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\ HIS Mil SI The list of Business Suspensions Exceptionally Long. # ALMOST PARALLELED PANIC YEAR 1 I i Tk?Xomberof Business Failures Throngrh nt the United States for the Calendar Tear 1SD0 Is, With One Exception, the Xjwsrest Since Itecorda of Thin Character Have Been Compiled by Experts. Haw York City (Special).?The Hstofbusi- . ness failures throughout the United States for tin calendar year 1896 is, with one exoep- j tiaa, tba longest since records of this char-| aeter have been compiled. It remains for i )hm panic year 1893 to present a larger total. | and for that year and for the year 1884, which ' | was also visited by financial disaster, to fur- I *Wfa larger aggregates of liabilities of thosf ? who have failed in business. It fa proper to explain that only those busiwhb embarrassments are inoluded as failures ^ iia which total liabilities are in exoess of j , actual assets, except in the cose of banks tbe jnsnension of payment by which daring j? fromnea^ hours, for however short an interral, in regarded a? a failure. D] A statement of the number of failures, with to Jjorcratage of increase or decrease, from year { 5? year, and totals of assets and liabilities p( for sixteen yenrs, as reported to Bradstreet's g ,'witti assets and liabilities given in millions f >nr! tenths of millions of dollars), is as fol- p( >>WS; No. Actual Total failures. assets, liabilities 15.112 148.2 247.0 vl JRS5 13,013 88.1 158.3 01 12.721 79.7 149.5 Ai ISSC 15,560 262.4 402.4 p( is? 10,270 54.7 108.6 dj ?' ? .12,394 102.8 1 93.1 pi T??9?> 10.673 92.7 175.0 01 !*W? 11,719 70.5 140.7 ttt 10,587 61.9 120.2 T< )K37 9,740 64.6 130.6 M 1SV; 10,568 55.8 113.6 J, 18?"> 11,116 55.2 119.1 1684 11,620 134 248.7 I8<3 10,299 90.8 175.9 J8S2 7,635 47.4 93.2 7, 5,929 35.9 76.0 ? The extraordinarily heavy total of bus!- s? embarrassments in thj panio year 1893 ti< aasnlmost paralleled In 1896,notwithstanding tb * falling off of nearly one-flfth in number in Oi 1894; tbe $247,000,000 of liabUities of those of foiling daring the past twelve months is tb kallunrrn/1 an 11? K*? dAi^AcnAnilinv fnfola in 01" 1?4 and in 1893 respectively?$248,000,000 be mi $402,00 ',000; the aggregate of $148,000,- of J09 or assets <s aa inorease over the corre- , Ai cpondiag total one year ago of fully 70 per ?nt.. is $14,000,000 larger than the like total ? 1881, and has been exceeded only by the total assets of failing traders in the panic St year 1893. Si The annual report of the number of in- Ai Airidnals, Arms and corporations in business w 3a tbe United States shows a marked but not orrpected increase in what may be called :n*?<v>inmercial death rate during the past M ynar: Number Number Percent, in business. falling, falling. IS* 1,080,000 15,112 1.40 ^ 1835 1,054,000 13,013 1.23 1 ISM 1,047,COO 12,721 1.21 M 3898 1,050,000 15,560 1.50 1S? 1,035,000 10.270 1.00 J* 18W 1,010,000 12,394 1.22 1SW 989.000 10,673 1.07 109 978,000 11,719 1.20 Sf a in 955,000 10,587 1.10 m ' M87 933,000 9,740 1.04 w M85 920,000 10,568 1.15 1585 890,000 11,116 1.25 3?l 875,000 11,600 1.32 MBS 855,000 10,299 1.20 T, J 882 820.000 7,635 . 93 15M 780.000 5,929 . 76 J?D 7S3.000 4,350 .60 IB9 703,000 6,652 . 94 w< llio foregoing furnishes some encourage- m awat, io that the apparent increase in the ;u, i trit&l somber of firms, individuals and corporations havine an established place in s'' Easiness in the country inoreased, net, over f rtww retiring from and failing in bu3ine33 l" in 1896 about 26,000, compared with a cor- P? responding gain of only 7000 In 1895. What p ins been described as the commercial death 10 ntte?that is, the ratio of the number failing 91 in business to the approximate total number ~ mf those established in commercial, Indus- ^ trial and financial occupations?has in- ** stewed sharply during the past year, y axaounting to 1.40 per cent., contrasted w'th "6 1J3 per cent. in 1895, 1.21 per cent, in 1'j94, ,lc aad with 1.5 per cent, in the panic year 1893, s' ?Moh is the highest commercial death rate wcoroed. The significance of this Is plain varan it iz> puiui^u uiu ium iruiu 1000 iw *586, inclusive, omitting the panic years 1884 md 1893, the average annual commercial >. ifamfa rate was only 1.15 per cent. It this be jqgnded as the normal, then the inoreaso . Ins teen more than one-dixtb. EPIDEMIC OF GRIP. ' m Waar Cases of the Disease In Springfield, a] Ohio, and Galveston, Texui. ?! m An epidemic of grip that is interfering ta SBriouiJy with Dusine8s and social activity m jte* Sake a bold of Bpringflelt), Ohio. On p( lor squares of one street, Maple avenue, ei ttm are thirty cases. Physicians are rasted night and day and can soarcely meet ol Uh> demands upon them. It was learned Uat there are at least twenty-five hundred c< aetata town. In many instanees the dismaeia quite severe and of sucb a character ic J x. _ If -Ma.* . ' to endanger rue uvea 01 rne victims. n Ome thousand or more persons In Galveston, Texas, are suffering from grip, which *ebeen epidemic for nearly two weeks. physician in the city is over run with afttants. and druggists are busy day and fliltng prescriptions. PINCREE IS NOW GOVERNOR. ir Itefublic Ceremony When Michigan's Ex. J. ecutlve Took OlOoe. 3( , j inauguration at noon of Hazen S. Pin- *J J* b?o? Governor of Michigan was not marked 0] fcy any public ceremony. Mr. Pingree, ac- a anopanied by his family and a party of 01 hSeads from Detroit, arrived in Lansing N , toctly after 10 o'clock a. m. n It noon he proceeded to the Executive 113 jNBiora, wherfc the oath of office was admin- ?j ittered by Chief Justice Long, of the Michi- 11 ^an Supreme Court. Fifteen Men Lost at Sea. * The French coasting steamship Deux Ptetes, from Fecamp, for Calais, foundered ^ >a the English Channel. Fifteen men oom- tl matog her crew were drowned. c, Editor J. B. McCallash Dead. fke dead body of J. B. McCullagh, editor tK the Globe-Democrat, was found in St. Vj Linis, Mo., beneath the window of his bed b room, to which he has been confined for $ saeae time by illness. His physician ad- pi ratseod a theory of suicide, due to il! health, b toot friends of the editor discredit this, adsaneing probability of accidental death. __ _ ^ Serious Famine in Russia. .famine has broken out in the Province of P1 Kherson, Russia. It is estimated that $563,- si KB will be required for the relief of the suf- Jj . w I The L.ibor World. L *Bevival meetings" are held by Onoonto I ?) unions. P Mew York longshoremen get from fifteen tc | tataty cents an hour. a International Typographical Union has al K ?9^fl00 In Its treasury. B Child labor in Michigan has been greatly Y ^ Ittswmed by compulsory educational law. ' Ytee Granite Cutters' Union ha3 decided to oi Jbj any member caught smoking non-union o) ?te*rs. The Hebrew bakers in New York City are di -fltont to issue a label of their own, printed pi ,1b Hdbrew letters. f Yh? holiday season in Berlin, Germany, ?l I SmBM to have been the worst for workmen tc k kaw>B in many years. bi THE YEAR 1897. Oi -3IS .??i SL? ? fl! ^ ^ 1! .* 5 jf i ? HIAlU JLIittilJ Jan ~ i a J^y - * 9 #456789 4 5 6 7 6 gin 10 II IJ 13 M 15 ?6 1112x31415161: 17 18 19 30 21 M a3 I8|I9 30 31 22 3J 3, I 242513637382930 25 26 27 28? 30 3 Feb.9 2 "3 4 5 6 Aug. 123456', 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 K 14 15 16 17 18119 20 15 16 17 18 19 30 21 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 ? a I 38 - ? >9 30 31 Mar. ... i a ? 4 5 6 Sept. ... ... ... 1 3 3 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 51 6 7 8 910 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 ?5 16 17 it 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 I9j20 21 22 23 24 2| 28 29 30 31 ^ ? 37 28 29 30 Apr ffi a 3 Oct. ... 1 J 456780 10 3| 456785 11 13 13 14 15 10 17 10 II 12 13 14 15 ? 18 19 20 21 22:23 34 *7|*? 19 30 21 32 23 25 ? 27 28 29 30 ... 24 ? 26 27 28 29 3<! May - - ? - Nov> 3? "x 'a 3 4 5 6 9 1011 :a 13 14 15 780 10 111213 161718119202122 14151617181920 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2122 23 ? 25 26 27 30 ? - _ 28 29 30 June 12345 Dec ; -*934 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 5 1011 II 14 16 17 18 10 - 12 12 14 i? 16 17 IB 30 21 32 23 14 35 sS] - ig|2o|3i|2a|?|ji|a5 37 38 ? 30 ?| ECLIPSES FOB 1897. Ia the year 1897 there will be two eclipse >th'of the sun. I. An annular eclipse of the sun Pebruar visible as a small partial eclipse in thi ortion of the United States lying south of e drawn from Cape St. Lucas (old Cal rnia), through Ban Antonio,JTexas; Men lis, Tenn., and Marietta, Ohio, toProvlnci wn,*near Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. Tfc ith of the annular eclipse lies ohiefly in th iciflc Ocean; it crosses tho northern part o )uth America (Colombia and Venezuela om Cabita Bay near Cape Corrientes on tb aciflo Coast to the Island of Trinidad here it terminates at sunset at 5 h. 9 n m., New York mean time. II. An annular eclipse of the sun July 29 slble in the United 8tates, the southern ha 1 the Dominion of Canada, Mexico, Centra merles, the West India Islands, and all thf srtlon of Soath America north of a lie awn from Poracas Peninsula (near town c Isco), Peru, to Oastillos Point, a little sout St. Miguel, In Uruguay. The path of th mular eclipse passes through the town < jplc, Mexico, a little north of Tampioc exfoo, Havana and Oarderas, Cuba, 8a: lan,Porto Rica and Cape St. Roque, Brazl CHRONOLOOICA.L KBA8. The year 1897 corresponds to the yea <'5-6 of the Byzantine era; to 5657-8 of th ?wish era, the year 5658 beginning at sue ton September 26; to 2650 since the found? )n of Rome according to Varro; to 2673 c e Olympiads (the first year of the 6G lympiad beginning in July 1, 18i)7); to 255 ! the Japanese era. and to the 30th year c e Meiji; to 1311-15 of the Mohammeda a of the era of the Hejtfra, tho year 131 (ginning on June 2, 1897. The 122d yea the Independence or the United States c merica begins on July 4. 1897. THE SEASONS. D. H. M. )rlng begins March 20 3 12 a. n immer begins June 20 11 12 p. ir iitumn begins September 22 2 6 p. n inter begins December 21 8 0 a. a JTOBJflNO STABS. j EVENING- STABS. ercury?Jan. 22 to Mercury?Jan. 1 t April 1; May 21 to Jan. 22; April 1 t July 15; Sept. 22 to May 21; July 15 t Nov. 8. Sent. 22; Nov. 8 t anus?April 28 to end of year. end of year. | Yen us?Jan. 1 to Apr ars?Nov. 21 to end! 28. of year. ! Mars?Jan. 1 to No\ ipiter?Jan. 1 to Feb.: 21. 23; Sept. 13 to end|Jupiter?Feb. 23 t of year. j Sept. 18. iturn?Jan. 1 to May.Saturn?May 18 t 18; Nov. 25 to end Nov. 25. of year. I RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN 1896. lie Smallest Mileage Built In Anr Yea Since 1875. During 1896 only 1802 miles of railway line jre built Ln the United States. This is on ile less than the total reported for 1895 id is the smallest mlleago built ln any yea ice 1875. The number or lines on whlc! is track was laid is 163, which is eleven les an the number of new lines added in th evioup year. Track was laid in thirty-eigb the fnrty-nine States and Territories. Th ngest mileage was ln California, 187 mile i eight lines. No track was added in Ne? ampshlre, Massachusetts, Rhode Island jnnecticut, Nebraska, South Dakota yoming, Arizona, Nevada. Idaho or Nei exico. Many railway enterprises were ur >r way early in the year, which would hav Ided hundreds of miles of track, but wer opped by the financial agitation precedin ectlon Fully 2500 miles would have bee lilt in 1896 but for the uncertainty d< sloped from the political campaigu. fORKINCMEN FORMING COLONIES ew Co-operative Scheme Flourishing 1 Michigan and Indiana. The Brotherhood of the Co-operative Con onwealth is being established in Indian id Michigan. This is a new movemer nong worklDgmen to assist in theestablisl ent of oo-operatlve-colonies, and in cei tin sections of the country has a larg embership. By regular monthly contributions they ei 5ct to raise money enough to establish sei al colontes a year. Many laboring me id mechanics who have become tired of th d methods of strikes and labor trouble re going into the movement, believing the >-operation will solve the question. It is said some prominent men are assis ig the movement through purely philai iropic motives. HIS LARYNX WAS OSSIFIED. Remarkable Case Revealed In Texas b an Autopsy. Dr. Markham made a post-mortem exan mtion at Deonlson. Texas, of the throat < T. Sohwachofer, who died after su florin iverely for several years. The examinf on disclosed the fact that the larynx < le dead man was completely ossified, tb illy case ever reported in the practice < lediclne. Mr. ScUwachofer had been trea i by leading specialists of Philadelphii ew York and Boston without any permi ent relief, the case being a puzzling one t ledical men. Dr. Markham obtained tt jnsent of the sufferer to make the examini on of the throat in the interest of medici :ience. Children Asphyxiated. Two children of Mr. and Mrs. John Lie! ?nberger were killed by coal gas ill the ome. The mother was fatally affected b le gas and Llohtenberger was rendered ur jnscious. Keward for Train Wrcckern. The officials of the Louisville and Nasi [lie Railroad Company and the Souther ailway Company have offered a reward < 10.000 for the arrest and conviction of tl ersons implicated in the Cabaha Rlv< ridge disaster near Blooton, Ala. Spain is Isolated. Spain secretly sought for European su| ort against the United States. It is said si yly souuded every European Power. Si >und no sympathy anywhere, but was ai Ised not only to come to an uuderstandir ith us but to give Cuba justice. Mii:or Mention. The vicinity of Marlinton, W. Va., Is sai ? be infested with bears. Half the cattle in the African colonies ar [ready dead of rinderpest. The water supply of Long Island, No ork, is said to be giving out. Dr. Isaiah R. Sexton, of Sparta, Mion., ae of the thirty-three survivors of the Wt I 1812. Gray wolves are becoming so plentiful an ustructive in Jasper County, Missouri, thi .trties are being organized to hunt them. For a shipment of seventeen ' barrles < pples which a Waldo (Maine) farmer ser > Boston he received only ten cents irreL FES1SHED 111 PUB i 11 Fires Claim Many Victims and Destr I j Valuable Property. 7 i ' I SEVEN NUNS DIE HEROICALL ' I I [ rho Convent and School at Roberval. Ct I ada, Burned. With Tragical Results I Atier Rescuing Their Pupils the S ters Were Unnble to Snve Themsel1 1 ?"atal Fires Occnr in Wlscons I Koberval, Quebec. Canada (Special) 1 Fire broke out Wednesday morning in 1 chapel of the convent of Our Lady of I Johu caused by a lighted candle near I cradle of the Infant Jesus, setting Are to ( ; draperies and floral ornamentations, and in instant the whole chapel was a mass (lames. The alarm was given by a sacrii nun. but the flro spread with such rapid that nothing could be done to save the bui ing. Seven nuns wero smothered in the smol y Their names are: Mother St. Francois ] it Paule (Ellse Oosselin, of St. Jean Chrysi a tome); Sisters Providence (Emma Le Toi i- neau, of Quebec); St. Ursule (Corinthe Gi i- n*au, of St. Foye); St. Anne (Laure Hudc 9- of H'jbertville); St. Antoiue De Pudoi te (Catherine Bouille, of Deschambault); ! ie Domiuique (Mario Louise Girard, of Robi f val), and St. Louis (Rose Gosselin, of ! ) Jean Chrysostome), Another nun was bad is burnetl in trying to extinguish the Are. I, xne convent ana sinooi are a muss 1. ruins. The total loss is $75,000, withoi about $12,000 insurance. The school m i, closed on account of the holidays, ana m< It or the pupils had gone home. il Whim the alarm was Riven the nu it bravely undertook the task of rescuing the ie in their charge, and in this heroic ta >f those who perished gave up their liv h From floor to floor of the doomed buildi e these devotees rushed through blindi >f smoke and flame, sounding the alarm, a >. not until every one in their charge w a warned of th??ir danger aud safely out L the building, did they turn to the saving the r own lives. It was then too late, ar overcome by the heat ana smoke, the sev heroic Sisters gave up their lives. On eve 'e floor th? ir dead bodies were found, th bodies still kneeling in the attitude L- prayer. 'J NINE PERSONS DIE BY FIRE. i7 ISurne<I to Death iu Unelliiiga in Wtacc 'f sin nnd South Carolina. ? Wkstfield. Wis., (Special).?The farm re 8 .lence of William Belhke of the town of Ne * Ion. i his county, was destroyed by fire eat Weduesday. Four of his children, the eldi rourtoon years of age, perished in t 3ames. Three younger children were r jued. ' Babcock, Wis. (Special).?The fnrmhot ' if 0!e Delia, six miles south of here, w u burned to the ground Wednesday. I ' three children, the oldest Ave years of ag ivas burned to deuth. ? Pickexs, S. C. (Special).?The residence 0 the Rev. M. L. Jones, five miles north 0 Pickens, was destroyed by flee Wednesde ? md his son Elbert and daughter Mary, bo ibout grown, perished in the flames. 1 11 Jones was absent at the time. BRYAN TO B1METALLISTS. 0 ?aj s "It Is Better t<? Have Run and Lc Than Not to Have Kun at All." The Lansing Theatre, Lincoln, Neb., w lllled ttie other morning when the State 1 metallic Conference was called to order. Whf>n Mr. Bryan entered the hall he w greeted with deafening applause. Xn t! r course of his address he remarked the war i-eception prompted him to paraphrase i g I Md savine, wbien wouia reaa, -n w ueu to have run and lost than not to have run i | a,L'' ^ '* It WILLIAM J. BRYAN. l" (Ho Addressed the Bimetallic Conference r" ' Liucoln, Neb.) ;e Mr. Bryan reviewed the campaign frc E" the Chicago Convention until .the close r" the polls. He declared that there had be n ijreat gain made by the silvei; party sin 16 1894, and said that he believed that with t J afforts to be made during the next to lt vears there could be no doubt of victory t 19 0. He spoke of the Bimetallic Leagi l" which is aoout to oe orgauizou iu r l* braska, and advised that all friends silver, regardless of party afflliatioi should be enrolled uuder one banner. 1 suggested that the Legislature should st further amend the olection laws of the Sta ,v to the end that voters should be better pi iocted from intimtdution, and alsD that cc porations should not be permitted to co i- tribute funds for election purposes, T jf contributions of corporation funds was direct violation of corporat charters. * His statement that, while the doctrine l" Bimetallism had been defeated at the pol >f it had made Republicans hope that bimeti ie li-m would be secured before the next Prei jf dential election, was greeted with a gre t- outburst of applause. i, Both houses of the Legislature adjourn i- during Mr. Bryan's speech and many mei :o burs heard It. In the afternoon Mr. Bry ie left for Chicago to attend the banquet i- honor of Jackson's birthday. il R tilrond Wreckers Confess. Four colored men in the Birmingham (All jail confessed plotting to wreck trains in < ler to rob passengers. The first attem ii Tailed, but in the second a Birmingham mi v Jral train was derailed and twenty-six liv i- lost. Double Hanging in Norfolk. William Downing and Charles Wlllian i. both colored, were hanged on Tuesday a Norfolk, Va. Downing killed a woman ilie name of Einiua Laue in Norfolk If .' lay. Williams killed George Bess, ro'.ored man, on board a schooner lying ihe harbor 011 April 18. FrozB'i to Death In New ,1er?ev, Daniel Flock, the Hightstiwn (N. . farmer who had disappeared so mysterious 1 t wvk before, was found dead in a swatr ie rip* hor-'e he had driven lay near him, al ! ?? I. Both man anl boast bad frozen '8? leath. Cycling Notc?. ^ Winter bicycle riders are comparative Bicycle polo is a gamo much encourag ''J by repairers. Many riders aro now figuring on the lfl Vf exchange value of 1896 nineteen-doll whoels. is of 23,000 applications for patents in Ec ir iand during 1890 more than one-third we lor improvements in bicycles, d Philadelphia recently voted $110,000 i it p:irk improvements, and of that amou 510,00 J will be expended for cyclo paths. Jf , The siati?tlcal crank has turned his atte it I tion to the bicycle, and says there are 1 a J 000,0U0 wheels in actual use in the world. jn THE NEWS EPITOMIZED1 Jl Washington J (ems. Th? Load bill to amend the postal laws regard to second-claas matter was passed 0| the House. Former Judge Lawrence, of Ohio, s pearou before the Committee on Ways a Means and advocated the adoption of prohibitory tariff of wooL Y Representative Brosius, of Pennsylvan '' introduced a bill providing for the retii ment on pension of employes in tbo ?i service. in- Leonas C. FI. Sohleman, of New York, b been appointed Consul at Cape Huyli< Hayti. i8' The President sent to the Senate the c< ref respondence in the caao of Oharles Gov: . the American correspondent, who was i n" ported to have boon put to death after ha ing been captured by the Spaniards. V Secretary Herbert, in a report, saya tb armor steel plates for war vessels shou 3t. cost only about $400 a ton, thL'i allowing :he bier profit to manufacturers. :he Senator Hale, of Maine, in a.n intervii j says that Cuba has been remarkably pr< perous under Spanish rule, n.ud gives fttat tics to sustain his assertion. The island, sty adds, is not taxed unusually high, and doubts if the leaders of the present insure . * tion could g ve her as advantageous a gc Ia' ernment as that whioh she has under Spai In the hearing before the Ways and Mea te. Committee the tobacco growers appeaied 1 0Q a restrictive tariff on 8umatra wrappe os. The manufacturers asked for a uniform rt 1T. on tobacco of about flfty-flve cents a pour ir- Secretary Herbert deoided. to have ni >n. tests made of I he steel plates fumishad I io the battleship Alabama. 3t. ? )r- Domestic. It ' Aoolored man, who had been arrested I y burning a barn belonging to a Mr. Wat 0I maker, wa3 lynched nt Ornngeburg, S. ilj In a fit of jealous rage Charles Ack( rai stabbed Jennie Hallenbeck, a servant in t )st family of ex-Supervisor Samuel Meyers East Taghkanick, N. Y., In the neck, ai ,ns she died soon afterward. >se The annual session of tho New York Le sk islature was opened in Albany. Mr. O'Gra ee. was chosen Speaker and Governor Blacl ng message was read in both houses. The centennial of Albany as the capital ^ New York State was elaborately eelebrate 0j Professor Achilles Krrani, once famous 0j a tenor on the operatic stage, and later as idi prominent teacher, succumbed to heart d 6d ease in New York City on hearing of M'cht ,rj Miniter's attempt to kill a servant employ eir til his house, of EmmaSpreokles, who married at San Fra olsco Thomas Watson against the wish of t nioiia QnnAnlrlaa f?iATTOr fft f KlkUUi^ vmuo U|/10U&IQO| V U1UUU vtw? kW w latter $1,500,000 in bonds because he hi ,n. taunted her with ingratitude. Ohristian Sctiauer, Jr., Treasurer of t sj. Nation's Bank for Savings of Alleghen w. committed suicide at Pittsburg, Penn., 1 ,jy hanging himself. est Six person? were injured, three probab he fatally, br a wreck on the Chicago, Burlln as- ton and Quincy Railroad near Carson, low The Smith Carpet Mills, In Yonkers, N. Y have resumed work, and 7000 handii a ise employed. as In his annual message to the Legislatu lis of Pennsylvania Governor Hastings dapr cates the corrupt use of money in ele<Hior H e points out that voters are bribed by tl purc&ase for them by dishonest politicia of of their tax receipts Bosslsm is also d of nounced. The Governor suggests leglsl tion to restrict the privileges of foreign oo th poratlone. * Frank Ellison, the former well-knov New York City club man. who assaulted t! aged broker, William Henrlques, In 18? was released from Sing Sing Prison, aft t serving over three years of his sentence. There were slight runs on a oonple <>f J i Paul (Minn.) banks, Dut the excitement w as soon over. Business men there say that tl )j. panic is at an end. The ocean-going tug Luckenbaoh cat j into the Port of New York and reported ti ue ; ing chased by the United States cruiser R ,m leigh in mistake for a Cucan filibuster, an Mayor Wurster, of Brooklyn, sent hi? a er nual message to the Board of Alderman ; that city. It will probably be known ai! tl last message of a Mayor of Brooklyn. I _ included in it correspondence with Hta Engineer Adams on water supplyfor Great : New York from the Adirondack^ Be al: made recommendations on consolidation. The Corporation Council ot New York Ci i has furnished Superintendent Constable wi ais construction of that section of the Co; j solidation act whorein It relates to builciin | altered to be occupied by hotels. He hoi ; that any alteration, however slight in tl j building itself, in order to U9e it as a hot: j brings it under tbe section applying to tl construction. While blasting for the Ball Moucita Company near Greenwich, N. Y., Dfinn I Sullivan, sixty-eight years old, find Jam ' fltnuop nrurn hlnron fn hv UlA ftvn! | sion of a dynamite cartridge. Tbo cartrid/ ? had been placed in a drill hole and in pr k injr around the hole it exploded. Both mi loave families. a, Senator Raines has gathered ftp J res whi< Sp he claims show that 8000 persons are sellii liquor in New York State without Htn V licenses. P Major Mf'Kinley is working on his I augural Address at Mr. Hanua's heme, Clev land, Ohio. at Charles Lyons, who was found with b skull fractured in a road at Engiewood, ] J., died without regaining consciousnes im and is believed to have been murdered, of Le'.ta May McOonnell, fifteen years ol en committed suicide by taking strychnine, oe her home in Menlo, N. J. She had been r h? primanded by her father, that being the on ut aause for the act. Representatives of the cotton and sillc i |?' dustrie3 appeared before the Ways at Means Committee to plead for a hi^h * tariff. 3^ President Cleveland has received assu ... nnnae Qnoin f Vl fj f rdfrt^ma TJoill hft H HI ? ?~ -- r fnto effect in Cuba as soon as the Provin 0. of Pinar del Rio is pacified. >r- County Treasurer A. J. Jornigan sh n- himself In his office at Austin, Texas, ar he will die. He confessed that there was in shortage of $6000 in his accounts. % At Somersworth, N. H., Frank Bogard, P' Berwiok, Me., while skating on Saint '?i Falls River, broke through the ica and w drowned. At Waltham, Mass., Willia 3l" Murphy, ten years old, was drowned whi ,at skating on the Charles River. j The Farmers and Merchants' Bank, CI cago, a 8tate institution, has gone In voluntary liquidation. It is announced th in depositors will be paid in full. Bank Examiner Angell closed the Whit Hall (Mich.) State Savings Bank. The bat has made no statement. The last repc x showed: Deposits, $80,000; loans and di ' count, $92,000; stocks, bonds aiid moi )r gages, $4500, and $2000 on hand. lP4 Captain Zalinski, of dynamite-gun fam n* returned from England. Ho said the Britii 69 have made great strides in the perfection high-explosive guns. Count De Moltke-Huitfeldt and Loui Eugenie Bonaparte were marrried at Was 18t ington by Cardinal Gibbons. a>- The Citizens' National Bank, Fargo, Nor ol Dakota, failed, and is in hands of the N tst tional Bank Examiner. The capital is $10( a 000. The President is H. F. Miller. T] in failure has had little effect in Fargo. The convicts in New York State are d prived of work by the law which has ju gone into effect, and those having them. j ) charge fear the result. Samuel Whittaker, a shoe mender, livii in Ridge avenue, North Cambridge. Musi fP" shot and killed his wife, Catherine, hv bkn v*? ingthetopof her head off with it .Miotgu t0 He then attompteJ suicide by cutting fc throat with a razor. The Bertillion system of recording pri?o f>rs has been adopted at the Erie (N. y ly Penitentiary. The Omaha (Neb.) Savings Bank failed ed open its doors and is in the hands of I State Banking Board. 197 lar Forelcrn Note*. Captain-General Woyler, of Cuba, is ba lK- in Havana from Pinar del Rio. He reach !re Havana, coming from Mariel on board t warship Legozpi. The Captain-General w 'or received with a pompous demonstration n int immediately drove to the palace. According to a despatch received fee in- Manila, capital of the Philippine Islands 2,- force of 4000 insurgents has been surpris and routed by the Spanish troops at Agoi and Olmansas. ' MIS FOB CUBA LilDI la by kp_ Filibustering Expedition Reached the Island With a Valuable Cargo. BOATLOADS OF WAR MATERIALS. Vll 1113 )I3t | The Material Which the Three Friends Failed to Deliver, Nocr In tlie Hands of the Cuban Insurgents? A Perilous Passrel nco Through a Stnrmr Sea With tlie v" Men and Arms? Tn Gomez's Hands. tat Key West, Fla. (Special.)?Tho tug Daunt law has just returned fiom Cuba after 'R [andingoneof the largest expeditions over 3W started for the island. )3_ The Dauntless left Jacksonville and ran i3- down to No Name Kev, oft Babia Honda, k? where she toot in 1048 Mauser rifles, one y._ twelve-pound Hotchkiss fleld-plece nnJ 200 >v- shells for the same, 400,000 rounds of ammu'& nition, 200 pounds of dynamite and forty 113 men. Or "TUII. 1 1_J?U VTiiue BUiUHX&ia? luis uui^u, nuiuu wiw kte eft there by the Three Frlenda on that vesid. sera last unsuccessful trip, the Dauutless 3W men were frightened twice. Once it was by for a small launch from Key West with a newspaper man and some sightseers on board, The launch saw the men in small boats and three large schooners transferring the cargo. On being discovered the loading Was stopped 'or and the men made for the land. After getia ting up to the Dauntless and finding that the 0. men from the launch were friends, the work *r, was continued. he Tb.e Dauntless left Friday afternoon at and went immediately to sea. On 8atid urday she struck a terrific sea, which washed everything clear of her decks. The tug was almost swamped, and S" it Tins with difficulty that she could r make headway. The men of the expe IItion took refuge in the dining hall, wheire they were dashed from one side to the other. A few who could keep their feet >d. wen): to the pilot-house to keep a lookout for as Hpac.ish warships. No one on the boat had i a anything to eat all day Saturday, as no fire is- could be built. tel On Sunday the weather moderated someed what, and in the evening the ooast o! Cuba was sighted. After a careful survey of the n. coast the tug ran In and made a landing Jer near 8?gua la Grande. he Most of the meu of the expedition were so nd seasick that they had to be lifted into the boats when the landing began. Every avail. able man was then pressed into service, ineluding the crew of the Dauntless. ?' It took two hours to land all the munitions y of war. By that time a large number of insurgents had arrived to take charge of them. After remaining a short time the small X' boats were returned to the Dauntless, and a- she put to sea again. Her passage back was more pleasant, re Monday night she met the sohooner Dellie off the Florida Keys where fifteen Americans re who had accompanied the expedition were transferred and landed at Key West is. lie ns PENROSE TO BE SENATOR. e Nominated by the Republican Caucus at Harrlaburir, Peon. The great fight in Pennsylvania for Senaho tor Cameron's seat is over, and State Senator >3, Boles Penrose, of Philadelphia, has won. er The joint Republican cancus was held in the hall of the House of Representatives, Harrls burg, and a great crowd filled the galleries / f and all the space in the rear of the desks. rie The merits of Mr. Penrose and ex-Postmaster-General John Wanamaker were presented ne in glowing periods by their nominators and seconders, and then the vote was taken. The a- vote resulted: For Senator Penrose, 133; for Mr. Wanan maker, 75; for Senator Cameron, 1; for exof Congressman John B. Robinson, 1, and for President Judge Rice, of the Superior In Court. 1. te When the chairman announced that Senaer tor Penrose had received the highest num30 ber of votes and was the cauous nominee, Senator Kauffman, the Wanamaker leader, l rose ana in a brief speech moved to make the nomination unanimous. Senator Kauffman's motion was adopted, and Senator " Penrose was made the unanimous choice of the Republicans for United States Senator. ,0 The caucus then adjourned. The Democratic caucus was also held and j' ex-Lieutenant-Governor Chauncey F. Black, of York, was chosen as the Democratic candidate for Senator. In lis 63 CENERAL F. A. WALKER DEAD. 0 Great Educator and Political Economist )a Expired Suddenly at B.iaton. General Francis A. Walker. President of Jh the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died s.t his home in Boston, Mass., after a brief illness. q. u-tsuunu ?ru.iiser was iua io,luius,- /iiuoriutui e. political economist. He was also Superintendent of the United States Census in 1870 . and 1880. 11 Only recently General Walker and Senator Wolcott planned a trip to Europe, where ? ttioy would meet representatives from France, Germany and England, to confer d, with them on international bimetallism. The at information gained by this meeting was to bo used by the coming Administration, and ly t'tie meeting, while not offloiul, was indorsed by the President-elect. General Walker was n- astrong bimetallist. As President of the id Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gennr eral Walker was recocmlzed as one of the leading educators in this oountry. .r at ce RAIDERS TO BE ARRESTED. Ot Governor Bradley Sends Troops to Stop id Tolljcate Wrecklnc in Kentucky. 8 Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, instructed 0f Colonel Gaither, of the Second Regiment, to jn ca ll out the Lexington andHarrodsburgcomas nuuies of the State Guard for the Duroose of going to Mercer County to capture a band of 210 turnpike raiders who are destroying ,j_ tollgateain Mercer County. t ~ The Governor ba3 had detectives at work at for several weeks learning the names and plans of the raiders. They found that Washington County was their ? headquarters. The detective* notified Colonel Gaither of the raiders' in|rt tentions. and he. In turn, informed the Governor. The troop are in command rt" of Colonel Gaither. who will secrete them in squads at different tailgates likely e, to be attacked. When the raiders approach sh and begin to tear down the poles they will of be ordered to surrender. If they refuse, the troops have received orders to tiro on them. h- BLADE SANK INTO HIS HEART. Little Richard Falk Fatally Injured in a Scuffle With Hit Playmate. I J Kichard Falk, a fourteen-year-old son of lie Dr. Frederick Falk, is dead at lndlampolls, Ind., from a kmfe stab in the heart, for 0* which Thomas Hanna, Jr., the sixteen-yearl.st old sou of Thomas Hauna, former Liouteu*n ant-Governor, is responsible. Young Hauna called to see a sister of ig young Falk. While he was waiting he took out a penkuife to sharpen a pencil. The v- Filk boy asked tor it, and, being refused, n. mndo a gral) for it. In the senilis that foltis lowed the knife biade was .sunk into his heart. n' ^ Fight of Kxpe'lltion Lost. There is no longer any hops for the eight t0 missing members of the crow of the iliibusc ter Commodore, whi<*h founlered off the ccast of Florida. When the vassal went down these men took to a raft, and it is now certain that they wore drowned. The United , States cruiser Newark and tho steamer j Three Friends returned to port after I a vain search of three days for the taft con' taining the men. The Newark at night uted h?r powerful searchlight, but nothing 1 wis seen of the raft and its human freight. 1 Captain-General Weyler's Boast. Bd General Weyler says he will suppress the uy Cuban insurrection before the rainy soason sets in. . '? THE IfOTE FOR PBESIDEKf c: i ? 11 _ _/ m i r.. rmui uasim^ up ui iiuvemuei > exciting Election. McKINLEY'S PLURALITY, 630,745. The Total Vote In the Different Siaten for President in the Kecent Contest Was 13,888,762?Bryan Received 6,470.650 Votes-? McKlnley'* Majority Over All 310,209?The "Gold" Vote's Total. Washington*. D. C. (Special;.?The total vote in the different States for President in the tecent election was 13,838,762. MeKinley (Rep.) received 7,101,401; Bryan (Dem.), 6,470,656; Palmer (Gold Dem.), 135,956; Levering (Pro.), 130,563: Bentley (National), 14,392, and Matchett (Socialist), 33,533. McKlnley's plurality is 630,745, and his majority over all, 316,299. The following table shows the vote.? cast In the several Statea for the principal candidates: LeverStatej. McKinley. Bryan. Palmer, ing. Alabama... 54,737 131,226 6,466 2,147 Arkansas.. 33.512' 110,103 ... 839 California.. 146,583 144,766 .... 2,573 Colorado 26,271 161,269 .... 1,717 Conn.... 110.297 56,740 4,336 1,306 Delaware.. 20,372 16,679 959 356 Florida. .. 10,xG8 31.617 1,?29 726 Georgia. . 60,191 94,232 2,709 5.613 Haho 6,234 23.192 .... 181 Illinois ... 607,130 4455,614 6,390 9,796 Indiana. .. 323,959 303,354 3,579 3.658 Iowa. 289,203 223,741 4,516 3,192 Kansas.... 150,541 173,042 1,209 1,721 I Kentucky.. 218,055 217,795 5,018 3,374 Louisiana. 22.037 77.175 1.834 Maine/.... 80,425 35,104 1,864 1,571 Maryland.. 136,978 104,746 2.507 5,922 Mnssa. 278,976 195.711 11,749 2,998 Michigan.. 293,327 237,251 6,930 4,968 Minnesota. 193,503 139,735 3,216 4,363 Mississippi. 4.849 63,253 1.021 390 Missouri.. 304,940 363,652 2,355 2,109 Montana... 10,494 43.680 183 Nebraska.. 102,565 '115;625 2,797 1,196 Nevada.. ' 1.938 8.377 N. Hamp .. 55,671 21.096 3,420 776 New Jersey 221,367 133,675 6,372 5,614 New York.. 819.838 551,369 19,295 1C.052 N.Carolina 155,222 174,488 575 435 N.Dakota 26,335 20,686 .... 358 Ohio.... 525,894 477,495 1,857 5,067 Oregon..... 43.711 46,739* 979 919 Penn 728.300 427,127 11,000 19,374 Rhode Isl'd 36,437 14,459 1,166 1,160 3. Carolina, i 9.313 58,801 824 .... S.Dakota.. *41,042 41.225 .... 664 Tiannoaanp 14.1 773 1fiS RK1 1.95L 3.098 Texas 162.506 368,289 5,03!) 1,785 CJtab 13,484 64,535 21 Vermont... 55.991 10,607 1.329 728 Virginia . 135.361 155.988 2,216 2,347 Washington 33,574 51,646 149 969 W. Virginia 105,368 94,480 675 1,218 Wisconsin.. 268.135 165,523 4,584 7,509 Wyoming.. 10,034 10,742 ... ^ 142 , Totals .7,101,401 6,470,656 135,956 130,56J j BANKS FAIL. .Several Institutions Weakened br Steady Withdrawals of Deposits. Four more banks have been added to the list of those at 3t. Paul, Minn., whose doors have been closed since December 21. They are the Germania, the Atlemania, the Minnesota State Savings and the West Side. Of this quartette the most important member is the Germania. This institution, which is a State and not a National bank, was founded in 1884. Its capital was $400,000, with a surplus of $59,000. On De:ember 17 the loans and discounts amounted to $975,000 and the deposits to $1,091,968. | The Allemania Bank, with a capital of $400,000, having a clientage similar to that of the Germania, closed its doors also soon , after the other bank bad announced its as- ' jignment. The Allemania Bank was organ- I ized last year, being the successor of the Commercial Bank. The West Side Bank of St. Paul cleared j through the Allemania Bank, and the latter failure compelled It to close. It is a small ! conoern. I There was a heavy run on the Minnesota Savings Bank, which is intimately connected with the Germania Bank. As a result of the run the Minnesota Savings Bank has taken ! advantage of the sixty-day notice. | The Germania, the Allemania and the West J Side hanks all did business as State banks, i Every one of them was literally pulled down ; by the depositors The Citizens' National Bank of Fargo, j North Dakota, is in the hands of the National ; Bank Exctmiuer. Its capital is *10:),000. The City Bank of Nora Springs, Iowa, has suspended. BANK CASHIER'S SUICIDL. Discovery of 863,000 Shortage la His Ac- ! connta Was the Cau9e. Richard Cornelius, cashier, and for forty- J two years connected with the National Far. ' mers' and Planters' Bank, Baltimore, Md., of j which Enoch Pcatt was president up to the i time ot his death, was discovered to be short I in v>ia nonnimbi to the amount of 860.000. About 10 o'olock a. m. Mr. Cornelius was | notified of this discovery and left the bank. At 1.15 o'clock in the afternoon his dead body was found in the duck pond at Druid Hill Park. He had committed suicide by drowning. For many years Mr. Cornelius has been one of the most prominent Methodists in tbe oity. At his death he was a local preacher ot the Baltimore Conference, President of the City Missionary and Churcb Extension Sooiety, President of tho Emory Grove Association, one of the trustees of the Baltimore Annual Conference and a member of the'offlcial boar! of Madison Avenue Church. TWO PROVINCES IN FLAMES. In Havaua and Matanzus the Rebels Are Borninc Cane Melds. Matanzas and Havaua provinoes in Cuba have been a sea of flame? for days, and it is believed all the cane will b9 destroyed. In Plnar del Bio a correspondent saw no tobacco at all, but was told that there Is some planted, and, though late and much injured by worms, about ten per cent, of the usual crop may be realized. The Spanish correspondents are wiring to Madrid tho doubtful nature of the pacification of Pinar del Bio: that Pedro Diaz and Silverio Sanchez are in Matanzas province and nothing is heard about Maximo Gomez, whether favorable or adverse; that though numerous forces are operating in Pinar del Bio they arc seldom able to meet the insurgents. A Congressman's Mysterious Visit. Bepresentative and Seuator-elect Money of Mississippi returned to Havaua, Cuba, after a three days' absence which he declined to explain. It was believed in Havana that ho visited the insurgents. Cousul General Lee denied that Mr. Money has seen any rebels. A Big Shortage. Ex-Becordor of Deeds Samuel B. Chas*1, of Cook County (Chicago), Illinois, is found short in his accounts with the county over S'52,000. The County Attorney has made a report accusing him of malfeasance in oiBce. Killed lli* lit lit I. While visiting at tnoir country house in Clarendon County, South Carolina, llilph Descliamps shot Thomas Khame through the heart and mortally wounded Frank Buame, a brother. Dosc'.iamps is a sou of a State Senator. The B tames are of a colonial family, aud are conspicuous lawyers, piautors and politic ans. Hutu OJT in Chloa;i? Tlioatre'. The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting the wearing of any hats in theatres. The offense is pronounced a misdemeanor and punishable by flne of not less than $10 nor more th in $25. The feature of It is that the people who wear hats are not lined, but the managers of the theatres. CURIOUS FACTS. . \ 1 Japan has one leather shoe factory- v In Russia yon mast marry before oiirhtv nr nnt at all AfiH vnn milPfV --?" v J? > only five times. In one house in Nashua, *N. H.,, every one of the eight families who have lived in the house daring the eight years have had soarlet fever. Detected in a clothing store at Frankfort, Ky., a burglar wound a coat about his head, and jumping"' : through a plate glass window, escaped. There are twenty -six men living and honored in Bridgeton, Me., who were voters half a century ago. Few ? towns in Maine are able to boast of such grand old patriarchs. At Blue Rapids, Kan., is exhibited the head of a rabbit, whioh has eight horns, varying in length from 1} to V 2 J inohes. There is one on the nose and the others are around the jaw. V Instead of his usual Sunday evening t V sermons, a clergyman of Chapman, Kan., is reading to his congzegation a continued story, entitled, "Jake, the Merchant;" which he wrote himself. For stealing from a deaf-mute car peuter some oi tue tools 01 nis traae, . r another deaf mate, against whom three others of thejsilent peopla testified, has been sent to jail at Kanaafe City, Mo. The most learned of masical composers was Wagner. He was equally great as a musician, poet, manager and conductor. His literary, theoretical and controversial /works display ' immense erudition. ' After a long and luxurious yawn v one morning a West wood (Miob.) man couldn't close his mouth. His jaw had } been dislocated. He was so frightened that since it was set he doesn't dare 'j\ even to smile broadly. ^ A conscience stricken man in Oregon on his deathbed recently handed ; over to Louis Davenport the.feam of . ^ $27,000, which represented the aooa- ' malations of $3000 worth of golddust | stolen from Davenport thirty yean . ! ago. I The Lagong Bridge, built overall' $ ' arm of the China Sea, is {five miiea long, with 300 arches of stone, seventy feet high and seventy feet broad, each pillar supporting a marble lion ' twenty-one feet in length. The cost 'i of the bridge is unknown. Six persons within a six mile radito ^ of West Paris, Me., are ninety years old or more. One of them is 104 and one ninety-nine. Within the samb ' territory are fourteen persons above - v-,1 eighty-five yeprs of age. Benjamin Bacon, aged ninety?two, walked two : , and one-half miles, carrying his axe, 'and cut several cords of wood recently. W. H. Yanderbilt and His Father. The reoent death of Mrs. William H, ;* Yanderbilt in New York has been the ? occasion for the printing in the New York papers of n great deal about her and her distinguished husband; It , was the reading of one of these articles that led a prominent gentleman j in this city to cite an experience he w|g| : had with the late William EL He had r> ' concluded negotiations with the rail- >' road magnate in a very large deal, and was his guest at his country home for the night. Mr. Vanderbilt grew very I talkative after the dinner, and recited a number of very interesting incidents in his eariy life. He especially dwelt upon the troubles that he had with his father, and told how the. old Commo- ^ dore had ostracized him, both for the , reason that he did not think him ' possessed of any business tact and that he had married against his wishes. ' Mr. Yanderbilt said that the Commodore told him he could live on a farm '. V that he owned on Staten Island,, and that that was all he would do toward > his support. Some time after that,when ' < their circumstances were unusually ..y poor and they were having a decided struggle for a living, the son went into his father's office. During the ,, conversation that ensudd the old gentleman enquired of his son how his farm was doing. The latter replied that the crop was not good, and the farm seemed to need fertilizing. "Well," said the Commodore, "there is a lot of horse refuse at my stable." ' "Well, I can't get it, because 1 have no money," said the son. . . "Well, I win give you a ioaa?omj one," and he wrote out au order upon his stableman for the one load. The next day the Commodore went to his place and was surprised to see the entire oolleotion had disappeared. "Where has that gone?" he asked hia i stable hand. J "Why, William H. took it." "But he only had an order for one load." "That's all he took." n "Why, what did he have?" "A flatboat." it appears tnat vvuiiam ru, upon getting the order, had secured the assistance of one of the flatboats used a great deal by Staten Islanders, and' had had it taken np back of the old man's place and all of the refuse was loaded onto it. This seemed to open the old man's eyes, for a day or two after that he paid the first visit he had. in months to his son's residence, and Boon after that his son was ordered- to the city, where he ever afterward lived.?Cincinnati Enquirer. ? 1 Au American Church for Berlin. One of the great needs ol the American colony in Berlin is an Amerioan church. The one used now for servioes is rented and it is wholly insufficient. The present pastor, the Rev. Dr. Dickie, of Detroit, exerts himself to extend the sphere of usefulness of the church and congregation, and he is starting this winter a Sunday-school for American children. But with a church building to themselves the American colony here would have a locus, a rallying point whence its influence would make itself much better felt. There is now a church building fund of $50,000, in the hands of three reliable trustees, but the ground and v building would cost 3100,000, just \ double the sum on hand.?Chicago Record. Electric Towboats. It is stated that electric towboats are about to be placed on the rive$ Spree, near Berlin, where for a distance of eight miles the ordinary barges cannot use sails, owing to a large number of low bridges. The trolley systfol will bo used. , m