Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 21, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 January 1896 — Page 2

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PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. SOLOXS ARE SCARED. FEAR THEIR FAULTS MAY BE MENTIONED IN PRAYER. House Chaplain Kcqucslctl in Not He Sso Snecific-Dclay in the Senate DanL'croiH to Rusincss 1 ntcrcsts War CI uii J from Florida's Swamps. To Pray for Nttliin;r Farticular. There was an unusmil scene in the House :it Washington tin other day when Chaplain Condon proceeded to spe;tk con:i' friendly words for Cuba in his morning prayer, ami was promptly applauded on both sides of the House. His sentiments Sound an immediate echo anions tin mcinbers. anil few find fault with his opinions on Cuba. Infi at tin saun lime thi;. unexpeotisl applause startled some of the members to such aji extent that a quiet intimation was conveyed to the Mind chaplain's friend that hereafter he would do well to leave matters pending in the eoinuirtees or Itefore the House out of Iiis petitions to t)ie throne of gruee. These conservative members are afraid the chaplain may interfere with a prayer on almost uny topic, and a no points of order could be raised, they would he helpless. So they declare thai although lie is all right on Cuba, they will move fur his removal utiles' he confines himself to glittering genera!;! ies heron f ter. Troor. Arc Held Ready. A special to the SJ-ouis Republic fronT-j Tallahassee, Fla., says: "Sensational stories are afloat here. (iov. Mitchell, at the request of t!e War Department in Washington, has ordered .djt. (ion. Houston to see that tiie Florida militia he placed in readiness to take the lield at a moment's notice. Similar requests, it is reported, have been sent to the governors of otlor Soul hern States. The story has become generally known, and is musing great excitement throughout the South. (!or. Mitchell and Adjt. lien. Houston were asked in regard to it. hut they refused to talk. (Jen. Houston lias sent telegrams to all hattalioti commanders in the State. Major Turner. 1st Florida latta!in. has received several messages from the adjutant general. The battalfon commander at Peiismohi and Tampa, have also received messages from (ion. Houston. It is stated as coming from the executive oMi-e that the Washington authorities have reason lo believe that a dial is ponding between Spain and Croat Rritain for the sale of Cuba to the latter, and that the Fnited States is preparing to resist the transfer of the island, and that the flying squadron is coming to American waters to be ready for the war with the Fnited States that will inevitably follow the attempted cession of Cuba. Dispatches from various cities in Florida report that the troops are gathering, and that the Avar fever is higher than Ihe day after, President Cleveland's Venezuelan message. Wnitlim Upon the Senate. K. C. I Mm A: Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "The situation could hardly be more perplexing. None 'doubts that the I v r n m 1 1 1 will raise money to met obligations, but how far the money market will be disturbed or the treasury renerve first diminished none can say. The business world cannot know a yet how far foreign questions may upM-t calculations, though then seems eefy reason to expect peaceful settlement. It canHot know what may be the duties on any important das of itujMirt a month lieiice; whether imports are likely to oxreed export and draw away gold; whether the ilelic'.t of revenue will continue, or what other taxation will be levied. Failure of the Senate thus far to tnke any in li. n upon financial no azures promised by the President or those passed by the House affects tin f.i vor, ibly all branches f business. Fuder such adverse circumstances it i actually eiieoiira giug that shrinkage in transactions and resulting romtio rcial disasters have not been grentr. Rut four large failures within a day it two iuIic;iie that the same condition cannot continue without into h eiub.irla sroenf ." UKLVITIES. The Duluth Ctas und Water Company l;as be( ii sued for causing the death by impure ater of a boy v ho died of typlioid fever. Ib rtihard (Jiilatn. the famous cartoonist of Judge, died Sunday morning at the home of his father-in law, x Senalor James At kell, of Canajoliarie, N. Y. His leath was the result of typlioid fever. Tie;. House Friday passed the pension appropriation bill, to the consideration of which it had devoted an entire week. The pension bill an passed carries .fill,rrjö . , ab. u! Söo.ooo less than tl stiinnfe. The bill was passed fifty days .ahead of any previous pension appropriation bill. At si Cabinet council hM at Pari M. (erthelot. Minister for Foreign Affairs, fllllioUlired flint the Auglo-Crcm-h Uirreeinent regarding Siam was signed Wednesday, ami timt by its terms the Mekong beeouierf the boundary, and both powers undertake to refrain from an united advance into the Menatii Valley. Hut the Siamese territory west and east of it is excluded from this clause. The disagreement between the eo pastors of the First Presbyterian Church, Wadiitik'ton. I. C, the Rev. T. IMVitt Tal mace and the Rev. Ad. los Allen, has boon settled by the church session calling for Mr. Allen' resignation. The trouble grew out of a plan to have Dr. Talmago reach Sunday morninc as well as evenings, to which his colleague objeited. Dr. Tal mace now will hold forth twice on Hunday. Charles A. Millman. of Kansas City, ex-Stnto Representative and a prominent local politician, has been acquitted of the chance of poisoning an election judge in order, as claimed, that ballot box stuffers might proceed with their work unmolested. Millman was one of a dozen ii!itieians indicted for alleged crocked work committed in the spring election of Kider Sc Davis, general merchants at Monroe, Ii.. hnve tiled an application for a respite for one and two yearn. Assets, fi7,MN): liabilities. .$UlMM. The larßest CPPditor are the local bank, JtfOHNJ beIny due them.

EASTERN. Mrs. Marion Spear, of Chicago, has just recovered her daughter, who was stolen from her nearly ten years ago by a woman now dead. The child was found in an orphanage at Manchester, X. II. Perkins & Welsh, New York, Fugar importers and exporters, have nssigued to Henjamia Perkins., with preferences to creditors for upward of $ 1 L'.".( HX.K Tho firm was rated at JjOO.'XKJ and its credit was good. Thomas W. Palmer, of Michigan, called on (Jen. Harrison at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Xew York, Monday night. They were together two hours. When Mr. Palmer came downstairs he was asked whether Mr. Harrison was a candidate for President. "It is my opinion,"' said he. "that (.Jen. Harrison is not a candidate." The (loueester. Mass.. fishing schooner Fortuna was sunk in a collision with the Iloston Fruit Company's fruit steamer Parnstable off Highland light Monday night. Xine of the Fortuna's crew were drowned; fourteen were paved. The collision occurred about 7:o0 o'clock. The night was extremely dark, and a lumpy sea was running. The I'arnstable's lights were seen, but knowing she had the right of way the schooner's course was not altered until too late. The steamer struck her well forward, cutting a deep hole, and the schooner began to settle immediately. Before the ltoats could be cleared she went down and the crew were left struggling in the water until fourteen of them were picked up by the RarnstaMe's boats. The others had gone down. A Philadelphia dispatch says: Demoralization is staring the kid and morocco leather industry in the face. Several large firms have gone to the wall and others in all probability will follow. The direct cause of the failure of the local lirms which have la t cry succumbed is traceable to the failure of the Keen-Sut-terlee Company, which went under a few days ago. The latest failure recorded is that of Charles I.andell, who has confessed judgment to the amount of almost $1,hm).mm. It is whispered in some sections along North Third street that something of a very sensational nature may soon be expected in the affairs of the Koen-Sutterloe Company, but the nature of it ff.it not mentioned 'by anyone. It is impossible to get the exact figures representing the liabilities of the linn, but those best informed state that they will surely amount to over ?4,(MK,(nm, while any attempt to get at the assets is men? conjecture. WESTERN. IM ward Ainnnn. a Cincinnati distiller, has been convicted of counterfeiting "Old Pepper Whisky" labels. Tho City Hank, one of the smaller State banking institutious of Minneapolis, suspended payment Wednesday morning. F. C. Cannon and Arthur I'rown have been nominated for Cnited States Sellators by the Ftah PcpuMican legislative caucus. The wife of Joseph Hildebrand, a farmer who lived near Marysville, Kan., poisoned her eight children while in a lit of despondency. The mother and seven ii f the children are dead and the other child is not expected to live. Hildebrand, who was in a Kansas City hospital under treatment for crneer, has disappeared. As! a' result of the Dunean-Letnly commissioner contest all the votes cast at the last Omaha city election have been ordered recounted by the courts. Numerous reports of wholesale frauds in the election have been made public from time to time, and it is asserted by many that this contest will cause startling developments. Fnited States Marshal Nix. at (Juthrie, Ok., has received a telegram from Deputy Marshal Pill Ta'gbman announcing the capture at Furcka Springs. Ark., of the notorious outlaw Pill Doolin, alias Tom Wilson. Doolin is reported to have taken his family in a wagon from Hurdm. Kan., to Furcka Springs, making the journey while suffering' irrent pain from jruuidiot wounds received in a recent buttle with officers. A reward of $.',KK) is on Dooliu's head. The P.cucdict Paper Company, Kansas City, Mo., wholesale paper dealers, has failed with lialiilites of I l.'i and assets about the Mime. Chattel mortgages conveying all of the company's property to event y-odd creditors, mostly Fastern concerns, have been tiled with the Recorder of Deeds. The principal creditor is the Western Paper Pag Company, of Rata via. III., which Ihe Reiiedict Company owch P.,(H). Poor collections are given lis the cause. One of the richest strikes of gold ore that have been made since the discovery of the Holy Terror mine was made in the Sunnyside mine, two miles north of Hill City, S. D. Two of the former owners of the Holy Terror purchaiwd half of the mine for a nominal sum. They commenced sinking a double compartment shaft, and at ten feet depth uncovered a body of licit specimen ore. Two other rich Ktrikes have been made ten miles north of Hill City, at the head of Friday C.ulch. One of the most fiendish crimes ever known is being investigated by the Topeka, Kan., police. The wife of Charles Dean left her two small children alone in a room while tdio ran over to a neighbor's. Fpoti her return hc found that noine one had removed the clothing from Lr babe. 14 m'onfti old, seated It upon fne top of a hot Move and fled. The llesli of the child was cooked to the bone. A young man who had quarreled with Mr. Dcnii i suspected, but he has tied the city. E"he rivalry at Cincinnati b"wcm Obeiver RassVr and Coin Teller Phil Turpin's poultry over which is the better weather prophet ended in a victory for the observer. Turpin' rooster crowed on Friday, and on the strength of this his owner prophesied a storm for Saturday contrary to Rassler's prediction. The rooster's life was wagered against Rassler's money on the result. There was no Btorni on Saturday and Russler will eat roa'st rooster. Rassler has eaten Turpin's oracular pig and now gets his rooster. Turpin still has a turkey which has the gift of prophecy and proposes to stay in the light as long as his stock holds out. It was because he was a fugitive from Danish justice, had swindled people in Denmark and led a crooked career that Jens Hansen, known as I'ctc-r Ilougaard, turned on the gas at his home in Chicago Sunday night and Miiothered his wife, five children and himself. He had swindled creditors out of. $10,KH) in his native country and tied to America. He was driven to desperation and decided to die, tailing his entire family with him. 4L I'tter which has fallen into Ihe hands of the police induces them to believe that husband and wife had reached an understanding concerning their final end, aud

had discussed the n.ethod of their takin

off at least a week. Driven fiendishly insarp by dependency, Peter Ilougaard. a Danr, of Chicago, took the lives of hi w ife and five sunny-eyed little chihlren. and when lo? had completed his horrible J ork he coolly laid down in the noxious gas-saturated air of his home and breatUd the deadly fumes that swept an eutin, family from the list of the living. The a'tocity of tli. father's awful crime could nit have been greater had he used a Mo-ily weapon. Death caiue to the children und the patient, ploddiug mother whih they slept Sunday night in the little eotaco at TM (lst street, that has been th Ilougaard resfdeuce for some time. Iltligaard disclosed his murderous resolve in a letter, but with the cunning of a maiiac ho took good precaution lo render 'he warning void by entrusting it to the Failed States mails for delivery. This let:er. w lit ten in Danish to a countryman of the murderer, was received Monday inruing, and the horrified friend read of Uougaard's determination to kill his famiy and end his life. A mad run by the pdiee. patrol wagon with a dozen ofiiccrs was vain, as thV fatal work was nccompVishcd. SOUTHERN. Information comes from Carrso. Tex., that a party of Amerieani James H. McIIane : nd sun, A. .1. Ricvhn and Walter Strickland starting froi Eagle Pass on a hunting trip, were fired upon by Mexican soldiers forty niih below that place on Sunday. The par y is on its way to Laredo to complain to the (Jovernment authorities. Within the last ten days twenty-five recruits for the Cuban army Lave left Fort Worth, Tex., for (Jalvestoa, from which' point they will embark for the Cuban coast. The agent contracted to pay ?50 per month to date from enlistment, advance payment to be made when the party arrived at (Jalveston. Kailroad transportation from Fort Worth to (Jalvestou was furnished each man. The fact that recruiting for the Cuban army has been going on is well known. The men are good material for soldiers. WASHINGTON. Congressman Woodman, of Chicago, has introduced a bill in the House appropriating $lm,0m,!im for coast defenses. The Secretary of the Xavy says to put in first-class condition for purposes of harbor defense all monitors now in commission or undergoing repairs would cost J?l.:iSi.HX!; in good condition, ? ltr,(MK). The House Committee on Military Affairs unanimously reported favorably the bill removing military disabilities of exConfederates who heid commissions in the Fnited States army aud navy at the beginning of the rebellion. Senator Lodge introduced an amendment to the fortifications appropriation b.ll authorizing a popular 'A per cent coin pond issue of $HH,(KK,IKH, to be used in providing for the defense of the coast, for the manufacture of guns and the erection of forts ami batteries. Dr. Morse, id" Massachusetts, presented a resolution in the House of Representatives to the effect that "the Committee on Foreign Affairs consider the expediency of reporting forthwith some expression by this Jovernment in dwnunciation of the Turkish atrocities, and if they find that we, as a nation, are powerless to act. that we invoke the co-operation of the allied powers to wipe the Turkish (.Jovernment off the face of the earth and secure the freedom and independence of Armenia." Th' resolution was referred. Chicag '-'I St. Louis -I Cincinnati 1 Xew York . Chicago wins the Democratic national convention of 1S1M. .Inly 7 is the date. The national Democratic committee ko decided at Wushington Thursday. It was a long contest, and for twenty-eight ballots the result was in great doubt. Chicago won eventually by the slender margin of two Votes over St. Imis, amid considerable excitement in the committee room and among a great throng which had lingered for two hours in the hotel lobbies awaiting the decisive ballot. The Turkish legation at Washington gave out Monday afternoon the following ollicial communication: "The imperial government will md permit any disttibu tion among his subjects, in his own territory, by any foreign society or individuals, however respectable same may be ins, for instance, the Red Cross Society), of money colicctcd abroad. Such iulerfercn j no independent government has ever allowed, especially when the collections are made ou Ihe tdrcngth of speeches delivered in public i ecting by irreconcilable enemies of the Turkish race and religion, and on tin; basis of false accusations that Turkey repudiates. Resides, the sublime porte is mihdi'ul of the true interests of its subjects, mid, distinguishing between the real state of things and the calumnies and wild exaggerations of Interested or fanatical patties, will, as it has done heretofore, under its own legitimate control alleviate the wants of all Turkish subjects living in certain provinces irrespective of creed or race." Thp pension committee of the (Jrand Arhiy of the Republic will appear before the House Cotuiuitteu on Pensions and urge legislation placing the pension office administration on "liusiness principles," the stopping of "unwarranted interference with pensions through biased complaints," and will favor fixing .$.'Mm a year as the limit of income which bars a widow from receiving a pension. (Jen. Walker said: "We want Ihe practice of sending assassins of pensioners' rights through the country at the beck and call of overyotiw who has some personal aim to serve to stop. The (Jrand Army of the Republic is in favor of using every means to tit op fraudulent operations, but in ninefy-nine cases out of oue hundred it is not the pensioner guilty of fraud in eases investigated, but those personating pension rs. Among no body of men is there less fraud. We believe that, except where otherwise provided by special legislation, all pensions should be issued uniformly, the widow of a colonel receiving the satin pension as the widow of a private." FOREIGN. ' The pope, through Cardinal Satolli, has made a semi-official proposal to President Cleveland to arbitrate the Venezuela question. Tho pope was much hurt by P.nglund's refusal last year when Venzuela proposed the pope as an arbitrator. It is believed that his holiness has now instructed Cardinal Vnughau-to nouiul the Rritish (Jovernment on the subject. The Chilian treaty with Brazil has been shorn of its importance by the announcement that Argentina has an anterior treaty with Rrazil giving all the rights

of a favored nation. It is the intention of the Fnited States minister to demand

ot the Rrazilian Horernmcnt that similar privileges be accorded this country. This will minimize the advantages that may possibly accrue in favor of Chilian flour and cereals. A London dispatch says: It was learned Monday afternoon that the cabinet council of Saturday last considered the question of re-establishing diplomatic relations with Venezuela, but no definite conclusion was arrived at. The Westminster Gazette, touching upon the misunderstanding between Great Rritain and the United States, says It sees a distant break in the clouds, and hopes that a settlement satisfactory to (ireat Rritain and the United States will be effected with Venezuela direct, and intimates that the Rrazilian minister is closely identified with the latest proposed solution of this controversy. The forthcoming report of the Department of Lalor of the Rritish State Department will say that, notwithstanding the numerous trade union troubles of the last twelve months, the manufacturing and building interests of the country are on the whrde in better shape than at any similar period in the last five or six years. From scn-cely any center are there reports of the pressure of unemployed such as were made a year and two years ago. while prices of labor range a fraction higher. The only exception to the general report of improved conditions is from Lancashire, where, owing to lack of orders, it is stated that over 10,"X looms are idle. IN GENERAL Cope Clementi. the missing collector of customs of Ottawa, Out., is said to be hiding in Chicago. His books show a shortage of $oO,(N0. Cope Clementi, collector of customs at Ottawa, Out., has been missing for three weeks. He is said to be in Chicago. His books show a shortage in government funds of over $:iO,iNH. Clementi has been customs collector for nine years, during the last five of which he has been specula;ing. and, it is charged, has falsified his books and accounts. Clementi is well connected and is about .'IS years old. The government '.."ill try to have him extradited. With horror at the atrocities of the fiendish Turk, .Mill ran K. Serailian. an .-rmeutHit and a student at the University of Chicago, has been anxiously awaiting news from nis home, in central Asia Minor, since the reports have been coming of wholesale slaughter. Tuesday he learned that his father had been murdered in the massacre of Nov. II I at Kaisarea, and tnat his mother, sisters and brothers met with the same fate or were scattered to starve or freeze lo death in the mountains. The provincial elections in Manitoba resulted in the (Jreemvay government being sustained by a substantial majority. The issue at Ihe polls was largely national schools vs. peparate schools. The opposition party championed the cause of a dual svstem and the vote was overwhelm ingly against their candidates, many of whom were defeated two to one by Ihe government representatives. Premier (Jreenway and his entire cabinet were reelected, three by acclamation. In the new House of forty members the party will stand: (Jovernment. or national school, paity. ."1: opposition, or separate school, party, S: independent, 1. Several members of the crew of Ihe Rritish ship Janet Cowan, which was wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, attributed tho lss of the ship to the incompetency of Captain Thompson. The captain Is said to have been drunk when the ship struck and went to the bottom. Seven of the crew, including the captain, lost their lives. Captain Thompson and two other men died of hunger and exposure after landing ott Vancouver Island. Shipping men have grave fears for the safety of tl'e Rritish bark Lorten, which is now out over sixty days from Mazatlan, Mexico, for Portland, Ore. The Imtlc was duo n month ago, and her wheat charter expired Dec. 'A. Ranker Morgan has dissolved the great bond combination, and the gold syndicate, is broken. In his circular to the syndicate members, concerning the popular feature of the loan, Mr. Morgan says: "I feel perfectly satisfied that there is no question as to the success of the loan." The reason given for tho dissolution of the syndicate is that the syndicate contract called for bid of "all or none," and therefore Mr. Morgan was unwilling to make :l bid tinder the present circumstances, as he might seem to present for consideration by tl.e Secretary of the treasury the throwing out of smaller bid made in good faith under the public call. The only emergency, in Mr. Morgan's judgment, which would justify such a course would be the failure of the public to respond to the cull of the (Jovernment. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago-Cattle, common to prime, ?.'k."0 to $r.0O; hogs., shipping grades, ?.'t.(M to $4.IH); sheep, fair to choice, to JF1.M; wheat, No. Ü red. :' to ImV; corn. No. '2, L'dc to 'J7e; oats. No. J, 17e to ISe; rye, No. L lUh; to JlNc; butter, choice creamery, Ü'Jc to -le; eggs, fresh, 1 lie lo ISc; totatoes, per btiihel, ISe to U.V; broom corn, $-0 to ?!." per ton for poor to choice. Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $.'.( H) to $l.r0; hogs., choice light, ?:t.(K to $1 ..; phefp, common to prime, $'J.OO to .511.7": wheat. No. II, (tic to (!.": corn. No. 1 rhite, I'tic to 117c; oats, No. '-' white, 'JOc Jo I'L'c. St. Louis-Cattle, $:U0 to ?.".(: hogs. $;i.X to $1.(10; wheat, No. V. red, (51V to file; corn. No. L yellow, iMc to LV.c: oats. No. 'J white, 17c to ISc; rye. No. II, I'..V to .Tie. Cincinnati --Cattle, $.'k.V) lo $1.70; hogs, $:k(K to $L(; KMcep, to $1.01); wheat, No. J. tWc to (ISc; corn. No. H mixed. H7o to 'JtV; oats. No. J mixed, Llk' to IMc; rye, No. H, .HW- to .'ISe. i Detroit-Cattle, $'J.r0 to $.VJ."i; hogs, $:?.I0 lo $I.J."; sheep, $'00 lo $.(0; wheat, No. 2 red. (5dc to (7c; corn. No. 'J yellow, "Me to ?. : oats, No. Ii white, lib to ISIe; rye. ,t7c to JlSc. - Toledo When t. No. H red. (c to (Sc; corn, No. yellow, J7c to 'JSc; oats. No. 2 white, l!0c to 21c; rye. No. 2, 37e to JtDc; clover seed, $1.40 to $1.10. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 spring, fi7e to rte; corn, No. M, 2.V to 2dc; oats. No. 2 white, ISe to 20c; barley. No. 2, Jk'tc to o7c; rye. No. l.'ISc to IW)c; pork, mess, $!).20 to $0.7.". RufTalo-Cattle. $2.."0 to $0.20; hogs, o00 to $1.00; sheep, $2.o0 to $1.00, wheat. No. 2 red. 71 c to 71c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22e to 2-1 e. New York Cattle, $3.00 to $.".2.": hogs, $3.00 to $4.2."; sheep, $2.00 to $1.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; torn. No. 2, 3.'c to 30c; ontn. No. 2 white, 24 e to 2Tc; bntter, creamery, 10c to 20c; oygs, Western, 17c to 19c.

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HEART DISEASE SUPPOSED BE THE CAUSE. TO lie Was a Cuiiuc Character in Municipal and National Affairs Great Kritatn'ti Rattle Ships Said to lie Ordered to the Renuudas. Noted Chicagoan Read. Ahk-rman Prank Lawler, of Chicago, died Friday at his home, of heart disease. Death came while he was presumably preparing to go down town to thu city hall. lie fell lifeless to the tloor before his wife. The deceased was a unique character in politics, not only of a municipal but national orik'r. lie t-erved a term in Congress after hawng officiated in several elective o lli cos in the city. The celebrated tight he made to obtain the office of postmaster, that was secured by Washington Ilesing. witii his "miles long petition." made him famous. His recent victory in his ward over a number of aspirants for the place of alderman was considered by him to be his greatest political victory. Rritain's Flying Squadron. A Portsmouth, Lug., dispatch says: "The Hying squadron, consisting of the battleship Revenge, tlagbhip. Rear Admiral Alfred T. Dale: the battleship Royal Oak, the rirst-elass cruisers Gibraltar aud Theseus, and the second-class cruisers Charybdis and Ilcrutioiie, together with six lirst-class torpedo boat destroyers, assembled at Spithead at noon Friday. It is reported that the destination of this squadron, after leaving Rantry Ray. Ireland, will be the Rornnidas." No information reached Washington Friday. It is doubted whether (ireat Rritain would Hond such a powerful licet into American waters at this time, when its presence in force suflicient to overcome our North Atlantic squadron almost certainly would be regarded as a hostile demonstration certainly not called for as long as diplomacy has not yet exhausted its resources in the settlement of the differences between tho Fnited Statis and (Ireat Rritain. The Rermudus, lying between KO0 and 7O0 miles off our coast, would afford an admirable base of operations ngainst any point from Capo Cod down to Key West, and while the islands are part of the Rritish empire the assemblage of a powerful fleet there could not be regarded with indifference by tiie Fnited States Government, unless its presence was explained satisfactorily. Police Will liar Uloomcra. Tho apparel of the now woman is involved in a question presented to the Chicago city Jaw department. Tiie ioint decided was that the police department acted within its authority in threatening to close one of the big down town restaurants and lunch counters in which it is proposed to install a force of female waiters dressed in knickerbockers and tightfitting jackets. It is expected that the opinion 'will be contested in court, aud that an attempt will be made to cMtuhlUh for all time the rights of the varied and abbreviated bloomer costumes affected by the modern woman. Tho backers of tin bloomer restaurant enterprise, it is said, threaten to turn the same authority against enthusiastic female bicyclists, 'f their plans ara interfered with by the jKdice. Awful Crime In Tennessee. A 'horrible double murder was committed near I'lynn's Lock, Tetm. - Five masked men entered the house of Joseph Day, an old farmer, who was reputed to hvo money hidden away, and demanded the secret of his treasure. Day refused to give it up, and after numerous threats was taken out of doors and hanged to a tree. The brutes then attempted to make Mrs. Day tell where the money was hidden, and when she refused beat her brains out with a club. They then ransacked the house, but failed to find the money. No arrests have been made. t'niupos Culled Home. The Spanish Cabinet has unanimously decided to supersede Capt. Gen. Martine. Campos and Iiis lieiitenat. (Jen. Arderins, owing to difference which eist between them and the political parties in Cuba. Lieut. Gen. Marin is now in command nt Havana. Gen. Polaviaja is likely to be placed in charge of military operations. NEWS NUGGETS. One thousand miners at Ihe Morris Coal Company. Columbus. Ohio, went out on account of some trouble, said to be local. At New York Friday ex-President Honjntivln Harrison authorized the announcement thst he is to marry Mrs. Mary L. Ditnmock. The wedding will take place sftcr Lent. Rellin dispatch: In Ihe Reichstag Thursday during the discussion of Count von Kunitz.' proposal for ihe establishment of h Goveinne nt grain monopoly, the Count denied that it would raise the price of bread. He also said that the scheme was not socialistic and that its object was to benefit tho peasantry. He concluded with the remark: "The Go,crntucnt may look 011 while the count iv U being desolated, but we want deeds, n d words." (Prolonged applause.) President Cleveland on Friday sent a special message concerning land grants, in which he says: "It seems to me that the net of 1SDI should be so amended as not (o apply to suits brought lo recover title to Imids certified 0? patented on account of railroad or other grants. I respectfully urge upon Congress speedy action to thi' end suggested, so the adjustment of these grants may proceed without the Interposition of a bar through lapse of time against the right of recovery by the Government in proper cases." Tho Hawaiian volcano has broken out ngain and shows gnat activity. The outbreak began on Friday nigh, dan. 3, and a rise of the lake of about 2O0 feet look place that night. The lake is now about 200 feet wide and 2."0 feet h-ng. On Dec. Ii, 1NSM, Ihe lava disappeared, and the renewal on (he third of January came w ithout warning. A light engine ran into a crowd of car cleaners who were walking the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad track nt New York, killing two women and injuring two other women and a man so badly that they will probably die. Havana is iu danger of famine owing to the cutting off of supplies by the inurgent. According to the official figures just made public, French imports for 18U5 decreased 152,000,000 francs and export increased 3I0,000,IXK) fraucs compared wilh 1S01. ' "

Taul Rourget Is writing a one-act play to prose for the Comedle-Fraucaise. Tl: title is "The Screen." Kdmuiiil C. Stcdtr.an has declined nn offer of the new Hillings chair In English literature at Yale University. Iu tho Maenilllan's new edition of Dickens, edited by Iiis eldest son, tlicro n're many Interesting rcininiscenees of the novelist and bits of hlj correspondence in the prefaces. The American Economic Association will publish very shortly, '-Letters of Ricardo to McCnIIoch,"' lately discovered, edited and annotated, by J. II. Hollander, Pii. D., of Johns Hopkins University, and "Race Tin its :md Tendencies of the American Negro," by F. L. Hoffman. Mrs. D. F. Yetdenal. formerly f Fan Francisco, but now living in New York, where her husband is .1 correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle, has written a novel. It is entitled. "Ladi'-s First," and deals with the experiences of a well-Lno-.vn mine promoter of early days. Richard Hardin? Davis is :ihl to have been paid live liv.ndreii dollars by Y. II. Hearst's New York paper, tho Journal, for writing the introduction to' the Yale-Princeton football match. II oftel linger, the giant football player, received a like amount from the sumo newspaper for publishing a technical description of the game. T. R. Ablrich lias sent the following letter to the Roston Trans-ript: Some verses called 'The Ideal Husband,' and having my name attached to them na the author, are being extensively reprinted by the newspapers. I l"g leave to Kay and It gives me great plcnsuro to say It that I am not the author o? those verses." tDouglas Sladen's new book, "A Japanese Marriage," widen lias had an Ininienso run In Lnglund, lias just beer Issued in America. In it Mr. Sladen declares himself strong advocate of the New "Woman movement. The book Is dedicated to the Fail of Dunraven, "the most eloquent advocate of the lights of the deci'jised wife's sister." In speaking of a passage in ''Yailiina Letters," Andrew Lang says: ' Mr. Stevenson was Vrazy' over M. Rourget's "Sensations d'ltulle,' and tircl a dedication at him. It hit M. Rottrget in a book-seller's shop in Fnris ihe Informed me), a Ixdt out of the blue, ami sorely puzzled he was as to how to com munh ate w ith his remote ndmirer." Terror of IviiKigrnion! Time. 1 lu daughter in a wealthy household in wloso neighborhood to (Vntral Park Is engaged to be married, and the pews of the engagement has been published. ""Wo all wish I hadn't," says patertnmllla, "because Muco it got. out It has looked as though wo would not bo able to enjoy life or even to slay in town. The mail we receive and the peoph who try to get iu to see my wife or myself are such as to cause consternation. Roth the letters and the visitors come from tradesmen who would like to furnish flowers for the wedding or to cook the wedding supper (whether wo were to have one or nop, or to supply the chlnnwurc or tho cubs. They an from stationers who desire t print tho cards, from engravers, from Jewelers, from dressmakers and tailors and milliners, from caterers who will furnish waiters, napery, china, glass, plate even 11 bridegroom If we ran sliorr. I Imagine. Th letters pile up beside my wife's plate every morning and ilia inikst stylish engraved cards, bearing the names of men and women of whom we never heard, are soul up t the distracted woman from the front door all day lang. Interesting? Yes. very; especially the covert suggestion by a Jeweler or two that If we desire to swell the display of wedding presents of gold or silver or Jewels they can bo had on hire. - New York Sun. IVinale Firemen. In Yaso, Sweden, there Is a f-unlnln branch of the lire department. Their duties consist iu filling four great tub which constitute the water snpply la case of lire. They stand In two onlinuous lines from the tubs to the lake, about three hlcks away, one liiic passing the full buckets and the other sending them buck. Whenever t'lie Uro alarm nounds Hiey are obliged lo come out, no matter what the weather may be, the oVlUghtcr of the bouse us well ns the serving maid, nnir'oftli their skirts freeze like bark from lln water and Ihe cold. If the men aro'aw.Jky ibey not only carry the water, but brfng out the hose and ladders and work thu putups. A MjMcrlou 1'atM. While a workman cngagodSiu a Pueblo, Colo., stone yard was dressing v block of Mono his chisel laid bare a round, knob or knot near tluVurfaco of the rock. A sfroke of tli Itaiiiincr vigorously applied for the inirpose of smoothing down the nodule had thu effect of dislodging it entire. An Investigation proved that the tinder sldo of the stone knot bore a perfect model of a human face. The Ooreatt litt. A. singular Co renn hat Is u creat round mat of traw worn by a mourner. The bat U bound down nt the sides so as almost to evneoal the head ail fa-o of the wearer. He carries hi his hand n. screen or fan. and when hi tfo r.i.i any one "approaches lilm, ho holds thu screen In front of tum. s that It. to gether with the hat, completely 0.011i iff . ceais uim. Whena man disputes with a fool the

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