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MT. VERNON HAWK-EYE.
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The Important Happenings of a
Week Briefly Told.
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DECEMBER—I898.
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All the Latest News of Interest from
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THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
The appointment of John Hay as see—
retary of state was confirmed by the
United States senate on the 7th. The
deaths of Representatives Northway, of
Ohio, and Love, of Mississippi, were an.
nounced and the senate adjourned as a
mark of respect to their memories. In
the house the anti-ticket railway scalp—
ing bill was passed and a bill was in-
troduced increasing the regular army
The real name of Jules Verne is
Olchcwitz. He is a native of Warsaw
and lives at Amiens, France.
Army engineers say the defenses of
New York and Boston are now equal to
. to approximately 100,000 men. .
a.ny {n the world' The country ls get. Senator Vest introduced a bill
in the
‘mg mm good’ Shape for a long term of United States senate on the 8th
for a
peace. _____‘______ joint inquiry into war scandals and also
/ n n
Afteralitigation lasting 14 years the a b‘u Opposmg the
fiPPOmlmf-‘nfl 0"
Wm dispofiing of a San Francisco estate senators on presidential
commissions.
once worth $75900 has just been sus_ Senator Mitchell introduced a bill
mined and litigation sugpended’ be_ amending the existing lawin regard to
cause the estate has been exhausted in W’hmteer mime“, homes 5° as t°
“5'
paying legal fees mit volunteer soldiers who were dis-
. ___,__ tabled by the war with Spain. The
h nomination of Assistant Naval Con—
structor Richard P. Hobson to be a
naval constructor was received from
the president. Twenty-six pension
bills were passed. Adjourned to the
12th. In the house the urgent de—
ficiency bill. to provide for the support
of the military and naval establish-
ments, was passed. Adjourned to the
12th.
Mrs. Gertrude Letty, of 563 Sout
Franklin street. Wilkesbarre, Pa., is the
owner of a. clock which may have been
the origin 1 grandfather’s clock, for
Mrs. Letty is able to account for its ex-
istence for over 150 years. 0
Mrs. Harriet R. P. Stafford, of Oct.
tags City, Mass, presented to the gov-‘
ernmcnt the first. flag bearing the stats
and stripes ever hoisted over an Ameri-
can vessel of war and the first that was.».
ever saluted by a. foreign naval power.
wan. NEws.
Health reports to the war depart—
ment from the commanding officers
show a greatimprovement in the'health
of the troops in Cuba and Porto Rico.
In. Paris the United States and the
Spanish peace commissioners settled
the terms of the treaty of peace, and
the signing of the document will con—
clude the work.
The Roumauia sailed fromSavannah,
Ga., carrying the entire First regiment
of North Carolina. to serve as part of
the garrison of Havana.
Guns are being placed by the war
department along the coast from
Maine to Florida. ,1
Advices from Admiml Dewey show a
notable improvement in conditions in
the Philippines and the growth of a
better spirit among those factions of
the natives which promised to give
trouble.
The United States war vessels are to
be restored to their former color and
the “white squadron" will be revived.
The Second Illinois regiment left Sa-
vannah, Ga.,“on‘ the transport Michio
gun for Marianna, Cuba. r
A popular lecturer is quoted as say—
ing: “The first care in building a home
is the selection of a proper place.” This
is trite. Nothing is easier than to se—
lect a place. What the lecturer should
have made clear was how to get pos—
session of the place after it- is selected.
The Vermont legislature has passed
a bill creating the office of attorney-
general of that state. Vermont has now
no attorney-general, and the plan to
establish the office had its origin in
Connecticut, where, for the first. time
this year, an attorney-general was
voted for.
'An invent-cubes hit upon a method
of putting stone soles on boots and
shoes. He mixes a waterproof glue
with a suitable quantity of clean quartz
sand and spreads it over the leather
sole used as-a foundation. These quartz
soles are said to be very flexible and
practically indestructible, and to give
the foot :1 firm hold even on the most
slippery surface. ,
m:-
The ingenuity of the counterfeiters
now appears to be chiefly devoted to
the turning out of bogus copper and
nickel coins, rather than those of larger
denomination. According to the report
of the United States treasurer for the
fiscal year, no less than 69,205 pieces of
this character Were detected last year,
and they circulated chiefly in Boston,
New York and‘I’hiladelphia. ‘ '
.
Because or the lie tfliht 2,000,000 pe
ple in Italy are attacked by the malaria ,
every year, and 15,000 of that number
die from the disease, a great society has
just been formed in that country to
study the malady, and if possible to
master it. During the present year 63
provinces have been besieged by ma-
laria and it has renderedimpossible the
cultivation of 5,000,000 acres of land.
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Reports from recruiting officers of
flip regular army show that during the
month of November therewcre“ nearly
4,000 enlistments andowr'moo rejec-
tions. 0f the enlistments 1,982 wercu
in the general recruiting service and
about 2,000 special were Enlistments
for particular regiments. The“ figures
indicate an increase rather than din».
inution of interest in the regular a‘mfiy
service.
Under Gen. Devi-ea the Two Hundre
and SecOn-d New York regimend, nun»
boring 1.500 men, arrived in Havana.
Col. William Jennings Bryan, of the
Third Nebraska. regiment, has, it. is
said, resigned.
On the transpdrt Panama Gen. Lee
and staff sailedF from" Savannah, Ga.,
for Cuba. I. ‘ *
tirely without foundation. ,
Secretary Gage has designated Maj.
J. W. Cronkite, or New York, to act as
chief customs officer at Gienfuegos,
Cuba.
Figures of theagriculltural departé
merit place the 1898 crop of cornuhd
oats as worth $83,000,000 more than the
crops of 1897.
At the age. of 50 years Gen. Calixto
Garcia, the distinguished Cuban war—
lion and the head of the commission
elected by the.Cuban,assembly-to visit
this country; died in WBShlngion of
pneumonia; '
{The (president, it is. said. content--
plateob trip to, Cuba and Porto Rico
cl: on early date. Mrs. McKinley and
several members of thegcahinetvlévith
their wives, will probably accompany
the president. I ,
, James K. Taylor, supervising archi~
tect ofthe treasury,sh01ws in his an-
nual report that during the last fiscal
year ten public buildings have been
putgunder contract. and '15 have bee
completed and occupied...
John W. Merriam, a wealthy tobacco
merchant of New York city, has been
directed by the supreme court to cons
tribute to the support of his wire, Ade-
laide M. Merriam, so that she may live
in the style sheihasbeeueccustomédl
to. This decision is». given «notwith-
standing Mr. rhlenriam obtained a di-
vorce in North Dakota on the ground of
cruelty and sviolent temper. It is the
first. decision or thekind in that. state.
The! .avl-mshousodn. Chester motility,
Pro, is at the present time giving shel-
781‘ toth‘ree very interesting characters,
via: man who 25 years ago' was
worth,$200,000, but largely by reason of
hisgenemus nature lost it all; Sallie
Elbert, one of the last of the Lenape
tribe of Indians that were numerous
in Chester county years ago, and Rea
becea Thomas (colored), said to be 103
years old, and who says she remembers
seeing the town of Ilavre de Grace.»
Md, burned by the British soldiers as»
she stood on the porch of her master's
house.
p with} mar.
At. the age of 70 yeans Henry Morti~
mer Plait. died imNew York. 11.; (531.31}.
lished in« New York city the. first. gold
and silver refinery “in the United
States. ,
,‘By, an explosion in the Dupont pow~
der worko at Wilmington, Del., three
men. were killed and eight injured,
three fatally. , ,
In business circles throughout. the!
country increased activity is reported.
In wrecks on the Clarion River rail-
road near Portland, Mills, Pa, mm
persoris were killed and thiyecwounded.
In Nevaoa‘k Charles W. Miller, of
Chicago, won the six-day ,bicyclc mce,
making 2,007.1niles. On the. last day
Miller was married in therink toMiss
Genevieve Hanson.
The bursting of a water pipe in
Brooklyn, N. Y., damage? property to),
Thomas C. Boone, one of the three ‘
men who made ascents intlie war bal—
loon at Santiago. in telling of his ex—
periences in Boston said: ‘ f‘Newspaper
, correspondents have» condemned the the extent of $1,000,000,
balloon, but in my opinion there can be Near Governor's Island“,
N.‘ Y., the
no question of the value of the balloon battleship Massachusetts grdunded,
in warfare. We were able to locate the and was badly damaged. v .
enemy. and in one particular instance Joseph Noblctt and his wife and he ,
saved many lives when we informed our mother and ThomaSWinnewere burned
men of a body of the enemy about. 300 to’ death in a fire in a flat
building in
strong lying hidden in the pass on the Brooklyn, 3’: Y.
slope commanding a narrow path up
which a regiment of our men were
about to march.”
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“‘ES’I‘ AND SOUTH.
Edward Herbrand, of Waukcsha.
. ,. ,. Wis," and Nicholas Pitts, of Mineral
Four mew—all of them veteran sol~ Point, same state, were killed by tho
diers—playing with a gun. One goes. accidental discharge of their guns
through the manual of arms and winds while hunting.
up with a burlesque of shooting at am For defrauding a bank Karl Decker,
other. The joke is so good that ascc— known all over the country as: the
cud veteran essays it. This time the prince of forgets. was sentenced to
cartridge in the, "unloaded" gun ex- seven years in prison at San
Quentin.
plodes, and to-duy there are a widow Cal.
and two orphans in the town 01’ Wheel- In the jail nt.2\’orfolk, Va,
John An-
iug and a man half crazy with unavailo (loosen, the murderer of Male Saun-
ing self—reproach who would kill him- tiers, of the schooner OlivePecker,
was
self it he were not prevented. Grown- executed. I
up men, veteran soldiers, “fooling” At the age of 65 years samuel
McKee,
with firearms! is it any wonder that a member of congress from 1864 001869,
children do such things? died in Louisville, Ky.
r bistro iowxa “for this year is-n
’tbanszzsfioopoow a ,
MOUNT VERNO
At Courtlond, Va, Jordan Webb (cul-
ored), who committed a criminal as-
sault. upon Mrs. Lucy Bowden, an aged
lady, was hanged.
Pemie Ponder, the 16—year-old son of
E. E. Ponder, committed suicide in
Louisville, Ga, rather than take a
whippingr from his father.
John William Showaltcr, judge of the
Seventh judicial district of the United
States circuit court, died in Chicago,
aged 54 years.
Lulu Johnson, of Pond. Creek, 0. T.,
is in jail and will be tried on the charge
of poisoning her sixth husband at Law-
rence, Kan.
Theodore N. Morrison, pastor of the
Epiphany Episcopal church in Chicago.
has accepted the office. of bishop of
Iowa.
Negroes in Kansas are pushing a
movement for the deportation of 2,000,-
000 negroes to Cuba, Porto Rico,Hawaii
and Africa.
William Hitchings killed John Hunt
and wife and Thomas Haywood at Free
Soil, Mich, and then took his own life.
He was insane.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
The steamer Londonian was lost at'
sea. while en route from Boston to
London, and Capt. Lee and 24 of the
crew perished.
The river Neva inundated the lower
quarters of the city of St. Petensburg,
Russia, causing great. loss of property
and lives.
Transvaal troops have committed
wholesale butcheries of women and
children: and unarmed natives in the
campaign against the rebel chief
Mpefu in South Africa.
The death of William Black, one of
the most prolific writers of fiction, oc-
curred in London, aged 57 years.
LATER. NET-“VS.
Senator Vest made a speech in the
United States senate oiithe 12th in 0p-
position to territorial expansion, and
Senator Morgan began the debate on
the Nicaragua canal bill. A bill was in-
troduced authorizing A. A. Bartlett to
raise the battleship Maine and trans-
port it to the United States. In the
house the larger part of the day was
spent on District of Columbia aflairs.
The bill to relieve the condition of
Almerican seamen was taken up, but
nothing was accomplished.
Henry Nelligan, cook, and George W.
Beverly, bugler, of the First Florida
regiment killed each other in a quarrel
at Huntsville, Ala.
The Fourth regiment of United
States infantry, now at Fort Sheridan,
111., has been ordered by Secretary
Alger to proceed to Manila.
Spaniards and Cubans had a fight in
the streets of Havana and three of the
latter were killed and others wounded.
David W. Hughes, a lumber dealer in
Chattanooga, Tenn, filed a petition in
bankruptcy, with liabilities of $250,000
and assets of $1.000.
Col. William Jennings Bryan’s resigo
nation as colonel of the Third Nebras-
lea. regiment has been accepted.
The United States supreme court has
announced {in adjournment for the
Christmas holidays, extending from
the 19th inst...» Tuesday, January 3.
Smallpox isflpldemic at Nebraska
City and has been spread to many por-
tions of eastern Nebraska.
The funeralof Gen. Garcia, the Cuban
commander, was held at St. Patrick’s
church in Washington. Later the body
will be taken to Cuba.
The eighteenth annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor
an in Kansas City, Mo.
gas exp
, ,ta, "
o afld-F‘atflck Ready. ,
libs g ghtoficloeof files ,,
es:
Secretary Alger has designated Gen.
Ludlow to not as flush military gov-i
ernor of Havana city.
Counterfeit standard silver dollars of
the year 1890 are in circulation in great
numbers in the Mississippi valley.
The ashes of Columbus were trans-
ferred from the cathedral in Havana to
a steamer to be taken to Spain.
The steamer Aurora, thie‘finest wood-
en boat on. the lakes, valued at $125,000,
Was burned near Bar Point, on Lake
Eric; I '
mm NEWS ITEMS.
Prof. Kitridge, of Harvard, is said to
he the only man living who can read
Eliot’s Indian Bible.
At a charity bazar at Cleveland adoll
made by Mrs. McKinley, wife of the.
president, sold'for $18.
The will ofjthe late Charles P. Wilder,
of Wellesley Hills, Mass, bequeath-
01029000 tozlviount Holyoke college.
, The French vintage of 1808 is official-
ly estimated at 32,282,000 ‘hectoliters,’
which is 68,000 hectoliters below the
vintage of last'year. \
1 The shortage in the California wine
crop o‘f 1898 and the fairly good demand
that has existed during the past year
have resulted in advancing prices.
A ukase has been issued by the Rus-
sian minister or education, Mr. Bogo-
lerow, forbidding the wearing of cor.
sets in any educational institution.
The mystery surrounding the gift
of $250,000 to the University of New
York, has been cleared up by the dis-
covery that Helen Gould was the donor.
Dr. J. J. Walter, pastor of the Cen—
tenary Methodist church, of Portland,
Ore.’, has bpen appointed missionary in'
charge of all Methodist Work in Alas at
James H. Southall, convicted of deal-
ings in ,fraudulent government time
checks,_waa sentenced in St. Paul to
State’s prison for ten years at hard la-
bor.
Benjamin S’. Lear is first sergeant of
company C, First Culorado' infantry.
now stationed at Manila. His father,‘
Benjamin E. Lear,- is a private in the
some cumpauy.
M. Constantin, a young Frenchman
of 19, who lives in Paris, is eight. feet
(all and probably bigger than any oth-
er man who has ever lived. He is per-
fectly proportioned.
The government of Nicaragua, as a
result of the collapse of the republic
ofVCentral America, has established a
decree declaring Nicaragua to be an in-
dependent sovereigu state.
‘ Howard Gould will not be called upon
to sacrifice any part of his fortune as
a result of his recent marriage to Miss
Katherine Clemmons. The other Gould
heirs decline to profit by his disregard
of his father's wishes.
President W. H. Newman, of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
company, has placed an order with the
Brooks locomotive works, of Dunkirk,
N. Y., for 45 locomotives.
cost will be about $500,000.
The total
DEATH OF A PATRIOT.
Close of the Career of the Noted
Cuban Warrior, Gen. Garcia.
Succumb: at Washington to an At-
tack or Pneumonia—ul- Dying
Thought: Were 01 His Coun-
try—Sketch of Hi: Life.
Washington, Dec. 12.-Gen. Callxto
Garcia, the distinguished Cuban war—
rior and leader and the head of the
commission elected by the Cuban as-
sembly to visit this country. died here
Sunday morning shortly after ten
o’clock at the Hotel Raleigh, where the
commission has its headquarters. The
sudden change from the warm climate
of Cuba, with the hardships he had
there endured, to the wintry weather
of New York and Washington is re
sponsible for the pneumonia which re-
sulted in his demise. He contracted a
slight cold in New York, which did not
assume an alarming stage until the
early .part of last week. On Tuesday
night Gen. Garcia, in company with the
other members of the commission, at-
tended a. dinner given in his honor by
Gen. Miles, and it was a result of the
exposure that “night which culminated
in his death.
Lit-L'l‘holuflhts Were for Cuba.
During the 12 hours or more pre—
ceding dissolution Gen. Garcia was un-
conscious most of the time. At inter-
vals he recognized one or more of those
about him." In his dying moments, as
all through his busy and active life, his
thoughts were for his beloved country
and its people, and among his last
words were irrational mutterings in
which he gave orders to his son, who
c. r, 9. ARCIA.
is on his eta, r the battle which he
supposed wuh‘occur and in which he
understood there ere only 400 Spam
iards to combo Just before he died
he embraced his n. Rev. Father Ma-
gee, of St. Patriolfls church, was called
in during the day and was with Gen.
Garcia until thezend, administering the
last rites of the Catholic church. Other
members of the commission and Mr.
Rubens, their council in this country,
were also inthe lied chamber when the
end came.
Gnhupiowjnh Notified.
After Gen. 1} did’sdeath steps were
taken to notify the‘govprnment 'ofli—
cials hero'i ,_ {he 2 ‘ utive com-
mittee of ‘thc usls V'bly, which
has its headdncrtcn at. ,rianao, Cu-
hotel to express, their condolences.
President McKinley manifested his
sympathy by lending a suitably word-
ed letter and Vice President Hobart
sent his card. rAmong those who called
were Senators yIl‘oraker, Money. Proc-
tor and Chandler and Maj. Gens. Law.
ton and Wheeler.
Gen. Garcia ’left’ a large family, only
one of whom, Justo, a captain on his
staff, was with him when he died. His
widow andeercedes. a daughter 17
years of age,.are at Thomasville. 0a.,
where the girl is quite ill; Mario, a son
19 years chute. is with .the mother at
Thomasflllé, 7 and Col." Carlos Garéic,
another son. in in Cuba. A daughter,
Leonoro. who married an American, is
now liVing' inaPa‘ris. Gen. Garcia’s
mother is, still alive and reside: in Hm
vana. Funeral arrangements have not
been madev‘ 1
The members‘of the commission feel
keenly, thé"blow which hits befallcn
them in the death of their leader. who
they say was aman of intelligence,
valor, energy and-probity in whom the
great majorifyjoi’ people had absolute
confidence. jfle,w0rk in hand, they
Say, will continue Without interruption.
and the ideas and views heldby Gen.
Garcia willabe impressed on all that is
done. Whilelt is possible that an-
other chairman may be chosen by the
Cuban assembly, yet the commission-
‘ are say that it is not essential, as those
now here are thoroughly equipped to
take up the work where their leader
laid it dovvn.‘
Career of: Pin-“ft and “Ian-for.
Gen. Garcia, whose name will be‘ever
linked With-ethos. of other patriots who
have fought’lgetgnst unedua‘l odds for the
freedom, Of his country. has had a. most ac-
tive and var! (1 life, much of which has been
spent in “h tinz‘for the cause of Cuban
liberty. which he had the satisfaction of
seeing accomplished so short a. time begore
his death. He can a man of culture and re-
finement. 01 up endld education and came
from a distinguished family 0! Jiguani, of
Santiago d6 Cuba‘ province. He was born
in Cogquln. October 14. 1839, and was there—
fore in thealxtieth year of mouse. Gen.
Garcia was educated in Havana and in
Spain. In 1864 he was married to Isabel
Velez. Gen. Garcia was the original can.
spirator in the uprising of the' Cubans
against Spain in 1868 and in that war under
Gomez be attained the rank of a brigadlcr
general. Oetober of 1808 he captured the
towns of mint and Bali-e, and recruited
many hundreds of patriot. He had com.
mum! of the eastern departments during
that reVOIution after-1873 and Won many
notable Victories, including those at
Melones and Aura. While the revolution
was in a critical state in the other prov-
laces and its outcome was uncertain he
maintained it with vigor in the territory
under his command.
Preferred Death.
In 1875 While reconnolterlng with his 95.
cart he WM surrounded by 2,000 Spaniards.
Preferrins death to capture and subse-
quth eXecution at the hands of his enemy
he attempted suicide by placing his re-
volver under his chin and firing. The bui-
let came out between his evebrows. For
months he lay bctWeen life and death, but
was saved finally by Spanish surgeons,
who possibly had Owed their lives to his
mercy. The Spaniards believing he was
about to die gave him a pardon. The hole
which the bullet made when it entered the
chin and Came out between the eyebrows
was always visible and shows plainly in
the calmness of death.
For his participation in the revolutionary
‘ movement Gan. Garcia wu sent to Spain, ‘
’1. public," 0
where for years he was confined in castles
and fortresses, remaining there until the
peace of Zaiijon. He then returned to the
United States and together with Jose
Marti, attempted another revolution. He
landed in Cuba with a few followers, but
the country was tired of war and wanted
to try the home rule offered by Spain. He
capitulated to the Spanish forces in order
to save his few remaining followers and
was again banished to Spain in 1880, where
he remained under surveillance until 1855,
when the last revolution broke out in Cuba.
Then he escaped to France and later to
New York.
His movements since that time and his
active participation in the war are familiar
to many newspaper readers. After coming
to this country he endeavored to get an ex—
pedition to the island of Cuba in the steam-
er Hawkins, but this met with shipwreck
in a storm and the cargo was lost. Gen.
Garcia was the last man to leave the veil-
sel. Unduunted by his failure Gen. Garcia
made another attempt to ship stores for
the insurgents, this time obtaining the ship ‘
Bermuda. He was intercepted, however,
by United States authorities and was ar-
rested on the charge of fillbusterlng. but
was released on 35,000 bail. He forfeited
this bail and in a final attempt landed on
the eastern coast of the island with one or
the largest expedit‘mns that ever reached
Cuba. After landing he succeeded Gen,
Antonio Maceo in command of the troops
for the eastern department, holding the
rank of major general, Gen. Macao match.
ing west with his men.
Succeed: Maceo.
At Maceo's death Garcia was elected lun-
tenant general of the Cuban army, which
position he held to the close or the wax-
During this command he assaulted and
took by siege Tunas, Guisa and Gualmaro,
and ‘cleared the interior of his department
of Spanish troops. After declarion of war
between the United States and Spain, Gen,
Miles, commanding the American army,
sent his representative to Gen. Garcia and
subsequently the American and Cuban gen- '
in their movements
erals cooperated
against Santiago.
All the officers who participated in the
active work around Santiago bear testi-
mony to the great aid, assistance and loy-
alty manifested by Gen. Garcia during the
campaign. When the Cuban- assembly met
at the close of the warGeu. Garcia was one
of the principal advisers and was elected
chairman of the commission directed to
come to the United States and confer with
the authorities here with reference to the
work in hand.
FLOOD IN BROOKLYN.
Huge Water Main Burns and Damage
Estimated at $500,000
Results.
New York, Dec. 12.——For several
hours Sunday an area of 20 blocks in
the Twenty-eighth ward in Brooklyn
was inundated by raging waters, which
washed out the foundations of houses,
tore down trolley and telegraph poles.
imprisaned people in their houses and
nearly drowned some who were caught
by the flood. The damage will reach
several hundred thousand dollars; the
police think $500,000. The great water
main at Hobart. street and Central
avenue burst at live o’clock in the morn-
ing. This main is four feetin diameter
and when the pressure became too
great the water shot up eight feet in
the air, tearing a hole in the pipe itself
seven feet, long and a. half of its circum-
ference. For the first hour 1,500,000
gallons. it is estimated, rushed through
the streets and there was little diminu-
tion for three hours. The flood came
so suddenly that several persons were
caught and three were rescued by life
lines. Every house in the 20 blocks
was flooded and a number of them so
badly damaged that they will fall if
they are not'pulled down. Hundreds of
others Were damaged so badly that it
will be a costly matter to repair them.
Ten families were homeless'Sunday
night because the ,missioner of
buildings would not t them enter
their shaky houses. “ ‘
M'
Dec. lat-4A; Sp
Detroit, Miciil
the Journal from Fresoil, Mich, says: V
A man named ,William Hitchings, a
brother-in-law of John Hunt, a farmer
who lived about two miles west of this
place, killed Mr. Hunt, Mrs. Hunt and .
cneii‘ hired man. Thomas Haywum,
Friday afternoon and cut his own
throat. Hunt and Hayward were in the
woods cu'tting wood and Hitchings
splitting it, when the latter struck
Hunt with his ax, killing him instant-
ly. Hayward started to run, but fell
and was strife}; by Hitchiugs while ly-
ing on the ground. also killing him in-
stantly. Hitchings then went to the
house and killed Mrs. Hunt by‘ stabbing
her in the neck with a jackknife.
After killin Mrs. Hunt, Hitchiugs
went upstairs and cut his own thl'oat.
from ear to ear and must have died at
once from the way blood is splashed
about the room.
Generous to the salmon.
Omaha. Neb., Dec. 12.-Th‘e World
Herald has sent by telegraph $1,000 to
the First Nebraska regiment,ilocated at
Manila, and $1,000 to the 'LThird Ne.
braska regiment, commanded by wt}.
liam J. Brynn, now at Savannah, (11,,
preparing to start for Cuba. This
money is contributed at the solicitation
of the World Herald by over 3,000 con-
tributors, and is sent to the two regi-
ments to provide for a Christmas din-
ner.
Perish In a Fire.
New York, Dec. 12.~After a fierce
fire that‘occurred Sunday in a flat
building at 134 Prospect place, Brook-
lyn, four bodies were recovered, and
the police expect to find more dead in
the ruins. The house was occupied by
five familiee and a boys' club had room:
in the basement. It is supposed the
boys accidentally
as the flames were first discovered com-
ing from the basement.
Resignation Acceptedr
NeW‘York, Dec. 12.-The congrega-
tion or Plymouth church, represented
by a large advisory committee of the
prominent members. decided Sunday
to accept the resignation’ of Rev. Dr.
Lyman Abbot, to take effect on May 1.
After January 1 Dr. Abbot will be re—
lieved from all participation in the
active management Of the church and
will preach only When his health per-
mite.
Plng‘ree’l Plurallty.
Lansing, Mich., Dec.12.~Semi—ofiiclul
figures place Gov. Pingree’s exact plu~
ralily in the last election at 75.079.
There was a. total of 421.144 votes cast
for governor this year. Pingrec receiv-
ing 243,239, an increase of 21/, per cent.
over his proportion to the whole vote
cast. last clecgon.
Plcqnart to no ‘itelcnled.
Paris, Dec. 12.———i.a Liberte says that
the temporary release of Col. Picqumt
has already been ordered.
Novelist Mack Dena.
London, Dec. 12.-—Tlie digith is an.
nounced of William Black, the novelist.
set the place on fire,—
SPEAKS ON FINANCE.
4...“...
Synopsis of Report of the Secretary
of the Treasury. ’
II n Document of Great Importance-
Mr. Gage Favors the Bank Note
Plan—Other Subject-
Theater].
Washington, Dec. 7.——The annual re-
; port of the secretary of the treasury to
the congress of the United States is a
document second in interest and im—
portance only to the message of the
, chief executive. Although the subject
of currency and banking is placed at.
the close of Secretary Gage’s report, it
is one of the most vital features of that
document and will command the at—
! tention of every student of national
financial problems. In part he says:
“In submitting my report I feel it my
. 511W to impress upon congress, as best I
maY. the important subject of currency
and bankmg reform.
4 "It is the misfortune of evil conditions to
produce derangement and hinder progress,
which, if long continued, so accustom the
subject of them to their existence as to cre-
ate in him apathetic indifference to needful
and healthful reforms. Indeed, it is a fa-
miliar tact that individuals, families and
nations ignorantly suffer under the illusion
that the very source of their affliction is
itself an agency for good. Something like
this has marked our financial history for
80 years. Making progress in spite of all
obstacles and embarrassments to com—
merce and industry, we ascribe the ad—
vancement to the causes which have real-
ly hampered and disconcerted the forward
and upward movement. With a financial
system condemned by the Judgment of the
most experienced and wise, both lit home
and abroad. its evils illustrated‘in daily
business and emphasized in recurring pan-
ics, we fail, with an obtuse timidlty, to face
the questions which must be met and right-
ly solved before industry and commerce
can be established upon enduring condi—
tions of security.
“The arguments against government ls-
sues of paper money as a. medium for com-
mercial exchanges have been fully made
and need not be repeated in detail.
Cure for Evils.
"The cure for these evils is not diflicult
to find. It lies Within the easy range of
congressional action. Nor is the remedy
one to inflict even temporary pains or
penalties on the body politic. The health-
ful, stimulating effect of right action in
these directions would be experienced with
the first sense of assurance that the de—
sired end was to be accom ilshed.
“The proposal to substttu a bank issues
for government notes is opposed with
many honest prejudices and assailed by
bitter denunciations. The first arise from
a failure to comprehend the true philoso-
phy of a paper currency, and must be pa—
tiently considered. The latter obscure the
question by reckless statements, charging
that all propositions for currency reform
are bank conspiracies to exploit the people.
Operation. of the Treasury.
In the beginning of his report, Secretary
Gage thus summarizes the operations of
the treasury:
“The aggregate receipts for the fiscal
Year. under warrant, as shown by the re-
port of the treasm‘er of the United States,
were $738,549,255”, and the disbursements,
882158842430. There was consequently a de-
crease of $89,038,869.60 in the general treas-
ury balance, which stood at $864,190,23171
at the opening of the year and at $775,751.-
368.11 at the close. Besides the ordinary rev-
enues there were receipts on account of
the public debt which swelled the total
income available in the fiscal operation of
.the government to “81.612.255.20, while cor—
responding additions to the ordinary ex—
penditures brought the total on this side
of the account up to $543,561,104.80, and cre-
ated a. deficiency of $1,948,849.60 as the net
result. These figures, however, do not in-
clude any part of the loan of $200,000,000, the
proceeds of which had begun to come in
before the close of the year, though none
were formally covered into the treasury
until afterward. 0n the side of the re-
cubs
. how pair thé lgnicnt fall-
off from 333.295.424.23 12032153473031
Want: More Sliver.
0n the point of fractional silver the re-
port contains this significant paragraph:
“The amount ofa fractional silver coin
held by the treasury July I, 1897. was 816,-
201,960; July 1, 1898. 822,070,690. This stock
has at present, November 18, been reduced
to $7,122,506, much of which is so worn as
to be unfit for circulation. The amount
available, distributed among the several
subtreasuries,
each, and some denominations are ex-
hausted. The secretary or the treasury
should be authorized to recoln this uncor-
I rent stock. and any such coin which may
hereafter accumulate in the treasury, the
difference between its face value and the
new coin it will make to be paid out of
any moneys in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated. Further provision should be
made to add to the stock of fractional coin,
lend to that end it is suggested that the
secretary of the treasury be authorized to
use any silver bullion now in the treasury
for the coinage of such denominations as
may: be required from time to time to
meet the demand from the different sec-
tions of the country. With an ever-in-
creasing population. which will be added
to in the near future by the acquisition of
additional territory. the demand for trac-
tional silver coin will be such a to make
it essentially necessary that the stock
should be increased."
Gillett Disappear! 'Acain.
Kansas City, 100., Dec. 103.3. 51,.
patch to the Journal from Chihuahua,
Mex., states that Grant C. Gillett, the
fugitive Kansas cattleman. has disap.
peared from the vicinity of Chihuahua
and‘is now believed to be either in the
City of Mexico or at Mazatlan, on the
Paelfic coast, or en route for South
America. For ten days previous to his
disappearance the dispatch says an.
lett found refuge on the ranch of J. M.
.Fisher, 60 miles south of DurangO.
Fisher is a, former Kansan, whose ca-
réer in Kansas was not unlike ihat of
Gillett. He failed in the banking busi-
ness at Abilene in 1880, and the bank
has since paid only five per cent. on de-
posits amounting to 5300.000.
Vote to iquidate.
Boston, Dec. 9.-—'Ihe stockholders of
the Boston national bank on Thurs-
day voted to liquidate. More than 8.000
of the 10,000 shares in the bunk were
represented. Only 12 shares were re-
corded as unfavorable to the liquida-
tion plan. The banlo was organized in
1853 and has never passed a dividend.
lts aifairs are so clean that the liqui—
dating bank advances $1,000,000 to re-
imburse its stockholders. It is thought
that the bank will liquidate $120. ,
Fire Causes Heavy Loan.)
Los .lngeles, Cal., Dec. S.-——The cure-
lcss handling of a lighted match by an
employe of the Standard Oil company
caused a fire Wednesday afternoon in
1 the company‘s works, located on the
river bank in East Los Angeles, which
completely destroyed the company’s
property, résulliug in a loss of about
$100,000, with no insurance.
Tin-ea Liven Loot.
Birmingham. Ala., Dec. 8.——An explo-
sion of gas occurred in the Zeneida
mines, 15 miles south of here in Shelby
county, Wednesday, killing three men
and perhapsfatclly wounding three
others.
Sharp Pal
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swollen joints, inflammation, into,
fcring, are characteristics of rlieu
All these painful symptoms are
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Go South This “’inter.
For the present winter season th
ville Nashville Railroad Conipa
improved its already nearly perfect f
service of Pullman Vestibuled ‘ era 0“
Cars and elegant day coaches from e eem
nati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chi asure 0
Mobile, New Orleans and the Gulf es_1vv.
Thomasville, Gen, Pensacola, Jack ‘su swe,
Tampa, Palm Beach and other p0 times f.
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Nassau and \Vcst Indian ports. um, my
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His “’uy of Advertising und,
Charles—I don’t see how Blank ca aging 0'
any money out oflthat tobacconist with
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Fred—Oh, that’s his method of a
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w. R’y, C. St. P. M. a o. R’y, s. C. a “y “a ‘u
and r. E. & M. v. R. R.) to all other W"
outhis system and on the Union’
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cod until January 4, 1890. Apply to’. om I y
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Extremely “Fly.” Slam l
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dianapolis Journal.
Lane’s Family Medicine. ':> ,5
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