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CHIPS.
A Galveston artesian well was sunk
3,000 feet without encountering either
rock or water.
Four Yeinnese have been fined for
jeering at a lady for wearing crinoline
in a public garden.
Mary Burton, a coy maid of 101 sum¬
mers, was married in the Grimsby,
England, parish church a few weeks
ago.
Some of the Comstock mines are so
deep that no means have yet been de¬
vised to overcome the excessive heat.
Of the whole length of the Suez canal
sixty-six miles are cuttings, fourteen
were made by dredging through the
lakes and eight miles required no la¬
bor.
Ono of the first tunnels in the Unit¬
ed States was on the Allegheny Portage
railroad in Pennsylvania. It was 900
feet long and finished in 1831.
Tbe little island of Iceland, with
about 70,000 inhabitants, has the same
number of newspapers as the great
Empire of China.
The sheep industry of Missouri has
dwindled steadily from 1882 to 1893,
the uumber of animals, it is reported,
falling from 1,692,700 to 920,950.
More than $70,000,000 have been
sent out of the United States since the
first of January last. The gold kings
of Wall street are taking care of them¬
selves, and the people will bo “left
with tho bags to hold.”
According to tho reports of the com¬
missioner of immigration, the 152,360
immigrants above 20 years of ago who
arrived at New York in the first half
of 1892 brought over $20 each on the
average, or $3,060,908.
More relics of George Washington
have turned up. This time the arti¬
cles are two army pistols that were
presented by tho general to Kosciusko,
his Polish aide. The pistols are in tho
jmssession of Dr. Edward Thomas, of
Vienna.
The Most Interesting Thing in America.
An English traveler passed through
New York on the way to London. He
had spent three months in the United
States seeing things. A friend asked
what was tho most interesting thing he
saw in tho country, and he answered
without hesitation that it was a mule!
Then ho explained that l^o had visited
certain mines whero mules were used
to haul tho tramcars, and their won¬
derful patience and intelligence had
.made on him a deep impression.
Some of the tunnels were so low
that tho animals had to hold their
heads down and partly stoop to go
through, but there was never any
trouble. He pointed out a character¬
istic of tho mule that makes him un¬
like a horse. Many Americans have
noticed it. If a horse touches his ears
in going under a low bridge or
through a tunnol he will invariably
throw his head up and receive a hard
knock. When a mule’s ears touch
anything his head goes down. In some
parts of this country it is a high com¬
pliment to a man to say that he has as
much sense as a mule.
It is seldom that a performer offers
to servo at a theatrical benefit in vaiu,
but such was tho case recently when
Lottio Gibson tendered her talents in
behulf of her husband, the Comedian
Ward, who had just come from jail for
The beating her and setting fire to her fiat.
committee in chargo of tho event
positively refused to let her appear.—
Hew York Sun.
The Faults and Follies of the Ago
Are numerous, hut of the latter none Is more
ridiculous than the pn m’actions and random
use of laxative pills and other drastic cathar¬
tics- These wrench, convulse and weaken
both the stomach and tho bo we 8. If Hos¬
tetler's Stomach Bitters bo used instead of
these no-remedies, the result i« accomp ishod
without pain amt with great benefit to the
bowels, the when stomach and tho liver. Use this
remedy constipation manifests itself,
and thereby prevent it from becoming chronic.
The use of torture in legal proceedings was
permissible in Au-tria until well within tho
present century.
For impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Mala¬
ria, Neuralgia, Iron Indigestion and Biliousness,
take Brown’s Bitters—it gives strength,
making old persons feel young—and young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
The Pacific coast Indians call all white men
"Boston men.”
To demise the System
Effectually yet gently, when costive or bil¬
ious, or when tho blood is impure or sluggish,
to permanently euro habitual constipation,
to awaken the kidneys an l liver to a healthy
activity, without irritating or weakening
them, to dispel headaches, cold or fe vers, use
Syrup of Figs.
Out of every 100 persons in Pittsburg thirty
are foreign born.
If your Back Aches, or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it Is general debility.
Brown's Iron Bitters will cure you, make you
strong, cleanse your liver, and give you a good
appetite- tones tho nerves.
Two negro women have started a newspaper
In the African state of Congo.
A. M. Priest, Druggist, Shelbyville. Ind.,
says ; “ Hall’s Catarrh Cure gives the best of
satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials,
as it cures every one who takes it." Druggists
sell it, 76c._____
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HORRIBLE SCENE
SCORES OF DEAD AND DYING
AND HUNDREDS INJURED.
The Oli Fori Opera Boase to WasMngtoii
City-Collapses
AND CARRIES DOWNIN ITS
RUINS OVER 400 CLERKS
Who Were Employed in the Record and
Pensions Office.
Ford’s old theatre, the building in
which Abraham Lincoln was assassi¬
nated and which has been used by the
government for many years as part of
the office of the surgeon general of the
army, collapsed Friday morning at
9:50 o’clock with a terrible result in
loss of life and injury. The building
stood on 10th street Northwest, be¬
tween E and F streets, and not far
from Pennsylvania avemie.
It had been condemned at least fif¬
teen years ago and had been repaired,
propped up and renovated from year
to year. There were 475 persons,
mostly government clerks, employed
in the building, and nearly all of these
were ot work when the building fell.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
An excavation for an electric light
plant was being made in the cellar of
the structure—a three-story affair—
and, according to the best informatio n
attainable, the workmen on I’ riday
morning had dug beneath the founda-
tion supports in front of the building
weakening them to such an extent that
the walls gave way before they could
be jacked. This explanation of tho
cause for tho accident is the only one
advanced, but it seems somewhat
strange, in view of tho fact that the
top floor gave way first.
WITHOUT A WARNING.
Men who were in the building say
the crash came without a warning.
Those on the top floor were suddenly
precipitated to the floor below and the
weight of the falling timbers and fur¬
niture carried the second and first
floors with it. Fortunately, only the
forward half of the floors gave wuy.
The outer edges of the floor and the
rear part of the structure remained in¬
tact. The walls did not fall.
The news that the building had fall¬
en spread with lightning-like rapidity,
and soon Tenth street and the adjacent
thoroughfares were crowded with peo¬
ple. Within an hour the nows was
known all over Washington and hun¬
dreds of anxious relatives and friends
swarmed to the vicinity of the old
theater. Women appealed anxiously
to every bystander for information
about some particular person, white
men came with tears in their eyes and
imploringly besought the policemen
to let them through the police lines
that they might obtain some knowledge
of their friends and relatives.
A general fire alarm was turned in a
few minutes after the crash, and then
all the ambulances in the city were
summoned. As quickly as possible
the police and firemen formed a rescue
brigade, and ready hands assisted
them to take out the killed and wound¬
ed. In less than an hour, about twen¬
ty-five people had 'been taken out and
every few minutes thereafter some still
form would bo borne on a stretcher
from tho
ALL THE HOSPITALS UTILIZED.
All the hospitals in the city were
utilized in caring for the injured and
scores of physicians volunteered their
services for this work. The commis¬
sioners of the District of Columbia
took possession of the building and
vicinity in person and helped direct
tho police and rescuers. Col. Corbin,
assistant adjutant general, of the
army, was sent by Major
Schofield to represent the war depart¬
ment and to decide if it was necessary
to call out the troops. Owing to the
excellent police regulations, the res¬
cuers were not hindered in their work
by anxious crowds, and it was not long
before the debris had been cleared
away to such an extent that the work
of rescue could be carried on without
hindrance.
Both the military and naval autho¬
rities took prompt action. General
Schofield ordered two troops of calvary
from Fort Myer, just across the river,
and two companies of infantry from
the arsenal to the scene of the disaster.
The secretary of the navy ordered out
all the naval medical officers stationed
at Washington and also opened the
hospital to receive the injured. The
commandant at the navy yard was
ordered to render all the assistance in
his power.
About half past 11 o’clock a com¬
pany of the Fourth United States Ar¬
tillery, from the Washington barracks
arrived on the scene of the accident,
and the men were distributed about
the ruined structure to guard against
interference with the workmen.
Clerks who escaped were pressed
into service and went willingly to work
removing bundles of valuable docu¬
ments. A great deal of the work of
the pension office is dependent on these
records, and their value to the govern¬
ment and to individuals is inestimable.
They cannot be replaced.
TAKING OUT THE BODIES.
Every few minutes during the first
two hours after the accident dead and
wounded men were taken out of tho
debris.
THE FIRST BODY FOUND.
Those who were early on the scene
found the body of a colored man in an
alley in tbe rear of the building,
where John Wilkes Booth had his
horse tethered the night he killed Lin¬
coln. This was George M. Arnold, a
well-known colored elerk, appointed
from Virginia.
There were many very narrow es¬
capes from d.eath. A number of clerks
whose desks rested directly upon the
line where the floors broke away,
saved themselves, while the desks at
which they sat were precipitated down
the awful chasm.
Within a very few moments a hun-
dared or more men, stripped for hard
work, began jumped into the building and
throwing out the wreckage in
front and under the floors.
SCENES AT THE HOSPITAL.
Most of those first taken out of the
ruins were carried to the Emergency
hospital. About 10:30 o’clock the
dead and injured began to arrive fast¬
er than the corps of surgeons could at¬
tend to their injuries. Carried in on
stretchers, they were dumped at the
most convenient places. Those who
were tended most seriously injured were at¬
to, while the others, groaning
and crying from the pain of broken
limbs, lay limpless, beseeching the
doctors to dress their wounds.
HEARTRENDING INCIDENTS.
Shortly after the arrival of the firs^
unfortunates, a crowd began to as¬
semble in front of the hospital, many
of them being the wives, daughters
and relatives of the dead and injured.
Their weeping and frantic cries for in¬
formation were heartrending. with They
greatly interfered the work of the
physicians and Dr. Keer, in charge of
of the hospital, determined to shut
them out.
Load after load of wounded, blind
from the debris, and with limbs bro¬
ken and maimed, were dumped at the
door. They had to remain outside
for some time, as the force and facili¬
ties of the hospital were unequal to
the emergency. As quickly as the
surgeons, who were shortly reinforced
by the young men graduates of the
city, could do so, they examined and
dressed the wounds and they were
then sent upstairs to more comfortable
quarters.
Priests and ministers were soon on
the spot, and being at once admitted
to tho cots of the injured, where they
administered spiritual consolation,
THRILLING EXPERIENCES.
The hairbreadth escapes narrate d by
^ 1Q slirY j vorB were numberless. One
of most thrilling § Bceiie8 of the
whole affair wa8 the ght of a dozen
men who were left in ihe corner of the
third story, clambering down on a
hose pipe to the ground.
Between 10 o’clock and noon the
ambulances were kept busy carrying
aw r ay the dead and injured. The faces
of many of the victims were covered
with pieces of cloth, an old coat,
newspaper, or whatever could be had,
but some of the mangled bodies were
carried out with their faces exposed to
the gaze of the great throng that sur¬
rounded the building.
THE CAPITAL IN GLOOM,
The terible catastrophe has cast a
frightful pall over the -whole city.
Politics and the affairs of government
are completely lost in the discussion of
this, probably the most shocking ac¬
cident in the history of the govern¬
ment.
AT THE MORGUE.
At the morgue the sight was ono
horrible to behold. The little build¬
ing was not near large enough to hold
the dead bodies brought from tho
wrecked building. When the morgue
was filled the stable was turned into a
reception room for the bodies. Blank¬
ets were spread on the floor and the
remains were laid out as respectfully
as possible under the circumstances.
The president was informed of the
sad event just as he reached the en¬
trance to the white house by one of
the clerks, and he at once interested
himself in relief measures and noted
with satisfaction what had been done
by Assistant Secretary of War Grant.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The following list of the dead thus
far reported, with tho names of their
states, contains t-wenty-two names, in¬
cluding the unknown and one proba¬
ble duplication, only twenty-one bod¬
ies having been taken from the ruins.
The list of the dead is:
Unknown man, evidently a clerk;
George Allen, Pennsylvania; George
W. Arnold, Virginia; J. W. Boody,
New York ; Samuel P. Barnes, Penn¬
sylvania; JohnBussius, District of Co¬
lumbia ; Jeremiah Daley, Pennsylvania;
James R. Fagin, Kansas; Joseph B.
Gage, Michigan; David C. Jordan,
Missouri; M. M. Jarvis, Michigan;
J. Boyd Jones, Wisconsin: F. B.
Loftus, New York; F. B, Meader,
-; B. F. Miller, New York;
Howards. Miller, Ohio; J. H. M’Fall,
Wisconsin; E. G. Shull, Kansas;
William M. Scriever, Maryland; H. S.
Wood,-; F. B. Williams, Wiscon¬
sin ; J. E. Chapin, South Carolina;
One man taken from the ruins was
identified by a bystander as old man
McAuley, who lives in Virginia, but
this identifiction was not verified.
LIST OF INJURED.
The injured are: A. L. Ames, Iowa;
L. C. Calvert, Maryland; S. J. Dewy,
New York; Louis Dusapy, George W.
Davis, Missouri; H. B. Esterling,
Fort Scott, Kas. ; Washington Fry,
W. S. Gustin, Ohio; Dr. James H.
Howard (colored), Maryland; C. F.
George Hathaway, Ohio ;J. N. Hammer, Tenn.;
Hynes, Missouri; Handy (colored), Thomas
J. G. Johns, W.
Kugler, New Jersey; Clifton Lowe,
Iowa; William L. Ecture, District of
Columbia; E. Leger, Mississippi;
Frank Metcalfe, Massachusetts; G. M.
McLaughlin, Tennessee; J. P. Me-
Cormick, Wisconsin: M. McLaughlin,
R. M. Petrick,— Pody, police officer;
G. L. Pruce, Texas; P. K. Pendleton,
Alabama ; Charles Robinson, Col-
orado; A. C. Black, Indiana; Charles
B. Moore, District of Columbia; B.
F. Driscoll, New York; J. A. Miller,
District of Columbia; J. A. Stewart,
J. F. Sims, J. D. Shadbolt, (colored),
Missouri; F. B. Smith, Tennessee;
R. A. Smith, Connecticut; F.
F. Sams, Illinois; William M.
Smith,- Baker, South Carolina;
William R. King, Mississippi; C. A.
Johnson, Missouri; P. U. Summer,
Ohio; John H. Thomas, Sedalia, Mo. ;
F. W. Test, Illinois; C. E. Weller;
N. T. Worley, Tennessee; James
A. White, of Georgia; A. G. Young,
of Pennsylania.
VALUABLE PAPERS BURIED.
It is thought that when the debris
is cleared awar al, the papers of value
TL ve f t : t ‘
The 1 ~ Washington . Star, o, commenting ..
on the accident save:
There is innocent blood on the head of that
intangible Unit, pewsr Known u the govirnmsnt fingers
of the d States. The miserly are
red wi:h the blood, which hut a few hours ago
ooumd through the bodies of men . The
widows and tho orphans weep for the hus-
bands and fathers sacrificed on the altftr of leg-
isUtiye economy and administrative disregard.
At a meeting of citizens Friday af¬
ternoon, $5,500 was subscribed. Pres¬
ident Cleveland, who had been asked
to preside over the meeting was unable
to do bo, because of a pressing official
business engagement, but sent his
check for $100, and Secretary Thurber
his for $25. The newspapers of the
city are actively engaged in the good
work, and the clerks in the depart¬
ments are contributing liberally.
TWENTY-FOUR DEAD.
The total number of dead is now
known to be twenty-four, and the in¬
jured, so far as ascertained,aggregates
fifty-two. The hospitals report all pa¬
tients doing nicely.
ANOTHER DEATH.
The death roll received another ac¬
cession Saturday morning, when A. M.
Gerault, a clerk from New Jersey, gave
up the struggle which he had main¬
tained against awful odds for nearly
twenty-four hours.
The report made by the superintend¬
ent of the Emergency hospital is en¬
couraging. Most of the patients show
improvement in their condition.
The jury of inquest empaneled Sat¬
urday morning consists of practical
business men of high character. In¬
vestigation by the war department will
also be had.
President Cleveland did not go to
the white house Saturday morning, but
remained at his suburban residence,
“Woodley.” The president is said to
be much perturbed over the calamity
and will give his personal attention to
the matter of securing a full investi¬
gation.
A SAD DAY AT WASHINGTON.
The remains of the dead victims of
the horrid wreck of Ford’s theater,
have nearly all been disposed of.
Washington was a city of funerals
Sunday, and all day long mourners
were going about the streets. Ev¬
ery one knew what the sad
processions meant, and the sym¬
pathy of all was extended, albeit
unexpressed in many cases, to the sor¬
row-stricken ones. Inquiry confirms tho
statement that none of the victims
were men of property. Most of them
lived on their salaries entirely, and
left little for a day like this. Most of
them were married, and some had
large families, who are now left, if not
entirely, dependent upon friends and
relatives, at least lacking in funds for
immediate use.
THE INQUEST WAS EXCITING.
Government Clerks Wanted to Lynch
Colonel Aincsworth.
The inquest over the bodies of tho
victims of the Ford theater disaster
was day commenced at Washington Mon¬
at 11 o’clock, in Willard’s hall,
adjoining Willard’s hotel, in a room
capable of accommodating about five
hundred people. Just at 11 o’clock
Colonel Ainesworth, chief of the rec¬
ord and pension division, who has
been placed on the defensive by im¬
plied accusations that he was re¬
sponsible for tho presence of clerks
in the old building, entered the hall
and engaged in a short consultation
with his attorney. About a hundred
persons were present, most of them
clerks of the record and pension divi¬
sion, with » sprinkling of war depart¬
ment officials, doctors, contractors and
policemen.
Dr. Schafer, the deputy coroner of
the district, introduced tho inquest.
Near tho table, around which the
jurymen sat, was a smaller table, at
which was seated Colonel Ainesworth,
his attorney and a stenographer from
the war department. The district
attorney’s office was also represented.
The deputy coroner called the jury to
order and prefaced the "investigation
by a statement, that holdihg an inves¬
tigation in a public hall was something
of an experiment, and he admonished
the public present to keep perfect
quiet. There was nobody on trial, he
said. The jury would simply endeav¬
or to get at the facts in the case. He
stated that the inquest was to be held
over the remains of J. A. Chapin,
whose body had been selected for that
purpose.
Much bitter feeling was entertained
by the clerks against Colonel Aines¬
worth, and during tho taking of testi¬
mony a government clerk should that
Colonel Ainesworth should be arrested
for murder and not allowed bail.
On this announcement the tempest
broke in full blast. “Hang him !” was
shouted from a dozen throats. Every
man in the spectators’ seats rose up at
the cry, “Hang him! hang him!” and
the howl grew louder. Colonel Aines¬
worth sat cool and collected. Some¬
body said after the uproar was over
that his hand moved to his inside coat
pocket and remained there. His fea-
tures seemed absolutely immovable.
It was with considerable difficulty
that quiet was restored, and Dr.
Schafer quickly adjourned the inquest
until 10 o’clock Tuesday morning at
the central police station.
an indignation meeting.
The department clerks stood about
the hall talking excitedly over the ac-
cident. Colonel Ainesworth sat in his
chair for a minute and then walked
out of the building, entered a carriage
and waa quickly driven away amid an-
g r J expressions from the crowd. •
When the hall was emptied tho ex-
cited language of the clerks continued
on the sidewalks, and finally old But-
ler Fitch mounted the steps and pro-
posed an indignation meeting immedi-
utely. The proposition was adopted
and the clerks took possession of the
hal1 - A committee was appointed to
wait upon the president and protest
against the proposed secret session
at the police station and to urge the
suspension of Ainesworth during the
inquest.
AS TO HAWAII.
Mr. Blount Hints That a Protectorate
Will be Established.
The latest advices from Honolulu
are to the effect that the annexation
party of Hawaii have settled it in their
own minds that the United States it
*° f toW i8h » Prorate ove.
“ug iu tt“T . iTnSno"
discussed, “: and the cry, /' “annexation oi
cothm is no lo eI heord . It u
that Minister Blount has
propped drnT inpd a a hint Hint that tnat a a nrntpctnvntp protectorate it is
the proper thing to look for. If the
constant protest of the royalists are to
believed, * they J have no intention ol
making , . until ... after ,, the ,, decision , . .
a move
of the United States is known.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Happenings from Day to Day in toe
National Capital
Appointments in the Various Depart*
ments—Other Notes of Interest.
The papers in the Black-Watson,
contest for seats in the house have
been opened, and Clerk Kerr says that
some rare and racy testimony has been
reached.
The official report of the trial board
which attended the severe tests of the
coast defense vessel Monterey,has been
received at the navy department and
is very satisfactory.
The president appointed the follow¬
ing postmasters Monday: Win. B.
Copeland, at Birmingham, Ala., vice
R. H. Houston removed; James M.
Davis, at Cordele, Ga., vice M. G.
Hail removed; Richard F. Moore, at
Columbus, Miss., vice D. Hale, com¬
mission expired; Wm. A. McCanless,
at Tupelo, Miss., vice J. C. Eckles re¬
signed.
Acting Land Commissioner Bowers
rendered a decision Monday in'which
he orders canceled, on the ground of
fraud and collusion, about twentv-tliree
timber and stone entries of valuable
timber lands made in the Vancouver
land district, Washington, and now
held by J. B. Montgomery, of Port¬
land, Ore., to whom the lands were
transferred immediately after the final
proofs were’made.
Secretary Carlisle has awarded a
silver life-saving medal to Captain
Valentine Jones, of the steamer Hud¬
son, playing on the great lakes, for
saving the lives of six men and one
woman from the barge Sunshine, near
Pelee, Lake Erie, in October, 1892.
The act was one of great gallantry,
Captain Jones, in its performance, ran
the risk of losing his own ship, which,
with its cargo, was worth about one
and a half million dollars.
Saturday’s dispatches from Wash¬
ington are to the effect that the finan¬
cial situation shows signs of clearing
up. There appears to be a renewal
of what is absolutely essential to easy
financies and confidence. The threat¬
ened panic of the last week has prssed
away. It was a mere flurry. At
Chicago, where the danger point ap¬
peared to be, there have been no new
bank failures. The national banks of
that city seem to be in good condition.
In fact, the reports received at the
comptroller’s office indicate that the
national banks are in a satisfactory
condition.
The president, Tuesday, appointed
D. Price Porter postmaster at Jackson,
Miss., vice W. H. Gibbs, removed;
Thomas R. Robertson, at Charlotte,
N. C., vice A. Brady, removed ; Ben¬
nett Dunn, at Rocky Mount, N. C.,
vice W. L. Person, removed; William
A. Gillam, at Covington, Va., viee G,
T. McGlintie, removed; Frank W.
Shield, at Hampton, Va., vice It. It.
Wood, resigned. The president also
appointed Holmes Conrad,of Virginia,
to be assistant attorney-general, vice
John B. Cotton, resigned, and Ben¬
nington It. Bedle, of New Jersey,to be
consul at Sheffield, England.
An Important Oriler.
Judge Lochren, the commissioner
of pensions, on Saturday issued the
follow ing order as to adjudicating and
fixing pensions under the act of June
27, 1990:
A claim for pension unrl r the only second be allowed section
of the act of Juno 27, 1890, can
upon proof of mental or physical disabi.i y of
a permanent character, not the result of the
claimant’s own vicious habits incapacitating him
from the performance of manual labor.
2. No specific injury or di-ability can, as
such, have a pensionable otherwise rating under that act,
nor be considered than as it effects
the c picity of the claimant to perform or do
manual labor.
3. Proof that the disability is not the result
of the claimant’s vicious habits is recpiisire,
and therefore the causes and circumstances of
the the origin evidence of furnished the disability should be shown by
in support of the claim
for pension, so far as can be decided by per¬
sons other than the claimant.
4. To give the claimant a pensionable status
under this act the inability must be such as to
incapacitate labor in from the performance of manual
such a degree as to render him unable
for self-support, giving $12 per month in the
case of the groatest an i $8 per month in case
of the lowest pensionable disability.
It also provides for intermediate
ratings proportioned to tlie interme¬
diate degrees of such pensionable
disability. The proper ratings un¬
der this act, therefore, is made in
accordance with such ratings as the
medical referee shall prescribe, subject
to the approval of the commissioner.
Friday’s Appoint incuts.
The president Friday made the fol¬
lowing appointments: William G.
Crawford, of Louisiana, to be deputy
auditor of the treasury for the postof¬
fice department; Rudolph Randall, of
Alabama, to be collector of internal
revenue for the district of Alabama;
Charles E. Hosman, of Rhode Island,
to be attorney of the United States for
the district of Rhode Island; II. N.
Robinson, of Louisiana, to be assistant
solicitor of the treasury. To be con¬
suls of the United States—Warren
Kinkhead, at Hamburg ; Norfleet Har¬
ris, of Alabama, at Leeds, England ; Lu-
cien J. Walker, of Alabama, at Cork, Ire¬
land ; Marcellus L. Davis, of Arkansas,
at Trindad, West Indies; L. S. Sequn,
of Iowa; at Rotterdam, the Nether¬
lands ; Edward Dow nes of Connecticut;
at Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Por¬
ter H. Pernot, of Indianapolis, Ind. ;
Joshua Hutchins, of Athens, Ga. ; and
Clem V. Rogers, of Indian Territory,
to be appraisers of the value of houses,
lands or improvements occupied by in¬
truders or unauthorized persons within
the Cherokee outlet, under the provis¬
ions of the act of congress, approved
March 3, 1893. Daniel W. Maratta,
of North Dakota, to be consul general
of the United States at Melbourne,
Australia.
Another Train Bobbed.
St. Louis has still another train
robbery to its credit. At 9:30 o’clock
Thursday night six men held up and
robbed the Mobile and Ohio south¬
bound passenger train. The robbery
took place at Forest Lawn, a small
station in Illinois, below East
St. Louis, and is the same
locality as the robbers attempted a
couple of weeks ago. Several shots
were exchanged, but it is not thought
anyone was hurt. The passengers
were badly frightened, but not mo¬
lested. All the money in the express
car was taken, but it is not known
how much it is.
A Peddler’s Retort.
~ swered ?Fr sharply Fv?SS hrough a half dosed
Iwif" -No/- "Paper and envel-
opesr "No.” "Neediest” “No
no, no. _ No no n echoe
^otTtT^sa
lace.” Springfield Homestead.
Queer Japanese Animals.
I he Japanese believe in the exist-
ence of a crane which, after it has
reached the age of 600 years, has no
need of any sustenance except water.
Their mythical dragon has the head of
a camel, the horns of a deer, the eyes
of a demon, the ears of an ox, the
body of a serpent, the scales of a fish
and the claws and wings of an eagle,
—Philadelphia Press.
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Avoid all baking powders sold with, a gift
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as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul¬
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Certain protection from alum baking powders can
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Judge J. B. Hied, of the Superior
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