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DELA WARE RAILROAD.
Annual Statement Submitted by the
IMree
«10,084.73.
Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal
Dover, Jan. 8.—Tho annual report of
the directors of the Delaware railroad sub
mitted to the annual meeting here yester
day gives the operations of the road
the year ending October 31st, 1800, and i
ns follows:
thc Meeting—A Dclicit
of
feet
the
Tho
the
ley
the
f
for
iarnini ■
Pasncngers.
Freights.
Mails, express
Uneous.
.$2(12,082.07
and miscol*
41,922.21
Total.
Operating expense»—
Interest on equipment.
.*857,. 76.73
.*726,726.78
. 10,003.40
-738,880.18
Net earnings..
I*t-r.'»t on bouda and divideuda
Showing a deficit of.
.*121,1)56.55
.. 18S,Ml.28
..* 18, »4.78
Which, under the terms of the lease, has
been advanced by the lessee and-is to be
re] »aid
the road.
The results of the business ns compared
With last year show
Ad Increase lu freight
Ad increase
of the future
it earnings of
leipts of.*23,102.95
malls, express, rents
ami mlseelluuoouH receipts of..
231.88
all
a
a
a
A dncreaBO In passenger receipts of..
185.77
Showing a total not increase of.f£3,'.92.00
Owing to the failure of the peach crop,
car load of peaches was moved
over the road, and the number of ear hauls
of berries was 853,
lost year—a decrease of
Your property has been maintained in
Excellent condition: 129 tons of steel rails.
2,790 pairs of splices, 62.300 pounds of
■pikes and 51,764 cross-ties were put into
the track; 5 84-100 miles of track were bal
lasted with gravel and
ders; 69-100 of a
laid during tho year.
Following is the train mileage during
the year:
not
jompuared with 1,229
.f ...... loads.
mile with cin
mile of additional track
Miles.
..310,669
..111.332
.. 16.501
Passotiger trains havo been run.
FreigL t trains have beeu run....
Construction tr&lntihavo been —
Total.
After paying all expenses and crediting
tho sinking fund with interest secured
from loan* and investments, the net value
of the fund as of January 1st, 1.891, is.
Cash and loans.
Thtrty-nve 6 per c
...738,172
.*101,987.98
bouda Dola
railroud, due 1895, amount
*42,815 par.
!l
(
. 35,000.00
Total.
..*198,9S7.98
The amount ciiarged to construction ac
count for the past yeur is hut $5nu.
The following directors were elected :
Christian Febiger, President; John P.
Green, 1. N. DuBarry, George Gray, E.
Tatnall Warner, Henry J). Welch,
Joseph R. Whitaker, Manlove Hayes,
Alexander Johnson, James J. K<«s,
Thomas Curry, J. Turpin Moore,
Charles J. Harrington. Treasurer, Man
love Hayes.
Aboùt 25,000 shares of stock was rep
resented at the meeting. The directors
dined at tho Hotel Richardson after the
meeting.
1
A
REPUBLICANS AT ODDS.
A Fight In Suuei-Dr. I.ay ton Wants
Office and a Democratic Scalp.
Special Correspondence ul Gaze«« and Journal
Georgetown, Jan. 8.—Tuesday night the
«embers of the board of trustees of the
poor met in caucus at tlie almshouse but
what was done could not he definitely
found out until yesterday, when they met
regular session. It was pretty gener
y understood, though, that tlie
effort would bo to turn out Hiram Short,
tlie present overseer of the j
Dr. Caleb Layton, one of
Republican leaders here, fought
short turned out at the lirst meeting after
tlie Republicans gained control of the
body and has been unsuccessful until the
present time. Layton wants to be physi
for the almshouse and has wanted it
by Dr.
year ago and has
since. But every
tlie self-set-up
for the past year.
J. Irvin McColby
been rather quiet ev
has his day and yesterday was Df.
at the almshouse
He was lies
Laytons' day, _ ..
for he accomplished what he has wished
to do for a year past. Charles Mcssick
lias been elected i
bereis another muddle. Mcssick says he
. wont be overseer of the j
is county almshouse physician.
Tuesday night's caucus
, if reports can be relied
yesterday's session was one of the stormiest
known. Mr. Short has
rseer, than whom the
better, and some of,the Republic
listen to have him turned
three of the Republic:
ways voted for Hhoi
and at this meeting
the other two voting against Short. ll<»w
' they will arrange about the physician has
I not been learned :is yet, but it is generally
/ supposed that Layton will get it if he
■wants it, ami it is the general impression
' that he wants it as bud as a child ever
) Wanted a stick of red candy.
least,
;
»lace of Short,
if Dr. l.ayt
stormy
ado
I'"••i
trustees have ul
before this meeting
«lid not v
: at all.
.A WILMINGTON
TENTEE WINS,
for 1 ufring«
of Thomas Ferry of This City.
Judge McKcnnan, just before his r«*ti
ment from the bench, handed down a
cision in favor of the plaintiff i
of Seth It. Ri«l«*r of Elizabeth,
Huffo Weiginanof Plainfield,N.J.,brought
in the United States circuit c
district of New Jersey.
The plaintiff in this
partner of Thomas Ferry
Mr. Ferry is the inventor and sole patentee
of the Star Carpet cleaning Machim-. u;
by him here und other marcs. The s
D«rhl«*l in Favor
•!"-1
N. J., vj
for the
is a business
f this city.
1
<e«l
infringeme
defendant bought a carpet cleaning mi
chine from a man name ba F
Cleveland, Ohio, and setit up in Plainfield.
It being an infringement upm.
patent, suit was instituted and after pend
ing about two years was derided i..
of the plaintiff. Mr. Ferry Friday morning
isived notification from Ins »?
New York of the favorable termination of
the suit,
There
•nt. The
ot r.f
Mr. UerrV
:hinos in opera
throughout the country which Mr.
J claims is an infringement of his
patent, and witli thisdecisi
Fe
in bis favor
proceed against all who per
eist in their use
It ric lila.vors Want an Advance.
The Bricklayers' Union,
iccting, decided to demand
in the price per hour for their serv
of from 42 to 45 cents, or $4.65 per day
of nine hours, instead of $3.78 ns at
present. The demand will he made
- time the advance «Ir
by the Laborers i
la«t
advance
April 1st, the s
tided up
Carriers Beneficial Association will he
made. The bricklayers admit that they
make good wages, but claim that they
unable
weather of the white
much time. Th« c«
they cannot afford to give the ad vance.
That the price of bricks is to be in
creased, and this with the unsteady
work of
the loss of money.
l Mod
.rk during the had
intlis and lose
sa v that
large contracts, cause
• By a Train.
Lizzie VYilson, colored, while intox
icated attempted to hoard a I». »V ( >. train
Thursday night, as it was moving away
from the Market street station. She
missed her footing and fell under the
wheels, one of which passed over her
left leg, crushing it. Bhe was carried
to the sidewalk and then taken to
Del ware Hospital in the patrol wag
Her leg was amputated below the knee,
And she is resting easy.
Deluwareaus üiven Pensions.
Pensions have beeu granted Dela
warean? a? follows: Original invalid-
John \V. Victor, Milford; Churl.-? T.
IS .strand, Wilmington; James M. Mc
Dowell, Wilmington,
liam II. Taylor, Wilmington. Original
Widows, Ac.—ltetta, mother of George
Cauby, Laurel.
the
Increase— Wil
CITY SVRVEYOIPS REPORT.
The
the New City
Figures Furnished 1J
Sewer Work—Ollier Department
Chief Engineer George A. Boughman
of the engineering and surveying de
partment, submitted tho twentieth
nual report of his department to City
Council Thursday evening.
Mr. Boughman reports that during the
year 1890 lines were marked for 20,580.8
feet of curb, of which 13,861.7 were for
the city and 6,719.1 for. private parties.
Tho total number of buildings for which
lines have been marked since 1871 is
7,510. The largest record w
1882, and 137 for 1875.
The report comprises a statement of
the new sewer work undertaken by the
city. The engineer in charge, T. Chalk
ley Hatton, states the expenditure to
date is $46,026.01; lengt h in feet,5,550.30; | will
cost per foot to date, $8.29; length to [
build yet, 1,956 feet; probable cost of :
the part yet to he completed, $8,279; I of
probable cost, $54,305.01. In his report | for
Mr. Hatton condemns the old Stallcüp I new
nuisance. It is badly in need her
f repairs, and If it is to be continued |
the
300
the
622 for
the
sewer at
should at once ho covered and tho sew
put in repair. It is the receptacle f
all kinds of debris and has not sufficient ! At
grade to carry away garbage, ashes and
goat skins, which are thrown into it and I
which become stranded before they and
reach the creek. The sewer also runs to
through private property. He recoin- I
mends that the sewer he abandoned and and.
a brick sewer to be built in Poplar street
and along Front to tin' creek. The |
brick sewer would be much smaller, but \
would have a capacity equal to that of
Chief Engineer Boughman furnishes
a map of the territory drained by the
Brandywine intercepting sewer and also her
a comprehensive map of the city of
Wilmington.
As a meteorological addendum to bis
statement Mr. Boughman furnishes the
rations as obtained !
from the rain guage placed on top of the
department building. The rainfall for
the past year is as follows:
in
.ni the
13 j her
"'•* !
tilt?
result of his obs
January.
April 1 !.'.'
May —
!l ul v.
August..
Heptemh
( K'toher.
the
of
I
I
•'D !
of
by
be
:
!
ï.
1 leceinbor
. i.:;i
Totul.
.49.52
A Rri«f Session, W illi Only tli« Itmitiii«
Business, Thursday F.vouin*.
At Thursday night's
Council the finance committee, on the
petition of John W. Hawkins, relative
to establishing a city ambulance service,
reported that J. A. Wilson had agreed
to continue the service for $50 per
month, and recommended that when
next year's appropriations are made
item be included f<»r this service. The
report was adopted.
The city treasurer reported: Balance
in bank to tho credit of current expenses,
$120,473.50; park fund, $12,849.62; total,
Receipts for the week:
Collector Mealev, $1,350; Collector
Mitchell, rent of Second street market
house, $250; Clerk of municipal court
Inspector
,$44; Chief Engineer Boughman,
Latimer trust fund.
ting of City
it
$133,323.12.
Hyland, $367.55, Building
Pillion.
$17.65; interest
$ 20 .
Building Inspector Dill«
having issued permits for in
during 1 ieeemher as follows: Dwellin
4; church, 1; stable, 1; niisccllam
total, 8; value of improvements, $36,200;
received for permits, 44.
Mr. Baugh presented the annual re
port of
the engineering department, which was
received anti tiled.
>n reported
•w buildings
he
has
he
hief Ktigi
•r Boughman «»f
;
Mr. Colt»»
A
presented a report fr«
tho law committee* recommending that
the city solicitor be instructed to pre
•quiring notice to he
within 60 days when suits are to be
brought against corporations for dt
age:-. It
pare a law
ul
as adopted.
Mr. Laws.
offered a resolution re
questing the city solicitor
•port to
s possible the proper
ties within the city limits that are
empt from taxation.
Mr. Beale presented :
viding that the c
all.
Adopted.
rdim
•o pro
>f the
sinking fund shall Imre
er give l
:
for the perf
a nee of tlmir duties. Tim
of the b«
I was not given, bei
final
left blank to 1m filled
hug.
for
On the motif
Air. Hawkins
second roailing
•dl nance.
pposed tin
He .«aid the er
•!"-1 u .<
duties with
if they
re required to g
vj
s would :
Mr. Beale said this wi
the
to discuss the onlim
it take the
second time and referred totheluwc.o
inittee.
•■>, and asked that
•cular «•«.
ul •
1
<e«l
•«•«I
a follows: F. P. Mo. ..I y , $112.80; li. li.
of
The
iriilith, $6.24; W. E. Li
Fx-Ti-casuri-r Arc
E'
täte Tit
r of Marvl:
Archer, the defaulter, ; ;
before tlm e mrt Tues«
- T.
- I
the trial of tlm ease ,,f tl,«. •
The <li /raced old man j
milled like a leaf when' hr«
cell i
>n, Md., i
gilt fr«.
Mr.
his
the ponikmti;
morning und was told that he
have to face tlie bond.
; Tue-lav
■«mid
•n whosi
per
eial rui
lm i,a«l aim«
Ji
permitted to dn
himself i
plain black sui
of
W t
lothes.
Ill:
day
at
«Ir
a he hung his
la«t
head.
Ho looked haggard and thin, and
ed that he keenly felt, the
■ f I.«
... a
and th«> other
the
with wimm he lm«l ser
officials
•flic«-.
bled t«> him coldly.
Id acquaintances did
Who ï
he
they
they
in
of his
..... .. .. him.
th' stand, Archer, .....
«aid that with all deference
lm de« lined t«> he s'
any questio
but other.
Mod
•ailed to take
tho C"
had
lose
•tin
with the
•e faltered, 1
steadfast in his determinnti«
anything. Realizing fully that
him would lie injurious
Ismen, Judge
Fowler declan-fl it tobe his duty to tes
tify in the interest of the state, but the
•nly shook his head. Then
said the judge: "I would charge you
with contempt of court but that you are
already serving a term in state prison, to
1 remand y <u." The
defaulter was then taken back to the
penitentiary.
he
that
•ment fro
o the case of his hr
old
train
away
She
the
her
knee,
Dela
T.
Mc
which in?
niii'kleii'H A
Salve.
The h« >i salve in tLo world for cuts,
res. ulcers, salt rheum, fever
r, chapped bunds, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or nor pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. For sale by Beat
Smith, corner Seventh anil Pine streets.
Good? «lelivered free.
the
bruises,
which has been
Ashland,
It is feared that a
ranging in tlie culm bank»
Ba., will extend to the P.ig Mine Rut
Bast collieries. Brattice-work will
put U£>t<* prevent, if possible, the spread
Wil
be
LA UNCH OF THE NORFOLK.
Of
The Second Hont for the New Norfolk &
Washington Lino.
At noon time Saturday the new iron
steamboat Norfolk was
of the
that
tho
of
It
the
The
to
The
the
ley
the
tion
It
fed
of
the
of
It
T.
will ply
Norfolk, Va., and Washingt
The beautiful day attracted
of spectators that was unusually large
for a launch on a winter day. The
new vessel carried the Union Jack at
her bow, the national ensign at her
stern and the flug of lier company,
recently adopted, amidships. It is a
white ling, with a red star in its centre.
; the letters
propeller
launched from the shipyard
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company,into
the Christiana river. A crowd of nearly
300 people viewed tho launch, which
, from tho
shipyard, the steamer Washington,
which is a sister, at tho shipyard, and
the opposite bank of the river.
A party of ladies and gentlemen, rep
resenting tho company that owns the
board with a
•eessful
4 a most
r vessel, w
number of Wilmington ladies and gen
tlemen.
The Norfolk is being constructed for
the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat
Company, a new line, whose steamers
Chespeakc bay between
, D. C.
a crowd
At the sides of the star
At 12.20 o'clock, tho tide being full
and almost slack, the order was given
to drive up the wedges. Five minutes
later tho vessel moved, gained headway,
and. saluted by whistles, cheers and the
waving of handkerchiefs and hats, slid
smoothly down Uie ways and floated
gracefully on the water. As her bows
cleared the ways Miss Mollic G. Calla
, daughter of Captain John Calla
ban, manager of the company, broke a
beribbonou bottle of champagne against
her starboard bow, and, as the spark
ling liquor burst out in foam, pro
As the vessel moved out into tho
stream, the long line of men at the
snubbing hawser, ran up the wharf,
dropping the rope as it became taut and
payed out in angry jerks. The tug
Taurus went alongside of the boat, ana
in a few minutes she was hauled up to
the wharf, beneath the shears, and near
her nearly completed sister ship, the
Washington.
N" and W.
hoard from out of
•re : W. E. Clark, president
Among thoi
the city
of tlieCompany, and wife of Washing
Ion, Levi Woodbury, vice-president,
arid wife of Washington, General V. D.
({roncr of Norfolk, Miss Moitié G . Cftl
lahan and D. J. Callahan of Ports
mth, Va.; Captain John Callahan,
manager of the company, Miss Ourdts
of Norfolk, and several other ladies and
gentlemen from Washington and Nor
folk.
The Norfolk is a duplicate of the
Washington, which was launched
November 22d last. She is 260 feet
long over all, 246 feet between perpen
diculars, 37 feet beam, and 164 feet
deep. Her engine will be of the triple
expansion, surface condensing tppe,
with cylinders 22, 36 and 55 inches in
diameter and 28 inches stroke. She will
have four steel boilers built for a work
ing pressure of ICO pounds.
Her deck is of iron and she has five
watertight compartments. Her joiner
work ami furnishings will he of the
finest and accommodations will be
Tided for 83 first and 100 second
passengers. The vessel will he lighted
by electricity and well provided with
electricbells. The c< »st of the vessel will
be about $240,000. Her hull is of a re
markably graceful design. The sides,
the deck are curved outward,
doing away with guards and adding
strength.
The Washington will probably he
near enough to completion to have a
trial about the end of the month. She
will be completed in February, and the
Norfolk will probably be finished in
March.
is
SAD IN HIS EXILE.
A Former WiliniiiRtnnian in London
Yearns to Itwturn but is Forever Iturruil
Out.
A Wilmingtonian traveling in Europe
this fall held
with Maximilian 1.. Lichtenstein, tin*
1 defaulting
interview in Loud.
the°G(
appointin'
letter ami the traveler
ling
?r of
Association. Tho
for a meeting was made by
ailed at Mr.
1 spent two
three hours. The latter inquired with
great interest as to the happenings of
the city since his departure and
st regret that he cannot
festetl the trrr
I take up
residence here
>ng the friends of his earlier days.
He has no greater wish than t«) live here
»gain.
Though Mr. Lichtenstein'»peculations
ran up into the tens of thousands of
dollars, he 1ms m
: of the
it
all being swallowed up i
his efforts to
float his
.Tonutile affairs.
He w
•.eessful is this as
known and states that the loan's money
bolster up his failing business
Lie was had little by little
use of the association's funds,
his command,
•ere discovered,
interest.
into tin
which
until his peculations
then i
took flight.
\\ ilmington, Lichtenstein went
" New York and taking tho first
•as landed in England
•e lived. Tim present
r verifl
of all
•roundings of Lichtenstei
to his sti
that
- I the m.
• j,, ),; s
j relatives
•v he
>k not
dollar remains
this side supply him with
y requisite
tin
•t his living
able to see
position by which lie can support him
pf.sition of the former
prominent ami rc-poetcd Wilmingtonian
i said to be pathetic in the extreme;
exiled and without money or friends.
A / A D N CSS R E WA I! i
A Philadelphia <'
luiiy'H Claim fai-Coitipeiuullou.
Mrs. Frederick Steiniek
e streets
Philadelphia courts r
the estai
city, wh
Kef-ngHi/eH a Lsimi
of Ta y I
Friday, against
Diosler of this
hoarder
an employe of the Pullman
shops. He considered Philadelphia his
home, though lie had
>f Willi!
for
I hosier w:
?ar relativ
there.
to
While employed in this city, he
boarded with Mrs. Bteinb'ken. lie was
«lowly dying of consumption, and Mrs.
Bteinickcn, for a long time previous to
hi? death, when he was unable to work,
attended him like a mother. Diesler
frequently visited Philadelphia to con
sult his physician anil while going there
on one occasion, suddenly died. Ho
frequently told Mrs. Bteinieken that he
intended to repay her kindness in his
will, but death came before he made it.
lie left about $621 in cash, and
personal effects, and Mrs. Bteinieken
put in u claim f«>r compensation, oil the
ground of his expressed desire to re
pay her.
A brother from the west, who had not
good terms with Diesler, was
relative who had a right to
\ and lie ignored Mrs.
»nse«|uc!itly she brought
and the court de
the full amount
It
or
bee
the only
claim tiic estât
Steinieken. ('
suit for compensate ï
cided in her favor f
of her claim.
j
Three prisoners escaped from the pen
itentiary in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday
morning, by scaling the wall with u lad
der. One, J. M. Harding, is a one-armed
be
SKATING REMINISCENCES
In
Of Times Long Ago When People "Hid
Know How to Skate"—The Historian
the Hurley Mill
On Friday afternoon last there was
another large gathering of skaters at
that favorite resort, on tho Brandywine,
tho old Barley Mill dam. Tho ice is
improving every day. Large numbers
of visitors of both sexes lined the river
bank, gazing interestedly at the skaters.
It was a regular old winter's evening on
the ico. Tho Weather was delightful.
The sunset imparted an additional charm
to the quickly flitting hours. All enjoyed
themselves. No prettier nor more in
vigorating picture could be witnessed.
The rich flush of health and unconscious
expression of pleasure upon every face,
born of the quick, graceful skating
movement, was the key-note of the de
lightful surroundings. Very few of
the visitors failed to notice tho beautiful
effect of winter scenery in the i
Standing at the upper end or tho Bar
ley Mill dam and gazing beyond the
crowd of dark forma that flitted past
over the white Held of ice to the distance
where the first dam is the limit of the
skating range, a bystander of historical
reminiscences indicated tho point
the right bank of the river where tradi
tion says the old Kings Highway em
bouches to the ford above the first dam.
It was here, he added, that Washington
crossed in his masterly retreat before a
horde of Hessians and red-coats. The
Continentals waded through the stream
gaining the land at the ravine just
opposite which traverses Elliott's woods.
Here tradition says they baited their
tired horses in the little grassy defile.
The officers' horses, the story goes were
fed with wheat, a contribution possibly
from the adjoining Tatnall's
Every spring tune, the truthful narrator
continued, you can go on those hillsides
and pick scattered blades of wheat,
llicso blades are the undoubted scions
of the revolutionary seeds dropped from
the mouth bags of the patriot steeds of
Washington's staff.
The great skating resort of a quarter
of a century ago was the Wilmington
Skating Park which was located where
the B. & O. passenger station, Delaware
avenue and du Pont street, now stands.
It was extablishod by the enterprising
Joshua T. llcald, who at that time
(1864) was the chief promoter of the.
Wilmington city railway. He estab
lished it in order to popularize the street
railway. The enterprise
plete success. People crowded there
day and night in thousands. A high
fence was built all around it. It was
illuminated at night. A fee of 25 cents
was demanded for admittance. The best
people of the city frequented it. Mr.
Hculd eventually placed his son, Edwin
T. Ileald, then* quite a youth, in full
charge of the skating park. A result
was that young Heald developed into
one of the finest skaters the city has
had. In those days skating was a science
and to gain any repute in the art re
quired unusual ability. Among the
other admirable young skaters of those
days were John M. C. Rodney and
Horace W. Cause, 'Flic report
tuined its position successfully a
amusement place for several years.
On the cust side from 1860 to 1864 the
popular skating resort was tho flooded
lots between Seventh and Eighth streets
and Poplar and Pine. These ponds
during good frosty seasons used to
be black with people,
skated then, old and young, gray
headed citizens. 60 and
of
rial
with
that
new
suit
ier,
up
of
of
the.
the
in
iark.
Mills.
by
if
Everyone
70 years
are recalled as having been seen disport
ing themselves
Many hundreds of skaters were
tho Shollpot creek
is reported very good. It is said that a
of two miles can be made
the ice.
The iec
Friday.
straight
as far as tellers' pb
MOROC1
MEN MEET.
•mi-annual Meeting of tlie National
As.oeiation in IMiiliMlelplilu.
The Morocco Manufacturers' National
held its seini-unnual meeting,
at the .Manufacturers' Club in Philadelphia
Thursday. There was a good attendance.
General J. Parke Pestles, president <>f
the association, called tlm meeting to order
at 11.30 o'clock. The most important mut
ter of business was tlie discussion of a
project for establishing ft school of cliemis
• in connection with the morocco busi
f endowing a chair or attaching a
department of chemistry in its relation to
tanning, to sorue college.
•ant to apply chem
in a practical way to their trade. It
tietilar relation to the work of
house, with its limning und
I to fit suitable
h positions as foremen, by giv
ing them a proper training in chemistry.
The matter was discussed in all its phases.
of the University of
t and took pi
•lieved that such
Asst
The moron.-«
the bet
Ring, and it is desi
young
l'rofes;
I'eniisylvani
Bark
tached to some college at an expense of
ttbotit $;i.non or $6,tjtxi, And an annual ap
pr« .priât ion.
A professor would he put in charge of
tlie department, and manufacturers would
throw their factories open to him and his
students, for inspection and study. The
aching of the department o>
l«-g«* is the more popular i
University of JVnnsylvaniâ
nt as is desired could he
plan, and the
is fav
The mutter was referred
mittet!, authorized to l'ormulate'a plan and
soliiât subscriptions,
special '
mil lee.
be called by- the «:
Resolut i
s of respect to the memory of
the lat«* William Bush were adopted, and
several speeches made by members who
r him intimately.
Lv
as selected as the place
cling, which will be
held on the second Thursday i
At evening a banquet was tendered to
tin- association, at the lintel Bellevue, by
tin- local association of Philadelphia. John
R. Evans, president of the Philadelphia
i-ition, presided, and John K. Cuming
a I
for'the :
July no:
st master.
After proper attention hud been paid to
elaborate menu of delicacies, there were
T..U-, speeches. J. Parke Bustles re
sponding to the toast of the "National As
sociation:" M. S. Kerrigan for the "New
York and Brooklyn Associations," A. B.
Martin for "Lynn;" M. S. Atkin*
"Baltimore;" I'. G.Solomon for"Newark;"
irnham for "Philndel
phia;" Charles Baird for "Wilmington."
speeches were als., made by Isaac Bailey
of the SI»»- and leather Repwlr,-; Profcssiir
Barker of the University of Pennsylvania,
and other.
Among those present from this city were
J. Parke Pestles. James 8, Dobb. G.'Parke
Bostic-, W. V. lloml, Charles Buiril. W. J.
McClary, James ( 'rocks, J. Win fiel« I Scott,
I. T. Quigley, John G. Baker. Charles W.
Gouetf, George chambers, C. R. Joncs, W.
G. Jones and 1*. J. Ford.
his
he
to
Ho
he
his
it.
the
re
not
to
de
HELD FOR M CRD ER.
The Sell oi iti Is S*- ul Back to .Jail lo Await
Trial for th« Killing of Kimna Piltzen
Media, Jan. 9.—The habeas corpus
proceedings in the case of Henry and
Caroline Schmidt, charged with the
murder of Emma Pfltzenmcyer, were
brought to a conclusion this afternoon
after arguments by the district attorney,
and Broomal & Pendleton of the coun
sel for the defendants.
Judge Hemphill, who preshied, said
the only question involved in the case is
whether a prima facie case has been
made out by the uncontradicted testi
mony submitted by tho commonwealth.
According
the evidence of tho phys
a murder was committed. The
only adults in the house were Henry
and Caroline. A knife belonging to
him
the clothing of both. He thought the
evidence sufficient to warrant a verdict
and refused the petition. The defendants
j were remanded to jail.
beside the victim and blood
lad
her
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Moderat« Priced Party Material«—Style»
In Making—Opera Costume»»Jewelry.
Special Correspondence ot Oaietio and .Journal
New York, Jan. 3.—At this season
special demand for
idium priced mate
of festivities there i
evening dresses of
rial since the greater number of persons
cannot afford any variety in those rich
fabrics mentioned in a former letter,
while many must content themselves
with comparatively inexpensive dresses,
atoning perhaps for lack of cost by more
frequent change in costuming. It
should likewise he always borne in
mind that tasteful arrangement goes
further than actual expenditure and
that light party materials are peculiarly
suited to metamorphosis by addition of
new trimmings or novel combinations.
tho
WOOL CREPONS
make up into quiet pretty gowiis and
suit many occasions other than the most
formal. They come at 75 cents per
yard and may be finished with ribbons
or,'passementerie,tho former of course the
cheaper style. Crepe do Chino is dress
ier, and either plain or figured, is made
up with garnitures similar to those
used for wool crêpons, with additional
combination. Being semi-transparent,
variety of the plain and brocaded in
they are best when made over thin silk
which in ease of gauzes, nets or laces is
of course imperative. Gauzes,
much demand and like mousselines,
make up prettily when plain, the ab
sence of ligures being atoned for by full
ness in draping and pulling, but the
greater number of the former show
stripes or dots, mousselines in floral de
signs, reaching to very expensive limi
tations. But an attractive dress patte
of ombroidered mousseline can be pur
chased for about $7 and fabric of similar
higher class grade, can he bought by
the. yard and affords a stylish combina
tion with heavier goods. China silk
has lost, nothing in prestige and is ap
propriately finished by ribbon
ROUND SKIRTS
and full waists are almost a rule for
transparent materials hut crêpons,
crepes or China silks may be made up
with Short basques. High neck is not
unusual and long sleeves as well, while
the latter arc frequently
*k which may he round or so
round, with curves in front and a point
in the back. In sleeves, there is still
greater variety. A narrow strap may d<*
duty or the slight draping which falls
from a tuft on the shoulder; again
the sleeve may stylishly reach almost to
the elbow, the two newest varieties here,
being one of material cut plain around
the arm and finished with buttons
the outside and a fall of lace or another
which cut full and straight almost to
the elbow, is caught at the top, leaving
the lower portion long. This lost is very
popular. A full, round puff is also quite
fashionable.
in
or
with low
Of
OTERA COSTUMES.
A beautiful opera costume lately worn
by Julia Morisini was of pink Benga
line made, with low bodice and elabo
rately trimmed with garlands of rich
pink flowers of slightly darker shade.
The effect was extremely rich and the
eklacc of pearls was in admirable
taste. Another charming dress worn in
tho Vanderbilt box was of pale pink
mouseline brocaded in self colored
sprays, made with round skirt, full
bodice and outlined by feather trim
ming about the neck and the sleeves
composed of a row of the same, garni
ture. Belt of pink and silver. In opera
boxes furthermore,
delicious fragrance peculiar to tho fash
ionable Maynello perfume or a more re
cent introduction, Lilac Bloom, which
if perfection cun he perfected, is almost
yet more exquisite. Elegant women, it
j he added confidentially, are also
very partial to Savon Mayhellc, the
soap which combines delightfully
•llient properties with
peculiar to itself.
av detect the
jont
JEWELRY.
Simulated orchids or chrysanthemums
lead in the way of brooches and arc
also reproduced in miniature for small
fancy pins which w
s. An exquisite little pin
, a minute
leaves, the entire ppi
I
never
hud with
less than a half inch in length. Double
English violets with diamond centre are
gh designs quite
other than floral are noticeable,
leading device altlu
sword hilt
star. The
• partially low neck
lias induced a demand for pendants hut
they c*
which
prevalence of low
!VV patte
s, among
o lan
•and the
'
s in favor. Brooches
s pendants and the
oft«
fashionable
of gold or s
of course come first, but
the 400 chiefly. Bracelets :
• slender rims with settings of
Rosa lin
■eklaces are
thin strand
I Mamonds
• relegated to
live pearls.
• in link
patter
precious stones.
Don th of tloliii W. Morgan.
Ciikste iiTowN, Mn., Jun 2.—Mr.
John \V. Morgan died yesterday »Her
at the
mission« !' R. C. Morgan, in Galena, i
his 82d year. The deceased was b« . ..
in Sassafras Neck, Cecil county, and
i of the best known men of that
county, tilling many offices of profit
and trust. He cast his first v
Andrew Jackson, has voted the De
cratic ticket for nearly 60 years, except
when in prison during the late war.
Being a large slave-holder, he was one
of the last to give up the old style of
living, lie was the son of ('apt. James
Morgan of the war of 1812, and grand
of Col. John Ward of the Revolu
tion. Bix sons and three daughters
survive him and a large number of
nephews and nieces. Among the latter
are A. th Pennington of Baltimore, and
'I'. 0. Cruiksliank, Mrs. George W
Cruikshank and Mrs. David P. Davis of
Cecil county, 'l'hc funeral will take
place at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon,
and the interment will he made at St.
Stephen's Church, C'ecil county, the old
family burial ground.
Prittonar Fhainnd
sidenc.c of his
, C'
? f.
J.
Snow Hill, Mb., .Jan. 9.— -Charles
Well.'worth, who escaped a few days
from the Snow Hill jail by assault
ing the jailer and was shortly afterward
recaptured, remains undaunted by his
past experience, and is regarded
incorrigible that it is considered neces
sary t.» keep him securely manacled lest
he may injure his attendants. In
mysterious way he relieves himself of
his handcuffs, and last night w hen Jailer
Dinner attempted to replace them he
snatched them from him and struck him a
is
fierce blow. To-day as
:xtra pre
hand was riveted around
caution an i
the prisoner's neck with a chain attached
to it from the ceiliu
similar chain binding him to the floor
Jailer Binncr think? he has his bird
securely caged, although he maintains
that he will yet escape.
that with
Historian Kiagluke Cremated
London, Jan. 8.—The body of A.ex
ander William Kinglake, the liistcnan
who died January 2d,
day.
cremated to
to
Tried and True
I« tlie positive verdict of
t> people who tn'ro
Hood's Narsnparllla. When uned according to
directions
medicine are
Mtorod, that tired feeliu* driven off, n good ap
R etite created, headache nnd dvapopsia re
eved, Horofula cur«»d and nil the bad effect»of
Impure blood overcome. For u good blood puri
fier take Hood's Uaruaparilla.
■ 1
.
rongth
AT RANDOM.
Stealing a march is not larceny any
» than tiring a peddler *
Pittsburg Post.
—The best shelter for a young girl is
her mother's wing, especially if she's a
little "chic."— Taxas Siftings.
A
by
of
arson.—
Dr. Koch's lymph has been very
successfully tried in Boston, but nothing
the old town's consumption of
pork and beans .—Chicago Herald.
—Sullivan will appear in ft naval
drama next season. He will probably
box the compass .—Pitttburg Dispatch.
—The President gave a dinner to the
cabinet last night. Wo suppose
tho dishes on tho card was cabinet pud
ding.— Rochester Post .
—The
who drills well may be a
very pleasant person, but still he's an
awful boro .—Binghamton Republican.
*#*
—Mrs. Blotter (of a literary turn)—
And, John, send up a gallon of mid
night oil. All our host writers, I'm
told, burn it .—Boston Transcript.
—The United States government re
fuses longer to spell Boring with an "h."
Surely John Bull will not obect to
h ."—Louisville
A
dropping
Courier-Journal.
of chestnut coal
—The consumpti
in Philadelphia is said to be enormous,
it should be .—Chicago
hut this is
Evening Post.
the, fellows who
—The pugilists
make their money hand over fist.—
Rochester Post-Express.
—The bachelor with a piece of shingle
or a ten-penny nail defies the tariff on
buttons .—Elmira Gazette.
—"Oh, where is the mistletoe, Maud?"
said he,
s here on New Year's Day ?"
tired and
"That
"Oh, it looked
Maud,
"That I tenderly put it away
"In the room above, in a big old trunk,
To be kept us a souvenir
Of the elegant time yours truly had
On the lirst day of the yeur."
"Well, then," suid he, "if it's
heads,
Why, of course, we're under it—see?"
And what happened then I wont tell you,
because
It concerns neitheryou nor me.
gives
his wife in order to dodge his creditors.
—"I will die
chief, and did
die," said the Ameri
th« king of terrors with a smile
lips. Courage knows neither sex
race .—New York World.
—An evil deed—the
fighting, said the Indian
so. "I am not afraid t.»
singer, and met
her
—References Exchanged—Mrs. Pol- ;
't do. As ï
find out you have
worked in six or eight places during the ;
last year.
Miss Mary Mahony—Huh ! And how 1
minny gir-r-rla has yuresdf had in the
same* toimeV No liss, I'm finkin'.—
Park.
tish—I'm afraid y
nearly as 1 can
j
1
j
—Butcher, who has been rejoiced by
the birth of a son, is informed that the
child weighs nearly eight pounds, lie
takes him iti his arms to feel his weight,
and calls out, astonished : "By jovr, :
he does !" then, after a moment's pause,
adds, "liut with tho bo : '
— Fliegende Blatter.
—"In which yard dicl you lose tlie
ie with the dog
The
y •
ball,
tell your love,"
a simple
Send
And he replied, "I think I'll send a
instead."
»■ ami postage cost but
dime, all told,
While roser
weight i
I
-duy just twice their
He took her to the play,
Ami she was passing fair:
He sat by her side with i
As though he were glad to be there.
Her voice was soft amt low
She smile«! a
But it's a fact that after each act
He we
aniens «•:
—"1 tell you, Olive is tlie apple of my
pair with her, then?"
opreached
Why don't y
I was going P
to
her father."
"What did he say ?"
"He wouldn't have it; he'?
plumber!'
—The California farmer wli
$4,200 this year fr
has
the onion beds. ^
—Senator Joseph M. Carey of the new
state of Wyoming, is physically the
largest man in the United States Be
Now tlie country will watch
his statesmanship sizes up.
—Bitting Bull's war club if
of an Ohio editor. It is
a vicious-looking weapon, about 24 feet
long, and bears the signs <>f hard ser
vice. In tlie heavy or "husl
of the club a short buffalo horn is firmly
embedded. The old chief gave the ivlfo
originally to Elroy Post, the artist, who
had made two large paintings of the In
dian's favorite ponies.
—Blind T
dying of
which lie earned by his skill as a pianist
has mysteriously disappeared, leaving
him a pauper inmate of a lunatic asylum.
—Coryphee No. 1—"I knew she was a
real lady directly 1 saw her."
Coryphee No. 2—"Why?"
Coryphee No. 1—"Because was
badly made up, stoopid."
—'"So you want me to give yon my
daughter?" "I do, sir." "What are
your piospects?" "That' what I'm wait
ing to hear, sir."— Pack.
realized
16 acres of onions
•s to sheil when away li
..
of
of
of
St.
tho posse:-.«
s" end
, the negro pianist, is
nsumption, and the $500,000
his
lest
of
he
a
—It Is the hath attendant who sponges
his way through life .—Binghampton Re
publican.
—The man with a good resolution is
beginning to look for a repair shop.—
Washington Star.
—The music-hall proprietor must be
f«»rgivcn for putting
business.— St. Joseph News.
; it's his
—The first work on the new Public
Buildings, ut Philadelphia, wl. ..
menced on the 27th of January, 1871.
The corner stone was laid July 4th,
1874. The appropriations by councils
for the prosecution of the work have
been to January 1st, 1890, $12,891,609.88.
to
—If there is anything harder than
being polite when you don't feel like it,
we don't know what it is.—Atchison
Globe.
*«•
—The Chinese do not periflHBwomen
to he photographed. Wonder how they
manage to sell cigarettes .—Boston Tran
script.
tn'ro
to
ap
re
11 IO H WA Y MEN CONFESS.
L.
of
a
A San Francisco Mystery Cleared up
Through
San Francisco, Cai.., Jan. O.-On the
night of August 15th last, Samuel L.
Jacobson, a young merchant, was shot
while entering his residence,on Wehster
street near California. Jacobson died
shortly after, but before his death ho
said lie had been shot by two footpads
whom lie described as being short and
tall men. Tho affair created a great sen
sation here, and owing to the many mys
terious features of Jacobson's story was
not generally believed. It
by many that lie had been shot l»y a
woman.
Ever since his death complaints havo
been made to the police of numerous
highway robberies committed in all parts
of San Francisco by two men, one short
and the other tall. A few days ago tho
police arrested
■d Sidney Bell, who says he comes
from Fresno, Cal. Bell made a partial
confession, implicating one Edward C.
Campbell, who was arrested and last
night made a startling confession. In
his statement he implicates Bell. Ho
says that Boll tired tho shot that killed
Jacobson. Bell denies that ho killed
Jacobson.
s thought
BUSpicl
EUROPE FREEZING.
A Col«l Wavn Sweep» L» Helle, France,
a ml the Futhcrland.
Hamburg, Jan. 8.— The severity of
the weather here and throughout tho
northern part of Germany is caus
ing much suffering. A number of
sailing vessels are ice-bound in
the lower Elbe. Many of them
are known to bo short of provisions and
means of rendering them
now
there
assistance. Twenty ships
drifting about in the ice helpless under
the fury of a hitter north-easter.
COLD.
Paris, Jan. 8.—Bitterly cold weather
prevails here and is causing much dis
tress among tho poorer classes. The
bodies of three persons who had been
frozen to death during the night were
picked up in the streets this morning.
PARISIANS DISTRESSED
Idaho Assemblymen to he Arrested.
Boise City, Idaho, Jan. 8.— There
are rumors afloat here of a startling
move to he made in connection with the
recent senatorial election. Section 6,143
of Idaho Revised Statutes, declare it a
felony for a member of the legislature to
vote or promise to support upon any
question or matter in the ret urn for sup
port of another member on any question
matter upon which they
called upon to pass officially. It is said
warrants will he sworn out under the
above section for the arrest of several
members of the legislature who were
connected with the alleged Shoup
Dubois-MeConnell combine, charging
them with felonious conspiracy against
the legislative power.
he
Fatal Powder Mill Explosion.
San Francisco, Cai.., Jan. 9. —An
explosion occurred at Downing station
last night in the mills of the California
Works. Half a dozen white
rking in
;
ï
; the mills
1
and two Chines
tlie time. Of these
j Chinaman was literally blown to pieces,
1 only his skull being found. One of the
j whites, Fred Larson, was terribly burned
about tin 1 arms and body and may die.
C. J. Campbell was burned and
tiluted about tho head und body.
•onsidered certainly fatal,
seof the explosion is not known.
llis
injuries
The -
Loss, $3,500.
Itisiiiun-k OIVcn-d a Presidency.
7.—The Fra »/enter
Y.dtung to-day announces that the
(•raiul Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick Francis 111. has offered Prince
Bismarck tho presidency of the ministry
of the Grand Duchy of Mccklonburg
•e Bismarck is said to
have declined the grand duke's kind
oiler. According to the story Emperor
William, upon hearing of the proposal,
abandoned his proposed visit to Cannes.
. 8.—The morocco
strike and lock-out entered upon its 22d
The situation is
the struggle will
The
? securing
all over the
I the manufacturers affirm
•o securing all the workmen
Be
The >
«•k-c
Lynn, Mass., J:
molt to-clav.
changed, and win
terminate cannot lie conjectured,
workmen state that they
financial assistance fr«
that'Urn
they desire.
•I !
Wash in«,
x, Jan. s.—Colonel Henry
private secre
was to-day appointed
•y Rusk of the agricultural
department, (olonol Cusson served in a
like capacity while the secretary was gov
• «.!' Wisconsin and remained with
admiuistra
i.-dism for 20 years with the exception
of the servi«»! above referred
old friend of Secretary Bush.
inr Heard during his
Colonel Cusson has bee
. Hoi
A Powder Tr
Ban Fran
powder pool, winch
about 18 months ago by the principal
powder companies for the purpose of
keeping up prices, has collapsed and
the price of powder lms gone down
three cents a pound. The cause of the
dissolution was the competition of east
ern firms outside tlie pool.
Ilriith of
I'm Coil apse.
•ganized
-AMorney-geiiernl Dcvciih.
Washington, Jan. 8.—The flag
the department of justi«
masted to-day out of respect to the
miory of ex-Attorney-general Devens
of Massachusetts, ami tlm department
will he closed on the day of his funeral.
I .Mr. Devons, who «lied yesterday i
Boston, was attorney-general under
"us half
President Hayes. |
A Cyclone Sweeps T«
Sherman, Texas, Jan. 8.—A cyclone
passed cast of this t
. Several h*
li yesterday after
worn blown down
infant child killed and four adults
led. Household goods
miles and the
loss is great. Further search may reveal
many more dead bodies.
seriously w«
arc scattered about f
■Senator Stanford Renominated.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 8.—Tho Re
publican members of both branches of
the legislature held a caucus last night
and unanimously renominated Leland
Stanford for United »States Senator.
Democrats decided to give their compli
mentary vote to Stephen M. White.
Four Mon Itun Down By a Train.
Chicago, Jan.8.—Four piano movers,
Geisler, Geneweiser, Raab and Immer,
driving
night, were struck by
tral train. Genewciser
unmanageable horse last
Illinois Cen
instantly
killed and the three others were fatally
injured.
Crushed anil Roanted tu Death.
Troy, N. Y., Jan. 8.—Samuel Mc
Glennan, employed at George West's
union mill, Ballston Spa, was drawn
between two hot cylinders and crushed
and roasted. Ho died in three hours.
Revolutionary Outbreak in Thill.
London, Jun. 8.— Cable messages rc
celved here from Buenos Ayres to-day
announce that a revolution has broken
out in Chili.
A 'Noted Parisian Actress Dead.
Paris, Jan. 8.—The Jjdeath of Celine
Moutuland, the actress, is announced.
ATTACKED BY SPA I NARDS.
The Ponapens Hink« m Hold Stand Agninxt
Intruders.
San Francisco, Cai
L. Kami of Carthago
pointed consul to |Ponnpe,
immication received herefrom his brother,
the Rev. Frank Hund, who has been a
missionary in the islands for 16years, con
firms the news of the recent lighting
the islands between the natives and the
Spanish soldiers of which mention has
been made in these dispatches.
Further details show that in tho first
battle the Spaniards wero repulsed and 40
of them were killed. Some time after that»
a Spanish man-of-war bombarded several
villages, and fho troops afterwards went
ashore and destroyed a number of houses
by tire, Including the king's palace and
the missionary buildings, which were on
the islands adjacent. A detachment of SO
soldiers landed at TJana and set lire to the
buildings there. The natives attacked
them and all but
.., .lun. 9.—Herbert
, 111., tho ncwly-up
n the com
, including
officer of high rank were killed. Ona
afterward shelled. On the Hunday follow
ing a detachment of Spaniards effected a
landing and 60 of them were killed. The
Poimpens lost only 30. On the Saturday
following another party landed and
burned all of the houses, the natives'
church, school house and mission build
ings on that, island in which there
stored several thousand dollars worth of
Ponape books and a great lot of personal
property belonging to the missionary.
The women exiled were then loaded into
freiglit barks and small boats and taken to
the island uf Kusaie. Consul Rand will
ask the government to station
recently ordered there until
of the
-of-w
affairs are linully settled.
GIVE THEIR FLESH AND BLOOD.
Members of a Chicago Masonic. Com
mnndery Contribute
Fellow Knight.
Chicago, Jun. 9.—A week from next
Sunday at the emergency hospital a scene
will be witnessed. This will he the cutting
off of portions of the skin from tho
100 knightly members of
St. Bei nard Commnndery. Knights Tem
plar, and the grafting of the severed pieces
of cuticle upon the naked flesh of a
brother Mason in order to save his life.
John Oscar Dickerson is the person whose
life is to be saved by the partial self im
molation of so litany of fiis friends and
comrades. Mr. Dickinson is a man of 44
years. A year or n»> ago a cancerous growth
tho upper portion of his thigh and tho
right hip began to annoy Mr. Dickerson
and in time it became so painful and dan
gerous that a surgical operation for its
»vul became necessary.
The operation required that a good por
tion of the skin and flesh should be cut
away with the cancer, so much in fact as
»«» render it impossible for the exposed
edges of the skin to unite and form a com
plete surface covering natural growth.
An attempt was made to graft a piece of
good skin upon tlie exposed surface, but
without success. Upon pnysici
ing a delegation of St. Bernard C
mandcry, to which Dickerson belonged,
that, human skin would effect a coni niete
eure, the matter was laid before that com
niandery and every member volunteered
to submit to the surgeon's knife.
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the <
iuform
MG MILL CLOSED.
Tli« Hop« ltiv«r Warp Company Seriously
ICuitmrraHM'ri.
. 9.—William
('. Jillson, owner and business manager of
the Hone River Warp Company has closed
the mill. An assignment is expected in a
few days with heavy liabilities.
W ii.i.i m antic, Conn., J:
Gov. Hovey
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 9.— Governor
Hovey's message was transmitted to tl
legislature this morning. In referring
tlie new election law, the document
that the new election law is depriving t
elector of the right to vote for any man for
y office, whether he has been nominated
* not, robs him of his constitutional
right. The chief executive suggests that
tlie law be so amended
make the ballot "free." He also
deplores the cost of elections and recom
mends that the assessment of candidates
for committee be made criminal. The
message concludes with tho statement that
in view of the financial condition, tho
legislature will he compelled to raise the
taxes to at least 35 cents on a hundred dol
lars or authorize the stute officers to borrow
Flection Lawn.
li
money.
Appropriations For Next Year.
Washington, Jan. 9.— Tho House com
mittee on appropriations to-day com
pleted consideration of the legisla
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bill for tho next fiscal year. The bill
carries with it a total appropriation of
$21.559,134, $1,136,136 less than tlie esti
mates, and $208,411 less than the appro
priation for the current year. The whole
number of salaries so officially provided
for in the hill is 10,507, being 261 less
than the number estimated for and 59 less
than is provided for in the act for the cur
rent yeur.
Pun-AiiHirieiiu Transportation.
Washington, Jan.
.—Representative
Sweney of Iowa, was authorized to-day by
tho House committee
port favorably
ran-Ameriean
which proposes
portation business between gulf ports und
ports in South and Central America.
The capital stock of the company is fixed
at $10,060,0(10 with power by a two-thirds
•kholdors to increase it to $100,
majority «>f the board of
directors must be citizens «if the United
States,
shall be
commerce, to rc
a hill to incorporate the
1'ransportation < 'oninany,
engage in the frans
vote of
600,000. The
The general office of the company
ut Galveston.
ln«iuii-ing Int«» Mi« Korli System.
Paris, Jan. 9.— 1 The committee of French
Physicians appointed to inquire into tho
Koch system of inoculation us a cure for
consumption reported to-day that injurious
cfTects sometimes follow the adopti
Koch ism. This they claim ah >ws that
caution is needed in its use. They add
that the remedy is bewildering to the
cleverest physicians and that perhaps it
would he better to await further perfecting
«»f the Koch system before generally adopt
ing it.
of
ltohbetl a Penitentiary.
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0.—John
Patton, book-keeper at the South Dakota
penitentiary at Sioux Falls for 10 years,
is missing, together with a large sum
money which was taken from the safe.
Drinking and gambling are said to bo
the cause. His father is a judge of tho
superior court in Detroit.
ol
HI* Fir« In Paris.
Parts, Jan. 9.—The lire ir
-forte warehouse,
Martin, which
the large
the Boulevard
s discovered last
night, has resulted in the almost total de
struction of the building. Several pc«»ple
were injured during the progress of the fire.
Tlie loss is estimated at 1,060.000 francs.
si:
t aught Thr«e
a Snap Shot.
Washington, Jan. 9.— Kx-Senator Palmer
anil Major M. P. Handy of the World's
Fair Commission had another interview
with the President to-day and as
leaving the President's office an
teur photographer, stationed in the hall
took a snap shot at them.
they
ICmin Returning to the Coant.
Berlin, Jan. 9. —The Tageblatt to-day
publishes a dispatch from Zanzibar stating
thut Emin Pasha has founded a fortified
the shore of the Vic
returning
station at Bukoba,
toria Nyanzu, and that he is
to the coast.
Death of Air». XV. L. O'Brien.
Cincinnati. O., Jan. 9.—Mrs. W. L.
O'Brien, wife of Colonel W. L. O'Brien,
general agent of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, died last night here after a
lingering illness.
Failure of a Yazoo Merchant.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 0.—A special to
the American says that R. Ü. Hudson, !
chant of Yazoo City, Miss., assigned yes
terday. Liabilities are $55,000; assets about
the same.
Bnnk and House» Burned.
Mount Vernon, Mo., Jan. 9.—A fire here
yesterday destroyed two newspaper offices,
t he Mount Vernon Bank and fifteen dwel
ling houses. Loss, $50,000.