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THE WAYCROSS HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1893.
ABAIRBPTJMVEST
Appalling Account of Railroad
Disasters During the Year.
THE REOEIVESSHIF PEE OENTAGES
Pome of Uia largest Corporations In the
Country Have Bern Swamped by Wreck
and IHoaster Since Tbl* Time One Year
Ago—Seventy-One Uoadt Ilavo Gono
Under Oaring the Year.
Chicago, Dec. 20.—Th^Railway Ago
has made out its annual total of railroad
work, and some startling facts are re
vealed therein.
The per centage of oileago which have
gone into receiver's hands during the
year is enormous, including four of tho
■'greatest railroad corporations in the
country.
In bankruptcies the record is unprece
dented. Over 13 per cent, of the entire
mileage of the United States, represent
ing over 12 per cent, of the entire capi
talization, has gone into tho hands of re
ceivers. The big four in tho list of 71
roads taken in charge by the courts wcto
the Reading, Erie, Northern Pacific and
Union Pacific. Tho 71 roads have near
ly 23,000 miles of roadway, with a
funded debt of §753.017.000 and a capi
talization of §5’’4,035.000, or a total te-
•urity load of §1,287,052,000.
These figures are net K and do not in
clude authorize 1 issues not outstanding,
interest accrued or such obligations as
car trusts, floating debt and other lia
bilities, reaching to many millions. Tho
figures of roads put into receivership
control are important ns showing au in
crease in tho ratio of failures. For 10
years past the summary shows that
nearly 40 per cent of the present mileage
has been overwhelmed by bankruptcy,
and in tho last two years tho percentage
was 19.
( Tho harvest of sales under foreclosure,
which follow as natural sequences tho
naming of receivers, li:is not been very
large. The largest of the 23 roads sold
out was tho Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Pacific, with 310 miles of road. Tho
bonds out on tho roads brought to tho
block wero §24,179,000. and the stock
wiped out was $23,085,000, a total of
$17,204,000.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
A Decided Improvement X* Reported fov
tlie Week PiwL
Chattanooga, Dec. 20.—Tho Trades
man, in its review of the industrial sit
uation in the south for the week ending
December 18th reports tuat a decided in
crease in the number of newly estab
lished industrial plants, together with
an equally increased inquiry for new j it wi
THURSTON TALKS WAR. |
Means I
Chairman Wilson and His Col
leagues Hand in a Bill.
THE MINORITY TO REPORT LATER.
Any Attempt at a Restoratioi
••Desperate Fighting,” J
San Francisco, Dec. 17.—Hawaiian j The Wilson Bill May Have a
inister Thurston said here, that all of j Rough Road
Minister
his Honolulu advices received by the
Oceanic show that the provisional gov
ernment is determined to resist the res
toration of the queen to the bitter end.
Expected That strong opposition and that any attempt to land United
machinery, indicates conclusively that a j Would stand in the Way of tha Effort* | States troops for that purpose will be
Steady improvement extends to . all : ° r t,ie Committee to Secure tho Ends I the a'gaal for desporato fighting.
steady improvement extends to . all
branches of industrial development and ! Alined At—A Tariff for Revenue Only,
is shared in by all portions of the south- ‘ a 1>t ,noiralic 1 rmc ‘ ple ’
em states. The firm condition of the j Washington, Dec. 20.—“The Ameri-
iron marker continues. anUlan taml ] , after the fullest ana most
demand for tho products of coal mines 4 £ * . . .
and of ore mines is reported. j thorough debate ever given by any peo-
The textiio industry is in a healthy ; pie of their fiscal policy, have deliberate- i
condition, and improvement is to be j ]y aud rightlv decided that the existing '
m p ™^t f S 0r f“v 0 ohue I tariff * «» Principle and grievous-
winter's business in tho south are be- ; ty unjust m question,
lieved to bo bright. I Such is the opening paragraph of the
It reports 53 new industries as cstab- j majority report just submitted by the
lished or Democratic members of the ways and
means committee.
together with eight enlargements of
ufactories, and 21 important new build-
A NEW LINE,
opio Go
And » Shorter One l'i
into Florida.
Savannah, Dec. 20.—Tho Savannah
extention of tho Florida Central and
Peninsular railroad, has been connected
up 44 miles from Savannah in McIntosh
county. This completes the new lino
into Florida, thus shortening # the dis
tance between here and Jacksonville by
34 miles. Tho distance by the new route : ^vorioTout gross
The full committee report was written
by Chairman Wilson. It was laid bv
him before his Democratic associates and
received their cordial approval. Contin
uing, the report says:
••Tariff Fur Revenue Only."
“They have decided, as free men must
always decide, that tho power of taxa
tion has no lawful or constitutional ex
ercise except for providing revenue for
the support of the government. Every
departure tronx this principle is a de
parture from the fundamental principles
of popular institutions and inevitably
gnl ’.rity in the citi-
4 'How many troops can the provisional
government put in tho field?” he was
“I do not care to say any tiling about
that." he replied. “On account of my
diplomatic position I must be guarded in
iny statements - lest they should irritate
the authorities at Washington.
“Our policy is to conciliate them as
much as possible. The only time I have
made any declaration was when I con
sidered that I had been attacked person
ally. Then I defended myself. Whether
xr net tho provisional government should
resort to arms to maimain its position,
there is not the slightest danger that the
ex-queen will fall by the band of an as
sassin. When our people take up weap
ons it will be as soldiers, not as mnrder-
Minister T hurston said that no men
tion was mat.'o in any of his letters of tho
reported clis-at'sfactiou of members of
the provisional party with President
Dole. He does not believe any serious
trouble exists.
THE CAUCUS WILL BE LIVELY.
llr. Yoorhc.-fc* Silver Hill Can Not Pa»» the
Senate* If Expressions of Leaden Go fo*
Anythin”—Tho Umrniio Matter Will
Como Cp Next.
NO CHANGE YET.
om Ilonoli
Til?
Excite
r Hoi
! zenship of the country.
“For more than 30 years we have j
, levied the largest part of our federal
1 taxes in violation of this vital Jruth, un-
is only 138 miles, but tho faro betw.
here and Jacksonville will be the same
as by the Savannah, Florida and West
ern. While oul3’ three cents a mile can , m
be charged under the rules of tho com- ' til we have reached, in the existing .
mission, the rate of $5.15 between these j tariff, the extreme and voluminous svs- | up to that time there had been no change
two points will be made up by charges ; tern of class taxation to which history | +i ie situation Since Dee 5 no mate-
for crossing the three drawbridges, \ may be 'challenged to furnish any pars!- 1 m me slraanoD - nmce wee. a no mate
which the road has had to build. ; lei.
The regular schedule on the new line ; They Expected Some Kicking.
j, ’*> r ny r imte , en m h r
villo and the Southbound, the Florida : been tn»ea into partnership with the
Central and Peninsular will run through government, so many private interests
trains from New York and northern . n0 w ...ire in tho prerogative of taxing
points to Jacksonville and other Florida : 70.u. *»o of people, that any attempt to i in- tho-post
points. dissu*. u this illegal unign is necessarily j the royalists.
San Francisco. Dec. 17.—The steamer
Australia has arrived. She brings ad
vices from Honolulu to Dec. 9.
Tho extitement was at fever heat, but
rial change has taken place in the mili-
tary or political attitude of tho different
parties.
The queen’s adherents are being se
cretly armed. Tho marshall is satisfied
that over 500 Winchester rifles
have been worked into Honolulu in
small lots from tho island of Mari dur-
nd distributed to
Tli
TROUBLE WITH INDIANS.
vc l'p Their
filler* «cn
Way of Living.
Cheyenne, Dec. 21.—Troublo is ex
pected on the Shoshone reservation from
the efforts being made by Captain Ray,
the military agent, to suppress immor
ality and polygamy among tho Indian?.
A few weeks ago he had a number of In
dian maidens who visited the post ar
rested and sent back to their lodges with
their heads shaved. This was considered
a great indignity among the Shoshones
end Arapahoes.
The captain called a number of chiefs
before him last week and ordered them
to dispense with all their wives. Plenty
Bear, the war chief of the Arapahoes.
said he was too old to change his habits,
and would die before he would obey
such an order. Raising his Winches
ter, he said: “We will both die to
gether.”
A Pet Hat’s Warning.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 20.—James
Walters, a minor, aud Mike Mitcitz, his
helper, were working with two other
men iu one of tho chambers of the Wood
ward mine, when their attention was at
tracted by a pot rat which ran to them,
encountered by opposition that rallies
behind it the intollerance of monopoly,
the pow. v of concentrated wealth, tho
inertia <> 1 habits, and the honest
errors -aeration of false teachings.”
The report explains the general scheme
of the bill prepared by the majority and
says:
’Iron aud coal are the basis of modern
A vigilant watch is kept upon the roy
alists, who express the opinion certainly
that on the arrival of the Alameda on
the twenty-second instant, Willis will
cany out his orders to reinstate the
queen.
nibbled at their boots and then ran down industry. The abundance and cheapness
the gangway. For some time the mon | of their supply offers us, in many lines
watched its antics, and Walters and his : of productions, the manufacturing su-
helper then went to see why it acted so. ! premacy of the world. While the mines
Hardly had they left tho chamber when ! of other countries are becoming ex-
a mass of rock fell from the roof, killing i liausted and the cost of mining in conse-
Youcasli and fatally injuring Davis, i quence i3 increasing, wo are constantly
The men who escaped say the rat knew discovering and developing new sources
that danger threatened and warned
them.
Will Move to Opelika.
Cuthbert, Ga., Dec. 20.—Rov. G. W.
Bull, pastor of tho Presbyterian church,
this city, greatly surprised bis congre
gation at tho morning service Sunday,
by giving them notice of his resignation
as pastor to the presbyteiy and asking
that the congregation unite in this re
quest. Rev. Mr. Bull stated that he
had considered carefully and prayerfully
Bear left the meeting angry. Washa
kie, chief of tho Shoshones, is also a
polygamist, and his arrest has been
tiered. He is
Ray ordered him arrested, but the In- i uau consiuereu careiuuy ana prayeriuiij
dian police refused to obey, and Plenty i ? c .®^ V 1 ® Ala.* Prcsby-
Riuif W I tenan church, ami had decided to accept
the same. Rev. Mr. Bull has been in
j Cuthbert for about two years, coming
a is guarded by a number of i h ? r0 J," *!*? th ®
Shoshone braves, who say they will not ! r ^ luri i '‘ -s h-en greatly prospered.
allow Washakie’s arrest. If it be at- J K ..,„
Omaha. Dec. 20.—Since Hon, William
F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, has rotnrned to
his homo in North Platte, he has been
i banquetting all the people of the neigh-
| borhood tn 1 lias, in fact, kept an open
house. It has just been learned that the
purpose, wliu-h he has in view, is to be
come a candidate for governor on tbe
Republican ticket next year. The poli
ticians will 1 much his boom in a short
time. As 1 'ebraska has never had a
governor from the western part of the
state, and as Cody is very popular, his
candidacy will be very strong and prob
ably successful.
Chief Harris to lie Impeached.
Vinita, I. T., Dec. 20.—Impeachment
proceedings against Chief Harris are in j
progress in Tahlequah. The charges of
impeachment were sustained in_ the
lower house by a vote of 22 yeas and 10.
nays. Advices from Clannore, Chelsea,
Alton and other points in the Cherokee
natien indicate that the action of the
council is being generally indorsed, as it
is understood that the chief was the prin
cipal obstacle in tho way of a sale of the
scrip bonds and a large per capita pay
ment.
“The discovery of immense beds of
Bessemer ores in the lake region and of
foundry ores in several of the southern
states, their convenience for transporta
tion and for the assemblage of materials,
the use of the steam shovel in mining—
all these have so cheapened the cost ot
producing pig iron and steel as to take
away all possibility and danger of for
eign competition.
The Reason It Should Be Free.
“In almost every part of the country
not less rapid has been the growth of our
coal production. The coal area of the
United States, as stated by Mr. Seward,
in tbe coal trade for 1893, is estimated at
192,000 square miles, of which 120,000
can be comfortably worked at present.
This coal area is over three time larger
than that of the rest of the world com
bined.
“The existing duty of 75 cents a ton on
iron ore and on bituminous coal cannot
be justified either as a protective or a
revenue duty. The importations into
this country are too small to add mate
rially to onr revenue, while no one con
tends that the cost of mining is higher
in the United States than in countries
that might seek our market.”
The republican members of the com
mittee will meet tonight and perfect
their report. The finishing touches will
be added by Mr. Reed tomorrow and it
will be made public Thursday.
Must Cut Down Expenses.
Philadelphia, Dec. 37.—Heads of de
partments of the Pennsylvania railroad
have received copies of a resolution re
cently adopted by the directors instruct
ing them to “enforce the most rigid eco
nomy, and to this end to reduce all ex
penditures to tho lowest point consistent
with tho safe administration of tho ser
vice.” This means that men will be
latd off wherever possible.
Au Es-Culet Still^MUslNC.
West Point, N. Y., Dec. 20.—Noth
ing has been heard up to the present
time of ex-Cadet W. C. Rogers, who dis
appeared from Stephens' hotel at High
land Falls Thursday night. He took the
7 o’clock train for NewbuTg, promising
to return the next day. Young Rogers
was dismissed from the military academy
for disobedienco of the regulations. It
is thought his disgrace has affected his
mind.
' Boston** Bis Burden.
Boston, Dec. 20.—Statistics gathered
by Messrs. W. Clarke and R. B. Young,
of the Andover Hon.se, in 37 crafts, indi
cate a total number of idle men in Bos
ton of 38,390. Mayor Matthews has
promise<Lthkt laborers shall be kept at
work on the streets as long as possible.
Thus a small portion of the nearly40,000
are provided for. The care of the others
is agitating the whole city.
The Negroes Have a Show.
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 20.—The negro
exposition was opened here with great
ceremony by the negroes of this city and
vicinity. Mayor J. H. Alexander, of
Augusta, delivered an address. The
speaker of tbe day was Rev. E, R. Car
ter, colored, of Atlanta.
Burglars Robbed tho Bank.
Fort Valley*, Ga., Dec. 20.—The
Dow-Law hank at this place was en
tered by burglars and all the cash on
hand, about $2,000, was taken off. Bills
of exchange, checks and other papers
were not molested. The manner in
which the robbery was effected and the
character of tools left behind indicate
that the job was done by professionals.
No positive clue as to the robbers can be
obtained, but it is supposed to be the
work of two strangers on the tramp or
der, who bar ) been loafing around town
for a week w two.
The Hawaiian Question.
Washington, Dec. 23.—Immediately
after the journal had been read in the
house, Mr. Cockran offered his. resolu-
tian looking to the appointment of a
committee to investigate the Hawaiian
question, and the privileges of the house
in such matters.
It was referred to the committe on
rules, despite the effort of Mr. Boutelle
to offer an amendment.
Then Mr. Boutelle submitted his reso
lution, expressing the sentiment of the
house as adverse to the president’s Ha
waiian policy. He argued that it* was
in order as u question of high privilege.
The house committee on appropria
tions today ordered Mr. Livingston to
A Fatal Affray at Davisboro.
Day’isboro, Ga., Dec. 20.—A very
rions difficulty occurred here between j report the fortifications appropriation
N. J. Newsome and Mr. M. S. Prince.
The latter was shot through the body
by Newsome. The ball entered his
back, passing through and lodging just
under the skin near the abdomen. The
wounded man died in a few hours.
Great excitement prevails over the
lnlL The measure as reported carries
au appropriation of $2,217 ,<154, being $5,-
218,759 less than the estimates and $5,-
599 more than was appropriated by the
last fortification act.
In The Senate.
Immediately after the reading of the
A Bank Official Comes Clear.
Pailadelphlv, Dec. 17.—After a trial
which lasted eight days the jury ac
quitted Henry II. Yard, who was charged
with being in conclusion with the officers
of the defunct Keystone National bank
in wrecking that institution. The one
remaining indictment in the Keystone
and Spring Garden bank case is against
President Marsh, of the Keystone, who
is a fugitive.
A Young Girl’s Suicide.
Rome, Ga., Dec. 17.—Miss Carrie
White, a beautiful young lady 16 or 17
years of age, living near Rockmart, com
mitted suicide by shooting out her brai. i
with a pistol. She committed tbe de*d
about 7 o’clock. A little quarrel with
her brother, at the supper table a i r
minutes before, is _ the only cause as
signed.
Bribery rroren In New York.
Albany, Dec. 17,—Jacob Kupps
turned state'6 evidence in the election
cases here and swore that he had been
given $1 by City Excise Commissioner
Happ, who is charged with violating tho
election laws. He testified that he had
voted on the name of another man and
had been given the dollar for so doing.
Another Bonk Resumed.
Bristol. Dec. 17.—The Bristol Bank
and Trust company, which suspended
July 25th, has opened its doors under
most flattering prospects. The com
pany’s building is one of the finest in the
city*. Dr. J. A. Dickey, the president,
and A. B. Marston, cashier, are jubilant
over the splendid outlook.
More Removals In Order.
Washington. Dec. 17.—The secretary
of the interior has ordered the removal
of John C. Carly, register of the general
land office at Prescott. Ariz.. and of Re
ceiver.; of Public Moneys Nehemiah Da
vis. et Fargo, N. D ; M. W. Gibbs, at
Little Rock, Arlr., and Edmond W.
Eakin. at Pierre. S. D.
Washington. Dec. 17.—The new tar
iff bill is threatened with an organized
attack by Democrats who have been un
successful in obtaining concessions in
favor of industries iu their respective
districts. The fight will be made in the
caucus, and if compromises are not
granted on threats of open revolt, it will
bo carried into the house. The situation
lias become serious and the Democratic
leaders, while they have not despaired of
reconciling many of tho disaffected, re
luctantly admit that the new complica
tions may embarrass them in accom
plishing the prompt passage of the bill.
That the proposed party conference will
have no good effect is foreshadowed in
the open declarations of tho opponents
of the bill that they will not accept the
judgment of the caucus as binding.
This disaffection is not confined to a
few members. According to Represen
tative Sperry, of Connecticut, who is
foremost in the revolt, no less than 50
Democrats will vote against the bill if
certain changes in important schedules
are not conceded. A majority of this
number represent constituencies in tho
south and northeast. Many of them are
on record as radical tariff reformers who
still profess to favor the great Demo
cratic principle. Representative Sperry,
of Connecticut, insists that too sweeping
a cut has been made in the duty on to
bacco wrappers. The Democratic mem
bers of the committee after hearing liis
arguments and listening to the state
ments of interested persons, declined to
.alter the schedule. Mr. Sperry will sup
port tho bill if the changes ho demands
are made; otherwise, ho says, he will
vole against it in the house.
Representative Cadmus, of New Jer
sey, is piqued by the refusal of tho com
mittee to increase the duty on silk
plushes and velvets and on hemp and
jute. Representative Fielder, of Jersey
City, will vote against the measure if
more protection is not accorded to cer
tain industries m liis section. All tho
other Democratic congressmen from
New Jersey, with the exception of Mr.
Cornish, hold practically the same views
and may record their votes in opposi
tion.
The Louisiana mon, with one or two
exceptions, will oppose the sugar sched
ules, and will vote against tho bill, they
say, if changes they insist upon are not
conceded. Several Alabama men who
are opposed to fi'ee coal are also in the
opposition column. Democratic repre-x
sentatives from North and South Caro
lina are with tho opposition.
That a caucus will he held is not de
bated now. Chairman Holman hail a
long conference with the speaker on the
subject. It is not probable that the cau
cus will be called until after the holiday
recess. By that time the internal rev
enue features of the bill will have been
decided upon.
General Wheeler, of Alabama, who
drew up the caucus call, when asked
what schedules would be revised said:
“The whole bill will be carefully gone
over. Tho members from my section
will urge the manifest unfairness of put
ting coal and iron ore . on the free list
when the men who own the mines are
paying a duty of 40 per cent, on the ma
chinery with which they are operated.
The sugar men will ask that the bounty
be abolished and that a duty of three-
quarters of a cent tie placed on raw su
gar. Then there is the chemical sched
ule. A number of changes can be made
in chemicals that will increase the reve
nues, benefit the consumers and not In
jure tho trade. Other members will al
so suggest changes in other schedules,
but these I speak of are the ones that
occur to mo now as being desirable to
have modified. Many of the changes
will probably be slight. In other cases
I have no doubt that radical changes
will bo made.”
A Silver Bill in the Senate.
The bill introduced by Senator Voor-
hees, chairman of the finance committee
provides that, the seigniorage resulting
from the coinage of silver bullion under
the Bland and Sherman acts shall be
coined into legal tender silver dollars of
standard weight and fineness at the rate
of not less than $3,000,000 a month, and
that such dollars shall be covered into
the treasury. And that, when all the
seigniorage bullion has been coined, the
secretary of the treasury shall buy each
THE CHILIAN CLAIMS.
It Looks Like TZirrv Is No End to the
Washington, Dec. 20.—The Chilian.
Claims commission is in a tangle which
threatens to nullify its work. The trou
ble has arisen out of the claim of the
heirs of D'Arc y & B dier for $70,000 for
arms sold on credit to the Chilians when
they were fighting fov independence
against Spain. The Chilian counsel
raised the objection that at tho time the
contract was made the United States
had not recognised Chili's independence^
and consequently that the claim cannot^"
stand against tlio Chilian Republic.
President Claparede and Commissioner
Gana, who represent tho Chilian inter
est, sustained the technical objection,
and Commissioner Goode, who repre
sents the United States, opposed it.
The importance of the isrne lies in the
fact that tho United States protests that
a tecliuical point such as that set up by
Chili cannot be raised before a commis
sion of arbitration, which should be gov
erned by rules of equity. The dissenting
opinion of Commissioner Goodo severely
arraigns tho Chilian representatives for
pleading technicalities and for inconsis
tency in matters of attempted proof. So
strong a case has the Uuited States rep
resentative made that a motion for a
rehearing has been filed, but it is doubt
ful whether the commission will reopen
the controversy. Pending tho decision
of this point, however, 1:0 other claim;
will be taken np.
An extension of the timedaring which
the commission may sit is necessary to
the completion of its work, but such an
extension can be had only by consent of
both governments. In view of the con
troversy there* is reason to believe that
the time will not be extended, and that
little will bo accomplished by tho court.
The treaty under which the commission
was appointed, was drafted practically
by President Harrison, it is understood,
and it is said that the pending controver
sy was rendered possible by the failure
of the treaty to define properly the func
tions and jurisdiction of the commission.
THE CRONIN MURDER.
Slowly \V<
Web
Uclllti
An Iron King Dying.
Youngstown, O., Dec. 20.—C. H. An
drews, tiie millionaire iron king, of this
city, is dangerously ill and may die at
any time. II© sustained a stroke of
paralysis -onie time ago and his present
illness is tbe result.
Will Ci
Prrtvrnm
riiogi* Close Down?
D v. 23.—A* 1 evening pa-
•ejc.at.oij-i article to tlio.effect
;;'Vrn-.-glcs.eel. company at
i ivJ) h' iloiftl down in^
in -H i.s ---partmeats on Dec,
i *»»— motion™*,
by Mr. Mills, to proceed to execute busi
ness. He withdrew the motion, how
ever, at the request of Mr. Berry, who
desired to address the senate.
The house bill to repeal the federal
election’laws was then taken up.
The Joke Will Be on the Student* Then.
Exeter, N. II. Dec. 20.—A special
A Steamer Partly Burned.
Knoxville, Dec. 20.—The combina
tion freight aud passenger .steamer Lu-
cile Borden, of the Three Rivera Packet
company, which plies the Tennessee
river between Knoxville and Cbattanr* v
ga, waa partially consnmefl ‘ "by fire a meeting ot the trustees of Exeter ucad-
^ cat r
saved. The steamer managed to get to J the porting of ballet girl bills on tho
the wharf here and will be laid off sev-! walls of Kecitahon hall. It is said that
eral weeks for repairs. | students who did^ it are of very
A Valuable riant Darned.
Cleveland, O., Dec. 20.—The plant;
of tbe National Carbon company, cp |
Willson avenue, near the Lake Shore
railroad, has been burned. The less is
between $150,000 and $170,000, two'
thirds of which is on machinery. The
insurance is between $50,000 and $60,-
000.
prominent families and that they will be
expelled.
Solvelg Gets His Sentence.
Minneapolis, Dec. 20.—Phillip M.
Scbeig, the defaulting teller of the bank
of Minneapolis, who was brought back
from England to plead guilty, has "Been
sentenced to seven years and six months
at hard labor in the' state penitentiary.
t llarriaon.
—At the re-
ex-PresIdent
Harrison by tho Union league' next
Thursday evening, fully 1.090 guests are
Fully a Tbonsai.d to G:
Philadelphia, Dec. 1
cept'.oii to bo tendered
month silver bullion at the market value
in quantities sufficient to coin not less
than $2,000,000 monthly, and coin the
bullion as fast as purchased into stand
ard silver dollars.
It also provides that when any paper
circulating notes or certificates of less
denomication than $10, except national
bank notes or eertificatea redeemable on
ly in s Ivor dollars, shall be received at
the treasury they shall be destroyed and
replaced by an equal amount *
Chicago, Dec. 20.—During tho first
week of the Coughlin trial tho state has
proven the identity of the body found in
the catch basin and has traced the course
of the mysterious wagon on the night of
the murder, and has submitted part of
its evidence in connection with the rent
ing of the flat at No. 117 Clark street,
the purchase of the furniture at Re-
veil's, and the transfer of that furniture
to the Caflson cottage.
Tho defense has admitted for tho first
time, that Dr. Cronin was murdered, hut
as they say, by unknown men. Tho de
fense has raised several points of objec
tion, each ef which lias been overruled
by Judge Til thill, and all of these points
I save one were brought up on the former
| trial and overruled in the same way by
the trial judge.
With tho present week the state comes
face to face \vj$h one of the vital points
in the case. The indictment against
Coughlin and his allege! fellow conspir
ators charges that Dr. Cronin came to-
his death as the result of certain wounds
inflicted upon his head with a blunt in
strument. The defense will introduce a
number of physicians to prove that tho
wounds on the head of the body found
in the catch basin were not sufficient in
themselves to cause death. Tho 6tate is
ready, however, to meet this contention.
In addition to the testimony given at tho
last trial, there will be other expert wit
nesses who3o testimony will go to prove
that a shock resulting from blowson the
bead often causes death, even when
the external wounds are scarely visible.
got a verdict against David M. Newbold
for $2,385. Sondheim Bros, deal largely
in cotton futures on the cotton exchange,
New York. They purchased cotton for
Newbold, and when the market declined
called upon him for margins. He did
not pay them more money and they
closed him out, leaving him intheir
debt. Mr. Newbold’s defense was that
the deal was gambling and that tho
money, therefore, could not be recovered.
The United States circuit jndgo held
that it was not a gambling transaction
unless tho ' agreement was that there
should be no contract for the actual de
livery of the cotton.
A Hard Husband to Kill.
Brighton, la.. Dec. 20.—Dave Adler
and his wife, living six miles southeast
of here, had a row about drawing a pail
of water. Mrs. Adler pushed her hus
band into the well, which was 40 feet
deep, but contained little water, Sho
kicked him in the face as ho went down,
and then threw stones at him, and.
finally procured a shotgun and filled his
head and shonlders full of shot. Think
ing he was dead the woman fled to her
mother’s home. A neighbor hauled Ad
ler out of the well and found him to bo
in a serious condition.
expected to be present, prominent among j notes or certificates of denominations of
whom will be Senator Sherman, ex- ] not'less than $10. It further provides
Speaker Reed and other distinguished j that herealter no na'tional bank cotes of
men from Washington. less denomination than $10 are to be is-
; gmxi. The bill also prohibits the coin-
Tt«e Federation indvmfi Aitgeiti. j a*ge of $2.50 and $5 gold pieces. It makes
Chicago, Dec. 17.—In the American provision for the appointment of five
Federa- ion of Labor a rtsalntion endors- 1 commlsf nera ™ international mono-
,, ,,, ,, , , . _ . tary conference to be held at a place to
mg Governor Altgeld for hi* pardon of ; be hereafter designated, and *80,000 is
the anarchists was reported npon favor- , appropriated to cany ont this clause of
ably by the committee and passed by an the bill,
unanimous vote. It declared the verdict
to have been the result of class prejudice
and persecution.
A Few Buffalo in Colorado.
Denver, Dec. 20.—A state deputy
game warden has found another small
herd of buffalo, larger than the one
fonnd in the Lost park last summer, in.
North park, Rontt county, a region more
isolated than any part o? Colorado. Tho
herd is said to consist of two dozen of
the rare animals. They are very tamo
and are fed regularly by some of tho
few farmers who inhabit tho lonely
park.
John A. Logan, Jr., on Bangtails.
Youngstown, <7., Dec. 20.—John A.
Logan, jr., addressed a Farmers’ insti
tute at North Jackson, saying that tho
the year prior to the law making it an
offense to dock horses’ tails, he had
handled $18,000 worth of bangtails, and
that since then bangtails were being im-
Don't Think It Con Pass.
Discussion of the measure by senators
disclosed the fact that very few thought , , „ . - —„ —-
it rwraihlfl for fh« hill to hoonnp a law ported from Canada, as there was a
it possible for the bin to become a lav. , great demand for them in the large cit-
It was the general opinion that the re- , ---
vival of silver purchases is entirely out !
of-the qnestion. The section proposing'
An Old Negress Found Drowned.
Savannah, Dec. 17.—The body of j
Clara Bell, an old negro woman, was
fonnd in the Ogeechee canal. She is \ of-the question? The section proposing' six Persons Drowned,
supposed to have fallen in accidentally, i another international monetary confer- Freeport Fla. Dec °0 Lonis Mav
. „ - .— . ence is regarded as superfluous. When- .. , ’ r . ^ " * - ,
Ida Bail Death j ever th e occasion seems propitious for I “ Ls W1 ^ e » _ father-in-law, Passy Paul,
Denver, Dec. 17.—Ida Hall, the ac- j such a conference, the president will j James Hilliard and Henry Williams
tress, who was shot the other night by i onl y have intimate the fact to con- j were capsized while crossing Choctaw-
r vomv* •tirfirtinz man from Boston ia gress to insure a prompt response to his hatcbic Bay in a skiff. All were
lead 3 1X10X1 trom "W* 011 . 1 * request for commissioners to represent | drowned. The todies of Louis May and
- I ; his father-in-law have been Recovered.