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TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
The News of me World Condensed Into
Pithy and Pointed Paragraplis.
Interesting 1 and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
The works of the Merriam and Mor
gan Company, at Cleveland, O., were
partially destroyed by fire Monday
night. Loss, $200,000, partially in
sured.
The International Order of King’s
Daughters and Sons met at Chicago
Wednesday afternoon and inaugura
ted a conference as part of the congress
of moral and social reform.
The Exchange Banking Compay, of
Weston, O., closed its doors Thursday.
The bank had a run and was unable to
get help. The directors have notified
the depositors that they will probably
receive dollar for dollar.
The Citizens’ bank of Fairmount,
Indiana, suspended operations Wed
nesday, owing to the stringency in the
money market. The capital stock is
$150,000; assets,$191,060.91; liabilities
from $130,000 to $150,000.
Wednesday afternoon, while visiting
the World’s fair, Mrs. Lamont, wife
of the Secretary of War, was overcome
by the heat and overexertion while in
the Midway Plaisance and fell into a
faint. Nothing serious is anticipated.
The First National bank of Arkansas
City, Ark., one of the oldest and gen
erally believed to be one of the stron
gest financial institutions in the south
west, failed to open its doors Thursday
morning. The deposits are said to be
$600,000.
The forty-first annual convention of
the international typographical union
began at Chicago, Monday. There
were fully 300 delegates present.
W. B. Prescott called the meeting to
order. Mayor Carter H. Harrison
made an address of welcome.
The Park City Bank, at Salt Lake,
Utah, suspended Monday morning.
The liabilities are $130,000, and the
assets as much. The claim is made
that tho bank will shortly resume.
The assignee says that the depositors
are to be paid eighty cents on the
dollar.
The second week of the Borden case
at New Bedford, Mass., opened Mon
day with an appearance of increased
interest. Over one-half of the specta
tors in tho court room were women. A
notable feature of Monday’s proceed
ings was that Miss Borden’s inquest
testimony was excluded.
Alba, a village of eight hundred
population, in Antrim county, Mich.,
was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday
afternoon. The fire started in Dey-
ries’ large saw mill and licked up every
business house except the Exchange
hotel. The Grand Eapids and Indiana
depot and the postoflioe were burned.
Princess Enlalie made her farewell
visit to the World’s fair Tuesday. It
was quite as unostentatious as any of
the visits she has yet made. During
the day she opened the Spanish gov
ernment building, and, accompanied
by her party, witnessed the opening
of all the Spanish exhibits. The whole
affair was entirely informal.
Tho American National Bank of
Omaha was placed in the hands of the
comptroller Tuesday. J. L. McGague
is president, and it is supposed that
the American National’s connection
with the McGague Savings Bank,
which failed Monday, caused its
downfall. There were heavy runs on
all the savings banks in the city dur
ing tho day.
Defalcations aggreating $70,800
have been discovered in the Irving
Savings instituticj3^*RTn '*98— Warren
street, New JH'jrkf The shortage was
■•TTTSWfvered by the state bank examin
ers, who are still at work on the books
and will not. complete their work of
scrutinizing the bank’s affairs for some
time, as there are seventeen thousand
individual accounts to investigate,
besides tho regular bank books.
A dispatch from Fall Biver, Mass.,
states that another hatchet was found
under a barn, near the Borden prem
ises, Wednesday, and that the police
have it in tlieir possession, but will
not talk about the matter at present.
The story goes that a boy was bunting
for a ball and found the hatchet.
Those who report the story think it
may prove important evidence in the
Borden case.
Uncertainty regarding the opening
of the Fair kept last Sunday’s early
attendance down to a low mark. Chief
Justice Fuller’s action in granting a
supersedeas was not known far enough
away from Chicago in time to bring in
a crowd of countrymen, and as the re
sult the day’s sight-seers were for the
most part Chicagoans. Crowds began
to como about 2, and the attendance
for the day were about 75,000.
The works of Mariam & Morgan,
paraffine company, at Cleveland, O.,
^ were partially destroyed by fire Mon
day night. The plant consisted of a
three-story brick building used in
making paraffine ware, a three-story
frame cooper shop, and a four-story
brick candle factory. The first two
buildin gs were completely destroyed,
and the other slightly damaged. The
loss is about $200,000, partially in
sured.
A Cincinnati special says: When
the last part of the Mystic Shrine pro
cession had just passed the grand stand
at Race and Twelfth streets Tuesday,
the stand gave way in front and sent
one hundred and fifty people down au
incline plane of fifteen feet. The
grand stand was eight hundred feet
long, five feet high and had fifteen
hundred people on it. Only a section
of it gave way, but it created a. panic
for a while.
The Cunard Line steamer, Servia,
which sailed from New York May
24th, for Liverpool, arrived at Queens
town, Wednesday, and reports that on
June 7th, she ran down the American
ship, A. MeCallum, Captain O’Brien,
from London, April 28th from New
York. The MeCallum was so badly
damaged that she filled and sank a
short time after the accident. The
Servia stood by and rescued twenty-
four of those on board the sailing
vessel.
Advices of Thursday from St. Pe
tersburg, Russia, are to the effect that
the Church of the Chudov Monastery,
which is within the walls of the
Kremlin, was recently robbed of a vast
amount of plate, money and gems.
The property and money taken
amounted to between 2,500,000 and
3,000,000 roubles. All the monks be
longing to the monastery have been
arrested. The search of cells occupied
by the monks revealed that they had
perpetrated the robbery.
Judge Ricks, of the United States
circuit court at Cleveland, O., has
fixed the' date of trial of the most im
portant case on his docket. It is that
brought against Chief P. M. Arthur,
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, for $200,000 damages for al
leged encouragement of the recent
strike on the Ann Arbor road at To
ledo. A special assignment of the
case has been made for Monday, Sep
tember 18th. It will be heard at To
ledo before a special jury. The case
has provoked widespread discussion.
A New York special of Monday
says: Drexel, Morgan & Co. announce
that about 90 per cent of all classes of
stocks and bonds of the Richmond
Terminal company have already been
deposited, and that the outstanding
stock and bonds will be received by
June 24th, but only payment of pen
alties of 50 oents on common stock,
$1 per share on preferred stock and
$20 each on 5 and 6 per cent bonds.
They also announce the first call of
$1.50 per share on account of the as
sessment deposit on common stock at
their office on June 29, 1893.
Wednesday morning the bank of
Aaron, Wilcox & Co., of Painesville,
O., posted a notice on its doors that
the bank had suspended temporarily,
being unable to meet the run on it
owing to the stringency in the money
market, and that all depositors will be
paid in full. The personal estate of
the stockholders is liable for the en
tire indebtedness, in all, amounting
to several hundred thousand dollars.
The bank is believed to be solvent. It
was organized twenty-five years-
and had always been consider
sound institution.
A Chicago special says: The
of Herman Schaffner, the banker
had been missing since the dai
bank collapsed two weeks ago,
found floating in the lake Wedm
afternoon. It was brought to i
by a fisherman who was using a i
line, the hook of which caught ii
clothing. The body was at j
brought to shore and fully idej
by papers found upon it and bj|
relatives of Mr. Schaffner. Noi
has been heard of the banker sine
day his establishment closed, alth
every effort had been made to find
For some time, there has beer
uneasy feeling in the bank atmosp
of Detroit, Mich., caused by the
ure of the various institutions, rect
occurring throughout the cour
especially in the west. Although
until Tuesday morning there had
been a decided run on the bank
Detroit, considerable money has
withdrawn in a quiet way, and
forestall any movement that n
result disastrously to them, and as
act of mutual protection, the office
these institutions met Monday n
and adopted the thirty days’ notic
depositors.
The Kansas City, Wyandotte
Northern railroad "was sold at she
sale at Kansas City, Mo., Mondaw
der foreclosure of a mortgage
$1,000,000, held by the Farmers’!
and Trust Company, of Boston. I
Gould came into practical possq
of the road about two years ago, ]
he was obliged to take it to pre<
his interest in it, as;ie held ainaj;
of the stock. The sale was a men
gal formality. The road was bo
in by the Gould people and wi;
made a part of the Missouri Pi
system. It has a mileage of two
dred and thirty-eight miles, and
from Kansas City to Beatrice, Ne
A TIMELY STEP
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
Notes of Her Progress and Prosperity
Briefly Epitomized
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
The Tennessee Press Association met
at Nashville Wednesday with seventy-
six members in attendance. The as
sociation endorsed Secretary Pitkin C.
Wright for consul to Honolulu.
The name of the Wilmington, Ons
low and East Carolina railway has been
changed to the Wilmington, New Berne
and Norfolk. It is being rapidly con
structed northward, and in twenty
days will reach New Berne.
The doors of the Riverside Banking
company, of Riverside, Cal., failed to
open at the usual hour Wednesday.
The following was displayed on the
door: “This bank is closed under in
structions. Depositors will be paid.”
The Methodist ministers of Atlanta,
Ga., met Monday morning in regular
session and added the weight of their
protestation against the opening of
the World’s fair on Sunday in a num-
Taken by New York Banks to Gl
Against a Panic. 1
A New York special of Thu J
says: The business men of thej
are much elated over the action.cl
managers of the banks belongiifl
the clearing house. The very sei
aspect that the financial and com!
cial situation has assumed, has la
the necessity of some combined a cl
on the part of .New York bal
Similar action has been taken j
fore in times of panic. It prj
eally takes the form of an issue of cl
ing house certificates to those ba
which, while perfectly Bolvent, a
tlieir funds tied up in time loausj
are pressed for ready cash. Nol
tificates are issued except to tl
banks known to be in good condit’
and only then upon securities wl
value has been carefully pa.*!
upon by the clearing hoi
committee. These certificates ji
as current funds between 1
banks, and can thus be used in 1
settlement of balances, relieving 1
banks that may have a large debit t
ance in the clearing huose from f
tling in cash. As the bank’s paper
paid off and the general situation i
proves the banks are required to take
up their certificates as quickly as pos
sible.
MILLIONS SHIPPED WEST.
The present action of the New York
banks is only to prepare for a possible
emergency. The crisis prevailing in
the west, which has brought about so
many bank and business failures,
has also produced a generally
unsettled feeling in that section.
In consequence, there has been a
general and heavy withdrawal of de
posits by the western banks from their
New York correspondents. It is esti
mated that no less than $16,000,000
currency has been shipped out,
chiefly to Chicago and other western
cities since June 5th. The strain has
fallen heavily upon the New York
banks, and following the heavy gold
exports, has made money very scarce
and contracted credit. By the issue
of clearing house certificates, which
practically make the associated banks
act as a unit, a great deal of relief is
given to the situation, and a further
extension of credit is made possible.
TFNNESSEE INSURANCE MEN
To Decide Between Being Taxed or
lVillidrawing from the State.
A most important meeting of in
surance men representing every com
pany doing business in Tennessee will
be held in Nashville, June 26th, and
upon the result much depends. The
question to be decided is whether the
companies will comply with the state
law or withdraw from the state.
Chapter 122 of the acts of 1891 pro
vides that each and every corporation
created or organized under or by vir
tue of any- government other than that
of the state for any purpose whatever,
shall first file in the office of the secre
tary of the state a copy of its charter
and cause an abstract of the same to
be recorded in the office of the reg
ister in each county in which such
corporation desires to carry on its
business. The insurance companies fear
that if they complied with this law they
would become domesticated and be
liable for a tax of 1 1-2 per -cent, on
their capital stock.
Briggs to Continue His Work.
A New York special says: At a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Union seminary, Thursday, it was
decided that C. A. Briggs, D. D., will
continue his work in the department
of Biblical theology as hitherto. The
directors also decided that special pro
visions should be made so that none of
the students of Union seminary will
suffer from the restrictions which have
been put upon the board of education.
arves in front of them and upon
which these stood, and 7.000,000 teet
of lumber were destroyed by fire.
The Louisville and Nashville shed was
full of fruit. The loss upon the fruit
alone will be $20,000. The loss of
the railroad companies will approxi
mate $60,000, making the total loss
exceed $80,000.
A Charleston special of Monday
says: The barkeepers are in a state of
exhilaration over the proposed appli
cation to Judge Bond for an injunc
tion to stay the execution of the dis
pensary law. It seems that the state
liquor dealers’ association is not in
this deal. The move is to be paid for
by the retail grocers’ association. The
plan embraces a motion to be made
for an injunction in behalf of the
dealers w ho have taken out county and
municipal license for twelve months.
The lawyers employed by the associa
tion will start for Baltimore at once
and apply to Judge Bond.-
As a result of an investigation by
the grand jury indictments have been
returned against George Childress,
cashier, and Connor Easley, assistant
cashier of the Second National bank
of Columbia, Tenn., which recently
failed. They were jointly indicted
Wednesday in three different cases,
two charging false pretenses and one
fraudulent breach of trust. Two in
dictments were returned against Chil
dress individually for false pretenses
and breach of trust. Both men have
been arrested. Easley was released
on $3,000 bond and Childress on $6,-
000 bond.
A fertilizer company some months
ago attempted to secure from the
United States circuit court at Raleigh
nn injunction restraining the state de
partment of agriculture from collect
ing a tax of 25 cents per ton on fertil-
ers. The court declined to grant the
injunction, but appointed a commis
sioner to take testimony as to whether
the tax collected was in excess of an
amount necessary to secure a proper
inspection nnd control of fertilizers.
The court now decides that the tax is
not excessive, thus sustaining the ton
nage tax at all points. The fertilizer
company appeals to the United States
supreme eonrt-.
A New Orleans special says: Adjt.
Gen. Moreham has announced the fel
lowship of the following named camps
in the organization of the United Con
federate Veterans and their respective
numbers, viz: Elmore County Camp,
No. 225, Wetumpka, Ala ; Harbor Camp,
No. 256, Andalusia, Ala. ; Collings
worth County Camp, No. 257, Welling
ton, Tex.; Pelham Camp, No. 258,
Anniston, Ala. ; Joseph E. Johnston
Camp, No. 259, Childres, Tex.; Joe
Wheeler Camp, No, 260, Bridgeport,
Ala. •, Lee County Camp, No. 261,
Opelika, Ala.; Bodes Camp, No. 262,
Tuskaloosa, Ala.; W. N. Estes Camp,
No. 263, Fort Payne, Ala:; Feliciana
Camj!, No. 264, Jackson, La.
THE INQUEST WAS EXCITING.
Government Clerks Wanted to Lynch
Colonel Ainesworth.
The inqueBt over the bodies of the
victims of the Ford theater disaster
was commenced at Washington Mon
day 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 the 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 a sprinkling of war depart
ment officials, doctors, contractors and
policemen.
Dr. Schafer, the deputy coroner of
the district, introduced the inquest.
Near the 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 the 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 J” 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 was quickly driven away amid an
gry expressions from the crowd.
When the hall was emptied the 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
ately. The proposition was adopted
and tho clerks took possession of the
hall. 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.
THE INQUEST ILLEGAL.
The supreme court of the district
Wednesday morning dismissed on two
grounds Col. Ainesworth’s petition for a
mandamus to compel the deputy coro
ner to allow him representation at
the inquest on the victims of the
Ford’s theatre disaster. The first
ground held that the deputy coroner is
not a legal officer. This invalidates
the inquest as far as held. The sec
ond grounds that the right of a per
son to be present at an inquest in per
son or by counsel is discretionary with
the coroner and, therefore, not a sub
ject for mandamus.
In deference to the decision of the
supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia that there is no such office of
the District of Columbia as a deputy
coroner, Dr. Schaefer, who has been
conducting the inquest at Willard hall,
in that supposed capacity, immediately
adjourned the proceedings until Wed
nesday at 11 o’clock. The curious
point now develops that there is no
body that has been viewed by a legally
constituted coroner’s jury. Unless one
of the lingering victims should die, it
may be necessary to exhume a body.
AIXESWORTH ABSENT.
By direction of the commissioners
for the district of Columbia the in
quest over the victims of the old thea
ter disaster was continued publicly
Tuesday morning in Willard’s hall,
instead of privately in the first pre
cinct police station. Monday’s excit
ing proceedings were conducive to the
presence of a large crowd. When
the inquest began, clerks and others
were crowded in nearly every part
of the hall. In order to prevent a
repetition of the trouble of Monday
a squad of police attended. Colonel
Ainesworth was not present. Just be
fore the inquest began Judge Jere
Wilson, a well-known Washington
lawyer, entered the hall and volun
teered his services in the interest of
the employes of the record and pen
sions division and his appearance was
the signal for an outburst of applause
from the clerks of that office. Testi
mony was being taken when Deputy
Coroner Schafer was served with papers
issued by Chief Justice Bingham, of
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia, directing him to appear at
3 o’clock p. m. in answer to a petition
filed by Colonel Ainesworth, request
ing that he (Ainesworth) be allowed to
be represented by counsel at the in
quest. After examination of a few
other witnesses the inquest was ad
journed until 11 o’elock Wednesday.
A New Inquest Started.
A Washington special says: The
new inquest over the remains of the
Ford’s theater disaster was begun
Thursday morning. The proceedings
were devoid of a sensational character,
the evidence being directed exclusively
to the ascertainment of the cause of
the building’s collapse.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Happenings from Day to Day in tie
National CapitaL
Appointments in the Yarious Depart*
ments—Other Notes of Interest.
Postmaster General Bissell has re
scinded his order that no republican
postmasters should be removed with
out charges being filed against the in
cumbent.
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.
Baron Fava was presented to the pres
ident Wednesday afternoon by Secre
tary Gresham under the new title as
ambassador from Italy. The usual
felicitious speeches were exchanged.
Thursday ths names of sixty-seven
clerks were dropped from the rolls
of the general land office. Of this
number, six were from class 4, $1,800
per annum; nineteen from class 3,
$1,600 per annum; sixteen from class
2, $1,400; ten from class 1, $1,200 ;
eight from the one thousand class, and
eight from the copying class, $990.
The president appointed the follow
ing postmasters Monday: Wm. B.
Copeland, at Birmingham, Ala., vice
R. H. Houston removed; James M.
Davis, at Cordele, Ga., vice M. G.
Hall 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 twenty-three
timber and stone entries of valuable
timber lands made in the Yanconver
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.
Officials at the state department are
of the opinion that the argument of
counsel before the Behring sea arbitra
tion will be concluded within the next
ten days, and that, with the exception
of Secretary Foster, all the officers
connected with the preparation and
presentation of the American case will
then return to the United States. It
is also expected that the decision of
the arbitrators will be announced by
the first of August. Arbitrators Har
lan and Morgan and General Agent
Foster will remain in Paris until the
arbitration is concluded.
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, Ya., vice G.
T. McGlintie, removed; Frank W.
Shield, at Hampton, Ya., vice R. R.
Wood, resigned. The president also
appointed Holmes Conrad, of Virginia,
to be assistant attorney-general, vice
John B. Cotton, resigned, and Ben
nington R. Bedle, of New Jersey,to be
consul at Sheffield, England.
Tl*e Duty on Leaf Tobacco.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin has in
structed the collector of customs at
New York to refund the duties paid
under the conditions involved in the
suit of Blumlein & Co. against the
United States, recently decided
against the United States. The ques
tion raised in this suit was as to the
proper construction of the tariff act
of March 3d, 1883, relating to the
proper classification of leaf tobacco.
The law provides that whenever 85 per
cent of leaf tobacco was suitable for
wrappers the duty should be 75 cents
per pound; otherwise 35 cents per
pound, but no unit for computing the
percentage was named in the law. The
collectors, under instructions, fixed
upon “the pound” as the minimum
unit, whereas the court decides “the
bale” to constitute the unit in ques
tion. All entries of tobacco, there
fore, awaiting determination of this
question will be reliquidated in ac
cordance with the court’s decision,
and it is estimated that at least $2,
000,000 will have to be refunded to
importers.
THE SENTENCES QUASHED
A Bank Threatened with Dynamite.
The Farmers and Merchants’ State
bank at Fairmonnt, Ind., closed its
doors Wednesday. Quite a crowd of
farmers rushed for the bank and
threatened to use dynamite under it.
The bank had a paid up capital of
$50,000, with a surplus of $5,000 at the
last report.
Carnot Dangerously III.
Advices of Thursday from Paris are
to the effect that the condition of Pres
ident Carnot, said to be suffering from
liver trouble, is much more serious
thanrstated in the official reports. The
Siecle, a republican newspaper, says
that M. Carnot is suffering with int es-
tinal stoppage.
And the Panama Canal Swindlers are
Given their Freedom.
Advices from Paris state that con
siderable excitement has been caused
by the decision of the court of cessa
tion on the appeal of Charles de Les-
seps and the other defendants convict
ed of fraud in connection with the
Panama Canal Company. The court
handed down its decision Thursday
quashing the sentences on the ground
that the statute of limitation covered
the offences charged and that the in
dictments on which the prisoners were
charged were irregular.
In consequence of this decision M.
Eiffel was at once liberated. M.
Charles de Lesseps, who is in the St.
Louis hospital suffering with acute at
tacks of dyspepsia, was informed that
he was at liberty. He was too ill to
leave the hospital. There were five
defendants convicted on the trial,
which ended on February 9th last.
There were Ferdinand de Lesseps, his
son Charles, Marius Fontaine, Henri
Cottu and Gnstavns Eiffel. Ferdinand
de Lesseps was sentenced to five years’
imprisonment and to pay a fine.
M. Fontain was also notified of the
reversal of his sentence and was at
once given his liberty. In addition to
the sentence of five years’ imprison-
meht imposed upon M. Charles de
Lesseps, he was sentenced at a Jater
trial to serve a year for bribing certain
members of the chamber to vote for
the Panama lottery bond bill.
And thus ends one of the greatest
criminal cases France has ever known,
in which the names of men prominent
in political and social life were badly
smirched and which caused Baron de
Reinach to commit suicide and two or
three others to flee the country.
GERMANY’S DAY
At the World’s Exposition—Over 200,*
000 Teutons Parade.
Thursday was the biggest day of the
World’s Fair, thus far. It was German
day. Over two hundred thousand Ger
mans were in procession and the streets
were congested with human beings. The
parade was the finest and largest ever
seen in Chicago.
Distinguished Germans were present
from all parts of the Union. One hun
dred and fifty thousand people had en
tered the gates of the exposition, and
when the procession arrived the at
tendance had swelled to over a quarter
of a million people.
The largest church in the world i*
St. Peter’s, in Rome; the smallest, a
church ten feet square, is the Isle of
Man.
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 publio 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.
One 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.
The 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 be “left
with the bags to hold. ”
According to the reports of the com
missioner of immigration, the 152,360
immigrants above 20 years of age 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 the general to Kosciusko,
his Polish aide. The pistols are in the
possession of Dr. Edward Thomas, of
Vienna.
Hints on Conversation.
It has been recently stated that con
versation is a lost art. Certainly the
listener appears to be out of date.
Persons who have regard for the us
ages of polite society should remem
ber that listening is one of the can
ons of good manners. Absentmind-
edness is impolite. Every one is en
titled to a fair share of attention
paid him when conversing. If one
is bored, courtesy demands he should
listen and appear to appreciate the
story that is related on the subject
under discussion. A writer on so
cial etiquette once remarked that
“nine times out of ten the attentive
listener is more admired than the
most brilliant talker.” Avoid in con
versation all mention of your affairs.
The clever woman guards her hearth
stone, its sorrows, troubles and an
noyances, as carefully as she does the
sacreduess of her religion. The
world admires our cheerfulness. Your
griefs belong to yourself. They are
your inner life, which should be
closed with iron portals. Even if
your heart break, recollect the crit
ical public at all times likes a smil
ing face and cheerful manner.—Har
per's Bazar.
The Most Interesting Thing in America.
An English traveler passed through
New York onAhe way to London. He
had spent three months in the United
States seeing things. A friend asked
what was the most interesting thing he
saw in the country, and he answered
without hesitation that it was a mule I
Then he explained that he had visited
certain mines where mules were used
to haul the tramcars, and their won
derful patience and intelligence had
made on him a dee^impression.
Some of the tunnels were so low
that the animals had to hold their
heads down and partly stoop to go
through, but there was never sny
trouble. He pointed out a character
istic of the 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 tunnel he will invariably
throw his head np and receive a hard
knock. When a mule’s ears tou’h
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.
Where It is Seen.
An exchange says that man’s full
mental power is not reached before ths
age of 25. The writer evidently has
never mingled with the members of
the freshman class of any of out col
leges.—Boston Transcript.
The Fanils and FoIIlen of the Age
Are numerous, but of the latter none is more
ridiculous thau the premiscuoits aod random
use of laxative pills and other drastio cathar
tics. These wrench, convulse and weaken
both the stomach end the bowes. II Hoe-
letter’s Stomach Bitters be used instead of
there no-remedies, the result i* accomp uhed
without pain and with great benefit to tBe
bowels, the stomach and the liver. Use this
remedy when constipation manifests itself,
and thereby prevent ltfrombeoomlng chronic.
The use of torture in legal proceedings waa
per*iiasif)le In Austria until well within the
present century.
F.r impure or thin Blood, Weakness Mala
ria, Keuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness,
>ke Brown’s Iron Bitters—It gives rtrength,
making ojd persons feel young—and young
persons strong; pleasabt to take.
To Cleanse the System
Effectually yet gently, when costive or bil
ious, or when tho blood i, impure or sluggish,
to permanently cure habitual constipation,
to awaken the kilnaza an 1 liver to a healthy
activity, without Irritating or weakening
them, to dispel headaches, cold or fa vers, use
Syrup of Figs.
If your Back Aches, or yon are all worn out,
good for nothing, it is general debility.
Brown’s Iron Bitters will cure you, make you
strong, cleanse your llrer, and give you a good
appetite—tones the nerves.
Two nrpro women have started a newepaper
in tho African state of Conge.
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, 76o.
impaired digestion cured by Beech am’a
Pills. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box.
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?
It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders.
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet
est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble ?
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at a lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal, which is absolutely pure.
The Care at Windows.
It is surprising that women do not
more often adopt tlae method nsed by
storekeepers for cleaning and polish
ing glass. I have tried it myself for
several months nnd found it especially
valuable during cold weather, when it
would not be practicable to use water
outside. I use it both in and out.
Provide yourself with common alcohol
and whiting; make the cloth damp,
but not wet, with the liquid, then dip
it into the whiting. Rub the glass as
you would if using soap and water.
Polish with chamois. Windows cleaned
in this manner will shine and sparkle,
and will keep clean much longer than
if done in the old laborious way of
rinsing and wiping and polishing.
It is seldom that a performer offers
to serve at a theatrical benefit in vain,
but such was the caoe recently when
Lottie Gibson tendered her talents in
behalf of her husband, the Comedian
Ward, who had just come from jail for
beating her and setting fire to her flat.
The committee in charge of the event
positively refused to let her appear.—
New York Sun.
A Peddler’s Retort.
“Do yon want to buy some pencils?”
asked a peddler of an old country
lady, who regards agents and their kin
as a very pestilence. “No,” she an
swered sharply through a half closed
door. “Tape?” “No.” “Shoe
laces?” “No.” “Paper and envel
opes?” “No.” “Needles?” “No,
no, no.” “No, no, no, no,” echoed
the saucy mendicant, “it’s a wonder
you’ve got a no-o-ose left on your
face.”—Springfield Homestead.
Queer Japanese Animals.
The 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.
To Feed London.
For the feeding of London a little
more than 323,089 tons of meat, poul
try and general provisions were deliv
ered during the year from the public
markets alone. This total was soma
15,000 tons more than in any previous
year. There was an increase of over
19 per cent, in the supplies of Ameri
can meats; 939,442 animals passed
through one cattle market of the me
tropolis and 141,130 through another,
all going to supply the city with food.
These figures of course only indicate
a part of the supplies. — Chicago Tri
bune.
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Judge J. B. Hill, of the Superior
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thinks enough of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily a strong letter
endorsing it. When men of rank
and education thus use and recom
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
It is above suspicion. “ I have used
your German Syrup,” he says, ‘‘for
my Coughs and Colds on the Throat
and Lungs. I can recommend it for
them as a first-class medicine.”—
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