Delaware gazette and state journal., January 01, 1891, Page 2, Image 2

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What the Legislature Will be
Asked to Correct.
THE LEVY COURT MUST GO
And a Ballot Reform Law
Will be Passed.
The Republicans' Position Upon
of Levy Court Abolition—
Quest!
They Do Not Want a Secret Ballot, and
Fear
Lone tbe Colored Vote.
Correspondence New York Times.
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 25.—When the
next session of Delaware's General Assem
bly gets fairly started,
members, who compose a majority of each
branch, will find themselves confronted
with the duty of fulfilling various \
ises made to the people during the last
campaign. Frequently campaign promises
are made only to bd ignored after the elec
tion, but the pledges involved in the
cent, election were of such grave import
ance. and related to reforms so impera
tively demanded by public sentiment, that
the legislature will lie unable to ignore
them, and will have to consummate them
or basely break faith with the people.
Both parties vied with each other in
making reform the battle cry during the
campaign, but since the struggle resulted
in a victory for the Democratic party there
are ample indications that tho Republican
minority will resist all efforts to
existing conditions
cratic Teform i
thron
form
Democratic
change
the plea that Demo
reform, and that only
gh Republican agencies
be accomplished. There is a Repub
lican minority in each branch of the Legis
lature of sufficient strength to make a de
termined resistance to any Democratic j
gramme, although not strong enough to
defeat it. The leader of the seven Republi
can members-eleet of the House is John <
Higgins, a brother of United .States Senator
Higgins, who is not
senator in political intrigue and manipula
tion. He is a leading farmer, and
as president of the Delaware State
Grange. Patrons of Husbandry, ...
which office he was elected after his elec
tion as representative, will have a pro
nounced prestige and an unusual influence
ng the farmer members who compose
a majority of the body, in all matters
in which the dividing tine of politic« is
not sharply defined. Among the four
Republican members of the 8e
John Filling, a prominent woolen manu
facturer of New Castle county, and A. B.
Richardson of Kent, father <'>f Harrv A.
Richardson, the late Republican candidate
for governor. Both are men of >
personality, and Mr. Richardson also has
the advantage utul experience of service at
the previous session. The Republicans
will thus go into the fight with able leader
ship in both houses, ami will buttle skil
fully against the attempts of the Demo
cratic majority to enact the reforms that
both sides promised before the election.
One of the most interesting struggles will
be over the measure to abolish the levy
court of New Castle county, the local gov
erning hotly, composed of one member
from each of the 11 districts, and substi
tute a system of government by a hoard of
five county commissioners. Before the
election both parties denounced the levy
court and declared that it would have to
g o. While it was a Democratic bndv it had
een guilty of such reckless ami extrava
gant misgovern ment that the Democratic
party openly pledged itself to wipe it out of
existence. The Republicans denounced it as
apolitical machine whose chief oh feet was
to disfranchise Republicans by preventing
them from paying their taxes and thus
qualifying for voting. But it so
happened that the existing lew
court proved a heavy drag upon the Deni
cratic party in the last campaign. It had
lent money recklessly, piled up a big
>nded and floating debt, and persisted in
ayitig the sheriff 30 cents per day each for
ae feeding of tramps and prisoners, while
corn was a drug at 40 cents per bushel and
wheat commanded less than a dollar. The
that many Democrats, particu
larly among tho farmers, determined to
make sure «if a chango in the court, as
some measure of security in the event that
it should nut be abolished, und the
quent Republican victory i
county carried with it . ~
jority of the levy
With this political machine in their pos
session the music of reform is n<>t so de
lightful to Republican cars, and
declare that there i
ishing the levy court system that'for ;
they held up to public view as a monstrous
engine of political outrage and oppression.
The reason for this change of heart is
obvious. Administered in
spirit the functi
be so perverted
sands of Demoe
to the m:
apd place
workers tax receipts
Republican majority of any desired p
portions. The partisan spirit in '
tho Democrats manipulated
was had enough, but it is
real re
j whit behind the
to
a Republic
: they
necessity of ahol
. - - j
is generally ad
mitte«! that m work of this kind they are ,
school boys in comparison with their R«- i
publican opponents. With the levy court !
"IS,, elect,on piAchlncry it carries i
Jf New
majority large enough to ov[*r",in,."V |,ï i
Demqcratic margin m Kent and Sussex
and give the electoral vote of the Mute to j
, M w Rep «' lb icai1 candidate for President in ;
1892. Ami n«i one doubts that they would
scruple at nothing t«» secure such u result, j ,
fur this reason the Republicans intim I
legislature will oppose any attempt to |
obolish the Levy Court, now that it is in j
their control. But the Démocratie repp
sentatives, influenced by political consul
erations us welUs a desire to k«*ep faith |
with the people, will doubtless make goo«! ;
the party's pledges an«l abolish n system !
that never was satisfactory and is ever ca- ,
pahieof being manipulated as a mere p..- j
Iitical machine.
Another reform which the people of
Delaware demand in all sincerity, but j
wliich the Republican party will oppose
with desperate earnestness, is the enact
JflPpt of some satisfactory measure of
fcallot reform. An ntteraift was mule et
the.last session to peas an admirable Aus
trulian bailor law, but all the Republican 1
mbers of the House, save one. resolutely i
set their faces against it und it was «!«'•- J
feated. The Republican loaders do not
want a secret ballot system in Delaware, i
for they well know that with this refon
would disappear the posibilitv of ever
chasing another victory in this 8tan*. Yh_
ho defeated ballot reform ut the lu>t !
elected by a system of ballot i
„ and wholesale purchase ol ,
of votes that would be impossible under a
well-devised Australian ballot law. The
effect of such a law upon the colored voters is
also feared, as it would not
the polluti«
or the levy court can
to disfranchise tliou
cureless to at tend
utter of preserving their .suffrage,
is of Republican
* to work
the h;
utgh
a
'• !
which
the lew «■«
i
session w
débauche
f,
ly prevent I
of the ballot bv h«»rdcs of j
iSÄÄÄÄfl I
..as, who \v«)til«iotherwise oe in danger j
of their lives if they dared to vote again.-»
the Republican party. In Dover at the ;
td voter who announced J
. • .oting the Democratic
as dragged from tlie window bv
of'
last clecti
Jiis intention <*f v
ticke
liis infuriated «■V>in rades, and bullied
harried until he consented
deposit a Republican ballot. The fe
losing their grip «m the «-ol
of being deprived of the chance of pur
chasing a victory when a larg
fund is at their " ■ •
Republican opposition to ballot reform
'I
.
i
is thu .-■un'te.t' 1
tins s
But nil i
e to tli.*
the
Hl «1
vor.''' Tlm'U.
i-: rulinn I
platf«
in the i *
c l-cfi
d.i
!«1
r Hi
- ! «
r. The
<if Ui«; i
plmlgea of
to the sol«
r, and th«*re i.« n
doubt that
*e«l«!«i will be applied j
to future elections in this State,
st import)
«» Ion«
i
j
: less likely to ^
.
luestion for the Le
'restli* with, and one into whi«
jsluture
partisan considerations
bo injected, is that of providing for the
calling of a constitutional convention.
"No convention shall bo called," says the
xcept by tlie au
then follows
9 to the best
present constitution, "
thority of the people,"
the explanatory provisions
means of ascertaining the sense of the
people upon this question, which were in
terpolated into the old constitution at the
dictation of .lohn M. Clayton, by the e
vention of 1831, ami which have proved
effectual stumbling block to all subsequent
attempts to secure any material revision of
the State's ancient and restrictive organic
law. It was said of Mr. (dayton that after
he secured the insertion of these provisions
with respect to future conventions, lie re
marked that as far ns nnv further altera
tion of the constitution was concerned he
had "locked the door and thrown the key
down the well."
At that time the population of the three
counties of the State was very nearly equal,
which worked no hardship "by their equal
representation in the Legislature, but it
believed that Clayton's prophétie
vision foresaw the future preponderance of
New Castle county and the city of Wil
mington. and be was determined that this
preponderance of population should not
carry with it the control of the Legislature.
Ana so the representation of the counties
is still equal, although the population of
New Castle exceeds that of Kent and Sus
sex combined. But the question is how to
call a convention in a strictly constitu
tional manner, and the plan suggested
in the constitution
tionable mode" is
it admits of various constructions,
each of which .finds advocates so persistent
as to defeat any ununimity of procedure.
This has been the experience of all previ
ous movements in this direction, but
earnest effort will be made at the coming
session to find a way out of the
dilemma, and give the people o
the Constitutional Convention for which
they have been contending for nearly 40
years, and which is
lately necessary to the political welfare of
the < 'ommon wealth.
There are other public questions that
will claim the attention of tho General
Assembly, hut all are of secondary import
ance to the three above named. The re
sult will l)o a session of unusual interest,
marked by a constant succession- of
the majority and minor
ity tor every point of political advantage
that may have an effective hearing upon
the election in 1892. It will be one of t tie
table sessions held since the stir
ring period of the civil war.
unexcep
atnbiguous that
perplexing
t Delaware
irded as ab?
struggles bet we
MR. niOGI.XS • SPEECH.
Original Vcraion—Three Un
51 is Senatorial
Jive 1« t!
fortunate Ell'nrts
De
gef
The speeeli of Senat
the Force bill will not appear in the
Congremanal llo'ord as made, but was
held by the senator f
means that all tin* parts he considers
objectionable will he struck out before it
is printed. The speech that will he dis
tributed among his constituents will not
the Senate, but
ill be altered and have its rough places
;«1 down fro as not to offend them,
li is well that our State has tin able man
in the person of Senator Gray to defend
the assaults of her unworthy
time in
- of Higgins' charges
: the elec
■hi- ■ is as free as anywhere in
Higgins upon
ion, which
be the
* del
her fl
ow.., Higgins. Mr. Gray lost
declaring the falsi
und asserting that i
Delaw;
tive fr
the Uni«
. The speech of Mr. Higgins
s delivered
I
s corrected
changed for the Record should be circ
lated ;
people, so that they
•ailing of his remarks,
the fair fame of
*ng
may see the full
llis w
on attack up«
btate
in all its
c-normity and the voter could form a just
estimate of his character and of the
party he represents in the Senate.
three occasions upon
Delaware, Mr.
it to air his thoughts
:s Senate have been
* * * The
tho junior senator fr<
Higgins, has s
in the United St;
when the Bluir'Educational bill
pending, some remarks in favor of re
taining the tax on tin plate and a few
nivocacy of the National
The fin
st unfortunate otic, us the
supported by his party
either in this State
second was directly contrary to tli
interest of
stituents, and that the stand tak
;e bill i
Electio
Force bill.
bill
tli.
ion, tli«
by
him f
position to the people of this State t
the whole country has been abundantly 1
proved by the result of the elections lait j
likewise
.p
1 :
!
i
r«*p;»rc«I to Locate ;
... ........ Capital. j
Mpectal Corr«5snon«.ieui , e ot Uazettn and Journal ;
... !
... !
the industry, I«.«« returned and states that
the firm that has.been corresponding with
u, t . hour.l «.f trad«- is a sound linum-ia!
English svinlicai«* that is desirous • ,f i«,«-.«r
iug , t ..Iain f the manufacture <«f siYk
textile g .is. Mr. Ni«-h«.lson «-aim* Inun.*
'vitl, tin-as-uran- «■ that the factory would
l,uiÏ5Tm!n!i!«*r l .'!f iiYbiîrori^'îïîuhi 1 be'VÎÜ
Lured, which U ah mi 3on girls 'm«l
voting women and 2uo men 'flu*
work i« light and tln nYwill probably U*
no trouble to s.mire i-uomdi lub..r. ; ' ■«<•
, », r .|ing!v the board «iftrade ha- ad, . Vii-V.i
f, , r them. Th« svn«ii«-at.* has l...«i*dii the
imu-liincrv which is on its wav aen.-s the
.. The «.Ifi.-ers ha«l deci.fed tnioeate
in a Pennsvlvani.i town.but Mr. Nic-lmlson !
arrived in \«*w Y rk h.*ore th.-v l.-id m-.de
anv ngiv.■men!, it issuid that iho!elimato
in this vii initv is especially a«lai«ted t«> tin*
n;anUfu« tur. ..f silk textile «Ä H r!
mains «It-»geltier with lulmrors ..f the town
whether tlm town will secure tlm imlustrv
;«,rn >t. Tin* pav-roll will he ahuut si sfif)
per week "
—^
1 lamlsome Tablet.
A handsome brass tablet, has been
.i,,. . M
' Y„ „ " V "V "J?
"in ! nl . i '• **•
! mr "• H |; «»lands. It « ontaiiu
tlm church and h<
in rais« «! letters upon a ground of ultra
murine blue. It is the joi
Tliomu« K Jacks
,
,
i "L
,
SILK FACTORY FOR DOVER.
English Syinliiti
Dovi u, Dec. 29.— Dover has tho 1h*s
! a large industry
portunity
the tow
A.
Nichol.M.n,
board of
h
-as uppointcii bv the
«.to New York tô look
after t lu
:
and Edwin Ains
>f th«* «'lnuvli The
r, '"
' 'I 1 ! ,* l, ! lrs -
end to be a
worth
•ml«
for tin* first li
be
Christmas pros«
O the church.
i lll'ist IIUIH
Innovation.
•tt bquare special savs
I the first ti....
j ,,f Friend«
I "g-.".'' «•»„«! u-.. n .,«.w'.r»M
j 1 hn.-tmas. Ihe se.holars
meeting house Friday
; <•;
J ;
• in the history of the
'
t!«« !•'
tho
evening, ami
e iv distributi'd
•iatoCliri>t
proposes
. The -
keeping tin
: i - -mi up luTcaftcr.
r
A SI
for South .\ntci-ic;i.
The hull of a -
South Amerierui waters, built i
ir«Is, Elizabeth, Pu.,
« N « • w York,
intt-ii'lcd f.
i Br«*.'
) be
1 shippcit «..
in* All«
tin
j
i 8upW'inl«*ii(l«-u( llu!«
j J. B. 1 lut.'hin««
tendent of the P., W. A B. railroad, ar
^ rived in this city on Monday.
Arrived.
, th«- in
AWAITING THE HEMP NOOSE
of
it
of
of
to
40
of
of
tie
Dover's Two Murderers Dis
cuss Their Fate.
NEITHER HOPE FOR CLEMENCY
Tolling Off the Days He May
Pass on Earth.
Hop« of n Bright. Hereafter Cheer« One
of the Cnnvietd—The Other One Hon No
Much Cheer—The Execution Will be
Open to tho Publie Gaze.
Special Correnponrteuceof Gazette and Journal
Dovf.r, Dec. 29.—The Gazette's
respondent visited the jail yesterday und
hau a long talk with tnc two murderers,
Jesse II. Proctor and Fred Young, who are
to be hung February 13th, 1891, between
the hours of 10 and 2 o'clock. They
confined in the second tier of cells
west aide of the jail, and both doors
kept closely locked all the time.
Fred Young was first
sen; he is a
slovenly very' black negro lad, about 18
years old anti weighs about 115 pounds,
lie greeted the correspondent coolly and
began to talk freely. He said that he had
living relatives that he knew of and
■cry few friends, none of whom had been
him. He said that theft* had not
been any step taken in order to secure his
pardon and did not think there would he
any. After being asked whether he was
prepared to meet nis fate he laughed aloud
ami said "No, sir," hut said he hoped to be
before he was hanged. II«!
not pray an«i did not know how to prepare
himself. The Rev. L. \V. Gibson and a
colored minister named Cole have visited
him several times,
knew how long lie had to live; lie said he
did not. He «ioes not know anythingab
the months and d<
month or day of the month that he is to
he executed. He was asked if lie knew
whether his etui would e
«lay or not, and he said he did not. us ho
believed It enme Saturday. Tbe 13th falls
Friday. Young said
hung him he wanted a heavy stone tied to
his foot so as to make a clean job of it and
jerk his head off. Readmitted he struck
tin* blows that killed thcoldman, Lindsay,
but don't think he should be punished by
death.
the s
ked if ho
remember the
that when they
'ter is confined in a cell on
the north end of the
row. When the outer door was unlocked
he was walking up and down the cell with
Epworth Hymnal in his hand singing.
He is a very intelligent mulatto and said
that lie was prepared
though, he said,
step taken in
a pardon although
.... . >' ,u ß et °*ie, hut
"U lmk; h"i« , >".f «Vilm* It m ho has no
perfectly happy ii' h<reotihï only In'ulioweri
to spend tlm remainder of his natural lit'«!
in jail. Procter «an read and write fairly
well; he wrote his name on several canfs
for vour correspond« nt. He has a little
pocket almanac which ho has placed a 1
all dot opposite each day down to the
13th or day of execution and as a day
passes he «haws a h»*a\ \ pencil mark
uernss il amt us Ilia little alumnae pets
darker by the days In* blots out his earthlv
existence grows shorter. On tlm margin
he marks the weeks that have passed and
also the ones that remain for him to live.
Ho is not cast down at all lnit is comforted
by his belief in a glorious hemdter. Ho
1'iXV "iÄi 1 „2"LwtKÄ,
he done by Young
It is U long urliili* since U hanging has
taken place in this «vunty. .Sheriff (.'ole
regards it as purely a business transaction,
atnl will perform the disagreeable task per
sonullv. The men will he hung just «.ut
!vill"li kcîv /•'. ki^nllu-c' n«
the day J thSïïïteSS wSunoS"
it
to meet his fate, al
if they hung
they hang
relatives living around here and
there has bee
He has
ho says he will
I
side the
i. i
The e:
early ii
M 1 1. FOR ITS DA XCE.
Delightful So. ial Kv
iitfC in th«> Inter
'ii—Ollier Topic.«.
Cftiiondoiireof wazetto an«l Journal
Mileohd, Dec. :
The young gentle
in of Milford gave their annual < lirist
is hop in the «entrai Hotel last evening.
««f Mrs. Frank
It
1 Mrs. Alfred ('. Arnold,
whose weddings were reported in full in
the Gazette last week. The costumes
of tho ludies were the hands«
Milford hull room.
1
j p s k* MisJ Mar
1 :
it were Miss Blanche Car
■ L. Burton, Mr. und Mrs.
'urlisf«
J*
'I
Jr.. Miss Lizzie Max....,
! Miss Carrie Lister. Frederica; Miss Mabel
i Ji'rtUn, Boston; Miss Longstmh, I'liila
; delnnia; Miss Hilliard, Dover; Miss Jennie*
j Adkins, Easton, Md.; MissSmith.Massa
; «'htisetl.-i; It. H. l'rettymaii and wife. New
! York; Miss Virginia Sudler. Philadelphia;
... ! Miss Katie Ellison, ( ancien; Miss Madeline
Whit«*, Mt. « lair«!. N. J.; Mr. aid Mrs.
Frank McCloskey, Philadelphia; Mr.
Mrs. A. <'. Arnold. Washington. Pa.; Miss
gton, Farmington; from Mil-!
V'" 1 "»'.'-o- Cuiwuy, Mrs. '
iaum Lnhugs, Miss Muttie l'rettyniuii, |
M, ' s Virginia Gilman, Miss May Davis,
Miss Lillie Causey. Miss Ida barker, Miss .
Lena Sharp, Mis-- Burdella Davis, Miss |
EUa Prettynmn. Mil» Annu Catwcy, Mi>s
L>z/je nils. Miss Anna Watson, Mis
Lida Lolland, Mi<s ' Ella" Vaul vi ' Miss
Maria «'missy. Miss Maine Wallace;
Messrs. Hugh ami E«l Martin, Seaford;
U* Î'î'.'f- i'';* 1 '«'. L.t'oopcr, Dover; Mr. Morris,
Pldhulelplna: Lester Carlisle, Frcrl<*rii-a,
-'"b" Hurloi-k. Wilmington; Harry White,
Mt - Chur«, N.J.. Jacob Wilson. Seaford;
Messrs. K<1 Dawson and William Huuls
1,ur >'. •'"'er; Gorge A. Elliot;, Wilming
! V" M»^'«-Hurd.-aMl«*. Kaston, M«i ;
], r- Lenton Whaley, Whalevville, Md.; N.
w - u ' vi *- Wilmington; William Fell,
•''niyrna: Josiuli Marvel. Georgetown; J.
r!- Han - McDow.-U, Baltimore: 8ini«-«.n iVn
»ewen, Greenwo«.« 1 ; Dr. W.Si.ry llurlock,
M' ->r>. \\ . It. Pratt. Daniel Ilir-rh. W S.
D"hbs, I. L. Adkins. J. l.v.,
1 Lu««pol« I Hirs«*h, l-'rank F. I'ièrson, R. P.
; Davis, James P. Lolland, William T. Rev
m.lds, P. 1-'. Causey. .Ir., Hr. .1. S. Prettv
^ man. Jr.,«'iiarles J'rettymun umlG. Layton
M Gr'
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;
ll;
I'r;
eager of I liilailelplua was
:u:t >"n.ns;; l.v u parly of
) Mrs. 'J..SM.U ItejM-s. Aboitt **»•.«« &
' hidiv.s an« 1 g«*ntU*muu were present i
pent a very enjoyable Hint*. i
! Tlie annual.tiv.u '««f the Chapel Sunday- j
^dwol was hold ut the chapel lust evening. |
A literary programme was rendered, aft
'" ; which the scholar!
- »wie«, un
a !
Miss ]•:
; tendered
1*
8'vuii candy, j
« ami nuts.
i
slits of l 'y tliia«.
Excelsior Lodge, K. of P., elected the
: Friday evening: Past ;
Ifai nr.
r-h-.iw.,11,,r !•' n i l11'! /' :
. .. VAiiïiïï :
i I). R. Shaw; Master of Fin;. MM .
i following ofilc«
' cello
ommaml
John II. Cook; M
j
D. Wood; Keeper of Kc-onks and Seal «
! Charles M. ZeM«- V; Maste.-a1-arms,
j Janu-s B. Stnektill; Iti.-'nl«* Guard, John
AI.-Ncal; Truste, Jol.n 11. Cook; Repr«- ;
' 1 !
I
I
B. !
| Thompson; Representative to Kiverview .
r j Cemetery Company, James B. Porter. |
Dculli of liar
y K«*yhul«I.
be
Barne v R-yhold. a
•n of this co
•clI-kM«»w
c'itl
'» di.-il Satm.|.-iv at No. i
' "* ' v. H«* *
:
y ;,I < »f lie
■«•r i
!
!
l*hll;nle!|ilii:
I■* Stop Running.
Tin
; iioiit
il furtli«
- Tin* Br
:i ;
,, «
side
i.-jl««
he
ar- | Cl
j from Philad
i
. th(
•ly of;
t*r is lying at the F
li st ree
J wharf
REVEAL BOTn OF THEM.
The Two Rad L*
Whlrli Have Been
Spurned at the Poll«.
New York Eveulng Post.
It ought not to be that two tax laws,
of which such things
President and the Secretary of tho
Treasury sny of the two McKinley laws,
and two tax laws the merits of which
were put distinctly in issue in Con
gressional elections in every state and
overwhelmingly condemned l>y tho
voters—could escape immediate repeal.
Especially would it be expected that
two such bad laws could not long
cumber tho statute book of a representa
tive government after it has been seen
that those two laws arc incapable < f
amendment
B :
the
to the portions
demned by the voters, inasmuch as the
condemned portions constitute the warp
f each and every section.
President Harrison tells Congress that
one law violates a treaty made by us
with Hawaii, and the Secretary of the
Treasury, unable to conceal the fact that
the other law disregards
treaty with France, urges Congress to
forthwith amend the Customs Adminis
trative law.
There are plenty of other examples of
disregard of international decency in
those two McKinley laws, which will
soon come to Jlie front, but it is enough
for the present that tho President and
Secretary declare tho laws in violation
of treaty stipulations, and that the
voters did, in effect,
November command Congress to repeal
botii laws.
It is not easy to understand how of
two such laws—thus vicious and thus
condemned by the voters—Secretary
Windom could, with a straight face, say
to Congress this :
The law embraces
and woof
consular
the 4th of last
j and such
complex interests that it is quite possible a
practical test may disclose the necessity for
modifications ami corrections, but
stability and certainty in the revenue laws
i so essential to our financial and indus
trial i
law
ocrity thilt it earnestly hoped this
have a fair trial before any radi
f
il
ca
sweeping changes shall
The new industries which it
tempted
was confidently expected would spring up
under its fostering care, and the
markets which would thereby bo
for American labor and products, w
tailily fail of realization if any
grounded fear shall be aroused as
stability of the law or of i.._
protection which it embodies.
ojiened
, -ell
tbe
the principal of
"Well-grounded fear * *
the stability of the law I" Is there any
intelligent voter who has not such a
fear Y Do the Republican leaders doubt
the purpose of a majority of the voters
to cut out by the roots both the McKin
ley laws t
reached by tho voters?
Secretary Wintlom gave himself awav
»»4 a11 '}}* ° !
!* lt 1"° Kinlej laws, when he wrote
lfl his recent annual report:
The government has now, to a greater
extent than <*vcr before, control of the
1 means to determine the legal rate and
amount of duty duo and collectable uj
importations,
t'crtainlv it hno t i> (invo i ninnnt"
\i ( ! 'v, Y
ni .'V.'*' 11 J , , , in( °!V 0 VV-* 1 * ' V ,e
P^tv! I he Republican leaders
do vised the McKinley Administrative
Customs Law in orth r t«> enable them
to actually "control," without the in
tervention of merchant appraisers, or of
or " f j |lries ' "'h* mean." to fix
dutiable values, classifications, rates and
amounts of custom» taxes as i.rolecti
ists shall wuh. Under that law, those
w ho woultl impede, or hinder importa
tions, could have increased enormously
customs taxes under the law of 1883,
fven had they failed to get the second
McKJnlev 1»*'. ' That startling fact the
country does not yet adequatel,
ciate.
The deviltry of the first McKinley law
is in the sweeping away of merchant
reappraisers, who had tho power to
cheek excessivo valuations as
customs rates. That check
s to
s those laws can be
y appro
basis of
long
exists. The Tiehetior board is supreme.
It can declare the dutiable value of a hat
to be $100, the. real worth und market
value <»f which in the country of
portation was only $5. There h
power anywhere liuder the McKinley
law to revise that decision. The im
porter must pay duty on $100, nud can
he sued in court if he refuses, and
execution levied
'
|
.
| made to fill u board exercising such tre
mentions powers. What arc they to do
under the McKinley laws? TOMCer
,Iun ani1 rcport t0 the poHcctor thb dtiti
his property. That
is a tremendous power given by the
McKinley law to the crowd >.f tariff
bcuulidarica, and especially when, as in
the case of
X)l, the rate depends
value. Under the McKinly laws, the
Tichenur board of appraisers can easily
will, through their power
I over values and classifications, the
] of customs taxes by 3U or 50 per cent.
; It is passing strange that there has
been in the country ÿo little forcible cri
ticism of the character of Urn selections
uble values, the classifications, the trade
names, the co
fact, the rates
are they ? Would either merrtber of tjie
Tiehonor hoard have been employed
u European buyer by any large and sol
vent New York importing house ? Has
either one of them had actual experi
ence in European markets either
buyer, a seller, or a trader? What op
portunity has Tiehenor had to become
familiar with the character, value, and
t rades
iponent materials, and, i
for custom taxes. Who
•of the goods he appraises?
trehant
Was he ever
importer,
and if so, whe
he a suf»j bet that members of the
Tiehenor board will differ among
by 20 per c<
... value of almost
article, it they cannot
l nv ,„rbill of tlm .miete.
?"® .'»■»«'*'> !w accepted by
i " lVV .*. n a,l - v s,| ite as an expert witness to
i testify, as an expert, ina private suit,
j as to foreign values, and f
| that not one of the h«
and where? It would
the
foreign
any
court of
the
1 is fresh fr«
cign markets,
the Tiehenor Board know
any other
j \yi m i
personally,
r than
i hearsay, of trade ni
And yet that hoard i
dutiable values, trade
tions and r
;
Ul1 * ""'It very gbotl cam that
: uob.aly should be able to revise or
: ' he
Nothing lc.s»
supreme
•s, classlfica
!sl The makers of the
tli:
•al fr
office
« tho President can prevent them fr«
" l us 5 u « tom taxes that
rn or nne n,i oL y f ' V ,U *
; '! 1 w 3 «> t f I1 . us of - a «y
! power in the government, sho
al, that ci
I Board fr*
five
I and fr
• tin- t-sriir, luit ili.-ny that the
.«■V- !:i"« r, 1890, W.I.« a in «.,
-• P awny fr««m tin* tatutc- |
« M'-lviuloy laws devised t«>
!
the Tiche
» prove
iporting dutiable values
ten times what they really uiv,
»king false classifications,
to have it pointed out.
' odd it is that tin* Republican
tli«! popular verdict of
'lovelaml liad a popit
.
|
'e .shall be glad
i leader« i
* N iv.-ml
•1st tli:
r, lv-
la r
lift of
nolt til
i of artiel«:.--. that
' pc«>plc wish to
rtatio
majority of «
! buy u.? chcuj.'ly as p< -
! th
rile schooner
; Nelli** It. l.iun uburg, coal laden, from
« Glace Bay for Halifax, struck
Rabio
the ttalc und thick snowstorm
»ruing and sunk. The crew
i barely escaped with their lives.
1-* i
ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION.
DiKcunnlon of Crooked Taxation by Hon.
F. G. Shearman.
to
at
of
of
W asiiinoton, Dec. 29.—The princi
pal paper rend before tho American
Economic Association to-day was one
by Hon. T. G. Shearman of New York,
entitled
paper discussed the terms "indirect tax
ation," in which there was nothing sug
gestive of fraud, oppression
equality, and
which
Crooked Taxation." The
In
crooked taxation,
very
sound. Yet the speaker asked
not tliis latter a far more accurate defi
nition of the thing which was really
meant by the other name. There was
in existence in nearly all nations a sys
tem of taxation which bore certain uni
clmracteristics. The taxes tinder
this system were always paid to the
government by persons who were au
thorized and expected to recover the
amount from some one else, with
interest and a profit upon which the
law placed no limit. No one could toll
how much of the money paid by the
final tax-payer went to the support of
the government or how much went into
the private purse of individuals. A
large portion of the final tax burden
was invariably perverted to private use.
In many cases 9-10 and even 19-20 was
thus perverted.
The speaker contended in c
his pap
method
unpleasant
•luding
■r that the tendency of the
of taxation he had discussed
to make the rich richer
and tho poor poorer ; to shift
the burden of taxation fiom those
best nbie to bear it. to those least able to
bear it; to remove all checks upon the
extravagance of government;to force into
existence a class of wealthy
income depended upon legalized rob
bery; to complicate the business of the
country with taxation so that enormous
burdens were kept upon the people
for fear that "vested interests would
suffer, if these burdens were removed;
and to promote bribery and corruption
by making business profits directly de
pend upon political action."
A paper was also read by Prof. Edwin
R. A. lignum of New York, entitled
"The Incidence of Local Taxation."
An amendment to the constitution
adopted, increasing from $25 to
$50 the fee for life membership; also
amendment creating a committee
tubers to have charge of
sponsibility for the publica
tion of the monographs and scientific
papers of the association. The presi
dent announced tho appointment of a
number of additional members to the
council of the association.
who»
of five
and the
A
GEN. BOOTH TALKS.
The Salvation Army Captain Replie«
1 VarlotiH Unpleasant Charge«.
London, Dec. 29.—Gen. Booth in a
communication to the Times says :
"I deeply regret that misapprehension
and some differences of opinion as to
the best plan for working his department
led Commissioner Smith to resign. In
view of the serious obligations I have
publicly undertaken 1 naturally desire
that the scheme shall be tried on lines
entirely in harmony with my own ideas.
I very highly esteemed Mr. Smith and
this extract from his letter shows
unfriendliness.
"Here he quotes Commissioner Smith :
'You need have no alarm regarding my
intentions. I contemplate
tion to you. I just as earnestly as ever
agree as to the end desired. We differ
as to methods. You may reckon
for any outside assistance I can givp.' "
General Booth continuing, says: "A
deed of trust for the funds will be exe
cuted in a few days. Nothing is yet
done because the necessary funds
only now assured."
General Booth adds that ho hopes to
answes criticisms of his scheme with
suggestions in a pamphlet which he «*x
pects to have published during January.
Drlvor Phillip« Dvail.
John II. Phillips, the well-known
trainer and driver of trotting horses,
died at his home, Parkville, L. I., Decem
ber 25th, aged 51 years,
was
this section of the countr
strings of trotters at the
14 years prior to last June, he was
locate«! at Suffolk Park, Philadelphia.
~ go Mr. Phillips was hale and
hearty, but a cowardly blow on thelmad
from behind, while acting the part -*f
peace-maker in a quarrel, brought
sickness from which he never recovered.
He constantly complained that his head
hurt him. Mr. Phillips drove many
fast horses in his time, some of the best
known being Ella Madden, Adelaide,
Belle Oakley,.Etta Jones, Naiad Queen,
Pronto and Yorktown Belle.
at
«if
of
opposi
It
in
bn
the
Mr. Phillips
? of the best known drivers in
•y and has had
Peninsula fairs.
One
the
A "Coaster" Run« Away.
Some excitement
ket street
prisoner escaping from the police patrol
wagon. He.
caused on Mar
Mcndav afternoon bv a
of
of
brought up from the
"coast," where he had been arrested for
drunkenness nml disorderly conduct.
When the wagon arrived »ut the City
Hall the prisoner jumped and ran nt
full speed up Market street. Patrol
Officer Burleigh followed as ftist as hi
long overcoat would permit, and a crowd
ran in tin* wake. Ther* we
"Stop him," but the
Seventh street and then t<
Several men made futile attempts t«>
stop him, and Burleigh drew his re
volver and threatened to shoot. At
French street a young man grapplo.l
with the runaway and tripped him, an«!
he was secured. < )ffiecr Burleigh led
him to the police station.
•les of
sped
of
.
An Old Church,
The Builder recently described a little
church at Green sled, in Essex, Eng
land, which, although built of ..1,
has stood for
still ii
brick, and see
the sixteenth century; but tin* nav
which is thought to have original!}' lie«
the whole of the buildina,
from tin* latter part of tin* ninth con
tury, has only a plinth of brick, up. u
which rcstsasill supporting the. v.-.-'d«,
which are formed of planks so thick as
to he almost logs, about four and a-hnlf
g and two or three fee
These walls
tering only though «lo
which is of shingles and is not
than 40 years old.
thousand ve
•«instant use. Its elmnrel is «.f
feet 1«
le.
in
! windowl-.*.
liglit vti
,
Raltlimin**« Political Scandal.
Balt i mo he, Dec. 29.—The award of
the contract for insuring the firemen to
a company bidding $1.50 per
higher than tin* lowest bidder is creating
talk. The mayor is an ex-officio member
«)f the fire hoard and his father is
agent of the company which got tin*
contract. The mayor was present at
the meeting which
tract, but he left shortly before tin*
board adjourned. lie said that the
award was not made at the time he left,
| ami that, as Ids father was connected
with one «if tho companies, lu* did not
tin* contract
>ardcd the «•«
M
wish to be present whe*
was given out, though his father, he
said, was not interested in the contract.
A Prominent Mukoii .
Ban Francisco, Cal., Dec. 29.—Alex
O. Abell died at his home in this city
yesterday. II«.* was widely known
through his activity in establishing
Masonry on the Pacific coast, lie was
born in New York in 1818.
CHOSE HER OLD SUITOR.
Deserted Hunband and Son for Her
Former Lover.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 28.—With very
little ceiemony and apparently no heart
burnings on either side, Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Stewart of Chicago, agreed
to sever their marital relations and go
different ways during the rest of their
Monday last. Stewart, who
spites that he is a commercial traveler,
came to Baltimore with his wife and
child, a boy of 8 years, and took rooms
at Miller's Hotel. Mrs. Stewart is a
handsome and stately woman about 80
years old, and from appearances the re
lations between husband and wife were
all that could be desired.
A recent arrival was the cause of the
estrangement. He signed the register
William K. Richards of Philadelphia.
His meeting with Mrs. Stewart was a
surprise to both, and even a greater sur
prise parly to Mr. Stewart when ho
learned that Richards was an old flame
of his wife's. Evidently the old love
had been revived by the renewed ac
quaintance, and Richards' arrival ap
peared to work a change in the conduct
of Mrs. Stewart toward her liege lord,
and it soon became evident to the hus
band that his wife was exhibiting a de
cided preference for the newcomer. Mr.
lives
Stewart, it is said, was
long in s
peeling tho real state of Ids wife's feel
ings, but lie determined to make sure
whether his wife cared more for Rich
ards than she di« l .for himself, so ho
plainly told her that he was laboring
under the impression that she preferred
Richards to the nu
allegiance
that if lie
site had better make her choice at once.
Mrs. Stewart was not long in making
iter choice. She almost immediately
declared that Richards was the man into
■ping sin- would confide her
futur«.* happiness. The boy, however,
was the only obstacle to an amicable
separation. Mrs. Stewart pleaded long
and earnestly for the custody of her
child, and the father refused to yield.
Finally, with
husband and
she
1er the marriage laws, and
his surmises
red
wh
cheerful adieu to her
her boy, Mrs.
art hfl tho hotel with Richards.
Miller's, lie does
kiss t
Stewart remains
not show
/ resentment, but says he
will never take his wife back again. As
soon as he returns to Chicago he will
probably take steps to obtain a divorce.
G ERL AC II .ï- Il A RJ ES FA
A riillarielpliiu Hunker anil Broker Firm
Fore«*«! to SiiNpcnil,
•MiA, Dee. 29.—Gerlach &
Phil.
Harjes, bankers and brokers,announced
their suspensi
the stock exchange
to-day. The failure is not a
at
heavy
The transactions of tho firm on the
stock bouni were very small. About
1,590 allures were sold on tho board to
day on their account under the rules,
principally local stocks. The firm made
assignment this morning to their at
torney, Franklin Fisher. No statement
«if the firm's affairs has yet been pre
pared. William Gerlach, the so '
•mlier of tie* firm, has been a member
of the New York «Stock Exchange since
1880, but the firm had no contracts
there. Mr. Gerlach is the agent in this
city of the German Lloyd »Steamship
Company.
No statement, of the firm's liabilities
assets has been prepared as yet by
Assignee Fisher, but it is thought that
the indebtedness of the lions«* will be
about $150,000, with assets nearly equal
ing that sum. The suspension is ex
pected to be only a temporary
number of the creditors of* the firm
have declared their willingness to allow
them to resume.
's Financial Si'linliilc.
Chicaoo, Dec. 29.—The assignees of
bunking firm of S. A.
Kean & Co., have completed their
schedule of the assets and liabilities.
It shows the following results: Assets
—Bills receivable,$75,000; cash, $26,000;
n scrip and scrip, $7.- r
Liabilities—T
about $500,000; cash fr«
in transit, *10,000; total, $510,000. The
last item of the liabilities will have to
bn paid in full, reducing thu available
assets to $06,000.
Banillt fr'iimiuiiigg* I »art iif-,
San Dieco, Cal., Dee. 20.—Chief of
Police Choyne lias received a letter
from Independence, Mo., informing him
that the writer had met face to face
Diego the notorious
Missouri bandit, Jim Cummings, for
whom a standing reward is offered dead
alive. 'Plie writer refused to give his
name for fear of vengeance fi
bers of the Cummings gang, who infest
the locality where li»- lives.
the insoivc
equities i
; total,
depositors,
other banks
$198,500.
the streets
Pl«-ut-«>Iitieuin»niu In Ontario.
Ottawa, Ont., Dee. 29.—-The action
of S.vretui-y Rusk of the Department of
Agriculture, at Washington, in closing
certain Vermont points for entry of
Canadian cattle into the United States
owing to tin* alleged existence of pie
pneumonia in tin* Dominion, is
criticised here. The government offi
cials assert that then; is not a single case
of tho tlisease in existence '
Dominion.
the
«* by «•*- President C levelan«!.
.—In Hie course of lec
mgurated last week by
M. I >cpew, under the auspices
of the Piv.-s ('lull of Chicago, the next
address is likely to he given by ex-Pres
i'.'-nt C'1«'V' I'-iid. Mr. Cleveland told
•mild «'ii
('UiC A ; :« ». 1 >
'hi
•ial .««•cretary that he
.
« arrange his allai
able him to ..opt the club's invitath
•arlv i
- to
p«»r
LI be!
st.k K«
Li
Dec. 29.—A
K, Auk
port from I
il
* Bluff lias been
lie « fleet that the negroes of
La!
the
f »he f
H i. was unfounded. The rc
was «--ms.-d bv a fight U
'«•>(* »I»
•«'i'll tw
; wlii.'h one was killed.
Killeil
itoUiiiK t
■I.
t., !><•«•. 29.— The main boiler
in Lrvo
1'Ioiled to-dav, euusiit'g
hath of
Inattention upon the
tin
, .... of the «-ii
been the cans
r is supposed to have
«f the disaster.
Damaging Flooils
Italy,
Rome, Dec. 29.—The floods it
Italy
following the heavy s n«m-.v «i'nl much
«lamage to the railwajWJi^^Trafflc about
the district of Naples has been almost
completely suspended.
Round House Durned Down
Rai.eioii, N. C. Dec.
new round house of the Raleigh & Gas
ton Railroad destroyed the building,
valued at $20,000,
aged 17 loc
in the
1 seriously dam
itivi-s housed i
Fir*
ÎAMDKX, N. J., Dec. 29.— Fire this
in building of
the Camden Floor Oil Cloth Works of
M «*.-!•• rs. R. H.
about $15,000; fully insured.
-
TIioiiiiim Ricliiirdson, M. P., D«-u«l.
London, Dec. 29. —The death of
Thomas Richardson, M. P.,from Hartle
pool, is announced. Mr. Richardson
was u Liberal-Unionist in politics.
iimilon.
morning «.lestroyed tlie
EVA HAMILTON SEEMS HAPPT.
HerQulPt Life in'Dallas, Pa., Where She
Expert« to Live the Rent of Her Day«.
Wilkebbarrb, Dec. 28.—Eva Hamil
ton seems a happy woman now. She is
at her step-fathers homo at Dallas, this
county. "Bill" Steele, her step-father,
is about 60 years old, but the neighbors
say he looks 20 years younger since Eva
came home. After the Atlantic City
assault an Nurse Donnelly he started to
walk to the seaside. He fell by the way
side before he had gone far. When he
made known his mission a man paid his
fare to Atlantic City, whore he remained
for some tiino.
When Eva was released, a month ago,
Mr. Steele wont to Jersey City and ac
companied her to Pittston. She re
mained there with a friend for a day
two, and then went to Dallas, where
she joined the family. For many years
Farmer Steele eked out
istencc
called
the stable w
which let in
Since Eva ca
have changed wonderfully. There is a
new gat e in front of the house, and there
iw stable. Instead of
has discarded
dresses like all
neighborhood,
the first time she left
miserable ox
small patch of land he
farm. He had one cow, and
is an old rickety affair
the wind from all sides.
• home, however, things
:, there arc two. E
fine feathers, and
the other women in the
Last week
home since she came from New Jersey.
Site went to Scranton
tour.
shopping
It was IS years ago when Eva left
this part of the country. For 10 years
thing was heard of her. Then
an who was acquainted, with
the family and who knew Eva very
well brought tho news that while travel
ing in California he had met iter in com
pany with her husband. That was tho
last heard of her until the Atlantic City
incident. It is said to be her intention
to make lier home permanently with
lier own people in Dallas.
Inv
Buflitlo Kill'll Exploit.
Says tho Union Signal: The daily
papers have given ludicrous accounts of
Buffalo Bill's expedition "in ball dress"
to capture Sitting Bull. A valued
respondent, resident in Dakota, gives
this explanation of tho fool-hardy per
formance: "Buffalo Bill received his
orders from General Miller to make the
attempted capture when both had been
drinking heavily. When Buffalo Bill
and His two white companions reached
Fort Yates, they were in the midst of a
protracted spree, too drunk to realize
the utter impossibility of the proposed
undertaking, fitting Bull had mounted
scouts out every two miles in every di
rection from his camp, and the 'invaders'
would never have reached him alive.
They would simply have been killed, a
general uprising precipitated, and all
unprotected whites on the reservation,
as well as settlers on the borders, would
have been massacred. Major Me Laugh -
lan is the person who averted this awful
calamity, by securing tin* withdrawal of
Buffalo Bill before lie reached the hos
tile camp. Bill's equipment for the cap
ture of Sitting Bull consisted of a two
horse spring wagon in which was a full
supply of whisky, two white men, both
drunk, and two sober Indians as escorts.
Major McLaughlan, seeing the danger,
telegraphed General Miller, begging him
to withdraw Buffalo Bill, but he would
not. lie then telegraphed President
Harrison, and the great originator of the
Wild West Show was, by the President's
orders, overtaken and recalled when
within 17 miles of Sitting Bull."
ClfvHiiiul anil ilill.
Ex-Presi.jent Cleveland and Governor
David B. Hill of New York have ac
cepted invitations to attend tin.* banquet
of the Philadelphia Young Men's Dem
ocratic Associate
January 8th.
Other distinguished guests will he Gov
ernor-elect Puttiion, senator-elect Gor
f Georgia, Don M. Dickerson^x
Secrctary of State Bayard, ex-Secretary
of the Treasury Charles S. Fairchild,
Abbott, Congressman
William L. Willson of West Virginia
and Colonel Daniel S. Laniont. Mrs.
r her husband
remain hero
Cleveland will accompany
to this city, and they will
for three «lays as tin* guests of Mr. L.
Clarke Davis,with wh
has been intimate
Mr. Cleveland
fishing trips.
Fire«! tlie Oirlstiuu Srientlnt.
, »8. D., Dec. 29.—Senator
Washington
in response to u telegram informing him
that his brthc-r Justin was seriously ill.
all's wife is a believer in
Christian science, and lias treated her
husband upon the principles of the
doctrine with the assistance of a Chris
Sioux Fai.
Pettigrew has arrived fr
The sick
turn science healer from Kansas City.
Relatives of the patient have interposed
objections to the treatment received and
a regular practitioner was called in
and directed to take charge of the
IMimlt*
Sentenced.
Bai.timouk, Md., Dec. 29.—William
Blimey, who was convicted of the .......
der «>f his grandmother and aunt, on the
night of May 2d last, was sentenced to
day by Judge Stewart to be hanged.
Blaney took the sentence coolly.
Papnr Milker« Fail.
New York, Dec. 29.—Frank R. Wal
ker. paper manufacturer at No. 28 Bond
street, made
assignment to-day, to
John E. McGow
Church ItiiriUMl Down.
L.\ Sai.i.e, III., Dec., 29.—St. Hya
cinth's Polish Catholic Church hi
destroyed by lire. Loss, $15,000; insur
ance, $7,500.
bee
F. VEN ING ECU O ES.
"My d.-ar," said the young husband,
"we want to go slow. First, pin money,
puren nd simple; then ter raj '
th«'ii diamond pin money."
• Meet me tomight and without fuie." she
He read the
'n'wlml''—
youth
There's no such
money,
words with anxious brow
In the bright lexicon of
Th«
ird as fale !"
William Duvall of Baltim«
try to wheedh
, did not
V out of Benjamin
. H«* doubtless reasoned that
'orth while going into a
• where the chances of losing u
postage stamp
Willis
it
ot
' so great.
Archer's critism on Mrs.
Langtry's Cleopatra is everywhere [
nounecd to be the most severe on record.
Purple patches of Shakes
peare swimming in a prismatic scintillant
maelstrom of spectacle."
Here it is :
» UK EXEMPT,
c barred from the jury
Since Imtcliers
list
When murderers are triod,
A few other people would not be missed
Were they likewise denied ;
The dentist who slaughters his groaning
prey—
Is he not a man of blood?
The burlier who chins through the live
long day—
Wli*) «-an stand his wordy flood?
Then llu* candy butcher, who holds up
trains—
A fiendish
And the joker who addles his dearth of
brains—
Vhat a juror he must he!
..d last, nut not least, the deadly bore,
, With a tongue as fine as silk ;
No accused man could dodge the evergreen
shore
If the jury was made of his ilk,
—New York Herald.
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An i
THE CZAR'S THANKS.
The Russian Ruler's Thunks to the Amer
Colony.
St. Pktkubbuiiq, Dec. 20.—'The Offi
cial Meucnger of December 24th an
nounced that the czar, through Hon.
Charles Emory Smith, United States
minister, had conveyed to the American
colony here his thanks for resolutions
'casing gratitude for the full liberty
enjoyed by the British and American
Congregationalist Church since its estab
lishment here about 50 years ago. These
passed December 18th
upon the occasion of the celebration of
the jubilee of the sacred edifice.
To-day tho text of the letter of thanks
referred to is published. It is written
by M. do Gier», minister of foreign
affairs, and contains the following
words : "The emperor being acquainted
with the eloquent, sympathetic letter
gathered at the celebration of the jubi
lee of the American church has de
signed to charge me to convey his
thanks to you and to tho members of
the church. His majesty has also been
informed as to the sentiments expressed
in the resolution a copy of which you
have given me. Accept the assurance
y most distinguished considera
resolutions
I
lion.'
IN GENERAL.
The Bijou Theatre in Minneapolis
burned on Sunday. Loss about
$40,000.
The Manhattan Club of New York
passed resolutions
on .Saturday night
condemning tho Force bill.
Robert Howard killed Louis Itoe
berger with a hatchet near Middlcsboro,
Kentucky, on Saturday night.
Selali Chamberlain, the well-known
, died in Cleveland, O., on
railroad
Saturday night, aged 78 years.
M. A. Dauphin, for 20 years president
of the Louisiana Lottery Company,
died on Sunday in New Orleans, aged 53
years.
Robert Black, a negro, shot and killed
George Ilill, also colored, at Pino Bluff,
Ark.,
provoked.
Charles Griffie, 15 y
a laborer named Tomblin in Aurora,
Saturday by bitting him on
Sunday. The murder was un
of age, killed
Missouri,
the head with a billard cue.
The threatened strike at the Pullman
shops at Chicago was temporarily
settled on Saturday, the men deciding
scale of
to remain at work at tho
wages.
The J. W. Dann Manufacturing Com
pany's carriago and wagon wood works,
in Columbus, O., were destroyed by fire
Sunday. Loss, $48,000; insurance,
$30,000.
Wenzel Groupa
murdered by
Frank Krulish at Bohemiaville, L. I.,
Friday night. Krulish confessed the
crime and surrendered himself to the
authorities.
The Mt. Porter House at Keene Val
ley, N. Y., was burned early on Fridajy
morning. It was built last summer
a cost of $40,000, and the insurance w
$17,000. Incendiarism is suspected.
All the policemen in Jackson, Miss,
compelled by tho mayor
aldermen to resign on Saturday night,
because of "the apparent inefficiency of
the force in dealing with the Christmas
revelers."
A. K. Hathaway, aged 15 years, and
James Whitworth, aged 17 years, were
playing with an old pistol, in Staunton,
Va., oii Saturday, when it exploded, the
ball entering Hathaway's head and caus
ing death.
James C. Gillespie, treasurer of Boone
county, Mo., has been arrested for
bezzlemcnt. Warrants lmvo been issued
for County Judges W. F. Roberts und
W. F. Angell, charging them with mak
ing and collecting charges for mileage
amounting to $15,000.
E. J. Kinney, u prominent Republi
politician and attorney of Osage,
Kan., was found dead beside the rail
road track near that place on Sunday
morning. It is supposed he fell from a
train while passing from one car to un ;
other, on »Saturday night.
Thomas Moreland, aged 48 years, died
at his home, in Baltimore, Sunday
afternoon, from swallowing carbolic
acid with suicidal intent. He leaves a
widow und young son. It is intimated
that grief over the death of a brother in
Washington was the cause of the sui
cide.
£
The residence of E. Herkôltz in Mc
Keesport, Pa., was wrecked
day by an explosion of natural gas. Tho
gas pipe in the cellar
Satur
leaking, and
an open door allowed the gas to reach a
stove, when it ignited. Mrs. Herkoltz
was terribly burned about the face and
hands.
The situation of tho discharged la
borers from the Union Pacific Puget
Sound extension is growing serious.
There are about 1,000 in Portland, Ore.,
and the number is increasing. Most of
destitute and are unable to get
their time checks. A largo
number of them are being fed and lodged
by thu city.
Secretary Proctor's sleigh was wrecked
in Washington on Saturday morning.
His wife and daughter were using it for
shopping purposes, and were i
Pennsylvania avenue when tho
horses attached to the vehicle took
fright and ran off. The sleigh was upset
ami the driver, a colored man named
Johnson, was severely injured.
Steele & Damon's tenement and busi
ness block in New Britain, Connecticut,
burned Sunday. The business
places burned out are the United States
Express Company, Noble Bennett, J. P.
O'Brien, Dr. Styles and W. L. Damon.
Among those in the tenement were Mr.
and Mrs. Albert McIntyre, who jumped
** upper window and were badlv
hurt. Loss, $<55,OOU.
Tho freight depot of tho Little Miami
railroad in Cincinnati was burned
Saturday night. It contained 43
loads of unloaded freight, though only
four freiglit cars were in the depot.
Among the freight were 90 barrels of
whisky and 30 bales of cotton. The
fire spread with great rapidity, and
wivhin half an hour the building was a
total wreck. Loss about $150,000.
The officials of the Southern Pacific
railway at San Antonio, Texas, declare
that when tho commissioners of Fort
Bend county quarantined against Hous
ton on account of small-pox, the rail
road authorities were not notified in any
manner; even the station agents knew
nothing of it. Passengers arriving on
Sunday reported lively times at Stafford,
Rosenburg and other stations on that
section. Those who wished to get off
were mot by armed men, who com
pelled them to remain on the train. The
mails were delivered.
them
money
store
fr«
The national committee of the new
Anti-Kidnapping League of New York
issued an address to the public on Mon
day, stating that many .«
have been proved in court lately to b. }
illegally imprisoned in lunatic n A-lu ms,
and that s'V?» /imprisonment is «-iLlv in
flicted without trial and hard t«« «■ ■-i;
from. They say that rich pc.pl,« wh« '«i*
property is coveted and
- . , persons wl
spouses wishes to get rid <f them
specially liable to kiiluanninc
committee ask. all who know ,,r .
cases and all who foci themrolv.. . i
danger of such incarceration to wrn • , ,
their secretary, Miss (J. U. Latin, p.
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