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VOL. I.
BIG STONE GAP, WISE COUNTY. VA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2.
NO. 46.
PICHWOND A RICHMOND,
LAWYERS.
KC1TV, ? ? ? VA
a A.AYERS. - - JOS. L. KELLY
L.\\ OFFICES IN AYERS BUILDII6
Bis Stone Gap. Va.
WILLIAM WALLIS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AND CONVEYANC*R
B c Stone Gap. Va.
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bullitt & McDowell,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
WC PTON'K i: AP, V.
H. A. VV. skeen,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
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; g Stone Gap, Virginia,
R. T. IRVINE.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
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Bip Stone Gap. Virginia.
L. TURNER MAURY.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Big Stone Gap. Virginia.
WALTER E. ADDISON.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
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EJ - St )na Gap. Virginia.
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BURNS & FULTON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
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Big Stono Gap, Virginia.
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ALDIRSON & MILLER,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
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M. G. ELY.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Turkey Cove, Lee Co.. Va,
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Q. D. KUNKEL,
'HYSICIAN * SURGEON,
BiR Stone Gap, Virginia,
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N. H. REEVE. M. D.
TREATS DISEASES OF WOMEN
EXCLUSIVELY,
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DR. J. C. PRUNER,
DENTIST,
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S. W, TH ACKER,
[VIL ENGINEER AND
SURVEYOR,
Big Scone Gap. Virginia.
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*CK >ON & BLANKENSHIP,
A I%0 K N E YS - AT- LAW,
Jonesvillc, Virginia.
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S. D. HURD,
ARCHITECT,
; B Stono Gap, Va.
r:iriCATIONS
m\0 ESTIMATE,*
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A ^T!81 IC MA5XKI!
THG PRLHCE,
flonesvilie, Vi\.,
?V- COUK, PROl^RIETOR.
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ASSASSINATED.:
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago,
Murdered in Cold Blood.
He Sought Rest It His Home Wher
the Assassin Stole Upon Him.
Mlnwotf toth?. City Police
Cnirvr.o, Oot 2ft? A v,~*t
, . ' vt- *v-?Another crnrv
SS? hm ;iontt hiw dcn^
?1C ?r and one of the best-know*
men . the went lies dead in hin home
-Three bnllot? entered his bodv two
^emnuvKm^ wounds sufHcient'tocaust
The murder was committed Snturdav
evening by Theene Patrick Prender*
p:>st ft paper-carrier, who declare,
that Mayor Harrison had promised t<
make him corporation counsel, nnd hat
not kerd hi* word. This, he .aid, wai
his only reason for committing tht
crime.
The only persons in the house at tht
time besides Mr. Harrison wore his son
William Proston Harrison, 25 years o
ope; his aftianced wife, Miss Annk
Howard, and his servant Shortly be
for,, 3 oVlock the door-bell ranjr, anr
when Mary Hansen, the domestic
opened the door she was confronted by
a man.
"I* Mr. Harrison in?" asked the man.
in n qn:et, pleasant voice.
"Ye* sir," responded the girl ns she
threw toe door wider open to permit
his entrance.
"I would like to see him, please/
paid the man, as he walked toward the
back cud of the hall. Mr. Harrison
was in the dining room, which opent
into the rear end of the hall.
Hearing the man a*k for him, he
arose, nnd stepped into the hall, walk?
ed toward Prendergast who by the
time he caught sight of Mr. Harrison,
had ad van cod about ten feet from the
doorway.
Without saying a word Prendergast
drew his revolver and commenced to
fire. He pulled tho trigger but three
times, and every bullet hit the mark.
One ball shattered Mr. Harrison's loft
hand, another passed into the lower
ri^'ht side of the abdomen, making a
wound that would hare l>erm mortal
within a few days; tho third Lullet
entered the chest, slightly above the
heart
This bullet was the immediate cause
of death.
As soon as Prendergnst began to fire
Mr. Harr ison turned and walked rapid?
ly toward the dining-room, lie walked
through the door, r.cross the dining
room an 1 passed into a butler's pantry
opening off the room, where, weakened
by less cf blood, he 'ell to the floor.
Prcndergast did not follow up his vic?
tim or malte any attempt to ascertain
flow dcadlv his aim hud been. He ro?
placed his revolver in Iiis pockot with
the same deliberation that marked all
of his actions and started toward the
door.
?lust as ho was passing through the
d< orway William Preston Harrison, the
mayor's *on, came tearing down the
stairs from the upper part of the house
just ;ks Mr. Harrison's coachman ran
into th< rear end of thehnjl. The erifcfc
pf Mary Hansen directod the son to
where his father lay, but the coach?
man was after other game He had a
revolver of hi-- own, and as quickly as
he realized wh:t had occurred he
leveled his weapon and sent a bullet
after the disappearing form of the muf:
derer. A f-rpond time hi6 revolver
tipokc, but both bullet? went wild.
Running to the door the coachman
was prepared to continue hostilities,
but soreral people were entering to
learn the cause of the shooting, and by
the time the coachman had roaohod
the sidewalk Prendergast had boon
^wallowed up in the darkness.
Across Ashland boulevard, directly
opposite the residence of Mr. Harrison,
is the home of \V. .). Chalmers, the
wealthy maker of mining machinery.
.Mr. Chalmers was standing upon the
front *t.?p* of his residence when the
shots were fired. He bounded down tho
steps and, dashing across the street,
met Prcndorgast almost out of tho
gate.
"What is it?" said Mr. Chalmers.
The man walked rapidly north on
Ashland avenue without replying, and
Mr. Chalmers hastened into the house.
He reach-id Mr. Harrison's side almost
at the same instant that William Pres?
ton Harrison had found where his father
a*?'Are you hurt0" Mat Olialmcrs,
a> he and the son of the dying man
strove to raise him.
"Pre got my death, Chalmers," re?
sponded the mayor.
Noticing a spot of blood on the
mayor's waistcoat, Mr. Chalmers said:
"I guess not."
'/j'm shot iu thq heart, and I'm a
dead man," was the only reply.
A moment later he said with a voioe
which was rapidly losing strength:
?T n but ton my vest, Chalmers. There's
where tho trouble is."
Hv this time the stricken man had
been borne to a couch in an adjoining
room, and as quickly as he spoke Mr.
Chalmers opened his waistcoat. Tho
front of his shirt was soaked with
blood, which welled rapidly from two,
holes, one Just abgye the heart the
other in hi* abdomen.
??It's through the heart," paid the
mayor again, his voice scarcoly above a
whisper. A moment later he sank into
unconsciousness, and in twenty min?
uter, after receiving the wounds Mr.
Harrison was dead.
Chicago, Oct 30.?There will be
nothing of gladness and congra^li*:
tion in the white PHjF ?t its official
closing Monday.
It wa* to have been Columbus day, in
the category of fetes and special days,
oml the exposition was to have gone
out of official existence in a blaze of
pyrotechnic glory by day and night
while pageant on land and water with
merry music and happy speech. But it
\. .11 not be. . ii, m i
The "tJuiteatt" of the Worlds fair
City hus cha-nged every plan which
could >>e construed into official rejoic?
ing. Individual visitors, coming from
many states and lands, can not, of
course, be ejected to restrain their
the caw Sunday everything trill be
bCClnS? ?f th^?t affliction
wni r? *a Monda* in r"11*
|-WiU bo known in the annals of Chi
i cages history aa "Mayor Uarrisont
I Memorial Day.*
The programme of closing eercmon
I les which wore to hart been hel l in
Festival hall r.tl o'clock Monday, has
; been turned by common consent into a
; memorial meeting of men ami women
from the nations which the murdered
j mayor visited when he made hte rnom
jorabie trip around the earth. 1 hey
.trill V>c irrrite-d to oornc, not as guests
j to a wedding feast, but n* mourners
j to a memorial service.
No world's exposition has ever ended
In such ?'i manner, and perhaps never
, will.
j It will be a tribute of respect to the
memory of a nmn who a popu
larito among the foreigners at the fair,
I o* also was he among fellow-citizens of
Chicago and his fellow-Americans with
whom lie came in official contact with
within the White city. The supposi?
tion that the assassin is Insane did not
deter any one from uttering cxecra
j tioris upon his wrotohed head, and sug
j (resting various modes by which he
should be put to death.
The Europeans psrticularly eoulfl not
be brought to realize that the chief ex?
ecutive of a great American city ha-i
I been shot down in Ih'p own henee with*
I out provocation or reason. They did
not understand the southern nature
who never refuses the humblest
! stranger admission to hi9 house, and
] refused to surround himself with those
i safeguard:) which arc common at the
I homes and offices of public ofiieiah in
Europe.
I Responding to the call issued by D1
' rector-General Davis at the midnight
i meeting1 of officials, the following were
! present in the director-general's office
I Sunday morning: T. \V. Palmer, pre*
j Went of the national commission; II. N.
\ Higginbotham, president of the exposi
t tion; Dircotor-Ucneral Davis; P. A. It.
! Widcmer, of Philadelphia, chairman of
the ceremonies committee of the na?
tional commission; Director Fred W.
Peck; Solleit'rr-i ieneral Edwin Walker?
and C. E. Culp, of the ceremonies com?
mittee.
It was unanimously redded to elo<.^
the exposition rs reo ni red by the act of
congress, but without ?ny of the exer
cisea and festivities which had been
planne?! Ciarene? PAAj will play an
Appropriate selection on the great organ
in festival h,vll, prayer will be offered
and President Palmer will make a
formal nxin< nnce of the closing
and an explanation of the grievous
J reason for a\ sndonitig the original pro
gramme.
The art of congr< sh direct* that the
exposition shall elose October .10, and
"appropriati ceremonies'1 shall be held
under the direction of the national
commission, *r.t it <h>ex not prescribe
the ccremon es so that the national
commission's officer frit perfectly jus*
tif.ed only with the letter of the law,
. und vet pay a deserved tribute to iho
memory of Chicago's assassinated chief
magistrn to.
All the festivit'ei arranged for the
closing ceremonies will be omitted
with the exception of the faring of an
appropriate salute and the lowe ring of
the United States flag at sunset.
It is further erlcrcd that the fisgs
upon nil biii dings within I he grounds
remain at half in:u-t until the closing
of the exposition.
Chicauo, Oct. 30.?'I he inquest on
the body of Mayor Harrison was held
Sunday at 1 :s late residence on Ash?
land boulevard.
Interest centered about tho story
told by i*y (lansen. the d??ine tic who
admitted I remlcrgast. She told of h.-r
position in the household, sa.yin.r she
liad \ ecu i r: d< yed as s? roiid girl.
"Early last evening," she e?.ntinn cd,
"there win a ring at the doer bell {
went to the door, and found a man I
did n<;t bro w. That \v::s about T
o'clock. 1 n*ked the man what ho
wanted, i n<i sind he wanted to see
Mayor Harrison. I told him Mr. Harri?
son w:is cat n; ? upper and asked him 'o
call : fain. Aliut a quarter of S he
came back r.nd i went to the do r
and let him i i Mr. Harrison was sit?
ting in the sc non I room to the front I
told him there was a man in the hr.il
who wanted to sec him, nnd I left tire
man in the hall and went to tho kit eb?
en. Just as I ;fot in the kitchen 1 her.nl
several shots fired, and then I r.in out
from the kitchen to whero I ha i lc;i
Mr. Harris?m and the man. I sv,\ tho
unknown man running out of the door.
Mr. Harrison staggered into the voeon \
room, and (nit ot the dqqr to thr hall,
where he fell."
"Dp you ^oe the man who calleAT1
asked Deputy Kelly.
Tlic witness hesitated und the coroner
was more specific.
'?Is that tl e man?" pointing to Prem
dcrgast. Still the. witness was not sr.re,
but Prendcrgast helped her out with
an explamationj M\i>?, J MW you last
night, *' ho volunteered.
He was tola to put his hat on and
face the witness.
"Yes.*" ?he answered, "that is tho
man I left standing with Mr. Harrison,
and that is the man who did the shoot?
ing." ,
Mary Hanson, the domestic, and
Coachman Kisbcrg, held to the stories
previously told and identified Prendcr?
gast as the mayor's assailant When,
the prisoner encountered them at tho
jnqucst hp raado no attempt
to deny the identification and
in the instance of Mary Hanson,
assented to it verbally. He
maintained a stolid indifference during
the hearing. Once: however, he be?
trayed a little feeling over his crime.
He was sitting near Lieut. Haas, and,
his attention was attracted by thu
presence of Mrs. \\\ *li *-'ln?liners Tor
o, m?mc,it his stolidity w.-.s broken and
he pulled the lieutenant's sleeve 'iho
officer bent toward his prisoner and
heard him ask:
"Is that Mr s Harrison?"
"Mo," replied the lieutenant, "it is
not. Why did you ask?"
"1 wanted to tell her," replied Pren
dergast, "that 1 was sorry for her
trouble."
The jury returned a verdict, finding
?hat deceased "came to his death, on
,be tfSth day of October, 1SU3, from
?hock and hemorrhage canted from
bullets tired from a revolver in the
hands of Patrick Eugene Prendcrgast,
at 231 Ashland avenue, October 2SV lSi/3,
4001. if?m fcbe ?vldituft? presented, we.
the jury, recommended that the said |
ratrick Eugene Prendergast be held to j
the grand jury until discharged by due j
course of law."
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Special Session.
Washington, Oev ti-SftSATit-Tne sv*\?u I
r.f the. Ffnate Monday was remnrkable for the j
lack of Interc*; dtsplnytd in and the apparent ?
dullness which character!?od the proeeodingr. i
Frequent oon.'srenoes constituted tho notice?
able feature on the demeerntie side of She
chamber, an? at one time Vloe-Prrsiden' j
Stevenson took a seat on fliot tide and engaged i
In what wsn obviously an earnest conversation j
with Senators Yoorbe*-.* and Faulkner. The
ttma Monoay occupied by throe of the '
leading advocates of sliver coinage, Mewra i
Jones and Stewart, of Nevada, and Teilet, Of
Colorado, and but little attention km parid Co
clthor.
Horsr?The. debate on the t*nkruptoy bKl
began Monday in the house. There is a great
deal of determined opposition to the measure,
led by somo of the aClest lawyers In the hosts*,
like Culberson (Tox.1, Stone iPa) and Doatmu
(La..) It 1? directed generally against tho pol?
icy of national bankruptcy law in view of pas:
experience with sub-lawn, an* particularly a'
the Involuntary clause at this time, when so
many business firms in clone strait* might un?
der its operation be forced to the walL Mr. '
Oatea, who hjs charge r.f the measure, opened
the debate m advocacy of it. i
W ASniNOTON. Got 25.?Sf.7?ATIt-The flght In
tho senate Is ovor. Mr. Cleveland bas defeated
the 5cm prom is era, the pflrer democrats an'!
Kilver republicans. Unconditional repeal h:w
triumphed. Thesllvi r men acknowledge thcrn- ?
Reives beaten. Tu<;*day they surrender^
formally the'r only weapon of defen-e?fill
blistering by spoechmaktng. Senator Brlce In?
troduced in tho sonnte Tuesday a bill providing
fur !ha erection of a pubilo building at East
Liverpool, O.
Hol'se?No business of importance tran
sactM Tuesday. The propositions advnnoyi
through a number of Mile introduced in the
hotne providing for the repeal of the law pro?
hibiting national harks firm making loans cn
real estate security, are bo',::jr. vlgorous'y
pushed by members from the south and w? tt
bofcro the committee on banking and currency,
of which Mr. Srrli.ger, of Illinois, Is chairman.
Member* from these sections wher? lands art
pooet claim that the present law is an unjust
discrimination a/.'.'nst a good security?roal es
t?te In theso sections bm'. owners are forced
to to Individuals tt firms for loans. Hy
ther* people tboy are charged enormous rates
of ii.torest
Washington, Oct.. 20.? Skkats?When the
nrnr te resumed its session Wednesday morning
Mr. Slierroan (Rep.. O.), from th>- committee on
fort'an relations, reported the following house
Joint refolndor: ''Resolved, That it is the sonst
of congre'SS that t'ie ackr;owlr>d;:mvnre of ttte
Kovc-r.mrnt and people of tho Unite! States be
tt>n?<*rml to the various foreign povrmmenta e.f
tho world that hare so eeneroufdy and effeo
t;ve!t oo-operaird in th* qu?dro-centenniai ex?
position, held In Chicago in roanm^moraMen of
the discovery of America by Christopher Oo
lum* us." Mr. Hoar offered an amendment aa
fellows: 'That the, pT*6id?>nt of tho United
Star-* te requested to communicate to each
foreign government that has participated la
said exposition the acknowledgment of con
irres-; for Its contrlhuilon." Th* amendment
was agreed to, and the Jotnt resolution passed
as amended
House?Mr. Bell, of Texas, Introduced in the
house Wednesday a bill to retire national bank
notes and substitute V S. treasury notes. Mr.
Ilirks tr^p, Pa. i offrr^d a bill providing thnt
no pension claim heretofore or hereafver al?
lowed .shall be annulled, suspended or set n*ido
unle <o It 1h shown ".hat the pennlon was obtained
by fraud or perjury.
Washisgtos', Vcl 27 ?Sokatc?To avoid
complications It Is lik'.ly that no serions ?dort
will be made to press the final vote on tho sfl
yt-r iT^al bill before Monday sfternoon. Sonn
tor Pugh explained h's roason for that hour
and day lo a correspondent. Monday will
be tho BO.h of October. If 'he bill pisses the
?enalr or. Monday, the -'Oih, it can not reach
the hci M- befr.re Oetobcr 31. With the greatest
pr'S.e'bio dil'srenee, it can not bv passed thruush
the b<"<nse, rfported bark to the :(i-nat?. en
gross.-d. and signed by Sj>< akcr Crisp r.nd Vie*;
I'renid'.uit S!cvcnson brf< ro Tucs-y nft? rroon.
It will ffo to the president on Wednesday, and
b'signed and proclaimed by the state depart*
men*, by't hcrsdny.
hocpe?The great depiro of ? v-Ty body inter
estod lu th'' t.c\\'< meat of the silver question ii
tu reach a rote. The ?.dnrnlstr.uioi desires no
further legislation. It or. v asks that eonprcss
Shiill adjourn and I^uyc ".b? ?x'*cut'.ro branch of
the government r.lone until it is time fur thj
regular se??sii>n to l.'etfir. On this point Repre?
sentative Outhwaite Thursday said. :,s a mem
ber of thy oornialtlot- ou rui'-s that no i>ro
i-ramm? would l>f detprmii'o 1 upon v.mil it wan
known when tho s'-na*'.1 would iinish. If tho
senate should di -p >v*of tho silver question 'hla
tt'oekornext, the ways an1 means cemmlttoo
ivouM d< tormina whether it could t omp!rto a
tariff bill n fore next December.
Washington, Oci ^k?senate -The end of
the ii^ht for unconditional rr[eal Lk-raii Friday.
Voting or. the amendments was h--^':n Friday
ufternoon. Qn1' <?' Mr Vvto'.r's am?ndmcn*.n
prov'd?*.?g for free coinage was th-first lamb
levl to iho slaurht'-r. Ji >?as rrjor'.c 1 by a vote
of 3-* ;n37. The Voe>rhee*.s r.nrj^t.t?ifor tho
Wilson bill mis adopted by the srmve It !s
the utnendmc-nt in the nature of a subsiiiute of?
fered b ? Mr. Voorhecs n he n Ihe b Ii drst came
over from the hcea -. Thero are b.-lween
twenty and thirty amer.dm nt.s yet, on mist of
which thir>> ail! be: son. drba'e l*here Is no
especial significance In either of ihe two votes
taken Friday.
Ho "SB?So business of Importance trans
acted Friday.
W.?viiiMiros, Os.-t. SO.?Notldng ot import?
ance ;t:vs irans:i-ieJ In either branch ?>f ?*on
grcss Saturday. Now that the question of nr.
constitutional rrpeul has heea practically Bot?
tled, and xi is only a ir.att?>r of a few hour;
wheii ihe Shcrmna vt-; will be v.ipoi eff th-'
statute b-'okf, In so far .v? It e-ir.pletr* the
monthly pur? h t ?? of t,?!f0.tKO otpier ? of siiwr.
public interest rouifn r^lu? in an earnest dc
Mrs for at: adjournment of this ixtra session.
The poitii Is no'. 'c that congreei having leej
called in cxtruordinury -t>.-?loji t?r the ^peoill'j
purpose of repealing thv parvhaslr.g clause o
the Sherman a t, that duty once perf(:ymed ten.
gross should adjourn, lira argnn^eut h'-us ca
weigltt, boa*< n r Tht m-'-ro fi?v'1 that congres ;
was c tiled toge;t^ef for tho purpo-to of rerraln
leg s'.a Ion Is n^ reasaa why, th.1.* legislation
htylrjj.: eon ? c-ctc l, ot'ter leg slutlcn miy not
^ enured upon, '! h^ ij u s \ n of adjournment
st* entirely with iad.v ??u..l m:er.s:s cf
the ni*m.b?'rs of oo::grr<s ti e usclves.
Sn:?\r?:i-? Chlofs Arrive.
AriA, Samna, O- t. ? The support
given to King Malietou's government
In suppres'jiii^ Mataafa's rebellion has
been followed up by further action on
the part of men-of-war in the harbor.
The chiefs of. the two unruly factions
have been brought to Apia, where *,hoy
have been handed oror to tho gov?
ernment to stand their trial for the
tleaths thoy have caused.
Ended His Misspent f.lfo.
Austin, Tex., Oct. SO.?Milton White,
?on of es-Snprcme Judge White, of this
city, committed suicide Sunday after
Boon by taking a dose of morphine,
Wretched health, attendant upon long
dissipation, was the sole cause for tho
act_
President Folsnm Indicted.
Albuqukrque, N. M, Oct. HO.?The
1/nited States jwy?which has just com?
pleted its lal>ors, has found three true
bills against S. M. Folsom, president of
the Albuquerque National bank, closed
?ome time since by order of the comp?
troller of the currency. He gave bond
itv$10,U00._
An Kmbezcler Coming.
Pan Jose, Costa Kica, Oct. 30.?Fran?
cis II. Weeks, of New York, the alleged
embezzler, sailed for New Orleans on
the steamer FoxhnlL He was in cus?
tody of an American detective. Mrs.
Weeks, his wife, accompanied him.
The Morton* la Paris.
P.\ ins, Oct. 28.--Hon. Lcvi P. Morton
ecci)Wj>vnied by his da.ugh.tet?, has
rived here.
A BONO ISSUE.
Wdl It Be TTi?t or ttie Coinage of fhe>
SUrer 8?lg;Blorag-?>?
Washington, Oct 28.?A bond or
coinage of tho silver seigniorage in the
treasury is to be the plan lor meet?
ing tho government's deficit Treasury
officials, including Secretary Carlisle,
have been at sea as to how the present
150,000,000 deficit is to kernet The
secretary is averse to a bond issue, am'!
rather favors tho coinage of the seig?
niorage now on hand, amounting to
about tso.coo.ooo. or the issuance of cer?
tificates to represent the bullion In the
treasury, which is really a profit upon
the silver coin as represented by out?
standing certificates. There uro men in
the sonate and the house of represen?
tatives, however, who object to either
the coin?ge of the seigniorage or tiuf
issuance of certificates to represent it
They contend that this profit of the
government on silver purchases should
be held as such as a margin to meet the
fluctuating value of silver in the coin>
or that now stored up in bullion or repr?
esented by outstanding certificate*
They regard this in the same light aft
they do the gold in the treasury, which
is to meet the outstanding gold certifi?
cates and treasury notes.
In other words thev look upon the
seigniorage as a sacred reserve or trust
to meet the fluctuating value of out?
standing silver obligations. They con?
tend that if tho government should ait
any time in the future change its silver
standard or call in any of its outstand?
ing silver coin for redemption it will b$
necessary to have this seigniorage o?
profit to make up tho loss which must be
sustained, as only about 70 per cent ot
the par value of a silver dollar is foun4
in the intrinsic or bullion valuo of th4
coin itself. With this view of the sit?
nation it would seem that such sturdy
financiers as Sherman, Aldrich, Mo*
T'herson, Ih iee and a number of mos!
prominent eastorn demoorats in the
house would defeat the coinage of th?i
seigniorage or tho issuance of certifi?
cates to represent it, and that a bon4
issnc was inevitable.
Senator Manderson, who also opposed
the coinage of the seiniorage and favorf
a bond issue, says that it is his under*
standing that Senator Sherman hap
consented to withhold his bond propo>
sition only until the regular session ojf
congrevs and the administration deter*
mines upon a plan for meeting the de*
fielt. Senator Sherman's proposed
bond will draw 3 per cent, interest, will
be in small denominations and will
probably be at tho redemption optioi
of the government after five years, poa*
sibly ten \'eiirs, with a life limit of
twenty-five to fifty years.
The silver men in both houses say
the bonds must have a provision printed
across their face that they shall never
be the basin of bank circulation: others
wise they shell nover pass. Senator
Manderson says he believes the bonds
should ftll be issued in small denominat?
ions and sold to small capitalists,
those who can raise $S0 or $100, an<J
that the interest should be three .sixty
five j>or cent, which would be one cen?
a day on bonds worth ?100. He think|
this would popularise the lends, and if
they are placed in the hands of labor!
ers, mechanics, farmers and small liicrf
chants the}- would not be the unpopuj
lar interest-bearing obligation whicH
tho outstanding bonds have proven t4
be. _ ;
PUBLIC LAND TIMBER
Can lw? t'srd by Rnktrottd CoinpxnlcA tor
CoTtMrnrt l?>n 1'nrpoaee.
Wabiiinotok, Oct. W.? The oases of
the United States against the Denver
and Rio Grande Railway Co.. involving
the right of that company to t ike tim?
ber from public lands for the purpose
of constructing its railroad line and ac?
companying structures, were decided,
in tho supreme court of the United;
States, tho judgment of the United
States circuit court, District of Colum?
bia, being affirmed. The opinion was
rendered by Justice Jackson.
In brief, his conclusions were that
the two acts were not inconsistent,
that the railroad company had the
ri/rht to take timber from tho publlo
lands adjacent to any portion of its
line for use on any other part of its
line, that the timber so taken may bo
used for construction of buildings,
bridges, water-tanks and other struc?
tures necessary for the operation and
maintenance of tho road :is a whole,
this being the evident intention of con?
gress in tho matter. Any other con?
struction of the law, Justice Jackson
S3 Id, would defeut the object for which
the law was passed. The judgment of
the court below was delivered by Mr.
Justice lire wer, then judge of the
eighth circuit
Th? E<la<::ttlnn Ulli.
Washington, Oct. 28.?Mr. blair, of
|*ew Hampshire, will not introduce his
education bill in the house, but will
give it all the encouragement he can
if it is proposed by some other member.
M] can m>t make the fight for the bill
which I once made," he said. "1 am
now 55 years old; too old to cast pearls
before swine any more. I have fur-,
nished Mr. Stockdale, of Mississippi,
with some speeehen and facts about
the measure, and will assist any mem?
ber who dfisires to take up the Mil and
press it"
I'itrdo<i?d by ih? rrrstdent
Washington. Oct. 28.? The president
Friday unconditionally pardoned <?eo.
Brashears, convicted of manslaughter
in Indian territory and serving a life
sentence in the Ohio penitentiary. A
number of prominent Ohioans, includ?
ing Representative Outhwaite, recom?
mended a pardon.
Touched for 8700.
Chicago, Oct. 29.?James Dagg, of
Vermont, 0., was touched to the tune
of $700 on Clark street Dagg had a
morbid desire to take in tough Chicago
a la W. P. T. I"., and went down on
Clark street, where he fell in with Liz
lie Owens and Wm. Mason, characters
of questionable repute. The couple in
-duced Dagg to accompany them, and
the next thing he knew was that 5700
had been abstracted from his pocket.
Dagg swore out a warrant for them
and had them arrested. The grand
iury will investigate the case, Justice
Bradwell ordering so Friday morning.
Their bonds were placed at $300 each.
WorM's 1 air Aiieiulanetv
Chicago. Oct. ft).?The total admis?
sions Friday were ^t.OJT, of whitfh
5*60,5?3 i?aid
Eminent Mathematician Dead.
Cotemiagi:.-:, Oct. 2S.?Severin, the
sffiinoat mathematician, is dead.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Ob the Hawaiian Matter Road/ to Seed 3s
Aft*? the H11t*t Queatlon Is StMlrrt.
Washington, Oct 28.?reading me us?
hers of the commtttec on foreign affairs
in the house, and those of the majority
especially, think that President ( lere
land will send into congress immedi?
ately after the silver bill is out of tho
way his message and the correspond?
ence on the Hawaiian matter. It
seems to be tho impression that the
message is already prepared, and it only
awaits the disposition of tho repeal bill
when the president will make his rec?
ommendations and give congress some?
thing to do. One of the democratic
members of the committee said that
there were three solutions of the trou?
ble in Hawaii. One was the restora?
tion of the old order of things by plac?
ing the queen upon the throne; the
others annexation or a protectorate.
That one of these plans would bo
adopted was thought very probable,
but which would be favored by the ad?
ministration or by congress he could
not say.
Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, formerly chair?
man of the committee on foreign af?
fairs, says that the difficulty of dealing
with the Hawaiian problem was one
which could not be overestimated.
Annexation with the peculiar con?
ditions existing in the islands
was something that might we)!
puxsle the wisest statesman. With
the Chinese troublos we have in this
country now and tho additional
questions which the annexation of
the islands wotild raise not only tn re?
gard to Chinese, but Japanese and the
natives of tho islands, was rno which
would naturally cause mine delibera?
tion before the islands were anno\ed
as a territory and intended for sbato
hoodi It would be the height of a!*
surdlty to try and set up the old qu&en
and restore her to power. To estalr
llsh a protectorate would mean lo
abandon republican form of govern?
ment for tho islands.
A protectorate would not mean that
this government was to offer its protec?
tion alone, but shat it intended as well
to govern tho islands at a possession.
If a protectorate was established this
govornment we uld have to have the
affairs of tho islands conducted in a
manner which would be satisfactory to
us, and not, he govered by what might
be the popular will of the peoplo who
now inhabit the islands. Mr. Hitt says
that it is necessary to have tho islands.
They are worth more to the United
States than a fleet of ton of the
beet vessels afloat. Wo build ships
for war, and for the same reason we
! ought to acquire the islands, as they
are the Malta of the Pacific ocean, and
absolutely necessary to the United
States. Mr. Hitt. while presenting the
difficulties 5n the way of securing
islands, is not the without a
scheme which he thinks would
be satisfactory. He says tho islands
; could be acquired as a military and na?
val station, and governed as such by
I the United States. The reason the
. United States wants the islands is the
1 same that induces this country to bnil<t
war vessels and establish military poste?
FOR FREE COINAGE
The Indiana Farmers' Alliance Dorlaree-*
( New Ofllrcrs Klected.
j Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 28.?The
'convention of the Indiana Farmers' Al
; lianoa resumed its work at the Hotel
' English Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
I Twentj'-fivo thousand members are
represented by a rather limited delega- I
tion. Tho eonvention discussed the |
proposed union of the Alliancoand tho j
F. M. R A. While this result will not I
be attained at once, it is hoped by tho
membors of both organisations that
the near future will see its consum?
mation.
The resolutions adopted at Thursday
[ night's session denounced, "in unmeas?
ured terms," the action of certain mein?
; bers of congress toward securing the
repeal of the Sherman law, without
favoring an unlimited coinage of silver j
on a is to 1 basis The following
officers were elected: President, D. H.
Yeeman, Jasper county; vice-president,
Mary S. Welch, Jasper county; s;>ro
tary-treasurcr, Alice Polk; general lec
; turer, F. S. JIaneeb, Madison county.
?_
j Ambitious Graad Rapids,
j Obano Ratio*, Mich., Oct. 28.? Chi?
cago has her Ferris wheel and Paris
has her Klffel tower, but w hen Orand
Rapids has completed the task now set
before it both wheel ami lower will bo
willing to concede they are sninll pota
; toes Local business men, aided by
! railroads centering here, propose to
' erect a tower AGO feet high, and, in ad
| dition, to place it upon 'nigh ground,
1 making it possible to see from ita sum
; mit, among other things, the eastern
? shore of Lake Michigan.
Train Bandits Ccnvi:t?d.
; Ft. Smith, Ark., Oct. 28. -Henry
Starr, Kid Wilson and Alt Chancy, un?
der indictment for the Pry or ?a"eek
train robbery, were found guilty. The
j penalty is IS years for each of the six
counts, so that Jndge Parker cam .f lie
chooser*, send the trio to jail for 00
3'ears. Wilson said on the stand that
the gang scoured only $00.
ladlana Convicts Paroled.
Indianapolis, Oct. 30. ? Wm. Walker,
of Wells county, convicted of tho mur?
der of Ge-rge Shaw, in April, 18h4,
and sentenced to twenty-cue years' im?
prisonment, was paroled Friday by
the governor. Walker's pica was in?
sanity, but the state showed that the
deed was done while drunk. Arminiua
Welch, of Huntington, sentenced eigh?
teen months ago to fire years' penal
service for assaulting Mary A. Paul,
was also paroled Frida}*.
Theruih BUI.
Washington, Oct 28.?The commit?
tee on territories has for some time
been considering the Utah bill, and
every effort is being made by those in?
terested to have the bill favorably re?
ported at an early date. If the present
session continues any length of time it
is possible that the admission bill for
Utah will come up. There seems to be
little opposition to it in the house.
Witt le Annexe*.
San Francisco, Cai, Oct. 0.?William
A. Wrendon, a London capitalist, in an
interview Sunday says that the terri?
tory of Lower California has been pur
cnaaed from the Mexican government
by an English-American aysdicate, and
the muy#6uba wifl be annefced to tat
?
A BIQ FIRE
Started 2r/ %h? Kxploalon of a Kami sfjg
Whlaky-g#Tea Hundred Thoosand ?)'d?||
Urs of Pittsburgh Property Destroy* ?1. &.
Pittsburgh, Oct 2?.?The explo ion ?
of a. barrel of whisky la the scven-hiv.>ry j$
warehouse of the Chautauqua Lak* iee^
Co., Friday afternoon caused the de- \
struction of $700,000 worth of prop rty ]
and serious injury to eight pers ns.
Several of the Injured, it Is feared ?? ill
die. A score or more of others us
tained slight cuts and bruises, or w-^re
trampled on by the mob surroun- ?ng
buildinga Those seriously hurt w ;rc:
T. J. Hellman, dropped from the t ird
floor to the ground; hands and :
terribly burned. His injuries cot. td
ered fatal
Martin Orifflth, dangerously burned.
Sdward Specs, body and head b dly
burned; may not recover.
William Cox, dangerously burned
about face and body.
William Smith, painfully burnod; .11
recover. These men were all rev sod
from the burning building by the .re?
men.
Lieutenant Frank McCann, of \n
gine Company Na T, struck hy fal ng
bricks, and left leg fractured.
William Wisman, struck hy fal ug
timbers, and skull fractured; dar er?
ous.
John Reiseche, boy, badly hurt by
falling timbers.
It was just twenty minutes after ao
o'clock when the employes of the t rd
floor of the Chataquua Lnke Ice ?
building were startled by a loud rc rt
and almost in an inatant the i ge
room was ablaze. The ra?n qu! ly
g?7e the alarm and then started 'or
the stairs, but the flames had air? .dy
cut off their escape and the only m ns
of exit left them wero the wind f%
fifty feet from the ground. Hy tin
time the heat was so intsnso that ey
wero forced to creep out upon thfl i:>
dovr-tills and hang by their hand* r t?il
the fire department arrived. The fL* \m
bursting from tho windows ha ed
their hands and faces, but they 1 jg
there until the men of truck K got id
dcrs and brought them down.
The Are by this time had spreiz' to
the seven-story building of the T tv
burgh Storage Co. adjoining, su 1 1 th
structures, 200 feet long and 100 *ot
deep, wore burning fiercely. Two r -re
districts were then summoned, ant' In
twenty minutes water was pouring -?a
the flames from nearly a score of re?
pines. At 2 o'clock it looked as tho ,;h
tho whole block, from Twelfth st et
to Thirteenth and from Pike io
Ponn avenuo was doomed, and ho
resident? were notified to move out ~o
add to the excitement, it vrasdiscov? d
that a large tank of ammonia was lo?
cated in the cellar of the icecompa? 1'%
building, and the police, fearing an -x
plosion, quickly ordored the oceups it*
of the houses on Twelfth street to 'va?
cate. All tho houses in the neigh' i>
hood are a cheap elass of t?nerne >ti
and are crowded nearly to su flora t . :t
by Polish Jews and Slavs. When t i /
were told to movo out a panic ii e?
scrlbabie started among thorn. Ho
hold goods, store goods, children < 1
everything that could be carried a" y
was rushed to a place of safety.
At 2:00 the walls on the .\fulbc y
alley 6ide fell in with s crash, an." \
few minutes later th<? eastern r. \
came down. The debris buried a h
row of tenements in the alley. ar. ' t
three-story brick dwelling on T; :r
teenth street. The tenements r i
occupied by twenty families,
fortunately they harl boon
eerted some time before the w; *
fell in. Not one of the families hf \
chance to save any of tjteir good*, r*??!
all their furniture was destroyed. ' s
ruins took tiro immediately, and f. ? a
while the entire tenement district of
Penn avenue wus threatened wiih
struction. Hy hard work the drei, it
succeeded in drowning out those flan .
and tho fire was confined to tho l?u -
tngs of the storage and ico compan*. .
It was dark, however, before tho ? ro
was completely under control and ui
danger over.
Robbed by Masked Me>n.
Pittbiiuroh, Pa, Oct. SS.?Wh lc
driving to Guyanata, a few miles w it
of here, W. If. McGuire. a sewing i ..
Chine agent, was attacked and rob' ? I
by four masked men. After taking ?*
Bioney, altogether $s6. and hi* I
watch the robbers buckod and gag; d
McGuire and tied him to the neat of j
wagon. The horsy was then fri^r
ened and started for Guyasuta nt ?* . r
rific rate, but before any dam/go .s
done the rig was stopped by two b ?
clists and McGuire released.
Blew tho Gas Our.
Chicago, Oct 28?- John Milier : I
?on Lewis, of Kast Dubuque. 111., re v
tered at the Reaper hotel. Blue K A
and Oakley avenues, Thursday r.lf U
Friday morning, when the door of ti ;r
room was Inoken open, tho son ?. is
dead and the father uncouvh ?.
Farmers both and unused to ga:?. < .0
had pursued the usual method ; d
blown it out Tlie father will reco r
in time to attend his son's buri.sl .a
East Dubuque Saturday morning.
- -
Her Neck Broken.
Washington, Pa., Oct. 98.?Mrs. Je n
DornaD, of Dunnfngville, twelve u? ?*
from, here, was found dead in her hr. ?.?
I with her skull crushed and *? '?:
I broken. She was lying in a pool f
j blood, and by her side was hr?r husln- I
! in a drunken stupor. Hewn* uns, ^
j to glvo any aconnt of his wife's d"- *\
I and was arrested for her murder. T> r
j nan is a blacksmith and is well kno" n
I in Washington.
Kx-Judge McKonnan Den I.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 2S.?Kx-JneVe
William T. McKennan, of the I', i.
circuit court for the district of !>;????
S3rlvania New Jersey nnd Delaware,
died at 1 o'clock Friday morning at i !s
I home in the east end, after a proio.ig? i
! illness, the result of a general i r?*;i -
j ing down. The deceased was 7T .-e .
j old. Ho was appointed judge of the
1 P. court b}' President (iran! in ? v . \
retired in ISM).
Gtmteinalan Troops Rxpulsen.
Guktzai.teN*a(i, Guatemala, Oct 2%
j ?The government troops sv.tt <?ut after
social bandits have r<turned urur Ui, v
ing attacked the bandits an ! being r*.
pulsed In the en -agetnent t'>.v?? o;d.
eers and fourteen nuldlers were UiIT i
and many were wounded. '1 he sohl? >?
deny that their opponents wore b v
I gauds; they insist that they were rcf
1 ilutl&ftfe.