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Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-26
Senator Voorhees, Secretary Dead.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Chester r.
Faulkner, the private secretary of SEN
ator Voorhees,, of Indiana, who was
knocked down Thursday night by a
street car, died at Providence hospital
yesterday afternoon. He never recov-
cred from the shock consequent upon
the amputation of his leg, which was a
necessary result of the accident
Rock Island Argus., 1896-12-26

New York, Dec 26. - John Drake
Townsend. the well-known lawyer,
died suddenly at a Christmas dinner
last night
The morning times., 1896-02-27
WILL REQUIRE A DIPLOMAT.
Consul Mullignn's Duties at the Cape
Town Post

In making the selection of consul at
Fl. Mulligan of Kentucky, whose name was
sent to the Senate yesterday, the Presi-
dent and Secretary olney exercised the
greatest care in view of the important po-
sition which the consul will occupy with
references to the TransvaaI disturbances
and the arrest of John Hays Hammond and
other American citizens.
When it became patent to this govern
ment that it would become party to the
Uitlander rmovementinJoh nJohannesburgthroug
the arrest of Hammond and his fellow
countrymen, it was determined that the
vacant consulate at Cape Town, the nearest
consulate TO the South African republic,
should be filled without delay.
In order. however, to secure for the
position standing that would make it
acceptable to some man of prominence, Mr..
0lney requested the Senate Committee on
Appropriations to insert in the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill. which had
been passed by the House. paragraph in
creasing the salary OF the Cape Town office
from $4,000 to $4,000 year. This pro-
vision was adopted, and Mr.. Mulligan's
nomination followed.
Mr.. Mulligan is borne on the rolls of
Apia, Samoa, but he has rendered his
resignation of that office, having recently
returned to the United States for that
purpose he was appointed consul general
in March, 1894.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
JUDGE SMITHS CAREER.
His Death Removes n Rare Type of
Southern Gentleman.

IL.
Judge William r. Smith. formerly of
Alabama, which he represented for three
terms In the House OF Representatives
before the war, and at Richmond during
the whole existence OF the Confederate
government, but WHO has resided in this
city for some years past, died yesterday
morning at his home ON East CAPITOL
street. The residents OF the neighborhood
and the car drivers on the Metropolitan
Railroad were well acquainted with the
courteous old gentleman with long silvery
hair-a typical Southerner.
Judge Smith's career has been no ordinary
one. He was an alumnus OF the University
or Alabama. which Institution he entered
on the first day or its opening in the early
years OF the century. Before he was
twenty, in $50, lie had been admitted 10
the bar or Tuska lOoSa and was elected ma yor
OF the town. Then he was general of the
militia or the State, afterwards a Judge
on the circuit court bench, Congressman
delegate to the secession convention, aud
opposed to n dissolution of the Union
colonel in the Confederate army, Repre-
sentative in the Confederate Congress aud
president of the university be called alma
mater He was man of versatile talent
writer of beautiful poetry and a lawyer
OF unusual ability His published works
include TRANSACTIONS from the Hiad, a
classical drama. "PolyXena,'' and several
standard law books
The morning times., 1896-02-27

Attorney General Harmon has submitted
10 Postmaster General Wilson a decision
to the effect that the numerous bond
and investment schemes conducted through
outthe country are lotteries and not entitled
TO the privileges OF the mails.
Test cases sent to Attorney General
| Harmon by Postmaster General Wilson
were these, OF tbe Pettis County Bond In
| vcstment Company of Scdalia, Mo-, Ton
tine Association OF Minneapolis, Columbia
Investment Company Of Cincinnati. the
National Investment Company OF Cincin-
natl. the National Investment Company OF
Washington, ID. G., andtbc Southern Nut ual
| Investment Company of Lexington, KY.
AS A TEST CASE.
Attorney General Harmon, in his opin-
ion, considered chiefly the case OF the Pettis
Investment Company, the most important
enc aTgaed before the department, and
which, the Attorney General says, covers
all the others which are alike in general
design, and differ only in details and
methods.
They induce subscriptions for bonds by
holding out the chance of receiving large
sums for mallpaymcnts, the chance DEPEND
ing on the numbering o fthc bonds. Without
the ever present chance of speedily getting
much for little not one Of these companies
would attempt TO do business or succeed in
the attempt
The Pettis Company, the Attorney Gen
cral says, has only capital of $4,000.
bat 100000 in bonds have been de-
posted on its behalf, as required by the
law OF Missouri, from insurance ard ether
companies. This, of course, has been
done by its promoters, and shows their
faith in the profitableness of the scheme.
ARGUMENTS REFUTED.
1t has been urged that the Investments
offered by these companies do not differ
in principle from insurance, and are, in
fact, faircr and better because the bond
holder does not have TO die or lose his
property to realize on them.
The Attorney General says the fallacy
of this contention consists in confusing
mere chance with uncertainty. Ones
property may not burn a t al, and the time
he will die is not known, but neither
event depends upon mere chance, and the
law, therefore, recognizes contracts con-
tingcnt upon them while il does not coun-
tenance lotteries.
The Attorney General, therefore, con-
cludes that all companies which promise
payments to part only of q class, who all
stand on an equal footing, leaving the
selection 10 depend on any rule Of hazard,
whether such payments constitute the en-
tire scheme OF their business or are con
nected with other features which would
not, by themselves be Objectionable, come
within the provisions OF the anti-lottery law.
and are not entitled to the use OF the
United States mails.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
On sunday School work

a Sunday school and church work con-
vention OF the Baltimore-W ashington dis
trict OF the Maryland Glasses, Reformed
Church in the United States, will be held
in Grace Chapel, Fifteenth street above
Rhode Island avenue, on Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week. Speakers
from Baltimore will be present. The Friday
evening session will be followed by re-
cention given by the Heidelberg League,
TO which all are cordially invited.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
Local Bills in the Senate.

Three local measures were reported
yesterday from the House to the Senate
as passed AMI were referred to the District
Committee. These were the bill provid-
ing for reasseSsment here of taxes for
Improvements and of general taxes; the
bill regulating the business of storage in
this District, and the bill providing for CON
veyance of the government title to certain
real estate here to Margaret Shugrue, Caro-
line Lochboehler and John r. Scott
The morning times., 1896-02-27
TWO NEW CoNsULs.
Grennbie and Bombay ConsuIates
Filled Yesterday

Samuel Cranfort, nominated yesterday
as consul at Bombay, is the present vice
consul at that place. He is New York
man, who is engaged in business in India,
and was appointed Ia the vice consulate in
1894 as from that dependency OF Great
Britain.
The duty OF consul at B onlbay is largely
labor of love as it is a fee office
with no salary attached. Last year the
fees amounted 10 1871. go,
S. II. Keedy, nominated as consul at
Grenable, France. is physician of New
York city. He was highly indorsed, but
owed his appointment largely to his
familiarity with the French language.
Grenade is town of about 10 900 in
habitants, situated In the French Alps
and is the headquarters for the French
glove trade. 1t is fee office, averag ging
between 81 500 and So, 100 a year.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
Harmon ON the Fec System

Attorney General Harmon win appear be-
fore the House Committee on the judiciary
today and suggest certain additional
sections, which he would like to have
inserted in the committee bill, abolishing
the fee system and placing United States
attorneys and marShals on salary. The
principal effect OF the hin. which finds
strong favor with a majority of the
committee, will he 10 remove the tempta-
tion TO institute trivial prosecutions.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
To Speak in Virginia

The National Protective Association of
the United States will hold a convention
at Belfield, Va. commencing the 2Sth inst.
James w. Poe, eX-member of the legisla-
ture of North Carolina. has accepted an
invitation to address the convention on
the 2Sth, after which he will speak at
several other places In that State in the
interest OF some one OF the Republican
aspirants for the Presidency.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
yEsTRYMEN MAY APPEAL.
Justice bingham Renders an Opinion
I'm the st Marks Case.

Justice BlnElam Renders an Opinion
in the st Marks Case
Chief Justice Bingham late yesterday aft
ernoon denied rehearing in the st. Marks
Church case on the petition of Joseph B.
Bennett, and others, the defendants in the
suit, and granted the ousted vestryman an
appeal
The appeal bond was set at $4,000.
The merits of the controversy are not
touched upon in the petition for q rehear-
ing, but the subject of the costs and fees
in the case is asked to be reconsdered By
the recent decision the dethroned vestry
was also saddied with the expenses of the
trial. 1t is claimed by some members OF
the church that this expense smacks of
injustice and it is asked that the costs of
the litigation come out of the church treas
ury.
Judge Bingham denied the request and the
appeal is upon that point alone.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
COLLECTED AS TAXES.
Denth of MrH Il. II. True

The many friends or Mrs. L. r. True,
wife OF tie cashier OF The United States
Treasury, will lie panied 10 hear of her
death, which occurred ct the family resi-
dence, on New York avenue, near Ninth
street northwest, on Monday evening.
The funeral tCok place yesterday afternoon
at Rock Creek Church. Mr.. True has the
sympathy OF his many friends in tLis, the
hour OF bereavement
The morning times., 1896-02-27
On Japnn and It's People

Japan and its people was the subject
of Mr. b p. Murray's lecture at Epworth
Church last night. The audience was large
and enthusiastic. The subject was pre-
sented in SO clear and enjoyable manner
and illustrated SO beautifully that the au-
dience felt that they had really crossed the
broad Pacific and were actually in the
presence of the people of that far-away
country.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
Mary Jol,nson Nav Recover.

The physicians at Freedman's Hospital
stated last evening that Mary Johnson the
sixteen-year-old coored girl who was seri-
-ously burned last evening on the ash
dump at First ard Trumbull streets, will
eventually recover. She Will, however, be
confined to her bed for long time. and
will also probably be a cripple for life.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
PROBABLY SIN SHIPS.
House Naval Committee Relieved to
Have So Decided

House Naval Committee Relieved to
Have So Decided.
Although the subcommittee, which has
had the preparation Of the naval appro-
priation bill, is yet reticcnt concerning
its provisions it is believed that the measure
provides for six batteships and number OF
torpedo boats, not exceeding fifteen.
The majority of the subcommittee are
known to have strongly favored this in
crease, notwithstanding the argument that
the depleted condition OF the na tional
finances demand smaller appropriation.
The subcommittee's bill is understood 10
provide for an increase OF 900 in the
the number of enlisted men. An appro-
priatton OF $3.50, 900 to begin the work Of
building reserve guns for vessels under
subvention is also provided for III the suit
commuters bill.
The morning times., 1896-02-27

favor the extension OF the Metropolitan line
from the head of Connecticut avenue along
columbia road. That was about the only
avenue out of the city at the present time
not occupied by street car line.
lie said, in conclusion, that hearing
would probably not De given to the street
car interests before the full District Com
mittee. That would be unnecessary after
the members of the subcommittee had per
sondlly gone over the ground. They would
make the trip in carriages some time this
week
The morning times., 1896-02-27
Social Club 1ncornornted

Articles of Incorporation for the Hebrew
Club, a social organization, We're filed
with the recorder of deeds YESTERDAY after
noon. The list OF incorporators included
the following: ID. Carroll Digges, John
Lockwood. Webster Downing, Charles F.
Hadfield and Howard E. Donath.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
Old Cannon for the G An

Mr.. Bull of Rhode Island, ha soffered in the
House abill authorizing the Secretary of
the Navy to grant condemned cannon and
cannon balls to Grand Army and Navy
posts when requests for such are received
A great many bills requesting these articles
have been introduced and Mr.. Bull is In favor
OF general law Oh the subject
The morning times., 1896-02-27
Alleges cruelty nnd pesertlon

Annie Green filed suit for divorce from
Washington Green yesterday afternoon,
charging him with desertion and cruelty.
The two were married November Is, 1875,
and have three children. The wife also
asks for the custody of the latter.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
Miro Conler,s wiIlF Fi1ed

The VIII of the late Elizabeth a. Conley
was filed for probate yesterday afternoon
William III. Conley, son, is made sole
beneficiary and executor OF the estate.
The paper was dated March 21, 1866.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
Postofflce Contracts Awarded.

The contract for constructing the floor
arches. stairs, etc. OF the new postoffice
has been awarded to E. N Johnson Com
pany OF Chicago, H., at $49,369.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
js.!e:l|HST \: BOND SCHEMES
Attorney Gen Renders a
SWaep ng Dec sion.
ALL OL4SSED AS LOTTERIES

Concerns Which Promise Payments
on Invest ments Leaving the Choice
to Be Made by Chance Should BE
Denied the Use of the Mails-Test
Suits on Which IL Was Decided.
The morning times., 1896-02-27
FRIEND IN MCMILLAN.

He understood that the Commissioners
favored giving this company what it asked
in the northwest, aud making concessions
to the Columbia Metropolitan combination
in the northeast. He did not personally
The morning times., 1896-02-27

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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-16

Tho bearskin hats of some nritish
~ ifnents were at first devised with
the idea of striking terre anto, the
hearts of their enemiesa The same
principle is shown in hS dreadful
figures worn by the tnightssoa their
helmets and some mblazohed
on their shields. The ancient Cor
mans, wore horned helmets TO H.
sEpire terror ia the enemy and car
ried figures of strange animals as
standard. Es,tAgIS, al,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-16

He-And did you see Monte Carlo
while you we're at Nioep -,-..,za ~
6he-No; papa called on him. I
believe, but from his disappointed
appearance when he returned to the
hotel think Mr.. Carlo must have
BEEN out. London Fun. 49,, g.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-16
Fhes3pB Beer Woman.

The Bosr Woman Id ENJOYABLE ID
apps rance. Graoes and modern 90
oomplis Ailments are unknown to her.
Landscape she is not nor sis her
tempe angelic. Her cooking would
often Kill an ostrich, and her voice
Is not attuned u Harmony @ AL
that notwithstanding, the most
kissed being ON, earth is the Boer
woman. , - 70 .,>1EG?, ~ '72.sgt> j5e2iE>
From the cradle, to the grave she
is kissed-by great grandfather and
great-grandmother by her grand
father and grandmother of course
she Is kissed By her parents.f She is
kissed, byahef grand auncles and
aunts, by cousins male and female
to the last degree 2of kinship. She
is Kissed by the relatives OF the
above and by their relstives. Her
brothers and brothers-i law, her sis-
tersi and sistears-in law and III til
children kiss her. So does her sNs
heart and all her 4ema1s friend 1nd
aoquaintanoes. Her husba1d and
children and all her RELATIVE md e.
male friends. residing 1ong Is short
under bar root, kias Her repeatedly
every day. Ssgsils
, Whether shs ana Her husband are
In good circnhnstanoes or not he
buys. or sslls nothing without ask
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-16

The other day at Montezums
while two citizens were oonversine
at the depot negro approached and
addressed one of them as follows:
"Kurnel, I h'ar yo' wants to git 4
man out on de plantashun." '@ 81,
Yves, I want q man out there, >
t replied the colonel as he looked The
negro over. "seems to me I've seen
you BEFORE" 80. f.. 90
Reckon not, sab. I'ze new roun
here"
But I'm sure I've seen you some
where. Let's see. / was over a
Perry the other day"
YES, sab, 20 wuz ober to Perry. Vi
And while there I called at the
JAIL"
"Yes, sab, 20 called at de Jail.
Dey. has got q powerful nice jail
ober to Perry"
] "And while at the Jail I saw q COL
ored man who was serving q sen
tenoe for stealing a hog"
mo doubt of it, kurnel. Yes, 70
dun saw q GUILD pusson right in dat
Jail at Perry / ! a4-& H.
"And you are the man," said the
colonel as he laid his hand on the
negro's shoulder: r." S%
"Jes' 50. kurnel; jes' 80. I was
right in dat Jail at Perry, an I dun
members of seein 20 pass along.
Curious what mem'ry some white
folks has in deir heads"
''But you don't suppose I want q
man who has been in Jail for steal
Ing, do your" exclaimed the colonel.
mo, sab; no, sab. OF oo'se yo'
don't. OATS what TIE here to dis.
plain about. Yo' got it all wrong
bout dat hog, kurnel. De pusson
who dun stole de hog wuz asleep
when yo' called. I wuzn't in dat
jail for stealth no hog. I'ze no such
man as dat"
"Then what were you in forp"
"Why, dey said dem two bags or
oottonseed meal what dey found in
my cart wuz TOKEN from de depo'."
."Oh. I see. Well, what's the Diff
ferenoe?"
whats de difference? Heaps
o. difference, sab. On de one hand,
I'ze loadin up a barl o. salt arter
dark, an dem bags jes' tumbled into
my cart while my back wuz turned.
On de- odder hand, a pusson goes out
by daylight an runs hog aroun'
de- woods for ober two hours before
he cotohes q hind leg. souse me,
I did reckon I'd like to
work on yo' plantashun, hut if yo'
am de sort o. man who can't see de
between q pusson restin
in Jail to obleege de jury an bein
sent to jail for stealth q hog !
couldn't trust my reputashun In 20
hands. Good mawnin, kurnel: good
Atlanta Constitution. Il,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-16

calls her husband by his Christian
name to her friends. To others she
speaks of him as 1.-The baas." Ask
her II he is her "baas." mo, 81 he
Is her "man." "What white WON
an, she asks you, ever had mas
terP Do you take me for a Kafar
woman?" &. ~.A ~ IS
The Boer woman could not con-
oeive the idea of having MASTER.
In poverty most dire she has had
from infancy at least one black sarv-
ant. Like her mother before her,
she would see her daughters perish
with hunger before she would allow
them to 60 as domestic servants.
They are IN her eyes the equals Of
the most high born danes In my
land, and servants they shall never
be. ! She detests the thought Of her
sons working for an employer. but
often has to give way on that point.
The Boer woman has often been
held up as lazy, dull, stupid md
dirty. A greater calumny has new
er been uttered against any woman.
Her intense pride and love Of indie
pendenoe make her; appear so toSthe
European lady or gentleman who
knows nothing Of the conditions Of
life that have formed her customs
and made her what she Is at present.
T. The Boer woman, with her chill.
dren, would retire to the most arid
desert Of Africa and live on air soon
or than dwell at ease and in luxury
where she oontrasted unfavorably
with her neigh bors She s0orns the
slightest patronage extended to her.
no matter from whom.
She hassinherited animate love
Of bright oolors and beautiful things.
When she cannot obtain these things,
she is content to wear the saddest
oolored garments and not be trou-
bled BY the most soFqid and dreary
surroundings. I < ~
She rules her ...mnasn',, kind with q
rod of iron. They do mot know it.
however, nor does she suspect it.
All of them would. take oath that
the exact reverse. was The case. Ask
her to speakein CHURCH sor, ON d plat.
formsanywhere, ind she would i'm
agine yon to Be crazy. s'Mat is'a
man q business, 80, . She would say.
~ ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-16

A certain German professor Of
music to be met with in Eglish
drawing rooms is an entertaining
old gentleman. To him recently q
lady said, when one of his compost
tons had just been rendered by ons
of the guests: ... IS %s.g r., r. g. :
How did you like the rendering
of your song, professor2" ~ r. "
WAS dot my song?" replied the
professor. II vas not know him. -
London Tit Bits. s., ,,sss,s d p
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O., ST.. r., NJ, Il D.
MAIN LINE.
Franklin's Kite, ;,

IA It was square kite, not the oof-
An shaped affair shown in story book
pictures. To the upright stick of
the GROSS Franklin attached his
pointed rod-a sharp wire about .
foot long-and provided himself
with q silk ribbon and key, the
ribbon to fasten to the string after
lie had raised the kite as some pos.
dble Professionalism much he did
not know-against the lightning en-
tering his body, and the key to be
secured to the junction of the rib
bon and string to serve as q con-
duotor3 from which he might draw
the sparks of celestial fire if it came.
When the thunderstorm broke, he
went out On the open common near
Philadelphia and faced death-faoed
the tremendous power Of the light
ming stroke, before which all people
of all ages had quailed In terror,
faced what most Of the world then
believed to be the avenging blow Of
an angered God. True, he believed
that electricity and lightning were
the same thing and therefore had no
different properties or effects, but he
did not know it:
The best existing theory which
accounted for electrical phenomena
at that time was his own. The laws
Of electrical oonduotion or resist
anoe, now so familiar, were not even
suspected. Who could predict that
the lightning would obey any law9
Besides he had produced tremendous
shocks with his Leyden jars In series
and had killed birds with them.
More than that, he had been terri,
bly, shocked himself by the same
means-stunned into insensibility
and nearly killed. He had said
again and again that an electric
shook, If strong enough, would blot
out life, though without q pang. If
his idea was correct, if his oonvio-
ton was true he was now about to
face an electric discharge beside
which that of the most powerful Of
man made batteries would seem
weak and insignificant. ii 4" ''|:
All the world knows what hap
pened. The kite scared up into the
black cloud while the philosopher
stood calmly in the drenohing rain
Watching the string until finally he
saw the little f1bers of the hemp
raise themselves. Then without Q
tremor he touched his knuokle to
the key-and lived. For the spark
oraokled and leaped to his finger as
harmlessly as did that from his old
familiar electrical machine and al
lowed him to charge his jars with it
with the aame impunity. sszsEssssgsazs;s322ss5
He sent the story of what he had
done abroad without q particle Of
trumpeting.. He was not q .disoov-l
erer for revenue No stock markets
awaited the announcement of his
claims; no newspaper stood ready to |
blaze forth his achievement in the
interest Of the money jugglers.o His
own narrative barely mis- one OF the
little columbus Of DO Gem lemen's |
Magazine - Oct, 10, 1752, and It'll
has It itsend only the initials B.eF.
,,5rne, Bser Woman.