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Does Not Mind a Broken Neck.


 Kokomo, Ind, is the home of man to whom life insurance would be wanton prodigality. Two years ago Alfred Cot tingham, teamster, was thrown from his wagon and load of heading blocks fell on him, breaking his neck, the spinal cord being completely severed The doctors declared he could not sur yive 24 hours, but he was well in few weeks and resumed his daily labor This week MT. Cottingham received another fall. and the spine was disjointed at the same place, but he thinks he will get well, saying he is used to living with a broken neck, and that 1t will require something more severe than that to kill him. Chicago Times Herald
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BANK DOORS fIlSEB
Missouri National Goes Under
 al Kansas City.
RUINED BY HEAVY WITHDRAWALS

Wealthy Brewer Draws Out $50, 900
 In One Lump and Other Depositors
 Follow His Example-The Fnstitution
 Was Considered Strong and the De-
 posits Amounted to @l,58f, 900
 KANSAS CITY, Dec l.-The Missouri National bank closed it's doors this morning owing to heavy withdrawals of some of it's principal depositors. The deposits are sl 100000 but statement of the banks assets and liabilities are not yet obtainable. The bank was chased as one Of the strongest in the southwest.
 Shortly after Il o'clock the following notice was placed on the door By order of the directors this bank has been closed and is in the hands of tie comp troller. "
 This action was prscipitated by the withdrawal os $50, ,oo0in one lump by Helm, the wealthy local brewer, whose action was tricky followed by others The fir statement is, 9d by the bank showed deposits of SI ,561 ,oo0 and cash and exchanges amounting to s546,o00 Its officials are D. V. Reiger, president and D. R. Govington. cashier. In the panic Of July, 1893, the Missouri Ma tional was one of the other local insti- tutions to go under, built soon reopened.
 Tine bank had been open for just an hour when the comptroller took charge of it's affairs. The closing came as a surprise to even the officers. They were thoroughly disconcerted by the action, and too much excited to make state ment. The same surprise was evinced everywhere, other banks even believing the Missouri National had regained it's prestige and was in q aourishing condi- tion
 No fears are expressed by other lead ing bankers that the failure will spread.
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Win Not Be Dear,

BALTIMORE, Dec f.-The fact that President Cleveland has purchased a house at Princeton, N. J., where he will make his home after the expiration of his term of office. has given rise to the rumor that ho would become dean of the Princeton law school President Patton of the university, who was i'll Baltimore, authoritatiyely denied this rumor Said he: "Theresis absolutely no foundation for such report. 3
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ONLY 0zf \. .bIE 0FF.
Congress Convenes at Wash
 ington Next Monday.
THE BILLS OF THE LOWER HOUSE.

There are siany, but as the Committee
 on Raies Virtually Settles Their suo-
 cess or Fate. Husiness Can Bo Rushed.
 Speculation as to Who VIII suceeed
 Crisp on the Committee.
 " 1suNaroS. Dec 1.-I5 is proba- bic that the house at the coming session of congress, which begins next Mon day, can dispose of some of it's proposed legislation which encnmbers it's calen. dar. Little $ usually accomplished at the short session beyond the passage of the regular supply bills. Still, the house. with its instrumentalities for the expe- dition of business, can accomplish q great deal in a brief time. The ques- ton of legislation fer additional rev. enues for the government will depend on the senate, to which body the house sent the Dmgley bill almoss a year ago. should 1t be impossible be deemed in- expcdient to press that measure through the senate there is. of course. q possi- biiity that the proposal to increase the reTennes by an additional tax on beer, coifee, etc. rlay take tanglfle force, ana i so snen tangible Legislation must 91ginate, nalsr eoassitution, in the lower nraAea e. congress.
 4ssere ars on tns calendars of the a' nSe l4g9 bslis tpogted from the Ya1i. ops eain m1tfees, tae ereater portion ef WileA wlA pass at tho coming session. Most ef them ar, of course, private bills, oI which flare are llo0 but there are aiso @56 bilts OH tns cilendar ea the state of the union and 99 public bills on
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Set tlaa iai1 on Fire

BIxFoRD, Ind. Dec. I.-The prison CTS here made desperate effort to es- cape Sunday by setting fire to the jail. But for the timely discovery of the fire by Sheriff Holmes some of the prisoners would havo escaped and eth CTS would have been eremated. George Byrum and Jesse Johnson, first degree murderers, were at the head of the plot
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the house calendar s
 are of great public impofiaa'' { interested vii 10 doue' doAi power to secure action 19Qa <
 The powers lodged n F the committee oil rules Raia members of that eommiiiis the house programme WI committee the natural aF9i's' shall be submitted to the i'l acton. The committee R'' the speaker of the house. H'l Iowa, DaIze.l of PennsylgAi' In of Tennessee and I gaals by the death of ez.spe'A'' Georgia. x,
 The vacancy caused 7 Crisp will be filed by s3'n g. The names principally =, ., ...,as:a., ,,irb the vacancl Bailey of Texas As, s',l' < Mississippi; Mr. p,.s. n,.,,as,,l, Efr. Richardson el
 Doalkery of Missouri.
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Communication Cut Of.

NEW YORK, Dec l. The Western Union central eableofIlce reports inter. ruption of st. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Groix and Trinidad cables, cutting off communication by cable with St. Vim cent, Barbadoes, Genada, Trinidad and Demerara. Fast sailing vessels will be employed, carrying traffic from St. Lucia to St Vincent, thence by cable the balance of the distance. The addi. tional delay will Do about 12 hours.
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sixty bales Of cotton burned in ? cot. ton yard at Marshall, Tex.
 Henry Powers, I0natie. escaped from the asylum at Golam bus, O. vert to hls home and killed hts wife and blew off the top of his own head.
 Thomas Joy well known il sporting circles at Cincinnati, was shot and killed by some unknown.
 Joha Barker froza to death near New Orleans He was duckhunting and overturned the boat. Before he could reach q house lie freze.
 The smline vessel Everst, loaded with 1,00o,00Q feet of pine lumber, was sold at New Orleans 10 satis<y libel for sail wage IL brought only $5o9a
 Two delivery wagons collided at pal- las. Tex, last Saturday night Both the horses were killed and one of tho drivers severely hurt
 The sale of the San Antonio and Gulf Shore railroad 10 Oscar Bergstron at re- eeiver's sale fore $I50, GOO has been con. frned bv the court
 The Santa Fe railroad will build q line from Saltwater to Arnettville, O. T.. q distance of s1x miles.
 President Cleveland has purchased a place at Princeton, E. J., and will go there to live after he leaves Washing ton.
 The 5.year-old girl of B. J McGee at Burleson, Tex, was burned to death Her dress caught fire from a fireplace
 Rev D. D Cameron. territorial aud itor and. superintendent of public in- struetion at Guthrie, 9. T. resigned and \. Q. Nichols given the place
 Simeon Howard, charged with having a hand in the murder of Joe flaming at Keokuk Falls, O. T., was placed in jail without bond
 George Williamson was accidentally killed by the discharge Of his own gun at Chandler, O. T
 NJ. C. Kingsbury was given two years in the penitentiary at Waco, Tex. for aiding in the theft of harness valued at about $l00
 For highway robbery at Oak Cliff, Tex, T. NJ Wyatt WAS giuen , years: q man named Clark 8 years, and D. Coul. ter , years. Joe Sepresto turned states evidence and got clear They robbed a farmer of S65.50
 John 0unwylie at Gleburne, Tex. is 92 years old. He k tailor and still works at his trade
 E NJ Buckley. former secretars of the board of water commissioners at Galveston, Tex. was arrested for an al. legged shortage of S750 in his accounts.
 The Bank of Spain has cashed l59.. GOO, GOO pesetas as 3 result of the recent loan
 ". c. Kinsolving 6 Go at Corsicana. Tex, executed q ehattel mortgage on their stock of general merehandise. As sets about 2o,000
 The jury in the murder case against Sid Dunn at Centerville, Tex., failed to agree
 John Maloney, farmer. living near Shaner, Q. q, froze to death while re-. turning home from Perry.
 Joe Veal was given two years in the penitentiary at Ceuteryille, Tex. for burglary
 The Roxbury Carpet company have shut down their extensive plant at Bos. ton for an indefinite period.
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 sfuaaeiea
 CuIc ae. Dae ehleaee VII a2 represented as fAe indlHaea#7 e.oAs. tary conferenee winch begins to. pay, by IL ?. Dousman William DieE- inson and P '. weare Thee gentle. men have been selected by President William I. Baker to represent the eht- eago board of trade in the deliberat1oas of the conference President Baker who is. in hearty accord @.ta the spirit of the proposed conference. said to- day
 As understand it, the object of the conference is to give expression to the opinions of the businessmen of the country upon the financial questions of the day. The chief topic to be discussed will be the appointment of monetary commission, to be authorized by tha next congress. l de not understand tha9 the conference will make any sagges. tions as to any particular plan cf actin or attempt te define any particular financial policy for the country. It IS intended to meet the difficulty which now confronts us, of a diversity of opinion among the businessmen of the country on this important question of finance. There are many things upon which we all agree. but when 1t comes to details there is notHhe same degree Of unanimitv. and t was, therefore, thought that it would,be very difficult, fl net impossible, to accomplish any radical or. permanent reforms without referring the entire question to q com mission of men who haYa reduced finance to a science. Such q comlnis. sion. 1t is believed. will be able toeYoKe a plan that will meet all existing re- quiremeuts and remedy all existing evils.
 "Gongressldoe5 not contain many ex. pert flnanciers. and hence 1t was thought that 6 comm 5sion would be far prefer rable to leaving the matter to the delib- erations of the4legislatiye body. The business men oftthe country are ln ae- cord on certain important matters which need revision and change, and 1t is only q few politicians who may stand in the way of q practical fnaneial'reform. It is believed that this commission, if ap- pointed would be able 10 collect the views of all who have given the subject careful study, and after due delibera- ton frame such 9 bill as would relieve the country of lts present embarrass- ments.
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No Evidence Against Them.

LEADvlLLE, Colo, Dec. l-In the district court the members of the Min CTS union, charged with being impli- cated in the murder of Fireman Jerry 0'Keefe, who was killed during the at tack on the Coronado mine Sept. 27 last, had their cases dismissed on motion of the district attorney, who said he had no evidence against them.
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Paid the First 1nstnll,rent.

OMAHA, Dec 1.-The time for pay ing the first assessment on the trans mississippi exposition stock closed Sat urday night and every subscriber paid his per cent call. Secretary Wake field says that over two-thirds Of the stockholders have paid up.
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Stricken h the I,uIpit.

BENToNvILLE, Ark, Dec I-Rev W. B. Hill, formeiy missionary to China, was stricken with paralysis while delivering a sermon at the Meth odist Episcopal Church South Sunday The church was crowded with anxious bearers and when the sermon was about half through, the minister reeled and fell backwards in the pulpit chair Ex- citement ran high in the congregation. Dr c. II. Cragile, is q particular friend. who was oil the pulpit grabbed the afflicted man He is still alive but slowly dying His wife in Tennessee has been te1egraphed for.
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Shot aadIK Killed,

RICHMOND, Tex, Dec 1-In diff entity between Rollie Balls, negro bar Der, and Fred Douglas, teamster, in the formers barbershop Douglas was shot and killed. Douglas was shot three times and killed almost instantly. Balls is in jail.
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T'yphus Antitoxiae.

WAsHINGgoN, Dec. 1.-Conmercial Agent Sawter reports to the state de- partment from Glauehau, Germany, on the recent experiments by Professors Pfeipper and Kallo with typhus anti toxine If the hopes of the professors are realized medical science will receive a most valuable accession through their discoveries.
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Killed In a Kentuckr Duel

MIpDLEsBoRo, Dec News has been received here of duel between Johnny Branham, mountain despera- do, and William Moore, desperate character from Letcher county. ill which Branham was shot and instantly killed.
 The fight occurred over an old grudge.
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LARGEST DAILY CITY CIRCULATION
HARD 7IHES.

In every age and during every experience, that ubiq qaitoas old lady Hard Times, is constantly on hand with rheumatic gout, chronic pains of every naAare, but m excess of garrulitv, ready for everybody $ ears, croaking, gabbing, scoleng and complaining.
 We must learn not to listen to her. but to buckle down to business, act on the brave plan of labor, and by working, relieve the ominous condition, evil predictions which are accustomed to din in every ones hearing.
 Surroundings are not very hope ful for real good cheer, but crying over them, in no manner helps the condition. We have to show cour- age. and meet assaultog difficulties with energy and by personal resola- tion and perseverance scare the old lady out of the way It is, of course, not an easy task, but every one knows that success IS rarely attained through easy stages.
 We see nothing to particularly command earnest distinctive action, but wall of woe will not help the emergency, for the grumbler and the grower are never met with en- couragement They sco4 and the people seoff at them, while he who is vigorous and patient under troubles brings everybody in line with him, and if he shows an earnest disposi, tion to help himself the balance of mankind, able to do so, will befriend him
 Clouds, first or last, may fly over every body, but still the active man finds sunshine enough in life to les sen, if not destroy, the discontent.
 Crying out against the clements will neither bring nor stop rain, change the time of frost, or either dispel or invite Q snow, nor temper the atmosphere with any change whatever over the thermometer.
 A cynic once broke his thermom- eter because it persisted in contin- ually registering the weather too hot, as if his deeply set seolding in infirmities would have changed the weat.er; register or no register.
 We complain Of the low price of cotton, the high price of food, the troubles of obtaining livelihood, the inhumanity of man and the faithlessness of woman; but outside of disciplined action there will never any relief be found against these hurtful indrmities.
 We need not expect every body to be like Dickens oyerdrawn Mark Topley, and say a shaking ague is jolly, for that is much above the resignation of the most christian man, but we can go to work with remedies, with calomel and quinine, and cure the maladv, and then be happy, thas it didn't kill us.
 McKinlev's election looks dis heartening, but half the world would have said the same if Bryan had succeeded, and thousands of worse ealamities would have been apparent if Palmer had been the winner.
 So there is nothing to do but to meet these adversities bravely, and hope for the better.
 The times are not near so badly disjointed as croakers would make one to think. Then jet us spit upon our hands, take new grip, bristle with energy, keep . stiff upper lip ana keep moving, and we will neither starve nor die with heart breaking. We may not be able to raptuously sing
 Let the world wag as it will.
 We'll be gay and happy still. '
 But by being up and doing, We will
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The Rurt Casa

AUSTIN, Dec. 1.-The attorneys in the Burt ease have appealed for new trial in a lengthy application, setting forth prejudieed jury verdict as one of their main reasons for requesting a new
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The Nrnrneld Fan Asl,nra-

KEY WEST, Dec. l.-gSae British steamer Mayneld, Captain Farghar, from Penarth, Nov 10, for Galveston in ballast, ran ashore at o'clock OH the morning of Nov %, on Elbow reef. The Mayfield is q steamer of t7s5 tons register, halls from London and belongs to the Mayfeld Steamship line.
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Eastland Courthoq'' :

EAsrLASp, Tex pss. srr house and all fnrniluss .a day morning. Ree0faS ~ ,''' 5 . vaults thought to oe S4t < ,,, ries and other property '.,,Ig 7, neys who oficed in the '. s.'' ' E destroyed. The Aasop,, s'.Iior' Pythias and Old f.,,s ass x rooms in the building ass ..''',,s. tire paraphernalia' iDlg K y4 etc. Cost of building ,,'',ls for $40, 900. No indlVi'' U \ ] slranee. Fire snppos0 ...,s
 pated from 2 defective slsls
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Suspended Operations.

HAMBURG, Dec. lowing to lack of work several warehouse companies have been obliged to suspend operations There arc now sS.00O men out on q strike.
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Found Guilty

MoNTEsuMA, h., Dec. 1--Richard Rowe, who was extradited from Mexico, charged with complieity in footing the Poweshiek county treasury i'll 1895. was found guilty in the district court.
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Held Un and Rohhea

WAsmrA, I. T., Dec. William Owens. harmed man. was held up and robbed of S9 10 miles east of hero.
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Dawes Said v

oANroN, O, Dec -a. rD Dawes Of Evanston ", .li0s Der of the Republican X x tp tee. is said 10 be sla'sa z .ssl Elect Mckinley prlSA''
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MT. Geo. L. Smith, of the Geo. l.. Smith Mantel Co. Louisville, Ky, writes Feb %, 1894: For about ! year I was terrible suf- ferer from heart trouble. which got so bad l was obliged to sit up in bed to get my breath l had to abandon business and could hardly crawl around. My friend, NIT. Julius c. Soght. oue of our leading pharma- cists, asked me to try Dr. Miles Heart Cure. had used little moro than n bottle when the pain ceased and palpitations entirely disappeared. l have not had the slightest trouble since, and today am attending to business as regularly as ever"
 Sold by druggists everywhere. Book on Heart and Nerves sent free. Address Dr Miles Medical Co, Elkhart Ind.
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r,,t.,4., at 1he Po4t-oillee at Pine Buff, Ark. as seeohd-elaAs i'l'lli matter.
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get much comfort out of our other wise ugly shape
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ood? S? Sars apariIIa

Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. s1. Prepared only by C. I. Hood x Co, Lowell, Mass.
 ', D..x are easy to take easy Hood s Pills to operate. 20 cents.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-01

II in the atruseie for gold that has been
gong on fcg spals years among Nations
and hnan lai ps wers, and which VIII con-
tinue w'l Increasing ntensity under the
single goi standard IT, gold dollar should
come to renreE nj 300 oeats. as compared
with the nrosuets measured by II. the
CRY Of Tho money power would stl he.
we war the best money, and this rov-
<srnment shg'a not have any money hut
the best. mad Hat Is soll."
No mate, d, what point Of musnincd
value gel hould re, with IN CORE
spending ran n the value Of ov ryth ng
else. tie hne VIII never come when tho
money poNo III voluntarily loosen its
grasp ana declare that gold money has
become toi sooa for anything.
BLOOD soesct are supposed TO let go
0nea they B, uil. but the money ;cwer
sever ,e,s fN enough 20 lo9son It's grip
cfasown WI
rhs ~ LIST taxi hold nnd choke 1t
hose h So e nging our sy~tom 4 to
make II lmno, lie for prya,n, condiN Us
10 cont nGg
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-01
BUILDING Associations.

commenting on an a, a 'oss by John
H. "eslover OF Kentuoiy before the
United States league Of l eotl Building
associations the Charlesto a News and
Sour'er has this among o.her tninss to
yay,
The statistics snow thst hl the South
proper there are now i5Oe local building
ana loan associations. WITH q. membership
81 10000 persons and an aggregate capital
of Noooo,oo. "ane this stuperdo,s insti.
pauon'' with Its ranlncaeons sht, almost
every city and neishborhoad. ard It's vast
possibilities for good. as tho result of
hht Few years Of the rewtn md de-
ss'opn.ent OF the co-ope, ys s4ea." II
wc'iiu DO oifhcuIt, ceriai v ut oui
any other idea and sgcno .haf AS beep
productive Of 40 solid an ae1tg ny be-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-01

the reply g this: silver AMI gold have
been used for money 40 'ons a. nat
Let several leading udtlons denpnct'2e
gold, and each other nation greatly re-
str.ot the coinage of II. NJ sec vhct-W
more than dollars weight Of gold WIZ
no soon be ob,ai Auic for dollar
Niekels are none the less useful because
more than cents worth Of the metal IS
! obtainable for cents Why do not the
fAlacious advocates eNclaim that the
nickel & a fraudthat 3, Is only worth
cent instead of cents? As coined nickel
II IL worth n nickel. so is a dollar worth
a dollar. The treasury note - not worth
cent for the paper Il contains. but II II
serves In the cours.. Of being used thous-
and times to convenience the public TO an
extent many times greater than It's cos.
and TO render Americans Independent or
/ European bankers and money lenders, u
( Is n right good thng-a triumph of civtli-
/ cation and human enlistment over
I miidle-age theories barbarism and the
enslavement Of industry, Tho gold buEs
! continues the gold viii 20 20 Europe.
! They AZ this poinr forget that they have
/ asserted that silver does not come INFO
usc. They also forget that they have as
serted the beauty OF having only one
standard II the gold went to Europe.
America would have a silver standard,
and ought TO be content with the unity
/ thus accomplished all but he creditors.
/ who would he sorry to be paid In silver
/ Instead Of gold-but chiefly those largo
l and permanent credltors who ilher trans
I fer their gains to EuroT. or from their
| connections measure everything by Euro
{ psan standards.'
"on the day this country adopts free sill
yer goodbye to prosperity We will all
be engulfed in a common ruin"
The above is a quotation from speech
delivered by Mr.. r =. Hawley. republican
candidate for congress in the Tcnth dis
;r!ct. If there were no other reason. this
should cause every intelligent voter IN the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-01

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Fus on threatens To- simmer dawn to tn,.
pirrut} committees. They haven't bit
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