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POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN HAWAII.
a Semewtat Calmer Peeling in
the Mauds.
The NoTfttioff Ineldflirt Dropped by
the Government.
Ciena HpN>rk«l« (IrMtM « Sensation by
li. in»n.llnir the Immediate Pay
ru«nt of »l>s 000 That I*
Owing Him.
By the Associated l'rets.l
Honoi.ui.i', May 30.—(Via Han Fran
cisco, per steamer Gaelic, June (!.—)Af
fairs political bave quieted considerably
during the past live days. The Nordhoff
affair has been dropped by the pro
visional government and though the
usual number ot alarming rumors have
been in circulation, the people have
tailed to give them the customary
credence.
Olaus Spreckels created a mild sensa
tion on May 2lHh by demanding the im
mediate payment of $96,000 owed him
by the government.
The dispatches from Washington stat
ing that Blount's report is undoubtedly
against annexation, are believed by
many people of both parties. Tbe an
nexationists now e«y they will be satis
fied with a protectorate insuring a relia
ble government. The Royalists on tbe
"contrary say that the claim they made
' all along that there would be no annex
ation has been verified, and that the
queen is to be reinstated. They say
that Mr. Blount will report that she was
removed from her throne by the power
of the United States, through Minister
Stevens, and that no other honorable
course remains but to use that same
power to put l.iliuokalani once mora at
the head of tbe government.
Claus Sprockets seems to be the most
powerful antagonist the provisional
government has at present, lie is
making a vigorous campaign against
annexation. It is generally admitted
that the resignation of Minister of
Finance Porter was due to the influence
of Spreckels, in tbe hope that the gov
ernment would be embarrassed. In
stead, however, Vice-President 8. M.
Damon, one ot the strongest men on the
islands, has stopped into the breach,
and on May "nth took charge ot the de
partment of finance. On Monday
Hpreokels notified the government that
he wanted the immediate payment of
(95,000 worth of demand noteß held by
him. Without awaiting a reply, be left
the same day to inspect a plantation in
Hawaii. Minister Datuon stated that
the government would bave no trouble
in paying the debt. At thia time of the
year the government finances are low,
aa the taxes do not begin to come in
until tall. On this acoount the govern
ment is embarrassed to a certain extent.
Mr. Bpreokela can sell the bonds he
helds, if no other way can he found to
satisfy him.
For aome days the officers of the pro
visional government have had under
consideration instructions to be sent to
Minister Thurston about tbe treaty of
annexation. It has been decided to in
struct Thurston to oak, among other
things, that the control of the govern
ment lands be left to the Hawaiian gov
ernment to be disposed of under a law
aimUar to the United Htataa homestead
laws; also that tbe United Stateß take
up the $1)00,000 Hawaiian silver coinage
and recoin it into American money. The
labor qOMStion waa also nwier discussion,
and the policy of asking that the labor
laws of .4-ha United States be suspended
lor a period af five yeais, as regards
their application to Hawaii, was talked
of, when - news caam that Minister
Blount would receive inatructiona to
negotiate a treaty here. It had been in
tended to send Thurston inatructiona on
the steamer of June Ist, but tbe govern
ment yeeterday decided to defer action.
Minister ltiouut regards the sitnation
as peaoeful and thinks that whatever
tbe solution of the political problem,
there will be no fighting or bloodshed.
The announcement waa made that on
Monday night, May 29th, a masa meet
ing of Royaliett would be held. It was
reported that the provisional govern
ment would not permit tbe meeting and
Monday nigbt waa looked forward to
with interest by many. Monday after
noon, however, notice waa aerjt oat that
the meeting would not be held, as the
news from Washington made it unneces
sary. The annexationists, although no
official notice had been given that any
interference would be attempted, said
that the Royalists wore afraid to meet.
Oa May 29th, Hoa. J. S. Walker, for
many yeara a prominent figure in Island
politic*, died of aneurism. He came to
Honolulu 30 yeara tco and was min
ister of finance for six years under King
Kalafcsm.
The V. S. B. Boston loft for a week's
target practice at Maui on May Sttta,
and H. M. S. Hyacinths Will leave for
Tahiti on Juno 3d. The Hyacinlhe ar
rived here several months ago wfth or
ders to remain only throe weeks, but the
British commissioner requested ber cap
tain to remain until tbe adnnraltr
could be oommumcated with. < inters
for ber departure arrived on the Gaelic
May 29th.
Today being Decoration day the G. A.
R. post here, moat of the members of
which are annexationists, will hold an
elaborate celebration.
I LI'VRI Wil l DICTKKMINATION.
He Will Not lasne Batata lU(..ru Recon
vening Cnngritsp.
Washington, June (J,—The Star says :
President Cleveland's statement aa to
the time when he proposed to call con
gress together and tbe reasons which
will lead him to do so, is clearly inter
pretable as indicating a" determination
on his part to continue using the gold
reserve to the extent ueces?ary, and not
to issue bonds. lie desires the full
gravity of the situation to be apparent
at the time ot the meeting ot congress,
so the legislative branch of tbe govern
ment shall have the duty pressed upon
them of correcting the laws respecting
finance.
Another Notable Wedding.
Chicago, June ti — Mre. Henry Field,
widow of a wealthy capitalist of this
city, waa quietly married at noon to
Thomas Nelson Page, the well known
southern writer, at the residence of the
Hon. T. B. Bryan, at Elmhurst. Their
future residence will be Washington.
The New Austrian Currency.
Vienna, June ti.—The Austrian and
Hungarian ministers of finance have
decided upon January 1, 1895, as the
date for the introduction of the new
currency.
Dandruff.
This annoyinß scalp trouble, which
givea the hair and untidy appearance, ia
cured by akookum root hair grower. All
druggists.
ANTI-THHST CONVENTION.
A Hot I I. hi Over the Resolutions—The
Katlloals Defeated'
Chicago, June 0. —When Governor
Nelson, of Minnesota, called tbe anti
trust convention to order it was ex
pected that the first fight of the session
would begin, for it waa generally known
that the Donnelly or radical faction had
been beaten In the committee of resolu
tions and would carry the liorht to the
lioor ot the convention. Chairman
R jsewater of the committee on resolu
tions had no sooner read the preamble
than Donnelly moved as a substitute a
demand lor the government to purchase
the anthracite coal lands. Henry I).
Lloyd, of Chicago, wanted the bitumi
nous coal lands alao purchased, and the
light on tlioae two amendments lasted
two hours, after which Rotewater
moved the previous question and the
committee report carried. The fight
was kept up ail day. however, by theex
i tremists, but they were outvoted at
every turn.
The resolutions adopted set forth at
length the evils of the trust system as at
present maintained, and call upon tbe
convention to create a permanent asso
ciation, to be known aa the Anti-Trust
association of the United States,consisting
of three representatives from each state
and territory, also the organization of
local anti-trust aseoeiations to aid in se
curing uniform legislation and rigid exe
cution of the laws.
The resolutions declare that over capi
talization of corporate property is largely
responsible for the breaking down of
credits and the financial diatresa now
prevailing, and recommend stringent
national and state legislation and super
vision to limit the bonding of corporate
property and tbe issue of stocks repre
senting the aame to their actual value.
It is recommended that each member
of the convention nse all honorable
means to secure the election to office,
whether local, state or federal, of those
only who are the exponents of thia anti
trust sentiment. It is recommended
also that tbe legislatures of the various
states enact such legislation as will
make it unlawful for any corporation to
enter into any trust or combination det
rimental to trade and commerce and in
jurious to the public welfara.
Tbe resolutions were not radical
enough to suit the Donnelly-Weaver ele
ment, and they gave notice of another
meeting at the Palmer h< use tonight.
Before the close of the Central hall
meeting J, M. (juinn of the Butte
(Mont.) Miner, offered a free coinage
resolution, which parted by a small ma
jority.
The b>ltera to the number of 30, rep
resenting 18 states, organized at the
Palmer bouse. They are all Populists.
General Weaver of lowa waj selected
chairman. Ignatius Donnelly and
others made speechefl, ami a resolution
waa adopted calling on the tti metallic
league to convene an industrial conven
tion iv Chicago in tbe fall.
I o\ AI, TO THK CHURCH.
I>r. llrlt;t;« rut.lUhcn a Manifesto Eg-
(Curding Hi Suspension.
New Youk, J«ne 6 —The World will
ear in tbe morning: The first accepter,
expression of Briggt sines he was sus
pended for heresy by tho general assem
bly of the church is a letter which wil
be published in tomorrow's New York
Evangelist. In the letter Briggs says no
one should feel obliged to retire from the
Presbytorian church on account of the
decision of the last assembly. lie says
in part: "The ministry of the church
has violated the constitution, and over
riden the safe guards of Presbyterian
law and precedent. The majority
should rally and use every
lawful method to undo the damage
done to the fair fame of Presbytefian
ism. Let no one leave tho ranks. Eel
the bugle call resound from ocean to
ocean ; let there be a rally in every pres
bvtery of all who will stand by the con
stitution and the law, which has come
down to us from our fathers aa a prec
ioue heritage. Eet each presbetry whose
overtures have been so rudely bruahet
aaide and scornfully treated, re-aaier
ita position with greater determi
nation before the next general assembly
Eet the ay nod of New York assert it<
constitutional rights against the genera
assembly which has ao greatly en
croached upon them. Let every pres by
tery and synod which would maintain a
graded system of courta, which haa un
til the present day been the pride o
Presbyterianlsm, overture the next aa
sen-bly in the interests of orderly pro
cedure. Let the conatitntionaliata in
every presbytery awake to their
their duty and overooms those minor)
ties which have outvoted them during
the recent yeara by scheming, planuini
and working together for a predeter
mined purpose. It ia high time al
broad-minded men should organize ant
work together for their own aafety, aa
well as the honor of Preabytefianiam.'
BANK WREVKIKB INDIOTKn.
Kx-Oovernor C'haan of Indiana In Had
Kokomo, Intl., June o.—The grand
jury investigating the wrecked Paria-
Dwiggina hank of Oreentown, found in
dietments tonight against ex-Governor
IraJ.Chaae, John W. Paris, director,
and Lewis B. Welden, cashier. The ex
governor ia charged with embezzlement
and false pretense; Paris, with tlie same
thing in live courts; Walden, with re
ceiving money knowing thebauk was in
solvent, and false pretenaas, Paris aud
Y\ alden will be arrested tonight. A
warrant has been issued for Chase who
is now lecturing in West Virginia.
The Whisky Trust Mortjcaffad.
St. Loits, Jane ti.—A mortgage for
18,000,000 was tiled this afternoon in the
recorder's office. It ia given by tbe Dis
tilling and Cattle Feeding company of
New York and Peoria, 111., to the Cen
tral Trust company ot New York city.
The company will issue 8000 bonds of
$10,000 each at 0 per cent, payable semi
annually. The money ia to be used in
the payment of the .rebates authorized
by the company.
A Bicycle Record Broken,
DrtTßoiT, Mich., June (i.—The world'a
25 mile record for bicycles was broken
here today by Fred C. Graves, a profes
sional wheelman. He made the run on
Belle Isle in 1 hour 13 minutes 8 2 5
seconds.
The Standard Oil Strike.
Whiting, Ind., June 6.—The railroad
engineers, firemen and switchmen work
ing at the Standard Oil refinery, joined
the strikerß today. The leadera now
claim ttiat 1000 men of different trades
are out.
Lost.
Once lost, it is difficult to restore the
hair. Therefore be warned in time, lest
you become bald. Skookum root hair
grower stopa falling hair. Sold by drug
fists.
LOS ANGELES TTERALD. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7. I><!)s.
THE GREAT FINANCIAL UPHEAVAL
Continued Runi on Chicago
Havings Banks.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
Forced to Assign.
Three Hanks Close Honrs at Spokane,
Wash Hunk Pallarea In Ohio,
Indian*, Wisconsin and
Other States.
Br the Associated rresi.l
Chicago, June 0, —In spite of the faot
that the Illinois Trust & Savings Bank
remained open till 3 o'clock this morn
ing to give anxious depositors a chance
to draw funds, a new line began to form
before 8 o'clock this morning, and at 10
o'clock, tbe hour for opening, between
1200 and 1500 people were waiting at tha
doors, with savings books, The crowd
was several timet larger than at any
time yesterday. The bank is considered
absolutely sound, fts assets are figured
up at over 128,000,000, and its stock
holders are estimated to be worth in the
aggregate fully $150,000,000.
At other savings banks the runs
which began yesterday seem to bave
increased in size.
During the time when the run on the
Illinois Trust bank was hottest this
afternoon, Philip D. Armour, the mil
lionaire pork packer, sent out some of
his clerks to bring into his office 100
or more of the excited depositors,
mostly women. To these Mr. Ar
mour made a brief speech, assuring them
that the bank waa all right, and added
that Armour A Co. will guarantee to
each of them the full amount of their
deposit, if any of J them were not
satisfied with this let tbem speak np
and he would Rivn them their money.
Two women asked for the amount of
their deposits, which were immediately
paid in gold, while the remainder of the
people went away satisfied.
Washington, June o.—Comptroller
Eckels "said to the Associated Press this
morning that so far as he was advised
no national bank in Chicago has been
affected by yesterday's financial flurry.
The clearing houae there stands ready
to assist its members whenever
necessary. The abstract of the condition
of the Chicago national banks on the
date of last call, shows a reserve of 29.45
per cent, 4.45 per cent above the legal
requirement. The total resourcea are
$160,801,804, a surplus of $11,510,700;
undivided profits, $1,593,000.
CAUGHT IN THE FLURRY.
Three Bsnki at Hpokane, Wash., Close
Their Doi.ru.
Hi'okanr, Wash., Jane 8. — Three
banks closed their doors today. They
have assets largely in excess of llabili
ities and have been conducted with
sound management. They were caught
in the sudden whirl and flurry. The
public suddenly became alarmed and
the dlstanoe from money centers pre
vented timely fortification. When the
banking hours arrived this morning the
Washington National and the Washing
ton Savings banks, allied institutions,
failed to open their doors. They
had been subjected to a heavy run
the day before, and although they had
made arrangements for money it failed
to arrive in time. Thia startled the
public, and the run was started anew
upon all the banks. By 1 o'clock it had
almost entirely subsided, but relief came
too late for the Citizens' National,which
closed its doors at 2 o'clock. Other
banks stood the strain with no visible
signs of weakening, and since they have
been strengthening themselves and the
worst of the flurry is believed to be over,
it Is generally believed that there will
be no more auepensions.
NO WORKING CAPITAL.
Doors of tha Dellanoe, 0., Barings Bank
Closed.
Defiance, 0., June 6, —The doors of
the Defiance Savings bank closed yester
day afternoon just before the close of
business. This waa done by Assignee
Rolla H. Glaaton. Many atockholdera
did not know that such a step waa in
contemplation. The bank ia the young
eat in town. Its assets are not less than
$150,000 and its liabilities are stated to
be $100,000. The failure is attributed
to large loans made by the bank, which
ties up some $127,000, leaving them a too
narrow working capital. Andrew Saver,
cashier, assigned his entire real and per
sonal property, amounting to $100,000.
Mr. Saver is intereeted in a number of
local enterprises, all of which were in
cluded in his assignment. Among them
are the Defiance electric street railway,
electric light plant and gaa works, the
Citizens' opera house, valued at $50,000,
besides considerable real estate and the
Golden Rule dry goods bouse.
FORCED TO ASSIGN.
The Grant LmsmeUrs Works In the
Hands of an Assignee.
Chicago, June (>. —The Grant Loco
motive works made a voluntary assign
ment today with assets of $1,131,000 and
liabilities only $110,000. The cause of
embarrassment ia the faot that the com
pany invested all its capital stock in its
plant. It haa been working on a large
order for locomotives and tied
up a large amount of money
in t'hem.aß they cannot be realized upon
until delivered, and aa the company has
been delayed by a strike which hae been
on the past three months, and owim;
furthermore to the stringency in the
money market, the stockholders today
decided that all parties intereeted would
be better protectod by putting the prop
erty of the company in the hands of an
assignee.
A Boston Capitalist in Hiding.
Boston, June ti.—Hon. Moody Mer
rill, for mauy yeara prominent aa a law
yer, street railway president and legis
lator, is mysteriously absent from the
city. It ia stated hia affairs are in bad
shape. Attachment suits aggregating
nearly $200,000 have been begun against
him.
Merrill's private secretary, John F.
Hooper, Bays there is nothing mysteri
ous about hia abaence. Two weeks ago
he said he was going away as the result
of a conference with hie phyeician, and
intended to keep hia destination a se
cret. Tha secretary aays Merrill's
finances are all right.
Pork Packers in Difficulty.
Wichita, Kan., June 6.—Aa a result
of attachments sued out by St. Louis
and Kanaaa City banks, the Francia
Whittaker A Sona racking company was
placed in the hands of a receiver late
thia evening. No atatement ia
yet obtainable. Tbe attachments
aggregate *125,000. The plant
here is valued at 1200,000. The firm baa
done little businsas for some time, on
account of tbe high prices of hogs, and
the board of trade was preparing to sue
them for breach of contract In failing to
ma the plant to its full capacity, tbe
contract still being in force. The land
waa donatsd them by tbe city.
Runs on Wisconsin Banks.
Matitowoc, Wis., June 6.—The State
bank of this city has failed. It had a
oapital of $50,000; surplus, $10,000. The
Manitowoc Savings bank is now experi
encing a slight run. Reports from Ra
cine aay a run la in progresa on the
Manufacturers' National bank. At
Madison tbe run on the First National
has Increased. ( n her banks are having
increased demands.
Gone Into Liquidation.
Nbw Yobk, June O.—A notice on the
door of the defunct Canal Street bank
this morning informed the clamoring
crowd of depositors that the bank was
in the possession of the superintendent
of banks; that the bank had gone into
liquidation, and that the depositors
would be paid in full.
An Indiana Bank Suspends.
BaniroaD, md., June B.—Tha com
munity waa startled thia morning when
tbe Bedford bank failed to open ita
doorß. Preaident Wiudanley explained
that in consequence of recent heavy
withdrawals of deposits, the bank was
forced to auapend for a few days. It ia
one of the oldest and most reliable banks
in tha city.
Boston Publishers Assign.
Boston, Jnne 6.—Potter & Potter, pub
lishers of the New England Magazine,
tbe Yankee Blade, tbe Woman's Jour
nal and other periodicals, have made an
assignment. Liabilities, (75,000 to $100,
--000. Tbe firm may resume. The failure
ia due to losing business on the New
England Magazine.
Want the Sherman Law Repealed.
St. Louis, June 6. —A circular to all
correspondents has been issued jointly
by all tbe state savings banks and trust
companies in this city urging immediate
aotion to secure the repeal of tbe Sher
man silver law.
A Marble Dealer Falls.
Philadelphia, June 6.—Samuel F.
Prince, owner of marble works here and
quarries in Rutland, Vt,, failed. His
liabilities are $100,000; nominal assets,
$250,000.
THH RUSSIAN TIIKATY.
In Twenty Days It Will Be tbe Law of
the Land.
Washington, June 0. —The Rubbish
extradition treaty, which has been the
subject of negotiation between the two
contracting parties more than six years,
which has been amended again and
again and which was threatened with
defeat in its final stages, has at last been
formally proclaimed and will henceforth
be the law of the land until it ia super
seded by another treaty. Ratifications
were exchanged in St. Petersburg nearly
two months ago, but because it was
necessary to observe extraordinary pre
cautions to secure the safe transmission
of tbe document to the United States,
the treaty was not received at the
state department until a late day
last week. The treaty is in
the French language and it was neces
sary to translate the document into Eng
lish and make a very careful compari
son between the translation and the
original. This work was completed
yesterday and today the president saw
it for the first time when Secretary
Uresbam carried it to tbe cabinet meet
ing. All that remained to be done was
an official proclamation and that was
done this afternoon.
The proclamation was dated yesterday
and simply recited the provisions of the
treaty, with the announcement that it
will go into effect 20 days from date,
that is to say June 24th.
Interest centers on the sections mak
ing attempts upon the heads of the gov
ernments, or accessoryship to such at
tempts, extraditable. These sections in
the treaty, as officially promulgated, are
precisely identical in language with the
sectiona published in the Washington
dispatches to the Associated Press April
22d last. It is asserted in official quart
ers, in spite of all that has been said
about the treaty, that it ia similar in
scope to all extradition treaties nego
tiated by the United States in recent
years, although in practice it may be
that the administration of the articlea
will have a different result, in view of
tbe essential difference between the
judicial systems of the two countries,
which in this case are supposed to be
more than usually divergent.
SOKZ CiflAl, DIKBCTORS.
Ferdinand and Charles de T.nsseps Re
elected to the Hoard.
Paris, June 8. —A boisterous meeting
of Suez canal shareholders was held to
day. Darier, Peghoux, Wilson, Lamb,
Ferdinand and Charles de Lesseps, the
retiring directors, were relected. No
effort was made to procure the removal
of Charles de Lesseps now under sent
ence to imprisonment for paying bribes
to public officials from the Panama
Canal company's treasury. M. Wadd
ington, recently ambassaor to Great
Britain; Prince Arenberg, Chevalier
deß Brieves and Veraon Bey were elect
ed to (ill the places of the directors
who reeigned.
THK ARKANSAS BANDITS).
They Made <}ood Their Kacape With
• 10,000 Booty.
HouKiis, Ark., June o.—The bandits
who successfully robbed the People's
bank at Rentonvllle yesterday seemed to
have made good their escape with the
booty, amounting to about $10,000,
They also robbed a store at Decatur and
had a running fight with the sheriff's
posse. While at Decatur tho leader was
recognized as one of the notorious Starr
brothers.
Presidential Appointments.
Washington, June 0. —The president
made the following appointments to
day :
* Clinton C, Duncan, Georgia, Indian
inspector.
Henry C. Lott, Salt Lake City, mem
ber of tiie board of registration and elec
tions in the territory of Utah, vice Al
vin Saunders reiigned.
Frank Flynt, Georgia, principal clerk
of surveys in the general land office.
Forry Tariff Reduced.
San Francisco, June o.—The South
ern Pacific railroad today placed in ef
fect a new freight tariff on ferries be
tween this city and Oakland, reducing
the former schedule CO to 75per cent,
Fonnd,
At the drug store, a valuable package,
worth its weigth in gold. My hair has
stopped falling and all dandruff has dis
appeared since I found skookura root hair
grower. Ask your drugguet about it.
OFF TIE STAGE OF LIFE,
IContinn "1 from first paae.l
waa born in Fulham, England, Decem
ber 9, 1801. Alter their return to Amer
ica, Mrs. Booth, sinking under a sudden
illness, died at Dorcheeter, Mass., Feb
ruary 21, 1863.
While in England, Booth appeared at
the London Haymarket theater, enact
ing Shylock, Sir Giles and Riobeliau.
The latter part, with which almost as
much as with Hamlet, his name is
identified, he bad first assumed at Sac
ramento, Oal., In July, 1888 Hia per
formance of it waa much admired In
London, and alio at Liverpool and Man
cheater.
On returning to America, Booth coon
bacame manager of the Winter Garden
theater, New York. Here Booth ap
peared December 29, 1802, and with
this home he waa associated until
March 23, 1867, when it was
deatroyed by fire. Here he
effected magnificent prodtictiona of
Hamlet, Othello, The Merchant of Ven
ice, Richelieu and other plays, and ac
complished the remarkable achievement
of running Hamlet for 100 consecutive
nighti, an exploit that waa commem
orated by the public presentation to
him, January 22, 1807, of a gold medal
suitably inscribed, and offered in behalf
of leading citizens of New York.
Booth's brother-in-law, the celebrated
comedian, John S, Clarke, was his part
ner in the management of the Winter
Garden, and they associated with
themselves an old journalist and
theatrical agent, William Stuart (real
name, Edmund O'Elaherty) former
ly of Galway, Ireland. Clarke A Booth
were also associated in the management
of tbe Walnut Street theater, Philadel
phia, from the summer of 1803 till
March, 1870, when the interest of the
former was purchased by the latter.
In April, 1865, an appalling tragedy
(the asaasaination of President Lincoln
by J. Wilkes Booth, Edwin's brother)
compelled Edwin Booth to leave the
stage, and it waa then hia wish and pur
pose never to return to it; but business
obligations constrained him, and he
agaiu appeared at the Winter Garden,
Januaty 3, 1866, as Hamlet, and waa re
ceived with acclamation by a great au
dience.
April 8, 1868, the corner-stone was
laid for Booth's theater, at the south
east corner of Twenty-third street and
Sixth avenue, New York, and February
3, 1869. Booth opened the new bouse
with Romeo and Juliet, Romeo being
played by himself and Juliet by Mine
Mary MoVicker. This lady waa the
daughter of Mra. Rnnnion, who became
the wife of Jamee H, McVicker of Chi
cago, a prominent actor and manager,
and the child's name waa changed from
Runnion to McVicker. Booth married
her June 7, 1869, and she died in New
York in 1881, leaving no children.
Booth's theater had a moat successful
career of 13 years. Its story, however,
ended in May, 1882, when it was finally
dosed, the last performance in it being
Juliet, by Madame Modjeska. After this
it was torn down and a block of stores
built on its site. Booth's theater was
managed by Edwin Booth until the
spring of 1874, when it passed out of bis
possession. His stock company at one
time included Lawrence Barrett, Edwin
L. Davenport, J. W. Wallack, jr., and
many other noted actors.
Booth's theater was almost invariably
a prosperous house, but it was not
economically managed, and for this rea
son it eventually carried its owner into
bankruptcy. Booth then began his
PJlreer over again, and in the course of
lime paid bis debts and earned another
fortune.
In 1876 he made a tour of the south,
which was in fact a triumphal progress.
Tbouaanda of spectators flocked to ace
him in every city he visited. In San
Francisco, where he acted for eight
weeks, he drew upwards of $96,000. In
1880 and again in 1882 he visited Great
Britain and acted with brilliant
Buccess in London and other cities. Ho
went to Germany in 1882, and was there
received with extraordinary enthusiaam.
In 1883 he returned home and resumed
hie starring tours of America, since
which time his career is fresh enough
in the minds of tiie public not to need
rehearsing.
Fell Through a Bridge,
Athens, Tex,, June 6.—The local
southbound passenger train fall through
a bridge near here tonight. No one was
killed, but a number of persons were
badly wounded.
Death of .inline Balke.
Cincinnati, 0., June 6.—Julius Balke,'
pioneer billiard table manufacturer, died
today, aged yearo. He was one of the
founders of the Brunswick-Balke-Collen
der company.
Thurston's Credentials.
Washington, June 6.—Mr. Thurston,
the newly appointed Hawaiian minister,
presented his credentials today at the
state department.
A Mark of Vulgarity.
Vulgarity marks the man or woman
who ia given to general backbiting and
unreflecting slander—to tho glad propa
gation of scandalous stories rospeoting
pooplo of whom ho or ahe can know noth
ing. It gives a certain sense of superi
ority to be ablo to thus besmirch the
ermmo of those who are set in high
places and whoso moral influence de
pends on their fair farao. If they are of
such base material, what may not be
pardoned to the confessedly coarser clay?
—and are not tho lesser fry in their own
small way superior to these grander fel
lows? So think the vulgar minded re
tailors of scandalous stories of tho great
and prominent. Thoae, too, who bolitlle
their friends and acquaintances come
into tho tamo category.—London Queen.
Increased Sound at Night.
I would like to ask if you have ever
noticed the acoustic phenomenon of
greater audibility of sounds after night
fall? Thero have been hundreds of at
tempts to account for this singularity in
tho mat tor of sounds, the theories being
almost as numerous as the theorists
themselves. The ancients noticed that
the intensity of all sounds was increased
at night and ascribed the phenomenon
to various causes, some almost as absurd
as the reasons CO assigned by certain mod
ern scientists.—St. Louis Republic.
A Deluded Hear.
The story is told of a bear that mis
took the humming noise of tho telegraph
wires on high polos as coming from a
nest of bees and clawed at the pole and
tore away the stones at its base in the
hopo of finding tho much coveted honey
—Boston Journal of Commerce.
Wall Paper at Cost.
CloilnK out sale— Itekstrom it trasburg, 307
and :«o;> Boata Main street.
VIMtlDg Oarda Krigrßvert
At Laugtladler'n, 214 Wett Suond. Tel. 702.
Tag Ills Fair at Night.
A sight more beautiful than Jackson
park nt night cannot Vk> conceived, so
liberal is the nao of electric lamps and co
artistically are they arranged. For illu
minating tho rcroundß and entrances to
tho buildings lamps to the nmnber of
1,550 art placed fit intervals of from 65
to 75 feet, except at tho estremo south
eastern part of tho grounds, whore dis
tances between somo of the posts are in
creased to 125 feet. Around the main
entrances to the principal buildings clus
ters of lamps aro placed. The arc lamps
imployed for exterior illumination are
mpported on ornamental posts designed
to receivo one, two or three lamps and,
where expedient, have arm-supporting
incandescent lamps of high candle power
inclosed within colored glass lanternß
that afford a richly decorative effect, sA
problem of different character was pre
sented when the question of aislo light
ing with arc lamps camo up owing to
the varied nature of tho exhibits, the
character of tho inclosures, the height of
showcases and proximity of supports.
In the final allotment of lamps (in
round numbers) 1,200 were assigned to
the Manufactures building, GOO to tho
Agricultural building and annex, 850
to the Transportation building proper;
Horticultural building, 250; Mines find
Mining, 200; the Fisheries, 50, and thu
Illinois building 57. These are all sup
plied with current by tho exposition
company from the power plant, aa are
also somo 250 arc lamps required in Ma
chinery hall.—Chicago Times.
An Aged Fine Before Columhns Came.
Ever einco the days of the first set
tlers in the Piko county backwoods of
Pennsylvania a piiio treo known as tho
"Great Pino" had been a landmark in
Green township because of its great
height, tho treo towering far above all
the other trees in tho pine forest that
then covered tho Pike county moun
tains. In tho clearing awny of tho pino
timber, which waa the main purpose of
woodsmen for 60 years and more, thia
lordly tree was left standing, and 80
yeara ago it became tho solo relic in all
that region of the great primitive forest
of pines, and since then has been famous
throughout northern Pennsylvania as
tho "last pino."
Tho natives had always regarded the
ancient tree with great veneration, but
recently tho land on which it stood pass
ed into the hands of alien owners, and
ono day last week they had it cut down.
The treo was found to bo 878 feet in
height, and tho infallible record of tho
rings of its stem showed its ago to bo
462 years, so that it was a rospectablo
tree 63 yeara old when Columbuß discov
ered America. It was perfectly sound
from butt to tip and will cut $2,000
worth of lumber. —Pike County Dis
patch.
Excavations at Tunis.
It is announced from Tunis that exca
vations aro now being mado in tho
famous two headed hill mentioned by
Virgil, which hill is situated about eight
milea from Tunis. Many interesting re
mains have already been unearthed, and
it is confidently hoped that better will
follow.
A temple of Baal Saturn, which has
been almost entirely laid bare, is attract
ing particularly tho attention of the
French archaaologists because of its pe
culiarly interesting statues and bas-re
liefs. The building isisituated at an ele
vation of over 1,000 feet, and this is an
other proof that the Carthaginians
practiced their religious ceremonies on
hills.
On all tlio statues of the gods to which
the temple ia dedicated the numos Baal
and Saturn aro found together, which
would seem to indicate that to flatter
their Roman conquerors the Carthagin
ians had added to the name of their chief
god that of tho highest Roman deity.—
Chambers' Journal.
The Pay of l^mbassadors.
If present pay is inadequate for min
isters, it is absurd for embassadors, and
yet congress is not likely to increase sal
aries. It has sanctioned a title author
ized by the constitution, but is unwilling
to pay for what the title calls. For sev
eral years the fact has been recognized
that only lioh men, or at least men who
had something beyond their pay, could
afford to accept the London, Paris or
Berlin mission, Mr. Lowell and Mr,
Phelps being exceptions. Tho raising
of the grade to an embassadorship makes
the obstacles to poor men all the greater.
An impecunious embassador would bo
ridiculous, and as the increased rank is
practically of no benefit to tho country
the sooner we return to tho old rank the
better. Tho country will bo better rep
resented by a self respecting minister
than by an embassador who is tho object
of universal commiseration because his
meager salary compels him to live'in
lodgings. —Harper's Weekly.
A New Fashion Coming In.
Those Now York youths who dearly love
an earl havo received another shock. Hero
is his lordship of Craven, who, though
attendod by a valet skilled in all a body
servant's accomplishments, jet shaves
himsolf. Tho fact came out through a
wound received in tho act of stropping.
Now may the barbers who have been ac
tmstomed to belather the Bhoru faces of
our golden youth look out. If one who
keeps a man profess to manipulate the
Btool himself, how much less should he
who pays for each operation indulge in
tonsorial aid? To shuvo at home may bo
expected to becomo a fashion among
those who recently and suddenly devel
oped a fancy for pink bosomed shirts
and tho other peculiarities of a certain
wardrobe. So habits as well as fashions
ire made.—New York Evening Sun.
Wealthy People Tired of it I'luiii Name,
Residents of Dobba Ferry, N. V., uro
tired of that euphonious title and in
tend having the name changed. The
aanre ia derived from tho fact that Jere
miah Dobbs, a Swede, who was a fisher
man and lived at Willow Point, near tho
southern line of tho village, added to his
meagor incomo prior to and during the
revolution by ferrying occasional travel
srs across tho Hudson,
The Qnld llonorm.
Washington, June 6. — Today the
treasury department gained nearly $1,
--000,000 in gold off Betting the amount
taken yesterday for shipment. This
makes the net treasury gold about $90,
--000 JOO.
We cc.l Ingrain Wall Paper 9c a roll. 237 B.
Spring Ureut.
Goes to School Monday.
A Tory sensible lady out on Ninth
street delayed sending her small son to
tho public schools until he should be old
enough to look after himself and has
been teaching htm herself in order that
he might not fall too far behind other
boys of hia age. Yesterday morning
Master Freddy came gravely up to hia
mother for hia lesson. After the regular
routine was ended his mother put a few
leading questions:
"Freddy, what is a yoar?"
"Three hundred and sixty-five days."
"What is a day?"
"Twenty-four hours—and an hour is
60 minutes, and a minute ia 60 seconds."
"What is an instant?"
"An instant?" and Master Freddy
knitted his downy brow a brief space
whilo he thought. '*Oh, yes, I know, I
know, mamma,. An instant is a hole in
the ground."
"A hole in the ground I" exclaimed hia
mother, totally taken aback. "Why,
how in the world do you make that outr
"Why," declared Master Fred with de
cision, aa he hurriedly opened hia read
er, "this book says, 'John's dog fell down
In an instantl'"
Freddy will start to school Monday.—
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Elephant's Sense.
Why an elephant should bo afraid of
a mouse is a mystery. Some have
doubted the generosity of the elephant
because of his aversion to small animals,
but none can doubt his intelligence.
Buffon, notwithstanding hia idea of tho
mere mechanism of animals, spoke of
the elephant as at the same time a "mir
acle of intelligence and a monster of
matter." Ernest Menault happily re
ferred to him as the animal that carried
his nose in his hand. Hence the mar
velous intelligence of his trunk. The
senses of touch and smell co-operate.
The norves which extend through his
trunk aro so numerous that they equal
in number all those distributed over the
rest of the body. The elephant can keep
perfect timo to music. He has tho ear
perfectly organized, and the hearing iB
extremely fine. The eye of the elephant
is distinguished from that of other ani
mals by the pathetic expression of senti
ment. Take him all in all, naturalists
agree that ho is the most intelligent of
animals. And why should he bo afraid
of a mouse? —New York Tribune.
Improved Boats and Muscle.
The boat with which the Oxford crew
won tho great 'varsity race must have
had a pneumatic tire. With better
methods of training and improved sys
tems of rowing the men of today havo
unquestionably tho advantage of those
of past years, but too much credit must
not bo given where it is not due. The
vast improvement in boats must not
bo overlooked in considering the time of
the race,
Neither Harvard nor Yale has any
thing to fear from Oxford or Cambridge
provided a better boat can bo made here
than that in which tho victorious Oxford
crew rowed. It was the pneumatic tire
and not Nancy Hanks that played havoc
with Maud S.s record. Good horses
make good jockeys, good sulkies make
good horses, and good boats make good
crews.—New York Tribune.
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