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ESTABLISHED 1887.
i A BATTLE REPORTED
Philippine Island Rebels are Defeated
With Heavy Loss.
y MEARLY FOOR HUNDRED KILLED
Three Hundred Fifty Burrled
By Spanish
DEFEAT REBELS 'AT SAN MATEO
ffevolationlst* Were Poorly Armed and
the Spaniard* Had an E**y Victory—The
Ineurcenta Capture a Seaport —Don Car
los Will Mot Resign the Leadership of
the Carllat Party In Favor of Hl* Son.
New York, Dec. 30.—A dispatch tc
Tjie Herald from Manilla says: Colonel
- Marina’s column has defeated the rebels
M at San Mateo, a town 10 miles northeast
Manilla, the rebels leaving 37 dead on
||He field. Returning to quarters for the
Colonel Marina was attacked by
I ■ superior force, which, after several
charge-, lied, leaving only 80 of
number dead. The Spanish losses
Me small.
seaport of Moron, in the province
has fallen into the hands of
,j-_ _ who have captured two Span-
and the mayor.
■eneral Rio’s brigade has had some
fierce fighting at Balinag, a town
■the borders of the province of Bula
and Nieva Ecija, which was held
•■y a strong force of rebels. The latter
MMvere driven out with great slaughter.
F Three hundred and fifty were buried by
I the Spaniards, who lost only a few men.
I The rebels were badly armed, the supe
rior range of the Mauser lisles account
ing for the heavy mortality on the rebel
snie. •>
Dauntless May *ail For Cuba.
W ashington, Dec. 30. —For the first
time since the present struggle in Cuba
began, this government has given per
mission to a customs official to clear for
Cuba a vessel loaded, according to her
manifest, with munitions of war and
i presumably intended for the insurgent
■ army. The vessel in this case is the
k well known and alleged fillibusterer
■ Dauntless, but the concession that un-
K der these circumstances she is entitled
■ to clearance papers, leaves the situation
■ s<T‘far as she is concerned quite involved
■■ as before, as the statutes prescribe that
■ if clearance shall be granted for any
W vessel bound for a foreign port, the
owners, shippers and consignees of car
goes shall state under oath what foreign
sort the cargo is to be landed and severe
penalties are prescribed for violations of
’> this requirement, including the confis
| cation of the vessel.
| The secretary of the treasury received
I a telegram from the attorney of the
owners of the Dauntless, at Jackson
m rille, stating that application would be
■ made to the collector of customs at
■Jacksonville for clearance to a Cuban
■port with a cargo of arms, stating, how
rever, that the oaths required by the
i statutes would not be taken. The ques-
I tion was asked Whether under these
'circumstances papers would be issued.
Later in the day a telegram was re
ceived from the collector at Jackson
ville stating that th* application to clear
the Dauntless for the port of Neuvitas,
Cuba, with a cargo of arms, had been
H made and asking instructions. The sec
* retary replied as follows:
I “If the master of the vessel and the
Os dbvuers, shippers and consigners of the
si cargo comply fully with all the laws
3 and regulations concerning the mani-
■ fest and take the oaths required, you
f may grant a clearance to Neuvitas,
I Cuba.”
’ The port named in the application as
the destination of cargo, is on the north
ern coast of Cuba and is occupied by the
Spanish forces. The treasury officials,
I therefore, are of the opinion that the
I oaths required by the statute will not
1 be taken.
J Cuban* Send an Appeal to Olney.
I New York, Dec. 30.—The Word says:
I Cuban sympathizers in New York have
to Secretary Olney a formal appeal
■that the state department exert its in
■fluence in behalf of Dr. Gaspard A.
■Betancourt, arrested in Havana on sus
■picion of being an agent of the Cuban
y junta in New York.
k Lorenzo Betancourt, the prisoner’s
F ton, lives in this city. He said to a
I reporter:;
I "The Betancourt family is one of the
oldest in Cuba. For more than 200 years
the Betancourts have been the principal
landholders in Camaguey. Several are
’ included in the Spanish nobility.
“My fathei was only 17 years old
when the Lopez revolution began in
He joined it, was captured ami
■oudemned to be shot, but escaped to
■hi* country and lived here up to a few
■•ears ago.
“He is a graduate of the Pennsylva-
College of Dental surgery and prac-
in Boston aud New Orleans. He
a Miss Crowley of Albany.
"In the ten years’ war in Cuba all of
property was destroyed by the Span
pHards. It was to prosecute his claim for
'■damages that hefinally went to Havana,
fill* paturalization papers were issued
I in 18V
■ “I i ttribute his arrest principally to
the fact that he was always outspoken
■ in his admiration of everything Ameri
r <> ..) —i u t t . ( .|f enough to make Span:.-h
i officials hate him.
Kg "He is fiti years old ami infirm. He
S oninmt long survive in a M->ro dun
■ } geon.”
L >«>n Carle.. Glv«. Hl* Vlsw«
■ London, Dec. 80—A special dispatch
Madrid says that Don Carlos, the
pretender, again denies that he
resign tno leadership of the Car
■list party in favor of his son, Dor
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
Jaimie, who. tne tarner anas, is m per
fect accord with him on the question.
In regard to Cuba, Don Carlos believes
that Spain ought to concede Cuba ad
ministrative autonomy, with a viceroy
of the royal blood. As to the insurrec
tion in the Philippine islands, Don
Carlos says that recent events there will
weaken the prestige of the religious
order*.
Referring to home politics, Don Car
los is quoted as saying that politicians
only unite out of desire for office. The
masses, he says, are standing together.
In conclusion, Don Carlos is said to
have remarked that the republican
form of national government is at pres
ent impossible.
BRAZIL’S CORN CROP SHORT.
A Deplorable Condition of Affair* Among
the Farmers of the Republic,
New York, Dec. 30.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Buenos Ayres, says:
The agricultural commission appointed
to investigate the conditions of agricul
ture in the province of Santa Fe will
make a report to President Uribureau
this week. The report, it is said, will
Show a deplorable state of affairs among
the farmers. They recommend as the
only salvation, commercially, an issue
of (1,000,000 in mortgage bonds to be
used, in assisting the farmers in this
crisis. Other measures of relief is to be
proposed in its report.
The commissioners say that the corn
crop in the province will fall 50,000 tons
short of the actual necessities of the*
people.
Buenos Ayres is now sending grain
to Santa Fe to relieve the distress. In
ordinary times the yield in that pro
vince is 80,000 tous. while the total crop
this year is practically a failure. Buenos
Ayres farmers will continue to seud
corn to Santa Fe.
A correspondent of The Herald in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs the mu
nicipal elections were a triumph for the
federal party. There were disputes in
several quarters and encounters with a
mob of lawless persons. At one point
in the city a conflict occurred, in which
some citizens were killed and others
wounded.
TOO BRUTAL FOR MEXICANS
Football Condemned by Greasers —They
Prefer to Witness Bullfights.
City of Mexico, Dec. 30.—The Mis
souri State university team played a
game of football at the Indianalla
grounds, their contestant! being the
Texas State university team. Neither
side scored in either the first or the sec
ond half. One player named Tucker
was seriously injured in the back of
the neck by a kick. It is not known
how badly he was hurt. The great ele
vation was serimisly felt by the players,
who easily losfotheir wind. The spec
tators were mAin'j American and Eng
lish residents aud a sprinkling of Mex
ican club men.
There is still talk es getting up a local
team to contest with the Missouri team
on New 1 ear’s day.
The Mexican dailies generally con
demn the game as brutal and express
the opinion that the Latin race is too
hotblooded to play the game without
losing temper. Football is a great nov
elty. here and aroused public interest,
but it is not likely that it can be accli
mated in Mexico.
IRELAND NOW OVERTAXED.
Dublin Meeting Protests and Demands
That Britain Remedy the Injustice.
Dublin, Dec. 30.—There was a large
meeting at the Mansion House, the Lord
Mayor presiding, to protest against the
overtaxation of Ireland, as disclosed by
the royal commission on the financial
relations between England aud Ireland.
The report showed that Ireland is now
overtaxed to the amount of £2,750,000
((13,750,000) annually.
The meeting was attended by the
Catholic and Protestant archbishops,
Mr. John Dillon, Mr. T. M. Healy, the
president o the chamber of Commerce,
and the leading merchants. Resolu
tions passed demanded that the govern
ment remedy the financial injustice to
Ireland.
To I’urc'mse the Oregon Short Line.
New York, Dec. 30.—A purchasing
committee representing the reorganiza
tion commu tee of the Oregon Short
Line will buy the property in the inter
est of the bondholders at the sale at
Salt Lake City on Jan. 9, under decree
of court. The transfer of the property
will take the line out of the Union Pa
cific system and the receivers of the last
mentioned company will attend the sale
and turn over the accounts of the short
line and any balance in its favor to the
management of the new corporation.
The court is expicted to authorize pay
ment of the January interest on Union
Pacific firsts and 7 per cent bonds.
Bank of Commerce’s New Cashier.
Denver, Dec. 30.—Dr. D. H. Doug
han, president of the Carbonate Na
tional bank of Leadville, has accepted
the office of cashier in the Bank of
Commerce in this city. At the Janu
ary meeting of the Carbonate bank .
vote was taken to reduce the capital
stock. Before the close of 1897, in all
probability the Carbonate National will
have passed out of existence. Dr
Doughan says the reason for taking
this step is that Leadville is no longer a
profitable field for so large an institu
tion as the Carbonate bank.
Washington, Dec. 29.—The post mas
ter general has ordered all postmasters
in Texas and Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory to forward surplus serviceable
mail bags aud locks in good condition
to St. Louis instead of Fort Worth.
Those in Arizona are to be forwarded to
St. Louis and those in Nevada to Ohi
cago.
ROME, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1896.
FAMOUS LADY DYING
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher Now at
Death’s Door.
SHE FELL ANO BROKE HER HIP
Was Married to Mr. Beecher
When Quite Young,
HER MAIDEN NAME WAS BULLARD
Owing to Her Advanced Age It I* Feared
She Wilt Not Survive the Shook ano
Relative* Have Been Sammond to Her
Bedside—A Short Sketpli of Her Ke
markable Career.
Stamford, Conn., Dec. 30.—The con
dition of Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher,
who fell and fractured her hip here a
few days ago, remains critical. She has
sustained a severe shock and her recov-
MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHES.
ery is now considered doubtful. Rela
tives of Mrs. Beecher have been sum
moned here in view of her failing con
dition.
No woman was ever more devoted to
her husband and his memory than was
the wife of Henry Ward Beecher, who
is believed to be dying after several
years of widowhood. She was the
daughter of Dr. Artemus Bullard of
West Sutton.-Mass."She was born Aug.
26, 1812, and was christened Eunice
White. It was when she was at school
at Hadley, Mass., and Henry Ward
Beecher was a student at Amherst that
they met and plighted their troth, Jan.
2, 1831. Both were very young, and
when the boyish student made known
his desire to marry Dr. Bull ar o’.-i daugh
ter that wortuy was angry and his wife
was grieved. “Why, you are a couple
of babies,” said the doctor. "You don’t
know your own minds yet and won’t
for some years to come.”
Dr. Bullard relented, however, after
a time, but it was not until Aug. 3,
1837, shortly after Mr. Beecher had be
gun his fyst pastorate at Lawrenceburg,
Ind., that they were wedded. Their
first years of married life were not years
of financial plenty, for the salary then
received by Mr. Beecher was but (300 a
year. But they were happy days to
Mrs. Beecher, for she loved her husband
and her home. Children came to them
as time passed until they had ten, and
Mrs. Beecher’s life was necessarily one
of care and constant occupation.
From Lawrenceburg they removed to
Indianapolis and from there to Brook
lyn, where he became the famous pastor
of the famous Plymouth church, and
where she became his secretary. She
had met with a serious accident that re
sulted in partial paralysis of one si e,
and from which she never recovered.
She could not even read at first, but she
could write, and it occurred to her that
she could be of service to Mr. Beecher
in answering his letters. So he bought
two desks just alike, which were placed
back to back, at one of which he sat
when engaged in writing sermons or at
literary work, while she sat at the other.
When she had sufficiently recovered to
be able to oversee the household affairs
again, she proposed to give up her sec
retaryship, but her preacher husband
would not have it so, and she continued
to assist him uy attending to his corre
spondence till the day of his death.
During the dark days of the Tilton
scandal her faith in Beecher never fal
tered. After he died she wrote a great
deal for the press. Having done con
siderable literary work during his life
time, she had acquired a clear, direct,
unpretentious style that wpii readers
easily. Her most interesting work was
“Mr. Beecher as I Knew Him,” which
ran as a serial in a monthly magazine.
To Overthrow Clilnene Dynasty.
Chicago, Dec. 80. According to
Wong Ohin Foo, editor of the Chinese
News, Chicago is to becom ■ headquar
ters for the Chinese revolutionary junta.
This body plans the overthrow of the
present Chinese dynasty by an anned
invasion from a convenient island iu
the South seas. Rooms for the junta
have already been engaged in this city,
and the Mongolians here now await the
coming of Sung Yut Sen to set the ma
chinery in operation, which is to open
China to western civilizatian. Sung
Yat Sen is the revolutionist who re
cently was kidnaped in the streets of
London, and whose release was effected
by Lord Salisbury.
North Carolina K«»h<l to Ho Sold.
Winston, N. 0., Dec. 30.—Judge Si
mopton of th? United States circuit
court has notified J. W. Fries, receiver
of the North State Improvement com
pany, and his attorneys, Watson & Bux
ton, of this city to appear before him in
Wilmington, N. C., on Jan. 14, next,
when he will issue a decree regarding
the sale of the Cape Fear and Yadkiu
Valley railroad. . It is understood that
the judge’s dfder will be for a sale of
the road as a whole, and not by “Actions,
as some of the interested pan es asked
for.
Southern Te«citers Iu Session.
Mobile, Dec. 30.—The Southern Ed
ucational association met here iu an
nual meeting. There are some 300
members and the session will last two
days. The session opened with an ad
dress of welcome by Hon. W. G. Clark,
president of the board of education of
Mobile, followed by addresses by Mayor
0. L. Lavretta and Governor Joseph F.
Johnston. The response was made by
Hon. Georgy.J. Ramsay of Clinton, La.
President J. H. Phillips of Birming
ham read the annual address to the as
sociation and the proceedings closed
with an address by Richard O. Jones,
LL. D., president of the University of
Alabama.
A Bank President on Trial.
Denver, Dec. 30.—The trial in the
case of Frank K. Atkins, the president
of the defunct Colorado Savings bank,
has begun in this city. There are 100
indictments against him and an equal
number against his brother, C. O. At
kins, cashier of the bank, whose trial
will follow. They are accused of wreck
ing the institution. The specific charge
is that of accepting deposits when they
knew the bank was insolvent. Th*
bank failed during the panic of 1893.
Carpet Mills to Kekume Work.
Yonkers, N. Y., Dec. 30.—The an
nouncement is made that Alexander
Smith & Sons, carpet mills, will resume
work soon after the first of the year.
They have been shut down for two
months. Only a few looms will be
started at first, but gradually all will be
at work. The mill employs several hun
dred men and has a payroll of (60,000 a
week when in fujl operation.
No Gold < ure Wanted.
London, Dec. 30.—The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
says: The scheme of M. De Witte to in
troduce a gold cure has been shelved
—first, because the finance committee
reported adversely; second, because
leading financiers and political econo
mists oppose it; and, finally, the czar
counseled with M. Melene upon the
scheme, and the French premier’s views
were diametrically opposed to M. De-
Witte’s project.
The Rebellion In Beohuanaland.
PoKxwni Camp, Rechuanaland, Dec.
30.—There has been stiff fighting since
noon, and the rebel position has been
taken. The principal stadt is in flames.
The natives lost heavily, but are still
fighting in the hills. No casualties have
occurred among the whites. The bodies
of three whites, murdered in recent dis
turbances, have been found.
Nominated by the Populists.
Kirksville, Mo., Dec. 30.—The Pop
ulists of the First congressional district
met in convention in this city and nom
inated Joseph Miller, a farmer, from
Scotland county, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Mr. Giles, who
carried the district at the last election.
Miller is a "middle-of-the-road” man.
Wrecked Crew Picked Up at Sea.
New Orleans, Dec. 30.—The steamer
Queensmore, Captain Cross, from Lon
don, has arrived here, having on board
Captain Tobiasson and his sou, mate,
and crew of the Norwegian bark Nep
tune. picked up on Dec. 9 in latitude 49,
longitude 30. The bark had a crew of
nine men, all told, and was from Belize,
Honduras, bound for Havre, with a
cargo of logwood.
An Engineer lii.tantly Killed.
Eufaula, Ala., Dec. 30.—A freight
train on the branch of the Central of
Georgia, near Elamville, Ala., was un
der way near that place when an axle
broke, hurling the engine over on its
side. Engineer Higgins, who lived at
Griffin. Ga , was instantly killed, but
no one else was hurt. The cars did not
leave the track.
Reward Offered For Train wrecker*.
Louisville, Dec. 30.—The Louisville
and Nashville and the Southern Rail
way companies have offered a reward of
(1,000 for the arrest and conviction of
the person or persons implicated in the
Cahaba river bridge disaster, near Bloc
ton, Ala., on last Sunday. The officials
of both roads are making strenuous
efforts to capture the guilty parties.
A Prominent Alabwmtan Dead.
Greenville, Ala., Dec. 80.—Colonel
John Gamble, one of the oldest and
foremost lawyers and citizens of Mid
dle Alabama, died at his home in this
city. He has occupied a high position
in this county since several years before
the breaking out of the civil war. He
was a gallant confederate soldier.
Opposed by Georgia Director*.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 80.—At a meet
ing of the directors of the Georgia rail
road, held here, it was determined to
oppose the application for a receivership
made by a stockholder owning five shares
in the Atlanta and West Point Raihoai 1
company.
North Carolina** Dolton Crop.
Raleigh, Dec. 80.—The state depart
ment of agriculture says the yield of
this year’s cotton crop is 112 per cent as
compared with last year; that last year’s
crop was not over 335,000 bales, while
this year’s is a little over 400,000.
THE TARIFF HEARING
Third Day’s Work of the Wa's and
Means Committee.
X
THE SUGAR SCHEDULE DISCUSSED
Large Number of Interested
Persons Present.
CHAIRMAN DINGLEY NOW AT WORK
Importer*, Canegrowers, Beet Raiser* and
Refiners Present Arguments In Behali
of Increased Duties—A New Yorker Ex
plains the Difficulties of an Ad valorem
Tariff—Plea For a Specific System.
Washington, Dec. 30.—The third day
of the tariff hearings, given by the
ways and means committee, was de
voted to the sugar schedule. Four in
terests were represented, the importers,
canegrowers, beet raisers and refiners.
The importers were heard first, Mr.
John Farr of New York opening the ar
gument. Their recommendations, as pre
sented by Mr. Farr, were:
First, on all sugars testing 75 degrees
or less, a duty of 1 cent per pound, add
ing .3 cent per degree to 100 degrees.
Second, an additional duty of about
Hos a cent differential on all sugars
above 16 Dutch standard in color to pre
vent refiners from entering refined su
gars at the same duty as raw sugars of
the same test.
Third, an additianal discriminating
duty on all sugars from bounty paying
countries with authority to the presi
dent to raise or lower the duties on
goods for these countries as bounties
were raised or lowered.
This scheme, the importers estimated,
would yield the government a revenue
of (50.000,000 per year, the amount of
sugar paying duty being about 1,500,000
tons, the average polariscope test being
92 degrees.
Sugar Not Undervalued.
In reply to questions from Chairman
Dingley, Mr. Farr declared there was
no undervaluation of sugars imported
now, owing to the strict interpretation
of the law by the customs officials; the
tendency was to pay more duty than
the law called for. Appraisals were
made on the basis of the estimated val
ues in Trinidad and other countries,
where there were no market values.
“What would you say,” asked Mr.
Dingley, “as to the statement furnished
thecommittee’by Henry Brown of Mass
achusetts that the invoiced value of all
sugar imported in 1893 was an average
of 3 cents a pound under the London
valuation?”
Mr. Farr considered that statement
untruthful and entirely theoretical.
The London valuations were not repre
sentative, as Germany had absorbed the
business. The London prices on cane
were merely nominal.
Mr. Farr was questioned by Mr.
Payne of New York on the effects of
the operations of the American sugar
refining on the business.
The importer asserted that only in oc
casional bargains could the American
Refining company buy its goods cheaper
than other firms. Its influence had been
to reduce the price of sugar throughout
the world.
A Plea For Specific Duties.
Mr. Humphreys of New York, chair
man of the committee appointed by the
sugar trade, explained the difficulties of
an advalorera tariff on sugar and made
a plea for a specific system. The change,
he said, was unanimously demanded by
the trade. Advalorem valuations were
unjust and impractical on account of
differences in prices. The sugar sched
ule had given the treasury department
more trouble than any other feature of
the tariff act now in force. It had been
estimated by the department that it
would yield a revenue of $43,000,000,
but for the past year the revenue had
been less than (30,000,000 and under ex
isting conditions it would not exceed
(21,000.000 for the current year.
Higher prices for raw sugar undoubt
edly would be the result of the new
schedule, Mr. Humphreys continued,
but the advance would be so small it
would not be felt by the average family.
Speaking of bounties, Mr. Humph
reys declared they were a disorganizing
factor in the sugar business of the
world.
Colonel J. B. Hill of New Orleans,
representing the Oanegrowers’ associa
tion of Louisiana, was the first to speak
for the producer. He argued for a res
toration of the duty of the act of 1883.
He spoke of the stimulation produced
by the bounty act of 1890, with the
duty imposed therein on refined sugar,
and frankly said that if similar provis
ion could be made in the prospective
law aud its permanence guaranteed, the
sugar producers would accept it. But
all things considered, they asked for a
re-enactment of the act of 1883.
STATE OF TRADE IN SOUTH.
. Buslue«« Circle* Have Been Very Quiet
During the Pntt Week.
’ Chattanooga, Dec. 30 —The holiday
season has, of course, interfered very
materially with business and The
Tradesman’s southern correspondents
report very liMle activity for the past
| week. General conditions remain about
j the same, however, and the state of
i trade is by »o means discouraging.
i An important event in iron and steel
circles was the failure of the billet and
i rail pools to find a basis for agreement.
Quotations for the bessemer pig and
steel billets have come down to a level
with those of other s:aples. The pig
| iron market is quiet, but indication'
PBICE FIVK CENTS.
point to a better demand in a few weeks.
The foundry operators are preparing
for a good business, and the iron trade
generally expects renewed activity.
Southern iron is steady and sales for
export are good.
Lumber operators report no especial
change in the lumber market. The out
look is encouraging, but the movement
just at present is light.
In cotton manufacture there is a de
cline in some staple goods. Despite pre
dictions to the contrary, the raw cotton
that has come forward shows that the
crop was large. There has been a visi
ble improvement in the southern textile
industry since the election and indica
tions for the new year are very favor
able.
The most important new industries
for the week are reported as follows:
The Grand Falls Irrigation and Im
provement company, Grand Falls, Tex,
capital, (100,000; a (15,000 fertilizer fac
tory at Jacksonville, Fla.; the Texas
and Arkansas Mining company,, incor
porated at Little Rock, Ark., with »
capital of (1,000,000; the Glenn-Lincoln
Coal and Coke company., Bluefield, W.
Va., capital (200,000; the Buchel; Power
and Irrigation company, Cuero, Tex,
capital (50,000; a cotton mill and bleacb
ery at Seneca, S. 0., to cost (50JXX); a
(30,000 furniture factory at Vicksburg-,
Miss., and other woodworking plants
at Griffin, Ga., Dallas, Tex., and Cres
ton, JV. Va.
A RAILROAD WAR BREWING.
The Bu.lnes* of Chicago Roads I* Boioff
Affected by Southern Lines,
Chicago, Dec. 30. —Trouble will prob
ably result before long among the trans
continental roads over the commissions
paid from New England points by the
Southern roads. From New England
points to New Orleans the roads are
paying commissions of (2.25, and from
New Orleans west the commissions paid
are (2.75.
The same commission is paid by the
roads running out of Chicago on this
class of business, but as the lines of the
Joint Traffic association and of the cen
tral passenger committee refuse to pay
any commissions, the transcontinental
roads running out of Chicago have
against them a practical differential of
(2.25.
The Chicago roads are getting very
restive over the conditions that prevail,
and as they cannot get their eastern
connections to stand any of the commis
sion east of Chicago, and are unwilling
to stand all of it themselves, there is
a probability that the transcontinental
rates may. in the near future, become
sadly demoralized if some way out of
the difficulty shall not speedily be
found.
To Form a New Express Company.
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 30. —A railway
man, formerly of this city, but now of
Chicago, is authority for the statement
that the Pennsylvania railroad is pre
pared to spring a surprise the first of
the year in the form of a new express
company, which eventually will become
a strong competitor of the other similar
corporations. All the printed matter
has been prepared by a New Orleans
firm and the greatest secrecy is said- to
have been maintained. The Manhattan
Express company is the name of the
new corporation, which is backed by
the Pennsylvania road and will be in
operation over the whole system. Wil
liam Chandler of Chicago, it is said,
will be the superintendent with head
quarters in New York.
Daring Robbery at Chicago*
Chicago, Dec. 30.—Two men. robbed
Joseph Spanheimer, an employe of the
Central Steam Laundry company, in a
daring manner. They covered him with
revolvers while in the elevator between
the first and second floor of the building
at 107 South Jefferson street and
wrenched from his hand a valise con
taining (512. Spanheimer is employed,
in the office of A. E: Rawson, who is
connected with the Wagner Palace Car
company. Mr. Rawson is also secretary
of the laundry company and sends
Spanheimer to the Jefferson street build
ing every two weeks with the wages of
the laundry employes.
Fortv-Eiglit Sailors Quit the Adams*.
San Francisco. Dec. 30.—When the-
United States cruiser Adams got ia>
from Honolulu she was minus 48- of her
crew and one quartermaster. The-sail
ors were all enlisted in San Francisco
prior to the sailing of the warship ten
months ago, and their destination had
barely been reached before the men- be
gan deserting and heading back for San
Fvancisca Nearly all of them were
back here months ago and the vessel had
to return shorthanded. The Adams was
in a gale last Saturday aud the men had
a hard time of it. She leaked consider
ably and the pumps had to be manned..
A Six-Day Walking Matah.
St. Louis, Dec. 31a Frank Hart, the
■egro pedestrian, led all the six-day men
at the Natatorium in the first day’s
trip. Hart has 57 miles and nine laps
to his credit. John Oddy, the English
man, is a close second, with Gus Guer
rero, the Mexican, third, and William
Hoagland of Auburn, N. Y., fourth.
Other walkers are strung out. The
affair is a six-day heel and toe walking
match.
An Alnbama Hank Suspend*.
Selma, Ala., Dec. 30.—The Commer
cial National bank of Selma has sus
pended. The Commercial was estab
lished in ]B9O and has a paid up capital
of (300,000, undivided profits ot (DO.bOO.
The New York correspondent is the-
American Exchange National and the
Chicago correspondent, the First Na
tional. R M. Nelson, president of the
Commercial, is well known in Alabama,
and has fcr many years been prominent
in financial circle*. He waa regarded
as a conservative banker.
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