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THE MACON TELEGEAPH: WEDNESDAY MOTHSTENTG, DECEMBER 30, I89C.
that the <Tlcln.1i> had Redded to clo«»
the bank and asked him to ink.- rharai-.
Cashier Berko stated thin afternoon
that. rjdde fr«m the matter of cash on
t.and, the bank was In ext client ehdpe.
J’xaciIv V hat will l-e <• me hat tn t yet
been determined. It I* very likely that
tlm *u*i>err!on will he only temporary,
ns the resources of the bank are In such
shape. according to Mr. Broke, that Its
depositors can l>e paid In full In a com
ma ratively short time and SO cents on
th» dollar within two months. In round
numbers, the liabilities urn 3500,000 and
the assets 3000,000. Of the latter only
}14,600 Is real estate. Tho bank had
nemo city deposits, S3,000 of state
money and 14,000 of the county. The
bank officials arc: President A. C.
Haughan, who 1s at present city treas
urer; vice-president, K. 8. E. Johnson,
and cashier, O. E. Becke. The bank*
loans and discounts are 3W7.H5. Ita
deposits arc 3453,000 and Its capital
etock 3100,000.
The announcement of the failure of
the Columbia and Washington banks
caused a considerable flurry at nearly
nil of the other banks of the city. The
biggest run was on tllh partners and
Mechanics' Bank, the largest savings
Institution In tho Northwest, with, de
posits of over 30,000,000. This hank Is
said to be cnllrely safe. It stood acon-
atont run of eight days during the
panic of 1393.
A ROAXOKB HANK CI.09ED.
depositor* Madealtiinontlio Commer
cial National.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 39.—A Roanoke
special to the Dispatch says:
Tho Commercial National bank of
this city closed Its doors this morning
because of a run on that Institution
yesterday. This run, It Is bell.ved,
was caused by the resignation of
Cashier Davenport and bis departure
for West Virginia on Sunday.' The
resignation wo* tendered on tho 13th,
but did not go Into effect until the
20th, jind for some lesson tho matter
was kept from the general publlo for
a week or more. Mr. Davenport baa
lx-en In tho employ of tho bank for
several years, and his books on set
tlement were correct In evmr particu
lar. When H was known that he had
resigned the people became uneasy and
:)ie run followed.
The total nubilities of tlm bank
amount to about 380,000 and tho esti
mated assets exceed this by about
390,000. Tho amount due depositors,
1 according to tho statement of tho
bank’s condition published Inst Hun-
day, wna 361.037, but It Is believe! at
least 312,000 of this sum was with
drawn In the run of yesterday. The
capital stock of the bank Is 3100,000,
nnd at lenst 75 per cent, of tho stock
la held by men of large means, they
ore believed to be able to moot all lia
bilities and pay depositors In full.
This Is the fooling umong buslm-ss
men here and It Is safe to sny the
■"suspension baa caused but little ox-
dlemcnt. . Bank Examiner Sands Is
expected hers tomorrow from Wash
ington.
Unliking Company In TranIde.
Auburn, Maine, Dee, 29.—A petition for
n reeeircr for the American Trust nnd
Ranking Company has tieen filed. A di
rector sa.vs: "The money Is conning In In
such amount* that we are encouraged
to llilnk our doors ran again he opened
for business. The company has little bor
rowed money, and tlm director* believe
that Western Investment* will prove nil
right."
Nsw Mill Plant Closed.
Beattie, Wash., Doe. 29.—'The Bostet-
son <fc Post Haw Mill Company closed
down lt« plant yesterday, throwing sev
enty men out of work. The over-produc
tion of lumber, together with tho recant
failures of Eastern banks, affecting a
number of Western lumber Arms, caused
the suspension.
Cincinnati Finn Falla.
Cincinnati. Dec. 29.—A peUtlon was
. Bled last evening by tnemlMtr* of the well-
known nr,ii of Dirnmee & Oo„ jewelers,
for a dissolution ami a rcrolriT for the
Brin. They sny the company is Insolv
ent and unablo to meet maturing debts.
llaltluioro Firm Broke.
Baltimore. Dec, go.—I.. Hnellburger A Ron,
lending retail dry goods mcrrlmnts of South
Hulllue'ii'. iuiiiIo an nHNlgiiuipnt today. Ida.
blllttr* 380,000; iiSHots nlHiut the sniiio
iiiiioiint. Pressure of creditors nnd sluiv
collections caused tbo aUeiieiialoii.
WXATiI lilt 1XDICATIONS.
Washington, Dee. 20.—For Georgia: Part
ly cloudy during tbo dnjr, probably followed
by sboivers Wednesday;, easterly, wluds.
I Steel Plant restart.
Haiti more. Doc. 29.—Flrea will bo
lighted on Thursday 4n furnace "A” of
the Maryland Btcel company, at Spar-
nnvs Point, giving employment to 150
men, onto have been Idle ainco Hcptcm-
bar. It la cxncuted that the number
win bo Inr-rvnofHl to 600 within two
weeks, or ns soon ns the steel mill*
can lie Martin! uo. Indications are that
i :c ontlro plant will ,bo in full bl**i
lieforo spring, giving work to nearly
.3,000 tutu.
Miners Want 70 Cent* a Ton.
Columbus, O.. Dec. 29.—Tho atato
miners’ convention adopted it resolu
tion Ibis afternoon declaring that they
would not accept Icrs than 70 cents per
ton—tho old scale—for 1307. nnd that
they would not enter again Into an an
nual agreement with tho operators t6
eland by any wage scale, us the oper
ators nev er ilvo up to such agreements
anyhow, The whole wage qtieMlon will
be decided, however, by the national
miners’ eonventlon which meets hero
next month.
SPANISH KNEES SHAKE
AT THE PROSPECT OF WAR WITH
UNCI.E BAM,
And Now There la Mach Talk of Grant
ing Reforms fo Cuba as Boon u
rinarDel Illo Province la
I'acldcd.
Washington. Doc. 29.—While it la wot
true that 43m Spanish govc-rnmeei’t will
HMM toe fncdhsUon of tha Unkad
Btatea 4n giving autonomy to the la-
land of Cuba. It lew been known for
mm weeks tbs* Mm fleeirti ewdnMtfy.
purpose giving the Cubans a larger
measure of borne rule than they have
heretofore enjoyed. President Cleve
land has been repeatedly advised .that
•these reforms will be Inaugurated when
tho pravlnoe of Finer dot Rio haa been
padded. It was (n IMs province that
ccn. Macro and his followers have been
located for the >paet year, and since,Ma
cro’s death the work of pacification has
been considerably expedited. Tho time
la now believed to be ripe when the
home rule reform* wtfl be Instituted
there, and also In the provinces of Mat-
ansos and Havana, where the Insur
gent* have never secured foothold.
It haa been frequently asserted by
Hiciln that the Intended reforms would
havo been cut tn operation tong ago
but for the Insurrection, and that eopie
of tho lenders among tho insurgents
started tho rtfbeUlon In order to pre
vent the reforms. These reform* em
brace aha election of tho entire Cuban
congress. Instead of a mixed congress
of fifteen electtxl members and fifteen
appointed by the qu-xm regent, and
al*o a complete control by Cuba of her
tariff.
The Spanish W-nlstry are now under
stood to be engaged tn drafting the
proponed reform*, but thus, far the only
knowledge restracflng them Is of a gen
eral nature. It Is believed that they
will 1» oomrpotlcd within tho next fort
night, and tt l* not unlikely that a
copy will bo cabled to Seoretary Olney,
by the .permission of the Spanish gov
ernment, before their public announce
ment.
Hccretnry Olney on Dclgndo. ,
Washington, Dec. 29.—Secretary Ol-
noy today made the following ntate-
mem In regard to the caso of lfcnry
Delgado, the Cuban correspondent of a
Now York newspaper, who was cap
tured by the Spaniards In the province
of Dinar del Rio on Dec, IS:
"It appears from a report of the Ha
vana consulate that Mr. Delgado was
mode a primmer by tho Spanish troopB
In the couivo of recent military opera
tions In the provlnco of Plnar del Klo,
that he la reported to have belonged to
tho staff of tho Insurgent mnjor-gon-
crnl, Macro, and to havovboon In com
mand of tho artillery, and that a letter
to Macro and one from Macco to tho
prefeot of Las Tumbns wero found on
his person. It being represented to the
consulate thnt Delgado 1* a native born
American citizen, all tho right* to
which ho Is entitled under our treaty
with Spain and subsequent protocol
have been claimed for him."
Mr. Delgado la confined In the mili
tary hospital of San Ambroilo, outside
of Havana, Tho right* spoken of In
In tho utatemcnt constat of a trial by
tho ordinary judicial authorise* unless
too prisoner "Is token with arms."
Thon ho must bo tried by a council of
war or court-martial.
Fighting on tlm Island.
Havana, Dec. 29.—It I* officially stat
ed today that a Spanish column has had
an engagement with rebel partlra un
der Sutnkingo on tho Sotolongo ranch,
nenr Jagucy Grande, province of Ma
mma*. The Insurgent* arc alleged to
have been completely dispersed, with
the loss of fifteen killed and one
wounded. The Spaniard* liad a cor
poral wounded. g
It Is known that this "engagement"
was limply an attack made by the
troop* upon the defenseless paclflcos on
tho ranch and that the fifteen peraons
reported to have bten killed In battle
wrre brutally massnered,
Claudio Perez Mcdell and Jose Perez
Gnrcla linve been tried by a court mar
tial sitting In Morro Castle. They were
oharged with tho orlmo of rebellion.*
Their sontcnco lias not been announced
but they will undoubtedly bo con
demned to death.
Two French citizens, named Rene
and Louis Joseph Ilonandeau. have
been tried far the same crime by an
ordinary court-martial at the same
place.
Negotiation- Not Mnile.
Madrid, Dee. 29.—An emphatic semi
official denial Is given to the state-
monta cabled bore aa coming from
Washington, to the effect that Ssero-
iary of State Olney and Sennr Dupuy
do Lome, the Spanish minister to the
United Stales, htul practically termina
ted their negotiations on the Cuban
quostton nttd detailing the extent of
.the reforms that Spain would grant to
\cubn under the guarantee of ‘tho Uni
ted States.
Jt Is also semi-officially denied that
rite government has oucstloned Great
Britain, FYnrn'o nnd Italy regnrillng
their attitude In the event of a war
with the United atate*. >,
Boils
It is often difficult to oonvinco peo
ple I licit lilooil is Impure', until dread-
ittl carbuncle^ ubsccssea, bolls, scrof-,
ula or salt rheum, nro painful proof of
the fact. It Is wisdom notv, or when
ever there Is any indication of
Impure
blood, to<AkclIoo<Vfi Sampaiillft, ami
prevent such eruptions unit buffering.
“I bad * dreadful carbuncle ahscesa,
red, flery, flcrcc and aorc. Tho doctor at*
tended me over acvcu weeks. When the
abaceea broke, the pains were terrible,and
1 thought I should not live through It. I
beard and read ao much about Hood's
Sarsaparilla, that I decided to tako it, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boils, look it also. It soon purified' our
Blood
built me up ami restored my health ao
(hat, although the doctor said 1 would
not be able to work hsro, 1 have since
dene the work for *J0 people. Hood's 8ar*
fkjmrilla cured my hushaud of the boils,
and we regard it a wonderful medicine.’*
MRS. Axna I’FTKUSOIC, Latimer, Kauris.
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
l.thBOne True Bilk-: Purifier. Alldmxznl*.,!.
Hood’s pills
Here** Another Story.
, lAuvion. Dae. 29.—Ths Daily News
will tomorrow publish a dispatch from
Paris, saying It is quite clear that
Spain ts carrying on negotiations -with
'the United States, although hnr pride
compels her to do so tn an underhand
manner.
fTtio dispatch ndda that tho proceeds
of the popular loan recently Issued by
to® Spanish government ts virtually
exhausted. that the buoyancy that fot-
JowrvI tho death of Maheo Is evaporat
ing nnd ‘that the government is unable
to *,\vld seeking an agreement with Iho
United Stales.
Govrnior llradlev to Resign,
Louisville, Ky.. Dee. 29.-A Frankfort tils-
pan* any* Goitnor uredl.y intend* to re.
«1«n at an early date, lie told a friend
Aioiitiiiv lie wan gnlug to tlo ao, no matter
what tin' outcomo of tho political Imuo now
at Make, lio miU1 tha pluco.U killing him
and bo could not afford to flay In It until
what llttlo hen lilt he lift* In loat. IVrutllev
wroio to McKinley some woekn ne«> that
tho i»iThldent*elect had uo offlco In oil gift
Which be tHnnlloy) would accept.
Murdered iu Ilia Home.
Knoxville, t><*\ 29.-.U 11 o'clock latt
nlsbr two unknown men wcut to the hduta
OT William Whaley, a farmer living two
tullea from Sevlervlile. Mevler county, and
wit bent aiK'nklag n word, broke down the
door, walked In ami abet and killed Wha-
ley and hu wife. Mi»t IJxile MeMnbou, a
»>Utcr of Mm. Wbnh'v, uni present, but un
hurt. blit* hnd an Infant of \Vholejrl In her
arms when the men entered. If apprehend*
cd the guilty panic* will be lynched.
CollUion Near Acworth.
Atlanta, Dec. 59.—A ppcclal from
Acworth. Cla., to the ConMitutlon wiya
that two Westcru and Atlantic freight
trains collided there tonight. The en
gines and cars were broken tip but no
one w as eeriouily injured.
Hark and Steamer <'oil ide.
London, Dee. ’A‘ - The »tearner Westhall.
(«!•*. Mouttii. fnvtt Bantmoro, which ar*
rtyed «t Hamburg Dee. '-‘7. was in colllulon
" *h tin Norwegian b.uk i>r.du e. . ■
Nae5, fr\uu Savannah, Nov. », f.>r llam*
bunf. The, d.uungo »u9t«lu«*d by the Writ*
hall Is ni yet uukiiowu. The fotvgv.tr of
the fur oil m* wii earned n«uy.
A Haf«‘ It low n Open,
N>wr York. 1W. Th ?afc in a
branch off loo ->f dh<* MekTCphlKalk Llf«
Ii^urjy-.K'e Conw^ar.v wa- Mown v»pen by
t>u;*glara during -h * nlyM and %\M
a’a t n v'ki wirlch was «*t<Men. Thv- ruf-
wvk< i>.vu\ n by dynamite or a!iro
i^cenno.
1‘OLICK f OtTItT MELANGE.
A Number of Ciu»ea Di npoaed of By Major
Price.
Ceorg" Brown was drunk and disor
derly, nnd It orjHt J*Sm $5.
N. D. Tracy chaivol on the <lo<'fc-
€Jt wiih a plain drunk, aiKl 52.CO.
1*10 oo#e ugninut DavS«l Ijyrn*, charged
trtslj jsbootlmf (Within the city IJmit* was
cHomligad.
Pfito TitTney, Jdhn Hurley, l>jn Mur-
Wf Ocorg*» Harvey, Buck Great and
Henry iUafitnv arrexte<l \ry Officer Hall
an biupecta, wore daximr^otl.
held ruit invemhoaJ ioy.
1)11! Carter Ifeid at J J ollce Headquarters
for a isliootlng Affray.
MflO Bvcrett Carter, alias S. A.
< ■ '!: !• *bot!» I k 11<r,\ :j ;,A II.!i o, : -r-N
wnntwl in ChMtnnoosM for ahootin^ Po
lice Captain Iluaa*3]. A man In told at
tho city by Chief IltUner who
ftPfWafs iho ileacrlpfion of Carter. Chief
F, W. Hill of CnKttaoogft luw wired to
lioM him for further Meutiflcail'
t"! 1 i :■ 1 s to be ioAu Soii-li I'/ -'iiirir,
Tenn., bnt he In very hary Sn liU kcojvi-
eigu of Roosrnjdiy.
THEY TAX mCYCDKi.
Itldcra of <ho Wheel Will Have to Pay
One Hollar Tax.
City council haa added liiScydcs to ihe
Hat of taxable properly. Bacb owner of
a v.-hce! vrVA 1>o rtnjuinxl to aecore a
mnubered toe for hU machine, which
will coot $S. Tho tag* can be procured
from Bridge* Smith, city clerk. They
are very noat and In tbait reaped will
fumlaU eome compenaatlon for tho coat
It hi expected tlm* the city treasury will
bo swelled considerably, from thin source
of InoDoe. Wheels nnd dojps are on par
In a tag way.
Col. Lamar*a Will Probated.
The will of the late Henry J, Laanar
was probated in v/imnon form In the
court of ordinary this enom-lng.
iMeasrs. Henry J. Lamar, Jr., Walter
D. Lanur and Bll Shortor were named
as executors. .
The wrjl 1oa.w« all of Colonel Lamar's
vact fen tune, amounting «to eeveral
liur, Ir^l ■' '.I’MJH.'jd I <1 »!l.tr*. in h •» / h:i-
dren and graadson, Lamar Washing-
ton.
FELL FOUlt 8TOH1E8.
James G. Mullins of Norfolk, Vn. t
Killed. Himself Whilo Drunk.
Norfolk, Va., Dec. 29.—Jnmer, X. G. Mul
ling, cnptnln of tho Jncluion Light Infant
ry, Company K, Fourth Virginia reglutent.
was found dona beneath tho window of his
room, in tho Imrk yard of tho Gladstone
hotel, In this city at 0:80 o'clock this morn
ing. A coroner's Jury was summoned nnd
a verdict wos returned that tho deceased
conio to his death by a /nil. Though he
foil four starlet* there wero no bones
broken, bnt ono hip was dislocated and ono
ti'inpli* bruised.
Tho dead man came to his room at 2
o'clock yesterday Afternoon Intoxicated and
received attentions from hotel employes un
til » o'clock. It Is thought ho went to the
window for some purpoaa nnd fell out. Had
ho Jumped ho would undoubtedly have
struck n high fence, only flvo feet from
tho building.
TAXATION IS lit ELAND,
A Protest Against tho Durdens Imposad
JJy tho Govcrntr int.
Limerick, Dee. 29.—Lord Dunrateu pre
sided tonight over it meeting held here to
protest against tho oxccsslve share of taxa
tion which Is Impoaed on Ireland by tho
Imperial government, a matter that hns
brought about unanimity of opinion be
tween every shade of political opinion In
Ireland, tho Tories vicing with the home
rulers In their denunciation of this Injus
tice. Lord Duuraven said ho believed lie
was jastlfled In assuming thnt tho'govern
ment ItHtcucd to the Irish’protests without
prejudice, and he hoped, xyiiipailietlcully.
Tho Kuumcr , ‘AennsBli)atlon. ’
tTnndllhi, Go., Dec. 29.—GeorgO Sumner,
the effects of the wound. ..
KUerllt J. W. Roberts arrested. Homer
Farelk, a young white man, ebargccl with
tho crime. Circumstances point vcryHthmg-
ly to him um being tbo guilty party, though
other arresta are expected to follow. Those
at work on tho case, however, refuse to
talk of what evidence they have. Tho trag
edy has stirred tho community and there
are threats of vengeance ngnlnst the person
who In guilty of the ntrocluti* crime. The
daughter who so plucklly defended herself
from nmutult against the assassin, wrench
ing nwny his pistol, Is almost proslrutod.
by tlm death of her father, universal ltd*,
miration Is expressed for hor during brav
ery. •
Dig Failure In Sioux City. }
Bloux City. Iowa, Dec. 29.—On Appli
cation of W. T. Hon singer, vlce-prefddvitt
and ft largo shareholder In tho PUrmera’
Triwt qompciny, of thU place, G. H. Ho»*
llstor was today appointed receiver for
Hie imitation. Ttehtness of tlw money
uiarkot rendered it imposaH>!e for tho
company to meet dta delamtures when
the mnkem of notes on which t3»ey wero
eoouretl defuuUed payment**. Receiver
HcCfivter oatimatea maH at 1238,000,
and £c04llHe^ 8135,000.
To Erect n Cotton Mill*
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 29.—At ft meeting
of the promoters of the Warren* Manu
facturing Company of Aik n Junction,
S. C?„ near Auguntn, the following tll-
roctorH were elected: George R. Lom
bard and C. A. Robbe of Augusta, C.
W. Davie of Granltovnie. 8. C., W. B.
Smith Whaley of Columbia, 8. C., nnd
Arthur S. Watts of Boston, Mas». The
company will erect a 24,000-splndlo cot
ton mill and use steam power.
A Woolen Mill Foliar*.
Providence, R. I., Dee. 29.—The Phoe
nix Woolen Company, whoso mill Is lo
cated at Hast Greenwich, filed its peti
tion of Insolvency in tho appellate court
today. LlabUitiea nro about $300,000. more
(than ene-luitf ‘being ©poured by eoWateral.
Tho luweta cannot yet ho estimated, but
may be about $230,000. *
Mrs. ItrecUerV* Condition,
Stnmftml, Owm., Doe. 29.—Tlic condi
tion of Mr*. Henry Wnrvl lloix'licr, triio
fell and fractured her nip lioro a few
days ago, remnlnu critical. Sho has so*-
tnlncd a severe ehoelt and her recovery l*
now considered doubtful. Relative* of
Mrs. Ilfodicr hare heen raimmonod hero
lu view of her falling oondltlon.
A Town Donioilaaed By Wind.
Melbourne, Dec. 29.—A cyclone that
passed over a section of Now South
Wales has virtually demolished tho
town of Nevortlre. It Is reported that
there were a larce number of casual
ties. but ns the storm destroyed tho
telegraph lines It Is Impossible at pres
ent to get any details.
The First end the Last.
Capt. R. D. Dunlll.u brought a riventy-
|Mimd woternielon to this office ycetar-
day, one of um loft in the patch. The
captain Is co’lilod t» tlie lsutiu'r for har
ing the earliest and latest melon* In
the utarket. nnd BIhh rounly lay. claim
to the lieat riimate tn the state.
Will Oppose tho Receivership.
Augusta. Do.. Dee. 29.—At a meeting
of the directors of the Georgia railroad
held here today, It was determined to
oppose the application for n receiver
ship mails by a stockholder owning
five shares In tho ce«o of the Atlanta
and We,t l\>lnt Railroad Company.
Joseph BarbotIs Dead.
Paris, Dec. 29.—M. lrnlanxior-Dnfres-
noy, fonnerly tllreelorof the Parle opera,
'I. ile.i i. He \vn< Iwn la 1619. Joreph Har-
Itot, the F’ren.'h tenor, died here ytxitcr-
day.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children. .
3a
PRINCESS AND HER GYPSY.
MISS CLABA WARD OF DETROIT
AND JANOS U1GO.
Tbo Re noway Conpln In Hungary, Where
Their Liaison Is Attracting Mach At
tention, ns Wall aa Condemnation
From tho Better People.
Budapest, Dec. 29.—Janos Rigo, the
Hungarian Gypsy musician, and the
Princess de Caraman-Chlmay, former
ly Miss Clara Ward, of Detroit, Mich.,
who recently eloped from Paris, have
arrived here from Btuhlwelssenbcrg.
where they had been visiting Rlgoa
parents. Their presence In the city,
where the story of the elopement has
filled much space In tho newspapers,
has awakened the llvllest curiosity
and people of all classes make all sorts
of efforts to see the couple.
When it became noised about that
Rigo and his American mistress were
stopping at a hotel here )Hundreds of
persons went to the hotel and stood
outside for hours in the hope of seeing
the pair. So large did the crowd be
come that the traffic on the streets in
tho vicinity of the hotel was blocked
and It became necessary to detail spe
cial police to handle the people.
The princess and her paramour have
visited the theaters since their ar
rival. Whenever they have appeared
at places of amusement the princess
has been blazing In diamonds, and
as She Is a remarkably beautiful wo
man, has excited much attention. The
audiences on discovering who the cou
ple are, neglect the mge and devote
all their time to watching Rigo and
the princess, who evidently delight In
the oensatlon they are creating. The
contrast between tho two Is great.
Riffo, who Is about 35 years of ago,
looks like the ordinary gypsy he Is.
HI* complexion le swarthy and his
common imcestry Is plainly attested
tn his face.
The respectable people of tho city arc
thoroughly disgusted with the manner
In which the couple are acting and
say that ordinary deoency should Impel
them to keep themselves os much ns
possible from the public gaze, but
this vkw of tho matter does not seem
to meet with the approval of tho par
ties moot Interested. Many men of
tho world scoff at tho Idea of Rigo di
vorcing his wife and marrying tho
princess. They say that after ho gets
as much money as possible from her
ho will abandon her and return to bis
wife.
As Known tn Laundry Circles,
From the Now York Sun.
“Sinoo I came to Now York twelve
years ago,” Said ons.man In the group,
“I havo been known In the laundry
world a, ‘R. 9.’ I don’t suppose I could
got rid of that mark whatever I should
do. It Identifies me ns persistently as a
band with one finger gone.
“It came about In the most accidental
way. I sent my clothes to a certain laun
dry late In 1883, when I moved first to
New York. They came baek marked
•R. 9.’ Every nncecsslro laundry has put
that mark baek on than* unfit I an now
bo firmly fixed ns ‘R. 9’ that I never ex
pect to bo designated' under any other
doTlee.”
•'I’mi ’W. Z.,’" answered a small, meek
man. apologelSeally, "and I never could
fathom the Imagination of the washer
woman who decided to lahel me ‘W. Z.'
My collars are 14V, and there’s nothing
nlHiut my clothes to- lend anybody to
think I ought to be branded with any
such Impossible combination of conso
nant* o* ’W. Z.’ There are undoubtedly
men that ’W. Z.’ might suit, hut I’m not
ono of them. The difficulty of the matter
Is that there laundresses may 'bo pictur
esque enough In tho first Instance, al
though when one makes a mistake of
judgment rile rest follow like sheep. Any
woman who keeps on marking a 14-oo’.lnr
*W. Z.’ show* a lack of inventivcai
that Is painful even In a laundress.”
"My name is Jones,” the third man of
the group said, "and X haven’t a drop of
Gorman blood In my body. X never hnd a
German ancestor, nnd I know nothing
about Germany. Bnt In 4hc Jaundty an
nals I am irretrievably known ns
'Kraus*.' Nine years ogo I moved to
New York, and came here after haring
traveled for several weeks. I put all
my wash Into iny trunk, nnd when.. I
reached New York there was quite an
accumulation. I went out to a laundry
In the neighborhood, and told the man
to send around to the house for my
clothes. Before that I had told the serv
ant to g(vo my clothes to anybody who
call "I. ami it happened that a l*iy .'aiU"
tiro* for the elo'hes of n lodger above
me. Of eourse. he got mine instead, nnd
It happened that the other man's name
was known. So my entire laundry corno
baek marked 'Krauss.* How they hap
pened not to notice thnt they had never
been res-ked before I don’t know. Rut
I nm still known ns ’Krauss' la tho laun
dry «et: collars weqr out and shirts fall
to pieces, only to he known’ anew as
■KtoTtie other man told me that
hi* -’-'V* came back from the laundry
marked 'J. ICrauss.’ That was■ tho only
tribute to my name, Jonoe. that was
shown on that occasion. ’Whether the
other man’s name stuck to him or not X
never heard. But I have keen ‘Krauss’
for nine yoara, a* much ns Iho marks
on my linen can make me that.”
Brinsley "herMsnV Mon Married.
A notable wedding which took place
on Thursday morning In Archbishop
.Corrigan’s residence was that of Miss
1 Helen May Hirinett, n nicco of John E.
Fitzgerald of this dty, to S. Richard
Brinsley Sheridan of London, England.
The bridegroom Is a son of Henry
Brinsley Sheridan, who for twenty-nine
years was a member of parliament for
Dudley, Eng., and Is a barrister for
one of tho largest stockholder! In the
London Financial Pest. Only relatives
were present nt the ceremony, at which
the archbishop was assisted by tho
Rev. Thomas Pope Hodnett of Chicago,
who Is n cousin of the bride, and the
Rev. Michael J. O’Ferrel. Oho bride
was dressed In gray broadcloth trav
eling dress, w-lth gray velvet trimmings
and wore a gray velvet picture hat.
The best man was Fitzroy Sheridan,
brother of the bridegroom. After the
ceremony a dinner wns given at the
house of Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, ni
tre which the couple left foe' Washing
ton, D. C„ for a short trip. They will
vfil or Ixmdon In a few weeks.
Tho New Boar hr.
From the Detroit Free Press.
There was an air of nctlve mystery
about the boarding house, and the
pretty widow who ran it showed an
awkward interest such as she had
never before displayed.
This fluttering secrecy was Inwardly
resented by Handy, Of all the hoarders
he was ihe only tine who had sat down
to the first meal served In the place,
and as dean of the Institution he felt
aggrieved that anything connected
with tt should be kept from him. Xt was
confided to him that a new boarder
was expected, hut lids was a lame ex
planation for the excited interest
shown by the .fair proprietor. In hi*
heart Mumly knew that he was a little
Jealous, for it. .hail been a eherished
plan of his for years to some time make
tile little widow hts wife.
No wonder, then, that Mumly rax
«*~pel<'ssly prejudiced against the ex
pected boarder, who duly put In an
apearance. He was wvll advanced tn
years, but youthful In spirits, anil on
friendly, terms with all the world. HI*
name was Beamly, and It fitted the
man to perfection. But Mumly over
looked all this. He neglected his husl-
no.-* to tun ufler’the landlady that he
might lodge his complaint-e IJoamly
ate with fcls knife, and Jiumly never
could endure tho boorish practice.
Beamly cracked nuls with his leeth. lg-
. nored his napkin, chatted as familiarly
• with the ladles ah though he had been
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brought up with them, nnd, as Mumly
grimly put It, was entirely ,too fresh
for an old codger like him.
But the climax was reached when
Mumly was wandering about the house
one day and discovered the widow sit
ting on the new boarder's knee and
caressing his bald head, Mumly wns
Shocked in a w^y to Impair Ills nervous
organism, and promptly began to re
vise all his plan.! for the future.
But the crisis wns one demanding an
explanation from the landlady, and she
promptly responded. The new boarder
was her father. Discouraged and des
perate, he had gone West years ago.
and for a. long time was lost to all
who had known him. He had made
an Immense fortune, and returned to
have his daughter aharo Ita benefits.
They were only keeping it quiet In
order that a friend of their might se
cure the boarding house without en
countering too much opposition. Mum
ly had to eat a great deal of humble
pic, but he eventually realized his
matrimonial dream.
HI. 3 oul* nospttnlity.
From tho Chicago Times-Herald.
XJaat year a Chicago girl visiting
friends in St Louis attended a recep
tion in that city. There was a big crush
of St. Lonls social lights, and when
tho fair Chicagoan prepared to depart
she was unable to find her valuable seal
skin saoquo anywhere. In Its place was
on old sealskin worn nnd dilapidated.
The hostens regretted the mistake ex
ceedingly. It seemed certain that some
thoughtless guest had worn away the
missing garment by mistake. Sho felt
sure that the saoque would bo returned
next day with an apology. In the mean
time she suggested thatjho Chicago girl
wear the old garment that had been left
In Its piece, and this was done.
Bat the sealskin was not forthcoming
the next day or the next week. The hos
tess was annoyed almost to dibo verge of
distraction, and offered to pay for the
missing Barque, but of course this prop
osition was declined.
At length tho Chicagoan’s visit was
terminated, and she returned home. Ono
day she stepped Into a big store on State
street where rile had purchased the lost
sealskin to lnquit-e if the firm could sug
gest any way by which to identify the
garment positively If her St. Louis
friends should chance to see It again.
"It would bo pretty difficult to identi
fy It by a casual inspection,” said the
furrier, “hut every garment which we
make Is marked on-the Inside of .the skin
with our firm name, the namo of the
purchaser ami tho date. By removing the
lining this can be seen.”
"Do all furriers mark their garments
In that way7” asked tho caller.
“I don’t know, X presume they do,”
wns the reply.
“Then I wish you would examine this
saeqne,” «he said, removing the old one
ithat hnd been left upon her hands, "and
see if you can find out who made it.”
It was the work of a minute to rip a
seam in the lining. Upon the back of
one of the skins was the name of a St.
Louts furrier and the name of the pur
chaser of the garment—it was that of .the
host—- ••’ofSOlf.
The Chicago girl made another flying
visit to St. Lands. When she returned
she ordered n new sealskin from the
State street firm and paid for It with a
St. Lonls cheek.
Tho Original Sam Weller,
From the Toronto Week.
The great ecarolty of too early num
bers of "Pickwick’s Papers" Is not dif
ficult to ’understand wtoen it is .borne
tn mind that only 400 copies were
printed o!f the first part, which was
pulbfMhed on Maroh 31,- 1S36. Before the
appearance of Hhe fourth number there
was eome Idea of stopping the Isbuo, as
the expenses wore found to he in ex
cess of title receipts. But In the fifth
mimjtor Sam Weller was Introduced,
and the ivoik at once sprang into un
bounded popularity. While notnlng
ipostUvo has ever been established on
too point* It la held by eome writers
that 'the original Sam Weller was a
Qlr. Samuel Vale, who acted the part
of Simon SnatUrdash in a farce csJ’ed
“The Boarding House,” and made this
character a great popular favorite. The
odd vfhlmslcatlty of Vale’s novel aim-
parlsons Is best understood on refer
ence to ihe pant sot down to Spattcr-
daslh In the farce. Among bis queer
comparisons are: “ 'I know the world.’
os the monkey «a!d when he ou t off his
tail. I am down upon you,' as the
extinguisher said to tho rushlight."
“ 'Como on.’ ns the man eald to toe
'tight <boot. I am all over perspira
tion." as the mutton chop oaJd to the
gridiron." " ‘Why, here we are all mus
tered.’ as the roast ibeef said to the
Welsh ralbblt.” Vale introduced th'se
popular comparisons In Ms (private life
as welt os upon the stage, and from
1820 to 1830 ’this rtyle of expression be-
c:une widely popular. It Is not unrea-
oonalhha to suppose that Dickons be
came. Un a sense, the abstract mirror
of his time, tn catching the popular
fun and embalming It with his choice
phraseology. Of oourse, tt would be
the holsht of absurdity to charge Dick
ons with being a mere copyist, ec for
one moment to think Sam Weller os
any other than an original character.
Dickens may have borrowed an idea,
but he certainly made no slavish use
of It, for tho prevailing Sam Valerlsm
and “the monkey that knew 'the world”
wan tn no way on a par with the Sam
Weller ooroptrtaon: for example, in de
scribing the elder Mr. Weller and the
router aa "waUdng after him like a
tame monkey after a horgln.”
One Way to Get's Crowd.
There must have been a surprisingly
largo number of deadheads In the
Grand opera house in AtlRnta the
other night to hear Mr. Bryan lecture.
The audience, it Is stated, numbered
4,700, the price of admission was fifty
cents, and fifty cents extra was charged
for reserved sat*. Yet a special tele
gram from Atlanta to the Philadelphia
.Record saya the receipts of the evening
were only 31,534, which would seem to
Indicate that about half of the audience
went In "on paper." Mr. Bryan re
ceived 31,000 for the lecture leaving
3534 to the management, out of which
to pay for the rent of the theater, the
advertising, lights and Incidentals,
which probably came very near to eat
ing It all up.
Might Have Been Worse.
From Tit-Bit*.
A reporter. In describing the murder
of a man named Jorkln, eald: "The
murderer w-ua evidently In quest of
money, hut. luckily, Mr. Jorkln had
deposited alt'Ilia funds in the bank
lxtore, so that he lost nothing but his
life.”
OABTOHIA.
Like Jersey Mosquitoes.
Ftom the Republican, Springfield.
The fact that there arc 120 colleges in
Pennsylvania aione rather appalls one
who reflects (that some of them, must bj
institution* of a sham kind of learning.
Tho consoling thought, on the other hand,
1* that the little colleges do not flour
ish in countries where the tendency is
to hold the masses down. At the same
time, crc.i this great republic could
worry along with fewer colleges with
out oppressing anybody or depriving
any worthy and aspiring youth of an ed
ucation. So many have been planted that
people of wealth find it difficult to water
.them all.
Frco Information for Burglars.
From the Atchison Dally Globe.
The Padflo Express Company does
not propose to have its empty .‘■ul’es
blown up by burglars, and upon non-
bdrglar proof safes out in Kansas and
Nebraska, where frequent robberies
have oocurred of late. It has authorized
Ur repr.■sentuttvis to tie a lag con
taining the following Inscription on the
handle of the safe:
"Notice—This safe Is not locked and
contains nothing o value. Safe contains
only way bills of records. The com
bination Is—”
Tho agent fills out tho blank with
tho proper combination.
From the Chicago HeraXd.
Rev. Simon J. McPherson yesterday
morning preached on "Jlell” in the Sec
ond Iffoahyterlan church. His sermon
made a deep lnipre.--io:i on the congre
gation. At the conclusion of the dis
course the pastor usually announces the
hymn to be sung as a response. Tho or
ganist had not knbwn the subject of
.the sermon when he selected the re
sponse and thought no more about -It
after ho had complied his list of hymns.
Tho pastor fumbled with this list,
coughed and looked n trifle embarrassed.
The organist began to play too air pian
issimo and a broad grin spread over
every face. Dr. McPherson looked ap
pealingly upward to the organist and
then turned over tho leaves of the hymn
book with desperate eagerness. Mr. lie-
Carrcil left his pipes and hurried down
to the pastor.
"We must change that response,” whis
pered the pastor.
“Why 7" asked the organist, innocent
ly.
"I havo been preaching on ’Hell,’”
said Dr. McPherson, "and the response
you have chosen is, ‘What Must Xt Be
to Bo There?' We cannot have that.”
Even tbo solemn organist grinned at
he climbed toe organ and started uj
"Art Thou Weary?”
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Kentucky Bourbon 75c per quart
Mt. Vernon Rye, 5 years old, 31.00 per
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