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INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL.

IT is estimated that the recent labor
strike in England cost that country
S15o,00O,00O. !; sG, ~
THE Merrimac river is said to move
more machinery than any other stream
in the world. 81. r
ANTHIACrrE coal mined in 1893 is
given at 43,os1, 600 tons, against Al, $685.
321 tons in 1892, an increase of i, ,197,-
739 tons. - N-fa' - -" n
RECENT reports concerning the Argen-
tine wheat crop indicate surplus of
$4,000. 600 bushels, against an export of
$4,000, 900 last year. & s
= In the English wooden mills female
employees, though doing the same kind
OF work as the men, and often doing it
better, receive only one-half the pay.
FARM laborers in most parts of Ger
many are engaged by the year and
have cottage with O bit of land.
They receive nine cents a day in win
ter and ten cents in summer
ACCORDING to Beerbohm's figures
shipments of wheat to Europe from
America, Canada, Russia, India, Argen-
tine and Australasia were 321, 400, 900
bushels in 1898 and 300, 100000 bushels
in 1892. -
THE fire losses of the United States
and Canada during 1893, as compiled
from our daily records, show a total of
$158, AS 1915. The total for 1893 exceeds
that of 1892 by Sas, 100000 and that of
1891 by SIS, s,7oO, 900. - .. .i..
- WEST VIRGINIA has 10000 square
miles of coal fields, an area greater
than the coal regions of Great Britain,
and produces annually 5000, 900 tons.
West Virginia exports every year to
China 100000 pounds of ginseng -
ONLY thirty-fivc vessels have been
built at Baltimore during 1903, while
'sixty.one were built there in 1892. The
registered tonnage shows an even
greater decline. In 1902 it was 1877
tons, while in 1893 it was but $50. This
lisa striking Indication of the extent Of
the depression in the shipping industry
during the year. - 80
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{ IN MANY. LANDS.

SOME Of the large crabs found in India
measure two feet each in length.
AT drinking contest in Paris
recently the winner drank twelve
quarts. ''F' 'i'... '.'...'
TIE Russian authorities have forbid
den the publication of marriage offers
in the newspapers.
In France the doctors claim on tho
estate of deceased patient has prec-
cdencc over all others.
THE Siamcse instruments of torture
arc made in England and bear the
trademark of prominent Birming-
ham finn. = Eh.f arr. - gs.,E .iI:s
IN some places in Berlin an insurance
coupon for five hundred dollars, good
for seven days from date of sale, goes
with every siX-cent drink of liquor.
AMONG the Kondch people, who live
on Lake Nyassa, in Africa, the favorite
form of suicide is to enter the water
and allow ones self to be devoured by
u crocodile.
THERE are said to be in England one
hundred and twenty thousand bar
maids of licensed public houses whose
hours of worls average from fifteen to
eighteen on week days and from seven
to nine on Sundays, with only one Sun
day off per month.
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Art NOTES.

J. c. ARTER, one Of the multitude
nous American artists in Paris. has had
the honor of placing one Of his pictures
in the gallery Of King Humbert at
Rome. '"ti 81 @
CHICAGO has decorative art society
for the purpose of collecting permanent
exhibits for the Art institute. It hns
opened an exhibition OF q varied sort
at the new museum.
THE statue VENTS de Milo, regarded
as the type Of perfect wotpanly beauty,
was found ut Milo, one Of the islands
of the 0reciun archipelago, by pens
ant while digging at the roots Of o tree.
Z, ,FRANKI1N SIMMONS, & tile American
sculptor, has been awarded contract
for the erection OF a heroic equestrian
bronze statue of John A. Logan In
Washington. 1t will be placed in Iowa
circle w;ll cost sfSty-ive thousand
.isiiurs md s.il he vayeilst. la 1853. g
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.,5JoiRT STATEMENT
0F AUDITOR AND TREASURER
OF ELKO COUNTY.

For the Quarter Ending Dec.
g. 1894.
STATE OF NEVADA, A,ls,
County Of Elko. f''s'' ... ..-.
AUDITORS OFFICE.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ADVERTISING RATES.

al be- nade AZ low % ia consistent with
4 business principles. Apply at tho Of
Iss terms.
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To the Honorable Board OF County Commls-
etonere of Elko County, Nevada.
GENTLEMEN: We herewith submit our Quar-.
telly Report Of the Finances OF the County
for the quarter ending Dec. 81, 1893.
respectfully subInitted:
..........-. GEO. H.AEIGS.
Auditor,
M. HI. MILLER,
Treasurer.
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WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

WEEKLY INDEPENDENT. .
: ~. >%&'n"s - E.s@.#
|sllshsd every Sunday, and sent to any sd-
tpost'ge paid). Gt tho following rstss.
bio In advance: . ,
-. q. ..--ss -.r .H. H .-E- -
jssr.: ''...-'-.t.s .....'.....s......Sa 70
noh'nS. '....-..........-..... bV
any period under six poonths. Fifty
Lpsr month"; r 8 ~ .... q. -.
@s''sd at the Elko. Nevads. Postoface for
s'aiEsion through the mails ss second
uAiI natter.
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Ally. INDEPENDENT.
ANsEy'ENING PAPER,

'ssD zvssI DAT, suSpA1s IL
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-03-01

silver Cross Lodge. knights Of I'Ntlias. is
TAey haNe."worh' al nearly ever> meeting.
Waiao Lodge. i o q. f.. hAS iAvlf,d NV
Nrefhrru 1t rnity. Starsrolt Ard ta~rinp N
Nsit tAe Lod4e Marrh 9fh ME second anA
tlird degre,, vil W. conferred.
TNr othe,rS a phnnix Lodge. F. and A.
Ma~n> wili ~ Installed on Thursday even
Mg, Mar,h Still a nnsical entertainment
wiii Az gtNeu ai tpnneeton with tile install
lat5qu II will bs pni,Ie to Masons ana in-
Fitfd guests.
Nest Montlay, March 5tn, viii he hil-
dren's DAY at odd Fellows Hall i'll this
sitN. All the children of Odd Fellows Will
meet II THE hal at half past three o'clock in
the afternoon and he amused With games of
AM kinds, after which a supper will lie given
them in the banquet hall. AT seven o'clock
III the evening there will be AN entertain
ment i'll the lodge room, which will be inter
esting to parents well as children. Each
friend 70 come to thu evening entertainment
at seven o'clock
A delegation Of twenty-one Masons ac-
colnpanied District Deputy Grand Master
Frank f. Crowley To lslesboro last Thurs
day to attend the public installation of the
officers W Island Lodge. The party left on
steamer Viking on her regular trip and re-
turned N special trip after the close of the
exercises. The visitors were handsomely en-
tnrtalned hy their island brethren. Tie eN-
ereises We're held in the Town Hall, and
consisted of banquet, lht installation by
the District Deputy assisted bY " b,
Washburn as Grand Marshal, followed M
AFief remarks ny various members If the
lodge ana visitors.
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rHE THERMOMETER EHeE~rarHr rrEoN 1FHo
ALL rAA HE. 9+IH. IIFTFEN I0 FMENTY
EFLpW IN Iilt MORNING.
Those W no ventured tile assertion i week
or more agu that tie backhor of winter
was broken reckonrG without their host. *
cold wave waS burM Ill British Coliphi;,
Feh lHth, and moved rapidly eastward. II
began 70 bt felt here la~t Fri,nv afternoons
when the mercury took i Sudden plunge
downward and high wind drove the cold
into the buildings. 1t was a bitter night and
Saturday morning the report iii many places
about town waS 70 below Ii was nnt only
the coldest day W the winte er hit the coolest
DAY in the month Of February, With two ex-
ceptions for the past y years, and both IN
ceptions We're more than 30 years ago Mr.
l.. II. Murch who mas kept a tri-daily re-
cord, AZ morning, noon ana evening reports
the following low temperature
Feh- N. lSil, n ~ 2o average 40 4
Fell 4, lSti;}. ~ y y average ll.n
Feb "A, 1894, II Is o, average tlos.
Ii VIII .iso u, noticed ;ilat thi, ,eaq tl.,
date is more than two weeks later than those
If the previous years. At no time during
Saturday 'iid the mercury WI atove zrro. anl
M ar- M il Mas III below. Horses ANA uat
tie suffered III the stables, anA iaany aeelar-
At il the e"ldeSt day tliry had ever knuxN.
The cold weather WAS not confined To- Bel
fast. Bangor reported il 20 q 80 belew on
Saturday morning. l'he coid ar r,rtetrttad
tlitt warmH-t houses and thc biggest lSnd NM
frts was rviutre,i tN kref ronfortahb Ns-
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Our George to Fuller.

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HH~neeNng aMd A@htnrM N.ttf# y lNi
pf4ee i"'r m-ii 1th'tr laa e,n w hNinN
il'iNHfcM~ i.'s.fnftS !g' Wy Nt'l'e 81 Y
lisfia talNfe~ ~alt- el y 'NA 's@ t'iie tllfE
ts-fl arl NM AAE iFit71fr0NS i@ai4.. ffilF I
it5iHNft 1ital NNftN7 lffglll VA s4rif #rrtt"HI
#HA &@fn nN elA IHr ~t@r Mler -tn'dS
Btt MiN 'taAl haN f4Nt NaS hNI@fe hsiNt
flfv uOiNtA l5nf''t- ai iMl lwtfi @d " SNH4
Ne thr @tst iioN NJ mrN ai Mfl, aH,
iiitFti@fr, iAi, t r ai tie~A iA aA R4ilt,
ieE lne hasten te etter mas r'n-ratltl ''Ti''ms.
FNler- Noli Ne h.t it y"u re IA it and sou "
gaf ic QNblf S'4i{t, 49, ~0pn AS thrN learn
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time from his dsagreeable environments
and go where no kilograms could reach him
and no reporters follow him. . The Senate
Monday confirmed the nomination Of John
B. Donovan as United States Marshal for
Maine In the House Monday Mr.. Bland
gave up his long fight for consideration Of
the silver coinage bill and that body en-
tered on new business. .... The Democratic
Senators We're in caucus over five hours
Monday on the tariff bill without coming
to any conclusion. y. Mr.. Catchings, Demo
crat, OF Mississippi, offered in the House
Monday = resolution proposing a change in
the rules of the House 50 that if member
is present and refuses to vote he shall have
a certain sum deducted from his salary.
The President Tuesday sent To the Senate
the nomination OF Winslow Warren of Dec-
ham 10 he collector OF customs at Boston.
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Wasliingtons birthday WAS itfingly OBJ
served hy Rawlins Post, q. A. X. ot Mar-
huro, Mass. Superintendent j +. Burke Of
the public schools made the address, which
WAS tile feature Of the evening, taking the
character " Washington as his theme lIe
quoted the Old saying that history repeats
itself and gave as the true Interpretation the
thought that history is the record of the pro
gress of man, with all It's underlying and di-
recting principles. Great events have ever
brought great leaders from the ranks Of the
people. The examples We're named Of Mil
tiades, Charles Marfel and Robert Bruce and
later. when the American ship of State was
ready to sail ont on tile sea, Of liberty. there
upon her deck was the klngy pilot, George
Washington. In conclusion the speaker
SAID that there would he grave questions in
the future that the young men of to-day
viii have to grapple with, but he con
fident that we Will have men who Will stand
forth at the head, and that While our sun
MAY he obscured il can never set. Applause
greeted the many eloquent passages IN the
Grafton and was iung-continued when it was
concluded.
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Candidates for Fish Commissioner,

lhe term N otiicr NJ Ipr Il. VI tsaHa
Commissioner N Sea and shor, tl.i..,.s
VII eNrir" earlyin II coming slrns one
OIL fhe most active candidates fur The. yis,t.
IS orrn T. Whitten of Portland, ami il IS
reported hat he has The endorsement of
many q thc representative men OF Cunh,.t-
land ann Nork counties III. otller ranui-
Iatrs ". pr- Ewell tht present incumbent
y y IhnroM " Deer Islr y. q. Cram n
Portland, i. w. Counce of Thomaston Epn-
lamin +. lInrklty of Georgetown ana silas
s llolbrook of Iiarpswel
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News of the Oranges

Seaside Grang, rpAieric,l ihe rl5rG nnt
ftufti dvg.etS it~t Sittur,lhN errnu-. and
fherr wnS \ 4utti s,fteualWar, uatnitM~taHN
my the rNtrcInr evla weather.
South Blanct Ciralig, celebrated fht ane
hpilireith anniversary ol the iuNn of Pros
rect Feb. 2lth The hall was decorated
with hags and Very prettiy IA ranged w
MrS. N AL CHM. witi tlr dates l1ai ai4a
lSA- lhc program was aS follows Music
BY the choir. Reading Wy Alcc HALEY
Grafton on th- history Of tile town by IT. Il
Heagan: poem hy Bro A. A. tiinn mllsi,
by Melvin Clark organ and flute duttt hy
Alexander Hnriand and Alma CHM history
of tnt town by w III CHM; poem and Mish
written Wy John Pierce, one Of the first Set-
Tiers of Prospect, who learned to write On
birch bark. II.. was j. f. Lihhy'S great
grandfather. This WAS read bv NJ f. G.
Libby. After the program, supper was strv
~ IN the dining room. The remainder Of
tile evening was spent in dancing and sorial
cllat Music hy Alma CHM. Annie Elm
erson and a. Borland, Luther Almrs,
prompter. The evening was enioye,! by all.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-03-01

The following transfers IN real estate S>t.I-
recorded III Wadoeounty Registry Of Deeds
for ten DAYS ending February Is, lSs4 t'ree-
man Atwood Monroe. IN i..refxn IN Mdn~t.
AZ. kehteca ri IaFclitl,irr 1r,s, rp J M
Mason, Piit-tirl. : N. Euw rN ~sa Frait-
cisco, To I'll W. Hicks Kocklind j h.
Clough estate, Montville to l.. d. Prescott
Liberty. II NJ. Durham, Boston, t. Susan
NJ. Cox, dp ID. H. Drake, Frankfort tn
Geo II West, 40 III NJ Durham, Boston,
To Annie u. MURRAY, ln W a. FIVE wv
heirs, Belfast, To Ruth A. Smith Wulio.
way, do. Mary A. Hartman, Belfast, to A
+. Hutchlngs, do. Islesboro Land improve
ment 90. too. u. Windsor, Phialtlphia Il
-. Moore, Monroe, ~ Emma n. Clements
NJ. Eias Parsons, Thurnhke, tn Charles
Parsons, lo l.. II. Reynolds, lnrty. IA
Kate Reynolds. 10. MARK W. Robertson,
Searsnont to Vim. jackson, Waldo las
Reeves ct ais. Belfast, to b. Ii l\now iton,
DO. WIN. n Thompson, Cambridge Mass.
"A II N. Durham, BpStun. Cas y lien-
lrii Stockton Springs, Nv EdeN HagamAr
M. ltaisN " nlteIp.l>e, hS .uurdiAu i.fii.Y-
ty. tu Il. n. Prescott, do. II g. Whtttker
Troy To .. L. Parsons, lhorndllse. Jtrl
T. Bennett, Searslnont, to W l.. Brnn, tt. t
aI., Am. WI N. Jones Brooks, u ! Nj.
l<noN tuM, I0. Hiram iieilrr .Ir Sela.rnaAt,
I" \. i Brnnptt dp- Eli1ab,tM N Nel~atr
Wlilernrt, ty II. ll NtI~pn, ,Io
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Hon. William ! Humt pt I.ji4rTv AipI vi
hi~ houe IN thai village 1T lo H. nj. 1,h l>th
after Il long and srNere Illness. MIR Hunt
Was one of the best known business men oi
Waldo County, having been engaged in Til,
tAilnery business III Liberty fur many wears
flt WAS \ native ~ Salem, Mass. nnI waS
educated IN the public schools of Charles
town. At the age Of IA he Went into a leath-
tr store III Boston as clerk and in 1910 came
~ Liberty and engaged in the tannerv hlsi
mess, which he mas built llp TO be one uf III,
largest IL the State. In politics III ls,s hrel
Il Republican SlIce the foundation of that
party, and has served as member Of the
Governors Council for Governors Bo,lWel
aud Marble, and as State Senator for Waldo
County, in which positions he displayed
marked ability. Ht was honored and ~
Spected wherever known, and MIS- acuuaint
ance was extensive. He Was 4 member u
the Baptist church, in which he stood high
His was a life marked by sobrety, honest,
and fair dealing, and by his death Liberty
and Waldo County lose a most valuable
tlulItH
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Mr. James Smith, one of tile most progress
sive and well-to-uo farmers If this section
dit Il very suddenly at his home ON the shore.
road, in Searsport, Saturday morning. His
Wifi was awakened about / o'clock bv A
peculiar sound of heavy breathing coming
from his room and when she ;lnd their sun. .
whom Size ia led at once, arrived ut His Bed
Side lie had passed away Mr. Smith wsts il
son Of Samuel Smith, who noNed to Belfast
from nion in 1861. Deceased III early If,.
lyrA in Belmont, hut bought and moved
Wilto the farm IN Searsport nll which WIKI t!iel
III 1867 TIN hal worked Tn the SnFNard>
NJ Belfast ana StaiSlovt ANA carried Vii iS
farm til tie best practical results Ile
WAS held in high esteem 10y al who knew him,
and Was strictly hounrahe III all tfe affairs of
life liis wifr, N hn il \ sister of thr l,te
simeon Staples NJ Belfast, survives him, ta-
grther Mlth one SON. Mr. Charles >nlth. W
well-knowr school teacher ,f S,4tlsrort
The funeral held at the late residence.
Wednesday afternoon. Eev. Myra Kings
bury officiating
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Capt. Benjamin Low Dead.

| FOUND UNfONSCIoTS ON THE STEPS OF A Ho
| TEL IN NEW YORK. NOT A MURDER, But
SUPPOSED TO BE A ROBBERY. MRS. Low
BELFAST LADY.
! Saturday night a man was found living
against the street railway in front Of Pages
Hotel sOl West street, New York. He was
unconscious, and died soon after in the hote
office. He was identified later as Benjamin
Low, &c years old, of Gloucester Mass A
story that his skull was fractured and that
murder had been done was set at rest SUNDAY
afternoon hy Deputy Coroner HI y Donlin.
who made a thorough post-mortem cNa,nina-
tion Death was clearly due t. A congestive
chill and heart failure. The only external
mark of violence was a small and superficial
graz on the nose. mere scratch. DR.. Don
I'M had no hesitation in SAYING that it was
not lnttlcted by any weapon and i'm Ills
Judgment II WAS Received WHEN ME- Inw frll
where he was found
Mr. Lnw arrived il Nrw Nnrk lriaAv
night for tle Salt ut the riti Ln rt tha INn ttn
schooner Maggie Mckenzie, IIie Apnu4. iltt. lit
oi anew captain of ii schooner Gnd coaleet-
ing certain money due HIM. Between - and
q "tock Saturday afternoon, hc engaged a
rN"m At the Gusmap slitan Lotri witIfrfft
paNlng t0l II M lepoS Tiny hiS vAluihles wifh
tht G!erk Am humr Ana lialt atrr ne was
IGunei deii, iit had Wat -l16 iM hi. pNektts
hi> watch Wa> gone and His watel chain
broken. liiS teli hand trousers pucket w4S
partly pnled inside ON, and blnOd w3ts fIpN :
lng from a wound au his nose Tli. ailtul0sv
sVeM.S t. l~ conclusive To tie cause cf
death, hlit there will be further iuv4stfga-
tiNn. members Of the family having gunt tn
Nnw lnrk tor that purpose
Nh Low waS Une III ~ thllrpn. anN Hi
lrast thtee others haye nr1 death hy Yin-
ltnce. David Low was thrown from hiS
carriage On Union hill, in Gloucester, ana
fatally injured. John Low fell on hls W wharf
and died from the effects of his injuries
| tl,.,,. lt,t tl,....
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ftA', t- Y irN l1ttI NefN WA !'r-r HtARr
''i l''f7h F''''"' h''' '!l-7 'e '' ~~"H NY Ne~
9f'S hi'eNS' i'f a '1IlH ~ e'o'i' ''SIef, MASS.
l'he nress ruuml NJ fha Dasn sar~anArllA
to itas be#n Shtt 'lewa for fFw daX~
aitlng fpr Plate@ l4r n At-M seFir~ af AdNfr-
tisiMg matter
There wa, 4 resort eltrr,.ir nI,,n th,. ,tr,,.t
last week that II O IDodse had ,,oyel MS
rlofhing I1Isin,s- tn lt{s Lnils,. and s..,-..r,1
persuns appli,.d there, fnr wurIx MI Dudu.
still continues husime,. Ill tEie YIl Stand.
Nj II n pnt+l.. Wall h5u pnri , th.. ,i.
Nv III N,.p,p,ld \ prnvn-s L,rl.nt5, M
Ill .,,,.,u.1 th.,, +l ,
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-03-01

Wa~HiNer"~ Wnl~rnHIScs. The fol
lowing tlgures are given in Statistician
Robson ) of the agricultural department
report. They are compiled for February
of the present year Horses IN the United
States, 6,O>l l3a, mules, z,1:t2, 2}
milch CONS. le, iS7, 400. cattle, 36 Cos, l6s
..... There was great excitement in the
House Feb. ~ over the arrest proceedings
Finally adjournment came and nothing in
the nature of business was accomplished
IN OH are no better than Anarchists,
revointionists On a mob These We're
the epithets, reproduced in various forms
TN tie midst ui tnc most tremendous ex-
citement, which Representative Bland Of
Of Missouri in a very extraordinary
speech Friday, hurled at the Democratic
members OF the New y ork delegation,
and at the Eastern Democrats generally.
who declined to vote III order to make h
quorum 81 that he could pass his fiat
seigniorage bill. There has rarely been
an angrier or more disgraceful scene than
that which was enacted in the House Fri
day afternoon 1t WAS a fitting sequel
70 the extraordinary piocef dings which
disgraced and diSlonnred The House ut
Representatives on Washngtons' Birth
e,aN..al Sin eases Of varinloid were recent
IN fWnnd among TIE men of the T.. ". m
Concord. at \ OK hama II is believed
There Nlll be no more eases. Secretary
Herbert will ask i"r an appropriation tof
the saving II the wrecked kcarsarge He
thinks 80 faW viii br sufficient The
~e retalN ri Wat teb 24ti received from
Second Comptroller Weil~al II decision is
rhv eaS~ ot fsvneill ~iGkeS, and While
Setilna f@ith -t,nna constitutional algn-
ueniS again~t lhe IN tliacations oi Il re
tired army oiiircl to- ent,l ongl,-ss, finds
tlat General NickleS eanot te slivested
NJ his retired pAN. amounting to ~, 90
annually and lhat llc continues M hold
liis military otiier. However, IN talS coli-
clusioIl, upiloldng TIE constitution, lie
comptroller Shows himself to De clearly a
the opinion that General Sicklcs was in
eligible to the election as a member oi
Congress, and was not qualified u take
the oath Of office, and this will tend to
prevent retired officers in the future from
entering Congress- The document is
composed OF 81 closely fypcwIittcn pages
and is said 10 be one Of the most volumin-
on> decisions prepared by treasury otfici-
Ais in years. ....T The House spent Saturday
in tlibusteIing over the seignioIage bill.
Mr.. Bland was again unable to secure q
quorum. .... The Court OF Claims Feb. 2Otl
handed down a decision in the famous ship
Tom ease making awards in forty two
claims and dismisSing three others. These
claims were among the Oldest and most
important OF the French spoliation claims.
President Cleveland left Washington
Sunday afternoon for duck shooting triI
along the North Carolina coast. In pri-
yate conversation with friends the Presi-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1894-03-01

Philomelia q, Tragnt, WIFI of CAPT
Nathaniel league, formerly VI Southwest
Harbor, Me. died at the home of her dal,gh-
ter, Mrs George W. Swift, Cedar street.
Belfast, at ?. NJ February 10Th, at the age
Of 50 years and ! months. For the past four
years she had been almost helpless, hit Her
mind remained Clear to the last. During all
that time she has been most lovingly cared
for by her daughter, and everything that
could be done was done to make her happy
She never complained during her long ILL
ness, but tried to look on the bright side and
u make as little trouble az she could OF tile
family M six, Mrs Swift il the last one Nv
naming. Deceased wasa member of the Bap-
fist Church for many years and was 4 true
and faithful Christian, doing good whenever