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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-18

In sta,e issues there were sales OF Sj2,OW
Virginia funded debt 2-3s Of 1891 at ol FL,
800 at GlI.. and $joOD Virginia Us ueie''eu
trust receipts stamped at ia. .,oor
Forty shares Of Second National fahh s,C."
sold at 49, and twenty shares Of western ma
tional Bank at 1l6i2 irs Il,
Railway bonds were strong. with net gains u,
the majority of issues The principal aaNaI ~
were in Kansas and Texas se'o"u' 30 ~ :.
Reading first preference incomes. = 90 ~
The second preference incomes. 10 81. III.
third preference incomes Ia TO ''J't sou,n' ;s
Railway first IS q to 81; Texas ana facnIo
second incomes q 10 2O5s: Union Pacihc. Den
YER and Gulf frsts, !, to 30. Western New i",n
and Pennsylvania hrsis. y 10 ~ - las, Ten.
Colorado ard Pacific hrsts : to =; East ~
nossoe Virginia and Georgia consol 's' - 70
1913: Susduchanna and Western genera ~
H. TO 1:;I.: Uanniba! and ST. Joseph consois'
to us: Ncw-York Central depenture ~; t,sb
1Of. ohio Southern frsts. Il to %. ana Wapash
Grs, ls y 10 1Uji. Weak features were IN.
caco and Northern Pacific flrsts. which iost -
10 Az: Oregon Sort Line lis receipts; y ~
I1Oia: chesapeake and Ohio consol os ree's'e!e1
!, 10 lO7: Northern Pacific consoi ''s asse,i'eu
= ~ -,3I and Heading general IS asscnted. q
to S14 In miscellaneous issues S s..,aord
Spirits 6s advanced y TO Ia ana 9,ahua'u
Rope and Twire is. p to a. r,
Money on call was 1iaG2 per cent ilme
none; was gl2 per cent for Sixty DAYS " pc,
cent for three morths 3Q3ls per cent Tor lour
months and 3is4l per cent for six months
Commercial paper was '@4n4 per cent ior ,"i ,Ie
and four months for The best names. anu y"
Az per cent for six months. Names not quite
so well known ruled higher
Tho foreign exchange market was strong At
an advance Of &c. in sight sterling 10 $50
There, was a good demand and hgher nlscou",
rates in London that helped the advance. Posted
rates for sterling closed at 81 San and ~ ~ for
long and short bills respectively. Rates LOT
actual business closed as follows:
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gage per cent gold bonds, due in 1880. bearing
interest from October l last. upon paymen. y,
S27 10 per bond, the privilege to do so explIlns
on January T. Holders not desiring 10 na .n
such exchange will receive par and accrued ~. ~
terest for their bonds on presenting them AZ ."S
once of Redmond. Kerr & Co. after january L
next.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-18

BONDs-THE MONEY MARKET
Sales Of Government bonds we're SlO.WV reg
jstered As of 1901 at 10. $4,000 coupon a as OF
1907 at 111H: $1,000 registered ~ OF oi ~. az,
11Oa. $4,000 coupon As Of 1920 at !2o1s sow
ut l2Ok and $4,000 coupon os at liz. riha'
quotations follow:
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CLYDE LINE.

CLYDE LINE. ..,
the SOUTH AND SotTHWES
JACKSONVILLE AND ALL FLORIDA POINTS
From pier ~ Z Il foot ~ RooseNei,-Sl n
NGONot'lN Charleston & jacksonville .Sat. Ise.
,'oMANCIiE Chas. Jack hon'al, r,ec. q
SEMINOLE. Chas Jack. nalsias' ~,
rppOr'OrS SainfusN. lfe' %
steamers have nrsi-ciass passenger acconin.ia,iohs
NM l. CLYDE x Co. General Agents
} Bowling Green. y. Z:
Fla Cent, and Penn. Fast + & !, Line VIA Iacsssnv"s
,.rea, 81 Freight and Passenger Line. VIA harleson
T o. FGER. General Agent. SOL broadway y J.
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financial.
To the HOIdcra OF
Union Pacific Railway Company
Collateral Trust Notes:

An meeting ~ the Committee held hi. day the tha'-
ma, admitted IN the Committc. letter received by MN
cio.,uv copy OF proposed plan 0: sanization OK
the Union Pacific Notes 49,,
After a fun discussion It was resolved tna' IN INC
,nton n, hl, coml,,s. tho proposed plan OF reorsah
,s,n 3. undesirable. that this COMMITTEES are proc'enhs
With All rassb.. despatch 20 lquida', the trust VIII"
y,sv 70 having the outstanding notes and retaining an"
.o,,, IN the securities FOR the bench; OF the Union IA
cioc Hallway to:npan; It's legal Successors ana ""''
IN their opncn the Of the holders are SUI
ecen,lv md adequately projected by the COURSE e' "
,ur,unx FOR the liquidation u the trust
Tn. Committee reairm the statement already mace IN
j. ,,., ,r,on IN. s.cur,e. held under the Collateral
rr., ~. NOR. than adequate FOR the ultimate ehehp''oh
, , ,,anah,x notes with Interest at per cent until
date Of payment
T., waxing this satsr ent the Committee desire 20 add
,, ,hu. Of course they would personally welcome any
n satisfactory 70 al, concerned which might result IN
,.,.,,, ,he,, from the responsibility and ian' OF he'
,,., ,h.y must while those duties con''nus p'oceen
Nth "a. liou,dat,on Of the trust as their discretion s
o,a. under the absolute powers conferred upon 'ne'
"a . they deem most likely yield the best possible re
cults. $780,
). pIERPONr MORGAN OF co"T run''.,- under e.,
JOHN A. sIr" AMI Union Pacific Rail
EDWARD KING. way Company. dated
ORR. SeDtemher 4. 1881.
J.. r. MORGAN CO..
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~,oc,~r. pp,C.rs OF PHILADELPHIA STOCKS

c,oe1xc PRICES OF PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
Pid.Asked Bd.Askej.
.,;rb Vaicv. 81. ~ Con TT OF y - SS4 ~,
~ e. y 70 inis 81 Uni Gas Imp Co III. ~
- LII r, r. ~. - Wells Gas |. Co.. ~ 81
r'Hn sock l3 ll-1G l3l. Fl S,or Eat %. -.
~ cor NOR IS 81 Sl.. do pref ........ ~ 3b2
Phia Trac % % "a II Il +" COIN a a.s i ?
~ ~ POO ~ Gifts 10. 7Ox Wells Com -
a., traction . lOs2 10, do pref -
Con Tr y SIX -- -
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r,,roprAN FINANCIAL. MARKETS

-IFCOpEAN FINANIIAT. MNIsNF9I'
ro,,,, Dec II r. m.-Console. 10 u 10 inr h.''s
and iii for the account. Canadian faIln
~ Erie preferred 3ji. Illinois Contra n"'s
ordn,ry ii St Paul conim'n ihN. Ne" 1oik '.'..i',
o7il Pennsylvania. ~. Read,ng ',.' Washyle soS,
.phson common 49,. Money. ~ pc cent. ne ,i ra,
~ ,,cnun, IN the or.n market Tor both short ana ir
,non,hs nils is -. per cent Paris alvcrs H'"' - p'
no ,e,,os AZ 1902 francs 27is confines Tor me account
" III. mo- II The weekly statement ~ mo bafk OF
80 shows decrea-. Il 10000 francs gold ana an
Increase Of 10000 fares silver no a.,.. 81.
,rrnrs Tor sigh, and 20 marks III pfennngs for ninety
day
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CAyANNAH LINE For FLORIDA GEORGIA. &c

~ rri weekly from Pier "a ~ r. Tuesdasss ..,,
d,vs and SATURDAYS T. NJ. for savannah az n. q
CITY Of Augusta Dee. 10 la Grande Duchess Dec q
CITY OF Hirrn neham Dec - Kansas city
Unsurpassed cabin accommodations ,onne.s.ss ,se
savannah rail linec for all points IN s,niy
south ana southwest For tickets and freight rates
M Az 26l 3l3 1856 broadway. at the ler. ~.
Spring ST. u NJ so.NV-I-o 49,.
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financial.
OREGON Improvement COMPANY.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN TO THE hoiDLn go vr
srru,p,rIrs OF THE OREGON IMPROVEMENT CON
PANY. THAT THE COMMITTEE UNDER THE ,., rnN,
or, xovrWRrR H. 1896 ARE STILL REcEiVlNu
D,.nos,rc on, srfu-RITIES OF THE SAID COMPANf'
ANY STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY hTiN"
WITHOUT FOUNDATION OR FACT ...,,,,,,,
THOSE WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY pEro ,s, 20
THEIR SECURITIES OR MAINTAIN ~. ,.pn,
- On 60, o>v TptrsT co RECEIPTS ARE EAKN-
rsrI.y REQUESTED TO DO so AT ONCE WITH HE
FARMERS LOAN & TRUST COMPANY
Nv order of Committee.
HENRY ZUCkERMAN. Secretary
10 e. ~ Broad Str.
NEyy YORK. DEC nth. 1885
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CT'\ARD LINE.
WHITE STAR LINE.
COOKS ORIENTAL enthusiastically con.

~ Quoted Parties 20 Egypt Nile and Palestine from
New Yorx Jan :. Feb ~ Mar & 1897. All sxpenses
Included Illustrated programmes from THos COOK
SON 2si and 225 Broadway. y. y.
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STOCKS MOVE UPWARD.
STERLING EXCHANGE HIGHER
POSSIBILITY OF GOLD EXPORTS AFFECT
SENTIMENT FAVORABLY-BONDS
ADVANCE.

SALES At THE STOCK EXCHANGE DECEMBER IL
DEALINGS IN BONDs AND BANK sTOchs.
10000 I, 4 4s Res 1907 ITO NJ 1; T % 81
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STEAMSHIP LINES.

vi IN, va, excursion or Tourists tickets al pcns
m Texas Coortil. Ifah. Arizona. 'aflins Mens"
caaryia F'lsrifa et- Also 10; springs. Afk - .
s,IIiN1; A. ng he Atlantic Coast g. brunswick a.
similar Voyage Crossing the GUT = MsNc. 20 va rs
Tor Toy ARE IDEAL TRIPS FOR WINTER MpNLh>
Write FOR our - PAGE POCKET GUIDE mailed re,
e. u MALLORY co. Gen Agi-. fief ~ r ~ =. .
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financial elections.

OFFICE OF THE AMERICAN COAL COMPANY,
NO. | BROADWAY.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9Th. 1896
VJ,IIE ANNUAL ELECTION for Directors Of
L the American Coal Company. OF Alegany County.
Maryland will be l.cld at the Companys office. in the
city OF New York. Thursday. the 2ih day Of De
cember 1896. between the hours OF ~ and o'clock
GEO. NJ BOWLBY.
Secretary.
TINE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF
TIE CITY OF NEW YORK December 18th 1885,
annual election for Directors Of this bank be
held at bankng-room. ~ Wall Street. TUESDAY,
January 18th. 1897 from ~ NJ. to o'clock u. VI
j w. HARTMAN Cashier
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wv ANTED. $1,000: l.. |. City water 'front.'
w Dond security Al Address BOND. Box TO- IT'D
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BANANA RAILROAD STEAMSHIP LINE
DED "D" LINE OF STEAMSHIPS.

~ Far La Guayra. Puerto csbalo. curacao ara MaIS
c,iho via Curacao. from Robert stores. Brooklyn
SIS PHILADELPHIA. Wednesday. December q
90 raRAcAS '....... Wednesday. January 4. ] p
50 vrNrZI'rIA ......... Saturday January IL p u
FOR MARACAIBO: VIA ST THoMhs "a
sc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Monday. December - p
These American steamers. built expressly for the "
have sur.rior accomm ,dations for passengers
Bot TON, BLISS " DALlsEIl..
G.narL Managers. l3S Front-s"
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THE GENERAL LIST.
RAILROAD STOCKS.

--Ac;vsi sa.es----l--t'los.ng- shares
Op.n High Low. FIN. Bid. Ask. sold.
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- TTTSBTRGH CINCINNATI. CHICAGO &

81. LOUIS HALLWAY CoMpANi-steubenville &
Indiana Railroad Compan, Extended Five per cent i~an
interes' ist proxmo the bonds ~ this
Loan will be- pail NJ the National city Bank OF New
York Transfer books ~ close December isin.
r. H. II. MCKNIGHT Treasurer
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AID DOMINION LINE.

Fer Ole Point Comfort. Norfolk newport News ..s.
burg rortsmDutn Primers Point Richmond LIE
Beach. Va AMI Washirsto ton - - dsly Az On.
n. m pier 20 North Eiver sailing every week Gay Va
cept Saturday a Y. NJ. and saturday az t.f',sl
w l.. GuII.LAuDEU. Vice-Prss and frame Msr
BANANA RAILROAD STEAMSHIP LINE
L THE SEA ROUTE TO SAN tkANSls..ont ,,s Il
connecting nj the Isthmus for all West COAST F"~ -
Mexico. Central and South America
Steamers from pier foot West .'th 81.
VALENCIA Dec. 81 noon ADVANCE. Dee ~ n''s
For rates .pply at Companys ONCE. - Brosawy
' ~ JOHN MUIR. Traffic Manager
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Domestic exchange was as follows at the places
named: New Orleans Commercial. - ~ DIS
count: bank par. Charleston-i5uying. II dis
count: selling X premium Savannah Buylng,
1-16 per cent off: selling. par: telegraph, l-'2'.
Chicaeo-.Oc premium. Boston-Jc. discount 70
par. S. Lous-25c to 81 premium. San Fran
cisco-S:ghf. Zoe. telegraph. III &C. CINCINNATI
-4Oc. preTEm.
Bank clearinGs in this city were: Exchanges
S11g:3;232o4S balances. SG.:'SG.1I4. Baltimore
Exchanges 500. 400. balances S33,.!Ho. Chi
cago-Exchanges- Sl5997 go; balances Sl.62'.-
1G, Philadelphia Exchanges. S1l.OGJ. l23. Bos-
ton-Exchanges S1i, I93!
The price Of commercial bar silver in this mar
:,lGJo In London bar silver was unchanged Mt
SOD.
Money on call in London was 81, per cent open
market discounts ~, per cent for long and short
bills British consols closed at 10 l1-lG for
money and III for the account. French rcntes
closed at 1O2 francs 21ia ccntimes Paris ex-
change on London. - francs 2iien2J'2 centmes
Discount rate in Paris per cent. Discount rate
in Berlin. ~ per cent.
The weekly statement Of the Bank Of England,
published to-day. showed a decrease OF tNl6Wn
I'm the total reserve. and total decrease Of
t46i 900 In bullion. The proportion of tho bank =
reserve to liability. which last week was 5i.T'
per cent. Is now - ~ per cent. The banks
minimum discount rate remained unchanged at
per cent The weekly stafcmcr. Of the Bank
gold and an Increase Of 5000 francs silver
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-18
THE FEDERAL TREASURY

Actual cash bal ST. sci 500 is35i5 Inc. 500 3s<
Customs receipts reported from Washington
to-day were S231.2l! internal revenue receipts.
500 223 and the miscellaneous receipts. SGI-
..,S total Government receipts for the day. SS!'S-
600; expenditures 81 1GS.WD; excess or cxpend-
itures S269E,N Receipts for month 10 date.
So 300 :}J1: expenditures, S11HS.Wn: excess OF
expenditures 81 Ig1 Gas Receipts for the fiscal
year TO date. Sli69jO.si1: expenditures, Vim
60 80: excess OF expenditures Si1.Iii4.H. Re-
cepts Of National bank notes for redemption to-
day were S6S6, ~.
Sub-Treasury receipts for the day were 3d.
COS :,92 and payments. S3.2l3.l1S. resulting In n
general balance Of $1G9. 73i 1886 consisting OF
SOB II rI3i coin and Sl6Gl9 IO2 currency The
Sub Treasury had A debit balance at the Clear
ing House Of S2Oi O2., and It's net loss on bal
anre was S2iG ISL made up by a loss in coin OF
$40 1GS and II gain in currency OF S2f3.9S2
GAS AND MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.
REPORTED By PFEnFER & sTIrZ. IS wArL~sr.
NETWORK
GAS fETRITIES.
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hal, per Loan. Interest due January lsi
proN,mo bonds OF this Loan Will L. paid at the Ma
Bank II New York. Transfer books close De
cembcr 18th. .
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25
Eating Up an Estate.

The New Orleans Times Democrat de-
votes several columns to an exposition of
the exorbitans claims presented against
the estate of the late Fanny Sweet of that
city. The highest court of the State re-
Gently decided that the rightful heirs to
the estate were brother in San Francisco
and sister at Huntington, w. Va. and it
was said each would come into possession
of 500, 600 worth of property. But re-
port to the court having charge of the
estate shows its gross value to be little
over $54, 900. But for the interference of
the Judge there would have been nothing
LETT for the heirs, as claims for enormous
fees were put in. These the Judge cut down
in a summary manner, which will leave
perhaps, $40, 600 to be divided between the
two heirs. As an evidence of the large
claims put in, and the pairing process 10
which they were subjected by the Judge,
the following may be mentioned: One
attorney claimed $l2. 900, and was allowed
500; one notary public who made will,
which the court declares was no will at
all, asked $3.50, got nothing; another no.
tary made claim for $1,000 got $3.50; the
undertaken claimed $140S, got $3.50; a
woman, for services and meals, fought for
$500, and was awarded 5000; one physician
claimed $1703, and was awarded Sc; an
other physician asked for $500, but the
court considered that there was no evil
dence to show that he was entitled to any,
thing; an amanuensis claimed $4,000 for
alleged services, and he gets nothing, and
so on almost throughout the entire list
Baltimore Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25
PARIS PRISONS.
In France Person Is Deemed Guilt,
Until He Proves Himself Innocent.

In France a Person Is Deemed Guilty
Until He Proves Himself Innocent.
The prison premises at the Depot of the
Prefecture are very insufficient, and it is a
blot on Paris that such place continues
to exist without improvement. Any one
almost might be obliged to pass through
the ordeal of night at the Depot. Mis-
takes have been made before now by the
French police; persons of undoubted re-
spectability and perfect innocence, foreign
visitors IN particular. have been arrested,
and when once in custody they cannot go
free until all the formalities have been
fulfilled. In France an accused person is
deemed guilty until he proves himself
innocent, and as this principle may press
very hard at times better arrangements
should be made at the Prefecture.
There is one little room set apart for the
better dressed of the captures brought by
Black Maria. This is called "Salle des
habits noir"-the room for decent coats
to which are sent the outwardly respect
able. These favored folk, who have the
privilege of being crowded to the numbe
of thirty or forty into very limited
space, are mostly clerks charged with
fraud. seeming swells who are really adj
venturers, forgers, embezzlers and the
like. There are a few separate cells, sew
enty-six for males and as many for fe-
males, set apart for the top-sawyers in
crime, or those brought in under a Judges
order; but the rest of the days "takings"
are herded together, sometimes to the
mum ber OF 200 or more in one great arched
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25
FROM DESK
TO PULPIT
Reporter Bolce Will Be-
come the Pastor of a
New Church.
To Be Founded on New Lines,
Freed From the Subtleties
OF Greed.
The Cosm opolitan Church Is the Name
Select for the New organi.
Zation.

Harold Bolce, for some years we'll
known Oakland and San Francisco re-
porter, has begun movement to organize
what he terms the COSMOPOLITAN Church
in San Francisco. He will be the pastor.
Mr.. Bolce recently travelled in Europe,
accom- panied by his wife, and was CORE
spondent for New York newspaper dur
ing the recent trouble in South Africa,
where he was at the time. He is native
son, and attended the State University.
He studied theology three years, however,
under Professor Joseph French johnson
OF the University of Pennsylvania.
The idea of the new church is the estab-
lishment OF new society without creed.
or as Mr.. Bolce puts it ito promulgate
the teachings OF Christ without the sub
tleties of theology" The articles of incor-
poration call for "a religion that will rec
ognize the idea of beauty in the varying
religions and PHILOSOPHERS of mankind. y
Mr.. Bolce was born near Haywards and
belongs to Oakland Parlor, Native Sons OF
the Golden West. While none but his
most intimate friends have known of his
clerical tendencies, Mr.. Bolce has, in fact,
been preparing for the ministry for ten
years.
After graduating at the Oakland High
School he attended Dwight L. Moody S
theological school at Mount Vernon, Mass.
He then returned to Cali.ornia, where he
pursued his studies at the State Univer-
sity, meantime doing newspaper work OF
so high a grade as to bring him consid-
cradle tame by reason of his pure English
and charming style.
He went East about year ago and made
hit on the Inter Ocean at Chicago, fol-
lowing it with success on the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. He is well known in
Washington, where he was for long time
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25
OARIsBROOKE CASTLE.

The Apartments From Which Charles
the First Attempted to Escape.
As memorial of the late Prince Henry
of Battenberg. governor of the castle. Car
isbrooke Castle is TO be fully repaired. By
some considered of Roman. perhaps
British, origin, the castle was captured in
$50 by Cardic, who gave it to his nephe VS..
Stuf and Whitgar, the latter of whom re-
built it. The fort was enlarged by William
Fitz- Osborne, first lord of the island, and
in "Doomsday Book" it is cited as occu-
pying one virgate OF ground. Some Nor
man masonry remains at the northwest
angle and in the Mountjoy tower.
The castle assumed its present
aspect In the reign of Queen Eliza
beth. She built the outworks with a
moat and replaced the principal gate,
above which is ''E. R., 1908" employing g
for engineer the Italian, Genebella, who
had fortified Antwerp. The keep stands
on an artificial mound assembled by seventy
steps. One may yet see the ruins of the
apartments occupied for some fourteen
months during Colonel Hammond's gov
ernorship by Charles l, from which ne
twice attempted to escape, and where his
children were imprisoned after his death.
The Princess Elizabeth's gravestone,
INSCRIBED IL. D., was Iounu, IN llSo, near
the altar OF Newport parish church,
wherein the Queen erected monument
to her memory forty years ago. st Nicho-
las Chapel was rebuilt in 1739 1t be-
longed once to Quar- Abbey. Near the
Castle Hill are traces of the Cictercian
priory, founded by Fitz-Osborne, who
built also the parish church of what was
formerly Wightgarisburgh. On the hill' s
south slope by the village street stands
the Roman villa; another is at Morton,
on the remoter side of Brading- DOWN
London News.
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25

or else EN- Sarrassed because was the first
one to see him IN long trousers, although
they were turned up. The inquisition
proceeded. "Why are you going TO Lewis
toni" No answer; study in boots. Ire
peated the question mechanically, being
absorbed for the moment in recovering
from the mud my neither limbs, which
were slowly seeking the center of the
earth.
"I'm going up ter Lewiston to see the
bridge" was the stout answer. "Where
do you live?' / remorselesslv continued.
"Ov'r there" this time with soft blubber-
ing which I pretended not to hear, SO
much had my own sufferings hardened
me. looked over there and saw close by
the rivers bank snug little place which
was one of the best grandstands to view
the wreckage of the bridge that could be
had. "You want to see the bridge"
was getting mad. 'The bridge has gone
out, you little -.' Loud blubbering
followed, the little fellow turned In his
boots for home and the last heard was
the tear-choked accents in the distance,
II want to SEQ the bridge"
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-25
A Canal to Develop Horsepower,

A scheme to develop 100000 to 200, 600
horsepower by building a canal from the
ST. Lawrence River to the Grass River in
St. Lawrence County has recently come
to light. 1t has taken long months of
work on the part of the men who were
pushing the enterprise to secure the neces-
sary capital 1t is now understood that
they have managed to place bonds with
certain English capitalists, and the work
on the proposed canal will begin at once.
The ST. Lawrence is to be tapped two
miles below the southern end of Long
Sault Island, and the canal will run over
comparatively level plateau till it reaches
q drop of about 40 feet at Massena, on the
Grass River. Here the turbines will be
put in, and an electric plant will be erected
to generate the horsepower. The canal
will be about four miles long, 800 feet wide
and 25 feet deep if it is decided to obtain
only 100000 horsepower. John Bogert,
the consulting engineer, estimates the
cost of such a waterway at $I000.000