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THE OSCEOLA TIMES
LEON ROUSSAN, Publisher.
OSCEOLA. • • • ARKANSAS.
CURRENT COMMENT.
A LARGS sum of money subscribed In
the Mediterranean squadron for a wed
ding present to the duke and duchess
of York went down in the ill-fated
V i c toria.
FOLK minor officers have
been arrested * v York, charged
with violations ofK. . >wat the recent
election, making al of sixty-one
now indicted on thea/vuftrges.
It is stated that Emperor William h
trying to purchase the new Cape dia
mond, said to be the largest is the
world and more valuable than the
Kohinoor, weighing 971 karats.
A Moscow dispatch announces the
death of Caroline Janlch in that city.
She was the oldest living authoress and
was celebrated for her translations
from the French and German poets
into Russian.
Thk Indian mails announce the death
of Mias Tucker, known all over the
world under the initials of “A. L. O.
E.” For the last eighteen years Miss
Tucker has been engaged in missionary
work in India.
LiM£ Calve, Scalchi is not averse to
telling her age. Calve is 28 and the
great contra to is 44. She has a son 17
years of age. Like many of her coun
trywomen, she was a wife before her
girlhood was passed.
In Holland women and persons of
either sex under the age of Ift are now
forbidden to begin work earlier than 5
a, m., or to continue at work after 7 p.
m., nor can their work exceed eleven
hours a day in all.
Both the princess of Wales and
Princess May are taller than their
spouses, and that is why the prince of
Wales has such a marked aversion to
being photographed standing by the
aide of the princess.
Miss Lucy Garnett is given a pen
sion of 1500 a year by the British gov
ernment, in recognition of her literary
merits and to enable her to prosecute
her researches in Oriental folk-lore.
Mrs. Margaret Stokes also receives 1500
for her researches into early Christian
art and archa'ology in Ireland, and
Mrs. Cashel Hoey <250 for her novels.
A London organist has set up a. wail
because persons of his class are exclud
ed from the sermons of pastors seem
ingly by common consent when all
other persons connected with the
church are given encouraging words.
He thinks an occasional reference even
to heathens, infidels and heretics and
none to organists decidedly unjust.
Yet how much attention docs (he aver
age organist pay to what the pastor
says?
There was to be a double w edding in
Goshen, N. Y., but one of the young
men implicated was not -present. It
W4»s discovered afterwards that he
tried to buy a new suit on credit and
failing to arrange the bargain, ran
away, because he would not be married
In his old clothes. The girl he was to
L ,ve married went to the wedding and
reception and looked so pretty that she
was engaged again lie fore the evening
was over.
Quite a number of Georgia federal
office-holders are also members of state
official boards, such as the lunatic asy
lum, etc. Others are members of the
legislature and are also in the employ
ment of county and municipal offices.
Gov. Northen, on the advice of the at
torney-general, has declared that fed
eral office-holders are ineligible to hold
state offices, and so far as their ap
pointment comes to him he proposes to
revoke them.
Nancy' Rose Is the name of the
woman who for thirty-five .years has
been the lighthouse keeper at Stony
point, on the Hudson. Her husband
was appointed to that position in 1853,
but died five years later, leaving her
with a family of young children to sup
port Her friends used their influence
to have her appointed in his place, and
succeeded. No serious accidents have
occurred there during the whole term
of Nancy Rose’s tenure of office.
A lady some time ago left the sum
of 100,000 francs as a prize for the Insti- j
ute of France, to be given the first per- ।
son who, within ten years, cominunijrl
cates with a celestial body and
an answer. It is quite possible hJnat '
the council of state may that it
is unable to accept jegacj*, in w Inch
case it wTirbeoffered to the Institute
of Milan first, and upon the inability
of the latter institution to accept it* it
will be offered to other institutes.
F. Allyn Orr, attorney for Patrick
Shields and Andrew’ McKinsley. sailor.'*
on the American steamer Keeweenaw’,
and who were brutally beaten by the
Chilian police in Valparaiso at the time
of the Baltimore riots in 1891, has re
ceived notice that the Chilian govern
ment will contest the effort to have
the claims of Shields and McKinley
settled by the arbitration commission
appointed to settle the question of
damages to American citizens on the
ground that Shields and McKinley are
not American citizens.
Capt. James Shely, deputy United
States marshal in the lower Rio Grande
border, has arrived at San Antonio.
Tex., from Starr county "Mth three
Mexicans, who are alleged to have been
prominently connected with the Garzr.
revolutionary movement They are
said to be the last of Garza's army.
The total number who have been ar
rested is 350, nearly all of this number
having been tried and convicted in the
federal court at San Antonio and at
Brownsville, and arc now serving out
jail and penitentiary sentences.
In reply to the wheat and flour cir
cular of the department of state,
Charles N. Daly, consul at Guelph,
Ont., reports the people there are ready
to buy American flour if it can be sold
as cheap and of as good quality as the
domestic. Bakers use hard wheat flour
of the best quality, aml families the
best grade of fall wheat flour. No
American flour or American wheat was
imported in 1891, 1892 and 1803. The
obstacle to the use of American flour is ,
the duty of 75 cents per barrel on
American flour. John 8. Derby, United j
SUltes consul at St Johns, N. 8., makes <
B similar report as to the Dominion .
tariff. ‘
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gleaned By Telegraph and Mai).
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
Ex-Mayor Hugh J. Guam has been
appointed receiver of the St. Nicholas
bank, of New York.
Secretary Gresham has instructed
Minister White at St. Petersburg to in
form the Russian government that “as
sisted” Immigrants will not be allowed
to land in the United States.
Senator Cullom will be a candidate
for senator before the next legislative
assembly of Illinois.
Commissioner Rhodes arrived at Pa
lapye Christmas and announced that
the Matabeles were entirely subju
gated, and that King Lobengula does
not intend to return to Bulwayo.
According to mail advices from the
Congo the tribes along the upper Welle,
under the command of the sultan of
Samio, have defeated the Soudanese
Mahdists, driving them toward the
upper Nile.
Paul Schwartz, proprietor of the
American metallurgical works at Phm- i
nixville, Pa., died recently. He was ;
the only living holder of the chemical
secret for making cheap high grade
steel and the secret died with him.
The sub-committee of the senate com- •
mittoe on foreign relations organized !
st Washington on the 27th for an In
quiry into the Hawaii complications.
Prince Bismarck is reported to be
suffering from his old complaint of i
neuralgia in the arm and his condition
is said to be complicated by indigos- ‘
tion.
Dispatches from Mellilla say that
Muley Araaf has delivered the princi- !
pal leaders in the Rift’ revolt to Gen. ■
Campos, of Spain, who sent them ■
aboard the cruiser Isla de Luzon fori
transport to Tangier, to enable the !
sultan to punish them.
Charles Merival, dean of Ely. is
dead. The earl of Derby used to say i
that Dean Merival’s “Transcript of ;
Homer's llaid” was one of the finest
things in the English language.
Michael Davitt denies knowing j
anything about the murder of Dr.
Cronin.
In regard to the reported seizure of i
the Gilbert islands by the British, the '
colonial office says the whole group
was formally annexed by Great Britain
in June, 1892, and that they have been
In Great Britain's possession ever since.
Gen. William A. Quarles, a leading
member of the Clarksville, Tenn., bar,
and an ox-confederate brigadier-gen
eral, died in Logan county, Ky., re
cently, aged 68.
Mr. Gladstone’s 84th birthday an
niversary was observed on the 29th.
Timothy Harrington has been ap
pointed editor of United Ireland, suc
ceeding Mr. Loamy.
The president has returned to Wash
ington from his hunting trip.
MIM EI LANEDI s.
The New York & New England rail
way has passed into the hands of re
ceivers.
In London. Paris and Berlin Italian
bonds have been depressed, owing to
rumors that several large Italian banks
are unable to carry over their holdings.
The Erlanger syndicate, of London,
England, has at last purchased the
Cherokee bonds.
The Fiske Gold Mining Milling
Co.’s property, located at Blackhawk,
Col., has boon sold to an English syn
dicate for $599,000.
By’ an explosion of a tank in the
1 soap factory of Proctor & Gamble, at
Ivorydale, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ed
ward Marquart, an employe, and ■
Stephen Reynolds, a visitor, were in
stantly killed.
The South Haven, Mich., stove works
and foundry, William Mickay propri
“tor, has closed down indefinitely, ow
ing to lack of orders.
What seems to have l>een an attempt
to burn the western part of Lima, O .
was made the other night. Several
dwellings were set on fire simultane
ously and consumed.
Judge McGee, of the superior court
at Council Bluffs, la., declared the
charter of the OuiA.hu & Council Bluffs
Motor Co. forfeited.
Four miners were drowned in the
Symonds-Kaye gold mine, ten miles
from Halifax, N. S. A blast broke
down the wall and let in the water. |
The British steamer Cornhill collided I
off Gibraltar with the British steamer !
Douglass Hill. 'lhe Cornhill sank, but ।
her crew was saved. i
Very bad news comes from Rio de
Janeiro. It is is announced that the
unfortunate city which has for mouthy'
past been suffering from ravages !
j of war is now a-vujaan to yclh w fever •
ibto vMb'worst form.
n In Southampton, England, while a j
J cylinder was being sunk at the wharf j
।to be used by the American line of
steamships it exploded ami caused the
death of several workmen.
Pugilist Mitchell was arrested at
Jacksonville, Fla., to prevent his tight
, Ing. He was committed for trial and
at once applied for a writ of habeas
corpus.
Hillsboro, Tex., has met with a seri
i ous calamity by fire. It started in
Rosenbaum's dry goods store. The
loss was <275,009.
The jury in the Anna Wagner poison
ing case in Indianapolis, Ind., has re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
Employes of the Electric Street Rail
way Co., in Peoria, 111., have been noti
fied that they will be expected to
Work fifteen hours instead of twelve, .
without increase of pay.
Officials of the Northern Pacific
Ire charged with wrecking the road.
Carib Evans, the noted bandit part
ner of Sontag, has escaped from jail at
Fresno, Cal.
Andrew Coates, commander of the
state sailors and soldiers' home at
Monte Vista. Col., is a very sick man.
with little hope of recovery. Maj.
(bates gained an enviable record in the
War. He volunteered from New York
state, and for years after hostilities
ceased was prominent in the councils
nf Tammany.
A motion has been made in the
chancery court to sell the Memphis I
Appeal-Avalanche by the trustees,
Messrs. A. D. Gwynn and R. J Mor- !
gan.
At Pine Hill. Ky., in a general fight
four men were wounded. Ben Pike re- ,
reived 100 bird shot in his breast ami
arms and a pistol ball through the
upper portion of his left leg. Isaac *
Misal was shot through the right ;
breast, the ball passing out at the iiip <
killing him. (
Dr. J. W. Read committed suicide at '
Atlanta, Ga., by shooting himself in i
the head with a shotgun. ’ i
The Macon (Ga.) Evening News went ,
into the hands of a receiver recently, j ]
Mr. H. P. Moore was appointed tern | (
porary receiver. Liabilities cmimated i 5
It <5,009 and assets at <12,090. | ।
Mrs. Sarah A. Cleveland was
burned to death in LaGrange. Ga.
She fell asleep before the fire and the
flames caught her dress.
The American Association of Breed
ers of Jacks and Jennets met at the
Maxwell house, Nashville, Tenn. Presi
dent Leonard, of Missouri, was re-elect
ed president ami J. B. Fulton secretary.
The annual meeting of the Colorado
State Forestry association Avas held nt
Denver, Col., lately. A resolution was
passed calling for the passage of the
Mcßae bill before congress for the
preservation of forests.
Lawren( eville, 111., has been prac
tically wiped out by fire. Among the
burned buildings were Lave & Boyd’s
clothing house, T. C. Watt's grocery,
T'. Roberts' general store and Buchan
an's general stores.
Siterintendent Gadsden, of the
money order service, will sign orders
early in January making 145 fourth
class post offices money order offices,
and extending postal note facilities to
fifteen offices in various parts of the
con n try.
The thirty-horse power boiler in the
saw mill of MacDonald A-. Waldicc, near
Peru, Ind., exploded, wrecking the
building and instantly killing George
: MacDonald, brother, and Bid Mac
। Donald, son of the proprietor.
' Twenty persons were drowned dur
j ing n heavy fog at Amsterdam.
Prendergast, the assassin of Mayor
I Harrison at Chicago, was found guilty
I of murder and sentenced to death.
Fifteen lives were lost through the
‘ wreck of the steamer Alert, from Port
। Albert to Melbourne, which went
; ashore off Jubilee point during the ter
' rific gale which swept over Port Philip,
j Australia.
। The operators of the Kidd mines,
i west of Bellaire, 0., on the Baltimore
4 & Ohio road, have posted notices of 10
I per rent, reductions, to go into effect
I January 1. The men will resist the
I reduction and a strike may ensue. The
। Troll mines also posted a similar
notice, but later withdrew it.
I Clearing house returns for the week
ended December 28showed an average
t decrease of 20.8 compared with the cor
responding week of last year. In New
j York the decrease was 30.2; outside,
| A spec ial dispatch from Athens says
j that a dynamite cartridge deposited in
the mansion of a banker named Syn
gret was exploded, doing great dam
age. was injured by the ex
plosion.
At Martins Ferry, G, the Etna,
Standard ami Laughlin iron and steel
mills and Spence, Sons’ foundry have
all resumed, giving employment to
1,509 men. The prospects for a long
and steady run are considered good.
Gov. Boies, of lowa, granted an un
conditional pardon to 11. M. Belvel. the
newspaper correspondent convicted of
libeling the character of Senator
George F. Finn, of Taylor county.
The Illinois supreme court has
granted a rehearing in the famous S.
A. Keane <o. assignment ease. The
rehearing means that the late decision
may be reversed, and that over 300
cases and almost ?9,900,000 may be nf
fected.
The Louisiana State Lottery Co. in
Louisiana has come to an encl, but the
company will live under a new name.
Its new name is the Honduras National
Lottery Co., and its headquarters are
in Cortez.
The Kentucky court of appeals has
granted writs of error in the lottery
case. The lotteries will resume busi
ness pending further developments.
The stock of Cone Co., wholesale
and retail jewelers, in Cedar Rapids,
| la., was seized under a writ of attach
ment for $3,500. The liabilities are
heavy.
In Omaha, Neb.. Bernard McGinn,
the slayer of Edward McKenna, was
sentenced to hang April ft. The mur
der was the outgrowth of a religion
fight. McKenna was an A. P. A., am
McGinn was a Catholic.
The National Switch Jr. Signal Co.
of Easton, Pa., announces that it is
forced to reorganize on account of
financial embarrassments, alleged to
be due toSmismanagemcnt. The liabil
ities are $130,000, with assets probably
well in excess of that sum.
In New' York Henry C. Albert, dealer
in embroidery goods at 375 Broadway,
confessed judgment for $39,.;n0,
( ’
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Hon. Charles T. O’Ferral was in
augurated governor of Virginia on the
Ist with great pomp and ceremony.
The total number of postoAlices in
। operation in the United States on Janu
| ary 1, 1894, was 68,806.
I At Huntsville, Ala., on the Ist, James
Darwin, aged 12 years, while teasing a
big bog, made him angry. He jumped
on the hoy, knocked him down and
literally ate his arm ofT, besides tearing
huge slices of flesh from his logs and
breast. Darwin died in a few minutes.
The now Young Men's Christian As
sociation building in Chicago, thirteen
stories high and costing 5950,000. was
formally opened on the Ist.
Tm Knights of Labor have issued an
address to knights throughout the
country, appealing to them to protest
against the proposed bond issue.
pRENDKRi; yst, the murderer of Carter
H. Harrison, will be banged for his
crime. The jury in the case having re-
I turned a'verdict of guilty.
I The bold robberies that have marked
' the past few nights in different towns
of Oklahoma have had the effect of fore
warning railroad officials, and every
train going through the Strip now
carries a number of armed guards.
Harry late gram! chancellor
of the New Mexico Knights of Pythias,
and for three years past postmaster and
a prominent citizen of Silver City, N.
M., has been missing for several weeks,
and his friends fear foul play.
The total number of business failures
throughout the I’nited States is 15.560
j for 1893, an increase of more than 50
percent, from the year before, while
| the total liabilities are 5402,4<.>0,000, an
increase of nearly 400 per cent, over the
! year before.
I t\ hill has been prepared providing
। for the issue of legal tender notes to any
banking association organized under the
: laws of the United States or any State
or Territory which is insolvent and has
a capital stock actually paid up in cash
of at least 825,000.
At Shelby, Ala., on the 29tb. Mrs.
Seales, wife of Alfred Seales, a promi
nent citizen, murdered her husband
while be was drunk.
The house of T. S. Randall burned at
Duncan. Ky., on the 28th. Mr. Randall
escaped with his baby, but his wife,
who started up stairs to wake three
boy 8; perished along with thfem. j
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.
CJov. FUhbßck Protests to Cleveland.
The following letter was mailed by
Gov. Fish back the other day to Presi
dent Cleveland:
Th* developments incident to the recent train
robbery and murder at Olyphant, in this state,
rendered It proper, it seems tome, that I call
vour attention to the dangerous relation which
the Indian territory west of us occupies to the
slates of the Union, and especially to the ad
joining states of Arkansas, Kansas, Texas and
the territory of Oklahoma Upon Ihe person of
one of the captured robbers was found a map of
the route they had taken from the Indian ter
ritory, 175 miles to the scene of the rob
bery. and also a map of the country around
Chattanooga. Tenn., showing that another rob
bery was contemplated at or near that city. It
• Iso appears that the captured leaders are
noted characters in this business and inveigled
some very respectable citizens along the bor
der into this robbery 1 have good reasons to
suspect that a very large percentage of the
bank and train robberies which take place
west of the Alleghenies and east of the Rocky
mountains are organized or originated in the
Indian territory. During the past twelve
months there has been issued from the states
of Arkansas, Texas Kansas and Oklahoma
sixty one requisitions upon the Indian terri
tory autohrities for fugitives, while wo have
reason to believe that as many more are in
hiding among their comrades in crime in this
asylum of criminals.
These criminals wno find refuge in this ter
ritory are rapidly converting the Indian coun
try into a school of crime. They are demoral
izing the Indians, ami are especißUy stirring
thecycling Indians to deeds of theft and blood.
Young Henry Starr, for example, although
less than 20 years of age and with a tine capac
ity. has been charged with almost every
crime in the catalogue, and is now under sen
tence of death for murder According to an
estimate of one of th/' newspapers published a
year or two since L Muscogee, the number
of murders rc«M2i«d ihe appalling
figure of in one year that
were not cognizable in the federal courts. The
federal jail at Fori Smith is at nil seasons
nearly full of prlson-us from the territory and
the federal court holds sessions continuing
through nearly every month In the year. This
state of semi-chaos, and the farces of govern
ment which exist in the territory, rendering it
a constant menace to the peace and order of
all the states of the Mississippi valley sug
gests the very serious question whether the
time has not arrived for the federal govern
mont to assert its right of eminent dominion
over this part of the national domain, amt to
change its political relations with the United
States.
I can think nf no valid reason upon which to
base th? opinion that an Indian's rights, either
of person or of property, are any more sacred
th in that of the white man. whi< h, it Is con
cede 1. must give way to the public good. In
t h-- < ah'N <-;i lv p ; i<i " good Uiitpiihlit safe
tv as veil as the highest interests of the Indian
himself demands the suggested change. ■
ATTRACTS ATTENTION.
The letter has attracted great attentior
Chairman holman of the house committee or
Indian affairs says that a bill is now pending
in committee Io give the federal courts in the
territory greater authority than they now pos
Representative McCrea, of Arkansas, say?
the letter states the case about right He
thinks the present condition of things in the
territory makes congressional action neces
The St. Louis Globe Democrat, commenting
on the letter says:
‘ There is considerable force in the assertion
of Gov. Fishback of Arkansas that the Indian
territory is being rapidly converted into a
school of crime; and some means should hr de
vised to prevent lawbreakers from making it a
base-of operations for all kinds of offenses."
The Chronicle of the same city says;
"There is what they call in Arkansas good
horse sense’ in Gov. Fishback s letter to I’resj
dent Cleveland concerning the menace to the
peace and good order of the surrounding
states caused by present condition, social
and governmental, of the Indian territory *
* * It is hoped that Gov. Fishback s sensible
words will receive that consideration from
congress to which they are entitled."
Bart Men Arrested.
Pine Bluff, Dec. 29.—Hans Hydrick and
Claude Shephard, whose daring exploits have
kept the officers of several states after them
for several months, have been captured and are
now on their way to Kansas in charge of depu
ties to be tried for robbery and murder.
Hydrick some tim»' ago murdered Clem In
gram in this city in the latter's livery stable,
braining him with a stick of wood used as a
poker, ami a short time later he and Claude
Shephard, charged with burglary, escaped
from jail here, leaving a letter stating that
they were heavily a’’med and on fleet horses,
and if followed on their way to Texas their
pursuers would receive a warm reception
But the officers right on their track
without apparent success. A new impetus
was given to the officers recently by a
circular received by Sheriff A. G Thompson
of this county from th n Wells Fargo
Express Co. offering $1,003 reward
for the capture of Hydrick and Shephard
whose identity was clearly established by the
description given. The express company
charges th“m with robbing the St. Louis & San
Francisco train at Mound Valley. Kas., and th*'
killing of Express Messenger C. O. Chapman.
Detective W. A. Clay of this city, traced them
to near Jackson. Miss., where, it is alleged,
they burglarized a store. He went there and
arrested them. Hydrick was born and raised
here, and the Ingram murder was his first step
in crime, which seems to have been followed
by a long series of others in an incredibly
short time. If he fails to be convicted for
murder in Kansas, h" will be brought back here
ami tried on the same charge.
Arkansas’ I’rngpci-ti.
Gov. Fishback received a telegram
from Guo. W . Turner, editor of the New
York Recorder, the other day, asking
him for a brief expression, of the new
year prospects of Arkansas, and hisan
swer was as follows:
rrosprets for new year good in this state.
The hard times enforced economy and with
drawal of credit by the merchants, so that our
farmers worked last season more nearly on a
cash basis, ami have been thus enabled to get
even.
In addition to this they arc diversifying their
crops more than ever. In a country yielding
so bountifully almost every species of hortl
cultural and agricultural products, as Arkansas
joes, diversity of crops means prosperity.
From Washingion.
NEW POSTMASTERS.
Barkada. Drew county. J. W Roan*, vice
Henry N. King, resigned.
Roy. Pike county. Geo. W. C ingan, vice Mol
lie A. Bryant, resigned.
Beall. I'ui ton county Francis M, Morrison,
postmaster.
Onda. Washington county. DeWitt (' Young,
I>ostmaster.
NEW DOMESTIC MONEY ORDER «»FFH’F
Yorktown Lincoln county.
Enforcing Law Against Prize-Fight Ing.
Mayor Hall of Little Rock is strictly
enforcing the law against prize-fight
ing in that city. It is understood that
hereafter Mayor Bell of this city will
do the same?. — Pine ( Bluff Press-Eaglo.
Arkansas Hort Icnlt ural Society.
The Arkansas Slate Horticultural
society was organized at Fort Smith
with \V. G. Vaneenhelier president and
H. St rother vice-president,.
( anwed by Heavy Lifting.
Edwin Gates, one of the oldest citi
zens of Camden, died the other night,
aged 55. He died from paralysis,
caused by heavy lifting.
Doubts of His Guilt.
The governor has pardoned Timothy
Harvey, convicted in Woodruff county
of hog stealing, because, their were
doubts of Harvey's guilt.
Will Get Their Fay.
The petit federal grand jut\v met in
Little Rock the other day. Marshal
Gaines has received $2,000 from Wash
ington for jurors' fees.
On a Bad C barge.
Jefferson Casey was taken to Little
iock from Helena Hie other day to an
swer the churg*' of passing counterfeit
dollars in Clay county.
Married the Banker’* Daughter.
J. M. Carter, prosecutor of the Tex«
irkana district, and Miss Nellie Pastes,
hi lighter of Banker Estes, were mar
vied a few da vs ago.
THE YEAR’S REVIEW.
Dun’s Report on the condition of Trade—A
Shrinkage Without Parallel.
New York, Dec. 30.—R. G. Dun A
Co. s Weekly Review of Trade says un
der the caption "The Year 1K93:”
Starting v ith thn largest trade evcrjknown,
mills crowded with work and a' 1 business stim
ulated hy high hopes, the year 1R93 has proved,
in sudden shrinkage of trade, in commercial
disasters and depression of industries, the
worst tor fifty years. Whether the final results
of Ihe panic of 1837 were relativel more severe
the scanty records that exist do not clearly
show. The year closes with prices of many
produ ts the lowest ever known, with millions
of workers looking in vain for work, and with
charity laboring to keep back suffering and
starvation in all our cities. All hope the new
year ma; bring brighter days, but the dying
year leaves only n dismal reconl
The review of different departments ol trade
given to day exhibits a collapse of industry and
business which is almost without precedent
The Iron industry siist lined a weekly produc
tion of 181,551 tons pig May I, but by October 1
the output had fallen t 073 895 tons, and the re
cov ry to about too,OX) December, still leaves
40 per cent, of the force unemployed. Over
half the woolen manufacture is idle, excepting
a brief recovery in November, has been since
new wool tn May, for all sales at thr three chief
markets in the eight mont’s have
been hut 106,57J,500 pounds, partly for
speculation, the price having fallen 20 per
cent, for fleece, to lowest point ever known,
against 212,339.0 3 pounds in the sam" months
last year. Sales of cotton goodi are fully one
fourth below the usual quantity. The small
advance attempted in bo ts and shoes a year
ago was not sustained, but with prices ns low
as ever the shipments of boots ami shoes from
Boston are 21 per cent less than last year in
December, and though In November the de
crease was but 118 per cent , it has been 22 per
per cent for the last four months Not only
manufactured goods as a whole, but the most
Important farm products are so low that pro
ducers fin-1 little comfort
Official and other reports give lb* notion that
the crops of last year were so short that famine
prices could be realized on purchases. Enor
mous stocks were bought and held with the aid
of banks till heavy receipts in the spring
caused a collapse of wheat, p >rk and cotton
pools. Disastrous failures helped to produce
the alarm which soon made money impossible
to got, but even at the worst hour of the panic,
prices were scarcely lower than they nre
now. Wheat has repeatedly sold higher, and
at Chicago at the lowest price ever known, and
ts but 'J cent above it now. Pork fell li In an
hour when the speculation burst, but sells
lower vet to-day. Cotton was lifted a cent with
accounts of scarcity in September, but has lost
most of the gain and se is bolo * 8 cents. Thus
unreasonable speculat ons. by preventing the
sale of surplus products, have proved a great
Injury to farmers at a tim; when their en orced
curtailment of purchases is disastrous to all
other industries.
Monetary anxieties appeared to cause th"
panic, and became epidemic when doubts were
raised in Apr 1 about redemption of treasury
notes in silver. Western banks had given
r< ason for distrust by connection with real
estate, produce and sto:k venture*’ Deposits
In national banks alone declined In five months
nearly SHD,<RD,O) ». Purchases for consumption
shrunk so much, so in in / hands were
out of work or earning reduced
wa es, ami business of all kinds was
so red 'ced that the accumulation of idle money
became the greatest ever known, exceeding
S2MI.tWO.O'.X) in New York The transactions
through th* clearing house; outside New York
in January were l .’.S p*r e mt larger than last
year, and 6.5 per cent larger than for th* first
quarter, 3 7 per cent, smaller In the third quar
ter and 22 per t ent smaller in the la«t o >arter.
Clear evidence of the shrinkage indifferent
branches of business is afforded bv answers al
ready received tn several thousand circulars
requesting figures of sales during th* last half
of 1891 and 1891 Full information of the rail
roads will bo given hereafter, hut returns of
textile goods already show sales amounting to
?43.5| t,Rr5 this year, against 17>,317,882 last year,
a decrease of 37 per cent
Iron returns thus far aggregate SP.B>3. ID.
against (6».520,92l last year, a decrease of .38
per cent ; reports thus far of jewelry shows de
crease of 29 |>*r cent, of furniture, 2ft p'r cent. ;
of dry goods. 28 percent : of hats 1) 5 per cent .
of hardware, 19 per cent ; of shoe manufacture,
18 per cent., and by dealers, 8 per cent, and of
clothing, I) per cent It is curious that the
only trade showing an increase Is in groceries,
the aggregate sa es being 1 per cent larger
than In the last half of 1892.
In thirty seven years, covered by the records
of this agency, the number of failures has only
once risen a little above 16,6»i in a year. In
1893 the number reported has been 16,650. The
aggregate of the liabilities in all failures re
ported and in six years have not risen above
j: (X»,0M),o00, an 1 this year the strictly commer
cial liabilities alone have exceeded $131.422.9.39;
the liabilities of banking and financial institu
tions have been $210,95 5,861, and the liabilities
of railroads placed In the hands of receivers
about $1,122,217,813. As all reports h‘therto
have been to some extent erroneous through
inclusion of failures not strictly commercial,
the class)fie 1 returns show 3.226 manufactur
ing failures, with liabilities of $161,7 >7.449; 10,-
683 failures In legitim ate trade, with liabilities
of $85.5.7.896, and .362 other failures including
brokers, speculators, etc., with liabilities of
$35,662 7;*5 The average of li abilities in manu
facturing is s‘>o,oo3 In legitimate trading SB, XX?
and other failures sll,OOl
GLADSTONE'S BIRTHDAY.
His Eighty-fourth Birthday Finds Him
Still Premier of Groat Britain.
London, Dee. 30. Mr. Gladstone's
sith birthday, which was celebrated
to-day. finds him still at the head of
bis party, still premier of Great Brit
ain, and still with his great work un
accomplished. The year he has just
finished has been a notable one.
He has fought his home rule bill for
Ireland through the house of com
mons, and whatever opinion may be
held as to the righteousness of that
cause, it must he acknowledged that
the passing of the bill was a personal
triumph for Mr. Gladstone. The Mid
lothian and other liberal society's of
Scotland sent addresses of congratula
tion to Mr. Gladstoru' and the liberal
clubs held banquets in his honor.
To Stimulate I inmigration.
Rkiimond, Ya., Dec. 39. —No move
lias yet been made by the present legis
lature, looking to stimulating immigra
tion to this state. It is, however, be
lieved that shortly after the Christmas
recess the attention of the two houses
will l>e called to this subject. As stat
ed several months ago, some persons
favor stationing an agent in New
York for the purpose of impressing
upon the desirable class of immigrants
the advantages afforded by this state.
At the conference here last spring of
southern governors a suggestion was
made for all of the states represented
in that body to jointly employ an
agent in New York. Nothing ever
uHinc of the suggestion.
Fifteen Liven Lont.
Melboi rne. Dec. 39. — Fifteen lives
were lost through the wreck of the
steamer Alert from Port Albert to Mel
bourne xvhtch went ashore off Jubilee
point during the gale which swept over
Port Philip last night, Only one. per
son was saved.
Ferlls of a Fog.
Amsterdam, Dec. 39.—A terribly
thick fog prevailed here to-day. Owing
to the almost absolute darkness, seven
ty nine persons fell into the river and
canals, and of this number twenty are
known to be drowned and a number of
others are missing.
A Sultan on the shelf.
Paris. Dec. 30.- The sultan of An
gaziya. or Great Comoro, one of the
group of volcanic islands in the Mozam
bique channel, known as the Comoro
isles, has been deposed or removed to
Diego Suarez. The reason for his re
moval is his implication in a plot last
August to murder the French resident
consul, M. Ilumblot
To Fight in the Morning.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 30.—At a
meeting of the Duval Athletic club this
afternoon it was decided to have the
Corbett-M itehell fight take place nt tl
o'clock iv flit morning. January 25, ism.
HIS DOOM SETTLED.
Mayor Harrlaon’n AsuMUHln Declared Guilty
and the Penalty Fixed nt Death —He
Broke Down Completely When the Ver
dict wa® Read.
Chicago, Dec. 30. — Patrick Eugene
John Prendergast was found guilty of
the murder of Mayor Harrison on Octo
ber 28, and the penalty fixed at death
by hanging. The jury refused to be
lieve that the assassin was insane nt
the time he committed the crime.
When the jurors returned to the court,
room, after being out one hour and
three minutes, the prisoner was not in
the room, having been previously re
moved to the jail. It was fully five
minutes before he could br* brought
hack. When be had rea* hed his seat
Judge Brentano, addressing Foreman
Sutter, asked if the jury had reached a
verdict.
“We have, your honor,'’ replied Mr.
Sutter.
“What is your verdict?" asked the
cou rt.
Foreman Sutler then proceeded to
read in solemn voice the following ver
dict: “We, the jury, find the defend
ant, Patrick Eugene John Prender
gast, guilty of murder in manner and
form as charged in the indictment and
fix the penalty at death."
Prendergast, who was fear stricken
and trembling when brought l ack to
court, utterly collapsed when the an
nouncement was read. He sank hack
in his chair, his chin dropped and he
seemed completely paralyzed. He
looked appealingly at the court
ami at the jury, and tears glist
ened in the eyes from which
heretofore only angry glances had been
shot. As soon as the verdict was an
nounced the bail ill’s seized the miser
able, trembling prisoner and started
to rush him back to his cell in murder
ers’ row. They had nearly reached the
door when Judge Brentano ordered
them to stop. “Let the prisoner re
main while the jury is polled,'’ he said.
Prendergast took his stand before the
chair in which he jerked and
squirmed around while the polling was
in progress
When t he last juror had made his an
swer Prendergast's knees shook, his chin
dropped down and he would have fal
len had not one of the attending bailiffs
lent a supporting arm. He was half
led and half carried back to his cell.
Before the adjournment of court. Mr
Wade applied for a new trial ami the
judge announced that he would hear a
motion to that effect at a future date.
DESPERADO AT LARGE.
Eran*, t he <'all fornla Bandit. Escape* from
the !■ remio .Jail Ahled hy Hi* YVlfe anil a
FRehno, ( al.. Dec. 39. Fresno is up
in arms ami the whole countrv is ex
cited. 'I he jail delivery here, by which
at least temporary free lorn was secured
by Chris Evans, the Visalia bandit, who
led the Evans ami Sontag gang in the
Collins train robbery and through a
series of desperate battles that finally
resulted in the capture of Evansand
the two Sontag brothers, created such
excitement in Fresno that few men
slept.
Evans was to have been taken to the
state penitentiary to l>egin to serve a
life term for the murder of Vic Wilson,
a deputt United States marshal from
Arizona, who was one of I in* three men
killed by the bandits. Instead of wear
ing stripes Evans is again free to shoot
and kill.
Evansand the young man who as
sisted in effecting the tielivcry disap
peered in the direction of the mount
ains and big woods, and it is now sup
posed that the bloody encounters of
the past few months will be fought
over again. The people here now
recognize in Chris Evans one of the
most desperate of the many desperate
men who have figured in the annals of
California crime. Though the recent
gun fights at Visalia ami in the foot
hills left him crippled in one arm, and
with on<’ blind eye, the bandit is still
equal to a hard fight
It is now learned that Morrell, who
played the waiter and caused Evans’
release, is a detective and has beeu in
Evans' service for several months He
was a prisoner in the jail three months,
beginning September 2, ami it is now
thought that he managed to get eom
mitted to jail for the purpose of releas
ing Evans.
MRS. LEASE OBJECTS.
She Refine® to Recognize That Gov. Levr
elling If»• m the Right of Summary Re-
Topeka, Kan.. Dec. 30. Mrs. Mary
E. Lease, who was removed from the
stat<! board of charities by Gov. Lew
ell ing, has sent to the governor by a
messenger b»»y the follow ing letter:
To Hon. L D. Lewclllnp. Governor of Kansas:
Dour Govt mor; Disclaiming any in entfon
of questioning your authority, the wisdom of
your acts, er ihe integrity of your purpose I
beg leave to remind you that you have, as chief
executive of this state, tried and sentenced me
without according to me that which the laws of
our land accord to the vilest criminal —"ihe
right of defense."
Were I an employe of yours your right to per
petrate this act of injustice might depend upon
your inclination. As it is, I recognize that I
am an employe of the stale, accountable as
such to the people of this state for my official
record, and for thorn as well as for myself I de
mand a statement arvl investigation of the
c harges preferred against me, that I may have
an opportunity to concede the manifest justice
of your decree or defend myself from the Im
putation of hireling pollt clans.
Most faithfully yours
Mrs Lease,
President Board State Trustees of State Char-
itable Institutions.
Mrs. Lease baid to a reporter that
notwithstanding Gov. Lewelling’s sum
mary action, she still considered her
self a mt'mber of the board and at the
regular meeting in .hmmirv she pro
posed to be present and take her usual
place.
Hope for Capt. Wilson.
London, Dec. 30.--The Times prints
a statement from Gen. Paget, who left
Buluwayo on the evening befor Maj.
Forbes started in pursuit of King
Lobengula. Raget says that it was re
portc«l in camp that Maj. Forbes bad
been instructed to take Lobengula. if
captured alive, to Fort Salisbury rather
than to return with him to Buluwayo.
Paget adds that it is presumable that
( apt. ilson s route has been towards
Fort Salisbury or Fort Carter. It may
he, therefore, that news about him and
his party may come to Capetown with
in a fortnight.
Mr®. Schuyler U. < olfax PennHm®.
La Porte, Ind., Dee. 30. — Friends
familiar w ith the circumstances of Mrs.
Schuyler C. ( olfax, widow of the late
Vice President ( olfax, declare that the
failure of the Indianapolis national
bank has entirely swept away the small
fortune left by her husband, a hich
was invested in the ruined institution.
Iron Works Resume.
MAKtu x Feukv, 0., Dee. 30.-The
Etna, Standard and Laughlin iron and
steel mills and Spenee .t Son's 'oundry
have all resumed, pivinK’ employment
to 1,500 men. The prospects for a long
and steady run are considered rood.
State or Onto, City or Toledo, i
Lccas CorsTT. i
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that h«i.
the senior partnerof thetirmof ,1 Cu.. .
A- Co., doing business in the < itv of
County and Statzs aforesaid ami thulia
firm will pay the sum of one m smuo.
LAKS for eachamievery case ofCatarrh that
cannot beeuredbythcuseof H o.Cs< vr,vZ..
Cuke. Fkask j Car-, J 8
Sworn to before me and subs. ribe,|
presence,thisOthdny of I>e. cnibor,A l> i,..,;
A. W. Uleasox,
’ -J Aotnn/ Public.
Hall’® Catarrh Cure I'-* taken internally and
a< ts directly on the blood and mm ihih
faces of the system. Bend I<»rtx i qiijnrinia{n'
free. F. J. Cheney Co, Toledo o ’
by Druggist?, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills, 25c.
Seven Surgical Operations
I underwent in consequence of a wound The
wound ceased to heal and tho surgeons g iveme
i.p ns a h >■; e;i A । . . 1. 1 1 I ( >jh
menccd to take Hoods SarsapirHla. After
taking the first bottle the pains left, my groin
and have not returned. While taking the sec
ond bottle the wound nt the hip entirely heab-d.
The third bottle mnde me feel well as ever.”
Chas. a. Stalker, West Walworth, N. Y.
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