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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Happenings from Day to Day in the
National Capital
Appoinlments in tlic Various Dcpart-
i«enls---Otlier Notes of Interest.
The sergeant-at-arms of the senate
wis notified Wednesday of the death
of Senator Stanford, of California.
The president made the following
appointments Wednesday : Charles B.
Lowery, of Mississippi, to be assist
ant attorney general, vice Leonard W.
Colby, resigned; Benjamin II. Kidge-
by, of Kentucky, to be consul at Ge
neva, Switzerland; C. D. MacDonald,
of Massachusetts, to be consul at Ham
ilton, Canada.
No warrants were served Tuesday
morning on the defendants in the ver
dict of the coroner’s jury over the vic
tims of tiie Ford’s theater disaster but
Col. F. C. AinesworthjWm. E. Covert,
superintendent of the theatre build
ing, and Francis Sasse, it3 engineer,
appeared voluntarily in the criminal
court before Judge MeComas and gave
bail in the sum of $10,000 each for
their appearance.
The president, Monday, appointed
Milton A. Smith to be postmaster at
Anniston, Ala., vice S. B. Randolph,
removed; Win. S. Norwood at Titus
ville, Fla., vice R. C. Scrimagow, re
moved ; R. H. Moses at Carrollton,
Ga., vice C. H. Murrell, removed;
Thos. A. Baily at Darien, Ga., vice C.
L. Jackson, office become presidential;
Joseph Doar at Georgetown, S. C.,
J. N. Speery, removed.
Secretary Carlisle has awarded a
silver life-saving medal to Edward P.
Wise, of Milwaukee, Wis., for rescu
ing a man from drowning in the Mil
waukee river in August, 1890. He has
also awarded a silver life-saving medal
to Martin Iv. Hudson, keeper of the
Pilot Island lighthouse, Wisconsin, for
assisting in saving the lives of seven
men and one woman from the ship
wrecked schooner, A. P. Reynolds,
October, 1892.
It seems to be throughly understood
in Washington that Colonel Blount has
resigned the Hawaiian mission. The
state department has never yet ac
knowledged it nor yet positively de
nied it. His resignation is unexplain
able, unless he returns with the inten
tion of entering local policies again.
Proctor Knott is fixed upon by the
political prognosticators of tho capital
as the mnn who will bo intrusted to
finish the work begun by Blount.
Upon tho recommendation of com
missioner Loeliren, of the pension
office, Secretary Smith lias dropped
from the rolls of tho pension office
the names of twenty-eight special ex
aminers now in the field, the terms of
their ono year appointment havin:
expired. Of the special examiners
still retained on tho rolls, sixty are re
publicans and thirty democrats. Those
whoso services were dispensed with
uro regarded as below the average in
efficiency.
Tho death of Lelnnd Stanford will
make no difference in the political
complexion of tho senate, at least for
tho prdbent. Tho California legisla
ture will not be in session until next
winter, and the present governor,
Martin, is a republican. It is believed
that H. M. DeYoung, or Herbert
Mester will bo appointed to succeed
Stanford. Three populists hold the
balance of power in the legislature and
when it meets, lively times may be ex
pected.
Tho following appointments were
made Monday: John J. Essary, of
Tennessee, to be collector of internal
revenue for tho Seeoud district of
_Tennessee; Hopo Elias, of North
Carolina, for tho Fifth district of
North Carolina; Charles M. Wallace,
of Virginia, to bo collector of customs
for the district of Richmond, Ya.;
Robert B. Glenn, of North Carolina,
to bo United States attorney for the
Western district of North Carolina;
William Perry Murphy, of South Car
olina, for the district of South Caro
lina.
Comptroller Eekles has appointed
Frederick N. Pauley a temporary bank
examiner, and placed him in charge of
tho First National bank and the Con
solidated National bank, of San Diego,
Cal., which closed their doors for bus
iness Wednesday. The capital of the
First National bank is $300,000, and
at the date of the last report the re
sources were stated at about $780,000.
The capital of tho Consolidated Na
tional "bank is $250,000, and at the
date of the last report the nominal re
sources were stated at about $1,220.-
000.
There will be no pension deficiency
for the current fiscal year, which ends
June 30. That is assured by figures
obtained from the treasury department
Thursday. They show the appropri
ations for-pensions were: For the 45 seal
year 1892-93, $140,737,350; deficiency
year 1893 and prior years; $14,144,-
884; total, $100,S82,23L'; expended for
pensions: For eleven:months, ended
May 31st, $147,916,360 ; for June up
to Thursday- §10,380,000. Estimates
for nextjyght days of June, $1,000,-
OOO^-'Total, $159,310,366. This will
leave a surplus of about $1,500,000,
which will be turned into the treasury.
Patrick H. Winston, United States
attorney; Thomas R. Brown, United
States marshal; Andrew Watson, Uni
ted States collector at Fort Townsend;
C. J. Mulkey, United States special
agent, and six special inspectors of
customs iu Pungent Sound district, all
in the state of Washington, have been
dismissed as a result of reports made
to Secretary Carlisle by Special Treas
ury Agents Wood and Lewis. They
are charged with being connected with
one of the most extensive and sueeess-
tul conspiracies ever formed to smug
gle Chinese and opium into the United
States across the northwestern terri
tory.
A lialrli of New forstift
The president made the following
appointments Thursday: Darius H.
Ingraham, of Maine, consul general
at Halifax, Nova Scotia. E. Spencer
Pratt, of Alabama, consul general at
Singapore, Straits Settlements. To
be consuls—W r . S. Campbell, of New
York, at New Castle, England ; John
B. Mobley, of Texas, at Baracoa,
Cuba; W:u. F. Kemmler, of Ohio, at
Hargen, Switzerland; Chas. H. Ben-
diet, of Minnesota, at Cape Tow.n :
Africa; James A. Demarest, of New
Jersey, at Brockville, Canada; Joel
Linsley, of Vermont, at Coaticook,
Canada: Henry M. Smythe, of Vir
ginia, at Fuehow, China; Thomas C.
Jones, of Kentucky, at Funchal, Ma
deira; Jesse W. Parks, of Tennessee,
at Piedras Negros, Mexico; John H.
Ooppinger, of Illinois, at Toronto,
Canada.
• Sold Kxports Oroiipril.
For the past three weeks no gold lias
been exported from New York to Eu
rope, and, as a consequence, the treas
ury department has been guining gold
during that period, tho net gold bal
ance on Wednesday was $94,005,030.
During the current month the treasury
department has redeemed nearly $6,-
000,000 of gold certificates, the amount
outstanding now being $98,070,000,
against $104,000,000, on the first of
June. While the receipts and expend
itures of the treasury department have
kept about even during the month,the
stated balance is $20,420,415. Of
this amount $12,253,000 is in subsidiary
silver and minor coin and $11,921,000
in national bank depositories. This
statement shows that the treasury is
provided with a good working cur-
runev balance, so much so, indeed,
that it is determined to declare a
quarterly interest on Jnly 1st on the
United States 4 per cent bonds and
Pacific railroad bonds. The only ob
ject of anticipating the interest would
be to relieve the money market to the
extent of the '•interest paid. This
would release $7,000,000 now iu the
treasury and put a like amount in cir
culation in the business centers of the
country.
New Quarantine Regulations.
Secretary Carlisle has instructed all
treasury officers and consular officers
that the quarantine regulations of the
treasury department, approved by the
secretary of the treasury February 24,
1893, and April 4, 1893, with subse
quent circular additions and amend
ments, supercede all circular quaran
tine regulations previously issued ; and
all quarantine circulars issued prior to
the dates of approval, and said
regulations are hereby re
voked. Collectors of customs in en
forcing the provisions of the quaran
tine laws und regulations, deny entry
to vessels or detaining the same are di
rected to report immediately by tele
graph to the supervising surgeon gen
eral of the Marine hospital service,
the reason therefor and other neces
sary information. While the quaran
tine rules cannot bo rolnxed, no un
necessary detention to vessels shall be
caused in inforcing the same, as it is
the purpose of the department to fa
cilitate commerce in every proper way
consistent with the public safety. One
of the first matters that will be pre
sented to tho next congress will be a
bill already framed, providing for the
establishing of a national board of
health, with headquarters in Washing
ton. This board, ns devised by the
projectors, is to co-operate with the
state and municipal authorities in the
matter of sanitary improvement; is to
be presided over by a physician whoso
tenure shall only be determined by
death, misdemeanor or inefficiency.
Its executive committee will be chosen
by the president of the United States,
from the state and territorial
representatives and in addition
to have as assistants, the surgeon
general of the army, navy and ma
rine hospital service. The body of
the national board is to consist of a
representative of the medical profes
sion of each state and territory, ap
pointed by tho president on account
of his special fitness, and for a term
not less than six years. The national
board is to meet in the city not oftener
than once in two years unless specially
convened in some great emergency.
The boldest feature of the proposition
and the one likely to result in serious
.controversy, is that which bestows up
on the board, legislative, judicial and
executive powers of an independent
character.
LIZZIE BORDEN ACQUITTED.
Mnaiiofl of Oae of tlie Most Famous
Murder Trials on Record.
Hiss Borden the Recipient of Over
whelming Congratulations.
WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
The Weather More Favorable Through
out the South.
The weekly weather bulletin issued
from the department of agriculture,
Washington, states that the western
cotton region extending from Louisi
ana to Texas, has been favored with
fine weather, and crops in this region
have been improved, although in east
ern regions cotton has been injured by
wet weather. Sugar and rice planta
tions iu portions of Louisiana are be
ing flooded, owing to recent breaks in
the levees. Generally tho weather has
been more favorable throughout the
south, where crop conditions have im
proved. The harvesting of wheat is
progressing as far north as central Il
linois, Indiana, Kansas and Ohio and
the recent warm weather has produced
normal seasonable conditions through
out the central valleys, but the situa
tion is retarded by from fifteen to
twenty days in the northwest.
SPECIAL TELEGRAPH RE OORTS.
Mississippi—All conditions very fa
vorable ; crops clean and growing well,
except in extreme north; corn small
and stand of cotton poor.
Louisiana—Generally favorable week
for crops; crops somewhat grassy and
need dry weather; cotton blooms re
ported quite generally; overHow-KPster
falling in extreme northeast, but ris-
g in Caldwell parish".
Texas—Cotton injured by wet
weather and grass over parts of east
Texas;. worms are reported from some
sections, but have damaged crops very
little; corn good; wheat threshed turn
ing out well.
-Arkansas—Corn and cotton clean
and growing nicely; cotton blooming
in southern part; wheat-harvesting
and hay-making fully under way;
good crop of wheat and oats.
Tennessee—Wheat harvest progress
ing favorably; farmers well up with
their work ; corn, tobacco and cotton
improving and growing nicely; peach
crop large; some already on market;
hay good; stock healthy.
Kentucky—Wheat harvest com
menced; crop fair, but damaged from
rust in places; oats and hay fine; corn
small, but condition good; rain need
ed to finish setting tobacco.
Mb suuri—Everything propitious
aii-:. outlook improving daily; wheat
and clover harvest has begun and will
be general l>y the first of next week.
A KANSAS CYCLONE.
The famous Borden murder trial at
New Bedford, Mass., was ended Tues
day, and Miss Lizzie Borden was de
clared “not guilty” by a jury of
twelve men who held her destiny in
their hands. On this last day of the
trial, which has been a sensational one
throughout, the court room was crowd
ed. The court opened at 9 o’clock and
the last argument was closed.
Before the judge’s charge was made
the chief justice addressed Miss Bor
den by name, telling her that she now
had a voice and could 6ay to the jury
what she chose to say. She arose
somewhat agitated and said to the
jury: “I am innocent, but I will
leave my case in your hands and in
the hands of my counsel.” Judge
Dowey then charged the jury. He
read his charge rapidly, and among
other things embodied words of cau
tion to make a decision oniy on the
law. The court defined the degree of
murder and said the degree was to be
determined by the jury.
THE VERDICT “NOT GUILTY. ”
At the conclusion of the charge the
attorneys consulted a few minutes.
The jury was allowed to retire, and
counsel agreed upon what exhibits
were to be put into the case, after
which they were brought in again, the
oath administered by the clerk of the
court and the jury took tho case. It
was just 4:30 o’clock when the specta
tors, who had kept their seat patiently
during the retirement of the jury, no
ticed a movement indicating their re
turn. A moment later the twelve
men filed into their seats and were
polled.
Miss Borden was asked to stand up,
and the foreman was asked to return
the verdict, which he announced
“Not guilty.”
Then the dignity and decorum of
the courtroom vanished. A cheer went
up which might have been heard a
half a mile away through the open
windows, nnd there was no attempt
to check it. The stately justices look
ed straight ahead at tho bare walls dur
ing the tremendous excitement which
lasted fully a minute.
LIZZIE WEEPS FOR JOT.
Miss Borden’s head went down upon
the rails in front of her, and the tears
came where they had refused to come
for many a long day, as she heard the
sweetest words ever poured into her
willing ears.
Governor Robinson turned to the
rapidly dissolving jury as they filed
out of their seats, and gleamed on
them with a fatherly interest in his
kindly eye, and stood up as Mr.
Knowlton nnd Mr. Moody came over
and shook hands with the counsel for
the defense.
As soon as possible the room was
cleared, although it was a hard task,
since everybody wanted to shako hands
with Miss Borden. When the specta
tors had finally gone, she was tuken to
the room of the justices and allowed
to recover her composure, with only
the eyes of friends upon her and the
caresses of devoted admirers. At the
expiration of an hour she was placed
in a carriage and driven to the sta
tion. where she took the train for Fall
River, her home no longer, probably,
but still the objective point for tho
immediate present.
Miss Borden received an ovation on
her arrival at Fall River. She in
tended to stop at the Borden home
stead, but on account of the crowd
accepted the hospitality of Mr.
Holmes, whose house was thronged
with people eager to congratulate her
upon her acquittal. The crowd at the
Borden homestead numbered 2,000,
and remained until after midnight, a
band playing “Auld Lang Syne,”
which created intense excitement.
Lizzie says she is the “happiest woman
in the world.”
Mrs. Churchill told Dr. Bowen that
Mrs. Borden had been murdered.
According to Bridget’s testimony,
when she went up stairs to lie down
Mr. Borden was in the sitting room
alive and well. From fifteen to twenty
minutes later, that is, at from five
minutes before eleven to fifteen min
utes after eleven, he was lying dead,
with about a dozen cuts, made by an
axe or hatchet, on his head and face.
THE ACCUSED GIRL’S STORT.
When Lizzie Borden was called upon
to testify she said her father com
plained of being ill and lay on the
sofa. She adjusted the pillows for
him. She was preparing to do some
ironing, and as her flatirons were not
hot enough she went into the barnyard
to pass the time she would have to
wait before she could use them.
In the yard she picked up some
pears that had fallen from the trees.
Then she went into the barn for sink
ers for her fish line, as she intended to
go to Marion the next day to fish.
She knew there were sinkers in a
little box up stairs in the barn, and
she went there to get them. That was
the first time in three months she had
been in the barn. Up stairs in the
barn she ate four pears, and after
looking for the sinkers returned to the
house. When she got there she
found her father murdered and sum
moned Bridget.
THErR HEADS AND FACES CHOPPED.
The heads and faces of Mr. and Mrs.
Borden were so chopped and hacked
that they were beaten almost out of
human resemblance.
Lizzie Borden wore a blue dress
when the neighbors entered the house
and found her father and her step
mother murdered. She were a blue
dress about the house in the morning.
In two rooms blood from the murder
ed ones had spattered and spurted
over everything for many feet around
the dead bodies.
In the minds of the authorities there
never was doubt that the murderer of
Mr. and Mrs. Borden was smeared and
splashed with blood. With the excep
tion of a single drop of blood the size
of a pin head on her white underskirt,
not a specli ot blood was lound on the
clothing Lizzie wore before or after
the murder.
SENATOR STANFORD DEAR.
SENATOR STANFORD’S WEALTH
A Careful Estimate Places the Fig
ures at About $35,000,000.
A careful estimate of the late Sena
tor Stanford’s property indicate that
its value is somewhere in the neigh
borhood of $35,000,000. The estate
consists in a large part of one-fourth
shares in the Pacific Improvement
Company, the legal association through
which Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins,
Senrles and Crocker own and
control the Southern Pacific Com
pany. Its nominal assets, in the
way of railroad property, amount
to $220,000,000, but the actual
value is about $20 per share, or $42,-
000,000, of which Stanford’s holdings
are worth $10,000,000. Besides this
the Pacific Improvement Company
owns a large block of Southern Pacific
bonds, on which the interest is 5 or 6
per cent annually. Stanford’s share
of these bonds is said to be $14,000,-
000 net. From the stock and bonds
alone tho Stanford estate is said to
receive an income of nearly $1,-
000,090 annually. Then there is
the San Francisco cable road
property that pays 10 per cent
annually on $12,000,000, of which
Stanford’s share is $3,000,000. He
leaves 100,000 acres of land, including
the great vineyard, the Palo Alto
property, the stock farm, and other
real estate worth $6,000,000, andother
personal property $1,000,000, making
the aggregate value of the estate about
$35,000,000, on which there is an an
nual income of perhaps $3,000,000.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
A Number of People Killed and Much
Property Destroyed.
The most death-dealing cyclone that
ever visited eastern Kansas passed
through Williamstown and the sur
rounding country in Jefferson county
Wednesday night. It-came from the
southeast and took in a scope of coun
try half a mile wide and about six
miles long. Not a house, barn or tree
was left standing in its path. It was
accompanied by a terrible rain and
midnight darkness. Eleven bodies
have so far been discovered, and it is
known that at least five more were
killed. The bodies of the victims
were horribly mangled. Three per
sons arc known to be fatally injured,
and many others are seriously injured.
Complete details cannot be obtaiued,
but it is probable that at least twenty
persons have been killed nnd thirty
houses blown down.
The Grand Old Man Honored.
A Berlin special says: Thirty-five
hundred Mecklenbnrgers went to
Freideriesrhue Sunday to pay homage
to Prince Bismarck. With them were
5,000 Hamburgers. The prince made
a long speech in which he alluded to
the day of. Waterloo and to Germany’s
share iu the battle. He was enthnsi-
tically cheered.
Mor.v of the Crime.
The trial of Lizzie Borden for the
murder of her father and stepmother,
is one of the most remarkable of the
age. Mr. Borden and his wife were
murdered on the morning of August
4, 1892, in their house. No. 92 Second
street, Fall River. Th« crime was
committed, it is .supposed, between
half past ten-and a quarter-past eleven
o’clock. There were that morning in
the house, which is iu the heart of the
city, five persons—Mr. Borden and his
wife, Lizzie Borden, the servant,
Bridget Sullivan, and John V. Morse,
Lizzie’s uncle.
Morse, who was the guest of the
Bordens, left the house early and did
not return until after the murders were
discovered. Emma Borden, Lizzie’s
sister, was away on a visit to New Bed
ford. Thus it is known that at the
time the murder was committed there
were four persons iu the house. Liz
zie Borden and Bridget Sullivan are
the only survivors, the other two hav
ing been Mr. Borden and his wife.
THE SERVANT GIRL’S STORT.
Mr. Borden, according to Bridget
Sullivan’s story, was in the house at
half-past ten. He went to the dining
room, sat down and took a key and
went upstairs by the back way. He
returned in a few minutes, placed the
key on a shelf and sat down in the sit
ting room. Bridget says she remain
ed down stairs until five minutes to
eleven o’clock, when she went upstairs
to lie down.
Bridget saw Lizzie Borden pass
through the sitting room into the din
ing room carrying an ironing board a
few minutes after Mr. Borden went
into the sitting room. Bridget de
clares that all this time she did not
not know where Mrs. Borden was.
Lizzie had told her Mrs. Borden had
gone out or was preparing to go out.
The servant says she had been lying
down only ten cr fifteen minutes when
Lizzie called her. Lizzie’s voice told
her that something had happened.
She sprnng from the bed nnd hurried
down stairs. She says she found Liz
zie leaning with her back against the
back door. Lizzie, according to
Bridget, said her father was dead.
There is considerable dispute as to
whether Bridget meant that Lizzie
had said her father was hurt and not
dead.
Lizzie hurried Briget after Dr.
Bowen, who lives diagonally across , wiU form an overwhelming plebiscite
the street. Dr. Bowen was away from ! the armv bil ,
home, and when the frightened servant
Ainesworth, Covert, Sass and Dent Re
sponsible for the Disaster.
The taking of testimony in the Ford
theater case by the coroner’s jury was
concluded Monday afternoon. After
being out two hours the jury returned
a verdict setting forth that Frederick
K. Loftus came to his death by the
disaster at Ford’s theater building on
June 9, 1893,. They recite the fact
that George-W. Dent was the contrac
tor under the government for the
work in progress which caused the
disaster and all the circumstances con
nected with the accident, and find that
Frederick 0. Ainesworth, in charge of
the building; William G. Covert, the
superintendent; Francis Soss, the en
gineer, and George W. Dent, the con
tractor, are responsible for the killing
of Loftus.
The jury further found that the
failure of the government of the
United States to provide for skilled
superintendence of the work of repair
and alterations of its buildings in
charge of the war department is most
unbusinesslike and reprehensible, and
are of the opinion that if sneh superin
tendence had been provided in the
case of the work on the Ford theater
building the awful tragedy might
have been averted.
Coroner Patterson decided not to
issue warrants for the commitment of
Colonel Ainesworth, Dent, Covert one
Sass until Tuesday morning, in order
to give them an opportunity of ob
taining bail. Colonel Ainesworth has
already secured a bondsman.
The Dread Sammons Was Unexpected
and Cams WM’e He Slept
A Brief Sketch of the Millionaire
Californian’s Life.
A Special from San Francisco an
nounces the death of Senator Leland
Stanford at his home in Palo Alto, at
one o’clock Wednesday morning.
Dispatches from Menlo Park give
further particulars to the effect that
the senator’s death was wholly unex
pected. Governor Stanford was in the
best of spirits Tuesday. He -took a
drive around his stock farm, and seem
ed as well as ever. He retired shortly
after 10 o’clock, and about midnight
his valet, going in the governor’s bed
room discovered that he was dead.
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Leland Stanford was born in Water-
vliet, Albany county, N. Y., March 9,
1824. His ancestors settled in the Mo
hawk valley in 1720. He was brought
up ou a farm, but when 20 years old
began the study of law, and was ad
mitted to practice in 1849 in 'Port
Washington, Wis. In 1852 he went
to California and began mining opera
tions with his three brothers.
In 1857 he rebioved to Son Francisco
and engaged in mercantile pursuits on
a large scale, laying the foundation of
a fortune that has recently been esti
mated at more than $50,000,000. In
1860 Mr. Stanford made his en
trance into public life as a delegate to
the Chicago convention that nom
inated Abraham Lincoln to the presi
dency. He was an earnest advocate of
a Pacific railroad, and was elected
president of the Central Pacific com
pany when it was organized in 1861.
The same year he was elected governor
of California, and served from Decem
ber, 1801, till 1863. As president of
the Pacific road he superintended its
construction over the mountains,build
ing 530 miles in 293 days, and on May
10, 1869, drove the last spike at Prom
ontory Point, Utah. He also beeamo
interested in other roads on the Pacific
slope, and in the development of the
agriculture and manufactures of Cali
fornia. In 1885 he was elected to the
United States senate for the full term
of six years from March 4, 1886. In
memory of his only son, Mr. Stanford
has given the state of Califarnia $20,-
000,000 to be used in founding at Palo
Alto a university whose curriculum
shall not only include the usual colle
giate studies, but comprise instruction
in telegraphy, typesetting, typewrit
ing, journalism, bookkeeping, farm
ing, civil engineering and other prac
tical branches of education. The
corner stone was laid on May 14, 1887.
Included in the trust fund for the
maintenance of tho university is Mr.
Stanford’s estate at Vina, Tehama
county, California, which is said to be
the largest vineyard in the world. It
comprises 30,000 acres, 3,500 of which
are planted with bearing vines.
It is divided into 500-acre tracts, and
most of the labor is performed by
Chinamen.
Hood’s 5 ^ Cures
“ I cordial’y recommed Hood’s Sarsaparilla
all suffering with indigestion, impure blood,
humors, loss of appetite, or run down, or out
of order generally. Mt trill merely It elf
you if there is any help for you. I have found
it a very gri at benefit for malaria, chill* and
fever, rheumatism, kidney complaint and ca
tarrh, even trlten I eonnidered tnymelf
incurable.” Hbniiy S. Foster. Scarbor
ough, N. Y. N. H.—Be sure to get Hood’*,
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The
THE ARMY BILL DOOMED.
Latest Returns of Germany’s Elections
Indicate a Socialist Vic ory.
Cable dispatches from Berlin state
that returns from 348 of the districts
in which elections for members of the
reichstag were held on Thursday, re
ceived up to 5 o’clock Saturday even
ing, show the election of forty-nine
centrists, thirty-seven conservatives,
twenty-four social democrats, seventeen
national liberals, nine Centrists in fa
vor of the bill, three Bichterists, fonr
volkesparte, thirteen poles, six Alsa
tians, three anti-Semites and three
wild, with re-ballots necessary.
An analysis of the re-ballots shows
that the social democrats and national
liberals will figure chiefly in them,
while Richterists and centrists are a
long way behind. The defeat of the
Richterists appears to be irretrievable.
Their organ admits the crushing
character of the disaster, bnt The
Berlin Freissinige Zeitung finds com
fort in predicting that the ultimate
poll of the party combined with the
volkesparte, centrists and socialists
came back Lizzie sent her after Mrs.
Russell, who live6 in Borden street.
When Bridget came back with Mrs.
Russell Dr. Bowen and Mrs. Chnreh-
hill were in the house.
Mrs. Churchill and Bridget went up j
stairs to look for Mrs. Bowen, who
they believed had come iu while
they were down stairs. On the floor of j
the bedroom, between the bed and j
Killed in a Wreck.
A New York special says: A train
on the Long Island railroad, on which
were abont a thousand people return
ing from the Sheepshead Bay races,
was derailed in a tnnnel a short dis
tance from Pnrkvilie L. I., Tuesday.
Three persons were killed outright,
seven died soon after being removed
to the hospital, and about one hnn-
the bureau, they found Mrs. Borden’s j ^ were 1 J -,/ rt ., ] m so
body. They rushed down stairs, and I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '
Industrial Development Daring
the Past Week.
The review of tho industrial situation in tin
South for the past week shows the organization
or a cotton nianufac?tiring company at Ports
mouth, Ya , by T. VV. W hisnaut and associates,
and of one at Island Ford, N. C., bj T Dr. Shaw
Yount, of New Stirling, N. C.; of a cigarette
machine manufa •fnrin-r company, with $50,000
capital, at Richmond, Ya., by \Vm. P. DeSas-
saure and other* ; auu t>f a cotton c mpress
company wiih £25,00) capital, at Birmingham,
Ala., by the Birmingham Compress and Stor
age Company.
Thirteen new industries were established or
incorporated during the week, together with
four enlarg< men's of manufactories and twenty
important now buildings. Amoug the now in
dustries not above referred to are agncubural
implement works at Galveston, Taxis, brick
works at Magnolia, Ark., a distill?]y at King
ston, N. C., an < h cfric lighting plan* c.t Cleve
land, Tenu., and flouring mills at Elkin and
Mebano, N. C. Ic • factories are to be built at
^fiftiachicola and Tallaha see. Fla., coal and
coke compauie* have be n organized at Gill
iam. Jones and McDowell, W. Ya., a pottery is
to be built a: Irondale, Ala., and a shoe factory
at Cut hbert. G u
The woodworking plants for the week include
a barrel factory at Winterville, N. C.; a furni-
ni!ure factory at Berkley, Ya ; saw and planing
mills at Moner* al, Ark.; Astor, FI*.; Gleudor.t
and Dogtown, Miss.; Caperon, Ya., and Davis,
W. Ya.; a spoke factory at Roanoke, Va., and
vari ty works at Rocky 31onnt, N. C., and Wolf
Creek," Tenu.
Water works are to 1 e built at Perry. Ga.,
Falmouth, Ky., and SLstersville, W. Ya. Tho
enlargements include bottling works at Par.s,
Texas, a cotton mill at Columbus, Ga., a knit
ting mill at Kinston, N. C.. ani a handle fac
tory at Clarendon, Ark.
Among the new buildings of the ^ week are
business houses at Louisville, Ky., Windsor, N.
C., Taylor and Orange, Texas, churches at
Atlai tn, Ga., Covington, Ky., Dallas, Texas,
Lambert’s Point ani Norfolk, Va., a court
house a) Braideu Town, Fla., factory buildings
at Ta Jadega, Al l., and Louisville, Ky., and a
school bui.ding at Lynchburg, Va.—Trades
man (Chattauooga. Tenu.)
the" EARTH TREMBLED.
Some of the Seaboard Cities Tisited
by a Light Shock.
A slight earthquake shock moving
from the northwest to the southeast,
was felt at Charleston, S. C., at 11.05
Tuesday night. First there was a
tremor, then a faint roar and then
came the wave. The people got out
of bed and ran into the streets as they
did in former earthquake times.
Though considerable alarm was felt,
there was no damage to person
property.
At Savanti ah the shock was felt quite
severely. It lasted from ten to fifteen
seconds. Buildings all over the city
were shaken considerably during that
time, but no damage was done so far
as has been learned.
At Brunswick the shock was felt
about 11 o’clock. Newspaper workers
on The Times and correspondents at
their desks felt a perceptible rocking
of the building and hurried down to
investigate the cause. The shock was
perceptible in every section of the city.
Augusta was shaken for several sec
onds by an earthquake. It was quite
severe and generally felt. People
rushed out of their houses and lined
the streets. They were a little fright
ened, but not seriously. No damage
was done.
At Columbia, S. C., the quake was
severe and sharp, and was felt all over
the city, causing great excitement.
At Wilmington, N. C., the shock
was felt at 11:15, and lasted but a few
seconds. Hundreds of people were
aroused from sleep and many rushed
in terror to the streets.
The Contractor Condemned.
Contractor George W. Dent was
severely condemned by the evidence
given Saturday at the coroner’s in
quest over the remains of the Ford’s
theater victims, although some of
those who gave testimony against his
methods, spoke highly of his ability as
a practical mechanic and bricklayer.
The United States government also
came in for its share of condemnation
for its methods of doing the work of
construction. Severnl expert winesses
testified that the best contractors did
not care to do work for the govern
ment.
Distribution of Sexes.
The distribution of the sexes is
some cases very uneven, considered by
States, but in the aggregate the divis
ion is a surprisingly close one. Thus,
in tho entire country there are 32,000,-
000 men and 31,000,000 women. Men
are in the majority in all the states
and territories except in the District
of Columbia, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, North Carplina, Maryland,
Connecticut, Now Hampshire, New
York, South Carolina, Virginia and
New Jersey, in which there are more
women than men. The District of
Columbia has the largest proportionate
excess of femalo population and Mon
tana contains the largest per cent of
men. In New Jersey the two sexes are
most nearly equally represented.
The Sultan’s Gift.
The Sultan of Turkey has sent a
magnificent present to President Cleve
land as an evidence of the good will
that exists between their respective
countries. It is a superb and artistic
ally wrought gold medal set with cost
ly diamonds. The design is commem
orative of tho four hundredth anniver
sary of the discevery of America, and
it has pictured on it the Columbian
caravels. The medal is said to have
cost over $20,000. The President will
not accept it as a personal gift, but
has decided that he will have it placed
in the museum of the State depart
ment.
Cost of the Suez Canal.
Worth Knowing.
In the United States the average
life for farmers is sixty-four years, for
lawyers, fifty-two; merchants, forty-
eight; mechanics, forty-seven; seaman,
forty-six; laborers, forty four.
Assuming the working ago to be
from twenty to sixty years, and count
ing only male workers, 440 persons
in this country live on the labor of
every 100 workers.
The United States has more miles
of railroad track than Europe, Asia
and Africa combined, by nearly 10,000
miles and yet Europe alone has 235,
000,000 more population than Ameri
ca.
The new buildings erected in St.
Louis in 1890, 1891 and 1892, placed
side by side, would extend over one
hundred miles. Every known style of
architecture is represented and some
of the new buildings are palatial in
style and decoration.
A lake of ink, over an acre in extent
has just been unearthed in that ex
tremely volcanic region on the eastern
boundary of Lower California. In
the liquid state it is a dull gruy tint,
bnt when dry it assumes a very deep
black. That it would make an ex
tremely durable stamping ink one of
the explorers who fell in by mistake
has discovered to his cost. The ink
dried with wonderful rapidity and left
an indelible stain upon his garments.
The Gould estate is said to have in
creased in value about $6,000,000
since the death of Jay Gould. The
other day it was stated that it had
decreased exactly this amount in
value. George Gould is said to be
the equal of his father in shrewd deal
ing. The amount of stock that is held
as a family estate, in which all the
heirs participate, is S30,000,000 of
Western Union, S15,000,000 of Man
hattan and $25,000,000 of Missouri
Pacific.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who five bet-
tei .nan others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
The Panama Silk Tree.
The Suez canal, with almost 100
miles of continuous digging, cost
about $100,000,000. Of this sum
$30,000,000 was wasted in interest,
commissions, changes of location and
bad management. That canal has now
a traffic of nearly 9,000,000 tons an
nually, and it must be speedily en
larged to accommodate the commerce
that is crowding through it to the
western coast of the Pacific ocean.
Good as a Clock.
Daughter—“The clock has stopped,
and I promised my music teacher to
practice a full hour every day.”
“Father—“Well, never mind; be
gin your practice, and I’ll let you
know when the hour is tip. I’m going
out.”
“But if you go out how am I to
know?”
“You’ll see me come in.”—Street A-
Smith’s Good News.
One of the greatest curiosities of the
Panama isthmus is the vegetable silk
tree. It is a plant that grows from 15
to 20 feet high, and in appearance does
not differ greatly from other trees, but
the inner bark is a perfect silky fiber,
long, smooth and strong. The natives
separated it by some method best known
to themselves, the process somewhat
resembling that of beating flax. When
once it is separated and spun into
threads, it can be woven into a fabric
so closely resembling silk that it is
difficult for any one not familiar with
it to distinguish between the two. This
species of 6ilk goods is in high favor
on the isthmus, and a Colombian belle
is never happier than when she is
arrayed in a gayly colored dress made
from the trees in her father’s yard.—
Si. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Ruliug Passion.
The
Ministers and Tobacco.
An Edinburg contemporary jleciares
that any one visiting the smoke-room
of the assemblies of Scotch churches
would be surprised to find how many
ministers smoke. Dr. Norman Mac-
lead, who is fond of his cigarette, has
been heard to observe that if smoking
were allowed in the assembly there
wonuhl be much less talking and busi
ness would be greatly facilitated.
A Good Test.
Bishop—“How are you succeeding
here?”
Struggling Pastor—“The standard
of morality is rising gradually.”
“I am glad to hear that.”
“Yes, I am no longer obliged to de
mand cash in advance.—New York
Weekly.
“So Scribble, the reporter on
Daily Hooter, has got married. ”
“Yes. I was at the wedding at the
Little Church Around the Corner.”
“Was Scribble nervous?”
“Nervous? Not much. While the
minister was praying Scribble yanked
out a notebook and took down the
prayer in shorthand for the after
noon issne of The Hooter.”—Texas
Siftings.
Supremely Delightful
To tlie emaciated and debilitated invali 1 is
the sense ot returning health and strength
produced by Hostetler's Stomach Bi: ters.
When that promoter of vigor is L'ste i by per
sons in feeble health, its restorative and vital
izing potency soon evinces itself in improved
appetite, digestion and night y repos-, tne
sole conditions under whicli strength an I
nerve quietude is vouchsafed to the human
system. Try it and be convin ed.
pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them nnd it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Svrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Do Not Be Deceived
with Pastes. Enamels and Paints which Btatn the
hands, Injun* the iron and hum red.
The Rising Sun Stove Polish Is Brilliant, Odor
less. Durable, and the consumer pays for no tin
or glass package with e^ery purchase.
‘Aueust
“One of my neighbors, Mr. John
Gilbert, has been sick for a long
time. All thought him pastrecovery.
He was horribly emaciated from the
inaction of his liver and kidneys.
It is difficult to describe his appear
ance and the miserable state of his
health at that time. Help from any
source seemed impossible. He tried
your August Flower and the effect
upon him was magical. It restored
him to perfect health to the great
astonishment of his family and
friends.” JohnQuibell, Holt, Out.#
A light suspension bridge was built at Niag
ara Fal s in 1848 and removed in 1854.
Ladies medium a tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Brown’s Iron
Pitt rs. It is pleasant to take, cures Malari •,
Indigestion, Biliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
J. S. Parker, Fredonia, N. Y., says: “Shall
not call on you for the $100 reward, for I be
lieve Hall’s Catarrh Cure wilt cure any ca te of
catarrh. Was very bad.” Write him for par
ticulars. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
We Care Rapture.
No matter of how long standing. Write
for free treatise, testimonials, etc., to S. J,
Hollensworth & Co., Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y.
Price $1; by mail, $1.15.
The St. Louis water tower is tho highest in
the world.
The everage weight of 20,000 Bos
ton men was 142 pounds; women, 125
pounds. At Cincinnati the average of
the same number of men was 154
pounds; of Women 131.
Many persons are broken down from over
work or household car^s. Brown’s Iron Bit
ters rebuilds the s^tem, aids digestion, re
moves excess of bile, and cures malaria. A
splendid tonic for women and children.
China has many stone bridges 3,003 years
old.
A wonderful stomach corrector—Beecbam’s
Pills. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box.
• Do You Sleep Peacefully 1 2
“Good;
Heavens,t
My Dear Fellow,:
• My constitution was all gone years ago.and I am •
0 living on the by-laws,” said Mr. Choate, to aj
• brother lawyer who lamented that he not only •
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• How like men of narrower capacity—who better •
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• No. 2 Hamilton Place, Boston. •
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• Send for Money Saving Primer, Free. «
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• Chicago, Baltimore, San Francisco, Lynn- -
• Factop.ies—Taunton, Mass.; Fair/.ven,
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If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son’s Eye-water-Druggist* sell at 25c per bottle.
All other baking powders are shown by the
latest United States Government Report to fce
inferior to the Royal in both Purity and Strength.
(See Bulletin 13, Chemical Division of U. S. Agricultural Dept)
Delicate Women
Or Debilitated Women, should uso
BRADFiELD’S FEMALE REGULATOR.
Every ingredient possesses superb Tonic
properties and exerts a wonderful influ
ence in toning up and strengthening her
system, by driving through the proper
channels all impurities. Health and
strength guaranteed to result from its use.
“ My wife, who was bedridden for eigh.
teen months, after using Brad fie Id 9 9
Female Regulator for two months Is
getting well.”
J. M. John sox. Malvern, Ark.
Bbaditeld Regulator Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by Druggist* at $1.00 per bottle.
CANCER Cured Permanent! j
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Large and small farms in Alabama, South
I Caro’.ir a and Georgia, for sale on Ion c time,
t Special advantages offered to ten o- more pur-
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If «*y on* doubts that
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guarantee a cure—and our Made Cyphilene i«t the on!y
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BLOOD POISON I
A SPECIALTY.
J. N. Klein, BelleTille.N. J.
*
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is tb?
Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest.
Sold by druggists or sent by mall,
5Cc. K. T. Hazel tine, Warren, Pa.
AN ASTONISHING
TOWIC FOR WOMEN.
agcES-MKETa
It Strengthen* the Weak, Quiets th#
Nerves, Relieves Monthly
Suffering and Cures
FEMALE DISEA8E8.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST ABOUT IT.
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yonr dealer Tor them, or send 40c. in
stamps for a oox of lOu, assorted aizes. Man'fd by
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= Headache. Constipation, Bad
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