Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 13, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 December 1895 — Page 6

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Eagle's Screams Arouse Ameri can Patriots. LION MUST KEEP OUT. Congress Votes to Sustain the President. Bill Passed Giving Him Money and the Commission-American Fcoile, Kccardlcss of Party, Uphold Grover In the Enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine Nothing Since the War Has So Deeply Stirred This Nation The British Press Is Insolent and Furious. "Washington ceripsporulcnce: Congress is with the President In the support of the Monroe doctrine, and tlie 'American people are with Congress. The House of Ilepresetiintiu-s without dissenting voire has passed a bill appropriating 5?U0.000 f,r an American judicial commission to ascertain the true boundary between British Guiana and A'ene.ueki. this is the beginning of the A SURPRISE FOR THE LION

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It is impo-sible to disgui.e the gravity of the difficulties tbat have arisen between Great Britain and the United Sta'e.. Pre.sidt nt Cleveland's message and its rceetion on both sides of Coi gttss give additional inipcrtantc to the dispatches between Washington and Louden. From the London Times.

first step in carrying out the assertion of the Monroe doctrine as a principle of the international code. Leaders of all shades of domestic difference iu Congress agreed ns one man in supporting the President. It has been the taunt of the British press and the belief of the anti-American public abroad that in the assertion of the Monroe doctrine at this time the President was 'playing ioIiUes." It will shortly be upparent abroad that in support of the right of Americans to rule America there are no parties tu the United Slate. This is a nation. The action of the House, fresh from the B1MTISII BOUNDARY LINE people and expressing their sentiments, raises a ermial issue for the British (Iornnieiit and brings up the question sharply whether it will fi,?ht or back down. 'The Anglomania s in the United States r neither numerous nor formidable enough to cause this country to back down. Congress has indorsed the President and the people will indorse Congress. The Monroe doctrine will be asserted both l i letter and in spirit. It will be declared for this time nii for all time that it means America for the American republics and nr monarchy in America. Th'j Jh:ropcn power must content themselves with partitioning and dominating Europe. Asia and Africa. This Western Hemisphere is the home of the republiin form of Belf-governmcnt; and if war hreaks out tho British monarchical flag will have to depart from Canada and the .Went Indies and South American Guiana. Great Britain having refused to submit her olaima to disinterested arbitration, ,tfce United States proposes to go a step

farther in the controversy and inquire for her own future guidance as to the justice of those claims. Nor is this unprecedented. We have a right to know the facts. We do not attempt to decide, but it is our privilege to ascertain the truth, and thus wo shall be able to judge whether Groat Britain's refusal to submit her title to investigation is well founded. All nations exercise the right of intervention in matters that are likely to affect their own interests or interfere with th? clearly denned policy they may have pursued toward their neighbors. Leaving the Monroe doctrine entirely out of the question, wo are quite as much justified in pursuing the course recommended by the President as Russia is to interfere with the plans of the English in Turkey, or England in regard to the conduct of llussia in China and Korea, or Russia, Prance and Germany in relations between China and Japan. Kurope la Breathless. The contents of the message have aroused the people of continental Europe as nothing in the second half of this century has done, Gnat Britain i.i astounded, areording to her own papers. Many of them are insolent and truculent in their comments, and it is evident that the President's utterances till them with unconcealed fury. One of them says that "the epitaph of the Monroe doctrine has been written in the Venezuelan correspondence." Another sneeringly says that "the invocation of the Monroe doctrine is irrel

evant," and that it is "not a principle of international law, because England has not recognized it" as if nothing were in ternational law which did not have En gland's assent and sanction. The London Times declares that England will not ad mit the pretensions put forward by Presi dent Cleveland. ahe limes then proceeds to argue that the Monroe doctrine has never been recognized as international law and quotes Lord Salisbury's admission that any disturbance of the existing territorial distribution in the Western Hemisphere by any European State would le highly inexpedient. Other organs of British opinion take the ground that if the "President should seriously declare that the United States would en-fore-; the decision of the special commission, and Mu ll a preposterous contention was sustained by the American Congress DIDN'T THINK THE ELEPHANT and people, there would seem nothing left to tireat Britain but to teach the United States a needed les3oa." And more bluff to the same effect. There vras a time early in this century when English statesmen and English pj pors scoffed at the protest of the United States, then a feeble nation, against the searching of American ships by English war vessels and the removal of seamen o:i the pretext that they were King George's subjects. This protest was denounced as "impertinent." "The rieht of search" was claimed to be a part of "international law" as defined by (Jreat Britain. But CLAIMS IN" VENEZUELA. after the war of 1S12 England silently revised her ideas of international law ami dropped out "the right of search" of American vessels on the high seas. She will revise them again in regard to the Monroe doctrine before this controversy is cnd'.d, and will admit that the Monroe doctrine does form a most important part of international law as far as matter. regarding the American Hemisphere are concerned. Across the channel the sentiment Is scarcely less serious. France and Germany, both having interests on this continent, view the message with undisguised alarm, as encroaching on their rights. They even go so far 03 to suggest that England alone is in poor shape to handle tho husky ycuog republic, but that if there were concert of action by the interested powers in denying the Monroe doctrino there would be no difficulty in ex ploding the bubble, which, however, has caused cu&nj a continental statesman

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considerable loss of sleep since It was 4 vigorously promulgated. The situation is briefly that the attitude of the President is approved by thj people of the United States, that the wornbers of both houses of Congress realizi this and that there is a, manifest intention on all hands to pronounce to tint world that this country is dominant on this continent and that her word "goes."

BASSETT PASSES AWAY, Venerable Assistant Doorkeeper of the National Senate Is 'Dead. Capt. Isaac Bassen. l!e venerable assistant doorkeeper of the Senate, died in Washington Wednesday afternoon. Capt. ATTAIN 11 ASS FT T. Isaac Bassett, the "father of the Senate, ' spent Iiis entire career as a Senate employe. He enjoyed the distinction of being the second page appointed in tho chamber end the last otheer of that body elected by ballot, all iubs.quent offices being filled by appointment. Capt. Bassett was born in Washington seventy-six years ago. His father was Simeon Bassett, who came from Milford. (oni!., and liU mother was of Irish birth. He was a protege of Daniel Webster, who secured the appointment of the boy, then 11 years old. as a page. During the subsequent sixty-four years of service ho became messenger and finally assistant doorkeeper, or assistant sergennt-at-arms, the latter two o 'dices being i lc.it:AND TIGER WERE D ROT HERS. cal. His duties practically embraced overseeing the housekeeping of the Senate, the seating of the member., and, ri cases of emergency, the actual work of the sergeant-at-arms. Early in his career as assistant doorkeeper he calmly faced a drawn revolver held by the elder Saulsbury, Senator front Delaware, 7lio ha.l been ordered arrested for disturbing tho Senate. Senator Saulsbury, however, was coaxed out by colleagues and avoid ed being taken into custody. He usually introduced those who bore" messages from the President or the House of Representatives, and participated in other like formalities. It was also his custom to fclgn all caucus calls for the party in power. The Comic Side of the News. An Oswego girl has been arrested fcr embezzling SIL'). Tie new woman seems to be a few laps ahead of the old man. A New York paper Iiri an editorial on "How to Humanely Kill Kittens. Why not kill them just as jou murder the English language? The Sultan's curiosity Is getting th? better of his judgment. When the allied navies begin to play the hell game he'd better keep out of it. Mrs. Margaret Mnthcr-P&hst probably will return to the stage: let us hope that Mr. Margaret Mather-Pubst will retiro from it now forever. " Camphor has been cornered and prices have more than doubled lateiy. Somebody is laying up treasures where moth and rust doth corrupt. A 70-ycar-old Kentuckian blew out his brains because a ' '-year-old girl wouldn't marry him. The young woman's judgment was riumphautly vindicated. An Oklahoma husband has applied for a divorce and tho restoration of his bachelor name. He shows a lovely disposition in refusing to ask for alimony. Tho New York Sun suggests that "toothbrush" ought to bo "teetUrush," perhaps. Perhaps so; but. how about eyesglapses, fingersbowl, feetball and hnirscut? The Boston Herald prints an able arti cle on "How Prunes Are Cured!" What this country really ueeds, however, is directions for curing the terrible boarding house prune habit. A Minneapolis man who wos arrested the other day for violating the internal revenue laws, explains to th 'Journal of that town that he has merely been selling a "receipt for making insanity water out of molasses, yeast and Id umbrella ribs with a dash of kerosene for the bouquet." It seems a mistake to repress such genius. forry He Spoke. Mr. Snur (to his wife)--IIow horrid of you to be always looking as sour as a crab apple. Just look at Mrs. X. over yonder the very picture of cheerfulness. Mrs. Saur You seem to forgot, my dear, that Mrs. X. U a widow. Neuo Welt

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SO SAYS CARLISLE IN HIS ANNUAL REPORT. Eecretaryof the Treasury Practically Kepcata the President's Message Uryjea Ketirement of Treasury Notes I Expects a $7,000,000 Surplus. Carlisle on Currency. Secretary Carlisle's ancual report on the state of the finances was sent to Congress Monday. It shows that the revenues of the Government from all sources during the last fiscal year amounted to S300,o7oV203. The expenditures during the same period aggregated $lo3,17S.-L5, leaving a deficit for the year of i?-PJ,SOÖ,-223. As compared with the fiscal year 1S9-1, the receipts for increased i, 17,570,705, although there was a decrease of 11,020,81 in tho ordinary expenditures, which is largely accounted for by a reduction of J, ll,lo-l,orö on sugar bounties. The revenues for the current fiscal vcar are estimated upon the basis of existing laws at S4.",l.l07,-107 and the expenditure "t l-S,So7,4u7, which will leave a deficit of $17,om,tHH. For the coming tiseal year ending June CO, 1837, the Secretary estimates the receipts at ivltl.7P:!.l-0 and the expenditures at $107,SS4.P.:'. or an estimated surplus of St;.l.)S,i2. The Secretary states briefly the fac ts concerning tho is- ' sues of bontis during the yc.ar, the par ticulars of which have already been re parted to Congress. Tho Secretary devotes a large share of his report to a discussion of the condition of the treasury and the currency, in SHCIIETAUY CARLISLE. the course of which he makes an cx haustive argument in favor of the retire ment of the greenbacks. "Tho cash balance in the treasury on tho first dav of December. lS'.K"." he pays, "was il77,-i,:;s;, being $ÜS, 72,420 in excess of the actual gold reserve on that day. and ?77,-!(i'.'..:.So in excess of any sum that it would be necessary to use for replenishing that fund in case the Secretary should at any time be able to exchange currency fr gold. There is, therefore, no reason to doubt the abnitv of the Government to discharge all its current obligations during the present fiscal year and have a large cash balance at its dose, without imposing additional taxation in any form upon the people, but I adhere to the opinion, heretofore expressed, that the Secretary of the Treasury ought always to have authority to issue and sell, or use in the payment of expenses, short-time bonds bearing a low rate of interest, to supply casual deficiencies in the revenue. Figures on a Surplus. "With complete return to the normal business conditions of the country and a proper legislative and executive supervision over expt nditures, the revenue laws now ia force will, in my opinion, yield ample moans for the support of the public service upon the basis now established; and upon the assumption, which seems to be justified, that tho progress now being made toward the restoration of our usual state of prosperity will continue witliout serious interrupt ion, it is estimated that there will be a surplus of nearly $7.ti!),(M0 during the fiscal year 1807. During the fiscal years lS'.H and lS'JÖ the ordinary expenditures of the Government have been decreased $27.2S2,'.20, as compared with the fiscal jear 1SLK, and it is believed that with the co-operation of Congress further reduction can be made in the future without impairing the eiheiency of the public serVice. Continuin:r he says: "The large with drawals of gold in December, IS')!, and in January and the early part of February. 1SUÖ. were lue almost cutirely to a feeing of apprehension in the public mind, A-hith increased in intensity from day to day ui.'il it nearly reached tho proportions of a panic, and it was evident to nil uho were familiar with the situation that, unless effectual steps were promptly taken to check the growing distrust, the Government would be compelled within a few days to suspend gold payments und drop to a depreciated silver and paper standard. More than $ l.'J,(K O.OOO of the amount withdrawn during the brief period last mentioned was pot demanded for export but was taken out by people who had become alarmed on account of tho critical condition of the treasury in its relations to the currency of the country. The purchase of 3,300,ÜUO ounces of gohl followed." The beneficial effects of this transaction, the4 Secretary jays, were felt immediately not only in 'Ids country, b't in every other having jomniercial relations with us. "ConliJence in our securities was at once rettoreJ. The safety of the existing situation is, however, constantly menaced, and ur fi.rthcr progress toward a complete restoration of confidence and prosperityis serioiH.v impeded, by the defects in our currency laws and the doubt and uncertainty sf.ll prevailing in the public mind, and especially abroad, concerning the future monetary policy of the Government." The Secretary believes that there never has been a lime since the close of the war when tho gradual retirement nnd cancellation of the Unitetl States notes would not have been a benefit to the country, nor when the issue of additional notes of the same character would not have been Injurious to the country. It would be difficult, he says, if not impossible, to devise a more expensive or dangerous system than the one now in operation under the laws providing Cor the issue, redemption nnd reissue of legal-tender notes by the Government. Mr. Carlisle declares that ho Is thoroughly convinced that this system ought not to be continued, but that theUnited States notes and treasury notes should be retired from circulation at the arliest practicable day and that the

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credit currency for the people. The no tioa that the more iosscssun of a sur plus in the treasury would prevent withdrawals of gold, and thus render the issuo of bonds for the protection of the reserve unnecessary, is founded, in his judgment, upon an entire misconception of thd causes that Lave produced the withdrawals. There is, he thinks, but one safe and ofioetc.al way to protect the treasury against these demands -to retire and ca.t eel the notes by authori.kig the Secretary of the Treasury to issue from time t3 time bonds payable in gold, learing inter est at a rate not exceeding .'? per cent, per annum and having a long time to run, and to exchange the bonds for United States notes and ticaury notes upon such terms as may be most advantageous to the Government. ;r to sell them abroad for gold whenever, in his judgment, it is advi.-able to do so. and to use the gold thu obtained in redet ming the outstanding notes. BOMBS TO BIG MEN. Infernal Machines Srnt to Armour and 1'iillmai!. Two crudely eonstrueted infernal machines were mailed in Chicago Monday nioj-ninv: to (b ore M. Pullman and Philip D. Armour. They did not reach the destinations the sender of them intended, but were taken poss ssion of by Capt. Stuart, of the Postal Secret Service. Capt. Stuart also has in his charge S. A. Owens, who says he beard two men talking of their scheme to hill Pullman and Armour, and almost ran his legs off Sunday night to warn them of the fate in store for them. The deadly character of ihe machines was demonstrated by an examination of their contents and by igniting some of the powder removed fr-.tn (hem. as well as a part of the fuse whi'h completed the mechnnisin of a oontrivam-e so arranged that, the removal of the lids ef the boxes which composed the outer caning:, of the devices would result in the ignition of the powder and the fuse which was trained inte a lead pipe. The package addressed to Mr. Armour was unwrapped caivfully. When the paper bad been rt moved it was found to contain a thin box about 0 inches long, l' j incites wide and 1 inches deep. It wart cigar box. made ot wood taken livni Tin t It fee sides had been nailed together, but en top there was a sliding lid. It had been made rather rudely, the lid espet iaily be ing roughly shaped and working badly. Inside was a piece of lead pipe throe-quarters of an inch in diameter :tnd as long as the interior length of the box. Both ends of the lead pipe were plugged with corks. All around this pipe nnd completely filling the box was black, coarse powder, as a match applied easily proved it to be. There was a hole in the side of the lead pipe, and in this was fastened a piece of fuse three inches long. On the under side of tho sliding lid was glued a piece ef sandpaper. Cove.-Ing the powder inside was an other piec;- of sandpaper, with the rough side turned upward.. Between the two sandpaper surfaces the heads of a number of parlor matches had been placed, with more powder scattered in between. The whole machine was fastened so that if the sliding lid had. been moved a much as one-fourth of an inch one of the matches must have become ignited by the grinding sandpaper surfaces. No matter what was contained inside the piece of lead pipe, n quarter of a pund of gunpowder must have been explodeel ami experts say that alone would have (bine considerable damage to the poison drawing the lid. Both machines were constructed ujxtn the same principle. ANTLER'S LOCKED IN DEATH. Iicmarkable Specimen Uroiihl to Chicago 13" a Hunter to Be Mounted. Rather in Iraditions of the red man recorded by the port than in the annals of .natural history has so picturesque a scene ever Wen accorded to man as tlu.t which a hunter, W. L. Brown, of Albion' Mich., recently came upon near Bis march. N. D. In battle royal two moi.i archs ef the glen, bleeding and driven Pi starvation, with antlers in deadlock, wen' discovered by the astonished hunter, struggling for freedom, each from th other. The earth for a space of two acres INTERLOCKED DEER SHOT DAKOTA. IN NORTH was torn and trampled. On nil sides there were indications of what ihe battlj had been before the two animals locked herns, never t? be separated. The hunter stood spell-bound at the sight. No man living has recorded witnessing, such n scene and only one or two specimens of antlers in deadlock have been found in the forest, after years of decay. Tho hunter put an end to 'he combat and tho heads were separated from the bodies. They were sent to a Chicago taxidermist to be preserved and mounted. As the piece stands Mr. Brown has refused $oK .for it, and had the entire bodies been rent for mounting the figure would be worth over $5,000. Consul Barker at Tangier, Morocco, reports that wheat has grown so dear there that the last two steamers brought out consignments of American flour, which were immediately sold at a profit. He believes that under more favorable shipping conditions A'.oroeco would be a pn.fitablo market for American breadstuffs. A. concession from tho Chinese Govcrn:"wPnt to build a line of railroad from tidewater to Pekin,has been obtained by a syndicate of American capitalists. The road will be about 200 miles long and will tap a valuable coal mining district. A. W. Slovens, the Burlington Railroad agent at Lathrop, Mo., stated. before his death that Otis Jackson, a farm hand, gave him poison in a drink of whisky. At the inquest the jury held Jackson for the murder and be is under arrest.

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RECORD OF EVENTS PAST WEEK. OF TH Happy l-'mliiii; to the omui:cc i:i tlift Life of W. L. Babbitt, of Crawford--ville Terre Haute Man Gets I it tu Serious Trouble. Mother und foil Keunitcd. W. L. Babbitt, the well-known traveling fnlesman f Crawfonlsville. has fo'ind his nioihtr. from whom he was separated for thirty-two years, and for whom h had been s :ir-hin for twtitiy years. Mr. Babbitt's f:.thir was a himbtr dealer in Chiengo, and an inll"u l. Mrs. Babbitt obtained a liir-e, and tic father ki-1-i:ap"d the ."-; a r-old th'id. His mother was una!: c to obtain the s-beMest clew -lieblest he tinal!. as to his w h'-rcabo'ats. and left Chicago arid went to live wilh a sister in Nibs, Mi.-h. Meantime, Babbitt had also gone to a lumber town iu Michigan, taking with hi:u his son. The lad, when 15 ytars o!-.l, attempted to run away and find his mother, but "A as overhauled by his father and given a most terrible bating. When, however. V. '1'. B.tbbitt celebrated his 21t birthday he called his father to :i-i,unt and demanded to know who his Mother was and where she lived. Iiis fatlor laughed him to s-corn and refused to give him satisfaction. Then he went to Che-ago. ;-,nd there interested a Wealthy friend, who spüt quite a sum of money in endeavoring to learn of Mrs. Babbitt's whereabouts. It seems that, unknown to the searehcrs. Mrs. Babbitt, after divorce, had reasnmed ie r maiden name, Hattie Davis. In the course of time the son learned from his father's brother that Ids mother had come from New L'nglund. and had o--e::ib!y left Chi ago for her old home. The search was ".-Urii conducted hietly in the Last. Finally, all except Mr. Babbitt gave uj the scan-!;. He continue.', u from the time he was 21 years old until sm-css crowned his efforts at the ;.ge of .".7. Of course, not ba ing mm-h means bis eH.rta were hampered. Two weeks ago he waf in Niles, Mich., and whiie talking to a customer pa med Woods, the story of Bab bitt's life came out. An old gentleman named Hunter was in th" ro.on. and. having heard the story, declared that bis wifo was well rteqe.ainteil wilh Babbitt's mother. jnd for the first tine- Babbitt heard that hi; mother had lived for several years in Niles. Thiwas a chnv which speedily disclosed that his mother was then residing with her sis'. ". Mrs. J. S. lb a-co. at Cuyahoga Falls. Ohio. Mr. BAbbitt proceeded t tin- telegraph liiert and sent a me-s:ige to. I. S. lv!.ve statiag wiin 1: was. and asking for information as to his Mother. In a ie.:-s time he rccived an answer, staling th.it hs mother was tlo'ii alive and w-!I. aod almost prostrated with jo at h-ari::g -f him. Mr. Babbitt let! as o.: as p.sMblo for Cuyahoga Falls. j;nd his r.-sniei: wilh his mother can b- b' tu r iv.r.giio-d than bscribed. His r.ioih.T. mw T'i years old, he found a iady W( !!-;r.-i-rv"'i and highly iliteiiigt id. lie also I'ouiid that ill tlio sam town li'd several u':e'.--. au its and e-ousins f wm-ni he had icv-. r hcaid. The liersnost Carp. The gam;.- and ii-h wrrdt n of t !. a;: l Indiana unite iu pronouncing the German carp uhiio-r us'!'s a food 'id:, and a source of great dam.' to othr varb'ies. They say th" carp io not prey upon th'r minnows, but he wallows about iu the mud and makes tie water so foul that other fish -ann't luv-!. The tb-sh of th- carp is soft, and as a game fish he is worthless. a the other baud, the Illinois cenmiioncr d-l'e:els the arp. A few years ago it was inite Ihe fad for farmer.; to have carp ponds. I'rshets cause, -.vert'.ows. and then streams bc-am: iiil-'d with them: wherever th' carp has been transplanted ar.d the brt-d is wonderfully prolific thcr varieties of fish have grown ast!y fewer. On farmer tbciare! that after he had rabed two crops from a lried-u; ':id bed. when a freshet came at: i tilled the poiul. spawn of the carp began to b.a' h and lias since thrivd. The general opinion seems to be that th carp is ;i regular hog the scavt ::gi-r d' inland waters. ticinarrictl His Divorce! Wife. Fauna Fox has filed h-r petition fcr a divorce fnun h'r hasband. (borge I o, .Mid in it sets forth some startling a'.IcgiiT.ms. Th"v wer' ! married and then divorced. She charges that she thi'U went t wrk in a tin p!:;le factory at Mont polier, and that during last October her ex husband drove up in a buggy and fore 1 her to get in. After doing so he told her thai she taust go t Hairford City and marry him or he w-uld ki'.l her. She went with him. was uiai:i-d by a justice of tin peace, ami iheli lroV back to Montp !i r. Fx then tol l hT he had duo it to keep some ,;, Ise tn-m getting her. He has never been sii since. -' Claimed Hit Household Gool.-. Gi'orge loucks, of Hillshoro. lib, sl.ippol a carload of household goods to Terre Haute Monday, and Friday arrived to take them hi charge. To his surprise he found that another man had carted I hem away. Detecives have arrestel George Loux. a mill hand, and the goods have been foun.l in his possession. Tim bill of ladjng was sent to. him. and ho claims t have hdb'vcd that the effects were a Christmas gift from his parent, lie will be prose-ulod on a charge of forgery, having signed Lou ks name to tho freight receipt. All Over tho State. The Flwttod rhuivhos have organized for charity work. Wilson Lewis, of Lafayette, had his skull fracturctl in a runaway ncehh'iit. Mrs. Lena Van Cap.cn, of Petersburg, attempted suicide with poison, assigning no cause. A new Presbyterian church at M ntpelier has been tldi-atel. The Kev. F. F. Willman is pastor. "Lon" Skinner, son of a fanner near Westport, is uioler arrest. ,char;l with uttering a forged check, calling for $."hi, to which the name of 1. F. Annstmeg was signed. The cheek was presente! t 'he Third National Bank, Greensburg. F. Campbell & Co.. implement dealer.--, of Frankfort, have made an assignment for the benefit ef creditors. The asset and liabilities are roughly pbtcrd al f"Jt000. The failure b attributed to dillicully in making eolhvtions. At Kokom! Byron Beel. an artist anl musician, committed suicide with a rvolver. Beside him was found this note: "Life is not worth the candle, hence I snuff it out. With full faith in immortality I hope to meet you all in the sunny land. As the fun now sets so sets my earthly life." He was (57 years old and Lad been in bad health.