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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-14
MILDER WEATHER N TIE WEST
TRAINS ESCAPING FROM THE SNOW.
SOME DELAY BUT No BLoCKADEs--A MISSING LAKE
STEAMER.

TRAINS ISCAPlNG l. FRDM HE SNON.
SOME DELAY But No BLoCKADEs--A MISSING LAKI.
STEAMER.
CHICAGO. Feb. 13.-Whcn asked what the
recent storm cost the railways here general traffic
manager ia quoted saying that it would be within
bounds To innate the loss equal 10 the profits OF AL
the roads January The signal Service officer re-
ported today that the temperature had risen from Kan
sas and Colorado northwad light snow fell in the
Black Hills region Of Dakota. In Chicago the signal
Service thermometer registered o below zero at a. H.
today 80 below at o'clock, and % above at p IN.
Throughout the south the temperature has risen steadily
All the mail and passenger tra ms were late ranging
from, one To four hours The main tracks clear but
the sdugs where trains meet cuggcd with heavy
suowlrtts. Michigan Central aud Michigan southern
trains were nearly 1.-TWO hours late; Ilttsburg
and Chicago, Chicago and 81. Louis. and
Milwaukee and ~. Paul one TO two
hours behind and OH the Baltimore and ONO,
trains were nearly four hours behind time. The thlcog9
burlington and Quincy, Chicago and Louisville, and
Chicago and Minneapolis mails due at go ana S;oO
m did not arrive until much later hour Dspdlche.
were sent to the Post Office Department announcing the
remaining of railroad traffic ia the West
The steamer Michigan. which left Grand Haven Men,
has not been heard since Monday, ana nuCh alN
iety is felt for her safety, West winds have again
fastened the Zee the shore mt Grand Haven, making
navigation impossible until east wind drives 'he Ice
fuf IN he
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Capture OF a NOTED FORGER.
WANTED AT SING sING-oN TICKET OF LEAVE
FROM ENGLAND-IIIs LAST CRIME.

WANTED AT SING SlNG-ON a iiNhFi VI A>''-''
FROM ENGLAND-lIIs LAST CRIME.
ST. LOUIS Feb. ia criminal OF inter-
national notoriety whose successful bond forgeres
omounting TO millions startled Wall Street thirteen
wears is on trial in the criminal court of this city on
the charge of attempting to swinde the ST. Louis M
t;ona Bank out of 800 by of forged letter OF
credit Charles Perrin, alias Charles T. "liilamson'
alias Sherwood alias Vincent is about forytwo years
old tall broadshoudered, with black hair Iuli peau
and dark eyes that are constantly the alert lie Is
polite and has q command OF language that woudcIco
envy in the bosom OF an orator
He comes OF a respectable family in Northern New
york He was concerned In 1872 in the forgery of Buf
falo, NewYork and Erie bonds and the New iorA Zen
trail bonds His accomplicos captured. but lie
eluded the police until the OF 1876 when ne was
arrested for negotiating several thousand dollars worth
Of forged per cent gold bonds OF the Central Pacc
Railroad. California and Oregon division. ho
was instantly identified as the leader OF the
gang who uttered the forgcries Of 1872 Six months
mouths after he was sentenced he escaped from sing
Sing by setting fire to the bakery and whlc te eHcte
men was at its height scaling the walls OF he liSV
ward. He then went to England. where III iS'9, nc
was convicted of bank forgery, and sentenced 10 zen
years In the Dartmouth Jail. The sentence was com
mutcd, and he released on ucket-OlieaVe. HoihS
TO Orleans he forged the maine oi Ihc c"SnD, 20
the Union National Bank of New Orleans 10 lotsI W
credit on the ST Louis National Bank lie incloseu ms
signature In the and mailed II 10 tauler Nchc
san of ST. Louis The letter arrived in due une' ana
Informed the St Louis banker that George a lcch
had $4,000 deposit In the Union Natonal bthh' a,
III he should want money in St. Louis Mr.. NlckeIsoh
w6uld obge the New. Orleans banker II he would aow
Vincent 10 draw for that amount Mr. NckersOn louhu
that the letter was forgery Mheh NlnceH nshv @ i m
was identified by the PinkcrOns, ana letters were re-
ceived from Sing Sing and scotland-Iard, London
giving an account OF his crimes In New-lorK ana Ing
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FIREMEN HURT Ar BINGrIAMTON.

BINGHAMToN. Feb. 13 (Specidl).-A fire broke
out opposite the Eric depot in block OF buildings III
North Dcpot-st. at o'clock tonight The ialnes were
in tho rag warehouse OF W. III. Pihtt o.
The fire at 1890 subdued. Its origin Is unknown
but is supposed to have been spontaneous combustion
among the rags stored the upper part OF the block IL
was only by combined efforts Of all the CITY Depart
ment and the fact that the night was calm that he
flames conquered. As it is, the loss Will probaby
reach $GOO000. W H. Pratt Co. will lose most hear
y s their stock OF rags and tnwarc large and only
partly insured /. A. Munyan Reynolds. WnVioso n0 @
cigar and tobacco dealers, Will lose a0Out fsovV, ~ pa pa
aud glass, lose heavily insurance light Inc p%uuhs % 20
the property or the Phelps estate and was i h d.
OF the bcst storehOuscs In ue country DurIhS ho
Independent Hose foreman ordered nulhVe oi nio -
to put ladder against the building and hhoo1oh ~ W
them obe yed this command They scarcely al the
pest when an immense piece OF corntce fell khochng
shem the ground james Abbot was Daily cuV apou
the head and his back injured Frank Gilroy was Sc
rlousy injured about the spine Peter Murphy reSeveu
cuts ON the head which may prove fatal ana fFcu p'
,yaa bad
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OBTAINING 4 WARRANT FOR lfIYISrER

READING, Penn, Feb. 13 (Spec,dD.-A we'll
dressed sinoothfaced, clcrcalooking man, a2e about
forty, came to Reading some three weeSs ago He
stayed at a welknown boarding house, and gave the
name OF the Rev. James NJ Meredith OF Newark, y. D.
lie ostensiby canvassed FOR temperance paper called
The Sentinel Of Freedom 0nd Truth, and succeeded IN
getting number Of subscribers but papers were dc
vered lie also attended prOtraccd meetings III prog
ress here aud permitted 10 occupy the pulpit lie
participated all tLe services, offered fervent prayers
and III ide touching appeals 10 the hayward Inc REV.
Mr. Etter Of the United Brethren Church. EO"eVer, re-
fused TO recognize the stranger. To-day warrant was
sworn by keeper OF the boarding house where he
stayed for his arrest but he escaped Meredith was
nccd fon the Methodist Conference OF Baltimore in
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NOTRE DANE CHURCH CLOSED.
THE BfsnoP's oRpER-THE CHURCH N DiDf-Io
BE REPORTED TO THE POrE.
TRIBUNE.


FAN RIVER. Feb 13.-1hc trouble ut the
Notre Dame French Catholic Church has finally reaehed
crisis Bishop Hendrickson has Withdrawn tho pastor
who was appointed 20 the parish last saturday ana mas
ordered the church closed The following Is the order
The Bishop OF Providence has closed the church ana
withdrawn the priest from NOtrc Dame parish lie mas
bop copeled 10 take this action by the insuborina'
ton OF some Of flock, who wish to dictate 10 MIN ID
matters that entirely pertain 10 his authority Ihe
cerryuen Of the other Catholic parishes In Fall RIVER
are instructed TO administer the sacraments In their re-
spectve churches any Of the people OF Notre Daho
who NAV desire them provided they have not been par
tcpants or abctors the present conspiracy to oppose
ecesastical authority They also instructed To at
tend any sick call. that may b, brought to them
The pastor III conformity with private orders stripped
, altar OF the candles altar stone, sacred yc-sel- vest
,eut. and other articles that used IN the chuFch
crrice Iii the r, time IN the history Of the Catholic
Church i the United states that such event has hap
peued aud the ceremony attendingt was solemn ana '
prcssvc several devoted members 0f the chuteh were
present and wcft bitterly. Inc hh"l'b y i'u 'o'-el
crntIz,i A. a church aud the 100 members VINO we're
com trd I'm tie cons piracy against ID" pastor nave pech
cu!tsr ,rtiy cXcomiuuucattd Inc persons WI" hA' ~
.c read ont OF church by the bishop do not appear
he the least by the tH-lopS orirr7
hcy say that they will remain quiet aud bad no
aft.f ctrrh than Ia have Iris pastor Ih" chnreH
Is heavily In debt and wlprobably be disposed OF ior INC
benefit of the creditors. .. 1900, ,o,,., tho
ac an Of the bishop In appointing an lrsb priest Ve
rari.h il uuruthfu 1t II prohhhlc, A'N"'cI' '"t ~
ne ION of the bishop may hc re-cludcn' %" u h"N
rnn Fathers Mct;ec aud clark o prepare sworn -t''-
which Ills Holiness will arrive at decision III the
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nENRY WArrERSON As pROPHEE

NEw-ORLEANs, Feb. 13.-The address at
the celebration the Cotton Centenary last night was
delivered by Henry Watorson, OF tn Louisville Courier
Journal Among other things he said; II Is ohiy a
question OF time when the seat Of wealth OF the world
will be transferred to this valley of the Mississippi The
money sceptre Is already departing from Lombard
Street in London to Wall Street in New-fork. Ine
scepre Of mines Is coming fom P,tsburs In Penn'yl
vania TO Birmingham, In Alabama. God Almighty has
sown in the climate and Will reap in the soil tarln
policy stirparsng the COntriyahcc OF statesmen, ana
when the inevitable transfer is finally made, New
Orleans and NewYOrk Will hold the conmercla foN
erelcny over land and for every drop or water
that tails rom Heaven between the Alcghnnle- ana tt
Rocky Mountains, flowing westward and southwaro
finds Its way To the Father Waters and thence 10 the
Gulf OF Mexico. surely will the golden streams OF
commerce. swollen by the products Of the West and the
SOUTH roll hther the star of empire crosses ana re-
crosses continent This Exposition is the watchre
This association Il vanguard for the army Of occupation
and development which, coming with gencratlon Shail
realize the dream OF the SpIniard-nOt indeed III a
spring OF eternal youth but everything fountain Oh
national prosperity"
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LOSSES IN VARIOUS PLACES.

DrADwooD, OAK, Feb. 13.-A fire in China
town yesterday destroyed ten buildings. The loss is
$4,000 The heaviest sufferer is Wing Tsue Chinese
merchant
FoRT WAYNE Ind Feb. 13.-Graves's Hotel and gro
Gerry Dunkirk, Ohio, burned yesterday The
loss is $1,000; 10 Insurance
PROVIDENCE, Feb 13.-A dwelling house in Clivest..
Pawtucket, belonging to Perey NJ Mathewson Oh TINS
city, was burned this morning The loss is $4,000 IN
sufed John T. Goldsworthy, the tenant, lost $4,000;
uninsured.
ELIZABETH y. j., Feb. 13.-The house Of John Gregg
was burned this morning. with loss of $4,000; insur-
ance 50 900 in the American, Of Newark and Elizabeth
Mutual companies The fire was caused by defective
fue.
At A. M to-day Glasser's Rendering and Fertilizer
Works I'm Linden township were burned. The loss Is
81. 600; insurance $4,000 in tho American, Citi@ens
and Gerinania companies.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.-IntormatOn has been received
at the Post Oce Department that the post Office at Cot
tagc Grove ore was burned with all its contents on
February :.
PROVIDENCE Feb. ia fire early this morning in
South Main-st., damaged two buildings owned by > T.
smith aud Pnglcy Co.. to the extent of about $1,000
each covered by insurance The occupants OF the FOR
uer building we're l. . ". Bliss, springfield manutactur-
err and stable. damaged slightly by water; r. W. Avery
harness aud saddle maker. loss $500, insured +.
Cady stair builder, loss 500; Ilngey Co., marpio
workers, suffered only slight loss.
SCHENECTADY, Feb 13-Levi I. Cute's fur and hat
store destroyed by fire. with loss OF $4,000; IN
surtucc $1,000,
Prr.FIELp. Feb l3.-Tho largo tanncry belonging to
CoOgan & sons. was burned this morning. lhe loss
$4,000; insurance $4,000.
VAssAR Mich Feb. l3.-Flre started in the Briggs
block today destroying and also much OF the business
part Of the town The loss is 10000 Insurance about
- 900. The the roofs was all that prevented
the whole town from burning
LOUISVILLE Feb. l3.-Wliam Frazer, his wife and
grandchild all colorcd. who lived near New-Albany
Ind were burned 10 death in their house The bodies
xxprsf nd it he ms
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chief usher in the New Lyceum Theatre who slept In an
adjoining room went to their assistance He took the
blankets from his bed and tried to extngusb the ames
The down stairs and one OF them shut Grien
ner in the burning room, being much excited at the
time that she did not know what she had done Tne KNOB
on the inside Of the door had been broken on and when
Grienner that he cOnld not conquer the hames ne
prisoner He tried to break the door down Dut IL
was strong enough to resist his efforts. ,
The flames spread rapidly III the room. Grienner ;
nightclOthes took fire and he being roasted awe
when Mr. Kendrick, actor living in the house opened
the door from the outside and rescued him. The usher
wrapped In blankets but he tainted while lie was
being helped down stairs Firemen arrived in response
to an alarm about that time, and an ambulance was
called from the New York Hospital When tho surgeons
at the hospital examined Grenner they found that ne
had himself seriously In several places while he was
trying to escape from the burning room HIS body was
burned in shocking manner The surgeons thought he
could not recover.
1t Gid take the fremen long extingush the flames
in the house. but Mr. Lchtwitz said yesterday that his
loss was about 81 600
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PROTECTING THE EPARLIAMENT HOUSES.
VISITORS TO BE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lIShEi0 ''
BE SUPPLIED BY TIE sPEAKER


RE SUPPLIED BY TIE SPEAKER
LONDON Feb. 13.-The recent dynamite eX-
plosion in the House Commons having demonstrated
the fact that under existing rules governing the a
mission Of strangers to the galleries and lobbes Of the
Houses of Parliament it would be an easy matter Tor
dynaniteurs to convey explosives into the buildings al
session of Parliament and the death OF many o t
members the Government has decided to adopt more
stringent rules regulating the admission OF NiSitofs
Members IN future will not be allowed to Introduce
strangers into the galleries and obbies Inc speaker
the House of Commons will alone have the right OF
granting tickets Of admission to visitors, ana he VIII oy
Sssne tickets to members for their friends after having
received weeks notice, that in the meantime the
anecedents OF the proposed visitor be inquired into
Turnsties will be erected at the entrances TO the gal
ieries and lobbie and detectives will be posted at each
Of the turnstes 10 scrutnize strangers In all cases
where visitors accorded permission to enter the
House they will be required TO register their names ana
address and will be furnished with numbered tickets
which will charged up against the respective sigma
lures lobby will be strictly reserved for the use OF
Peers members officials and persons especially author
ized by the Speaker The police have been authorized TO
watch search and II necessary arrest persons visiting
the new Law Courts Buildings.
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KILLED BY A BEAR IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS

SANDGArE, Vt, Feb. 13.-Ehphalct Iurher,
spruce gum gatherer, found in dying condition IN
the mountains east OF here, Monday, by Daniel Lam
berson fox hunter Turner's flesh and garments hung
I'm shreds both eyes out, and his whole face
was mass of gashes and bruises Before dying ne to"
Iamberson that on Sunday night he went ont to snow
ha ,,here ha had some frozen game, % get grouse
for his supper On the way back To MS caph nc st ,
bled over large anmal which threw MN a1wh - 11u nv
had his heavy spruce knife in his belt with when n
hacked and cut animal sinking the dul hook
blade deep into its body with the strength when % M
alton gave him. After hard battle the man hronab u
mai went rolling down steep hillside together, tnrousn
hrsmbles aud among trees until Turner became an.Vn-
scious When he revived his enemy was syns, sm,berson
carried him To his cabn where he died at once All u
usually large black bear which was as onna dead in
h vi,av naar where IambersoD discovered turner IL
is hard telling whether the man I INC ONE Of Ethan
wHrs % G Green Mountain boys" was killed In the
same way about sixty years ago.
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Colonel Buforl first notOricty IN Kentucky Dy
trying kill his brother nearly forty years ago. III
quarrel over their fathers Some time aftcrwaId
cov of his having been killed on a railroad track he
ul,ued himself before a train with loaded pistol AMI
refused to let il proceed until he compensated for
his loss The crime for which be was most noted
occurred IN l~11, after a decision ~ Judge
Ilintt against Bufords sister, In lawsuit IN
volyiug some property. She died soon afterwari anu
kueeling upOn her he vowed Venceance Ie shot
Iloti m brild DAYLIGHT, aud rcSccd IN h= crime. Al
The trial IN July. 1870. he defended by Colonel
Phil" Thompson, aud on plea Of insanity hc escaped
the neuaty ohs act ufOrd then sent to the asylum
from which place be escaped gpisg tho river 10
sing Inc ASYLUM officials being unable under the law
Ia bring HIM back Ia Kentucky. without friends or
money BufOrd grew sick ana inhiy was forced ~ want
In n Iack 10 the asylum. where he remained until his
death In the seven years since hc killed Judge
Elliott Buord saw his family lose all their property ana
tc roo Of his brother was undoubtedly the cause Of
Lc suicide Of The noted turfnan, General Abe Buord,
who killed himself Last summer.
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NEWS NOTES From LONDON.


DnIoNATrc-F j. Pakenham, who has been British
Minister 10 Chill and who appointed Minister to the
Argentine Republic, has also been made Her MaJestys
Representative in Paraguay.
THE BYIoS LRTTERs.-A number OF unpublished letters
of Lord and Lady Byron have been offered for sale at
public auction LII letter Lady Byron writes Lord
Ryron married with the deepest determination OF re-
yenge which lie avowed on the day OF our marriage
and which he executed since with systematic
and Increasing cruelty" There other letters written
IN the same strain The letters suggest nothing TO sup
port the scandalous charges made by Mrs' harriet
Beecher Stowe
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revolutionary documents and quantity OF u!
were seized.
Rrp1,x Feb 13LThe Budget Committee to-day voted
24s,OOO marks in lump as the sum Ior use III o"A0
rooms, West Africa.
VIENNA Feb. 13.-A man who gave his name az J1n
Coleman and who claimed to be citizen OF tno Dlte
States has sentenced to eight years pcna soT,
tude for passing counterfeit rs notes OF the baiA Vi
England.
PARIS Feb I3-The Senate to-day adopted the kecla
visit bill without specifying to what colonies the cr
ais to be transported shall be sent.
MADRID, Feb 13-The Impartial makes tne h chare0 go
that France has established proectorate over i.us %
which belong to Spain.
ROME Feb 13.-The report that Bishop Gross OF La "a
vannah had been appointed Archbishop of oregon |'9
Is confirmed.
MADRID Feb. 13.-Earhquake shocks were feit to-uS
at Tore del Campo, about forty miles north OF ~.
They were severe enough to do serious damage 10 no
hospital.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-14
DISTRIBUTION OF READING EARNINGS.

PHILADELPIuA, Feb. 13.-The report OF INC
master upon the matter OF the distribution OF the f
delphia and Reading Railroad earnings was o'eriuou
by the United States Circuit Court to-day. Inc loo
ing is the committee of the general mortgage pondho
nnsipted under the resolutions adopted at the meet
ing on wednesday: John T. Garrett. president OF the
Girard Trust Company; F. Dunbar Lockwood; Johh NJ
Notify. president Of the Manufacturers National BANK
John A. Wright and II. W. Basol The Court perii'@su @
for the general mortgage bOndholders 10 NE OK
ccntIons TO the report and in doing so said we "ait
he parties interested 10 understand that thls 'G. vii
stand Inv tne order made aud will not modify II, bt VIII
renure the receivers satisfy them that any payen,
other than for operating expenses ought 10 pe hg, s IN
The Court Will then only act after hearing all parucS "
interest"
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THE WAR IN THE SOUDAN.
. CHARGE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

,ccrsrn OF SURPRISING GENERAL "0i'D
pIARY-CABINET GOSSIP. ou,
IoNnoS Feb. IA. - The CONSERVATIVE PAL PAL
onarce the Government with suppressihs .ho.
Corao,,s diary and letters, in which nc s'".u ~
,.,,. CoIonel stewart away from knar'ouln i
Nc sen' oove his (Stewarts) life. intending hi','1
o,.sst deatn at Khartoum. as he knew ho no,p
conld reach there in time to rescue MN h0ni
assemblies the production of all dlspa'chesoi
49, Government in regard to the Soudan campaign
III he demanded. The Marquis OF harrington
,he Secretary of State for War. advises the accept,
once Of the offers from Canada and New-oou'h
Wales to send troops to the Soudan but the war wa
Office authorities oppose that proposition nc
,oston will be referred to the Cabinet for decision
Owing 70 the opposition of the Duke OF CamOrioge'
Co,nmonder-n Chief, and other officers IL Is prop
ohIo that the Ministers will decide to inform Oau
do and New.South Wales that their assistance Is
not needed. nth tho
The Canadian voyagers who were Win tne
Nile Expeditlon, left Alexandria to-day IN tne ne
tnamer PoonaE which will convey tnen uIeos ~ to
Queenstown. There they Will emo;nirk ~ Oueo ,m
Steamer Hanoyerian for home, ana VIII % %Ieaoh 80 80
bec the first week in March Dispatches h1nr fnr
General Wolseley compliment the VoyaeeiS ioA
their services . -, 5o ~, oAar To the
Covernment to construct Il railway from d oudh h, ~
IN Rerher building block-houses at lDterEaiS 'o ~
guard the line, if guaranteed 4i2 per cent ii'on'
on the capital Invested.
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RAILROAD INTERESTS.
HEAT IN THE ELEVATED CARS.

ALBANY, Feb. 13.-At meeting OF the hail-
road Commissioners to-day resolution was adopted re-
ouesting the officers Of the elevated railroads III
York City to report the board as to the
of heating their by pipes or otherwise a' vi
tbe centre of the floor and also what, II any, regular
svstem IL practsea on the cars provide for proper
heat and ventilation according TO the temperature oi
the weather outside and what. any. action mas Ooe
taken in reference to the recommendation OF tne
as 10 an Improved system OF heating ana ven,ilamf
Another resolution nquring rs to the utlty anu
cability of providing system OF lighting the cnt
length OF the elevated tracks with electrlc hshl'' '"
used In case OF foggy weather.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-14
INCIDENTS IN THE DOMINION.

TORONTO, Feb. 13.-The demurrer entered
by Mcssrs. Bunting, Meek Kirkland and Wilkinson
against the indictment charging them with conspiracy TO
brbe certain members Of the Ontario Government hav
ing been qusshed the defendants yesterday called
plead u the charge They all pleaded not guilty Ihe
ease is TO come up FOR trial at the next Assizes
OTTAWA Feb l3-Applications continue TO be received
by the Militia Department from anxious to 20 TO
the SOudan war.
MONTREAL, Feb. I3.-The Government has within the
last few days borrowed IN the Montreal market 81, 500,
900; 81 100000 from the Bank OF Montreal and the
balance from the City and District Savings Bank the
latter however, being deposit by the bank with the
Government The rates are said TO be respectively
Gld