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The list of Business Suspensions
Exceptionally Long.
# ALMOST PARALLELED PANIC YEAR 1
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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11 Fires Claim Many Victims and Destr
I j Valuable Property.
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SEVEN NUNS DIE HEROICALL
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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