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The record-union., 1896-12-21
BUSINESS IN CONGRESS.
THE CUBAN QUESTION MAY EN-
GROSS THE SENATE TODAY.
Only Small Prospect of Quorum
Being Had in the
House.

WASHINGTON, Dec 20.-The Cuban
question and Secretary Olneys state
ment of the executive position may pre-
cipitate debate in the Senate to-mor-
row that will set aside the regular bust
ness assigned for the two days that
Congress will be in session before the
holiday recess. 1t is not improbable
that some of the more radical Cuban
sympathiZers will start the discussion
with the presentation Of Senator Cam
eron's report shortly after the morning
hour. Conservative Senators who have
studied the precedents are inclined to
the opinion that the talk about a serious
difficulty between the President and
Congress has no sound foundation.
Cool heads will counsel moderation.
There is not the renotest probability OF
Mr.. Cameron's resolution recognizing
the independence of the Republic OF
Cuba being acted upon in the Senate
before the holiday recess. When the
debate does begin it is evident that Sen
ators Morgan, Davis, Chandler, Lodge,
Cullom and Mills will take up a posi-
ton adverse to that of the Secretary and
the discussion may be prolonged until
after the 4th of March.
1T was agreed in the Committee
on Foreign Relations that the report on
the Cameron resolutions should be made
tomorrow and that the matter should
not be called up until after the holidays.
This agreement will be carried out.
If the programme of the Senate made
before the Cuban question took such an
acute form is permitted to be carried
out the Senate will discuss the Okla
homa free homestead bill, which is the
unfinished business.
The beginning of the holiday recess,
with the adjournment on Tuesday, gives
but two days for business in the House
and there is small prospect OF a quorum.
Consideration of the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
which is the unfinished business, will re-
sumo tomorrow and the measure will
probably be disposed of. unless the ad-
vocates of the library scheme proposed
by the Joint committee as a substitute
for the provisions reported by the COM
mittee should require the presence of
quorum, in which case the bill will go
over until after the holidays.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
May Yet be LynChed.

MAYFIELD Ry), Dec. 20-Jim
Stone, the negro charged with out
raging Mrs. j. NJ. r. Green of this city,
was brought here to-day from Louis
vile, where he was taken when ar
rested to prevent a lynching. His ex-
amining trial is to take place Tuesday,
but he may be lynched before that
time, as threats are being made.
Later.-The indications late tonight
are that Stone will be lynched before
morning. A great many strangers have
arrived in town, but there are no
groups, and the Town Marsha, 81 not
called upon to arrest any disturbers. It
is believed the men will form at a GER
tain place at midnight
The record-union., 1896-12-21
His Condition Dangerous.

CHICAGO, Dec. 20-Senator Warren,
who was operated upon at the Audito-
rum Annex last Friday for appendi-
citis, is still in dangerous condition.
The physicians, however, have hopes
for his recovery and say that he will
have passed the critical point within
another day. He suffered greatly to-
day, but his condition is said not to
have become more serious
The record-union., 1896-12-21
Death of SiIaS A. Hudson.

BURLINGTON Oa), Dec. 20.-Silas
A. Hudson, first cousin of General u.
s. Grant; died last night, aged 81 years.
He was a co-worker with Greeley on
the New York Tribune and with G. D.
Prentice on the Louisville Journal"
and with both assisted in bringing
about the nomination and election of
Abraham Lincoln, with whom he was
on terms of intimacy. He was ap-
pointed by President Grant in 1869
Minister to Central America. He re-
signed in 1879 and had since led a re-
tired life in Burlington.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
HERRMANN'S FUNERAL.
A Large Crowd Attends 1t in the
Masonic Temple, New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O-The funeral
of Alexander Hermann, the magician.
was held at Masonic Temple, Sixth
avenue and Twenty third streets, this
afternoon. The large hall was crowded
with the friends of the deceased. A
choir from the Temple Emanuel sang
several funeral hymns. The simple
Hebrew burial rites We're conducted by
the Rev. DIR. Joseph Silverman, who de-
livered an eulogistic Grafton.
The members of Mum Lodge, of
which deceased was a member, were
present. After the grafton they gath
cred about the casket and Charles
The record-union., 1896-12-21
Fifty Horses Burned.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Fifty horses
were burned to death at a fire which
started at $50 this morning in a brick
boarding stable owned by Bernard Soy
at 5.l5 Carroll street. Brooklyn. Three
firemen We're injured by falling walls.
The total loss is about $4,000.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
A Travelling ImpOster.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Daniel Froh-
man, the theatrical manager, is re-
ceiving numerous letters from South
ern States asking for information re-
garding one Dave Woods, who is pos
ing as the agent of a Frohman COM
pany, on the strength of which he has
been borrowing money. Mr. Frohman
states that Woods is in no way associ-
ated with him.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
ALL TIE JOURNALISTS
WERE EXCLUDED.
Chancellor YOn HOhenlOhe Did Not
Want Them.
In Their Absence the Kaiser Talked
Freely at the Dinner.

His Sympathies i'm the Strike Are En-
tirely With the Hamburg EN-
ployers, and He Advises an Inter-
national Combination of Employers
Won Tausch's Trial-Agitation
by Newspapers to Secure the Ar
rest of r1undt AISO-At the EN-
perOr's Request the Military Court
of Inquiry Will Reopen the Trial
of BruSeWitZ.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
PIate-Glass Company Fails.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20-It is reported
that a German looking-glass plate COM
pany which has controlled the Amer
lean market since it's organization in
July, 1890, has decided to go into liqui-
dation. None of the officers of the COM
pany can be found to confirm or deny
the report
The record-union., 1896-12-21

may yet be called upon to exercise that
prerogative"
PREVIOUS to the meeting there was a
parade The marchers carried ban
nerss some of the inscriptions being
'Cheerless Christmas for the Working
man, we Want Work. Not Charity
work instead of the Poorhouse," and
a number of others on the same lines.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
Insurance Agent Arrested.

BOSTON, Dec. 20.-Alonzo R. Shat
tuck, well-known insurance agent of
this city, has been arrested on a charge
of doing insurance BUSH s. for a cor
poration not registered to do business
in this State. The claim is that he rep
resented the Life Insurance Company
of st. Paul in placing an insurance pol
lev for s. 600
The record-union., 1896-12-21
Heiser conducted the Masonic ritual

Heiser conducted the Masonic ritual
service.
AT the conclusion the body was taken
to Woodlawn Cemetery for interment.
The pail bearers included Maurice
Grau, Frank Sanger, Alfred Hayman,
William H. Crane and Frank Mckee.
A large number of prominent theatre
cal people were in attendance as delega-
tionS from the Lambs, Phoenix ana
Press Clubs, of which deceased was a
member.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
GENERAL COLBY
URGED TO PERSEVERB.
His Plan Of Raising Ten Thousand Men
to Fight for Cuba
Meets With Much Favor All Over the
Country.

Many Wish to be Enrolled as Volun-
teers-COlonel McReynolds Wants
to Join Him With 100 Crack Shots
From OklahOma--Friends of Cuba
to Parade in New York-Spaniards
Still Rejoicing Over the Death of
MaceO-Cleveland Returns, But
Will Probably Take No Further
Action.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
Friends of Cuba Will Parade.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-The American
friends of Cuba have completed all ar
rangements for a big parade and de-
monstration through the streets of this
city Tomorrow. The paraders will
carry American flags and torches.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
Has Accepted a Situation.

WILMINGTON Oel), Dec. 90
Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., son of Embas-
sador Bayard, has accepted a situation
in the Street Department in New York
The record-union., 1896-12-21
THINKS SPAIN WOULD
NOT DECLARE War,
And II Would Only be a Bluff If
She Did.
Senator Aliens Opinion en- the Joint
Resolution.

He Holds That It is Within the Power
of Congress to Pass 1t Over the
Presidents Veto, and He r1ust
Carry Out Its Behests-Thinks
Olney's Position is Wrong, and
That Congress Has Power Thus to
Declare War and Take Peace
Other Congressmen's Opinions.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28
Loss in purch..e. ............s 14s,s7l,o02.:

R. E. PRESTON,
Director of the Mint.
We had July /, last, in actual circula.
ton among the people OF the United
States 81. sos, 725, 200. as stated by the re-
port OF the treasury department, which
I will read:
49, ton July !. 1895
Goto com. AOo,llb,4bH.u
Standard silver dollars. 62,1iS. COS. 90
Subsidiary silver. .......... 5000. S05. 90
Gold certificates. ......,... q, $40, 5000
Silver certificates. ........ 331, go $1,000
Trs notes. act July II, 1880 1921. 301 90
United States notes. 22S,46i.8SS,O0
Cur. certsf's, act June 8, 1892 81, $40, 10000
National bank notes........ 21c,8Sl.92L00
Total .................. 81. 500. ~. 10000
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28
OPENING OF THE MEETING
'''. emo, na.hnelr. Adar...

0'.rH"r HuehnoIT0 Address ~
'hnirman-Campaien Songs.
1t was almost half hour after the
.p'oinied time for the opening Of the
meeting before the speakers arrived
saa the interval was entertainipgiy
aned In with several rousins campaign
eonss by Professor ]. a. sarchent Il
guernsey county. Professor sarchent Is
~ old-tine campaign song writer and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

We had also at that date SIS. s1s. ssi
in the treasury, mostly gold and silver.
held for the redemption OF United states
notes and silver certificates, as follows:
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28
senator Sherman's Speech,

Mr.. Chairman and Fellow-citizens-A
citizen Of Ohio has been selected by the
Republican national convention as their
candidate for president OF the United
States. and we are here to ratify and
support his nomination. We take pride
in william Mckinley. not only for the
honor conferred upon Ohio by the con-
yention, but because we know him to
be fitted for that great office. We know
that since his boyhood his life has been
pure and stainless, that as o soldier In
taie Union army he was brave and loyal.
that as q member Of congress for many
years he exhibited the highest mental
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1896-08-28

"The senator-elect from Ohio is also
here. (Cheers) He has given good adj
vice in times past and we shall look to
him for good advice now and In times to
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-04
NOT ACCORDING TO THE CODE.

Newsboys Scourge O Companion Who Vio-
 lated Queensberry's Precepts.
 Several bare-legged and leather lunged newsboys were shooting craps" in City Hall park the other night when one of them caught another cheating, says the New York World. The two, after raucous argument, set at each other to settle the matter after the code of Queensberry. During the argument of limb and muscle some one yelled sl1riIly:
 'Kiggy, here comes de copT"
 When the party rcassembled in Spruce street both combatants stripped and went at it tooth and nail When they grappled the others pulled them apart. Finally both clinched with despera- ton that defed unravcling and fell squirming to the pavement, where they swore between gasps at the others who trod upon their heads. Presently one of them writhed from the others en- brace.
 'The dirty sninl1er's bit ine!' he shrieked. He's chawed off me arm
 ''Dat's right" sniffed the other. ''He was a-tumpin' me in de stummicl1. No blol1e ain't goin' to do dat to me-"
 i've ain't!" yelled a sympathizer of the bitten small boy. ''We ain't, hey? Wy, I'll t'unp you in de t'roat." And he sailed in. The rest of the boys sailed in with him, and between them they were murdering the biting small boy when a policeman bounced upon them.
 What's the trouble here?" he de- manded.
 ''W'y, dat bloke bit a chunk out O me pals arm," one of them piped up. And while the policeman put in pursuit of the boy who had bitten the other the rest of the newsboys fled up side street, bearing as spells the evening newspapers of the pursued.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-04
cotp sruRAeE FoE HUSBANDS
Boston's Great Scheme to Secure to the
 Absent.Aousewife Peace of Mind.


 Boston's Great Scheme to Secure to the
 Absent.aaousewife Peace of Mind. The resources of modern civilization are capable of meeting nearly all the demandssof the woman who wants to go into the country for the summer with a free mind, absolutely devoid of ; care for the home she leaves behind her. There are, says the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, storage ware houses where she may safely bestow all z her houses furnishings, safe deposit vaults for her valuables, places where 2 her dog, her cat, her parrot or her canaryscan- enjoy all the comforts of a home.
 Bntin. one most important and es- sential point modern civilization fails this woman. For if not the most valued, certainly the most important and frail- est objectin her urban entourage, the source of more anxiety and care than all the other accidents of her environ ments combined. no place of safe be- stowaE is provided. To her question: What shall I do with nay husband?" modern civilization returns no answer. She cannot take him along. In the first place, he won't go; in the second place, she doesn't want him. But there is no safe place to put him. She must ! leave him knocking about, entirely out of view of his lawful guardian angel, the sport of fate and bachelor acquaint ances, subject to all the risks against which her presence by his side ordi- .narily insnres him. The result is that many a woman who really needs and deserves long summer rest abandons her cherished project, and the pro- prietOr ofsome summer resort loses her patronage.
 Weare pleased to learn that in Bos- ton. whence all good things come, this want has been recognized, and an ef- fort that promises to be successful has beensmadc to supply it A cold storage warehouse for husbands has been es- tablished by ''reined widow lady, !" who offers to contract with wives about to depart for the sea shore or the noun tains- to store their husbands during their absence and return them in as good condition as when received, at the end of the season Her establishment 11as some slight resemblance, it must be confessed, to the ordinary boarding h0nse of commerce, but the resem- blanee is only superficial The great feature of her plan is constant super vision of her charges Every care will be taken to interest and amuse them, bnt the stricteSt discipline will be main 4ained No latcilkeys will be allowed, an efficient corps of stalwart assistants or keepers will be maintained, and, in the terse and significant language of the prospectors, mo funny business" will be allowed
 If the refined widow lady" is of sufh- cient age and hideousness to invite femi- nine confidence, if she has the record she claims as stern and uneompromising manager of husbands, the hotel keepers at the resorts frequented by Bostonese may anticipate an unusually profitable summer. There may be some little diff 1iculty in turing a husband into this asylum. but once she has got him there, his-wife may depart for her ''villegia- tura'' with mind free from anxiety as tohis safety
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-04
A EOuR-CENT FEE.
Perhaps the Smallest Commission Eve
 Paid Lawyer.

Perhaps the Smallest Commission Ever
 Paid a Lawyer.
 One of the smallest fees ever received by any attorney was received the other day by Daniel J. O'Brien, who received a check from the United States navy office, drawn on the assistant United States treasurer at New York, for the sum of four cents.
 This check, says the Albany Argus, has story attached to it. During the war of the rebellion Mir. O'Brien was an officer on cruiser of the northern army, on which Richard W. Allen, also of Albany, was landsman. At the close of the war the government distributed among the seamcn of the navy the prize money made by selling vessels captured during the war. In this distribution Allen, who, with O'Brien, left the navy at the end of the war, was omitted.
 O'Brien, acting as Aliens attorney, sent in a claim for prize money to the navy department in 1867, and since then, through the succeeding twenty-eight years, he pressed Aliens claims at in- tervals. To each demand sent in the
 
 navy department responded that the matter was under consideration.
 The postmaster handed Mir. O'Brien a letter from the navy department. Mir. O'Brien opened it, and there lay the check he had been expecting for twenty-eight years.
 He glanced hastily at the figures on the precious slip of paper, and thought they read 's40O." He glanced at the letter accompanying it, and read that the amount was -four cents" for at torney's fees.
 Mr. O'Brien sought his client Allen, and found him gazing at check for thirty-five cents, his prize money, which he had received few days before, and had had framed and hung over his chimney-piece.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-04
SLAVE WITH A HERDS HEART.
Helpless White Lady Maintai ned by Ills
 Monthly Cheeks.


 A wealthy slave owner of the cotton belt entered the southern army, fought bravely and brilliantly. and died in one of the closing battles of the war. His widow, says the Philadelphia Led ger, was left peuniless, with large plan tations incumbered with mortgages, and hundred or more emancipated ne- groes who had ceased to be her prop erty. Her business affairs were mis- managed by agents and lawyers, and she lost one plantation after another. Her health failed, and in her old age she became wholly dependent upon one of her former slaves. This negro was grateful to her for having given him start after the war. Learning from experience that she could not manage her plantations successfully, she had rewarded the fidelity of a small group of emancipated slaves by deeding over to them outright small farms. This negro received in this way farm of twenty-six acres with a cabin. He prospered from the outset. He made 0 living out of his ground and saved every year a little money. In the course of few years he bought an other farm and doubled his resources. Other purchases followed, until he was a truck farmer with considerable wealth. He did not forget his old plantation mistress in his prosperity. When she had lost all her property and there was no other friend to take care of her in her old age this negro rescued her from destitution. He became her most faithful friend. Both are still living. On the first day of every month the negro farmer draws check for one hundred dollars and sends it to the aged lady whose slave he was in his boy hood. At first she was unwilling to become his pensioner, but he pressed help upon her with tears in his eyes, telling her that he would never have got on in the world if she had not gen. erously aided him by giving him the first farm His bounty is now her only resource.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-04
OvERRuLEp BY THEIR WIVES.

A Case Where All the Justices of the Su-
 preme Court Changed Their Minds.
 1twwas.a matter of some surprise that Justice Shiras, of the United States su- preme court, should have changed his mind within few weeks upon Q matter of law, but it is not many months since the whole court changed their mind on such matter, and that in the course of a few days.
 The case before the court, says the New York Sun, was one arising out of a customs decision at this port, and the counsel arguing against the decision of the custom house was New York law yer, then for the first time before the supreme court. The case turned main ly upon the question whether an article of importation should or should not be classed as d sauce The custom house had called it a sauce and taxed it ac- cordingly. The government maintained this contention, and, of course, the New York lawyer sought to show that the article should not be classed as a sauce.
 When the supreme court came to con-
 It upon the case their unanimous oinion was favorable to the contention
 the government, and one of the jus
 es was instructed to prepare a de-
 on in favor of the custom house. justice, on returning home, told ii, wife of tho ease, and indicated the
 nd of the decision; whereupon the $ told him in plain words that the ~es of the supreme court did not
 " what they were talking about,
 had agreed upon an unjust deci- sion. The lady was entirely clear that the article in dispute could not proper ly be called a sauce, and openly ridi- culed the court.
 The perpleXed justice, instead of pre- pairing the decision in accordance with the instructions of his brethren, did nothing in the matter, but at the nex. opportunity unfolded to the other jus tices his wife's view of the matter, and asked them to seek domestic counsel on the case and report at the next con. sultation of the court. When that con. sultation came round the justices, hay ing taken feminine counsel, all report ed against the original view that the article involved in the case should be classed as a sauce, and accordingly the justice originally charged with the task of preparing decision in favor of the government was now instructed to pre- pare one in favor of the New York law. yer's client. 1t thus happened that the lawyer won his first case before the su' preme court because the wives of the justices knew more than the court it. self.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-04
Spiders Are Great Eaters.

Sir John Lubbock has recently made some studies of the alimentary habits of spiders. Selected specimens were weighed before and after full meal, with the result of learning that if a man were to absorb the quantity of food proportionate to his weight ecu sumed by spider he would devour two whole oxen, thirteen sheep, s dozen hogs and four barrels of fish.
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-04
Von Moitke,s Cabbages.

It is said that Won Moltke was ''silent in seven languages. Before the open ing of striking campaign he was walking the streets with head de pressed when some busybody ap- proached him, determined to extort from him a word in regard to current events. "IIow arc matters coming on, generalY'' he asked. Well" said the general, ''my cabbages are coming on very well, but Ely potatoes need rain"
The St. Johns herald., 1896-01-04
APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA,
 Bureau of Information.

By addressing the undersigned, intend ing settlers and home seekers will be furnish ed with all information, covering the re- sources of Apache County, climate, soil, pro ducts, water facilities, land, etc., etc. The best and most feasible routes to travel to visit our locality, probable cost, and all general information needed. Address all communica- tiOns to
 COMMISSIONER OF REFRIGERATION,
 St Johns. Apache Crunty Arizona.