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Connecticut western news., 1895-02-07
The Proposed Bond Issue.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 6.-There Is much doubt today about the proposed bond issue. A good deal of speculation is being in- dulged in.
 At the White House the cabinet was in session fnr several hours. It is under stood that most the only subject of dis cussion was the pending bond issue. Sev' eral prominent New York bankers are here among them Mir. J. Pierp, mt Mur- gan, anu while they have not seen either the president or Mir Carlisle 1t is under stood that their views on the situation were conveyed 10 tho president
 No authoritative statement of the char acter of the cabinet discussion can be made. but 1t is believed that no final ac- tion has been determined upon. 1t is un- derstood that negotiations with repre-, ent- atives of London bankers are now in prog ress. with indications of an early consum- nation.
 There is no longer any expectation of a popular loan to be placed in this country. as in that event the experience of the last few months would bo repeated and the gold rese ve again depleted. The purpose of the administration is. it is understood. to llacc the entire issue of bonds with London bankers, who would ray for them with London gold, thus avoiding. for the present at least, tho necessity for pay ing out gold in exchange for legal ten- ders While no definite conclusion has been reached it is believed that tho an nouncement of the sale of the bonds will be made at an early day.
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Sensation In w..hiuxtan.

WASHINGTON. Feb 4.-The reported Kidnapping Of the officers of tho tnlted States steamship Concord at Chin KianR. in China. reached Washington st too late an hour last night to permit it Co be in- qulred Into in naval or diplomatic cirulea No news on the subject has been received by any of the government officiAlA
 The situation created A profound sen~a. ton this morning and unloss later reports show that the captured officers are at iib- vrty other vessels will probably be hurried to the scene Knowing the excited oondi. tion of the Chinese nt the prcsont time and the way i'm which they Are likely to deal with prisoners there will be great anxiety until tho safety of the party Is as- sured.
 A court martial will probably follow An the policy of the United States govern ment is to require unusual care In such cases 4 few years ago a lost torpedo from a United States warship was exploded by some Japanese who found it on the beach. Ono of them was killed. and though ths Japanese government declared it held the officer of tho wArship blsmeless there was court martial and the officer was se- verely rcprimanded
 Rear Admiral c. C. Carpenter com- mands tho station. with tho Baltimore as his flagship. He will undou btedly act with prumptness
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Nrw YORK. Feb 6-FLoUR-ststs and western dull. hut stcWdier city mills patents s4eD4lb. winter patents. s2 Soataib: city mill, clears. x3sS. winter strRighiS. &22sd25A
 wHEAT-No. red opened hrmer on steedict cables and light northwestern receipts. trad. ing was very dull. May, bslsD6szsc.; July, bsst Gl5sLc.
 RYE-NomInal; csrlots, SSc.; boatioads, Sso bSc.
 CoRN-Ns. . strong and higher. with good covering induced by active buying at tho wesG May. 5ts0t7stca July.ssal d.sJ<c.
 oATS-No. quiet, but rrmer with corn. March. 3!jHc.: May. s2ltc.
 PORK Steady: new mess, Sii.2sdll.5S; fam- fly, sliNil.2A
 LARD -stcadier. prime western steam. ad7A asked.
 BUTTER Steady state dairy, loalsc: state creamery, l4a2lc.
 CHEESE ouiet large, saliuc.; small sH 0ll9+c.
 EGas-Firrn; state and Pohnsyivanls. sOc.; western, ssc.
 suGAR-Raw firm fair refining. Raic.; cen- trifugal 70 test. 3lsc.; refined steady; crushed, <7.l0asNsc.. powdered. l-i6rts4c.
 TURPENTISE-Fi Firm at 1ayf 11Dc.
 MOLASSES-F Firm. New Orleans. Eld3sc. RICE-Steady, domestic. sssaoskc.: Japan. tA 1tssc.
 TALLow-Dull; city, sssn.'ac.; country, tN 04y&c. HXY-oui.,, sAipsi.s seesa,ssa seed ~ sboA~s. tAssftA
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Possibilities of the Indian.

The Indian has within him the capa- bilities ulon which to base better manhood and citizenship despite the barbarous instincts attributed to him. With no incentive to work and with encouragement to vice and idleness on every hand there are today upon the reservations many excellent and worthy Indian men and women. Though stolid and sphinxlike in demeanor, the Indian has the feelings and affections common to human beings.
 With no educational advantages they are men of remarkable sense, often ap- preaching high order of ability. The old chief of the Sioux nation, Spotted Tail, was a striking figure, whether taken physically CT intellectually. The late Mrs Elizabeth Winans, Sioux woman, during a life of Christian serv- ice for her people was actuated by a purpose as pure and noble as that shown by any philanthropist of the country.
 Among the Indians are fine natural orators and statesmen equaled by few educated white men. Under education they have shown themselves quick and ready learners, competing easily with white pupils of the same age. I have observed them at thier studies and am convinced that they are as capable as white children of grasping the ordinary branches taught in the common schools. It has been my pleasure to hear ad- dresses from full blo0ded Indian college students which would do credit to un- dergraduates of Yale CT Harvard. Sen ator Kyle iu North American Review.
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terribly, and none of those who had come to find him dared approach. For hours he raved Then, just as the moon came from behind a cloud, they saw him ride back from the cliff a little dis tance. Then he wheeled sharply and shouting, Now, my friend, both to- gether' he rode full speed at the preci- pice. But at the edge the white stallion halted suddenly, and the don went over alone. In midair he shook his fist and hurled curse at the friend who had deserted him at the last minute, and then and there the great white stallion turned to stone. There he stands, senor you can see him plainly now-still looking over the precipice. It is from him that the cliff and the canyon get their name.
 And it is said by the superstitious, senor," continued Pablo, drawing closer to the fire and shuddering slightly ''that on the anniversary of old Don Fernando's death and on Lady Ysabel's s saints day the ghosts of Lady Ysabel and Jose ride forth on the plateau, and that of the old don pursues them riding the white stallion, which leaves its sta tion at such times. And-oh, senor, for the love of God, lookl"
 Startled, I looked quickly across the canyon. The rock which appeared so very little like a white horse seemed to vanish as though in mist. Then there was a series of blood curdling shrieks and curses, and flying along the edge of the cliff rode three persons on horseback, and one, behind the others, rode great white horse. --
 It was only a moment, and then the drunken cowboys passed out of sight, and the tiny fieck of vapor which had for those few seconds kept the moon- light from the white,horse rock moved on, leaving the rock standing out in the clear light, just as before. Still shiver- ing with the sudden fright had had, I turned to Pablo. He had fallen in Q fit and was lying rigid, with f1ecks of foam on his lips. l brought him round soon, and he sat mp, his eyes staring wildly. ....-
 "Well, Pablo" said in as steady a voice as l could command, ''you must have had asdream. You've been plung- ing around and yelling for full five minutes y
 "What, senor, I? A dream? Then it was not''-
 II think it was the bread, Pablo. You ate a big supper, and that hot sour bread would kill an Indian.''
 Pablo concluded not to run away, as he might have done if I hadn't been able to convince him it was only a dream. R. l.. Ketchum in Romance.
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crew had escaped either by means of the ships boats or by being picked up by pass ing vessels. But as time wore on 1t was apparent that the first reports of the sink ing of the steamer had minimiZed the hor- TOTS of the disa ter
 It is learned ,aat the Elbe was proceed ing along at her usual rate of speed and keep ng the ordinary lookouts T he night was dark. but there was no gale Sud- denly the forward lookout on the Elbe re- ported to the officer on the deck that the lights of n steamer were close aboard over the port bow. Before the course of tho Elbe could be changed so as to sheer her off from the approaching steamer the lat ter struck her Just abatt the engine room, going through her plates as though they were pasteboard and sticking her nose al- most completely through the hull of the Elbe
 For a time the Crathie held the Elbe on her nose. but then her engines were re- versed. and she backed out of the aperture she had madc As she did so. the water rushed into the Elbe in torrent, and she began to immediately settle
 "CIear Away the Lifeboatsr-
 The officer in charge of thesship at once saw that the vessel was doomed and gave hurried orders to clear away the lheboats for launching Three of the boats were cleared. swung outboard on the davits and loweI ed but one of them shortly after it got clear of the steamer capsis ed. and it is thought tkat all of its occupants were drowned. The first boat contained the third officer, chief engineer. purser and about 20 of the passengers These are the persons who were picked up by the fish , ing smack and taken to Lowestoft
 From survivors it is learned that as soon as the Crathie hacked away from the Elbe the inrushing water flooded the steamer aft of the engine room so quickly that nobody below decks in that part of the ship had an opportunity to escape The shock of the collision was compara- lively slight in view of the damage done, but this is explained by the fact that 1t ; was direct cutting blow.
 Nearly all the passengers were asleep at the time, but many of them were awak- ened by the shock. slight though 1t was. l They could hear the rush of the rapidly , inflowing water and with cries of terror sought to make their way to the upper deck. The steamer eing leaded by the stern, the water naturally rushed aft, and this allowed many of the passengers for 1; ward to reach the deck
 | In the case of the saloon passengers. however the result was fatal As they rushed from their staterooms into the sa- loon they were met by the torrent against which 1t was impossible for them to make headway. They were caught up and swept aft toward t @ cockpit. where they were probably drowned before the ship foun- dered
 Altogether about 30 of the passengers reached the deck, where the widest con- i fusion existeL Wild rushes were made
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TuE coNcoRn

KianT for the purpose of shooting game They hy accident shot n Chinaman.
 Tho pupuls 6 became infuriatcd and at- tackled, seized and carried on the whole party. The commander of the Concord sent an armed force of blno jackets and marines to rescue them at all haxArda
 Further news in regard to the affair ia anxiously awaited.
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STATE LEGISLATURES.
Important Bnls Passed at Trenton, B.r
 ri>burg and Albany.


 ri>burg and Albany.
 TRESroN. Fob d-The senate passed tho following bills; A bill which places private insane asylums under the supervi' sion of managers of state hospitals for the insane; a bill to provide for tho indenture Of indigent children 10 governing bodies Of children's homes; bill which author izes the city of Newark to issue bonds for $500, 10o to build a high school: bill limiting coroners' juries to six and fixing the fec at Sl.
 The house passed tho following bills: Authorizing tho division of towns town ships and boroughs into wards: fixing at 10 cents n limo the compensation to be paid for advertising names of applicants for licenses in first class cities.
 HAERIsBCRG, Feb. 6.-The senate pass. cd finally bill creating a new county out of paris of Luzerne and Sehuylklll counties with HaSleton as the county seat Tho new county is to be called for Senator Quay.
 ALBANY. Feb. 6. The senate passed the bill giving the mayor of New York power to remove beads Of depa' tments after n lively debate. Other minor bills wore considered,
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death. He made a trip abroad for tho bet termcnt of his health and consulted some of the leading physicians and specialists of Europe
 Surprise was manifested by the mem- bers of the Union club when informed of his death at it's suddenness- None of them had heard of the seriousness ot his sickness
 NEW YORK. Feb 2.-The funeral of Ward McAllister will take place at 10 a. m next Monday in Grace church Bishop Thompson of Mississippi will probably oondutt the services. assisted by Rev. Dr. Huntington, rector of Grace church
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CAPTAIN voN GoEssEL.

for the boats. but the terrible excitement prevailing inn eded the efforts of those who were trying to clear them away. Many heartrending scenes were witnessed letween par ents and children in the few moments preceding the sinking of the yes sel.
 There is some disagreement among the survivors as to the number of boats that were launt he'd. ne survivor, Karl A. Hoffman. declares that only two were launched. One of these was swamped in- stantly. and only one of its occupants. a girl named Anna Eoec' er who was bound for southampton. was rescued. She clung to a piece of wreckage. which she grasped so tightly that it was only with difficulty that she was dragged into the second boat. She was just returning from the Geathbed of her father and mother.
 Sank stern Foremost.
 Meanwhile the cry was raisei on the doomed vessel for the women and chill d: en to go over to the other side of the steamer away from the port side, in which was the great gaping hole caused by the Crathie. Tie half ainting women and sorrow str,t ken thildren hurried to the starboard side. but they had scarcely reach ed the boats when the huge vessel If, ed her bows h ph in the air. and then slowly and silently sank stern foremost beneath the waves taking with her her human freight
 Barely % minutes elapsed between the collision and the sinking of the steamer. | A heavy sea was running, and the wind, which was from tie east southeast, was | bitterly ro,d
 The small koet containing the survivors | tossed about until II O clock in the morn | ing. Sc, eral vessels were ghted in the meantime, but they made no replies to the signals that were set for them The | survive S were nearly fro sen. having hard | ly my clothing and their suferings were | intense Lveatually the fishing smack Wildasw.
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He Worked the Boss.

A little man with bald head and an inofrensive blue eye drifted into Main street saloon and threw half dollar on the bar.
 ''Gimme a schooner of beer, " he said. The schooner was given him Just as he was abolt to drink it a big man came in and said: Hello, Shorty. Who's buyiag?"
 II am, replied Shorty, with dignity.
 "You, scoffed the big man. 'Why, you never had a cent in your life. Your wife gets your wages.
 That's all right" said Shorty. "Mebbe she does, but I've got money today"
 How'd you get it?'
 "Well," replied Shorty, 1T don't know as I mind tellin Ihad a couple of bad teeth, an she gimme enough to get 'em pulled.
 Didn't you get 'em pulled?"
 ''Sure, but 1 worked her for 50 cents for gas, an this is the 50. See?"-Buf- falo Express.
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A Complicated Tragedy.

ATcHrsoS, Kan, Fob 6.-Jim Mutt, made famous by killing Lawyer w. W. Dukes in uniontown, Pa, over decade ago be ause he seduced Miss Mutt is dy. ing from wounds inflicted by Mrs .lohr Payton, who committed the act after Mutt in a drunken rage, had fatally shot her Neither can live Leonard Coleman, a hired man. who attempted to save Mrs. Payton' ii 0 is lying seriously wounded. having received a bullet from Mutt TO volver. but will recover
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LOSS OF THE ELBE.
SUNK IN THE NORTH SEA WITH s32
 SOULS ON BOARD.

The North German Lloyd Liner Was Run
 Down In the Dark by a British Steamer.
 Only One Boatload of Survivors Reached
 the Shore.
 LONDON, Feb. 6.-The North German Lloyd steamer Elbe Captain von Gossel, which sailed from Bremen Wednesday for New York via Southampton, has been sunk in collision with the British steamer Crathie, bound from Rotterdam for Aber- ieen.
 The disaster occurred before daylight Wednesday morning at a point some 30 miles from the Hook of Holland.
 It was at first hoped that the reports of the disaster. had been exaggerated and that most if not all of the passengers and
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OF REMEMBRANCE.
To remember every note

do remember every note And each sv>ct letter that she wrote From where, cf2r the palm blest isles Are lovelier for her splendid smiles. do remember even tEe flower She sent me in a lonely hour. And sometimes, when my lonely soul Eeareth in dark God s thunders roll, 1 wonder-hcr sweet worshiper- If Gods dark storms break over her. And if they do know my breast Would bear them all to give her rest. But, no; the fragrant orange blossoms Wait through her life their sweet perfumes And the tall ships, with wind blown sails, Bring to her songs of nishtingales. Yet, do they still, where'er they be, Sing to her one last song of mel
 -Exchange.
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Thre. Miner. Crushed.

wiLKEsBARRE Pa. Feb GA serious accident happcn,d at tho New Maxwell shaft at Ashley. An Iron bucket contain. ing 100 pounds of rock was being holstcd up the shalt when the heavy wooden guide holding the bucket in position became loose and fell down the shaft, n distance of goo feet lAtriok Mointire and Michael and Anthony Welsh who were working at the bottom, werc struck by the falling timbers. and all were probably fatally in-
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A Large Bakery.

Brooklyn can boast of having the lar gest bread laiiery in the world. Seventy thousand loaves are daily turned out, requiring 300 barrels of four. Three hundred and fifty persons are employed in the bakery, and for delivering the bread in New York and adjacent places over 100 wagons, constructed for the purpose, are in constant use.-New York News.
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Fatal Hotel Fire.

PITTsBrRc. Feb. 4.-Fire at Mc!I,cs. port. Pa. near here destroyed the Hotel Columbia Warren's wholesale commis sion house and three story brick dwell ing The fire started in the kitchen of the hotel and spread so rapidly that the guests were compelled to leave in their night clothes One man whose name Is not known. tho register having been de. stroyed Is missing and Is believed to have been burned.
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Beaten All HoIler.

"This here paper, remarked Mir. Jason, elevating his voice above the chatter of the supper dishes, this here paper tells of a tenor singer whose voice has a greater range than any the reporter ever heard. I bet he couldn't beat the hired man we had when I was a boy. I've krowed that feller to be heard three miles when he was callin hogs of still evenin. n."-Indianap- oils Journal
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An yo..el. ca.ed In Ioo.

NEW YORK. Feb. 6-owins to the in tcnsely cold weather that has prevailed along the coast for the past 24 bours all the steamships arriving at this port today presented an imposing and beautiful spoc- tacle. with their bulls and decks, spars and rigging coated with ioo from six to ten inches in thickness
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The Difference.

"Oh, papa, who is that ragged man" "That, my son, is the great composer of grnn nd operas.''
 And who Is that fine looking gentle man with such good clothesf"
 That's the man who wrote the latest popular song, Never Let Your MGthei Carry Up tho Coal '"--1it. Bita
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Cutting VIII Case Settled.

NEW YORK. Feh. 4.-Ro' ert L. Cut ting. who was disinherited by his father for marrying Minnie Seligman. the ac- tress and who began a contest Of the will before Surrogate Arnold, has made a com promise with the executors by which a goodIy share of the family wealth will de- scend to him after all He will Iro~ a ly get OO 900.
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Crowded .sSoiitud~ =

Here is an extract from the prospectus of hotel in Switzerland. published in a newspaper at Bern: "Weissbach. in the Bernese 0berland, is the favorite place of resort for those who are fond of solitude. Persons in search of solitude are, in fact constantly hocking thero from the four quarters of the globe ''
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Eonrlh Class Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The following fourth class postmasters were appointed:
 New Sork-Blythebourn A. F. Stew art: Meek lenburg NJ. T. Fish; Peaslee- vi le W. H. Eels; Rutsonville, Howard Aldrich.
 New Jersey-Danville. A. B. Leigh Whitehouse, L. C. Backer.
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In Memory of Mrs. Lathrop.

CHICAGO, Fob. 4.-In accordance with a proclamation smanating from the head quarters of the National Woman's Chris t-r Temperance union Sunday was uni verSally celebrated throughout the In ted states as memorial day for Mrs. Mary T. Iathrop. the late president of the Michi- gan Woman Christian Temperance union and vits president of the nstional orrani- ] zatiou
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Disbelief In the Concord Affair.

WASHINGTON, Feb 6.-Ne,ther at the state department nor at the navy depart ment has therc come any word from Chi na in confirmation of the reported cap. ture by a Chinese mob of some of the ofli- cers of tho United States steamship Con- cord, who accidentally killed native while on a shooting expedition. This lack of an official report has strengthened the belief of officials that the story was either without foundation or else much exagger- ateG t. e facts
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,Judse E. Redwood Ho.r. Dead.

CONCORD. Mass. Feb 4.-Judge F.
 Rock wood Hoar. the eminent Massachu- setts jurist, died at his home here after a painful illness of about two months of heart trouble He was unconscious W hen death came although during the after noon his mind had cleared, and he con versed with the members of his family who were present.
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In Any Event.

Mother-why do you pack up your toys so carefully, Etheli Ethel-To keep them for my children, mamma.
 Mother-And suppose you never have children'
 Ethel-Then they'll do for my grand childrcn.-Bosft n Home Journal.
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Pottery Trust Goe. to smash.

TRENTON, Feb 4.-The Sanitary Ware
 Manufacturers association, an organiza- ! tion embracing all sanitary ware potteries
 in the United States except one, has dis anlroA
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Johnstown Helps Western Sufferers-

TOMBSTONE, Pa, Feb. 4.-The appeal of the sufferers in the west Is meeting with hearty response here, Johnstown remembering the help given them in lSs9
 The woman s relief corps has shipped $500 or $500 worth of provisions and clothing to the needy in famine stricken Nebraska
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s.,o,i, Dedicate. n Church.

NEW HAVEN, Feb. 4.-MRr. Satolli eel ebrated high mass at St Nicholas. the new Italian Catholic church here, and formally dedicated the tdiflco.
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riy. Probably purn.d ,o Death

ATLANTIC CITY. Feb b.-A dispatch from Egg Harbor reports the destruction by fire of the residence of Wilbert II. Fem ton at Port Republic. Mir. fenton, his wife and their thr children arc missing and fears arc entertained that they have psrishcd fin the famoS
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Coasters Collide With n Trolley Car.

READING. Pa, Feb. IA sledload of coasters collided with an electric car here. Robert Witman and Ernest Fisher. boys had their skulls fractured and will prob ably die. Francis Fisher was painfully nlured
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pi.,rIbu,inr the Grouse MnI,on.

SYRACUSE, Fob. h-Surrognte Glass cn- tered a decree ordering the special be- quests under the will of the late Million aire U. fdRar Grouse be paid forthwith These amount 70 sss0, GOO with one year . interest at c percent It Is the first step in the final division of tho milliona