Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 19, Plymouth, Marshall County, 15 January 1896 — Page 2

Cf?e3n&cpcn&cnt y.lM M VZllM A IN cV SMITH, Publishers and Prop ie'ors

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. BASIS FOR BIDDING. WHAT THE NEW 4 PER CENTS. WILL YIELD. Net Kate I'cr Annum Calculated from Two und One-Half to Four I'cr Cent. Death of Nichols, u Muuaziiic AVriter, in Denver. "What Will Yon OfTcr? Tho Secretary of the Treasury Friday X'r'i:irftl :i nl gave out for publication a table showing the amount which should be bid for the new 1 ir cent, bonds in order that the investor might realize any rate of interest between 2l-l I" r cent, and 4 per cent, per annum. Following is tin table: H'i per rent 130.K74! l-'i percent I'JI.'.Ciil per 'IU I !... . 3 Mr, per rent 117.0740 v r cent 1 1CC 171 IS IM Jer rent 1 15.3301 r.Vi per wiit 111.05 m; 35-1; per rent H2.7su i;"s jmt tent in. 10 3 7-1; per rent Ho.2002 ::.'t per rent lo0.OS5d :; Mti io7.s.hhi per ent ix;.7i2i 3 H l, per eilt 105.55UI :r-i p.r eent mi.insj 3 i:t-n; per eent 103.21! "'U ier rent H.171i 3 15-10 per eent 101.077S 4 per c ent 100.0000 Found Dead in Ilia Bed. Walter Clark N'nhols. who arrived in Denver Thursday night from New York City, was found dead in a bd in his room t the St. James Hotel under eireumsrames which indicate foul play. Mr. Nichols was sent to Colorado for the ex. press purpose of writing up the Cripple Creek gold eountry by the publishing house of Harper Brothers, New York. and was prepared for a lone stay. Ho liad long suffered frni heart trouble which threatened to result seriously. Mr. Niehil- was supposed to have spent tie evening at the Fniversity Cluh and returne:! to his room after midnight showing the efforts of dissipation. Closer investigation develops that ho missed his way to the cluh and wandered into th toughest district of the city, where ho was drugged and robled. He is the son of the proprietor of the Times of Buffalo, N. Y. Large Failure ot Columbus, Ohio. A. C. Ally, dwelling house builder, at Columbus, Ohio, assigned Friday. Assets, $554,0O; Liabilit'.s. $400.000. Tho assignee is Ben Monett. Ady has 100 or lio pieces of propertj. He has been tt buihb-r of what were called cheap houses. The houses had all modern conveniences, but were put together with nails, looked well, had good tenant! when not sold, and bis career as a builder was lookinl upon as remarkable. People all over the city nre living in houses lnuight from .Mr. Ady, und which have not been fully paid for. More local persons are interested in this assignment than would have been in that of any other linn or individual in the- city. The annual iin-oinc of the property $10,020; interest on mortgage indebtedness, $10.0X2; valuation of property. $554.0O0; incumbrance on property, $270,000; floating debt, $121.." 15. Kcal lift Ute Reported. A big Cuban battle is reported, with l.UOo killed or wounded. Collazo is said to have stornnd the city of tiuira and Gomez came to his aid. The Spanish troops were driren info a cathedral after a fierce streit tiht. and the insurgents forced surrender ou the threat of burning the structure.

BREVITIES. b'fv. .Tones of Nevada is dying of cancer of the stomach. Minnie Palmer, the actress, is to marry the Duke d'l'stelle of Navarre on May 15. Gen. M.eta hhJ his iiliiiustcring expedition against Salvador are reported to have been -aptured. At Biehniorid, Ya.. .Ia-ob Hackett and T. K. Ha ki it assigned to day. Liabilities $i:5.00ij und SlO.lüin resjicetivcly. The New York Foard of Health ocnMis shows that there are 1O.0-12 o!.l maids in that city, and that there are 11,055 more women than men of marriageable age. The Spjiiih cabinet has refused to Accept the resignation of Captain General Campe-, in command of the forces in Cuba, and has d cided to send him large reinforcements. A high oi'icer of the toverutr.ent is authority for the statement that unless Turkey makes prompt reparation for the burning of American mission buildings at Iarpot the Fnited States will collect the $40,000 indemnity by force, probubly ly seizing the Smyrna custom house. Iliuht masked men dynamited the safe of the Farmer' Bank at Yerona, Mo., Friday morning and escaped with $0,000 in -ash, all it contained. The rohhers entered the city on horseback, secured Night Watchman Hoover, and bound him to a tree a n,ss the street. They then easily forced the front door of the bank, and in a shrt time literally blew the vault and eafe to pieces with dynamite. The anti-L'nglish manifestations continue in Yeiiezuchi. At Yalencia the Yenezuelans divided themselves into two parties-one representing Fnglish invaders and the other the patriots and began a tdia.rn light. Those on the Yenczucla side became so excited they went at in earnest, with the result that several who were enacting the role of L'riglishmcn received severe stab wounds. The toliiv had to be called in to stop it. At an adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the Bank du People at Montreal, Que., it was b ei led to go into voluntary liquidation; $KMMH has to be met at once and .$ 1.HM,IMM) of deposits in two years. The directors have given a jruaranfee of $J.Kw.tHM fr the $4.000,KlO deiMtsitcd. for which they jfre personally responsible. s Jolni J. Bamako, rx-Auditor of Delaware County, Ohio, was sandbagged by three, inert near Maryavillo. He .was robbed, thrown on a railroad track, and mu over by a train. He will lose an arm nJ leg and w.jr Xk

EASTERN. Martinu Sieveking, the young Dutc?i pianist, who was to have made his NV

i'ork debut about the middle of this mouth, is missing and now nobody knows where to tied him. The employes of W. J. Bainey, the Seottdale, Pa., coke operator, tuet at New Haven and adopted resolutions demanding an advance in wages equal to that recently given by the Frick Coke Company, and threatening to strike if their demands are refused. The foreign workmen are eager for a strike, but the Fnglish-tpe.ikiug workmen are more conservative. While four workmen were being lower ed into the new shall of the Luke Fidler mine at Shamokiu, Pa., Monday, tier "billy," which balances the elevator ami which weighs l.OUO pounds, fell upou them without warning. They were instantly killed, their bodies being crushed fo horribly as to make them almost unrecognizable. The shaft bucket in which the four men met their Middeu death was guided by big cross pieces and arms, known as the "billy." 'I he wire rotte passed through this "billy." and it is snposed that ice had formed on the rope. The bueket passed the ice in safety, but the "billy" was canght by it and the huckt-1 had descended several hundred feet before the heavy weight caused the ice to give way and allowed the "billy" to fall upon the men. This colliery had been idle since Oct. S. 1MH, when the mine was set on tire by a careless workman and six lives wire lost, four of the bodies not being recovered for m arly a year. One of the killed Monday was a brother of one of the victims of the former disaster. Stephen II. Fmmons, who is president of a gold mining company at 1 Broadway, New York, has sent an open letter to President Cleveland offering a uu!tie plan for maintaining the gold reserve, lie said in part: "If the Secretary of the Treasury will put himself in communication with the owners of gold mines throughout the country he can cause the entirj go!d production of the Fnited States to be placed at the disposal of the Government in exchange for silver coin. So far. at any rate, as the mines which I personally possess or direct are concerned, I am willing to undertake that their output of gold a very considerable amount shall thus l.u dealt with; and there cannot be any doubt of every other American gold mining corporation beinsj ready to do the same. The assistance thus obtainable by the Government will tot involve any bond issue, and will not saddle the nation with any interest charge or syndicate remuneration. It will add to the volatile of home currency at the same time that it will equally increase the amount of international currency in the treasury." Watt Jones, al ias Bobert Montague, alias Stetson, alias Comstock, a wellknown bank thief, was arrested Monday in New York city. William Pinkerton. of Chicago, says that Jones is not so desperate a criminal as some pHple make him out to be. "lie would be more successful if he would leave drink alone, but it always downs him," said the big detective. "The story of his forcing a bank cashier in Denver, Colo., to sign and then cash a cheek for $10.j is all bosh." Jones stole ?50O in silver from John West in the West Hotel. Minneapolis, a few years ago, with "Kid" Harris for a helper. In August. 1S7!, Jones was with the "Jimmy Carroll gang that robbed the Farmers' ami Mechanics Bank of Galeshurg of $120.000. Carroll was captured by the sheriff, but the gang waylaid the sheriff at Fast St. Louis, and after giving him n terrible beating rescued Carroll. Jones on Oct. '2. 1K01, was arrested with four other well-known bank sneaks for robbing n bank in St. Louis. He had escaped to Kansas City and was arrested there. He has served seven years in the prison nt Kingston, Out., for a job done in St. Thomas, and he has also been confined in St. Paul. WESTERN. The report of the expert submitted to the Omaha City Council shows that exCity Treasurer Henry Bollu's shortage exceeds 5 11 5,000. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of James Parker, aged IS, a son of the late Thomas Parker, ex-Mayor of Lebanon, Ind., for alleged abduction of Ora, the pretty 1'J-year-olJ daughter of Barton GolJsbury. At Hennessey, O. T., Mrs. Delose Nelson's clothing took lire while she was washing, and before the Haines could be extinguished she was fatally burned. Her husband in attempting to rescue her had his hands burned to a crisp. Charles Webb, a resident of Chicago since 1S5,', and a lineal descendant of Hubert F.iumet, the Irish patriot, died Sunday night. His four daughters and two married sons were at his bedide and each received a parting word before the pioneer left this world. His wife died four years ago. The New York Advertiser savs; Posi tive announcements come from Indianapo lis concerning the much-talked-of engagement of ex-President Harrison and Mrs. Mary Scott Dinimick, and though neither one of the contracting parties wil! say a word, it is nearly certain that the marriage will take dace. The battleship Oregon, building at Saa Francisco, will soon be ready for sea. The last of the armor plates for the tur rets have been shipped from the Bethle hem works and. according to the contract, the vessel is to be completed within nine ty days after the receipt of the dates. Nearly all that remains to be done is to complete one turret. The engines and other machinery have been tested and found to be perfect and the big battlechip can be made ready for service in a few days. The statehood convention opened at Oklahoma City, O. T., Wednesday morning, more largely attended than any of its predecessors. An influential committee was appointi-d to open headquarters in Washington for the purpose of securing an enabling act during the present session of the Fifty-fourth Congress. The committee was iiÄlructcd to use every possi ble effort to that end. on the ground that unless action is taken at the present session It may be at hjjjst.three years before the people of Oklahoma can enjoy the great boon of statehood. A draft of the memorial to Congress, which was submitted to tlu convention, contains, among others, the following arguments: "We have a population of nearly three hun dred thousand people. We have wealth Huiucient to meet the necessary expenses of a State government. We are an intelli gent, industrious, progressive, patriotic people. We have bette' homes, a better system of public chools and in many other respects are far in advance of many of Ihe States that were admitted into this t'nion more than n score of 3-enrs ago. We have reduced the fertile acres of Ok lahoma from the state of nature to a high

täte of civilization. We have tih out and constructed highways. We Lave builded cities and towus. school houses and churches. That we have accomplished all this in spite of the wrong-doiugs and numberless privations which because of unfriendly legislation we have been forced to undergo troves beyond questio'i our capacity for self-government."

WASHINGTON. A bill has been introduced in the Fnited States Senate to revive the grade of lieutenant general in the interest of Gen. Miles. Ci.nresiuiau I'htol.er t.Miunes.jta) introduced a resolution to recognize the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents and Congressman Woodman of Illinois introduced in the House the following: "Whereas, The republic of Cuba has. by its enterprise and ability in statesmanship and arms, secured the control of the greater portion of the territory of the island; and. Whereas, The armies of the republic of Cuba are now within sight of the capital city, the former government of the island and the gnat majority of the entire population do accord allegiance to the newly formed republic; therefore, be it Ilesolvcd, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be requested to make an early rcjMrt on resolutions heretofore referred to said committee touching on tht affairs of the Cuban republic and its proposed or existing rights as a civilized nation." An echo of the Associated Press dispatches fn.m Yeiiezuela wis heard in 1 InHouse of Representatives Thursday. As siM.n as the journal had been read Mr. Livingston (Dm.t of Georgia sent to the clerk's desk and had read the following resolution: "Be it resolved by the House of Uepreseiita ti es, the Senate concurring, that the President of the Fnited States is hereby requested to forthwith ascertain whether Great Britain is advancing her outposts on the territory in dispute between her colony of British Guiana and the republic of Ycnezuela. or is reinforcing posts hcrctofi :v established with troops, police or ordnance; and should tin President become cognizant of the fact that British military or police force is advancing to invade or reinforce, or since the 17th of December last, has invaded or reinforced msts formerly oecuphil within said disputed territory, he demand the immediate withdrawal of said Mldiers and the reduction of the poliec force in said territory to not a greater number than were occupying the British outposts on the aforesaid 17th of December. 1M5." Mr. Livingston asked for unaniniousvmisctit to make a brief explanation of the resolution, but Mr. Bauteile tltep.l of Maine objected and the resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN. The Berlin corres;ondent of the London Standard says the papers there say that the lhnpemr iias ordered Prince Leopold of Prussia to :i fortnight's confinement in his own room, owing to his behavior toward his wife. Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein, after the skating accident at Griediiitzsoe, which nearly resulted in her being drowned. It is said that never since the days of the Crimea has Fnglaud been so mightily excited. The leading papers grow more belligerent in tone; the whole nation expresses the greatest bitterness toward Germany for the Kaiser's action in the Transvaal matter, and the latest apparently authentic report that France and Bussia will sustain the I'mperor has but added fuel to the flames. The war spirit is high also in Germany. A dispatch was received by tho Boston Globe Monday afternoon from Batabauo. Cuba, saying that the insurgent forces had captured Havana. It was impossible to cither confirm or discredit thi report. The dispatch is claimed to have been received by the cable operator from Havana and is as follows: "Cubans have captured the city Havana. Morro castle alone holds out. General Campos has Here the dispatch ended abruptly, as c.'tble communication between Havana and Batabauo was cut off. In view of the numerous misstatements which have been made with refurenee to the improvements at Blenheim Castle, the home of tho Duke uf Marlborough, the duke authorizes the publication of the report of the chartered accountant, showirg that the entire improvements worv paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the Sunderland library, and the portion of the Blenheim pictures, enamels and china, to which the present duke became entitled at his majority, his father being only mtitlcd to the income of the capital sum. Two earthquakes occurred in the Dis trict of Khalkhal, Persia, the first Jan. '2. The large village of Jaujabad was destroyed, several others were partially destroyed and I't.M) persons kibed. The Seeon! occurred Jan. 5 and was felt over an area of 1 . miles. The town of Cioi was destroyed and a thousand houses .Vete demolished. In addition great damage was done to many villages. The loss of life was very great. There were SO0 persons killed in Goi alone, and large numbers of cattle and sheep also perished. Berlin dispatch: At a special audience which Dr. W. J. Leyds, the Secretary of State of the Transva.if, had with I'mperor William Tuesday his majesty declared that he would not recognize any claim of suzerainty over the Transvaal. Great Britain by the treaty of 1SN-1 claims suzerainty over the Transvaal Republic. A semi-official denial was issued of the statement from Cape Town, contained in a dispatch from the Times, of Imdoii, that Dr. W. J. Leyds, the Secretary of State for the Transvaal, with a secret fund at his disposal, had ltoated a German colonization company, with the intention of introducing .".000 German military settlers into the Transvaal. Dispatches received in London after midnight Tuesday from Berlin reiterate in terms which almost compel belief that It is Germany's intention to declare the independence of the Transvaal republic. Loudon morning papers credit the announcement, and they interpret that it means war. The editors of the principal London journals were invited to meet Mr. Chamberlain Tuesday. The results of the inspiration received at these interviews are words that will send the country arms as soon as they are read. The Government announces that several reginieuts from the First army corps will leave Kugln ud at once for the cape. A fleet has been ordered to Delagoa Bay, where German cruisers are now lying. It Is plainly intimated in the inspired editorials that Kngland is prepare! to deal both with the German emperor and with any dictator, plainly meaning Mr. Rhodes, who may assert himself in British South Africa. These allusions strengthen the belief that a revolution has been attempted or is now riTatlng in Cape Colony under Rhodes' leadership. The lfews of the surrender

I of Johannesburg after being In the r"-

session of the insurgents for three or four days is continued. The authority of the Boer government is fully re-established. Hon. Cecil Rhodes, premier of Cap Colony, has resigned ami his resignation' has been accepted by the Governor, Sil Hercules Robinson, who has appointed Hon. Sir J. Gordon Sprigg. treasurer of the colony, to succeed him. The new premier was colonial secretary and premier of Cape Colony from 1S7S to lssl, treasurer from lssi to ISM; and treasurer from 1MH) on. He was born in 1SJ.0. It is learned that after Wednesday's tight Dr. Jameson's column, originally about seven hundred men, moved southward, lighting hard all the way throughout thj night, and eventually reached Ylakvom stein, six miles from Johannesburg, ou Thursday morning, when the column was completely surroundtd by a force of 4.sk Boers. In spite of this. Dr. Jameson followers fought stubbornly until noon, when all their cartridges were exhausted. In addition they had not tasted food for twenty-four hours and were worn out; with fatigue. But the white Hag was n.ii; hoisted by Dr. Jameson's orders. It is known that Dr. Jameson expected ü.imm Fitlanders to join him at Krugersdorp. The Dutch press is jubilant at this lowering of British pretige and advocates the incorporation of "Rhodsia" with tho Transvaal Republic. A special dispatch from Berlin says that Russia's co-operation with Germauy in tiie Transvaal matter has been assured and that France will art with Rus-la. This, apparently, tends to confirm the report of an anti-British alliance, and that the action of Kmperor William toward tlm Boer republic was a thoroughly weighed step. The dispatch from Berlin to tho London Times saying that it is explained that Germany desired only to protect Ger man residents and its consulate at Pre. toria by dispatching an armed force from Delagoa Bay. and that no arrangement on the subject had previously been uiadj with Portugal, tended 1 produce a bet ter feeling. But this slight change foi the better was counteracted by the rei ceipt of a special dispatch from Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal, saying that th Boers demanded the surrender of all British rights and suzerainty over thi Transvaal, and the pre-emption of Delagoa Bay and the canceling of the chart e? of the British South Africa Company. It is further stated that the Boers have ar rested, on the charge of treason, i-igb leaders of the recent movement among th.j Fit landers at Johannesburg. That the bitter anti-American utterances of the LonJon Times ar.d otlu-p newspapers of that city in connection with the Yenezuelan complication, which have been so lavishly cabled to this cout try. do not represent the real sentiments of the great mass of the wage worker and toilers of the mother country is abundantly demonstrated by editorjal uttiranees of the weekly press in line with that element. In Kngland. as in no othrf country, the Working class organs reflect rather than dictate the views and ideas of their constituencies, and hence their expressions of opinion may be accepted as those of the great army of wage work ers into whose homes they enter. Reynolds' Newspaper, the great radical organ, which goes every Saturday and Sunday into more than a million families, says: "Wo are Itound to say that, in insisting on arbitration in this case. President Cleveland is right; and in objecting to it Lord Salisbury is wrong. It is not the question whether the Yenezuelan government did or did not decline certain arbitrations about other territories in the past; it is a question of what is right ami politic, now. We should not refuse arbitration with Germany, or the Fnited States itself. Why pounce on this weak and helpless state and hold np. so to speak, a revolver at hr throat? If numbers of Knglishmcn, as we are told, have settled ou disputed territory, that is their affair, not ours. They went, with their eyes open, for gold, and it is not our business to protect every marauding Knglishman who wants to line his pockets and bring his gold and his 'ilgarity with him to London. Wo say again, let this matter be submitted to arbitration, and if the territory is really British it will be awarded to Great Britain. And we further say that heavy will be the responsibility of the Briti."h prime minister if he deebnes to arbitrate. Kngland is utqiopular enoug'i. we might almost say detested enough, in most parts of the world as it is. We have not an ally in Kurope, save bankrupt Italy, and our press still chooses to treat France and Russia as hostile. If, while our hands 'are so full in the Kast. we deliberately stir up animosity in the West also, wo shall be encircled by an army of powerful foes and Mud ourselves check mated everywhere. Is this the object for whi-h the British electors put Lord Salisbury in power last July:" MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Cattle, common to prinif, .$.'1.50 to ?5.00; hogs, shipping grades, $".O0 to $1.00; sheep, fair to choice. $150 to $.".75; wheat, No. - red, 57c to 5Sc; corn. No. J. LV.e to l7c; oats. No. L 17to ISc; rye. No. '2. "4c to :',."; butter, choice creamery. Lib to l!5c; eggs, fresh. 20c to JV; potatoes, per bushel. 120c to MOc; broom corn, $J0 to $15 per ton for IKor to choice. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $."l.OO to f 1.50; hogs, choice light, $."bOO to $.'.75; sheep, common t. prime, $".00 to $.".75; wheat, No. II. iL'Je to (Me; corn. No. I white, lltlc to L7c; oats, No. '2 white, itte to ITJc St. Louis-Cattle, $::.00 to $5.00: hoes. $3.00 to $L00; wheat, No. 2 red. 05e to i7c; corn, No. '2 yellow, Hie to -Je; oats. No. while, lGc to ISc; rye, No. :!- to .'Mr. Cincinnati-Cattle, $.".50 to $4.75: hogs, $o.0D to $4.00; sheep. $'50 to $4.0: wheat. No. H. C7c to lKc; corn. No. '2 mixed, '2l- to :HV; oats. No. '2 mixed, HOo to 21c; rye, No. 2, ole to -!0. Detroit-Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $::.0O to $4.00; sheep. $2.00 to S.t.75; wheat. No. 2 red, (J5c to f7c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 2Se to .".0e; oats, No. 2 white, 21e to 2.5c; rye, ,'?7c to ."Sc. Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 rod. 07c to fVSc; corn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 2JK-; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye. No. 2, .T7c to ".'.; clover seed, $4.-10 to $4.50. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 spring, 5Se to 50c; corn. No. .'I, 25c to 27c; oats. No. 2 white, 10c to 20c; barley. No. 2. :? to nie; rye, No. 1, VMc to It7c; iork, mess, $0.25 to $0.75. Buffalo-Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs. $.1.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $1.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 75V; corn. No. 2 yellow. :Bo to Hie; oats, No. 2 white, 2.'3c to 24e. New York-Cattle, $:i.OO to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; shei, $2.00 to $4.50; S5c to 30e; oatu, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; tutter, creamery, 17c to 2Gc; egg, Western, 22c to 20c

THREE AT THE GATE.

TERRITORIES WOULD COME INTO THE UNION. Oklahoma, Arizona, und New Mexico the La t tbt Applicants The Knropcun Situation Debauch in a Musta ! cliusctts Town Kesults Fatally. Want to lie State. Tho three territorial delegates -Messrs. l'lynn of Oklahoma, Murphy of Arizona mil Catron of New Mexico are waging a vigorous campaign in Congress to secure favorable action upon their bills for tho admission of the territories represented by them to statehood. Kaeh delegato considers the achievement of statehood the chief mission of his -oiigrcssioiial career and his energies are bent upon securing it. They are anxious to have ths bills before tho territories committco reported to the House and disposed of in some way. and having made a canvass of the committee, believe that more than two-thirds of its nu mbers will vote for favorable reports. The bills for the admission of Arizona and New Mexico bofor" this Congress are enabling icts modeled upon the act by whi. h Ftali was elevated to statehood, with certain modifications demanded by local condition. Arizona's bill stipulates for immediate statehood on a constitution which has already been formed by llie people, but there is doubt concerning the legal standing of tho convention. Mr. Flynn's new Oklahoma bill differs from the former one in giving authority to Congress to attach any or all of tho Indian tetritory to Oklahoma when the lands have been allotted and made subject to taxation. Kx-Gov. Murphy, of Arizona, who is now the territorial delegate, says he finds a strong sentiment for the abolition of the territorial sys tern, but there is mu2i opposition to tho admission of Arizona. New Mexico or Oklahoma, on the part of Western member who object to increasing the freesilver strength of the Senate. Kefiult of a Drunk. In Lynn. Mass.. Mrs. Lanioire. aged 5.1 years, was burned to death in her home, and her daughter-in-law. Annie Lanioire, aged 2S, was so terribly burned that she is lying at tha point of death at the hospital. After tins fire was put out the father and jiou'wore found in a loset connected with the house, naked and almost unconscious from intoxication. Both were considerably burned, but not dangerously so. The police say that a lamp was upset during some kind of a fracas, and that the inmates of the house were too drunk tr put out the lire. Conflicting War Rumors. Press dispatches Saturday bore strangely contradictory news. One from London was to the effect that England was determined upon war; that the Transvaal prisoners were to bo held by the Boers as hostages; and that Parliament was to be summoned to declare war. Another from London ssM-rts that the Queen is in receipt of an autograph letter from the German I'mperor. who declares ho has no wish nor intention to engage in war. Missouri Hank Robbed. Eight masked num dynamited the safe of the Farmers' Bank at Yerona, Mo., and escaped with $0,o00 in cash, nil it contained. 'Phe robbers are supiised to Ih professionals. They entered the city on horseback, secured Night Watchman Hoover and Itound him to a tree across the street. They then easily forced tho front doors of the bank and in a short time literally blew the vault and safe to pieces with dynamite. New Gold Fields. Great excitement prevails at Boulder, Colo., oTor tho new gold fields situated between South Boulder creek and Magnolia, and ther are rumors of riches being uncovered by prospectors in holes not over five feet deep. One strike is alleged to bo worth $1(M).(HXJ, and an offer of this o mount is said to have been made and refused. NEWS NUGGETS. The pension 1111 reported to Congress carries an appropriation of $1 11,."25,S20. A large unknown steamship is ashore oa the Drumhead rocks, near Canso, N. S. Secretary Lamout has practically decided to locate the Puget Sound army post authorized by the last Congress at Magnolia Bluffs, near Seattle. Joseph W. Fritze, aged 32 years, electrician for tho Francis Wilson Company, playing in Philadelphia, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart. The British tank steamer, with a crew of thirty men, which sailed from Philadelphia on" Dec. 1 1. with 1.173.020 gallons of oil, for Rouen, France, is believed to have blown up or foundenl at sea. At New York, Judge Laonabo granted a motion to dismiss the suit brought by the Prescott and Arizona Central Bailroad against tho Atchison, Topeka and Anilin Fe Railroad for $S.250,ooo damages. Tho Fayette, ()., Bank was entered Tuesday night by burglars and $43,700 in money and about $4.(nh in bombs taken. There Is m dew to the perpetrators. The bank was insured in the Bankers' Fidelity aivi Casualty Company. New York. ; A letter from Caracas, Ycnezuela. to the liotidor. Times says it is evident that it is tho present intention of President. Crespo not to give any satisfaction for the Fruan inchh :i and that he is determined to combine the Fruan and frontier questions, regarding them as one dispute. Thomas Parkinson, who cut his wife's throat in Chicago on Nov. 1, gave himself up to ihe police at Dctnit. Ho has becomo a convert and joined the Salvation army. Tho liabilities of Do Neufvill V Co., brokers, who recently failed at Nov? York, tare placed at $737.MH. The face value of the assets is $1.320.!K5, but the market quotations reduce them to $332,447. ; New Yorkers have subscribed $43,750 to secure the national Democratic convention. i Little Bock municipal authorities refuse to allow Col. Ingersoll to lecture ill that city on Sunday. Ycnezuela regards as a direct menaco the action of British Guiana in seudiug 100 colonial police to fortify disputed territory, i The steamship reiortod ashore near Canso, N. 8., is the Enling, from St. Johns for New York, with copper ore. Her crew had deserted her.

DIDN'T GET WHAT SHE WANTED.

A Younjr Woman Who Undertook to Squelch a Grocery Clerk. Two pretty young women entered a large uptown grocery oik? evening; last week. From their conversation It was evident that they belonged to t&oino boarding school in the iieighltorhood. mid bad stolen out fora few minutes to buy dainties, which they meant to en niggle to their rooms. There's one thing I don't like r.tout the clerks in this store," .said one of them, while they waited for tho salesman, "and that's the way they insist on telling you that you don't want w hat you do want and that you do want what you don't want. Kvery time I -ome In here 1 have the same experience, and I'm just tired of it. The next time It happens I'm going to tell the clerk just what I think of him." At that moment a clerk approaches! and asked the young women what they wanted. The one? who bad so mu-h to complain alsjut pointed at ono of a row of cracker tins and said: "I want a pound of those." "Oh. no, you don't," snid the cb-rk suavely, "you want one of these, or these here; they're all very nice." The young woman throw a glamo which said, "What did I tell you;" nt her companion, ;iul turning to tl1 dork said liereely: "No. 1 don't, anything of the kind. I want these and no others." "I beg your pardon," ho bg:in, "I thought " "Never mind what you thought." sai l the young woman. "I guess- I know what I want. Now, just lot me have a pound of those, please," and she turned to her companion with a look of triumph on her face, which plainly meant, "Didn't I squdch him;" "Yery well, madam," ?,a:d tho cb-rk humbly, "but may I ask whrln-r i hoyare for yourself V"' "Well, of nil the Impertinent iuostions " leran the yooug woman, when her companion interrupted, and, turning to the clerk, said: "Why do you ask';'' "Oil, because they're dog biscuit." replied th clerk, indifferently. "Still, of course, if you want them you can have them." "Never mind." faltered t':io young woman who had insisted n having what she wanted. "I guess I Jia't want anything at all." and she strutted out of the store broking very much ashamed and followed by her companion, who was struggling to hide her laughter. The dork didn't say anything, but there was a satisfied smile ou i,;s face as he bangiil the cover down on tho can of dog biscuit and walked away to wait on another customer. - New York Sun. Cheaper Alcohol. M. Moissan. the noted French elect rl;ian, expects to revolutionize tho distillation of alcohol. He has discovered an inexpensive method of .braining alcohol from acetylene, which is tho new gas that came to the trout so pronilneiitly a few m".itbs ago as a probable substitute for ordimiry illuminating gas. owing to its cheapness. M. Moissan pursues the same method of producing the acetylene gas by subjecting a quantity of cuke and iuicklime to the heat of an electric """.riiaco in order to effect a direct uni.jr. .f their elements and produce calcium carbide, which decojnjMises when thrown in water into acetylene. Amurir.i-chro-mous sulphate absorbs this gas, and by the aid of heat transforms U into ethylene. The ethylene Is passed into hot sulphuric acid, and sulphoviale acid i obtained, which, by the addition of boiling water, produces t!i aWuol that then only demands rectification. The cost of best quality of alcoliot produced by this method is stated to ! :'r';n 5 to G cents per quart. Child fiood. nie qualities that are the ta is attractive in childhood are n t any means the most valuable iu m.ilutity. Wo look for determination, will, decision of character, firmness iu the man, and refuse him our rvspoct if h. have them m.t. But, when the child exhibits these qualities, even in their incipient stages, we are annoyed, and perhaps repulsed. Instead of rejoicing in his vi-vngia of will and guiding It into right channels, we lament It as a greviotis fault, in him and a misfortune to us. It is tb. mock and yielding child who cares no: m de cide anything for himself in wimm we delight, and whose fochlo will V. lüaho still f Hdiler by denying it all ee;vis,.. Yet, when he grows up and enters tho world and yields to ti mpt.ttlo:), an ! pe.-. haps disgraces himself mo I Ids fa. idly, we look at him in imbecile wonder that ko good a child should have turned out to 1k so bad a man. when, iu trutP. bU course has been only the natural outcome of his past life and training. The Pope's Salary. The Pope lias no salary: bi.s principal noil reo of income Is the Peter's' Pence, a collection taken up each year in every Kornau Catholic Church. The amount received varies, but tho Pope's income Js an a rule In tie neighborhood of $1,. fioo.non. of this he retains about Sioo.000; the rest goes to the cardinals, poor bishoprics, tho administration of tho church, diplomatic expense, school and the maintenance of the Vatican and Its dependencies. Pocahontae. Pocahontas was married at Jamestown, Ya., on April 5, 1014. to Mr. John Bolfe. .she went to Loudon in April, Wit i, reaching there June 12. On MnrcV 21, 1017, when '22 years old. she flleil In lxmdon of small pox and was burled In the parish churchyard at Gmvcsend. She left one son, Thomas, from whom some of the "Urst ml Ilea, trace their descent.