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THE WILMINGTON DAILY REPUBLICAN. » PRICK om CENT! WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WEDNESD AY, AUGUST 9, 1893. PRICE ONE CENT. 'fa Its metals greatly ard longer firat r inch ft to best If, ought rency tion United gain result DCmiAlT'Ct i ÙI' An Ablo Review of Existing w Financial Cumulions. EEPEALTHE SHERMAN LAW It Is Described aa the Cause of All the Trouble, Demand for a sound ourrenoy. the Oar Gold Reservo Withdrawn froi Treasury Financial Strength of Other Nations. the i.l F.xpurt Whfre Gold and Silver Part Company. W® Cannot Sustain Flut Money. among ment a lack of aid trado only ities, which It reason poses ever for If the Washington, Aug. 9.—The following Is • copy of the communication affairs of the nation forwarded by the president of the United States and both houc.es of congress yesterday after tbo fiscal To thk Congress of titb United Btates— The existence of an alarming and extraordinary business situation, Involv ing tbo welfare aud prosperity of all people, has constrained me to call together In extra sessiou tlio people's representatives in congress to the end that through a wise r*'d patriotic exercise of the legislative u.«ty, with which they solely preseut evils may be mitigated and dan gers threatening the future may be . averted. charged, Came of tlie Trouble. Our unfortunate financial plight is not the result of untoward eveuts nor of ditions related to our natural resources; is It tracoable to any of the afflictions which frequently check national growth •nd prosperity. With plenteous crops, with abundant promise of remunerative production and manufacture, with usual Invitation to safe investment and with satisfactory assurance to business en terprise, suddenly financial distrust, nnd fear huve sprung up on every side. Nunier moneyed Institutions have suspended becauao abundant assets were not im mediately available to frightened depositors. Surviving corpor ations and individuals are content to keep in hand the money they are usually anx ious to loan, and those engaged in legiti mate business are surprised to find that the securities they offer for log ns, though heretofore satisfactory, pted. Values supposed to bo fixed fast becoming conjectural, nnd Idas and failure huve involved every branch of business. I believe theso things are principally •hargenble to congressional legislation touching the purchase nnd coinage of ■liver by the general government. with demands of titled to Their them tho pard ist thly purchase by niny be pro J the a certain guaranty of its in-1 crease in price. Tho result, however, has for been entirely different, for immediately | and following a spasmodic and slight rise tho j price of silver began to fall after the pas out sago of the act, and hns since reached the the lowest point ever known. This disappoint Jjjg__rcKult has led to renewed and per efl.oi t in the direction of free silver of longer ac Evils of tho h'Uvrmn This legislation is embodied in n statute passed Which w tat I on may be c struggle, between the udvocates of free silver coinage and those intending to be more conservative. Undoubtedly the the government of 4,600,000 ounces of ailver, enforced under that, statute, regarded by those interested in silv Auction 14th day of July, 1890, itch agi d which (he culmination of > subject Involved, sidered a truce, after a long \ OoitiHg;. Meanwhile, not only the evil effects of the present law ■tantly accumulating, but tho result which its execution must inevitably lead Is becoming palpable to nil who give the least hoed •t the opt nit i tion financial subji cts. To I*reserve tlio Purity. This law provides that in payment for •os of silver bullion T is c mthly, there shall ber the tho the 4,r> 0,000 which the. secret ary of the treu manded to purchase b® Issued treasury notes redeemable tnnnd in gold tion of the ,1. silv the «liseré sury, and that the id ay be reissued. It is, however, de notes ©lured iu the be "the established licy of the United States to maintain a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be providéd by law." This trois the action of the deelarath secretary of the treasury his exeroLlng the discretion nomi nally vested in him If by such action the parity between gold and ailver may be disturbed. Manifestly, a refusai by tho secretary of the treasury pay these treasury notes in gold, If de manded, would necessarily result in their discredit and depreciation as obligations payable only In silver, and would destroy the parity bet tablishiug a discrimination in fav gold. the r'o metals by es old for Mirer. Up to the 15th day of July, 1893, these d in payment of silver ftit of more notes had been i bullion purchases to the than $147,000,000. While all l> small quantity of this bullion eoineil nod without usefulness in tin treasury, many of the notes given in its purchase have been paid in gold. This is Illustrated by the si ate ment that between the 1st day of May, 1892, and the 16th day of July, 1893, the notes of this kind Issued in payment for silver bullion amounted iy iu a little m< th: $54,000,000, id that during the same period about, j paid by the treasury in $-19,01)0,000 gold for the redemption of such notes. The policy necessarily adopted of paying these notes in gold hns not spared the golii reserve of $100,000,000 long ago set aside by tho government for the redemption of other notes, for this fund hns already been subjected to the payment of new obliga tions amount ing to about $150,000,000 account of silver purchases, uud hns, a< consequence, for the first time since Its creation, been encroached upon. ve Depletion. We have thus made the depletion of our gold easy, and have tempted other and more appreciative nations to add it to their •took. That the opportunity we have of fered has the large amounts of gold which have been recently drawn from ported to increase the financial strength of ^^^^^ioreign nations. The excess of exports of yil^HPkold over its imports for the year ending June IJ0, ly.H, uied to r thau ÎS , 500 000. Between July 1, 1890, and July 16, 1893, the gold coin nnd bullioiuin decreased more than $132,000,000, while during the «am« period tho silv bullion In the treusury increased tUT.OOCLOOO. been neglected is shown by treasury uud treasury Unless government h ny issued exhausted gold, only tobt ■gain exhausted, It Is apparent that the operatiou of the silver purohase law in force leads to tho direction of the entire substitution of silver for the gold in the E overument treasury, and that this must e followed by the payment of all govern ment obligations In depreciated silver. Gold and At this stage gold and allv bonus to replenish ver Part Company. must part ; Highest of ail Highest of ail in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder o ABSOLUTELY PURE company and the government muet tntl in Its e*rublished policy to maintain the metals on a parity with each other. Oiv to the exclusive use of currency greatly depreciated according to the stand ard of the commercial world we could longer claim a place among nations of the firat class, nor could our government claim r performance of its obligations, so far inch an obligation has been Imposed upon ft to provide for the use of tho people the best and safest money. If, us many of Its friends claim, silver ought to occupy a larger place In rency and the currency of the world through general international coopera tion and agreement, it is obvious that the United States will not bo in a position to gain a bearing in favor of such rangement so long a; linuo our attempt to accomplish the result single handed. We Cannot Make Fiat Monoy. The knowledge in business circle« ru people that our govera One ber. illing to To he among ment cannot make its flat equivalent intrinsic val keep Inferior money a parity with superior money by its independent efforts has resulted in such a lack of conildencu at home in the stability of currency values that capital refuses its aid to new enterprises, while millions actually withdrawn from the channels of trado and commerce to become idle and unproductive in the hands of timid Foreign investors, equally alert, not only decline to purchase American secur ities, but make baste to sacrilice those which they already have. It does meet the situation to say that ap prehension in regard to the future of finances is groundless and that there is reason for lack of confidence in the pur poses or power of the government In the premises. The very existence of this ap prehension and lack of confidence, how ever caused, is a menace which ought not for a moment to lie disregarded. Possibly If the undertaking we have in hand the maintenance of a specific known quantity of silver at n parity with gold ability to do so might be estimated and gauged, aud perhaps, in view of paralleled growth and resources, might bo favorably pasted upon. But when avowed endeavor is to maintnin such ount of silver iu he of to parity in regard to creasing at tho rate of $50,000,000 yearly, with no fixed termination to such increase, hardly bo said that a problem is presented whose solution is free from doubt. A Stable Currency De ended. in to st The people of the United States titled to a sound and stable currency and to money recognized change and in every market of the world. Their government has no right to inj them by financial experiments opposed to tho policy and practice of other civilized states, nor is it justified iu permitting Kggcrnted and unreasonable reliance national strength and ability to jeo pard tho soundness of the people's money. This matter rises above the piano of party politics. It vitally concerns every business and calling and enters every household of the land. There Is one im portant aspect of tho subject which es pecially should never bo overlooked. At times like tho present, when tho mud finance threaten us, the specula may anticipate a harvest gathered from tlio misfortune of others, the capital ist may protect himself by hoarding niny even find profit iu the fluctuation values; but the wage be injured by a depreciated currency and J the last to reçoive the benefit of its e in-1 tlou--is practically defenseless. Ho relies for work upon tho ventures of confldeut | and contented capital, j This failing him, his condition is with out alleviation, for he can neither prey the misfortunes of others nor hoard hii labor. Oue of the greatest states country b thau fifty yours u*o, wliei of the currency had caused distress, said: •'The very man of nil others who hns tho deepest Interest iu u sound currency and to ry ils of •ncr—tho first known, speaking more i a dtti'uuucmuut nmerclal u»t by mischicvo tion in mouoy matters-is the im emus his daily bread by his daily toil." ffer legiala Prompt Relief Itequ red. pert incut uttered, and ought that a failu duty at this tlmo must couulrymuu who lubor, and who, because of their num ber and condition, are entitled to the most watchful It is of tlio utmost importunée that such relief as congress can afford in tho exist ing situation ho afforded "ho gives twice who gives quickly" is directly applicable. It, may be true tliut the embarrassments from which the busi ness of the country is suffering arise muah from evils apprehended as fn those actually existing. We may hope, too, that calm counsels will prevail, and that neither the capitalists nor the wage earners will give way to unreasoning panio d sacrifice their property or their inter ests under tho Influeuce of exaggerated fears. Nevertheless, every day's delay removing one of the plain and principal ses of the present state of things larges the mischief already doue and in creases the responsibility of tho guv for its existence. Whatever else tho people have a right to expect from gross, they may certainly demand that legislation condemned by the ordeal of three years' disastrous experience shall be removed from the statute books their representatives cun legitimately deal 'da These tho day they impressively remind discharge of especially injure those of iu tho id •c of I heir govern a es its the iy with it. Work of Tariff Kcfoi n my purpose to summon congress iou early in the coming Sop we enter promptly l of tariff reform, which tho of tho country clearly <lc large a majority of the shown by their suffrages, desire d to the accomplishment of iu special teniber that upon the wot true Interest: maud, which and exp which every effort of the pre.se trution is pledged, But whtlo tariff form has lost nothing of its immediate aud pcrmauc j in by of Its importance, uud must i tlm m fut engage tho congress, it hns seemed t«> financial condition of the country should « all other honorable body. tentiou of that, tho once nnd befo considered by y 1 earnestly recommend the prompt, re peal of the provisions ot the July 14, 1890, authorizing the purchase of silver bullion, and that other legislative action may put beyond nil doubt take the intention and the ability of the government to fulfill its pecuniary obli in money universally recognized y all civilized count ries. bjectu be ! 1 our and of been of of , 1893, by Grover Cleveland; Executive Mansion, Aug. 7, 1893. Another New York Rank Clo*e«t. New York. Aug. 9. — Tho Madison BquAro bank failed, to open its doors this morning, and a notice on tho door states that, the bank will remain temporarily closed. It's capital Is $500,000, surplus $179,000 and undivided profits $59,258, cording to its statement of Dec. 15, 1892. After a reorganization the Imuk may re business. The depositor«* will eventually be paid in full. The Valley Force Park. West Chester, Pa., Aug. 0.—The missioners appointed to purchase 250acres of the ground embraced within the old campment at Valley Forge have menced the work assigned them. Pro fessor D. W. Howard states that it will be necussnry to ultimately purchase 600, .-es of land. the the ; possibly 600, In ing. ing tho to In of in a Peculiar Position. THE FREE SILVERITES INDIGNANT. One of the Leaders Declaros He Will the Question of Free 811v< tunning Campbell for Governor Despite His Declination. Fon Vote — Tnl to a of Cincinnati, Aug. 9.—The Democratic marshaling for the state conven hosts tion that is to select a standard bearer to lead them in the contest against William McKinley nnd his adherents in Novem ber. Lawrence T. Neal, of Chillicothe, who is for the gubernational nomi tion, nrrived late last night and installed himself in a suite of ru< To tho representative of the United Press he said: "I go before the neither t lie rention administration candidate anti. The Democratic party is any coterie of above any aud I go with n party aud The latest proposition of the Neal oppo sition is to submit cx-Governor Campbell's same to the convention and endeavor to rush it through. He has already stated absolutely that he is not a candidate und would under no circumstances make the , hut the unti-Nealites argue that if inated, aud no declination coming be fore the adjournment of the convention, he wo'*Id he forced to remain at the head of the ticket. Next to the head of the ticket interest centers chiefly upon the platform to be adopted by the convention, and in this the question is likely to create consider able trouble. TbAt portion of President Cleveland's message recommending the repeal of the Sherman act, while failing to suggest any legislation to meet the de mands of the silver men, fell like a bomb shell among the delegates on the ground day, and candidates wero forgotten while they gat hered In groups aud discussed the document. Tho last Democratic platform declared for free silver, and many of the district delegations to the comiug gather ing, notably those from Lawrence. Vinton, Darke, Hocking and Wyandotte, all Htrong Democratic except the first, have come hero specifically instructed to io of sixteen for free coinugo at a it existed prior to 1878. The result is that they find themselv in the position of being compelled either to ignore their st ructions silver directly counter to tho lions of the president. Win may prevail when the remainder of tho st of those to •n views and their in to mnko a declaration upon mir.ouda delegations reach hero, but that, discussed tho subject today w phutically In favor of the convention's re affirming tho free allv gunge that could Bonator W. W. Gear, and talkers in the party, gave it mittee doctrine in lan bo mistaken, and of the ablest fighte out fiat footed that if the resolutions ignored the question porized with it lie would himself submit a plunk from the floor of tho ventiou and push it to a vote. Although tho official cull summons the delegates for two days, tho work of 'eut ion will ho commenced and ended iven if it takes a continuous s.iion of eighteen hours. The state mittee has gone back to what is know the Dayton plau. There day, but this evening the districts will meet and select their members of the various committees. These will at proceed to work, so that when the conven tion I« called the repo its gunizution free sil leutinls, permanent er d platform will be in readi L. H. Unrger, of Columbus, a has be ning strong administration lectod as temporary chairman. t he Ilrltnnula Wins Agula. London, Aug. 0.—In the Victoria Yacht dub ms yesterday the Britannia ..w.., with Collunu secoud, Navuhoe third and Satanita fourth. BASEBALL YESTERDAY. nnal Leugne. At. Pittsburg (first game); Pittsburg Chicago... At. Pittsburg (second game): Pittsburg.. 0 0 0 2 0 « Chic 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 x—17 IT 0 1 2 10 10 0 3 ft- Ö 18 0 2 0 2 a- H 7 : Cleveland (first game): Cleveland.. Louisvillo... At Cleveland (second ga Louisville Cleveland- 00001100 0 - 282 At New York: New Y Brooklyn At Baltimore: J 1 3 ft 0 0 0 3 X—18 17 1 10200000 0— 3 ft 4 201 10000 0- 488 .ft l 1 1 0 2 . 0 2 2 8 *-13 14 8 1 1 1 2 0- » 15 11 200018000—881 Philadelphia.. 00110030 0- 482 At Washington: r. h. r. Post Washington.. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20100310 x- 700 3- 6 10 8 lnylTanln State League. At Allentown: Allentown, 4: Hnrrisburg, ». At Scranton: York. 8; gérant At Easton: Johnstown, 7; Eh At Bonding: Alto 1*€ . 4. , 11; Read 11 Fantorn Leugue. : Providence, 8; Albany, 8. At Provide At SpruigAold: Springfield, 11; Troy, 0. , 6; Wilkce Binghamton: Hiughu barre, 4. At Eric: Erie, 14; Buffalo, 8. STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS Closing Quotations of the New fork aud IMittndolphla Exchange*. New York, Aug. 8.—There was a big «lrop in prices today, especially tho industrials, and advance in sterling exchange. Tho failure ouuced. CIob of H. L. Hotchkiss & Uo. ing bids: Lehigh Valley Pennsylvauia. Reading. St. Paul. Lehigh Nut..... Reading g. in.4 a.... 63 Reading 1st pf .»». . 84 Reading 2d pf 5s... 18fcf Lake Erie A \V... 14 13 Now Jersey Con.. (K>V$ N. Y. & N. E. 18)4 Del. A Hudson ...111 2 9Vi W. N. Y. «fc Pa. .. 44)1 40*4 H. * B. T. IS« H. & B. T. pref 63)6 Eric. 47)6 D. L. & W-. N. Y. Central... JU4 07)4 ■ Reading 3d pf 5a ! Oeneral Market*. Ntsw Yore, Aug. 8.—State anil western flo qniot, easy; low extras, $1.0.V&2.4ft; city mills patents, $4.25(^4.50; fair to fancy, $2.45<gJ.4&; Minnesota clear, J2.5 j® 3; patents, $4(ftl.o0; superfine. $1.7623.25; city mills. $3®3.85; winter wheats, low grades, $1.0. r >^'.'.4A; patents. $3.40<ft4; straights, $1.30®!; ryu mixture*, $.2.90 ®a.4i>; fine, $1.7 ©2.1U; southern dull. w. , $2.1'X2»3.10; good thin, quiet; oderaloly active, ptomber, December, 7'9é ©7896c.; May, 88o. Rye nominal; Corn dull, weak; )(^W4°- lower; August, 47*6-\; September, 48®October, 4894c.; No. 2. 48 ©4914c. Oat* «lull, lower: August, Sep tember. 80 $.10®X!Kc.; •tftto.35©48)6c.; we $C©48)4o. fair choice extra, $3.h><(£4.20 superfine, $3©.'l.35. When Rye flo steady . 55. - Pi .A dklpiii A, Aug. 8.—Beef dull, stoady; «î.ft'tîW; family. $H>£1-'. Pork v iucbs, $15. l«urd quiet; lered, 8)«o. Butter firmer; steady, quiet; firmer; New York dairy, 17©28)6c.; western do.. 14© 16)6c.: Elgins, 21c.; Now York creamery, 20)6© 21c.; western do., 17©21c.; imitation cream ery, 14)a©17c. Cheese quiet, firm; New York large white, 894©8)6c.; do. colored, 0)^3.| do. siuull, 8®0)6o.; part «kirns, )6©fJc.; full skims. Egg* «toady; Now York aud Pennsyl vauia, 17)4c.; western, 14f4®18c. Baltimore, Aug. 8.—Flour dull, unchanged. Wheat quiet. Corn stcudy; white co , by sstuplo, 52®53c.; yellow do., do., 49©ft')c. Oats steady. Rye dull. Hay in good demand; gooa to choice timothy. $Sc.ftO(ft22. Cotton noinlunl; middling, 8)i<\ Provisions quiet, unchanged. Butter fair lu others unchanged. Eggs stoadier; 13c. quiet; crcam-ery, fancy, 21c.; «lo., choke, lb©20c.; do., imitation, 17c.; Live Stock Marl Buffalo, Aug. 8.—Cattle dull; stockers a k bulls, $) 75©2 tn $2.18. H<*ks weak; Yorkers. $ft.05©6; mixed light,$5.50 ©5.1M); medium*, $ft.4(©ft.;i0; heavy, tft.25©ft.85; gbe. $l©l.0U Shoup and lamb* dull aud weak for all but very best grades: good to choice lambs, $5.25©).35; fair to good, $3.7 4.6(1; fair sheep. $3good. t8.76©i.36; ex tra wethers suitable for export, is.ftu&t 7ft. East LiBsnir.l'a., Aug. 8.~Cattle unohanx flogs duUi medium and light weight, $6 we heavy, £A.ft7©ft.T5; roughs. $4.ft) $2.2 ©.'.85: • ri. C8.S0; 05.28. Two ears hoge shipped te New York to 1N StNATfc. AND HOUSE. Senator Hill Pre the Sherman Act. Washington, Aug. 9.—The proceedings In the senate yesterday were of great public Interest. The president's messuage was read and listened to with marked attention both sides of the chamber, not a senator moviug from his position during the read ing. The message was referred to the mittee on finance and its immediate print ing ordered. Then the flood gates of leg islation were thrown wide open, and a cur rent of bills on financial and other sub. Jects was admitted. Mr. Hill (N. Y.) tho first senator to get in a bill for the re peal of the purchasing clause of the Sher act. Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, fol lowed with two other bills, and a speech, the same subject. In the speech he de clared himself against the repeal of the Sherman act, as such repeal would, ho id, destroy silver coinage forever. A resolution was offered by Mr. Lodge, of Mass., directing tho committee on tiuance to report a bill for the repeal of the pur chase clause of the Sherman act and pro viding for a vote on the passage of such bill by the 22d of August, if not sooner reached. This resolution mented by another offered by Mr. Hale, of Maine, fixing the hour of meeting of the oenute from und after tomorrow, These resolutions precipitated adiscussion In which several of the leading sen.it both sides of the chamber participated. They weut over without actiou. The president's message was awnited by the members of the house with great anxiety, listened to with intenso interest and afterwards privately discussed from •ious standpoints. When the reading of the message was concluded the election from the Fifth district of Michigan taken up, and after two hours' de bate ltichnrdson, the seated case had been disposed of a resolution adopted authorizing the speaker point the committees on rules, accounts, enrolled bills, and mileage, with the mem bership to which they were entitled in the Fifty-second congress and referring the rules of that congress to tho committee rules. Mr. Reilly announced the death of his colleague, William Mutchler, and mark of respect to the memory of the do used the house adjourned until totnor a Bill to Repeal I Democrat, his prima facie title. After this •p Zimmerman and Tyler Divide the Ho Chicago, Aug. 9.—Honors day of the international wheelmen's meet divided between II. C. Tyler, the eastern crack, and A. A. Zimmerman, quarter mile in 30 2-5 is excelled world's record of 30 1-5 de at Detroit last week. Tyler volun ved back from the twenty yard he second only by his tar il y mark in tho mile huntlicap to scratch in break the track record, .'ering the in 2.11 2-5. This performance is secoud only to Sanger's mile at Milwaukee in 2.09 4-5. Zimmerman als mile lap race, scoring seventeen points to Guy L. Gary's twelve. effort succeeded handsomely by disti I the Fighting Tillman's Llqu .E, S. C., Aug. 9.—Application Greek was made here before the United States court for a writ of habeas corpus to the «lieriff of Edgefield tion of ville railroad, arrested for violating the dispensary law. The claim is made that the agent was arrested while engaged in interstate commerce, and under protection of that law. This will bring up the ques tion whether the dispensary laws of this statu conflict with the Interstate commerce law. nty for the prod agent of the Richmond and Dan Mindert. Denver, Aug. 9.—Camp Roliof, which has been operaV.-d by tho state for the sup port of its Idle and hungry city, of the disbanded yesterday and 500 who hud been receiving food at the the city, in ad thrown tlio hundreds of others already being fed by the charitable organizations. What and hungry meu is a grave question for the authorities. dilion do with the lurgo mbor uf idle A MILLIONAIRE'S ASSIGNMENT n, the "Iron King,*' Bubo Col« H. Lebanon, I*a., Aug. 9.—Robert II. Cole , the millionaire "Iron King," 1ms made an assignment of his estate, includ ing the ore raines at Cornwall, Lebanon county, to Archibald Rogers, of New York, and Henry T. Kennedy, of Reading, for the benefit of creditors. Tho deed of assignment was entered lnte yesterday afternoon in the office of the re corder of deeds. Archibald Rogers, of New itors,' in fairs recent travels in Europe. Iu the assigned estate of the Lebanon Trust and Safe Deposit bank, of which Mr. Coleman is president, the court yester day approved the bond of Jacob M. Shenk, Christian Shcuk, J. II. Redsecker, W. S. Huber, Joseph L. Lemberger and George D. Rise, all of this city, in the $75,000. It was owing to the complication in Air. ColeuiAu's affairs that the failure of this bank was occasioned. It is said the liabilities will exceed the assets. of Mr. Coleman's chief cred yhose hands Mr. Coleman's af put for readjustment during his Trying to Freexe Out Italians. READING, Pa., Aug. 9.—Notwithstand ing that an Italian was lmnced here for «1er only a month ago this class of foreigners is giving the officials hero a great deal of trouble, and public senti ment is agai Colaaso Columbo, yesterday year-old girls, Mary Gibson and Mary Young. An effort is being the consent of Inrge employers of lubor give uo work to ltaliuus. >ed Against them. Italian, w sted the charge of raping two 11 le to Trie«! .Suicide by rolann. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 9.— By drinking ounce of laudanu Cartwright, of this city, attempted evening, tho supposed st she figured in some ago. The stomach pnmp and restoratives the girl is Miss Ag kill herself last suit of cks rere used, but withe unconscious condition and may ail, yet in die. A Militiaman Shot by Mine Coal Creek, Tenu., Aug. 9.— Soldiers from Cump Anderson, this place, have been paying nightly visit« to Briceville, calling A crowd of fifty men, supposed to be miners, surrouud d ■hot Private Daugherty women of doubtful character. of the houses and death. a Roof to Death. Pittsburg, Aug. 0.—Fred A. Hoffman jumped from the root ot his uncle's house, In Granville street, aud died almost in stantly. He had just left the insane asyl - after eight wcoks' treatment. NUGGETS OF NEWS. Dr. S. F. Miller, surgeon of the Soldiers' Home at Togus, Me., died yesterday, aged ■ The Valkyrie will r: contests with the crack yachts of the ocean. more until she this side boarded a motor Omaha, held up the conduct, passengers,took all the conductor's change, d theu escaped. The Catholics of Columbus. O., yester day celebrated the twenty-fifth •y of Bishop John A. Watterson's labors a priest. The bishop is a brother of Hon. Henry Watterson. The prompt acti kins in running back prevented a terrible catastrophe Rahway, N. J., the second section of thr Monmouth park special being stoppe«! Within ten feet of the first section. A masked in of Brakeman Wil the Ponnsylv riel. , Aug. 9.—During a quar rel with his mother, Mr*. Eliza Biegen - thaloxi, John Miller seized a bottle of vit riol aud threw It burned about the lace and hands. Miller •scaped. Burned Bis Mother with PlIILADKL her. She was terribly MRS. SIIANN ON TRIAL. The Alleged Poisoner of Her Son Faces a Jury. OTHER 0HARGE8 AGAINST HER It Is Alleged by Dame Ru Was Responsible for the Death of lie Husband and the Attem •f Her Daughter-In-Law. »at She pted Poisoning Trrnton, Aug. 9.—Mrs. Mattie C. Shann, the Princet having poisoned John F. Shaun, her 20 year-old amount of three insurance policies life, which policies have been paid by the insurance companies after tion. woman who is accused of recover about $2,100, the aii in vest,iga trial in the county t here yesterday, before Judge Abbett. mit ted by her, this paralleled for atrocity in . if woman stands the criminal anuals of the state. It cured at their home in Princeton 18th of April last. The coroner's inquest, which followed shortly upon the death of the young developed the fact that he had been slowly done the death; that bichloride of mercury SR ,J0 \ w MRS. MATTIE SÏIANN. had been used to gradually sap his vitality; aud that after he was dead and niuny ton g u cd rumor began to discuss her part in the horrible tragedy, the body wus dis emboweled in order that nil traces of tho poison used tokill him might be destroyed. So strongly did the circumstances rrv.r rounding these fearful deeds point to the youth's mother as their perpetrator, that the coroner made a formal accusation of murder against her, and she was arrested "ad put in jail. Mrs. Shauu's husband,Frederick Shann, died last November under peculiar circum stances, aud Princeton people bave not hesitated to express the belief that she robbed him of his life. An attempt was made five years ago to poison her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Harry Shann, who drank lemonade out of a bowl, in the bottom of which were afterwards found traces of paris green. She had swal lowed only a little of the water, however, and soon recovered from the effects. This crime, too, has been laid at her door by When the entire panel of jurors moned for tho the twelfth for Mrs. Shann's trial Six' are farmers and foreman is a barber. A grocer, a black smith nnd a retired merchant constitute the remainder of the list. By the prisoner's sidu in tho court room sat her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. aud Mrs. James Kelly, of Philadelphia, her sister, MrS, Harriet Gray, of Princeton, and her two younger children, Hugh and Mabel Shaun. The prisoner is represented l>y ex-Senator Vanderbilt, of Princeton, W. I). Holt, Chauncey II. Beasley and Francis H. Lee, of Trenton The state is represented by Prosecutor Bayard Stockton aud Assistant Prosecutor W. Holt Apgar. Prosecutor Stockton opened the case for the state, rehearsing all the detuils of the tragedy. Then, after a recess, tho exam ination of wituesses was begun. The wit nesses examined were Reuben Vanselous, who boarded with tho family; Watson Shann, Shnuu. The iu relation tho post. hud been examined ■as sheared, and the jury •o salesmen. The undertaker, idcnce odd tho pris ein examination was made, unfavorable ■ i Mi Mabel rholly 's actions when the prisoner. Fat Ily lliirntHl by Exploding ti ND, O., Aug. 9.—As five depart me In the of the Besse itetil works about cast the hot metal flowed into the pit der the it struck the a terrific explosion. F John Tilly, Robert McCloud ull terribly burned. Two Jessee Snell laborers, names unknown, also received injuries that may prove fatal. Batoned « i Montreal's Reception. Montreal, Aug. 9.—After a stay of a ------ - a week tho Italian ship Etna, Admiral Mngnughi, left this port yester day afternoon for Brazil. Notwithstand Des Jardines in o participate in the civic recep hem the officers und •e highly pleased with the manner in which they have be Iu port here. little ov iug the action of May« refusing of t he K entertained while Carter Hnrriiou'i Chicago, Aug. 9.—In an add come to tho annual convention of the mil itary surgeons of tho National Guard of the United States Mayor Harrison "There unemployed money. If congre of money ■hake the country." of wel id: 200,000 people in Chicago today utmost destitute for plenty that will Kit 11 have The I.eliigh Valley Re-nun New York, Aug. 9.—The Lehigh Val ley Railroad company yesterday issued the following notice: "The lease of the Lehigh Valley Railroad comaany to the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad pany having this day been terminated the Lehigh Valley Railroad company resumes possession aud operatiou of its lines." trol. The lilrdsbo Reading, Pa., Aug. 9.—It is tho general opinion that the police have not yet cap tured the murderers of William Plough field, of Birdsbero, though the circumstan tial evidence against custody is very strong. It is believed that the murder was not committed by tramps. Mortier Mystery. ;u in M naked Burglar* Make a Good Haul. Durango, Colo., Aug. 9.—Three masked "i:_ walked into Bowman's general store Farmington, N. M., aud ordered every _iu the store, among them Representa tive Bowman, to throw up their hands. They escaped with $1,200 in money.and dia monds and jewelry to the value of $?U0. Dr. Grave* to be Tried Again. Providence, R. I., Aug. 9.—Commis sioner John Twombley and Hon. Isaac N. Stevens, of Denver, have received assur ances from witnesses here that they will attend the trial of Dr. Graves fur the al leged murder of Mrs. Barnaby by poison. The trial will take place in October. A Celebrated Racer Arrives. New York, Aug. 9.—The celebrated board the horse Ormonde arrived steamer Massachusetts in perfect condi tion. He is consigned to Mr. MacDonough, of äan Francisco. Donovan Held for lui der. Eatontoww.N. J., Aug. 9.—The coroner's ir rued a verdict charging S. T. John Chew, ploy. _ onovau with the murder of »stableman in Pierre Loriliard's Nature is nnd fair, is erer shap forms. What is never has been •nd cornea not again. All is over new and IS^Ä 0,i Utr * re unchiu «* ing lililiiiiilllllilllll'illlIIIIIIlilllll Mill I.; til Drink Hires* Rootbeer 130 120 - IIQ — BLOOD HEAT 100 90 C The delicious temperance beverage. Drink it freely, jf It will keep you cool and refreshed wheu the tlier- M mometer is in the nineties—keep you healthful the jj year around. Hires' RooTEEER is made of the very g ingredients from which physicians get their most g helpful remedies, and is endorsed by the highest g medical authorities. ■ So-called Rootbeers, which are really composed g of essential oils aud coloring matter, should be most g carefully avoided. Nothing could be more injurious g to the health. Ask for HIRES'—it is the only Root- g beer that stands for bealtb, happiness, and home. Made only by the CHAS. E. HIRES CO., Philadelphia. 8D 70 TEMH 60 50 40— FREEZ. 30 20 - 10 - ZERO o 10 i: ; Beware of Chemical Substitutes :• (||i ' : - f ' < ■■..-K, —:i-i.i Loug'a Railway Safety Clock. Peter Long of Greensburg, Pa., is the patentee of ono of the most useful rail way appliances of tho age—a railway signal time clock which accurately indi cates the time intervening between the of trains. It is mounted siini n danger signal, and tho engi readlly tell by simply glancing at the dials the length of time which has elapsed since the preceding train passed that point. The clock and indicates tho hours nnd minutes just ordinary timepiece does, but ingenious device and the time marking apparatus throws the minute hand back to 12 at the time of the parsing of each train. Then tho hand in the regular way until the next train thunders past, when it is again thrown back to IS. passage larly to neer regularly ,'t'3 forward train not be followed ther for an hour or a longer period, thon the rninuto hand will stop at 55 minutes and remain thero until a passing train again throws it back to 12, where it will again begin its 65 minnte journey. Tbo purpose of having tho hand stop at Ö5 minutes is to show that at least that time has elapsed since a train hns passed that way, which is ply sufficient to indicate "clear track. N —St. Louis Republic. Should any Wicked American Abroad. in a village on tho Welsh coast. Tho Welsh, I have been informed, sober people, may be. A certain wicked traveler chanced to come that way. According to his own account he had "struck oil" in the western states of America—and, possibly, he had "struck" some peculiar notions too. For u whole week he "stood Sam" at the local hostelry to everybody who chose to come nnd drink. For a whole week place, to all intents drunk—all tho and some of the children, offered, nnd they rose to it. They had never before enjoyed themselves so much in their lives—that being their idea of enjoyment. No doubt to this hour many of those amusement seekers look back to that week as being the most amusing week they ever spent.—All the Year Round. I d so B( of them ;ry soul iu the d purposes, w w, many of the women The occasion C.ntr. lmi.it, Be 'ONTE, Pa., Aug. 9.—Centre ty Democrats nominated the following ticket: For sheriff, John P. Condo; for , John Q. Miles; for registor, W. C. Rumberger; for recorder, W. Galor Morrison; for county commissioners, George L. Good heart and T. Frank Adams; for auditors, H. W. Bickle and W. \V. ensuing year. , II. K. Hoy. Kills L. elected county ebairu Fortune Quickly Disappeared. New^Orleans, Aug. 9.—Joseph C. Mar in Chicago, rested tiie Le land hotel, Monday for forging a check for $2,00*1,was one of the best k •n young a cons id in this city. He fell heir eon the death of his father a fust lifo. able for and immediately beg Gambling hastened tlm loss of his fort have stjuaudered $5U,UOO iu a lie is said Terri Trage.ly i St. Louis, Aug. 9.—John Fi , while suffering fr D At. I. oui». deliri by typhoid fever, attempted dash o the braius of his little boys with a flatiron and then horribly cut nnd mangled his two daughters with a knife. Think ing he had killed the childreu lie drew the knife oss his ov thr t. Father and childreu will probably die. A Cholera Yloti Quarantine, S. 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