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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-04-08
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ly, can without reproach disregard his
obligation to seek to prepare himself and
his family Tor their political as we'll as
their civil duties, and for whatever is
essential to good. wise c~itizenhood.
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-04-08
NOTICE.

The undersigned gives notice to
the public that hunting on his lands
and premises is henceforth prohibit
ed. Any one trespassing on bis
properties will be prosecuted to the
the full extent of the law.
J HENRY PUTNAM.
January I. 1898.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-04-08

Sugar House, Saw Mile, Dwell Ii 8
Household Furniture, Barns, Gins.
Stores and Stocks, Rice Ware
houses, Lii e, Accident, Guarantee
and Bond Insurance, placed at low
est current rates. Best companies,
Best protection. Property worth
owning Is worth insueing.
The morning call., 1893-06-15
LOWERING CLOUDS.
Eastern Banks and rIercantile Con.
Germs Go Down,

NEW YORK, June IA run was
started on the Irvine Savings Institution
this morning as soon as the doors were
opened and twenty minutes afterward the
paving teller had paid out $780, A specu-
lator was on hand offering to buy up all
the books he could get for 10 per cent com
mission. Treasurer Latimer said the bank
had on hand S1,000.0O0 and could get as
much more at moments notice if necces-
sary. This is the bank in which Superin-
tendent Preston discovered a deficiency OF
SOS yesterday.
This afternoon Superintendent Preston
made the following statement: THE di-
rectors of the institution are averse to
making the condition of affairs public.
fearing the run would hurt the bank S
standing, bat advised them to take the
public into their confidence. The run will
probably be over by tomorrow, when the
solvency of the bank will become gener-
alv known"
The shortage may be larger than already
announced, as the channels thro ugh which
the money disappeared are not all discov-
cred. There may be other dishonest off,
cials than those mentioned last night. No
arrests have yet been made.
Ernest E. Kipling. importer OF precious
stones, 162 and 1874 Broadway. with offices
at Providence, r. l.. aud Paris. France,
failed to-day. The liabilities are about
S150000, ana the nominal assets exceed
that amount.
SPOKANE, Wash, June 14.-Receiver
Augustine OF the Washington Savings
Bank has completed a condensed state
ment of the banks condition that shows a
gratifying state of affairs. The statement
shows the total assets of the bank to be
S205, 600, while the liabilities, aside from
the capital stock and undivided profits.
are S136, 1853. This leaves a balance of
$50, ,232. If 70 per cent of the assets are
realized it will more than satisfy all de-
mands against the bank. The receiver
will leave TO the stockholders the question
of resuming business.
Mt VERNON, Ohio, June 14.-The Chi
cago Brown Stone Company, engaged in
extensive auarrying in Knox County, has
been placed in the hands of a receiver.
PAINEsvILLE. Ohio. June 1.-THE run
which began on the Lake County Bank of
TapOn, Wilcox 81 Co. yesterday culmin-
ated in its doors being closed this morning.
Notice was posted stating that the bank
had suspended temporarily and all the de-
positors would be paid in full. The gen.
eral impression is the bank will be al BILE to
resume. The personal estate of the stock
holders is liable for the indebtedness, in
all amounting to several hundred thou.
The morning call., 1893-06-15

we'll liked-I think he went to Oregon.
Then he went to Visalia, where he was
married. | believe that shortly after he
was married he got into trouble with a
man who spoke unkindly OF his wife and
beat him very badly. For this he was
sent to jail, where be remained for some
time.
AFTER Eva was born Chris moved his
family back to the mountains and went to
work for us again on the lake. He seemed
very fond of his wife and baby and was
continually talking of them.
And that reminds me. You know
Chris Evans, his wife and daughter are all
so peculiarly marked that they could
easily be identified, no matter where they
went.
ION Chris and the little girl the mark
was made by nature. Each has web
foot. remember distinctly. when l dis
covered this.
He had Eva at my house one day.
She was wee babe, and in playing with
her discovered that the toes of one foot
were joined together by web. 1 spoke
to Nj. Evans about it and he explained to
me that the toes of one OF his feet were
formed in the same way.
with Mrs. Evans the mark Is on her
tongue. When a child she fell and al
most bit 1t In two, and large scar re-
mains to mark the place where the cut
was. Mrs Evans. when 1 knew her, was
quite thin and delicate. and looked very
much as Eva now looks. The girl as a
babe seemed very bright and gave promise
of being quite pretty. Her mother IS q
bright woman.
IT'S many years ago, though, since 1
last saw an Evans. and lots of changes
have taken place. Then he was a good
man with the biggest sort of heart, but
noW-oh, [ don't like to think of now. 1t
seems so sad to be made to realize that
what promised TO be such good man then
should come TO such terrible end"
The morning call., 1893-06-15
WORK THROWN AWAY
Colonel Ainsworth Gets a Very
Short Reprieve.
The Inquest Upon the Bodies of the
Ford's Theater Disaster Victims
Found to Be Illegal.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

WASHINGTON, June 14-To-day the Dis
trict Court dismissed Colonel Ainsworth's
petition for a mandamus on two grounds:
First, holding the Deputy Coroner was
not legal officer. which invalidates the
inquest so far as held, and second, the
right of person to be present at an in
quest in person or by counsel is discretion
ary with the Coroner, and therefore not
81 bject for mandamus.
In Difference to the decision of the Su-
preme Court Deputy Coroner Shaffer. who
has been conducting the inquest on the
Ford Theater victims. adjourned the pro-
ceediDgs until tomorrow.
The curious point is now developed that
no dead body has been viewed by any le-
gally constituted Coroner's jury. and un-
less one of the injured victims dies it will
be necessary 10 exhume body.
The Commissioners OF the District de-
clded this afternoon to order new inquest,
and directed Mr. Thomas, attorney for the
District. to assist Coroner Patterson in
conducting it in view of the latter's i'll
health. 1t has been ascertained that the
bodies of Messrs. LOTUS and Pagan are
stlll in the vault at Glenwood Cemetery,
and one of them will be viewed by the jury
tomorrow and the inquest begun anew.
with some of the jury resummnned.
Just how far the work of Deputy Cor
oner Shaffer, prior to this decision, will be
invalidated is rather a curious question.
1t is believed that nothing serious will re-
suit, however.
number of clerks who worked in the
wrecked building have expressed desire
to be heard in Colonel AiDsworth's behalf.
The morning call., 1893-06-15
WESTERN UNION.
The Usual Dividend Will Be Paid
Early in July.

NEW YORK, July 14.-At meeting of
the Western Union directors to-day the
usual quarterly dividend of IL per cent
was declared payable on July 10. The net
revenues for the quarter ending July 80.
based upon nearly completed returns for
April, partial returns for May and esti-
mating business for June. were Sl,7500O0,
and the surplus April l. 1898. was S6, $685.
89S, making total of SIS. 348,S The in
terest on bonds and sinking fund is S243,-
335; balance, SIS, 1O5, ,O63; dividend of IL
per cent, 1885, $50. and there remains a
surplus of S6.920. 0.313.
The morning call., 1893-06-15
TAYLOR HAS A PLAN.
He Would Build the Canal bv
Popular Subscription.
And He Would Have No Hesitancy
in Setting About the Con-
struCtion of 1t.
special to THE MORNING CALL

NEW YORK, June 14-Commander II.
c. Taylor, Z. S. N. has submitted TO the
directory of the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany plan looking to the early inaugura-
tion and completion of the enterprise. The
commander was formerly vice president
and general manager Of the canal, but has
not been actively connected with the en-
terprise since 1890.
That plan." he said. sis nothing more
nor less than building the great waterway
by the people of the United States them
selves, in their Individual capacities as
investors and capitalists, and not through
the action of their Legislatures or money
ceuters. l have advised the company to
issue statement of the plans to persons
of all sorts and conditions within the
United States. of the benefits of the canal,
of the certainty of its being built and Of
an assured return TO the investor.
The best way will be TO establish bu.
reeus in some sixty of the principal cities
of the United States, whence a regular
campaign can be carried on, pamphlets
distributed, lectures sent out and other
means adopted to stir up and sustain in
terest in the rroject. | confidently believe
that 20,000,000 can be raised in this way
through the sale of bonds to the people in
less than six months, and this $50, ,0O0, 900
would be sufficient to insure the compile
ton of the canal.
THE money to be raised by this means is
to be applied to the construction of the
canal at once. 1t is to be built. and built
quickly. II we cannot build 30-foot cana,
we will build u 25-foot one. We will have
canal that VIII admit ships passing
through it from the Atlantic TO the Pacific,
and vice versa, by the year 1900"
The morning call., 1893-06-15
COAST GOSSIP.
The Monterey VIII Be Sent to Port
land for the Fourth.

w WASHINGTON, June 14-Acting Secre-
tary of the Navy McAdoo, upon applica-
ton Of the Chamber Of Commerce and the
citizens of Portland. Oregon, has ordered
the coast-defense ship Monterey to proceed
from San Francisco to Portland to par
ticipate in the celebration on July of the
opening of the Great Northern Railroad.
In the case of Philip Dorsey VS.. Thomas
B. King, involving land in Visalia district,
the Commissioners decision dismissng the
formers contest is affirmed.
S. r. Harrison was to-day appointed
Postmaster at Worling Cal.
f. R. Smith and II. NJ. Goode of San
Francisco arrived here tonight.
Pensions have been granted as follows:
California Original - Mary Lucinda
Mannon (nnrse). Increase-Charles Bam-
bach. Original widows-Hannah S. Tay.
Mary A. Call. Mexican survivor-James
HeueSey
The morning call., 1893-06-15
ALL ORDERED HOME.
The Big Talk Over Bering Sea VIII
End i'm Ten DayS.

WASHINGTON. June 14-Ofiicials at the
State Department are OF the opinion that
the arguments before the Bering Sea Com
mission of Arbitration will be concluded
within the next ten DAYS. and, with the
exception of General Agent Foster, all of
the officers connected with the American
case will return to the United States,
and it is expected that the decision
of the arbitrators will be announced by
the 1st of August. The approaching re-
turn of the delegation accounts for the
rumor that Major E. w. Halford would be
relieved from further duty with the tri-
bunal and ordered to regular duty in the
pay department of the army. Major Hal
ford is acting under the orders of the Sec
retary of State. and when relieved of
special duty is to take his station at st.
Paul, MINI. Such were his original or
ders. and they have not been changed in
any respect
The morning call., 1893-06-15
DOWN Go RATES.
Wicked Jim Hill Has
Made a Cut.
EVERYBODY CAN TRAVEL NOW
At Last Overland Passage Has Been
Put at Something Like
Reasonable Figure.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

ST PAUL. Mimi, June 14.-The Great
Northern Railroad gives the following
statement in explanation of its cut in
rates to all western points:
"On the 5th inst. the lines competing for
North Pacific coast passenger traffic were
notified of our dissatisfaction with the
conditions under which said traffic was
being handled, for the reason that from rs
to 50 per cent of the business in both direc-
tons was being carried upon second
class basis, indicating that a large per-
centage of this second class business was
only so in name. and as direct result of
unnatural conditions. A conference was
requested, but several Of the interested
parties failed to attend.
ION the 18th inst. our representative met
some of the interested parties, but this
conference was not productive Of any sat
isfactory result. 1t was not TO be expected
therefore that in the Inauguration Of our
through service we should provide higher
basis of rates for frst-class travel than
has prevailed on the lines of our competi-
tors, and we therefore announce that our
basis of irst-class rates will be the rate at
which travel is carried in tourists cars.
We further believe that for second-class
iIdNcl q Idlc SuOuiu Dc lEduOs hFSb bOuuu,
contemplating reasonable accommodations.
Therefore on The 18th inst. the following
rates will be made: From our Eastern
terminals to North Pacific coast points.
first class, S35; second class, S25. To
Spokane. first class, $50; second class. $50 :;
To Helena and Butte, first class. S25; sec
oud class, SIS. First-class rates will apply
In both directions and seeond-clasS west
bound only. Tickets at these rates will be
limited TO continuous passage.
THE reduction in rates is apparent
when it is said that the cut in first class
ticket rates to Seattle and other coast
points is S25 and in second class rates $40;
TO Spokane the cut in first class ticket
rates is S26 80 and in second class S13, and
to Helena and Butte the first class cut is
SIS and the second class S8.
The equipment of the trains will be
new, consisting of first and second class
coaches, free coonist cars, buffet. library
and parlor cars, diniDg-ears and frst-class
sleepers."
CHICAGO. June 1.-THE revised agree
ment OF the Western Passenger Ass0cia
tion was originally intended to go into
effect on June 15, but in order that the
lteal lines will have time to make arrange
mSpt no penalties for violation OF the
agreement will be exaeted until after June
The morning call., 1893-06-15
sand dollars. Itwas considered sound

sand dollars. 1t was considered a sound
Institution.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 14.-The Citizens
Bank of FairmOunt. Ind, has suspended
opera tions owing to the stringency in the
money market. The capital stock is $50
600, assets S191.0 liabilities $4,000 to
Sl50,000.
HUDSON, Wis. June IA statement
of the committee on the affairs of the
Hudson Savings Bank will show the
assets. according to the bank statement,
are S736, 127; the assets, according TO the
committees apprasement. are $3.50, ,2T6
and liabilities SS44.49 With careful
handling by the assignee the loss will be
| comparatively small.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. June IA. - The
Baackes Wire Nail Company, one Of the
largest concerns of the kind in the country.
has assigned.
The inability to raise money to meet ma
turing paper Is the sole cause OF failure.
The liabilities are only S225, 1000 while the
assets will reach S900,000 The company
| is one Of the largest manufacturers of wire
nails in the United States and is backed
by capitalists of Cleveland worth millions
of dollars. Banckes. the vice-president
and founder of the concern, is one Of the
pioneers OF the wire-nail business in the
country.
President Lockwood of the concern said :
''We simply got under cover to keep our
creditors from slaughtering us with at
| tachments We can pay So for every 81
we owe. The assignment IS not because
| of insolvency. On ordinary occasions we
would have paid with 2 per cent Off, but
the tightness of the money market caught
US. The principal creditor is NailOr g. Co.
of New York and Philadelphia, from
whom we have bought millions of dollars,
worth of steel and always paid them up
| They refused to grant us an eXten sion and
insisted on the individual security Of the
stockholders" The Baackes Company
has capital of S543. 900.
OMAHA, June IL - The runs on the
Omaha savings banks subsided this morn
! ing almost as quickly as they began yester-
| day. A few depositors appeared early,
but as soon as it became apparent the
rush was over the anxious ones left with
out drawing their monew. There are no
new developments regarding the sus-
pended banks.
| TOLEDO, Ohio, June 1.-THE Exchange
Banking Company of Weston County, a
concern capitalized at $4,000. closed its
doors this morning.
| TORONTO. June 14.-J. F. Mclaughlin,
an extensive commission merchant, has
assigned. The assets exceed the liabiIi-
| ties.
The morning call., 1893-06-15
DOWN WITH A CRASH.
A Business Block Fell, Burying Sew
eraI Persons in the Ruins.

KEoKUK, Iowa. June 14.-With but a
few moments warning the three-story
business building at Ninth and Main
streets tell this evening. 1t was occupied
by J. Burrows, dealer in groceries and
provisions; Shepherd & Real. saloon
keepers, and Andrew Wiley, -four dealer.
The building fell with a crash, burying
several men in the debris. The injured
are: John Real. crushed about the hips
Harry Young, compound fracture of three
ribs and internal injuries; Ben Stesbenger,
hurt about the head. and Sam Wolf. miss
ing. Four children sitting on the back
porch when the house fell have not been
seen since
The morning call., 1893-06-15
HAVE WEB FEET.
An Oddity in Chris and Eva
Evans.

Christopher Evans is q train-rob bber,
murderer and everything else that is viii
famous now, and nearly every mans
heart is turned against him. But the time
was when he was not all these things, but
simply quiet, law-abiding citizen of this
State, honest as most men are and COM
manding the respect of all his neghbors.
That was twenty years ago, when be and
his brother Tom-a brother, by the way,
of whom little has been heard during the
last year or two-were loggers, miners
carpenters and engineers In the wids of
Mono County and the vicinity of Owens
Lake.
There is a bright little woman in this
city who knew him and knew him WELL
too. as he worked for her for many, many
months.
Her name is Mrs. Tichworth and she
lives on Washington street quite near the
wharf. Her husband is the captain of the
little tug Annie.
Yes" she stated yesterday, 81 knew
Chris Evans and liked him, too. For
| twenty years ago. when | first met him. he
was the personiication of honesty and
manliness.
''He and his brother Tom came up into
Mono County, where my husband and
lived, in. search of work. They were
strengthening fellows and we started
them in to cut lumber and build fume.
The fiume is there yet and runs for eight
miles up the side of the Sierras.
Later on my husband put the little
steamer Betsy Brady on Owens Lake and
Chris worked on her as engineer.
'He seemed a master mechanic, and
there was nothing that he could not do
and do well.
Then that section OF the country was
almost uncivilized. but along toward 1875
people began to locate about there.
Among those who came was Colon ell
Sherman B. Stevens. and he, recognizing
the value of the timber that abounded,
Immediately proceeded to erect a sawmll
When it was completed he placed Chris
Evans in charge of it. and he made fine
manager.
''The millhands and workmen about the
place were mostly Mexicans and of a
Quarrelsome disposition, but they never
fought with Chris. He had a way of
managing them without ever becoming
angry or saying an unkind word.
ut was while the mill was running that
Tom Evans left that country, and what
has become OF him l cannot say. 1 guess
he must be dead, though, for if he we're
alive he would surely come to Chris as
sistance. You know they were twins and
dearly loved each other.
This was long before Chris was mar
ried, and he was daredevil sort of
fellow.
'His greatest enjoyment was found in
taking q gun and losing himself in the
woods for several days, living all the time
on what he could shoot. Then many
times have / seen him don pair Of snow
shoes and strike out over the mountains on
trips no one else could be induced to take.
They never bothered him, however. He
simply laughed at the thought of danger.
II remember Il wild trip / had with
Chris Evans once. We rode the flume
from one end to the other and during a
great storm. thought every moment we
would be dashed to pieces, but l honestly
believe he didn't feel afraid for a mo-
ment.
When Evans left Mono County-and
every one regretted his going. for he was
The morning call., 1893-06-15
FOUGHT LIKE DEMONS.
Striking Fiungarians Have a Pitched
Battle With Police.

READING, Pa. June 14-About thirty
striking Hungarian laborers at Henry CLAY
furnace engaged in riot this afternoon.
A sergeant with force of men was sent
TO the scene OF the disturbance, and des-
perate battle ensued in which two for
eigners received crushed skulls and are
likelyto die. The rioting continued nearly
an hour. Fourteen Hungarians were sent
TO jail and warrants were sworn out for
eight more. Several patrolmen were con-
siderably bruised by flying stones,
The morning call., 1893-06-15
REBUKED THE POTENTATE.
The Mystic Shriuers Take Matters
Into Their Own Hands.

CINCINNATI, June IA. - The Imperial
Council. Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, to-
day refused to sustain the action of In
perial Potentate Melish in suspending Re-
corder Luce of Chicago. Denver, Colo,
was chosen as the place for the next meet
ing, July IS, 1894.
Late this evening the Imperial Council
elected the following officers: Imperial po-
tentate, Thomas j. Hudson of Pittsburg
deputy imperial potentate, Charles l.. Fild
of San Francisco; inperial treasurer, Jo-
sepb S. Wright of Philadelphia; imperial
recorder, Frank NJ. Luce of Chicago.