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The Postmaster-General Retires From
President Cleveland's Cabinet,
TO RESUME HIS LAW PRACTICE.
ft In the First Break ia the Administration'*
Family of AdvinevM---He Leave*)
the Cabinet With Regret, but His Professional
Work Demand* His Attention?The
President'* Explanation.
Poet master-General Wilson S. Bisseil set at
rest all doubts as to hi5 purpose of remaining
in the Cabinet by tendering his resignation
to President Cleveland. This action
was not taken hastily. As far back
as the early autumn Mr. Bissell felt that
his law practice at Buffalo, N. V., required
his personal attention, and at that time ho
notified the President that sooner or later ho
would be compelled to retire to private life.
Nothing further was said on the subject until
ten days ago, when Mr. Bissell again assured
the President that he must soon resign his
portfolio.
* W1UOV 8. BIMELL. I
The Postmaster-General's resignation was '
not known until a late hour in the evening to '
liis private secretary, nor will it bo knowD
in ali probability to any of his subordinates
at the department until its publication in I
the morning ne vs. The letter of resignation
was brief, an! was couched in the usual |
formal terms. It recite!? the fact that he (
deems it advisable to retire from the Cabinet,
and that he will do so upon the appointment |
and qualification of his successor. The letter
was by Mr. BJssell personally handed to his |
chief." To a reporter who called at his residence
Mr. Bissau said:
i;I have placed my resignation in the 1
hands ot the President. The reason is
that my professional work at home demands
my attention, and I feel that I cannot longer
remain away from it. The business of i
the Department is in good condition, and a
its transfer to my successor can be made I
without affecting the public service. I
have louud my work agreeable, although at ,
times quite onerous. I confess I leave it j
with regret, because I have become deeply ,
interested in it and had a desire to acoom- j
plish something more In the development of t
the postal service than I have found possible
in these two years of effort. I deeply re- .
gret, also that I am thus compelled to sever
official relations with the President and his c
Cabinet, which have been most satisfactory
and cordial throughout. Perhaps I may now t
*ay that all rumors of disagreement between t
the President and any of his Cabinet have 1
been without foundation. I doubt if there j
?ver was a more harmonious Cabinet than a
the present one. and its members are a unit
in support of the President on every public a
IJUVSilVU* j
Speaking of Mr. Bisseli'* resignation, President
Cleveland said: "It surely is not necessary
for me to say that I shall release Mr.
Bisseli with the utmost regret. All his associates
in the Administration will feel that they
have lost a colleague who In nil respects was a
valuable factor in their executive labor,
as well as a companion to whom they have
beoome greatly attached. I am not taken by
surprise, for I havo known for some time
that it wao inevitable, because Mr. Bissell's
reasons for his action were of a personal nature.
and were inexorable. Still, this first
break in a Cabinet which has been, in
the midst of many perplexing situations, entirely
harmonious, always actuated by a
loyal devotion to the public interest, and
pervaded in a marked degree by the personal
attachment which such connections cannot
fail to create, causes us all roal sorrow. Much
jjrati 11 cation awaits Mr. Bisseli in the appreciation
of his countrymen of his splendid
and valuable public service."
William Shannon Bisseli was born in Kome,
Oneida County. N. Y.. December 81, 1847.
When lie was about six years 0111 ms parents
moved to Buffalo, the city which lie has
called his home ever since. He entered Yale
in 1805. and wis graduated with honors
in the class of '69. In the
year of his graduation Mr. BiS3ell
began the study of law in Buffalo with A. P.
Damtiig. In 1872 he became the law partner
of Lyman K. Bass. Two years later Mr,
Cleveland joined the firm, which was known
as Bas?, Cleveland & Blssell. It enjoyed a
large practice, and Mr. Bissell came to be
known as one of the ablest railroad lawyers
in the country. When Mr. Cleveland
was married Mr. BLssell was best
man at the wedding Mr. Bissell
remained a bachelor until February 6,
1890, when he married Miss Louise Fowler
Sturges, of Geneva, N. Y. In politics Mr.
Bissell has been active over since his former
partner became a candidate for Governor of
New York. He has been a consistent and
zealous friend of Mr. Cleveland.
MANY MINERS KILLtD.
The KcMilt of an Kxplonlon in a Xew
Mexico Colliery. j
A lerriflc explosion of gas occurred in the i
White Ash mine of the Suuta Fe Railroad
Company. three miles from Orrillo?, New I
Mexico, at 11 o'clock a. m., causing the j
death of at least thirty-nine miners. I
Tho flrst intimation of the disaster was a
rau'Bad roar, and clouds of smoke and dust (
rolling from the month of the mine. Nearly
:i00 men are employed in the mine, but only
fifty were at work when the explosion occurred.
Only eleven of thom escaped alive,
and some of thes.< were fatally injured.
Twenty-eight bodies won' taken from the
mine soon after the uocideht.
Relays of men worked heroically all day
to reach those who were .still imprisoned in
the mine, but little progress could be made
on account of th?- ya, which permeated every
-haft
Up to 4 p. in. tlioseon the inside could be
hoard trying t > work their way out from the
cave<l-in mine. Since then the imprisoned
men in all probability have succumbed to
the deadly gas.
The scene at the mouth of the shaft afte:
the explosion was heartrending. One wo'
mar, supposing her husband to have been
killed, tried to commit suicide by throwing
herselt in front of a moving train. Her husband
was afterward rescued alive, and the
reaction l'rom insane grief to delirious joy
was nearly fata!.
The mine was known to be badly ventilated
and full of bad air and gu% and a catastrophe
oT this kind has been frequently predicted.
The Fatal Trolley.
Gustavo Carlseo, twelve years old; Frank
Dumbleton, twenty years old. and Stephen
Gill, twelve years old, were killed during one
day, each in a separate accident, by trolley
ears in Brooklyn. These deaths increase the
total number of j>ersous killed by trolley cars
in Brooklyn to 102.
Postmaster's Children Hob the Mall.
Nelly Palmer, Deputy Postmistress, and
William Palmer, aged respectively twenty
and sixteen years, daughter and son of Postmaster
Palmer. Astoria. 111., confessed to
tampering with the mails and were placed
under arrest. The peculations have been
going on for r year and a half.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
IVanhiiiKton Item*.
Coxoressjiax Joseph H. O'Neil. of Massachusetts,
has been nominated to be Assistant
United States Treasurer at Boston.
Secretary Gresham intimated to France
that she will not he permitted to forcibly collect
her San Domingan claim, as it would destroy
an equity held by an American company
The National Dairy Congress held a throe
days' session at the Agricultural Department.
The National Council of Women amended
its constitution, creating an upper and lower
nouae. :uary jjowe .LUCKinson was ciwica
President.
Secretary Carlisle asked Congress to
make changes in various tariff schedules for
the purpose of making clearer the iutent of
the law.
A Senate sub-committee reported that the
ruinously low price of cotton is due to the
demonetization of silver and dealings in
futures.
The Ways and Means Committee recommends
that England. Russia and Japan be
requested to co-operate with the United
States in protecting the seals.
President Cleveland decided the boun
dary dispute between Brazil and Argentina,
in favor of Brazil.
The House Committee on Elections decided
the Goode-Enes contested election case from
the Fourth Virginia District in favor of Mr.
Epes, the sitting member. The vote ontho
case was 7 to 4.
The President approved the joint resolution
extending from March 1. 1895, to April
15, 1895, the time for making' returns of income
for the year 1894 under the income taa
provisions of the Revenue act of 1894.
The Daughters of the American Kevolu
tion, in session at Washington, elected Mrs
T. "W. Foster their President General.
Foreign Notes.
Sir Hercules Roeinbon has been reap
rkAjnffk/1 riAT?A??nfti? Prtlftnr Smith
puiuttu UVtUlUVl W?. VS??|'V, ?.w ? ?.*.
Africa, as Cecil Rhodes could not get alonti
with Sir Henry Loch.
Fire at Halifax. Nova Scotia, destroyed ar
elevator and a wharf stored with merchan
dise. Loss, $1,000,000.
The Japanese Government has ordered all
its officers now serving in the German army
ro return home at once for duty in China.
News has been received of a battle neai
Cali, Colombia, in which the rebels wer<
iefep.ted. Many were killed on both sides,
rhe Government forces captured a large
t>ody of prisoners.
A bill to make American goods pay a(
[east twice as much duty in Germany as th?
;oodsof other countries is before the Reichstag.
A mild type of inflnenza has spread over
England. The -public offices have become
ihort of hands, and the sen-ice is, conseluently,
crippled.
The importation of American cattle into
France has beon forbidden.
Li IIuno Chano's yellow jacket, peacock
eathers, etc., have been restored to him by
:he Emperor of China.
Influenza, is prevalent throughout Engand.
A widespbead plot to overthrow tbo Manshua
has been discovorod in Kwanp-Kung,
Cwang-Si, and other southern provinces of
3hina.
Domestic.
Lebot Feenold. aged thirty-eight, an
nsane son, first killed his mother with an
ixe and then set fire to thoir home at East
jebanon, Me., where the body lay.
Detectives Jacob and McManus, of Supirintendent
Byrnes's staff. New York City,
vere arrested and held in $1000 each on a
harge made by Parkhurst Socioty agents, to
he effect that they had allowed a burglary to
ake place and received money therefore.
A Cuban mans meeting at New York City
teveloped wild enthusiasm for the rebel
ause and much money was contributed.
An explosion in three empty ramshackle
tuildings in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which
lODoay eouici expiam. tunuu ouo uu^.ouuu
?luhr; fatally hurt another, Peter Wenz; inured
six persons and broke windows blocks
way.
The cupola of Brooklyn's City Hall burned
ind with it went the figure of Justice, the
wo-ton bell and fhe clock- Loss $*5,000 to
535,000, mostly by water.
The bids for the city three per cent, gold
>onds, on being opened in New York City,
rere found to amount to almost four times
he amount of the issue.
While skylarking at Louisville, Ky.,Max
irunn shot,to death through the heart Clarsnce
Watts, with a supposedly empty revolver.
The new naval dry dock at Port Royal, S.
"V h?<* hennpnmnlf>ti>ri and tested with hichlv
satisfactory results.
The drouth district of Nebraska lias been
(leased with a heavy rain.
William Haverly was shot and fatally inured
at EngelV Pavilion, Chicago, by 'Troessor"
Alfred KieekhofT, alleged ''champion
ifle shot of the world." The men were perorming
the human target act.
Coiidelia Hill, the eleven-year-old colored
hild who shot and killed hor father in deense
of her mother in Charleston, Ya., has
jeen acquitted, the trial lasted about three
loure and a verdict was reached in half an
lour.
At Mansfield. Ohio, Fred J. Crooks, aged
lineteen, and nis sister. Mary E. Crooks,
iged twenty, were out driving when they
vere struck by a freight train and instantly
tilled.
Thomas Cavanauoii and his. wife, who lived
n Hog's Hill, Conn., were burned to death
n their house. Their charred bodies were
ound in the ruins?.
George Heiszelman, of Chillicothe, Ohio,
lied of grief two hours after the death of his
wife.
Farmer Frank Hesdrick and his wife were
ound mysteriously murdered in their house,
wo miles south of Lebanon, Ind.
Major-Gen eral Josrru B. Carr died sudlenly
in Troy, N.- Y.
Walker G. Hammlr, for twenty years
:eller of the First National Bank,
Lynchburg, Va., was arrested for embezzling
523,000 of the funds of the bank. His pecuations
are said to havo been going on for
en years.
At Guthrie. Oklahoma, Mrs. Minerva C.
Paylor.a seamstress, shot and killed William
ilenry Harrison at her house. Harrison had
mnoyod the woman oy persistent attentions.
Edwin P. Brown, a hermit, was found dead
in his hut of fluid stones which he occupied
In the woods al>out a mile from Westport
Harbor, Mass. The body war, frozen stiff and
had been nibbled at bv rats.
At the Rhode Island State Prohibition
Convention at Providence the nominees were:
For Governor. th<- Hon. Smith Quimby, of
Warwick: Lieutenant-Governor, William B.
Franklin, of Newport.
The Missouri Legislature hes voted to
move the capital of the State from Jefferson
City to Sedalia.
Governor Morton, of New York, designated
the seven justices who are to compose
the new appellate division of the Supremo
Court for the First Judicial Department.
A special train of eleven coaches carried
the body <>f Isaac P. Gray, late Minister to
Mexico, to Union City. Lid.. for burial. Tho
militia companies oonducted the remains
from the Capitol Building, Indianapolis,
where they had been lying in state.
A great sensation was created at Tialeigh,
N. C.. hv the adoption, in the House, of a
resolution, introduced by a colored man.
that the General Assembly adjourn in honor
of Frederick Douglass. The resolution was
passed, all the Democrats votiug against it.
When 31th. Alimson i'resiier. one 01 irte
few remaining pensioners of 1812. was buried
iu Janesville, Wis., recently, live generations
of descendants were presem.
Told ia a Few Lilies.
Influenza lias ag:iin secured a liold in
Berlin.
The idea of a tunu'-l under the English
Channel has be.ni linally abandoned.
The bill for refunding the State debt ol
Alabama in gold bonds has been signed by thi.
Governor.
A sew diamond-bearing district has been
discovered on the west coast of Tasmanin
The geological features of the ground resem
ble those ot th>; Kimberley fields in South
Africa.
The fishermen belonging to Hull and
Grimsby, in England, who perished in the
recent gales, numbered about two hundred.
The disaster has created ninety widows in
Hull alone.
" A MOLUTION IN COBA.
Insurgents Start a Movement toThrow
Off the Spanish Yoke.
SYMPATHIZERS IN FLORIDA.
Government Troops Root the Patriot* i *i
an Engagement Near Santa CeciliaKilled
and Wounded on Both Sides?
Demonstration* Among Friends of the
Cause in Thitt Country*
Koirc hAa lw?n rconiviMl of the attemnt of
the insurgents to overthrow the Government
of Cuba. The rebels nt Guantanamo, under
the leadership of Henry Brooks, who is the
wealthiest resident of Santiago de Cuba, had
an encounter with the Spanish troops ne a
Santa Cecilia. Three prisoners were captured,
and the rest of the insurgent force fled
to the woods.
In the engagement at Ybarra, near Mataaeas,
two of the rebels were killed and many
wounded. They also lost fourteen rifles altd
a large amount of ammunition. They were
surrounded in the woods, near the Igna1 ia
plantation.
Manuel Garcia, the noted revolutionary
leader, was in the vicinity of Agaacate, with
sixteen adherents, and was said to be lecruiting
men by force. Arms for the revolutionists
were found on a plantation
near Matanzas and seized. In addition four
trunks containing arms and cavalry equipments
were iound among the baggage of passengers
on the steamer City of Washing :on
and confiscated.
Many persons implicated in the revolutionary
movement have been arrested.
Others, who, It is said, came from New York,
arrived aDd were presented to the GovernorGeneral.
Spanish gunboats keep a close watch along
the coast. Public opinion Is almost unanimously
opposed to the uprising.
In West Tampa, Fiiv, where many Cubans
reside, ft nunarwu revolvers were uicti
upon receipt of the news. Flags
are raised, and the children joined in the
shouting and enthusiasm. The cigarmakers
decided to donate two daj-3'
work to the' cause. The latest advices
from Cuba confirm the reports of a
general uprising of the patriots there. The
movement was simultaneous at seven different
points on the island, and the insurgents
attacked eight or ten interior towns. At Matanzas
a Spanish army officer was dangerously
wounded. Generals Marti and Gomez
are at the head of the revolution. They
reached the island from Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Secretary Gresham received a cablegram
from Consul-Genoral Ramon Williams at
Havana, announcing that a state of affairs
practically amounting to martial law had
been proclaimed in Cuba. It appears
from the despatch that the proclamation
of the Governor-General has caused great excitement
throughout the island, where no
general revolution exists, as it was the first
notice the people had that the Government
was taking action to prevent disturbances in
some sections from spreading. I
Fernando Figueredo, of Tampa, Fla., who
was a Colonel in the former revolution and a j
prominent legislator in the revolutionary
party made this statement: I
"Thus is a very serious revolution. Tha |
plans are well laid. The difference between j
tho former and this revolution is that now wa
have chiefs and soldiers. Even if we are not |
thoroughly equipped in arms, we know how |
take them from the enemy. We can raise ,
a drilled army lrom tne stare. iu?
policy of Marti has been such as to perfectly (
organize the clubs and colonies through- ,
out the exterior so that the most harmonious
and efficient work can be done in accord
with those in actual battle. I have just received
a telegram from New York, saying |
that a mass meeting was held there a few |
days ago and that it was enthusiastic, and ,
large contributions were made."
CENERAL BOOTH'S TOUR.
Returns to England After a Remarkable
American Trip.
General William Booth, the Commanderin-Chief
of the Salvation Army, has sailed j
from New York for England on the steam- <
6hip Paris. He has just completed a twenty- |
four weeks' tour of the United States, and ]
has made a record of which few travelers or
public speakers can boast. I
He has spoken in eighty-six American |
cities, and the aggregate number of persons ,
who came to hear him expound was 437,000. ]
at 340 meetings. To SDeak to this vast ,
audience he traveled 18,453 miles, or thirtyflve
days, on railroad trains. At a conservative
estimate General Booth uttered more
than 2,000.000 word* in public halls in the
twenty-four weeks' tour.
Ho landed at Halifax, September 20,1894,
and started at once on his journey. The
route had been mapped out beforehand, and
the time of arrival and departure at each
city or town was carefully arranged. In
only one instance did General Booth fail to
fulfil an appointment, and then the elements
prevented him. He was snowbound. The
means of transportation has been/by fast express
trains, whenever such service was procurable.
Before coming to New York he traveled for
a month through Eastern Canada. From New
York he went to Washington. D. C.; thence
to Pittsburg, Cleveland, Detroit and several
other of the larger cities in Michigan;
then to Chicago, to Minneapolis. St. Paul,
down the Mississippi to St. Louis: thence to
Denver, Colorado Springs, and on to California,
where he addressed meetings in Los Angeles,
Sacramento, San Francisco; up to Vancouver
and back East by way of the Canadian
Pacific.
Although ho is sixty-five years of age Gen- ]
oral Booth has endured this extraordinary ,
Ctroin ti-/in.H??rfii)lv wpIL Ho naarlv sue
cumbed to the grip fit Colorado Springs, but/ ,
his indomitable pluck and energy kept him |
on his feet, and he succeeded in completing }
a very remarkable tour.
BURGLARS WRECKED A BANK VAULT.
Men Arrested on Suspicion Fought the
Police With Revolver*.
Tho First National Bank of Griswold, Iowa, '
was entered by burglars about midnight.
Thoy blew open the vault doors and then ,
drilled the front door of the time-lock safe, t<
put in dynamite, and closed the vault doors* i
The charge used was evidently much heavier !
than intended, as it totally wrecked the 1
vault, doing over $3500 damage to the safe i
and building. '
The noise of the explosion was so great i
that the burglars made a hasty departure, s
Over $400 worth of stamps belonging to <
the Postmaster and 8120 in cash are known <
to have been taken, and probably other valu- >
ables. The burglar-proof safe Inside the '
villiII COiltWlieu iu cusu, uuv iui? noa i
not touched.
Three men were arrested at Council Bluff,
Iowa, supposed to have committed the bur- i
glary. As they ware being led to the jail !
they drew revolvers and fired. One policemac
was badly wounded and will probably
die. One of the thieves was shot. Only two
of the men were recaptured. ;
The Labor "World. |
Amebic ax railways have 750.000 employes. i
The new Labor Commissioner ot Kansas, <
W. J. Bird, was a newsbow but a few years 1
ago.
Distress in the mining regions of Ohio in- !
creases, and hundreds of people?men, wo- 1
men and children?are threatened with starvation,
which is only averted by contributions
of charity from other parts of the State.
In British Columbia and Pacific coast
watei.1 12,510 men are employed in the fur
seal industry.
Gbeat distress exists among the unemployed
in London, and relief measures on a
large scale are being planned.
City, denounced the Charities Organization
Society in a sermon on the unemployed.
It has boon voted by the local lodges of the
International Association of Machinists to
hold a convention in Cincinnati on May C.
Labor Commissioner Wright ha? submitted
a report outlining plans for providing
homes for the working people on easy terms.
Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia,
offers to his State $50,000 in cash and
a site for the proposed industrial whool for
girls. . . l
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
In the Senate.
65th Dat.?Mr. Gorman's motion to reconsider
the adoption of the report by the Senate
on the income tax was lost by a vote of LO
to 57, and the bill went to the President for
his signature
56th Day.?The session was taken up
almost exolusiv'v with the consideration of
the Indian / priation bill. Mr. Milk
introduced a., amendment to the Sundry
Civil bill, which reads: "And all laws which
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
sell the bonds of the United States for any
purpose are hereby repealed."
57th Day.?Mr. Woleott introduced an
amendment to the Sundry Civil bill, which
authorizes the President, on the in vitaH/\f
nn<? rv# flin riniTAwnmanfa rvf T?nwrvrvn
V&VSU \SJL OUJ Vi WUU VlUTUlllUiOUVtJ VI
to appoint Commissioners to a Monetary
Conference to be held with a view, to
secure International Bimetallism. The
Agricultural Appropriation bill was passed.
A motion to take up the Bailroad
Pooling bill was defeated. The
Indian Approprirtion bill'was passed.
Mr. Pettigrew offered a resolution permitting
the remains of Frederick Douglass to lie
in state in the rotunda of the Capitol and he
asked for its Immediate consideration. Mr.
Gorman objected and the resolution went
over. The day's session was closed with
the delivery of eulogies on the late Bepresentative
Snaw, of Wisconsin.
58th Day.?The Sundry- Civil Appropriation
bill was disposed of. excepting the Gorman
amendment providing for three per
cent. Treasury debt certificates.
59th Day.?The 8enate agreed to amendments
to the 8undry Civil bill appropriating
$50,000 for commencing work on the Paterson
(N. J.) public building, and $*22,950 additional
for the Troy (N. Y.) public building.
The Senate adopted the sugar bounty
amendment to the Sundry Civil Appropria
non Din. xne amenumenu to lae ounury
Civil bill creating a retired list for tho
revenue marine was passed.
60ra Day.?After a spirited debate growing
out of opposition to the $100,000,000
certificate amendment to the Sundry Civil
bill, Mr. Gorman withdrew th9 amendment.
In the House.
60th Day.?Mr. McCreary called up the
conference report on the Diplomatic and
Consular Appropriation bill, and debate on
the Hawaiian cable question, the only matter
at issue between the two Houses, was continued
during the entire session.
61st Day.?The session was occupied mainly
in the consideration of the General Deficiency
bill. The concurrent resolution,
expressing the' gratification of Congress atthe
honors paid by the Government of Mexico
to the late Hon. Isaac P. Gray, Minister
to that country, was agreed to. Before
talcing tho recess at 5 o'clock under
mlfl. tho House Dassed the Senate bill
postponing, at the request of Great Britain,
the enforcement of the international regulations
of August, 1890, to prevent collisions at
sea. At 8 o'clock the House reassembled
for a session of two and a half hoars to be
devoted to the consideration of private pension
bills.
62d Dat.?The entire session was devoted
to the consideration of the General Deficiency
Appropriation bill for the current
year. The House, in Committee of
the Whole, voted to give extra
pay to the amount of about $400,300
to clerks and secretaries. An
amendment was agreed to, directing the
payment of $200,000 of ludian depredation
jlaims allowed by the Court of Claims.
Without completing the consideration of the
bill, the House dovoted the rest of the session
to the delivery of eulogies upon the late
Senator Z. B. Vanco, oi North Carolina.
63d Day.?The General Deficiency Appropriation
bill was passed without the provision
for paying $425,000 damages to alleged British
and Canadian sealers.
64th Day.?The day was devoted to labor
legislation, and a bill providing for the arbitration
of differences between common carriers
and their employes was passed.
65th Day.?Tne House spent most of the
day discussing the Printing bill and the purchase
of the Mahone site for the Government
Printing Office. Conference reports on the
Pension and PostoflQce Appropriation bills
were agreed to. The Senate amendment
to the House joint resolution suspending the
transfer in bond through the United States of
articles destined for the Mexican free zone
was concurred in.
THE MILITARY CALLED TO ACT.
Narrow Escape From a Riot In Savannah
Over the Lecture of an ex-Priest.
Savannah, Ga., escaped a riot through tho
intervention of the military. The trouble
was precipitated by ex-Priest Joseph Slaliery's
lecturo on the Roman Catholic priesthood.
For several days efforts naci t>een maae
by members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
to revoke the ex-priest's permit to
ieliver the lecture, but the Mayor, upon
legal advice, replied that it could not be
ione. Threats were openly made against
;he lecturer, and the Chief of Police and a
ietail of officers were ordered on duty at the
ball where the lectuj* was to be delivered,
rhe lecture contained no offensive fanguage,
but the crowd which had gathered on the
jutside began to hurl stones through the
windows and among the audience. The police
ordered the crowd to disperse. It refused
lo do so, and kept shouting and jeering.
The Mayor was notified, and, after a confutation
with the Chief of Police, deaided
to order out the military. The riot
ilarm was sent in, and in half an hour
sight companies of infantry and a troop of
iismounted cavalry were on the scene. The
lecture was over by the time the military
irrived, and most of the audience had left
A /lnfuil Af mAiinfnH nnli^o af/trt/i
?uard at tho entrance. The crowd numbered
4000 by this time, largely spectators,
i portion of it kepting yelling and hurling
)ricks at the windows of the hall where the
^x-priest was. A few shots were fired in the
ilr by the rioters, but no one was hurt.
The streets were cleared for a block in
n-ery direction and the troops remained on
?uard until the disturbance had subsided,
kvhen the lecturer was brought out of the |
tiall and escorted by a squad of twenty
policemen, surrounded by two battalions of
oldiers, walked to hi j hotel. Half an hour
ifter the ox-priest's wife was escorted from
the hall to the hotel by a squad of policemen.
PORT ARTHUR STORIES.
\n American Correspondent With Oyama's
Anny Has a New Theory About Them.
A new theory of the mutilations at Port
Arthur, China, is advanced by an American
:orrespondent who is with Field Marshal Oyama's
army. He says that, while preparing
it Hiroshima to go to the front, his coolie
lervant was approached by an old Japanese
loetor, who asked him to procure human
hearts on the next battlefield and send them
to h:m. He offered seventy yen or about a.s
uany dollars, for each heart. When asked
what he wanted of them, he said hearts of
men killed in battle wore the beat euro for
tomach troubles. He directed the coolie to
2ut the hearts out, dry them over a pan ci
:harcoal and send them to him. As this
loolie recoived only $15 monthly, the offer
was a big temptation to him. It was noteworthy
that the hearts of all the corpses at
Port Arthur had been cut out. Hence servants
and porters of the army were probably
responsible for the mutilations attributed to
soldiers.
New Orleans's Carnival Day.
Shrove Tuesday opened at New Orleans,
La., auspiciously with ideal carnival weather.
The Rex parade started at 11 o'clock
and completed its route early in the afternoon.
The Comus parade brought the
arnival pageants to an ena with
the ball at the French Opera,
rhasubject chosen this year by Rex was " Fergus
Hume's Chronicles of Falrv Land." ami
it offered exceptional opportunities for brill- I
iant and artistic treatment. The different
floats were taken from tho principal scenes
of the story.
tartest Diamond in the World.
Tho Tall Mull Gazette says the Pope has
received from the President of the Transvaal
Republic a diamond weighing 071 carat.*.
The stono was found by au African chief in
the mines at Jagersfontoin, and is the largest
known. It is of a bluish white cast and practically
perfect, its only blemish being a tiny
spot which is invisible to the naked eye.
Many Murder* in Chile.
Criminal statistics published by the Chilean
Minister of Justice shew that 290 person*
were murdored in Santiago in 1894, and
about the same number in the provinces.
The number of murders in the Republic during
the year wus 2900.
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THE NATION'S CAPITA)
News Gleaned Among the Depar
ments and About the Citv.
HONORING FREDERICK DOUGLAS
The Departed Champion of His Ra
Viewed by Thousands as He Lay in Sta
' --The National Council of Women Di
<cub8 a Variety of Themes at Their Ai
nnal Qaa a I An
??*?* OV9S1VUI
Shortly before nine o'clock a. m., the 1
mains of Frederick Douglass were remov
from his late residence on Anacosta Heighl
a suburb of the capital, to the Metropolis
African Methodist Episcopal Churob, Was
ington, the largest edifice of the kind in t]
city, where the body lay in state for son
hours, and wa3 viewed by immense crow*
of sympathetic mourners.
All the leading oolored men of Washingtt
took active part in the ceremonial obser
ance. Ex-Senator Blanche K. Bruce,
Mississippi; ex-Governor Pinchback.
Louisiana; ex-0ongressman Lynch, of Mi
sissippi, and other men of his race who ha
been prominent in official life, were amoi
the pail-bearers.
Mrs. Cady Stanton, Miss Susan B. Anthon
Mrs. Sewall, and other ladies identified wi
the Woman s Bights movement, were demo
Btrative in their manifestations of esteei
and the only colored diplomat in Washin
ton, Mr. Clement Haentjens, the Haytii
Minister, personally attended to testify b
respect. Several of the New England Sen
tors and Representatives were amongst tho
who attended the church. For many hou
there was no intermission in the consta
stream of mourners.
A silver plate on the casket bore the simp
inscription:
"FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Born 1817,
Died February, 1895."
A cast of the dead man's hands was o
tained. The floral tributes were very bea
. tiful. At 7.10 the body left for Rochester, ]
Y., for burial.
WOMEN'S NATIONAL COUNCIL
Toplci Discussed at the Triennial Sesalc
by the Leadlnj Delegates.
The second week of the triennial session
the National Council of Women opened
Washington with a prolonged discussion <
the topic of equal pay for equal work. T1
disoussion was led by Miss Harriet A. Shin
of Illinois, a delegate to the National Ass
ciatlon of Women Stenographors: Miss Mai
Desha, of Washington, and Harriet A. Beyse
of the organization of working women of Ne
York. A plea for the creation of a S^creta
for foreign women in the Council was ma<
by Madame Josefa Humpal Zeman, of Ci
cago. Frances E. W. Harper, of Pennsj
vania, a colored woman, characterized tl
present sentiment as to the true position
colored women a3 unjust, and claimed th
the avenues of usefulness open to them a
too few.
FRANCE BARS OUR CATTLE.
French Coancll Has Issued a Decree Fr
hlbltlng the Importation.
flMMtowftroaSam has rfifielvftfl from tl
United States Charge at Paris a cablegra
stating that the Council has entered a deer
prohibiting the importation until further o
ders of American cattle into France.
Secretary Gresham has furnished a coj
of the cablegram to the Department of Agi
culture, and has given in publicity in view
the great importance of this action to tl
great American cattle interests.
10,830,000 for Pensions.
Tho Secretary of the Interior has made
requisition on the Secretary of the Treasu;
for $10,850,000 for the quarterly payments
pensions to be distributed to the pensi(
agenoies as follows: Boston, $1,800,000; St
Francisco, 8750,000; Washington, $1,950,00
Augusta, Me., $800,000; Columbus, Ohl
$3,850,000; Detroit, Mich., $1,700,000.
Two More Warships Nearly Ready.
Bear-Admiral Brown, Commandant at tl
Norfolk (Va.) Navy Yard,reports to the Nai
Department that the work at the yard
progressing rapidly. The Amphitrite is no
practically ready for sea and only awaits
crew. The Texas is also well advanced. A
of her gun mounts are in place and t
of the armor save some shutters.
Named for Collector.
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xne I'resiuuui uol-iucu mc ugut m n
Democratic ranks in the western part
Pennsylvania by nominating a new Collect
of Internal Revenue for the Pittsburg Di
trict. The man named is Edmund A. Bigle
the Collector during Mr. Cleveland's lit
term.
New Rules of the Road.
The President Issued a proclamation poa
poning the effect of the new rules of the roa
at sea until some future date, in accordani
with the act of Congress. In the proclam
tion it is Btated that this action is taken
the request of Great Britain.
A Consul Resigns.
The Secretary of State has received t]
resignation of Charles S. Hazeltine, of Mict
gan, as United States Consul at Milan,
take effect on the appointment of his su
ceascr.
SMOTHERED TO DEATH.
Alabama Convicts Entrapped In a Mil
Fired by Incendiaries.
Two convicts and twenty-three mules we
smothered to death In Rock Slope Shaft N'
1, at Pratt Mlne3, Birmingham, Ala. Short:
after 2 o'clock the engine room in the sloj
was discovered on fire, and a genoral alar
was given on the outside, for it was kno*
that twenty convicts and twenty-three het
of mules were cut off from the outside by tl
fire. After three hours' hard work the fl
was extinguished, and the men pushed on.
The body of John Patton was found lyir
across the track, his head> badly battored. A
pareatly he tried to kill tiiraself beforo beli
smothered. A short distance away the se
ond body wan found. It was that of Lou
Stevens. The twenty-three mules were foui
all in a heap. dead. They had kicked 01
another fearfully while maddened by thethii
smoke.
The other eighteen convicts were found i
a bunch near the airshaft, where they he
gathered in hope of keeping alive. Saver
of them were on the ground. They were has
ily carried out on terra flrma and all brougl
around all right.
A Young Queen's Heroism.
With the object of removing the prejudi<
that exists among the Portugese peop
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against tne newiy aiscovercu saruiu ui mp
theria, a malady that commits terrible ra
ages in Portugal, young Queen Marie Amel
has just submitted to inoculation, being tl
first crowned head or royal personage to in
dergo the treatment.
Earthquake in St. Louis.
There wero two distinct shocks of eart'
quako in West St. Louis, Mo., a few nigh
ago, occurring about half an hour apai
Each shock lasted about ten seconds.
The Peabody Ceutenary.
Tho centenary of George Peabody, wt
was born at Danvors, Mass., February 1
1795, was celebrated at various places in th
country and in England. The public gif
I bestowed with such a generous hand ai
wise discrimination amounted in all to
100,000, including largo sums to libraric
colleges, education in the Southern Stat
aud model lodging house? in London.
Farmer and Wife Perish.
George Weaver and his wife, an old coup!
living alone on a farm seven miles west <
Dayton, Ohio, were burned to death in thel
dwelling.
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r RANSOM GOES TO MEXICO.
U? His Nomination Promptly Confirmed bj
tbe United States Senate.
Matt W. Ransom, Senator from North
t? Carolina, was nominated and confirmed as
Minister to Mexico, in place of the late Isaac
P. Gray. The Senate went Into executive
session immediately after reoeiving the
i- nomination from President Cleveland
JO and confirmed it by a unanimous vote.
The confirmation was moved by Senatoi
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g.
m Sherman, who, in making the motion, adds
dressed the Senate briefly as to the fitness of
a- the nomination, which he said was in every
30 way deserving and appropriate. The execure
tive session lasted but five minutes.,
nt Matt Whitaker Ransom was born In Warren
County, North Carolina, October 8, 1826.
le A.fter an academic education he attended the
University ol North Carolina. He was graduated
there In 1847 and in the same vear he
studied law and was admitted to
the bar. He was both planter and
b- lawyer for several years. He began his polltu*
leal career in 1852, in which year he was a
Presidential elector on the Whig ticket He
was also in'this year elected Attorney-General
of the Statfe. He resigned in 1855 and
joined the Democratic party. He was a
member of the Legislature from 1858 to 1861.
On the secession of his State he enlisted as a
,n private in the Confederate service, and was
at once commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel ol
of the First North Carolina Infantry. He
at was made a Brigadier-General in 1863 and
)Q a Major-General in 1865, but the Conue
federacy collapsed before he received
n his commission as Major-General,
o' After the war he resumed the practice of law.
ry In 1872 he was elected UnitedStates Senator,
ir and was re-elected in 1876,1883 and 1889.
iw The political unheaval last year ended the
ry domination of the Democratic party inNorth
ie Carolina, and with it Senator Bansom'a
ii- chance for further re-election. Senator Ban j.
6om has six sons, all grown, and one daughtie
ter.
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? FATAL FIRE AT HOT SPRINGS. Three
Persons Burned to Death and Fifteen
Boarding Houses Destroyed.
Fire started in the Ledgerwood bakery on
Ouachita avenue, Hot Springs, Ark., at foui
o'clock a. m. It is in the southern part oi
16 the city, where boarding houses are numerm
ao onsIn
an hour three woman had been burned
to death, and six boarding houses, several
store-houses, and fifteen cottages, in all
J worth $100,000, had been swept away. The
0j dead are Mrs. Laura 8cammon, Mrs. Henry
a J. McLeod, and Augustine Stivetto, colored.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Browns on, of Macon,
Mo., Mrs. Peacock, and others were injured,
but none dangerously.
A strong wind fanned the flames, but prevented
the fire from moving in the direction
a of the big hotels and bath houses. The streets
covered by the Are were Ouaohita, where it
01 originated; Sealey, Malvern, Woodbine and
Orange.
Twenty-eight buildings in all were burned.
u> The boarding houses destroyed are the Ouachita,
Illinois, La Clede, Missouri and
Bloomington. Three hundred men, women,
and children were driven to other quarters
for lodging, and most of them lost all their
ie clothing.
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? It* General Observance Throughout the
United States.
Washington's Birthday was observed generally
throughout the Union; in Chicago
Archbishop Ireland delivered an address on
4'American Citizenship."
or At Washington Washington's Birthday was
? more elaborately observed than It has been
,r for a number of years, an additional feature
gZ being the patriotic exercises of the National
Council of Women, now in session in that
city. The entire local militia turned out.
In New York City Washington's Birthday
was very generally observed; dinners were
'j" given by the Southern Society, New York
'a State Society of the Cincinnati, Syracuse
ce Alumni and the Publishers' Association. The
a" New York Society of the Sons of the Bevoluac'
tion observed the 163d anniversary of the
birth of George Washington with a banquet.
At Albany, Governor Morton signalized his
occupancy of the Executive Chamber on
10 VY osmngiuu o XMXtuunjr uy axvaxvi)
ii- bill No. 1, commonly known as the Lawson
to Foreign Flag bill, which prohibits the display
c- of foreign flags on publio buildings.
BATTLE OF THE BROTHERS.
ae Two Dangerous Families Wiped Out in the
Virginia Mountains.
re Near Osborn's Gap, Dickinson County, Ya.,
o. Robert and Sam Smith met Ben and Lem
ly Cox. All four were under the influence of
>e liquor. The Smiths, it is said, drew their rem
volvers and commanded the Cox brothers,
m who were their enemies, to surrender. Inid
stead, the Cox boys drew their weapons, and
ie then a general flght wa3 begun.
re The battle lasted for nearly half an hour.
and when the . smoke cleared away
ig Robert and Sam Smith and Ben Cox were
p. found lying dead on the road, while Lem Cos
ig was fatally wounded.
ic- The killing of the men puts an end to two
lis families that had long been prominent in
id criminal circles. There were originally eight
ae Smith brothers, and all of them met their
:k death in tights similar to this one.
Two other Coxes were also killed several
In years ago in a battle with men of thoir stamp,
id Ben Cox enjoyed the reputation of having
al killed five men, and his brother Lem had
it- twice been tried for murder. They all relit
sided back in the mountains and were regarded
as dangerous men.
A FRUITLESS HOLD-UP,
:e
,le Train Bobbers Find the Express Car Lnspty
^ ana iae jioBeuKor wuo.
v- The East-bound train on the Frisco road
'0 was held up by robbers near Aurora, Mo.
a. Throe men got on tho engine when the
train was Ave miles from Aurora, compelled
the engineer and fireman at the point of revolvers
to go back to the express car and
l open it. The robbers, however, found to
their disgust that the car was empty, the safe
locked, and the messenger not in sight. He
i had disappeared in time and the robbers left
empty handed.
Lcznl Curlosltloft.
A court in Crawfordville, 111., i3 asked to
10 award damages to John Elliott from a rail8
road company. Two years ago there was au
arcident near his house in which a number
*"a"A Iri 11 nrJ onrl tho rrKi\ctc a t
, (_)[ |)kupic amuuj ujkuv (juwijw vi
Jjj thedf, Elliott says, annoy his family.
I. An English cnurt has awarded damages to
a the Whitehaven Iron and Steel Company
es from workmen who struck, leaving 700 ton*
of metal to spoil.
Samuel Elliott, a Chicago colored mau.
has recovered $100 under the Civil Damage
act from the management of a skating rink
I? which refused him admission.
Tex lawyers recently appeared in a 8arax
toga (N. Y.) justice's court la a case Involving
sixty-live cents.
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TEMPERANCE. |
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THE ALCOHOLIC AGE. Vj
1 In spite of the marvellous advantages of
1 our present age, a great retrogression, in *aj
i ethical sense, is undeniable, the chief cause
. of whioh is principally due to the increase!
of drunkenness, because the beer-saloon hut
' become the centre and focus of social life.
1 This is the greatest alcoholic age the world
has ever seen.?Dr. Brendel, Address to th?
Anthropological 8odety, Munich.
TOTAL ABSTINENCE AND THE 008PEL.
When moderate (lrinklttir was' substituted/ :
1, for total abstlnenoe, Canon Ellison, and like-',
minded earnest men, found* that the preach- ' _' ?
ing of the Gospel was like "casting pearl*
before swine." But when the stumbling-*
block of drink was removed by "entire abstinence
from that whioh had been the occasion
of the sin," and Christian men and' *
women, "in the exercise of their Christian
liberty" associated themselves witn the victims
of the drink, "in their voluntary abstinence,"
it was found that the Gospel be-1
came again "the power of God unto salvation."?Christian
Statesman.
A BUSINESS VIEW OF SIODEBATE DBIXCnfG. *
A writer who is discussing the question of .
drinking and total abstinence from a pcacti- pa
cal business point of view and, ignoring thej
moral and sentimental side, says: "Life in-; ' <j
surance companies find the moderate drinker /3
a more dangerous risk and his mortality'
greater, hence refuse to insure him at ordinary
rates, or at alL Mercantile agencies
And that business conducted by moderate
drinkers is more precarious and followed bv
a greater number of failures, hence rate ?uon
flnriHlowfta to munonsrfhlHtv. Railroad com
paalee find thabaccidentaand loaeee increase) v**~
under the care of moderate drinkers; that
the laoome and stability of the road are>
diminished, compared with the same service,
by total abstainers. Capital everywhere discovers
by figures and statistics, which have .
no other meaning, that under the care and
control of moderate or excessive drinkers the '
losses, perils and risks of business ore increased.
?Popular Health Magazine.^
A SICK HOB8E. :!
A brewer once bought a horse from a tarm-j
er, and set it to work drawing & beer wagon.,
Although the animal was well groomed!
and cared for, it was observed that in the'
course of a few weeks he began to fall away t .
in flesh and spirits, and soon went off his feed]
Altogether. The case was so mysterious that; jt?S
he went to see the farmer about it. "I can-j
not account for the matter -at all," said the JvX
farmer; "that hone was a most perfect ani- . . v.S
mol, perfectly Bound In every way,-and l
never nad any trouble with him. Lefc us call - '
> In a veterinary surgeon." Having secured the^ "s
professional, all three proceeded to the stable.
k and the expert proceeded to make a careful
examination of-the horse. "I am completely
at a loss to account for it," said the surgeon. I =?
"The horse Is in perfect condition, so far as! m
I can see. I oannot explain." "Then I will,",
sr. id the horse, who had somehow found human
speech. "I am simply ashamed of the . j
business I am in! When I was working for 35
thft farmer I was dolnc? Bomethinj? uaefuLi. .'Vrti
Now I am employed in doing that which' . 3
servos no good purpose, but rather curses the
community, ana It makes me sick'.1'
Moral?It would be better for humanity tfjr. i
horse sense were more common.?Canadian
Templar.
THE POE OP CBIU>QOOD. 'AJ:
The drunkard's children oome Into the
world mentally and physically weak. In one
t lunatic asylum, out ot. some three hundred!
ldiots,kbalf were found to be the children of
i Irunken parents.?Dr. J. B. Hellier, Leeds, : 'ij
.894, j ?Vj
Of fifty-two pawnwbrokers in Birmingham,! ^
,'orty-three say that the pawning of chil- <
lren's clothing constitutes from ten to twenI
y per cent, of the general trade.?Child's
Guardian, 1893. t
i I have seen a man strip his child in the 'JJ'a
itreet, and take the clothes to pledge, Ins '
>rder to get drink.?Pawnbroker's testimony 1
n Child's Guardian. 1893. I
The birds of the air will tear feathers fromi
ihelr breasts for the comfort of their young;
n the nest, and it is sad to know that there)
ire homes where parents strip the the oloth- ' '*>-1
i ng from their children for drink.?Dr. Stow- .'/ !
. II Rogers, Birmingham, in Child's Guar-' ' WjM
iian, 1898. .
The Society,for the Prevention" of "Cruelty i
o Children find that, while an enormous1 "
lumoer of cases of cruelty are npt due to
irunkenness, the total child suffering in the
and, due to that one. oAuse would furnish
i naterial for an inferno to which all imaginadve
compositions on the place would be ,
Tanquiiizing reading for delicate i>ensibili? {*11
les.?Child's Guardian, 1893.
In a paper read before the Philosophical/ 'Th
Society of Liverpool, in 1893, the authors,
pr. H. R. Jones and Air. H. E. Da vies, state
!hat nine out of every thousand children
k)rn in Liverpool die by violent means, and 'Vvft
ihe conclusion could noi be avoided that the i .
treat source of this criminal violence is
irink. They also state that more of these on- . timely
deaths occur on Saturday night than
apon every other night of the week.
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THE RIGHT SOBT OP PLUCK. . j
Thirty years ago two Irish immigrants,
employed as porters in New York warehousee, ft
anaertook to study law. After working from
norning until night packing goods, loading;
irays and making deliveries, they sat up on- *
ill 12 o'clock in their rooms in a boarding'
I JJ I J '
y UOU8C reuuiil? tow uvuu uuu uwvumiuq '?*--? ]jY's
; principles and cases.
The ambitious young men were so deeply
Interested in their night work that they ire- -sgj
quently argued points of law during leisure 1
' moments at the store, and naturally exposed
themselves to chaffing and ridicule. With
Irish wit they parred every thrust and never'
lost their tempers.
Their companions nicknamed them the >
"Judge" ana ''Lawyer John/' and asked!
them mockinglv whether they thought that
merchants would consult them as lawyers '
after employing them as porters.
"They may do it," answered the "Judge,"
"after we have worked up a fine criminal
practice in keeping out of the penitentiary,
night brawlers like yourselves-, who ought to . *' / -k
be in their beds and &leep."
"Instead of loading your drays," said an
intemperate clerk, "you stand there arguing,
whether an injunction could be brought
against the firm for obstructing thesidewalk. . '
You are your own lawyers and you have fools
for olienta/"
"Judgment may be affirmed," said "Lawyer
John," "but not with cost. We have ,.?j
borrowed our law books and we save money
by keeping out of the saloons. It costs us
less to fuddle our brains with law than with
drink. A debauch over Blaekstone leaves a
better taste in the mouth than a night spent
in carousing."
So the laugh in the end turned against the
intemperate clerk. The young porters knew
how to take and return a joke. By their
good humor they amused everybody in the
store, and it was not long before members of ^ ^
the firm helped them to get clerkshlpe in law
offices. . **
One of them is to-day on the bench, and
the other is a lawyer with a lucrative practice.
They made their way rapidly, and .-i^ \
neither criticism nor ridicule kept them, * back.?Catholic
Review.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
Every drunkard used to boast that ha
could drink or let it alone. yff fc
Tennessee's Legislature will be petitioned
for a scientific temperance instruction law, "f
and to extend the benefits of the four mile
law to incorporated towns. - J*?
The population of the earth is estimated at
1,440,650.000 persons. America's annual '
drink bill is but little less than a dollar for
every inhabitant on the globe.
Bishop Fallows, of Chicago, has bought
OUt A SaiOOUL IU run ma ucn iviupcLauvo
dri ikiug-house in. His first act was to empty
the whole stock ot wines and liquors into
the gutter*. *. v
One of the foremost women physicians of
England. Doctor Anderson Brown, has established
an industrial farm for inoDriate women.
The test of the practicability of outdoor
life as a cure for drunkenness will be
made under the auspices of the Women's
Temperance Association.
A sample of ginger ?ine bought in a London
store where only temperance beverages
were supposed to be sold wa3 found to contain
ten percent, of proof spirits. W
Temperance?that virtue without pride,
and fortune without envy; that best guardian ^
of youth and support of "oid age; the precept
of reason as well as of religion; the universal
medicine of life that clears the head and ,
cleanses the blood and strengthens the
nerves; in a word, that secures and perfects
the.digestion.? Sir Willia? Temple, 1680.