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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-20

state of Virginia. city Of Richmond-ss
I. John r. Glenn. cashier OF the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true 10 the best OF
my knowledge and belief.
]. +. GLENN. Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me this
10Th day OF December. 1s9o. $1,000
GEO. j. ROC cps,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
FRED. r. SCOTT.
j. KERR BRANCH,
A. 5. BuFORD.
deaO-it Directors.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-20
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF WEST POINT. DEC. 10. 1895
ARRIVED


ARRIVED.
Steamship Dorchester. Parker. Provi-
dence via Norfolk and Newport News,
passengers and general cargo
steamship Guyandottc. Walker. New
York. passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Chatham, Johnson. Balt-
more, passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Charlotte, Bennett. Balti-
more, passengers and general cargo.
Steamer Elm city. Marshall. Walker
ton. passengers and general cargo.
Schooner {. g. Lane. New Haven,
Conn, 10 load pig iron
SAILED.
Steamship Dorchester, Parker. Ralti-
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamship GuyandOttc. Walker. New
York. passengers ana general cargo.
Steamship Charlotte. Bennett, Balti-
more. passengers ana general cargo.
Steamship Chatham. Johnson. Boston
via Norfolk. passengers and general
cargo.
Steamer Elm city, Marshall. Walker
ton passengers and general cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-20
aiding futures ranged as FOLLOWS.

Cash quotations were as follows Flour
was light and easy on demand: No
spring wheat 5-%T57hc.. No red.
at a6iisc.; No. 2 corn. 25Hc: No .
oats. IKE: mess pork. $50 lard s527is
N55d. short rib sides Sf3oGt35: dry
sailed shoulders. Si.37i.6i fG2i3: short
clear sides. Si.50qf 62l9: whisky, Sir
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-20

LONDON BAR SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, Dec l9-Bar silver. 3Ossd.
Consos lOGIs for both money and the
account
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-20

LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in..........f S2cpyD 90
Strnllts fund ................ 10000 20
Undivided profits, less e2-
penses and taxes paid. 3f,3oJ 81
National bank notes out -. 49,.
StondIno- ................ 1870 ~
me ia other national banks 11J,6l3 ~
Due TO State banks and bank no, .c, 80
ers ...............s..s+ >. ..s.sss' "'ff''- -
nheci r,................. s52.90s 20
demand certinrats OF deposit. l2y, 1884 ~
cerfIt,ed checks ................ ll.J7s %
United States deposits...... lo3,5zv ~
Deposits Of United States dis . ..
bursting officers .............,' lIolo Vi
Total 81 l63. 323 -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-20

CINCINNATI MARKET.
CINCINNATI. o.. Dec. l9.-Flour &C.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-20
BANK sTATEME>Ts.

EPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF
IL THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL
BANK, An RICHMOND, IN THE
STATE OF VIRGINIA, AT TIE CLOSE
or BUSINESS DECEMBER Is, 800.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-20

Richmond. Va. Dec. 10. 1895
Government Securities. BID. Asked.
United states 4s........ III
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
THE TIMBER THIEVES

"hn, withou. Any Authority of Law
 Whatever. Have Been Devastating tine
 Forests of tho Northern Portion of Min-
 nesots to be Brought to Account for
 Their Misdeeds s-suits for Nearly Half
 Million Dollars Begun
 S1. PAUL, Minn., June %. The United States of America, in an action brought yesterday in the circuit court at St. Paul, by its special counsel, John E. Stryker, alleges that a number of the most prominent lumbermen in Minnesota have, without any warrant whatever, been devastating the north ern part of the state, denuding the territory of it's timber, and that they must pay the full market value of the lumber to the extent of the round sum of S467, 474.34 and interest
 The defendants are the Pine River Logging and Improvement Co, J. E. Bassett & Co., and c. A. Smith < Go. The technical name of the offense al- legged in the action is conversion De- fendants are charged with unlawfully entering on the territory within the Mississippi and Winnibagoish reserva- tion and systematically cutting tine timber and converting it to their own use
 The timber has been worked into lumber, and the market value of the lumber is represented in the amount of damages demanded. ". L. Bas- sett, of J. E. Bassett & Co.,, said this afternoon that the new suit is a revival of the controversy of several years ago. The inter- ested firms had a contract with the government for cutting timber on the Indian reservation around Leach lake. At the time there arose a question as to the number of feet that had been cut, the governments agents claiming that the number returned was below the number actually out.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Miss Minnie Wilkinson, young lady of high standing in social and religious circles, committed suicide by shooting, in the Second Presbyterian church, at Richmond, Va, Sunday night.
 T, NJ. Hydoek detected colored burglar in his residence at Omaha, Neb., and after q desperate struggle succeeded in shooting and killing him. He was identified as an old crook.
 President Cleveland is In close touch with the members of the cabinet, and between trips to the fishing grounds about Buzznrd's Bay he finds time to transact Hll necessary business of state,
 Tho total number of government buildings now under construction by the supervising architect of the treas- ury is forty-four, contemplating to- tai expenditure under existing limit of cost of Sl3, roo, ,018.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
What Broke Up the Recitation.

The following story is going the rounds: A prominent professor of the Arkansas Industrial university while hearing class was interrupted by the janitor. After returning to class work the professor remarked. By the way, young men, that janitor is related by blood ties to the distinguished govern or. Tlllman, of South Carolina The next day some incident brought up another name and the professor remarked that the professor of the same name in the college was related to the distinguished author Leverett The next day it was shown that another professor was of near kin to distinguished novelist. On the next day the professor, desiring to caution them against hero worship, began by saying; "I follow no man save Jesus Christ" Quick as lightning young Asl1ew said: Professor, will you be kind enough to tell us to what member of the faculty this distinguish ed individual is kin?' That broke up the recitation.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
INTENDING TOURISTS,

 Who Have Applied to the Department of
 state to Secure the Necessary Passports,
 May, 6ians 5s Them Fail toa -Receive
 Them, Because a Dishonest Mail aBoy
 Has Been Stealing Their Letters and
 Enclosures.
 WAsmNGToN, June 29.--A messenger in the state department has been de- tected robbing the mails directed to the passport bureau, and although the investigation is still being conducted secretly, enough has leaked out to prove case of preeocious rascality which will affect hundreds of persons in various parts of the country.
 Applications for passports must be accompanied by one dollar,and knowl- edge of the fact has led to systematic robbery of incoming letters by l5- year-old boy named Kirk McMurtrie, employed in the state department to distribute the mail. This youth, it appears. has not only secured s40O or $500 within the past few weeks, but to cover up his tracks, destroyed all the applications that came into his hands together with the inclosures. including the naturalization papers, so priceless to adopted citizens. Although the full extent of the peeulations can not yet be determined, it Is evident the state departments loss will be trifing com pared with the inconvenience suffered by intending tourists, and until per- sons whose applications to the depart ment have been granted complain of the fact officials will not be able to estimate the extent of the crime
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS.
Figures Intended to show That Quay Can
 Not Control the State.

PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-The Ledger Qnd., rep.) says:
 Based on canvass of every county in the state. an estimate Is made that in the contest for the control of the re- publican state convention on August 2s, Gov, Haitings and friends will have 145 delegates, and Senator Quay and followers IF delegates. Six teen delegates are classed as doubtful. Philadelphia Is thought likely to have 5s Hastings delegates and Quay delegates, being doubt ful. Conceding to Mir. Quays friends the 16 doubtful delegates and the II delegates from counties not heard from, they would have IA delegates, or less than majority.
 The factions controlling the conven- tion will elect state chairman, and thus control the party organization in Pennsylvania. The candidates for state chairman are Senator Quay and Bank Examiner GillSeson, the latter now holding the office
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
STRIKING FOR BIG STAKES.
Two Denver Papers Sued for Half Mill
 lion Dollars.

DENVER, Col, June 29-Yesterday afternoon five suits for damages were filed in the civil division of the district court against the Denver Republican and Rocky Mountain News. The amount prayed for in the aggregate is S25O, 900 against each of the morning organs. The eomplainants in the suits are the members of the board of al- dermen and board of supervisors who comprised the water committee of the city council. They are Aldermen A. D. Young, Peter Fidel and Daniel Hingley, and Supervisors Abram Buck ton and C. S. Phister.
 Each complainant asks for the sum of $50, GOO and costs of suit from each of the defendant papers involved in the utteranoes
 For cause of action the complain ants recite at length the various al legged libelous utterances of the two papers since the beginning of the struggle over the water question.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
AN UNSATISFACTORY ANSWER
By Turkhan Pasha will Lead to Peremp-
 tory Demand on the Porte.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, June 29.-The first dragomans of the British, French and Russian embassies had long confer ence on June 26 with Turkhan Pasha, minister of foreign affairs. The for eign representatives insisted that the porte should indicate what particular points in the proposals in regard to the administration of affairs in Armenia the Turkish government desired to have discussed. Turkhan Pasha was very dilatory in replying, and the answer he finally made was equivocal and rather unsatisfactory. It is now expected that the powers will present note to the porte asking for spe- cifc and satisfactory reply within fixed period
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
If They Had Only Known How.

Our farmers move slow, but they move, They have been selling straw berries, early potatoes and other vege- tables at a profit this year. But they might have been doing the same thing for years past. Crawford county farm CTS have shipped this spring hundreds of carloads of strawberries, and Craw- ford and Sebastian farmers have ex- ported hundreds of carloads of early potatoes and string beans. Their lands were just as rich, perhaps richer. been making money all these years if they had only known how.-Little Rock Democrat.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
Finding of the United States Local Board
 of Inspectors in the Colina Case.

SAN FRANCISCO June 29.-The United States local ir pectors of steam ves- sells, Talbot and Phillips, yesterday gave their decision upon the loss of the Pacific mail steamship Colima. The decision finds that the Golima was stanch and seaworthy; that no danger was anticipated until five or ten min utes before the ship went down; that good discipline was maintained on board, and that without the reports of Capt Taylor, the first officer and chief engineer, it is impossible to decide the true cause of the disaster.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
Old Hickory Club Officers.

The annual election of officers of the Old Hickory club, the leading demo- cratic organization of Arkansas, took place at Little Rock the other night, and resulted as follows: John W. Blacl1wood, president; L. B. Leigh, vice-president; E. E. Moss, second vice president; !. H. Paschal, recording secretary; T. W. Wilson, treasurer, F. B. Blanks, marshal.
 committee on programme, consist ing of J. Il. I1arrod, I. W. House and c. H. Whittemore, was appointed to arrange for monthly addresses by prominent democrats on political top ics.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
OUR CHALLENGE TO SPAIN.
Significance of Consul Williams Return
 to Cuba.

WASHINGTON, June 29.-Cuban news received here is ominous. Nobody can tell at what point the political volcano will burst forth.
 Senor Depuy de Lome evidently has reasons for concern over the Cuban sit uation. If reports are correct, it is plain why Consul-General Williams is hurriedly sent back to Havana. It is said that all the arrangements for pro- claiming the republic of Free Cuba were made some time ago. The leaders were only waiting the arrival of their chiefs and delegates from other sec tions. Whether the programme of the Libre Gree Cuba party was laid be- fore President Cleveland and Secre- tary 0lney reeently-about the time Consul-General Williams was sum- moned to Washington for consultation is not stated. But from official sources comes the declaration that a crisis is at hand.
 The Spaniards in Washington and Havana were appalled, when they learned that Mr Williams was ordered to Cuba at the personal request of President Cleveland. And it means much. The significance of the move is that at this critical period it amounts to challenge to Spain. It means the day for flinging American citizens into dunoeOns is mast
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
WILL NOT BE PULLED.
Japan Does Not Court War, But Has No
 Fear of Russia.

NEW YORK, June 2s.-'I really don't think war between Japan and Russia is imminent" said Mir. Hashignchi, the Japanese eonsul-general at New York, in an interview.
 "However," continued the consul, Japan will not be bullied. If Russia attempts to interfere with the affairs in Corea, Japan will insist upon her rights. We are just beginning to re- cover from a rather exhausting war and are in no hurry to get into anoth- CT quarrel, but wish to say emphat- ically that Japan is not afraid of Rus- sia. l will go so far as to assure you that there are Japanese who are not carried away by enthusiasm who woald not be astonished to see aJapapese a army in St Petersburg within the neN two years.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE.
No Loss of Life Reported-The Damage
 Done and the Insurance.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 9-There was a rumor that woman had lost her life in Thursday nights fire, but there was no foundation for it. The total loss is estimated at S1,2oo, 900, with in- surance amounting to S290, GOO The heaviest losers were the Pacific soda works, S6O, GOO, and the Fifth-street Furniture Manufacturing Co.,, S55. 900. Steps were taken yesterday to provide for the many poor families who lost their all in the flames
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
Receiver Asked.

The.Nebraslla national bank of Oma- ha has filed suit in which it IS asked that the Southern Stone and Lumber Co.,, Little Rock, be wound up under the laws applicable to lnsolvent corpo- rations and its assets distributed among it's creditors, and that receiver be ap- pointed to take charge of the property.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
Remitted by the Governor.

The governor has remitted 5 per cent of the ten fines of S100 each as. sessed by the Miller county circuit court against the St. Louis-Southwest. ern Railroad Co. for failing to sound a whistle, as required by law, at the Texarkana cutoff.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
Pardoned by the Governor.

The governor has pardoned w. J. Powell, convicted in Mississippi coun- ty last May of manslaughter and sem fenced to state prison for two years.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
Parade of the National sohutrenbund.

NEW YORK, July 1.-Thousands of people crowded along the line of march to-day to watch the mammoth parade of the National Schutzenbund. Traffic was entirely suspended while the procession was passing and build ings along the route were gaily deco rated with bunting and countless flags. At Union Square the parade was reviewed by Sheriff Tamsen. the comptroller of the city. Mr Jacob Ruppert and other honorary members of the bund
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
SPANISH VICTORIES

Claimed by the Government Troops ia.l5e
 Vicinity Of santingarB lie tGaha.
 NEW YORK, June 29.-The Here special dispatch from Havana, euta, says;
 A band of 300 insurgents made an attack on Tiarribas near Santiaga, June 24 They were repulsed aul afterward pursued by the Spanish troops.
 Gen. Maceo has been forced out eR Camaguey by Spanish troops, wiip claim to have achieved many yietoris over the rebels in that vicinity.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
THE CRUISER OLYMPIA
To be Thoroughly Tested and Sent to
 Chinese Waters.

WASHINGTON, June 29-The new cruiser Olympia went to San Francisco from the Mare Island navy yard Thursday, preparatory to a cruise at sea for the final inspection, when she will be driven at various speeds and turned to determine her technical di- ameter as well as have her armaments thoroughly tested. Her stability will also be carefully noted under varying conditions, recent official reports hay ing indicated that she is rather cranky in heavy seas, rolling badly and recovering her equilibrium slowly. In this respect she is similar to the flagship Philadelphia, and it is not thought that her propensity to roll will necessitate any change in her weights. as it is not desirable to have a war ship too stiff at sea. stiff vessels having tendency to jerk themselves to pieces.
 From an official report received yes terday it is demonstrated that the Olympia is very fast vessel under most economical conditions. She re- gently ran from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, distance of siXty-eight miles, in four and half hours, using but two of her six boilers with five eighths of an inch air pressure; and returned the same distance on two boilers with natural draft at a twelve-knots gait. Forced draft is 2H inches air pressure, and 1t is be- lieved that with this pressure and all her boilers the Olympia will make over twenty-two knots, as it was, on two-thirds boiler power and very slight pressure, she maintained over fifteen knots.
 The Olympia leaves for China to re- place the flagship Baltimore about the middle of July.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
THE DEATH OF DA CANA
Described by One of the Brazilian Rebels
 Who Escaped Capture.


 Who Escaped Capture.
 NEW YORK, June 29.-The Herald's special cable from Buenos Ayres says:
 One of the rebels who escaped cap- ture by the government troops after the insurgent defeat near Santa Ana, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, gives the details of the last battle, in which Ad- miral Ia Cana took part, and of his suicide
 The admiral, at the head of force of 400 soldiers, was engaged by bri- gade of government soldiers number ing 1,200. The battle lasted five hours, and at least 300 men were killed or wounded. Some of the insurgents ad- yised Da Gama to retreat, but he re- fused, and they abandoned him. With handful of men the admiral repulsed five charges of the government cavalry, but the struggle was hopeless, and see- ing that all was lost Da Cana ordered, 8 retreat and then cut his own throat.
 The informant says that Da Gamas body was taken to Santa Ana by the government troops and there horribly mutilated He also asserts that the threats of many of the captured rebels were cut by the victorious soldiers. A requiem mass for the admiral will be celebrated in Montevideo, Uruguay. under the auspices of the Brazilian exiIes there.
 Several insurgents have been cap- tured by the Brazilian guards who are patrolling the Uruguayan frontier. The rebels say that the last defeat has not disheartened them, and de- clare that they will continue the struggle
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
ARKANSAS SLATE NEWS.
County Normal sehoois.

The county normal schools through 5Gt the state. for which the legislature appropriated S10,O00 are now in ses- sion The following are the schools :u session, with the names of instructors and the number of teachers in attend
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
Civil servie. Commission.

civil service commission for the Arkansas internal revenue service has been established in Little Rock as fol- lows: J. $. Whiting, president; J. S. Barkmau, secretary; c. w. Collier.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

Rev. S. C. Miller, of Greenville, Miss, has been called to the pastorate of the First Presby terian, one of the leading churches of Little Rock.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

schools with an estimated attendance of l,0ao. The one at Little Rock under Prof. Ish has about l9l in attendance J w Alexander, at Morrilton reports 56, and J. [. W. Stewart at Helena, more than 100
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05
Voluntarily Retired.

Prof J. G. Smythe has voluntarily retired from the principalship of the Russellville school, and will be sue ceeded by Prof Gatewood, Princeton.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

NEWS from Santa Ana in the state ot Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, states that the rebel forces under Saldanha ds Cana were badly beaten by govern. ment troops near there on the 24th. IL is reported that Admiral da Gamx committed suicide.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

ACCORDING to the census report GOV ering the statistics of churches, which has just come from the press, the total of communicants of all denominations in the United States is 2o,612 SOC, who belong to 165, TIT organizations or con gregations. These congregations have 142, 521 edifices which have sittings for A, 564 ,s63 persons. The value of all church property used exclusively for purposes of worship is S679, ,63o, 139
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

A REPORT has gained currency that Chauncey NJ Depew is going to marry a lady who Is q member of one of the first families in New York, and an or phan with eS, 000, GOO in her own right. The modest Chauncey denies the soft impeachment
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

CHINA's non-acceptance of the Rus sian loan proposals involves the with drawal of her recent concessions to Russia in connection with the Siberian railway.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

THE diplomas for the foreign com missions at tine Chicago Worlds fair have been prepared at last. and the dis tribution will begin in few days from the state department, through Assist ant Secretary Roekhill. There are fifty eight of them.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

oN the 2sth Miss Mary A. Dodge Gail Hamiton) was taken froa the Elaine residence in Washington and sent to her home in Salem, Mass.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

A DISPATCH from Shanghai, on the 26th, said the high officials in that city are confidently expecting that war will ensue between Russia and Japan ove. the administration of affairs in Corea within three months.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

MRs. MARY BROWN, monogamian pensteuer, died, on the 10th, at her home niles from Knoxville, Tenn She was the widow of Joe Brown, a soldier in the revolutionary war, and was born in 1s04 Her husband died tfty-oHe years ago.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

TnE government of Venezuela hav- ing requested the government of the United States to endeavor to effect a renewal of diplomatic relations be- tween Caracas and Paris, the Ameri can government consented to act in the capacity of mediator. The French government has, however, intimated that it does not desire any relations with Crespo's government.
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

COMMENCEMENT exercises took place at Ghillocco Indian schools in the Cherokee strip on the 26th, eight graduates, representing six different Indian tribes, acquitting themselves ruffh credit
The Monticellonian., 1895-07-05

IT is the intention of the German emperor, in the spring, to send squadron to visit the ports of the na- tions which were represented in the naval display at Kiel.