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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28
OLD BELLS IN NEW YORK.
Two Metal Messengers Whose Tones Have
Sounded 20 Many Generations

Two Metal Messengers Whose Tones Have
Sounded 20 Many Conventions
Whether it be due to patriotic or
poetic instincts it is nevertheless true
that a famous old bell always arouses a
reminiscent feeling Its very presence
suggests a story-the glad cry of liber-
ty, the joyous peals of wedding festivi~
ties, the somber tone Of funeral process
sious. Weather stained and hoary an
old beFF seUms like a'messenger of fate.
Hence it is uJt to le wondered at that
the bell in tie yar,FsOf the Collegiate
church, at Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street, daily attracts throng of
inquiring faces. closely pressed against
the high iron railing surrounding the
church.
From the quaint Latin inscription on
the bell one learns that it was sent in
1895 by the people of Amsterdam as a
gift Offering to the North church in New
York, then at Fulton and William
streets, where it had been erected in
1928.
Hanging high above the city. az
Forty eighth street and Fifth avenue, is
another link that binds us to the past.
This great bell bears this Dutch inscrip-
ton:
Zen leegat aan do Neederdeutsohe
Kirke. New York, 1881"
1t appears from the old will of Colo
mel Abraham de Peyster that be ordered
bell to be made in Holland for the
Middle church, then occupying the site
of the old fort at the Battery. The peo-
pie Of Holland were so pleased at being
thus remembered by one of their num-
Der in America that great number of
coins were thrown into the smelling
pot which contained the metal for the
bell as an evidence of their apprecia-
ton. During the Revolution the Middle
church was put to strange uses Re-
moving the pulpit, gallery, pews and.
flooring, the British dragons converted
it into riding academy.
{ John Oothout was granted permission
from Commander in Chief Lord Howe
to remove the De Peyster bell to a place
Of safety. Accordingly, in the most un-
obtrusive manner possible, the bell was
sent to ,Chambersburg, Pa
When peace was restored, the bell
was hung i'll the steeple of the Middle
church, afterward leased to the federal
government for postoffice purposes, and;
which many remember as the old Post
office building. A little moro journey
ing and the De Peyster bell reached its
present haven.
The Collegiate consistory carefully
preserve the relics of their several
churches. A pewter plate bearing the
date 1859 and giving history Of the
old North church, is slowed away with
charter granted in'1696 by William
III empowering them to incorporate
themselves in New York. Here. too,
is, zealouely guarded the old will of
John Harpendirg, now yellow with age,
bequeatbing, in 1923. much of his land
70 the Collegiate corporation. New
York GsTaldi
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28
DEEP WATER.
Corpus Christi Caller.

Corpus Christi Caller.
Gov. WheeIerwas interviewed on
his arrival in San Antonio from
Baltimore last'Sunday. To,an Elk
press reporter he said:
Messrs. Brown & Sons are salts
h4d and will take subscriptions if
the other requirements are complied
with. When they are notified by
their representatives that all these
conditions have been complied with.
aa@!that all the land subscribed is
decided; .Msssrs, Brown & Sons will
sign the contract, and begin prepa-
rations at once and work will be
begun within fifteen or twenty
days, although by the agreement
they hayetlsirty days>iu which to
start:
"Mr. Cameron and myself have
been in Baltimore two months, and
ais.that time we have been closely
at work arranging a multitude of
necessary details and we have ey-
erything in 6rst-class shape at that
end. 1t begias to look as-though
we, would. succeed though we are
certairof'nothing until the papers
are signed and lwprk begun. Messrs.
Brown have all the money necessary
to get deep water, build wharses;.
elevators, etc, They will make it
tfe'best port in the South. They
think it a grand enterprise and feel
greatly interested in it,.
Everybody is looking: toward
Texas. With a conservative gov
ernrae.ysS hsfe we will have the
grandest' state in the Union The
people North and East are learning
our possibilities now, and*we will
have heavy immigration with a
conservative government and work
beguuiat the pass"
GiW Wheeler spoke verS eneour-
agngl5 throughout. He said, how
ever with much emphasis that it
was imperative that all the require
ments be complied with by June %,
ar all negotiations would be declar-
ID of.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28
Friday JUNE IS. 1895.

MADRID editors are tearing
their hair over the thought that
Uacle Sam may seize Havana to
enforce the payment of the
Nora claim. They certainly
don't know what a pacific old
gentleman our Uncle Sam is.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28

Kepler firmly believed the moon to
be inhabited. He always spoke of the
supposed people OF that orb as "the
Selenites. /"
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1895-06-28

In 1889 the United States produced
over "a, 600, 900 barrels CT petroleum.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE.
President Cleveland Signs On I'm
portant Order.
THE POsrOrFICEs
The Order Which Will Work Revolution
in the Postal Service viii Be Ap'
plicd Gradually aud Very
Cautiously.

Washington, Nov. S.-President Cleve-
land today signed the most important
civil service reform order he has ever
made. under which all postofhces which
are not near enough to free delivery
office can be brought within the classi-
fled service, and which. in its practical
operation, will enable the postmaster
general to divide the country into large
postal districts. SO that the postmaster
at the metropolitan centre will be the
only official. high or low, in the post
offices of the district who will be out
side of q civil service law bringing
seventy-five per cent of all offices of
all classes into the classified service.
The civil service commissioners sug-
gested this plan of extending civil SER
vice reform to postoffices. and 1t was
cordially adopted by the postmaster
general and the president, who were
very desirous to reach this result with
out waiting for the legislation which
congress seemed unwilling to give to-
ward that end.
The order will work a revolution in
the postal service, but Postmaster Cen
eral Wilson proposes to apply 1t grad
ually and cautiously.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
EX-SENATOR THURMAN ILL.
1t Is Thought That IIe Has Little Chance
of Living.

Columbus, O., Nov. S.-Last Friday
Ex-senator Allen G. Thurman fell from
sofa in his library and suffered an
injury to his left hip, which was very
painful at the time, but his physician
found no bones broken, and though he
suffered severely on Saturday, he was
better on Sunday, and 1t was believed
that his strong constitution would en-
able him to stand the shock notwith
standing his great age.
On Tuesday he was SO much better
that he wished to go to the polls and
vote, but at the advice Of his physician
he did not do so. Wednesday he was
much worse, and yesterday he fell into
a stupor. from which it is altogether
likely that he will not recover.
His son, Allen w. Thurman, said at
noon today that there was little
ground to hope that he will live more
than few days, and his death may oc-
cur at any time. Allen G.. Thurman
was born in Lynohburg. Va, Nov. 10.
1913, so that he will be 50 years old If
he lives to next Wednesday.
In 1874 he married Mary Dunn, Of
Kentucky, by whom he had three child
ren, two daughters and a son. Mrs.
Thurman died in 1891, but the three
children survive.
At II o'clock tonight the condition
of Judge Thurman was somewhat i'm
prsoved. DIR. Whitaker, his physician,
does not now think there Is any i'm
mediate danger of death Judge Thur
mans condition is that of collapse, and
the physicians say 1t is altogether I'M
probable that he will survive long, No,
bones were broken by. the fall and the
only wound noticeable Is a slight abra-
sion over.the hip bone. In a. young per-
son the accident would have been triv-
ial .-s...... ............ .. g.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
LOOKING FOR HEROES.
New York Police on tho Watch for West.
torn DcspcrQdOcs

New York, Nov. s.-The whole police
force of this city was on the watch to-
day for three men who last night en-
tered the saloon OF the Walters Broth
ers, and, after shooting and killing
Richard Pope, robbed the till and es-
capped. 1t Is assumed that the despe-
radoes are western heroes" who were
either attached to or followed the Wild
West chow. The nature OF their crime,
the manner of dolr z. It, the weapon
used a big COLTS reviolver---and the
present location and condition of the
Buffalo Bill company, all point TO this
inference, and. besides e meagre de-
scrlpt.on cr the men, this Is oil the
clue the police have to work upon.
The Walters saloon Is a lonely drink
ing resort for railroad employees CT the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad. Five arrests were made on
suspicion, but the prisoners were not
identified,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
Il. G. Dun & Company's Picture Of the
State of Trade Is Less Assuring
cline in Stock and Products.

New York. Nov. S.-R. G. Dun and
company will say in their weekly re-
view of trade tomorrow:
1t has been broken week, and just
before and after elections in the mos.
important states operations rarely have
much significance. Stocks and products
are weaker and there Is some decrease
in the number of establishments at
work, tboth for reasons having nothing
to do with the questions of government.
The controlling power at present Is the
effcrt to readjust prices aftir the re-
markable rise OF last summer in i'm
portant materials and products, with
the struggle of great coTS!na atlons to
prevent decline.
The United Sta,ses Ijea,th'er company
holding great quantities produced from
high priced hides, and outside concerns
reducing prices of leather, ana has
stopped production for sixty days in
order TO control the market. Rough
calf Is cents lower this week with
other kinds unchanged. Meanwhile
the great boot and chloe manufacturers
are embarrassed, even to the stoppage
of very many ~wocks, by the refusal OF
jobEers to purchase in the belief that
leather and shoes must decline in ac-
cordance with hides. Manufacturers
have offered concessions ranging from
5 to 10 cents per pair. only increasing
the indisposition to buy.
Many wooden mills are also closing
to wlit for orders though the demand
Is fairly sufficient for some demands
and worsted and the Washington
mills open clay worsteds at 10 cents
advance. But prices of these and moG,t
qualities of woo!ens are still uncertain
FOR manufacturers don't know yet what
they have to meet. .'.
Wheat falls back with great reluct-
ance from Its summer rise of 20 cents,
but has declined IA cents for the week,
western receipts being S,029,910 bushels
against S,S45,032 for same week last
year. Belief In q crop much smaller
than last years has to resist actual
receipts of 45,725.36S bushels in six
weeks against ,005 last year and
Atlantic exports have been only $685.
424 bushels, -four included. against 49,
347, ,G10 last year. The reports of win
ter wheat from some states are also
better. Corn comes forward largely,
receipts being more than double last
years. and nearly a million bushels
went abroad.
: Stocks have declined an average of
$1.46 for railroads and s1.1.7 for trusts
during the week. with an obvious cause
in fears of gold exports and serious
financial anXietieS abroad, especially
at Paris. A coming congress and pres
eEt tangible competition affects sugar,
leather and tobacco. Railroads earn
ings reported for October are for the
Urited States alone 46,7O5,654, or SIS
per cent. over last years, but, in spite
of larger mileage. "a per cent. les3
than in 1892 on the same roads, and
the comparison for the ah;rd and fourth
week was less favorable.
Failures for the week have been $50
In the United States against 261 last
year, and 40 In Canada against AZ last
year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
GROOM FAILED TO APPEAR.
A Big Wedding at London Is Cnavoid.
nb1y pOstroucd

London, Nov. S.-The wedding Of ].
A. Mclean, an officer of the Royal
Irish Lancers, to a daughter of Sey-
mour Forbes, a Yorkshire land owner,
which was fixed for this morning in
All Saints church, London. was un-
avoidably postponed through the fall
ure OF the groom to appear at the time
appointed, and the large and fashion
able r'hrong which had gathered to
witness the ceremony were Obliged to
depart in q disappointed frame OF mind.
The bride, with the bridesmaids and
page, wafted at the chu1fa. for the
groom until the hour fixed had arrived
and passed. and then departed for her
home in great distress. Diligent search
failed to discover any trace of the
groom and his valet, upon being inter-
ros'ated professed ignorance of his mas
ter's whereabouts.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
SCRANTON. PA, SATURDAY MORNING,

coolly opened one Of the large glass
cases and selected beautiful mink
skin cloak worth $3.50, put 1t on and
walked out Miss Hamilton was recog-
nizei by an acquaintance, saleswo-
man, who noticed her supposed pur-
chase and went to the fur department
to ascertain who had made the sale
1t was then discovered that the cloak
had been stolen. -
Miss Hamilton admitted that she had
taken it, and told where the cloak could
Zoe found. Instead of a single cloak the
detectives found her room packed with
toricd at $500 to $4,000. Miss Haniil-
ton claims to be kleptomaniac. and
says she did not steal the goods for
profit
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
They WILL DIG THE Ditch
Chicago Capitalists Propose to Buila
the Nicaragua Canal.
IT IS A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
Uncle Sam viii Not DC Asked TO Con.
tribute Anything but Ills blessing.
The Scheme Is Ono of
the Greatest.

Chicago, Nov. S.-An afternoon news
paper publishes a lengthy article pur-
porting to give facts regarding new
deal, the consummation of which will
mean the complete construction of the
Nicaragua ship canal with American
and British millions. purely as a pri-
vate enterprise. aided materially by
Chicago capital, as represented in new
ly invented canal machinery in success
full operation on the Chicago drainage
canal. 1t Is stated that all attempts
to obtain financial assistance from the
Unated States government through con-
gresS WIFI tie abandoned, and II 1T
should develop that the charter grant,
ed the Nioara qua Maritime Canal COM
pany by congress is likely TO prove
embarrassing 1t will be surrendered
without hesitation.
With revised estimates of the cost
OF constructing the canal based on the
great saving through use of the i'm
proved eXcavating machinery owned
by Chicago contractors and Inventors,
it Is said the canal promoters went 10
London and laid the tempting plans
before the money kings of the worlds
metropolis.
Tho Financicrs Investigate.
For months the flnanciers have been
investigating the proposition and the
great deal Is on the verge of consum-
nation. The new figures call for the ex-
penditure of between seventy and
eighty-flve million dollars
The officers of the company expect
there will be vigorous opposition on this
side Of the Atlantic in the executive and
legislative branches of the government,
when the fact becomes known that
British capital is to be invested in the
canal, but they do not apprehend serious
complications from this source, and
claim that as purely private enter
prise they have a perfect right to get
capital in any market free from inter-
ference or dictation from any govern
ment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
CHEATED HIS EMPLOYEES.
pi.tsburg Coal Operator Convicted Of q
Serious Crime.

Prt.sburg, Pa. Nov. S.-The trial OF
4. d. Steen. a prominent coal operator
and owner of the lakewood mines, term
mated last evening. and the case was
given to he jury today. The verdict
was rendered finding Mr.. Steen guilty
as indicted.
The charge was cheating his en-
ployes by the use of light weight, and
defective scales In weighing coal mined
by his men. Two weeks ago Mr. Steen's
check-we.ghrnan was convicted on the
same charge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
POPULISM PLAYED OUT.
The Indiana Party Organization to Dis
bandits Managers Have Decided That
There Is No Future for II.

Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 8.-The indi-
cations are that within the next month
the Populist party organization in this
state will disband. The men who have
been carrying on the agitation for four
years have about decided that there Is
no future for the party in this state
and that they might as well abandon 1t.
i. B. Cummings, the secretary of the
committee, has rendered his resignation.
The other officers and members of the
State Committee will. 1t is said, follow
his example. The men who have been
leading the party here soy they have
information that the members of the
Executive Committee Of the. National
Committee have decided to resign.
The POpulist party in Indiana re-
ceived its first blow three weeks ago
when the Farmers. Mutual Benefit as
ISOLATION Of the st,<Ot cut loose from 1t.
There is some talk of organizing
labor party which shall take up and ad-
vocate the principles for whicn the
Populists have stood.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
PHILADELPHIA LEXOW.
Senator Andrews Committee Socks
ts Pointers from Recorder Goff.

Scnntor Andrews Committee Seeks
Pointers from Recorder Goff.
New York, Nov S.-Thc Pennsylvania
senate committee, of which Senator
William H. Andrews Is chairman, came
on here from Philadelphia to-day to get
POINTS fer the committees forthcoming
investigation of the police department
Of Philadelphia. Immediately after
their arrival the committee went to the
new criminal court building to see Re-
corder Goff.
When the Recorder adjourned court
he took the committee into his private
chamber and had long conference
with them He gave them what infOr
nation he could as to the result of his
experience with the Lexow committee.
He told them he would gladly aid them
as much as lay in his power.
The Recorder gave them a number
Of valuable papers relating to investi-
cations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
CLOSE ELECTION IN DENVER.
Official Count and Perhaps tho Courts
Must Decide 1t.

Denver, Nov. S.-The election in this
(Arapahoe) county was very hotly con-
tested, and will undoubtedly result in
one or more legal fights. The only ma
tcrial opposition to the Republican tick
ct was a non-partisan or taxpayers
ticket whose supporters charged the
Republicans with extravangance and
jobbery.
The Republicans elected all their can
didates except for assessor and theas-
urer. The taxpayers candidates for the
two former offices were elected, and the
latter Is still in doubt. The ballot boxes
are now in the court house awaiting the
official canvass, with nine watchers
from each side on guard. Illegal voting
is charged on both sides.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
HE WASTED NO TIME.
Kenneth White Marrics Gertrude uisIop
in Spite of Guardians.

. washington Nov. S.-Pretty Gertrude
Hislop who was adopted early In life
by DR.. william L. HislOp and his sister,
DR.. Margaret Hislop, all formerly or
Chicago, but now living here, fell IN
love with and promised to marry J.
Kenneth White. of this city. The union
was opposed by the Hislops.
Yesterday afternoon White heard that
the Hislops were to send Gertrude to an
insane asylum. White Immediately had
DIR. Hislop arrested and then going to
the Hislop home with a policeman
helped Gertrude to pack up and carry
her belongings across the street. Then
while Gertrude, recovered her breath.
White got marriage license and
minister and by the time DIR. Hislop re-
turned home Gertrude was Mrs. White.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
BIGAMIST'S SUICIDE.
John Fritchlcy Shoots Himself In the
Head.

Binghamton, N. Y, Nov. S.-A special
from Alton, Chenanso county. says:
The suicide of John Frltchley here
this morning has created great excite
ment. F'ritchley came to Alton about
three years ago from Susquehanna,
Pa, and soon after married Julia
Davis. The couple have since resided
here, at all times appearing to be per-
fectly happy. Their domestic happi-
ness was. however, disturbed at an
early hour this morning when Fritch
ley was arrested on a charge of big
amy. preferred by O. wife who Is now
living in Pennsylvania with her chill
6ren.
Fr.tchley was left alone for few mo-
meE,ts aicout an hour after the arrest,
and during the interval he committed
suicide by shooting himself in the head.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
STRANGE SUICIDE.
Dealer In Firearms Is Worked for Bul.
let by Ono Tired Of Life.

Now. Orleans, Nov. "a. G.. Gridley,
aged C5 years. formerly a resident of
Bloomington. ILL.,. committed suicide in
q sensational manner today. He went
into q second hand store and asked to
be shown "A pistol.
The dealer handed him a pistol which
he appeared to examine closely. He
asked for a cartridge, which was given
HIM. Gridley r1aced the cartridge in
the pistol. and, for perhaps half a
minute seemed In deep study. Sudden
ly he placed the pistol to his head,
fired and fell dead. He came here a
year ago for the benefit of his health.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
LAYS IT TO KLEpToMANIA.

The board will probably conclude i.s
business by noon tomorrow.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
WELSH HOPES REVIvING.
II Steel Remains Dearcr Here Than There
They Can Mako Tinplatc.

Washington, Nov. S.-Consul An
thony, at Cardiff, has made a long re-
port to the State Department upon the
bright prospects of the Welsh tin trade
brought about by the rapid rise in the
price of steel in America. which threat
ems to make 1t impossible for Americans
to make tin plate at competitive prices.
For the time being. despair has given
way to hope. and all concerned In the
Welsh tin industry are looking forward
to a period-if not of prosperity of
more constant work and better wages.
An immense Improvement has taken
place in the steel trade, although as yet
prices have not been enhanced to the
same extent as In the states, and therein
lies the hope of the tin plate makers,
for If the price of steel is augmented to
that In the United States. the Welsh
man would have no advantage.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
SMITHS BIG MAJORITY.
Unofficial Returns from Every County
Have Bccn Received.

CnOf1tcinl Returns from Every county
Have Bccn Received.
Philadelphia. Nov. S.-The count Of
Luzerne county was completed to-day.
With the figures from this county the
United Press has now received the COM
plete though unofficial returns from
every county in the state. The totals
are as follows:
For State treasurer: Haywood (Rep),
455, 1866; Meyers (Dem.). 2Sl,524; Hay
woods plurality, 174,442. For Superior
court judges (seven to be elected: Will
lard (Rep.), 457, 7,29S; Rice (Rep), 49,
7S2; Beaver. CRep). 455,9S2; Wickham
(Rep.), 455,7SS; Reeder Rep.), asa, III;
Orlady (Rep), 44S,317; Smith Dem.),
S6,l03; Yerkes Dem.), 2sO,SS9; Magee
Dem.), 276,769; Noyes Dem.). 275,709;
Bechtel Dem.). 273,9O6; Moorehead
(Dem.), 273,325.
Smith Is thus elected as the seventh
judge, he having 5,26i votes more than
Yerkes, the next highest Democratic
candidate.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
The llOxcfs Indicted.

Huntington. w. Va. Nov. S-The grand
jury which has been In session for a week
past has today been investigating the sew
eral glove contests that took place in this
city recently, and tonight reported that
they had indicted Dave Flaherty, of Port
land. Ore; Dick Wilson, of Cincinnati,
and John Bingham, who had been the
principals in the malls, and also indicted
many prominent men who had any thing to
do In bringing them together.