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HANDLINC DEAD LETTERS.
An lnt*r«itln( Division of the
Department at Washington.
Mary Ntmmo Dalentlno, writing of
‘Women In (ho Government Depart-
menu" in tho Women’s Homo Com¬
panion. says:
( "Eight hundred and twenty-two
Clerks find employment In the Post-
Pfflre of whom one hundred nn,I sev-
enty-eoven nro women. Their salar¬
ies range from nine hundred to elgh-
teen hundred dollars a year, and they
ire engaged In general clerical work
and copying. The most Interesting
division of the department Is tho
dead-letter ofllre, where about ono
hundred and twenty-flvo women nro
employed. Twenty thousand undo-
Ilvered letters are received here every
day. Knob clerk Ik expected to open
two hundred end fifty letters each day,
and aa many more as she can handle.
A record of tin dally number ex-
amined by each one h lo pt, unci credit
for proficiency awarded, l.etlern eon-
talnlng cheeks and money are given
special attention, and are returned t>
the sender. If any address can he
found; If not, they are recorded and
placed on file to ev.uit application.
Those containing money may he r -
claimed In four years, after that time
,
‘ Jf "" Un,U : ’" 1 ..... ..
Identified and reclaimed after many
years. Letters containing no Inclo:
ures arc returned to the writers If they
contain the addr. ,otherwise they
are not preserved and no record In
kep, Of them. Then m a me of
unmallahle artld,, that |,. lV e h. u
taken from the malls; in, nl.elv a con-
tain every imoglnulde m ,i of thlnm.
ns diverse In . hnrar ter ns a wash-
board and a akeb tou’’ *
A „ Croat Industry.
Few persons have any Idea how
great the Idcydc Industry In this conn-
try has become.
Not only has the manufacture of
bicydes for the home market re iched
Immense proportions, lmt our export
trade In bicyric h a very bit? thlny
During the nim months ended Hep-
tember 80, 1SU7, the exports ot p c < »-
ger cars, rnrrlagc and bicycles from
the United Stall < amounted In value to
18,874,228, niMlnat - c I.M's oj.; during
tho cosrespondlng tlm- In iMsl. Of
these exports bicycler nnd |c.-ts of hi-
cycles alone amounted to the value of
$r,,(Kin/MMi. or mon than double the
value of the exportations during the
correspon,ling period P. d y.-r. Tie ,
exports arc not Included in tho steel
•ohedulc, to which fh-y might well be
long. If so Included they would murk
more distinctly the wide margin be
tween exports and imports of Iron and
ateet products. Th« Imports of these
products have alr> My dwindled to a
comparatively Insignificant figure.
The best bicycles arc now mad.. In
^
M France <\urnW ind \nn-
Germany tralla
but there nro many other eonn
trles where bicycles uro largely used
whlrh offer a tempting field to our
bicycle makers and th. v will probal.lv
build up a big trade in those countries
in In the tho early earlv future Atlanta Atlanta Journal Journal.
Mr. AUor's Rodwood Dlnnor Table.
Tlje aectlou of a Cnltfoniian redwood
tree With which Mr. W. W. Astor wins
bla wager him been safely brought to
IMvcdcn. The Wager was tho result
Of some statements made by Mr. Aster
At a dinner concerning H#' size of the
Californian redwoods, the owner of
Cliveden staking u considerable sum
Jm tion hU of ability one of the to produce trees capable a croc of -sec- uc-
tommodatlng forty guests when used
as a dinner-table. The soction shipped
from San Francisco is two feet In
thickness, with un average diameter uf
JB feet il Inches and a maximum dla-
IS Ster of 1.1 feet tl Inches. I’onsldcra-
« difficulty was experienced In bring-
|ng the slab of timber by road from
London to Cliveden, sixteen horse i be-
Ing employed to draw the trolley on
which It was placed. At Cliveden it
was taken down the grass drive, and,
owing to the splintering of the planks
beneath the wheels, the latter fro-
QUently sank drop Into tin* turf \
Stuff of men arc now j cuin: the slab
into position.
XV ll'lllllj; I I(*l | In 11,1,1,;, , .
It 1* prislU-Ual Unit it,,- vi-.i'l«ii| (!„■ wli.,1-
, ni! ti. "h. , > in
■ :ir.
Mini M,m..‘ in» i . ...
whaf arr'l-diisV"'’/min “t Ti,, ' - " "'^'kV'', 3.. ■ . ., t
non net threiich
Uovtvttft' >4 StotiL'lcli 15. ; . 1 . -1, I,,, j u ,
rlpit*iit rh<*»im»MBiu, lit! k nl maturtH. «ouHtlpatlon.
SU>rVtni.NU<‘HH a in y c.-:nj»ljtinj,
what n mntimwv hut what he
that him bruku
Chvw NUr Tohrtcvs» Thi* Busk
Hmrtkt* SllMkv 1 i:-:llvi?i*H.
1-oYi' Hiitl w.**»• jr«» hmul hi haml. Kvpr th«*
ulu of bnttlo ban a sort «»f vn^a^oMUMit rjn*r.
II»W*H Thin?
We off,* Due I biu,1 1 -,-,l u,,n«r. Reward tor
auy e*s”« f raUrrh that . unw.t !„• e,m-.l t-v
Jlall h i atari’ll ( aiv.
F. J. ( in vn a , , Tol,.,!.,. O.
... » tlm undent have | .1
o, * * nuvu i
Uf'j fur tlio 1 a avu! h\*h>'N'v him ib ?
f«»ctlv lmnoraW® In «U bu>im- u .u- .. tiuns
MMtflnuimially ablo ru t .rr.x out am uhlU'a-
tion hy riit-i r firm
Wwt* Thvax. Wtvolrsalo D imvM* Tolvd,*
Ohio.
W pn!™iMJN K Tob.'' ot,,T'" vlv ' " ta*lr-.*.le
Hall's ( .mu ,-ti i m, 1.1 ,t.,. n , i,.,(]
Inicdliwtl) iiikiii the i.l . i . ,,i i„, :
u.t - ,.t ill. -
Frtrr .V. family pertHdt Dills .• s i (., .,n n„,
Hnll s an tlu- Lost,
Dy*I*k»*kia. iNUHiiisTiGv and nil Stomach
trouble on»vd by Tah.-rV l'< • n : r,,t
iHitth' mniU i ; rvv. Writ*' Di Ta'.-ur
1 i.mM not s<'t A : w.ihout r;-,c s in-,,
:.C«:v v ... ..... L:
...
Scrofula and
All other blood
! Diseases are proto pi I v
Ami Permanently Cured
By Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
If you suffer from
Any form of Blood
Disorder, you should
Take Hood’s and
Cuiy Hood’s.
RUPTURE ;
firnf.nsariarjft; Liiaii-vr- n M •
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SILVER SENATOR DISPLEASED AT
OAliE’S FINANCIAL POLICY.
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THREATENS TO LEAVE SENATE.
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It bile Oil Fried.IIy Terms Willi McKinley,
Hi« C'oloriMlo Mnfi 1 b Openly Antug:-
onlktifl to Secretary of Troatury
A Washington speciil rays; Tho
publication of Henator Wolcott’s threat
to resign from tlio United Hinton sen-
ate created u sensation in political cir-
^ l0 <*aj»itol.
While many believe that his indig-
nation may sufficiently cool to prevent
‘ ° ,M w || «‘JM»ri»nent . . .... of his seat,
11 ^ agree that hia return to tho ailvo-
eney of free and unlimited silver coin-
ago is certain,
tbosewlufrealiae j n w ';| ,h J^SsiU
all the
*the iJiSSBf and* the
I’n ident McKinley and Her .ary
v,.rinnen or Henator n " W ,1
'i"" .. ""'l , '»« , . Eympatlnzers ,, . are utterly ,
''‘uUs to the ,,resident’s attilndo.
iV’ ?"' C( ' lliH rHl,ni fr(,m
‘'‘T!? " '"“ H ' l "‘ 1 '' ftrl "’ ! ’ tl y
«">< t»>e president and yet he defends
) l,, 'sident while taking a portion
of open antagonism to Secretary (Inge,
The assertion is made by Mr. Wul-
c.dt’s s V mpall.i Z c.H that Secretary
Gage represents the administration
„„d if il were not for tbe political die
tuibnn«-« it would cans.- Atf (i„„„i„ "
r.ti.., from tho cabinet,
d’his .. ,-itiun likel’v «id. is now
»,, j, i.t.-Iv is to be made imldiclv
before, lone If tiiis is imblic’will done the issue
j|| he nu-cd and the know
n„. fl ... m
|„ti,ai Mr W-dcott will find that j- 1,7
lni ,t Pl . ..„„j til „ , ..
dramalicallv p,,..iti„n .,f the Jn.mnc.'l i.resident u.i-l will’ then
is i.uHuuat o
„t n... -idmii.i-lnition
t)m , ,,, ..^jdont can hardly be in svm-
., ai) v , (il p,,^ : (i ' ,
p,, r |y^ 0 l.,mdo ,! senator as .l«t GaucTl. I mis
8 ’ 7 f '” «° , ,d «. " nrt \V U " ,<oU for K,h H ‘ t r
v filings are now fending (ha nrev
ident ^ will pndaildy Sr lmvc to ffi cnk with
l!;,,',' or t , „ ' !, o ho ,1m s
„ 1V lo'l.im
j ; ^ “eak , Sll , 'closest 1,1,!'
trLurw be wM ‘ tb0 Beere
(«» of “l the ^‘room
of Senator
forwSugbt resign a'-
^ ,on the governor of 1 »ih etate un-
'‘tssthe presi.tent’a indorsement of
Secretary Gage’s financial plans should
bo less direct and pronounced.
No satisfactory information was
N »•'* these imp.iries, ah-
The other silver senators are
MIlt from Washingtcu. Senator (tar-
ter is in New York, Henator i’ettigrow
is at liis home in Mouth Dakota, Hcna-
tor Chandler, who first predicted a
split in the republican parly n’t on tho
silver question and hinted tho
faction of Henator Wolcott, has gone
to Now Hampshire.
Henator Teller will not, discuss the
question affecting his colleague. Ho
foresaw the inevitable break I’resi-
dent McKinley, he tl.inUr, cannot ride
t«„ fiorses going in opposite dircc-
ti„ nM '
STEAMERS FOR KLONDIKE.
1 ! »'«'‘t»K i*re|«.r»n,,.i.
T * Tr *. , " ,, " ,r ‘
,, ( „ l Huntington has sold the 2,500-
‘ ol > iron sfeamHliip Morgan City, now
York, and it will sail w ith
* r «‘ffbt and passengers in tho course
|lf ‘"o or three weeks for Beattie and
Hontli Abakan ports. The purchaser
ts Joseph Undue and the price is about
'* r ’ jrt, *uo lias . un ordrr , for
several other steamers for the trails-
]iortation business, Tlio Morgan City
" tH be added to the fled and will run
between Seattle mid Dvcu nml Hlwi-
I'uuv until June 1st. when she will
Mart with freight and passengers for
Hi. Mielinel.s. connecting at that point
with the river hosts owned by Ludne.
*** Hbl.AlkS D Ui(> Kl) ( IIHk.
Nlnjjlo H.tiul.d, ISuod < v it)it urutl Four ctf a
<•<*(»£ of Si\.
Four burglars of u gang of six \\ ore
oajilured by Martin Rood in Jackson
A Eggleston's store at Caiman, Conn.,
early Wednesday morning. Hood,
who sleeps in the store, was awakened
bv the movements of the men and the
prompt uho of his revolver wounded
two of the burglars a,id marched four
of them, including one of those whom
lie 1m l shot, into a room and locked
the door. The other wounded nuvu
was helpless. The sixth member of
the gang escaped.
Born! fired his revolver until rein-
forceiuents entile and his victims were
landed safely in the lock tip.
(TRAN'S BILL NOT SUBMIT 1
Writer Declares (hr Inland ]« la,«t to
Spain,
General Weyler in an interview pub¬
lished at Madrid is quoted as deelar-
ing formally *"?''"** that there is no hope of
\ he ,,f " uto " ,,m v in *<«-
.
ding th«‘ no insurgent will submit ex-
cept to the Marquis of Santa Lucia
and another chief, and asserting that
the insurrection will continue.
if Thy tho Spanish general is quoted as saying that
government persists in
auk ‘ utuil .v * s p«>« " >n lose Cuba.
AGED COUl’I.E MURDERED.
Dead Oodles, bound by Their Son ChrOt-
mn« Morning.
Milton Neal and his aged wife were
shot to death by an unknown assassiu
at their home near Jacksonville, Fa.,
some time during Christmas, Their
bodies were found at 9 o'clock tbat
night by their sou, Harry, who w as
passing the house and stopped to pay
a Christmas call on his parents. Neal
was one of the most prominent and
farmers of the vicinity in
which he lived.
ONLY ONE BILL VETOED.
O.orgU’n Governor faxed Upon thn
Many LAgfnliif!vn 31PMHurt'ii,
Governor At-kinm n of Georgia has
passed upon all the Ydlls and resolu¬
tions sent him hy tho legislature, au<l
this is the result:
lilllt passed............. 235
Hills approved........... 231
litll* vetoed............... 1
Resolutions adopted...... 24
Resolutions vetoed....... .... I
Thn single bill vetoed was that which
prohibited football playing in Geor¬
gia. Tho veto of a resolution is some¬
thing of a departure in executive ac¬
tion. Resolutions as a rule are not
subject to veto. But in this particular
ease the governor holds that the reso¬
lution really enacted law and was,
therefore, subject to the same execu¬
tive consideration u-> other ordinances
classified as bills. It was Hie resolu¬
tion declaring in favor of a national
quarantine luw. In explaining bis ac¬
tion on this resolution tho governor
said:
“This resolution evidently intended
to have thn effect of law,' because it
was read three times in each house
•;*, to | lm n “-
which ^is now vested
^the 1 **^
did not receive the constitutional
majority ’ of HH votes .... Fven bad it re- .
, - — . such , votes, , . should . ,, , lmvo at-
tm bed my veto, as I believe its pas-
‘'V.'' I ' , "' n *
1 ?>'" # be lever in Ibe deraoeratie
doctrine , of slab rights and local
self government. Ibis bill is an
abandonment of that creed and is in
conflict with (lie best teaching of Jef-
D-rson, Mad iron and all tho great ex-
pounders of thn democratic position
on this question.
_
FERTILIZER MEN OIMJANT/E.
A " lint s.-rr.-t Meetine licl.l
tn Atlanta, g«.
'Hie fertilizer men of tho south met
In Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday morning and
organized tho Houlhern Fertilizer As-
social ion, the pui po e of which is to
control the entire guano trade of tho
country.
The organizatiun wan the most impor-
tftllt over effected in the south, and an
idea of the magnitude of the association
'""F eoutfnl be gained from the fact tbat it
« ill over 40,000,000 tons of
fertilizers, valued at something like
*700,000,000. The entire fertilizer
bode of tho United Btates will be
**'><’,-te.l by tins meeting of the maun-
^turers.
The <>bl fertilizer association was
changed into a new association and
new officers were selected. Now reg-
"'"tions were adopted and changes
111 f-t of ' any au kjmL 1 orgaui/.oa T^ey sinqdy ioi mutual sai.1
projection. J a he men present at the meeting rep-
resent the greatest fertilizer manufac-
to ncs in the world, and the aggregate
»»«« business which they con-
trol amounts to hundreds of millions
“.vear. The fact that the fertilizer
we " h »ve combined is u matter of pe-
, ’ lll " 4r in ‘ flr « flt to Georgia because of
the fact that the state uses more guano
‘bun any other in the Union.
The meeting was private, ami aside
from the mimes of the officers elected,
‘be manufacturers would not disclose
«»y business that transpired.
DISAl’FOIN ....................... I ED A I’ DEI ...... EAT.
1 "" 0n Fa " ure r °
a,.,. ointment. .
Miss Adah Flam, who formnny
D' 11 ™ ‘’ccupicd the position of post-
mistress of the Georgia house of rep-
resentatives, took morphine Wednes-
‘l«y morning and was later found in
an unoensci.ms condition in a room
on the third floor of the cnpitol.
The timely efforts of a physician
from the Grady hospital restored her
to consciousness. Miss Elam begged
those around her to let her alone and
not give any restoratives.
The cause of Her rash net seems to
lmvo neon hor aisuppointimMit at fail-
tire to receive the position of
state librarian, for which she Was au
applicant. Miss V.him is a lady of nil-
blemished reputation, mid a very de-
tennined and high-spirted woman,and
she seems not to have been able
to brook defeat iu the intense eompe-
tition for the office.
FUNERAL (II MISS HER HER I’.
llt-iimliiM lire Till*,.,, l r,,„, VV„.lii„^to,i t„
Manljttimcr,, Ala.
Funeral services over the ia,mains of
Miss l.eiln Herbert were hold at Wash
ington Wednesday afternoon ut St.
Andrew's Episcopal church. Thehou-
ornry pallbearers were Senators Pettns
and Morgan, Dr. J. L. M. Curry, Sec-
ret ary Long, Paymaster General Stew-
art. Chief Constructor Hiehborn, Mi-
Charles J. Hell, Colonel Winthrop,
Admiral Ramsay and Captain O’Neill,
of Hie navy.
The remains were taken to Mont¬
gomery, Ala., fov iutenneut.
1NIM l FOR GOLD STANDARD.
Chiirntfer of Commerce Suva Ylm<e
Is !*ro|t(tIou* For Ifs Vtioptftm.
The Bengal chamber of commerce
has sent nu address to the government
in which it says that the time has ar¬
rived to adopt the gold standard,
pointing out that it is four years since
the mints were closed, leaving India
without a currency system, asserting
that the suspense is harmful to the
trade, and urging the government to
disclose any measure which it may
have in contemplation.
DENOl NTED THE FEDERATION.
The National Hull,ling Trades Council
Meets lu Sr. l-o„la.
The first meeting of the National
Building Trades’ Council was held in
St. Louis .Monday, and was marked
by a scathing denunciation of tho
American Federation of Labor for
having passed a resolution during its
convention Inst week in Nashville
opposing the formation of a national
council.
Congress was luemoralized to do all
in its power to defeat the anti-pooling
railroad bill, now pending.
THE CHESTNUT STREET NATIONAL
CLOSES ITS DOORS.
SMALLER CONCERN GOES WITH IT.
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Jhlulillltlea Placed at Over Thren Million
Dollar* (*<wt|»froller Erkeln TitHkfl
Of tlio Failure*.
A sensation was created in I'hila-
dolphia by tlio announcement of the
suspension of the Chestnut Btreet Na-
tionul bank, regarded as ono of the
strongest financial institutions in the
;;s ™...................
h. (ioMiug of the CheHtunt btreet
Trust and Having Fund Company,
,Io, "« lm " inefm under the state bank-
»>B W William M. Hingerly, pub-
Haher of the Philadelphia Record, is
of both companies, and the
raen « with one exception, act as
ThlVret information the public re-
' “ ^n, of a notice , mated dur-
ln K tho morning on the door of the
occupied jointly |.y the
I wo concerns, signed by National Hank
Examiner William M. Hart, to the
effect, that the Chestnut Street National
bank bad closed its doors pending an
iiive-tigatioii of its affairs Vo state-
ment, of assets and liablilities is avail-
. t Hlated \ he deposits of
e ;„ m V ,H
""‘J ’“" k an '"''"‘cd to
tho *‘iist company
61 .■■00,000.
I resident Singerly gave out a brief
*bit«.me»t in which he said:
‘We are working to secure the in-
debtedness of the two banks so they
can go into voluntary liquidation and
thus avoid a receivership.”
,u this connection .Deputy Comp-
H-oIlcr of (ho Treasury George M.
who was sent on from Washing-
,0 “ by Comptroller Eckels, said:
“'Ibe matter of putting the Chest
»nt Btreet- National bank into volun-
l,l '.V liquidation has been taken up by
I hiludelphin men of great financial
ability. Their first step will l»o to as-
<’<T»«iu the value of the assets of the
bank. They must first be satisfied that
'bey have value sufficient to warrant
"irni in assuming the indebtedness.”
Mr. Coffin will remain in the city
several days aiding the men who have
taken upon themselves the task of ex-
Seating Mr. Hingerly from his finan-
-’ml difficulties. The belief is strong nc.J
that they will provide tbe funds
• 1 llft
ho.ml bmik examiner, ,t ,s . satd, was
«"“ r ? «f tbe condition of affairs.
D m announced by the state treasu-
r '’ 1 ‘bat tho state has *2,.0,000 on de-
‘bo Chesnut street bank.
A M aslnsgton dispatch says: Mr.
Eckels tho comptroller of the currency
w quoted assaying, m regard to the
failure of the Chesnut Htreet National
bank of 1 hiladelphift, that tho suspen-
«ion was primarily duo to the shrink-
ll ”° 111 ‘he value of bonds nnd notes of
the pulp and paper mills located at
Elk on, Md.-
Hie capital of the bank ia $500,000,
nml " 10 l ,resent ‘>'»e its deposits
aggregate about $1,700,000, and its
surplus about $150,000. Mr. Eckels
has been iu Philadelphia several times
recently trying to make arrangements
by which tho pulp nnd paper mills
securities could be token out of the
assets of the bank and preferred stock
t ,f the Philadelphia Record eomoanv
substituted. Hy this and other
changes Air. Eckies hoped to ‘ out the
batik in first class condition
LIGHT DEAD; FIVE MISSING.
Fourrm i>i»i.„t,.r in n Minont Dortmund '
m-'a. ^
Ail explosion of fire dump took place
Wednesday at the Kaiser Stuhlzwei
pit at Dortmund, Prussia, with terri-
hie results Flight coroses have l,,....
brought to the surface nod seven .mm
living, but severely injured There
are live still missing,
A DAMAGING FIRE.
Itliix* I'ntailK I.oks of Nearly a Mllllof
At Clovolaiiil.
Fire broke out in tho business centei
of Clevelaml, ()., Thursday afternoon,
and fanned by a hi xh wind, destroyed
property worth close to a million dub
lurs. The Power block on Frankfort
street, owned by .T. H. Perkins, six
stories high was consumed.
The principal losers are Johns &
Co., lithographers; Power block, $225,-
000; J. L. Hudson, clothier, on stock
bv tiro nnd water, $100,000; B. B.
Perkins, on Power block, $100,000;
,T. B. Perkins, on Blackstone build-
ing, $40,000; J. D. Perkins, on YVil-
shire building, $20,000.
MONEY PROMPTLY PAID.
Southern KxprosM Company Makes Ucsti-
tutiou «>f Stolen Funds. «
Tho Southern l ; '.xpress Comp.ftnv hr.s
paid to the National Park bank of
New York, $10,000 iu settlement of
the loss of that amount of money by
the robbery of the express company's
safe at Columbia. H. C., last Monday,
The National Park bank was the ship-
per of the stolen package, which was
for a bank at Newberry, S. C.
NEW COUNTERFEIT FIVE.
A UpKcrlption of tho litll as Given by Sec¬
ret Service Official#.
The secret service division of the
treasury gives notice of a new eounter-
feit $•> silver certificate. It is of the
7 Xt&;
Fount Tillman, register; D. N. Mor-
gan, treasurer; No. 2,852,687.
It is printed on two thm sheets of
paper with the silk fibers between,
The silk, however, is too heavy. The
most marked defect is the nnmbern
which is much too small.
greeg ink oq the bsfck is /
TENNESSEE ROADS WIN.
Htate Doubled Tux Assessments flat la
Knjnlned From Collecting.
A Nashville special says: The rail-
roads of Tennessee Lave won their
case against the board of railway com¬
missioners. The latter assessed the
railroads at more than $50,000,-
nli^L onIwt
half that. sum. They protested and
the commissioners reduced tho valua-
tion about $8, OX), 000.
Still, as the increase had been in tlio
neighborhood of StlVO,000,000, the
roads went to the court and asked for
0,1 in j ,l u< ' , io,J ’ ' J ' h,,y B ',‘ owed tli,lt ,hu
new valuation , ( put on their properties
was far beyond what it should be.
There j was one instance of a road
which sold not long ago for about
8<i ’ 000 ’ which was assessed at 811,000.
assesHed in Alabama at a certain
amount per mile and doubled tlio
“ lnf » n " t ' m t] '» T.-nnessee side. The
? h owwl what, taxes they paid in
°l ,
c.lmmissirmeTslJTmanifesu/lIttem^
ft ^ Imrden on the
.,
JJJ g 8 WRS 80 ,arg0 M to be
.
court.rendered bis decision ihursday,
K'antmg a temporary injunction re-
stmming the board of equalizers from
certifying to tbe comptroller the ap-
P rove, t assessments. It is jrrovived,
■“’"'ever, that the railroads shall pay
bixcs on the basis of taxation for 181M5-
"7- 'Ehis is perfectly satisfactory to
11,0 companies.
g.\ s i:xru>siox does damage.
A ...... ,,ai, '" ns .....; y »»<« M»«y
' COI ’ ,e '"■*" red
Fire broke out shortly after 4 o’clock
lhmsdny afternoon in the basement of
a five-story building at Chit ago, the
first floor anil basement of which were
oectipi. d by the Tosetti Cafe and Res-
t*n»w»t Company and the second floor
by the billiard parlors of Frank Mus-
Th( ’ blaze was insignificant at first
ami a crowd of people gathered on the
Eidewalk in front of the building to
' vatcU iim ' vo rk of the firemen.
About a dozeu policemen were busi-
! F engaged in pushing back the throng
^hoi, a terrific explosion of natural
^ took place.
The building wns badly wrecked and
tfa e windows, grating, sidewalk lights
*»<1 manhole covers were hurled into
the air and fell among the crowd.
Dozens of people were thrown from
their feet and twenty-three were more
or less injured, only one of them-be-
i»g piously hurt.
~° n ^
Mrs. e; Sidney i Lasce T u lea amveo • in •
1 it/.gcrah , Ga., Meduesday night
from Mexmo, it is alleged, though she
declined to state where she has been
^''lmsbanl ‘ 6 • Ce^tateJ ‘ 61 thafshe alie had hau
m fui possession of her father’s
e«b‘‘e, to winch she is tho only heir
“ wi 1 be remembered that Colonel
‘ father, willedtins property
to bis brother in Rhode island, but
died before he signed the will. It is
understood that Mrs. Lascelles is
completely in the power of her bus-
band, and tbat ns soon as she
can collect together the proceeds from
ber property, which she intends to
convert into cash, she will return to
ber husband,
REPORT ON THE WRECK.
CoinniisHloners Investigate Accident of
Last October On New York Central.
Tho hoard of railroad commissioners
of Now York state handed down a re-
l >or ‘ Eriday of its investigations into
‘ho cause of the accident on tho New
York Central railroad at Garrisons, on
October 24th last.
The commissioners arrived at tho
conclusion that the train was wrecked
cither by derailment, which destroyed
tl:o emliaukment, or that the embank-
ment gave way nnd threw tlm train
into the river.
Tho hom'd recommends that tho
force of track walkers on the Hudson
river division of the New York Cen-
‘ral be increased to as to provide a
constant and sufficient system of watch-
ing and warning along the line at all
times.
JAI’AN AWAITS DEVELOPMENTS. "
-
site win Not intoifoi-e in ciilmi’g Aflair.
at the I’rosiMit Tiim>.
Tho following Oriental advices have
just been received at Han Francisco
per steamship China from Yokohama,
via Honolulu:
At an extraordinary meeting of the
Japanese cabinet Baron Nislii, foreign
minister, laid before the ministers all
the reports he had received from the
Japanese ministers iu foreign conn,
tries relative to the seizure of Kiao
Chou by Germany. decided*
It was after a prolonged
discussion, not-to meddle with tho af-
fair at the present time, but to wait
further development.
ANDERSON WILL HANG.
Convicted of Murtlerintf ’Mute Saunders
of the Oliver Pecker.
At Norfolk, Yu., Thursday, John
Anderson w as convicted of the mitr-
der of William Wallace Saunders Pecker'
mate of the schooner Oliver
on the high seas, on the 0th of August
last, and under tbe sentence of the
court must be hanged on the 18th day
0 f March next, unless the supreme
court of the United Htates in the
meantime interposes.
COAL MINERS QUIT.
Vowr Hundred Men Working for a Ten-
neftsee Company Walk Out.
A Chattanooga. Tenn.,dispatch savs:
and Iron Company, are out on a strike
as a result of the failure of the operat-
ors to modify their schedule of price
for minitigcoal containing shale which
is 10 cents lower than for pure coal.
Both the miners and the operators
-
e SO far . refused , , all „ overtures look-
♦ o *ooiifere^ce.
m e
: i T>
%
can be driven in or driven out. Ayer’s Sarsa¬
parilla drives disease out of the blood. Many
medicines suppress disease — cover it but don’t
cure it. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla cures all diseases
originating in impure blood.
THE TRAMP BOULDER.
Remarkable ^'nVwwJ 01 *' ' nfluenCe
vast stretches of glacial deposits came
Eliding across the State of New
eey, mounted the Palisades, pushed
their way across the Hudson River,
scoured over Manhattan Island and
slid out into the Atlantic Ocean,
whither they disintegrated and sank
in lo the deep or perhaps glided on to
the other ocean shore.
But in their onward marcll these
glaciers left indesti uctible evidence
their grinding stride and to-day, all
along the Palisades the trap rocks and
boulders are worn smooth where the
mountains of ice and sand passed over
In some rocks are deep
scratches all pointing eastward, and
ihowing which way the glacial deposits
5 nf ! ed - 18 the evidence, muie
immsputabie. ro the careful observer there are
,er ess oth ^ evidences of the
I esence of f glacial influences in the
Past, hut none are more convincing
tha “®* tram .P bouMer that has finally
nf Fn'lwnL") L* 16 th( - he f n
' gIe 00fl borough There it sits,
a t o"ct 1!1 S mass of rock weighing psr-
two hundred tons, and res ins
upon three pomts which In themselves
J* a p ^ c llase thatts
.at . h
° h 3 ™ p , 1Sade3 -
^'t.^TOly enough, and o to the won-
L [“..“‘j fand^one’frnm fivf mni 6 *^ ^
v mi LtV s wentv miles , “ lanJ > and
^ „ “ e ‘«morphUe , or soft
a nHe
in; Tt
itself has stood where it stands to-day
for thousands of vears. On the pedcs-
la]j or that part of it which is pro-
tected from the action of the elements ’
can be geon the deep ridges and soarg
ma<le acrf>ss the flat ™rfacc by tho
great grinding pressure of the body ol
Re and sand that passed over it connG
, ess years ag0 when New York was ice
and snow cIad> and the world was „
desolate waste in a state of chaos,
This tramp boulder has caused
geologists much wonderment and is
regarded to-day as one of the finest
specimens ever left in the wake of a
g !aC j en It is equally astounding as
though an explorer should find the hull
of a steamboat in the Sahara desert
The only way it could get there would
be through some great convulsion that
had landed it from the sea to the
heart of the Inland sands.—New York
Journal.
The Cure for Poverty.
In the Century there is an article
on “The Causes of Poverty” by the
late Francis A. Walker. General
Walker says, in conclusion:
“At the beginning I warned the
reader that I had no panaceas to offer,
no single, simple, sovereign cure for
tho woes and ills of humanity. Wo
must strain out of the blood of tho
race more of the taint inherited from a
bad and vicious pool before wo can
eliminate the poverty, much more the
pauperism, from our social life. The
scientific treatment which is applied
to physical disease must be extended
to mental and moral disease, and a
wholesome surgery and cautery must
be enforced by the whole power of the
state for the good of all. Popular edu-
ca ‘ ion must be made more sensible,
practical, and useful. The house-
wifely arts must be taught to girls in
the schools, and there the boys must
learn to use hand and eye and brain
in a close and vital co-operation and
co-ordination. Yet still we have to
await with patience the slow, sure ac-
lion of time, the all-healer. The bal-
ance of social forces has definitely
turned to the side of the less fortunate
classes, and the course of events now
runs in their favor and no longer
against them. Meanwhile, let philan-
thropy continue its noble work in
alleviating the afflictions which cannot
be wholly cured, and in binding to-
gether rich and poor in ties of sym-
pathy and mutual regard.” •
Cocoanut Candy.
An easy way to make delicious
cocoanut candy is to boil three cups of
granulated sugar with t iree-fourths
* cap of water until it “ropes”
when poured from n spoon. Then re-
move from ‘he fire and stir in the
‘ res hlv grated cocoanut, which must
*>e iu readiness. Flavor with
nlu L a P rea( * 011 ‘ ,n “cred tins. When
sufficiently hard, cut into small
squares.
Comfort Costs 50 Cents.
Irritating, aggravating, agonizing Tetter.
Eczema, Ringworm and all other itching skin
diseases are quickly cured by the healing. use of Tet
terine. It Is smithing, cooling, brings Costs
,vi cents a box. postpaid- T. Shuptrine, Savannah, comfort at
once. Address J. (,'a.
Chairman Riddle, "f. tile Kansas
otti . rs and emri-'ye- of the state g.'ver; -
r ° Cure a Col<1 ln ° ne Dtty ’
Take Laxative Hromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund monerU It falls to care. 35c.
A two-dollar overcoat will keep a man
**“ ^ P * W ” * Ut * f,,r - lin, ’ ,i
Mrs. Winslow’s (-oothtng byrnp for children
teething, softens tbegums. reduces inflamma¬
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle,
A« Ill-Timed Full.
“*4% '
Is
Hgion will.be thrown away on her to-
v B j r . “D t , !U me, and why so?’*
, with jelly,
having trouble her
sir.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TypewritinB Machines,
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Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous-
ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline’s Great
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like every other crop, needs
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A fertilizer containing nitro¬
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GERMAN KALI WORKS,
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ALABAMA TO THE FRONT.
Anniston, Ala., writes* M„
M*vc been using Dr.
m A. Simmons L.iv«>r Hledi-
m [V. eine in my cured family 13
years. It has mo
nnd many others of Indi¬
gestion and Dyspepsia# is quite
V think there strength a
difference in the and
of it, and “Zetlin’s”
“Black Draught,” Dr. M.
A. s. L. M. being much
KSK* stronger.
the period Pregnancy. of the
tal Daring and physical pregnancy condition of men# the
state the importanfi
mother inevitably determine off¬
faculties and essential qualities of her
spring. If she io physically bring well-developed
andbeaUhy, pregnancy will no buraen and
or suffering; childbirth will be easy
comparatively painless, and and happy her offspring disposition. in¬
herit robust health a
But there a/e very few women who are not
sick and diseased in some way, and who
c uffer from varions sympathetic disturb¬
ances daring pregnancy. and vomiting The and morning other
sickness, nausea be suppressed by using
disturbances can Wine, which
l>r. Simmons Squaw Vino
settles the stomach and gives tone to tho
system. The bowels should be MedloiflC* regulated
With Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
0b - <9?
Jenifer, Ala., writes* and
For Indigestion used
liilionsnesQ have
I)r. M. A. Simmons
•'tsbsm! Liver Medicine 25
1i§f years. Glark of It cured Cramps M. iu J.
jagsjgf Stomach, and did
A/ more for Mrs. M. L.
,rj Clark in Change of
Life than tbe doctors
had done in tour yearn.
N u T think it is far Supe¬
rior to“Blnck Draught’*
or “Zeilin ’aKcgulator.”
Melancholy. disturbance
Where tbcrc exists nervous frequently
of the sexual organs, there is
great pain felt during menstruation; “irritable” ova¬
rian irritation and a so-called manifold or
sensitive uterus, giving rise to suf¬
nervousand hystencalsymptoms. The
ferer is agitated about miles and worried
by tho fear that everything will go wrong.
The condition is a serious one as it may end
in persistent hypochondria, followed by in¬
sanity. Quick relief be obtained byptimn-
may with Dr. M. A.
lating Simmons the digestive Liver flledicino, organs and Dr. Sim*
EnonsSquavr Vino Wino will regulate tho
menstrual fnncUoh by tofliug up the tissues
of the uterus.
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