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ESTABLISHED 1887.
THEIR LAST WEEK
The Georgia Legisluure Will Close Their
‘ Work This Week.
GETTING DOWN EARNESTLY TO IT
Ssveral Important Bills Passed
and Introduced
THE CONVICTS TO BE CARED FOR
Half Bro'hers and Slaters On the Mater
nal Side to Be P.ace.l On a Footing
Wi-h Tno«, On the Paternal Side, the
Telephone Companies ar« to Be hooked
| After.
Atlanta, Dec. 14. —The last wee k
of the present session of the general
‘ assembly began this morning. The
attendance in both houses was slim,
members not having returned from
their several homes where they spent
Sunday. A quorum was present, how
ever, and considerable routine busi
ness was transacted in both houses.
This week will be a busy one, and the
legislators will endeavor to leave as
few bills on the calendars undisposed
of as possible. It is probable that the
week in the house will be principally
devoted to consideration of local bills
after two important matters now
pending are disposed of, that is, the
anti-trust bill end the Clay county
election contest case.
The house considered the trust bill
this morning, but before the debate
was fairly opened the matter was post
poned until tomorrow so that the bill
could be printed for information of
members.
The Clay county contest will come up
tomorrow morning, having been fixed as
a special order immediately after the
reading of the journal.
In the house today Mr. Fogarty, of
Richmond, infroduced a bill which is de
signed to wring about a settlement of the
convict lease system question. The bill
is to create a penitentiary commission,
composed of the governor, attorney gen
eral. commissioner of agriculture, comp
troller general and principal keeper of
, the penitentiary, who are directed to
purchase one or more tracts of land in
one or more sections of the state,
and to erect thereon structures nec
.cessary to the care of convicts who
♦ehall be worked in the pursuit of agri
culture, The commission is to have
full charge of the operation of the
convicts and the farm on which they
work. Special provision is made for
the care of youthful criminals and the
two sexes. Mr. Fogarty thinks his
plan is one worthy of consideration
and that it will bring about a solution
of the vexatious problem. He opposes
the suggestion for the state to estab
lish factories in which the convicts
shall be worked.
Mr. Wilcox, of Wilcox county, intro
duced a bill to put telephone companies
under the rules and regulations of the
railroad commission. The bill empowers
the commission to regulate the rates for
messages and charges for the use of its
telephone made by any telephone com
pany doing business in the state.
Mr. Jordan, of Pulaski, introduced
a bill to make the half blood brothers
and sisters on the maternal side in
herit equally with the half blood
brothers and sisters on the paternal
aide in the estate of an inestate half
brother or sister.
TELLER IS IN WASHINGTON
The Co orndo Statwmau Make* Hh Firat
Appearance On Flo-tr of the Setmte.
'Washington, Dec. 14—Senator Teller
of Colorado made his appe trance on the
flont of the senate Monday for the first
time since the session opened. On his
desk was a large basket of flowers, tied
with heavy ribbon streamers of red,
•white and blue. Mr. Teller was cor
. dially greeted by his associates on both
■ 1 aides of the chamber.
The vice president announced the
names of Messrs Sherman of Ohio, El
kins of West Virginia, and Mitchell of
Wisconsin as a committee to arrange for
the coming inauguration of the presi
dent-elect, in accordance with the reso
lution by Mr. Sherman.
Mr. Blanchard (Dem., La.) presented
the credentials of his successor, Samuel
Douglass Mclnery, for the term begin
ning March 4, next.
The reported assassination of Maceo,
the Cuban patriot, and its effect on the
attitude of this country toward the revo
tionists, was almost the sole topic of
(conversation on the floor before the
house met, and there was a general ex
pectation that some radically sensa
tional resolutions would be introduced.
No resolutions, however, were offered
in open session.
Mr. Dingley, chairman of the ways
and means committee, presented a con
current resolution for a holiday recess
from Tuesday, Dec. 22, until Tuesday.
Jan. 0. The resolution was adopted
without division.
In presenting a Turkey-Armenian
memorial, Mr. Gallingor (Rep., N. H.)
said he fully approved the terms of the
memorial, including the statement that
the great | owers ot Christendom should
intervene, even if it resulted in the dis
memberment of the Turkish empire.
Mr Peffer (Pop., Kan.) introduced a
comprehensive resolution for the ap
pointment of a commission to investi
gate and report on the establishment of
a permanent monetary system. The
resolution recites that the recent elec-
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
tion did not show definitely that the
people favored any one of the four mon
etary policies on which the campaign
proceeded, viz: gold monometallism, in
ternational bimetallism and silver and
gold at 16 to i, or the 16 to 1 ratio sup
plemented by legal tender notes.
The commission as proposed is to con
sist of one National Democrat, one Re
publican, one Democrat and one Popu
list. to elect the fifth person of recog
nized learning in finance. They are to
be appointed by the president, to sit at
New York, Chicago, San Francisco.
Denver and New Orleans; to receive
S4OO per month each; to conclude their
investigations within 12 months The
resolution proposes an appropriation of
$30,000 for the commission.
A BIG LABOR CONVENTION.
The American FederHtion of Labor Called
t<» Order by President Goin pel's.
Cincinnati, Doc. 14.—The sixteenth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor was called to order
here at 10 a. m. by President Samuel
Gompers. About 150 delegates were
present and many visitors. Martin Fox,
president of the Iron Moulders’ uuion
of North America, had been selected by
the labor organizations of Cincinnati to
deliver the address of welcome.
Owing to the death of his mother Mr.
Fox was not present and his address
was read by E. J. Denny. In the wel
come address more effective action for
the eight hour law and other reforms
were recommended.
Special greetings were attended Dele
gates Samuel Woods and John Malhu
son of England and Louis Vigoroux of
France, who were seated with Secretary
McGrath and Assistant Secretary Mar
tin Waters on the stage.
President Gotnpers, in responding to
the address of welcome, referred to the
attacks on the organization bureau. It
was merely a federation and was not a
more compact union. He showed how
the fullest scope was given to individual
opinions and rights in the American
Federation of Labor and thus the affilia
tion of different labor organizations was
possible in one general federation. He
appealed for continued efforts for the
cultivation of public opinion as well as
for favorable legislation and for the
most earnest co-operation of all labor
ing organizations.
After the appointment of the commit
tee on credentials and officers of the con
vention a recess was taken until 2:30
o’clock p. m., awaiting the report of the
committee on credentials.
An Important Decision Rendered.
Washington, Dec. 14. ln the su
preme court of the United States, Jus
tice Harlan delivered the opinion of the
court in tho case of the Covington and
Lexington Turnpike road company ver
sus A. P. Sanford and others. The ac
tion grew out of the act of the Ken
tucky legislature of 1890, prescribing
rates of toll which the turnpike com
pany refused to observe. Sanford and
others brought suit to compel acceptance
of the terms of the act. The case was
decided by the Kentucky court of ap
peals in favor of the law. The decision
just rendered reversed this decision on
the ground that the law in question vio
lated the fourteenth amendment by tak
ing the property of the turnpike com
pany without duo process of law.
Odd Fellows In North Carolina.
Raleigh, Dec. 14. —The annual re
port to the grand lodge of Odd Fellows
will show that the order has now over
5,000 members in North Carolina; that
there are 115 lodges, of which seven are
new and one reorganized. The ordei
has this year raised SIO,OOO for a new
building at its orphanage at Goldsboro
and this is almost ready for use.
Bold Band of Burglars.
Owensboro, Ky., Dec. 14.—A band of
burglars has been operating successfully
in this part of the state and also across
the Ohio in Indiana and Illinois. Their
richest haul was at Sturgis, 20 miles
away, where they obtained six thous
and dollars. So far they have escaped
arrest.
An Aged German Singer Dead.
St. Louis, Dec. 14.—Martin Kaiser,
said to be the oldest active German
Binger of the United States, honorary
president of the Philadelphia Maenner
choir of Philadelphia, from 1845 to 1896,
one of the founders of rhe Germania
Maennerchor of Chicago, and an active
singer and worker of the German Sing
ing societies of the United States, is
dead at his son’s home in this city. He
was 80 years of age.
Ex-Multan Murad Has Not Escaped.
London, Dec. 14.—According to ad
vices received here from Berlin, Vienna
| and Paris, there is no truth in the re
ported escape of ex- Sultan Murad from
' his place of confinement at Constant!-
nople.
China Ordering Mnre Warship..
Rome, Dec. 14.—Special Chinese en
voys now in Italy have placed several
orders for large warships and cruisers.
To Develnp the Franco-German Trade.
Paris, Dec. 14.—The French consuls
in Germany have been requested to sub
mit to M. Boucher, the minister of com
merce, reports on the economic situation
in Germany with a view to the develop
ment of Franco-German trade.
California*. Vote Tabulated.
San Francisco, Dec. 14.—The vote of
California for presidential electors has
been tabulated and shows the following
total: Republicans, 146,588; fusion, 144,-
766; Prohibition, 2,578.
HOME, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1896.
MILLERS’ STATEMENT
Annual Statement of the Internal Eev
enue Commissioner.
THE SERVICE IS MUCH IMPROVED
The Work of the Bureau in
Office and Field
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES
A Gain of Three Million Dollar. Over the
Itecuipts of leant Year—The Number of
Illicit Dlettileriea Greatly Decreased.
Work of the Bifreau In Splendid Condi
tion—Some Recommend at io mia
Washington, Dec. 14.—The annual
report of Commissioner Josephs. Miller
of the internal revenue bureau shows
the receipts for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1896, to have been $146,820,615;
f.or the fiscal year 1895, $148,246,077; for
the fiscal year 1894, $147,168,449, and for
fiscal year 1893, $161,004,989.
The cost of collecting the internal
revenue during the last fiscal year
amounted to $4,076,292, and the esti
mated cost of the collections for the
next fiscal year is $4,649,030. The esti
mated receipts from all sources during
the current fiscal year are $150,000,000.
In speaking of the condition of the
office aud the service, the commissioner
says:
‘ ‘The work of the bureau, both in the
office and m the field, is in good condi
tion, aud it affords me very great pleas
ure to commend the efficiency, indus
try, and competency of the officers,
clerks, aud employes in the several
branches of the service. Under these
conditions the result has been a prompt
and accurate disposal of all of the busi
ness of the bureau up to date.
“I desire to call special attention to
the marked improvement of the service
in the field since the classification of the
civil service law of the various employes
in that branch of the service. This is
especially noticeable in those districts in
which there has heretofore been a dis
position on the part of subordinate em
ployes to enter into collusion with per
sons engaged in the illicit manufacture
and sale of distilled spirits. Under the
old order of things the subordinate em
ploye looked forward to nothing better
than his employment at a small com
pensation during the p ripd of his as
signment to duty at a distillery. As a
result he frequently became careless in
the discharge of his duties, and in some
cases sought to increase his income by
actual collusion with the distiller to
whose premises he was assigned, such
collusion having for its object the de
frauding the government of its revenues.
“Under the present conditions the
employe has learned that a serious in
fraction of his duty renders him liable
to peremptory dismissal from the ser
vice, aud without any hope of re-em
ployment. He has also learned that a
strict compliance on his part with tho
law aud regulations will place him in
the line of promotion, and will enable
him to be advanced to the higher grades
of the service.
•‘ln the districts referred to, the im
proved condition of the service is evi
denced by the greatly decreased number
of distilleries during the (year. The
quantity of molasses used for the pro
duction of rum during the fiscal year,
1,891.356 gallons, shows a decrease of
328,191 gallons fre-m tho quantity used
in the previous year, and is 458,835 gal
lons less than the average for the last
ten years.”
A NEW REPUBLIC FORMED.
Three of the <’entral American Slates Have
Effected a < ombi latiun.
Washington, Dec. 14. Secretary
Olney is proceeding with great delibera
tion in the matter of recognizing the
recently effected union of three Central
American states, aud although Senor
Rodriguez, the accredited representa
tive of the “greater republic of Central
America,” has been in Washington al
most a fortnight, no arrangements have
been made for his presentation to Presi
dent Cleveland.
It is not understood that any discour
tesy is intend- d in this delay, but the
state department has not been assured
as to the exact nature of the combina
tion that has been effected between Sal
vador, Honduras and Nicaragua, and,
beside, regards it as essential that the
United States, by the recognition of the
new republic, shall not abandon any
privileges enjoyed under the separate
treaties it had with the individual.
When the department shall be as
sured ou these points, Senor Rodriguez
will be presented to President Cleve
land.
THE NEW REVENUE CUTTER.
Magnificent Showing Made by the Walter
Q. Gresham on Iler Trial Trip.
Cleveland, Dec. 14. The official
trial of the new revenue cutter Walter
Q. Greiham took place here aud proved
highly satisfactory. For two hours, un
der a steam pressure of 160 pounds and
the wheel making 155 revolutions, the
speed averaged was 19.6 miles an hour
in 10 fathoms of water. Changing the
course, 12 fathoms was reached, and the
revolutions ran up to 167, the speed in
creasing to 20.7 miles an hour.
Getting into 15 fathoms, the engines
turned np as high as 171 revolutions,
and the ship’s speed ran up to 21.1 miles
an hour. The vessel was turned while
going at full speed, with the remarka
le result of renewing her course from
due north to due south in one minute
and 15 seconds without apparent beet
WEYLERS INTERVIEW
The Capt in Geceral Says Maceo Yas
a Brave Man,
MAINSTAY OF THE INSURGENTS
He Pays a Tribute to his Dead
Enemy, What He says.
MACEO THE IMPORTANT FACTOR
Declared That 11. Cannot Be Replaced bv
the Ont)Ati h a»id Thinks Gumez In Too old
to Fight—Refuses to Comment on Presi
dent Cleveland’s M WK gage—Volunteers
S.«on to Leave Denver.
New York, Dec. 14.—The Herald’s
special cable dispatch from Havana
gives the following account of an inter
view with General Weylor:
“What can you say of Px-esident Cleve
land’s message?”
•‘Nothing, absolutely nothing. lam
a military man, not a politician. I can
only say I have no feeling against Mr.
Cleveland or any other president.”
Captain General Weyler was asked to
express an opinion of the merits of Gen
eral Antonio Maceo. He said: “Maceo
was a brave man and, I thought, a great
general until the Pinar del Rio cam
paign. Today I believe him to have
beeeu a brave man of great prestige, a
fighter all the way through, and a man
who cannot be replaced by the insur
gents—in fact, he was their mainstay—
aud Gomez, who is an old man, would
not have ccme to Cuba at all except for
Maceo.”
Speaking again of Maceo. General
Weyler said he regarded the rebel leader
as the most important person of the in
surrection, and he added:
“I went to Pinar del Rio myself to,
cope with him, aud thought he would
await me in bis positions, which he did
not.”
The general said that Maceo was dead
beyond doubt. •
To Help the CubiMN Win Freedom.
Denver, Dec. 14.—1 t is claimed by the
leaders in the movement to send troops
from Colorado to fight for Cuban inde
pendence that more than 1,000 names
have been enrolled. John McAndrews,
“middle-of-the-road” Populist candidate
for attorney general at the recent elec
tion has been chosen commander, with
the title of colonel. With reference ta
their plans, McAndrqyv said;
“The volunteers will not leave Den
ver in small bodies and by stealth, as
was originally proposed. Neither are
they likely to go to the gulf coast on
railroad trains. Instead they will move
overland from Victor, on horseback,
picking up volunteers air n g the inarch,
until, reaching Florida, they will swell
to such a mighty host that the United
States authorities will not care or dare
to interfere with theix - embarkation for
Cuba.”
Colonel McAndrews further asserted
that interference with their plans would,
he believes, precipitate a revolution in
this country.
Dons Fall to Keep Their Agreement.
Washington, Dec. 14.—Senor (Ques
ada, in charge of the Cuban headquar
ters, has documents bearing on the
treatment of soldiers in Cuba which he
intends to use before congress in at
tempting to secure from that body ac
tion favorable to the insurgent cause,
and which, he contends, accord to the
Cubans the right of belligerency. They
assert, he says, that the Spaniards
agreed to abide by the terms of the
Geneva Red Cross agreement for the
treatment of soldiers captured in war,
which they failed utterly to keep, not
withstanding the Cubans kept the
agreement,
An Indiana Preacher Denounces Spain.
Columbus, Ind., Dec. 14 —Mr. Z. T.
Sweeney, in his sermon at the taberna
cle Sunday, created a sensation by ex
hibiting the war spirit, and declaring
that if the Spaniards had murdered
General Maceo, the Cuban general, as
reported, the United States government
should lose no time in acknowledging
Cuba’s independence and leaving noth
ing else undone to wipe out every vest
ige of Spanish rule from the American
continent. This utterance was followed
by a great outburst of applause.
Still More Recruits For Cuba.
Boise City, Dec. 14. —It is learned
here that a company is being quietly or
ganized to go to Cuba to assist the in
surgents.
SAY THE WILL IS A FORGERY.
Experts Assert That Different Lead Pencils
Were Used ou the Fair Deed.
San Fran CISCO, Dec. 14.—Experts de
clare that the ink on Mrs. Craven’s con
tract by which she claims to bo the
widow of the late James G. Fair, is
about a year and a half old, although it
bears date May 28. 1893. In the making
of the pencil deed throe different lead
pencils were used, say the experts, and
there are over 100 retouched letters in
them. These are two of tho moss start
ling results of the examinations of these
documents yet claimed by -Experts Car
valho and Ames, seldom, if ever, in
the history of litigation, experimental
or civil, was such energy devoted to in
specting questionable documents as that
found by Che celebrated exports at the
instance of administrators of the bo
nanza king’s estate. J
The pencil will was the first tX be scyu_
iiuized by the experts, aud hr
port tney say it is oy ail ?!ie best
piece of forgery. The handwriting,
thev declare, is a good imitation of that
of Fair, with the exception that while
the millionaire was in the habit of using
long terminals to letters, the writers of
the deeds unconsciously stopped short
after completing the word. The deeds,
the experts intimate, were rather clum
sily executed. Mrs. Craven has never
contended that the body of these in
struments was written by Fair, assert
ing that his own name and signature
were done by Fair.
But the most remarkable thing about
these deeds is that if Fair did not write
the codicil deeds he must have made
some of the letters and words in various
sentences, according to the experts’ the
ory.
VENEZUELA CONSIDERING.
She May Suggest Some Amendments to the
Treaty of Arbitration.
Washington, Dec. 14.—1 t is learned
here that no serious difficulties have
been encountered in the Venezuelan
boundary negotiations since they were
transferred to Caracas.
It is true that Messrs. Andrade and
Storrow expected to sail for the United
States from La Guayra last Thursday,
after having completed their mission,
which was to secure the approval of the
Venezuelan government to the terms
arranged in Washington, but their de
tention is explained by the fact that the
Venezuelan executive, after having
given his approval, found that some
amendments of the proposed treaty
were desirable. These, it is understood,
are not of great importance, and are
rather in the nature of additional safe
guards than of amendments of the ar
ticles of agreement already arranged.
As the matter thus far has not reached
the treaty stage, and only the heads of
agreement have been indicated in the
memorandum between Secretary Olney
and Lowi Salisbury, there are no tech
nical abstracts to the proposed amend
ments, and the omy question for con
sideration is whether or not their pro
posal at this stage will in any'-ay jeop
ardize the agreement or greatly delay
its consummation.
A Grandnlecn nt I’u'aski
Nr.w York, Dec. 14. —Josephine Ge
rocka, grandniece of the General Pu
laski who fought in the war of the Rev
olution and was killed at Savannah, Ga.,
committed suicide by poison at her home
in Brooklyn. Mme. Gerocka was a
claimant for $2,000,000, which it is said
her famous granduncle had advanced to
the United States government to aid it
in prosecuting the war of Independence.
She had, according to her story, been
robbed of the papers that established her
claim, and was obliged to take a govern
ment clerkship in Washington, from
which, however, she was dismissed by
Cleveland in his first term. Since this
she has had a terrible struggle with pov
erty, and was finally reduced to selling
papers.
The National Irrigation Con grew.
Phenix, A. T., Dec. 14. —Elaborate
preparations have been made for the re
ception of delegates and visitors to the
fifth session of the National Irrigation
congress, which convenes at the opera
house at Phenix Tuesday morning.
Thousands are already here to attend
the congress and the attendance is as
sured to be greater than at any previous
session. A move is being made for the
organization of the congress into an as
sociation whose office shall be charged
between sessions with the duty of pro
moting national and state legislation on
the lines indicated by the organization.
State control of water and ownership of
arid lands will be the main questions
considered.
An Old Bank Suspends Business.
Hollidaysburg, Pa., Dec. 14.—The
First National bank of this place, the
oldest bank in this section of tho state,
and one of the original 47 national
banks in the United States, has sus
pended business. The following notice,
signed by the board of directors, was
posted on the front door of the bank:
••Owing to the heavy drain on this bank
for the past 30 days, and especially the
last two or three days, the directors
have decided to suspend business till
further notice. ”
Mine. Heine's Remains Interred.
Paris, Dec. 14. —Mme. Heme, who
was decorated by the late President
Carnot for her charity, was buried on
Sunday. She leaves 5.500,000 francs to
her adopteu daughter, the Duchess
Rivoli, and the remainder of her for
tune to be divided between Princess
Joachim Murat’s six children.
No State Aid to Higher Education.
Raleigh, Dec. 14.—The North Caro
lina Methodist conference has adopted a
resolution against state aid to higher
education. The resolution adopted de
clares that all free tuition and free schol
arship at the university based upon pub
lic money should be discontinued, that
the appropriation should be limited to
such amount as is necessary to meet the
deficiency in current expenses, after tui
tion has been collected from all students
save those to whom private scholarship
have been given. The resolution also
says that the purpose of the state in es
tablishing the normal and industrial
school for girls aud the agricultural and
mechanical college is to provide techni
cal and not higher literary training.
Another North Pole Expedition.
Parts, Deo. 14.—Godart and Surcauf,
the aeronauts, are to organize a balloon
expedition to the north pole. They
state that the idea was first suggested
to them some three years ago by Walter
Wellman, an American Journalist, but
the idea was given up owi ig to the at
"tempt of Professor Andree.
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EX-QUEEN LIL’S VISIT
It Has No Political Object, Says H r
Hu band’s ’Cousin.
WILL CALL ON FdIENDS IN BOSTON
Wife of the Boston Base-
Bailisc in Washington
HER PLANS HAVE NOT APPEARED
The Woman Who Formerly Ruled Over
the Hawaiian Islands Wants a Change of
beetle and Will -Make No Effort to Re
gain Her Ihroue —Does Not Care For
Restoration.
Boston, Dec. 14—William Lee, the
publisher, has received a dispatch from
San Francisco, which reads as follows:
Arrived here this morning. Expect to
reach Boston within a fortnight. Will
telegraph exact dute later.
LII.IUOKAI.ANI.
Mr. I,ee is a cousin of the late John
Domis, husband of Liliuokalani.
“1 have no further information on the
subject,” said Mr. Lee, “than what is
continued in the dispatch. A member
of the family is in constant correspond
ence with the ex-queen in a friendly
way, but in none of her letters has she
given any reason to suppose that she
contemplated a journey to this country.
I have no idea what her plans are or
what her object in coming here is. ”
“Do you imagine that her object is
political?” he was asked.
“No. In her letters to us she has al
luded but slightly to political affairs,
but she has certainly given us the im
pression that she does not care for resto
ration, and that she should make no
effort to regain her throne. My per
sonal opinion is that the objects of her
journey would be a change of scene aud
to visit her friends.”
EUROPEAN CROP REPORT.
Rains In Ind a Too Late to Do Much Good.
Tlie W heat Outlook.
London. Dec. 14. —The Calcutta En
glishman of Nov. 25 contends that the
home officers are utterly at fault in re
gard to the dimensions of the famine.
It adds that practically every province
is involved and asserts that such errors
as those may resuit in irretrievable dis
aster and suffering before the crisis is
over.
The Mark Lane Express, iu its crop
report, says that the rather heavy rain
fall of December is welcome and will
give November sown grain a favorable
start. Central Europe has seen a rapid
rise of temperature and rather heavy
rainfall. Referring to the Indian out
look, the Mark Lane Express says:
“The Inman rains are too late to al
low of anything like the average urea
of sown wheat for 1897.”
Regarding the South American out
look, the Mark Lane Express says that
the new wheat it now being reaped iu
warmer provinces of Argentine and
adds (hat it learns that from 309,000 to
400,000 quarters of wheat may be ex
pected from Montevideo.
Commenting on the depression here,
r >'ie Mark Lane Express says:
“The quantities forced on unwilling
market in damp, close weather account
for the depressed English markets, the
downward tendency being aided by the
government crop estimate, which is high,
though it is generally regarded as ex
cessive. ”
In conclusion the Mark Lane Express
predicts that a recovery of prices is
probable within a week of anything like
seasonably wintry weather.
APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE.
Miss Francis Willard Issues a Manifesto Ju
Behalf of Armenians.
New Yoßk. Dec. 14.- Miss Francis
E. Willard has issued a manifesto to the
“dear mothers and sisters of America,”
asking them to remember at Christmas
time the orphans of Armenia. She
says:
T pray with all my heart and soul
that all good and true people, white
ribboners and everybody else, may give
their Christmas money, not to fill the
stockings of a child tenderly shel
tered in a Christian home, but to put
stockings on the bleeding little feet
of pitiful Christian children who have
no roof but the sky, no bed but the
ground, and no food but the ground
roots, except as we. who are surrounded
by every comfort reach out our hands to
them and their heartbroken mothers.”
Cnrbell mxl File May Fight In Canada.
Buffalo, Dec. 14. -- Local sporting
men ure discussing a proposition made
by a number of men from Toronto and
Hamilton, Ont., to have Corbett and
Fitzsimmons meet in Canada. The pro
position is that a combination of well
known Buffalo, Toronto and Hamilton
citizens be formed and a big purse be
offered for the fight to take place in
Hamilton. Tnere is a hall in that city
capable of holding nt least 10,000 people
and the Canadians say that they are
reasonably sure of noninterference by
the authorities. It is said that a Ham
ilton mini who is pushing the scheme is
now iu New York with the object of
consulting Dan Stuart.
Trying to Save Jaokeon’e Life.
Frankfort, Ky., Deo. 14. L. J.
Crawford, attorney for Scott Jaokson.
has written to the court of appeals ask
ing that a motion fc» u shearing of ths
case be filed. -