re-." Ration to one another. You can conoeiver tbat the exaggeration of tbe one or the other would Interfere as seriously with the correctness of tbe whole as an exag-, geratod nose or protruding lips would to, tbe face. This by no means implies formal correctness. 1

On the other hand, there is always: something amusing, something that touches lightly tbe spirits, In tbe aspect ot a well dressed Frenchwoman. After you have passed her there is a pleased smile on your lips. You may be unoonscious of it, but your heart is lighter.—New York Advertiser.

Invito Them to Lnncheon.

Speaking of luncheon parties is sure to', bring reminiscences ef pleasant affairs of the kind ono has attended. No invitation id more apt to be accepted than one to" luncheon, for there is no trouble or experse necessary on the score of attire. It is asocial meal, and people who live beyond anything but driving distance and who are no£ blessed with carriages for evening use can see one another at those functions by aid of tbe democratic street car. The luncheon hour varies from 1 to If 8:30, and tbe menl seldom lasts more than half an hour, giving plenty of time for $ afternoon employment. New friends aro apt to be "tried" by a lunch or two bofore being asked to dinner, and many bousnholders who never give stately din- 5 ner pMrtles and yet wish to be bospitablo efk both new and old friends to luncheon. It is a notice&ble fact tbat very little wine is drunk in most houses at luncheon, a glass A claret and water being usual with the ladies, while the men are more fond of mineral waters than anything else at this hour of the day.—Exchange. 3

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To the Empress Eu.tenie vre owe much of the picturesquccess of modern hairdressing. Before this beautiful lady became the wife of the French ruler it was customary for women of ail classes to plastei their hair down on their foreheads and to keep it ii position by the medication of hair oil, an abomination which is now seldom seen or heard of. Tho empress, however, turned back her lovely brown hAir from the forehead over a ?iuall cushion, and the coiffure a la Eugenie booame generally adopted. It was then that the bonnet began to grow smaller, aud Instead of being r?ern on the top of Uie head it was simply an oraatsental addition to the batik.—Home Queen:

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