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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17

When such bright, energetic and enter
prising men are cut off almost In the
prime of life, and while we would sup
pose they have still before them may
years OF useful life, il is interesting to re-
call how the grim reaper sometimes skips
the aged and leaves them in the enjoy
ment of good health or years beyond the
Scriptursl period OF ''tbree score years
and ten." There ia now living in this
city a gentleman who has rounded out ~
years OF a god and valuable life, and
who yet shows not the heavy impress OF
the hand OF time. Mr.. Thomas X. Briggs,
who was old enough when the first city
directory was published in 1924, still re-
sides on Cranston street, and mis- friends
believe he has many years OF life yet be-
fore him. In his active days he was a
blacksmith and was one OF tae most ex-
pert workmen in these Plantations.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17
The Wool Trade.

The American Wool and Cotton Re-
porter ssys;
Sales in the three principal markets
have amounted to 5,0ls, 800 pounds, OF
which 2, 900 were domestic. and 2, ,573-
300 foreign wool. Sales since January !,
1896, have amounted TO 10, 7oi, 500 pounds.
The gist OF several cables received al 2
y. M, on Tuesday, Indicated that ex-
treme December London prices were be-
ing firmly maintained. Though our
markets have been for most of the
period rstner quiet, prices have been
steady and firm. At some points a very
fair amount of business was transacted
on Thursday and Friday. Except for
territories and Capes there has been the
average inquiry.
NEW YORK.
The ssles aggregate 1,3is, 900; 5000
pounds domestic and 1,072, 900 foreign,
making total since January OF 4, 967, 200
pounds The volume OF business, al
though less than that Of few weeks ago,
is still fully up to the average.
BOSTON.
The sales OF tho weeks have amounted
to 2, 16i, 600 pounds; ], 1886, 900 pounds do
nestle and 1926, 900 pounds foreign. Tho
sales since January /, 1895. will aggregate
7,164, 500 pounds. Domestic fieeccs are re-
ceiving a good degree OF attention, 60
practically is Australian, although with
the strengt hening OF pices, perhaps they
are not worked oti quite so easily.
PHILADELPHIA.
Sales during the week were S33. 600
pounds domestic, and 773, 200 POUNDS for
eign, making q total Of $685. 800 pounds;
total since January !, 1896. 3,572, 500
pounds. Business hes been mostly con-
fined to local manufacturers who are pur-
chasing only to cover small orders. The
demand continues mainly for fine and
medium washed and unwashed wool.
CHICAGO.
Sales have bsen smaller than for many
months, not sggregatiug over 200, 600
pounds. This 10 no doubt on account OF SO
much wool being withdrawn from the
market, and the advanced prices that the
trade Is demanding for the stock they
have for sale.
ct. LOUIS.
Sales foot up about 200, 900 pounds
with offers made on twice as much moro
that are not far from being trades now.
Pullers.arc fnding II easier TO get pelts.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17
The new ENGLAND R. R co.
Passenger Train Service, Week Days.
Corrected to December 10, 1898.

Trains leave PROVIDENCE as toIlowss
For boston-s:o1 a, al, ,iSJ, - Nj IsS fukS stx
am; s!5 ,. N.
wALFoLE-:iy5 a. n,i t.s1 p. m.
fRASKLIN-s:oiA no.; a,Ji, 7iijp. u
~, Rb--S:v5 a. IN; f:5) p. IN.
All iSo .ONft4J. a. ms B:sJ, $50, 7.iS ssii oa
WEST ARLrSGToN- sao a N; F4is,, rs,s,.
ESQ
sNLjHTs VlLLE--fssi) a. m s;)s, 6;Sl. .sil .. "A
MAlt.AED PARK Cisl y s;eoa IN. n 4;s0, e
Fb:Ss, FoiSl tTils F''li 30 .. m.
NATiCK. RIvER foINl, cESTREvILLE
wASBINGToN-s,j, 500 a M $3.50. o!s9.
t:j0, '5il6 "llioJ .. m
CRANSroN, oAKLA WN--o;W 300 O. M. 4ssJ
b'b5, $3.50, 7.l5. -'IioOp IA.
PoN1l' g, ARCTIC, GcTDNIcK-ts;B O. no;
4:so, $50. 900. F5;lS .-n COP. N.
1STICNl-6;io,t;oc a nl,; 4isl. $50, s,3l 7;l5
ell 100 p. IA
oovENrR.r;~ srERLINo' -ssi. 300 = m; a,,.
7:l6 p. m.
sUMMIT, GREENE, oxRco, Moosup, PLAIN.
FlELO m'J, $50 q M; $3.50. 7;ij pm.
JEWETT CITY, cANTERBuRY, SCOTLAND
NEkS NILES, BALTlv. SOUTH WIEDnAM-
$50. s'0n a. in.i ESQ p, m.
wILLIMAEriC--s.W, s:O) a. nj ti3D. 7si5 p. 10.
HARTFo:.D-sar,p psogs. tS;so. ;iij .. N.
FIsHKiLL NEMBUn0--o;0) a. m
NoRwIolI--5;to. 800 n ~, ss'c.5;lsp m
WATERBURY. DANBuRy--s;eO a. IN.
CHcIdo AND TuE WEST VIA NEwBURa.
hSD ERIE R'Y--3;o0 a. ~
eAsCUAG AND lNrEHAEDt.agE sIATIONs-
1855. u;2o a. M and s:2s ani 'siiil5 D. m
Returning cave Pascoas o. 1850 a M. 1881,
I G.Cl and ''s;yOp e.
All tfhias ieave from west end Of Union Depc.
Providence.
saturdays onlw Fstors on neiics
W. Il. sABcocK. G. PA
yN. HINu. sNpL
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17
CHICAGO, JULY Z.
Place and Time Of Meeting OF the he mo
cratic National Convention.


cratic National Convention.
WASHINGTON, Jan. i1.-The Democratic
national convention will he he'i at the city
OF Chicago on July Z. That was the deci-
sion reached by tho national Democratic
committee, after on Interesting and nj
times exciting session, which continued
until III o'clock last night.
There was considerable difference OF
opinion as TO the time for holding the oon-
vcntion, ono proposition, advanced by
Allen w. Thurynan (O.), who had the
proxy of tho New Mexico member, being
10 hold it June z, Two weeks before tho
Republican convention, and the other by
Hugh Wallace (Wash) 10 hold IL July 4.
The committee decided upon the latter
date by vote OF 80 to Is.
The main interest centercd In the choice
of the convention city. For this honor
there were four ppllcants-Chicago, ST.
Louis, Cincinnati aud New York. Thirty
minutes were all owed each city in which
90 present Its claims The speeches. made
by distinguished citizens In each instance,
were OF high order OF excellence aud NJ
times aroused the greatest enthusiasm.
The balloting began about y o'clock las,
evening, and from the first long and
bitter struggle was indicated. The frs.
ballot resulted; Chicago, 8; Cincinnati,
IL; 81. Louis, 10; New York, H. There
was practically no change, except n slight
fuctuat'on OF n vote or two, until the 10Th
ballot, when Chicago began gradually "a
increase hon vote ~ tho expense ot New
York. At the 2)th ballot. New York'
strength was rapidly dlsintegrsting. her
vote going almost bodily 10 Chicago. Bus
st. LouiS, which had tenaciously cluug to
her 10 votes, also captured several Of Gin.
oinnau's votes. and uu the ballot before
tho last led Chicago 10y one vote
On the last ballot, the 2qth. which wa
taken shortly before n o'clock. the four
remaining votes OF New York were thrown
10 Chicago, and she obtained tho necessary
plurality senator Bricc voted for Gin.
cinnati 10 the last An examination Of
the vote by states shows that st. Louis
had practically the solid support Of tho
free silver votes In the committee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17
Court Calendar for Saturday.

Appellate Division.i
Eq. 400. Kent Stanley Company VS.. Richard
Robinson ct al.
Eq. NiO. Kent Stanley Company VS.. John
a. Plstt ct al.
Div 10. ass. Henrietta williams VS.. Joseph
d. williams.
Div 1887. Henry Reyf VS.. Eleanor ReyS
Div. 10, IA Bernard j. Marley VS.. Margaret
Marley.
Eq. iOe2. Mary A. Curley VS.. Thomas
Cvrley.
alOs Mary l.. Gladding ct al. VS.. Charles
n. c. Carter OF al.
Div. i0,427. Marion T. Dolley vs.. Albert NJ.
Dolley
Ex. ls47. Bazalics Lambert ct al. vs.
Emanuel Narcotic,
Div. io,HO. Lucy A. Smith VS.. James ".
Smith.
Aoo4. Thomas A. o'Gorman VS.. L. d. Newell
A. son.
J.T.w. 10. william Schulz VS.. Alpha r.
Hill OF ux.
Eo. 4loa. Matilda Gardner ct al. VS.. William
". Ricksrd.
Div. 10. 43s. Mary +. .'Zuill Va. Henry Zuili.
Fa. ais. Dora b. Swift for appointment.
NJ. p. 23as Angelo Petitto Va. Walter +.
Crowell.
Eq. 4ll6. Thomas W. Lind, .. a. VS.. Potter
Lind.
Div. 10000. Alexis Menage vs.. Susan F.
Menage
Eo. 1896. James Cunningham VS.. John
b. Cunningham.
Wash. Co. Edgar W. Chapman VS.. Blanche
b. Chapman.
Div. lO,i55. Susan y. Tanner VS.. Andrew j.
Tanner.
fcemmon Pleas Division
so97. Charles M. Salisbury W.. Frederick E.
Shaw. Attorneys--Cnaries NJ. Salisbury for
plaintiff; Bassett a. Mitchell for defendant.
1888. Leandsr q. Marshall vs.. George w.
Perkins. Attornoys-Page & owen Tor plain.
tin: ID. 4. Il W. G. Baker for defendants
1869. Charles n. Lamphere W. George u.
Boyden. Attorneys-A. Cushing for plain.
tT; q. u. SALISBURY for defendant.
H22. George n. Thdrston & Co VS.. William
n. Hanafort. Attorneys-J. W. Msthewson
for plaintiff; &. W. X. Allen for defendant.
S26s John McGowan Va. John HoIsic. At.
torneys-Page a owen for plaintiff; :. ". X.
Alien for defendant.
i93a Thomas watorhouse va Kenneth S. Nc.
Neili.
22i5 John p. Nelnnger VS.. Edward n.
Cooke et ux.
The following cases are on the motion
calendar;
3t2s. william J. Sheahan vs.. city % Provl.
dsnce Demurrer.
6oS3 Hiram Il. Aylsworth W. Lincoln
Curtis To dismiss.
i2i John A. Battey. Jr, vs.. Pawtuxet Val.
ley Electric Company. Leave to amend.
cslL Timothy J. scanlou ". Continental
Steamboat Company. Leave 10 amend.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17
From Birth

to death man is but organ
lied dust supported by the en-
ergies Of fuel-foods, of which
barring its bad taste) Cod
liver OIL is, by all odds, the
BEST" So says a famous
English physician.
Ira SCOtt's Emulsion, the
bad taste OF the Cod-liver Oil
is completely overcome max
ing it the perfect food and
remedy in consumption, an
emia, and al forms of wasting
complaints. 1t digests and
agrees where other foods repel.
No other emulsion is "the
same" none" just as good"
soc. and sroO at all druggists.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17

10 sn OLD sud Va LIZ TRIED sEMEDY. aud for
over FIFTY YEARS has hten used bv millions oi
mo'hers for their CHlfOREN while CITING
TEETH with Dedec; succers ltsoothes the child
sofiens the guns reduces Inflammation. ailnys all
pain vtnd collie IN Vsrr pleasant 10 the iasts
and b. the best remedy for diaFrhna sold by drus
aist- IN every pert ~ tho vord PRIOR 1NEN.
fN-FlNE CENTS A BOTTLE. Re cure and ask
co. MRS. WIN LOWS sOOTHTN0 sYRJP sad
take Other tind. ss mothers vii hnd ~ fhs bss,
N-cleipe 70 uss suriug the teeth ss period.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17

scme OF the Gco-Goo organs DO not APP
pear 20 ne satisfied with the promotion Of
John A. Murray 10 the rank Of llentensnt
and by inuendo try TO give the ib,pres-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17
Nest CONVENTION In 'frisco.

CHICAGO. Jqps.S. ~ decision has just
been rcmAic,tasto the pla.p of mccting %
the next nNional conycnth,n oi thr W O
J. I. san Francisco was chosen; Octo.
Der. isaN, Is the time. Mrs u. : Poet ol
San Jose will be the hostess OF the conven.
ton
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17
An-io-fr.noh Treaty.

PARIS, Jan. IL. 80 A treaty has been
slRned by representatives os Great Britain
and France settling tho McSong dispute.
each power agreeing upon the Mckunp
river as tho boundary ~ British aud
French territory from the north ot Siam
10 the frontier ot China. and that the up.
pcr Mckong in siam shall be- the sole buffer
between the territories ~ ihc Two powers
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17

NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND
HARTFORD RAILROAD.
OLD COLONY SYSTEM.
Time tables giving full inform alton
ms TO local and through train service
may be obtained at Providence sta-
tion ami stations below.
TRAIN SERVICE FROM PROVIDENCE.
PROVIDENCE DIVISION
Corrected to Jan. ~. 1874

Corrected to Jan. IL, 1874
BOSTON ssxss 90. ss.'' is.sS' Co., i,s sis '
i;sl. s.ss ieiio p. N. sundays--Ss42. b6;sS, s,ol
sS n IKE ssrtnSisd9e...v. Mi . sSs 81 s ros . psi. i
sgsare staion iz;oo bllioa s.is. 100 800. aio'ol
GSA 100 ou SS so s so "a SSs n i' Ss siS @ sa s
days i2;Og, biz:oa iilb 300. $50 M 100. s.oJ
ATfLEnoGo- 90. 7.4,. s.is $50. 1000. iI,u
;se i'ls !, 3 l's9 ''2s ,'ss .is: Sio' Sis@ "a
m h. 10 iil' aSoasysIsps sao' s',o no. " '''H
MOTH Arl'LEsoRo aud PLAiNviLLE ,!.s.
s'io, ililoa a m i!.o,, ~ ., iiis. b'SA e'z.. haA
wAaPcM, WsRSTaSI, NORWOOD CENTRAL
NORWOOD and DEpHAa.lio, siie g. m.
MANsPlELD-Sil S:l s:os. l,oe si.,.
sag, 1000 ii;ioa m. i2ioo l;io. tis' o''a ti1e
Psrior cars only .EIeepi Mondays bslespIns
ritehburg aud way stations. s;,O. io;oo NJ, ;;''h
t'ls " m.
Lowell aud ay sts,io S.i. 10 100 a m. 4hs pn.
la'O1, d.gO. Taunton otiy); Sas. S:oo, ls'1
launton only ei22. lo;lo y. m seadsys
eia5 a. m. and s;SO D.. m
Siddieoero SABA m, n.oJ, s;aa b..sp.
PORTS on Cape Cod. ass a m.j is,ol Sss .. n
Sottsge CITY, eili a. IN; l2ioS y. IN.
sToSIscroN DIVISION.
Trains, leave PRovlDENcEs ss follows Tor
hEW YokK-lIs. hl ~ m. daily. l0;l2 (exp.S
Il'Ol uimitedl ms a m: :'is tsol
NEW YORK Wa stonington Line-7;os. 7,n
p, m. daily except sunday.
ION via Hariem River-lo'lg ~ M. s'2o .. N
SEW KAVEE-iiS, bi.1I a. IN (exp. ilyl 7;1
iloe.expl 1914 texp. ~ ;ol (limitedD, II lilsam
tcKp.l, Gl9 ksxP.g, s;oi daily 500 Vexp.
NEW n5SiIoS@lG'iis. S Si'lipa M M. dan, exp, s,n
essen sIS i ea az mssa, HS eIR iRiis s M 'VsSS .sS Ia III
~,
81 taeeomj }. sioS v m te1p. daily. si.Vp. M
$50 .. M accom-. Sundays only, ss9o p. m
tsceom Sundays oniyh
WORCESTER DIVISION.
Trains leave Providence as fonowEfor
WoRCESI IEk-G;5 texpl. 7!D taromA. s;i,
iaceom.l ll;sj a M. Iaseom.ji / 81 leIpl. .i.e
,eEp. 70 woonsoeksJ. s'ij doe. eHpl sos
MLL4iLis 10, sG s'ie ii 20 ' @; i'oO ,'si
SIHcksToNS JtacTioSo.7sa. IL on 3 N s so Isas
ii;SO An l.oa !i0o' ''oo' '''@ S'lS' Sh' ''i@
sspdsy. a.; Y :Os a'ss. 500 5;oo $50 p N
a m. 100. l's0. 80 4'cO. i2O. aiIo, eih 'h,
Sundays $50. a. m. i2.oS s,o Goo. 7icc $50 nm
WARREN AND BRISTOL BRAN III
Leave PROVIDENCE lindia Street stauoal tor
NEWPORT AND FALL kiNRR--siie l:,y sx-
press and $500 u. aud i2;io, 4;1u. $50 Aud
N.sU y m, Pa kiyer on
sunda,s for Fali Rvers:5j m. s:3e p. IN,
w'rsP and way S ',GS' s,Psss.' 5 ssa
e3o. Ut20. and ~ 30 4.
sundays al s.,q o. N. ana 6s7l D.
BRISTOL 30 exp es9 800 s;23 A. IN 1850. so,
go. 80. ESQ GD and II "a y. m Sunday.
$50 "a. m 80 y n.
Electrlo cars save Exehange Place. rrovidene.
at6;9V. i;.5. bh5 aud $50 n. M, i2i 8. 2.W.
st5. 5lb, biia and si05 p, IN. Leave Nstssi
Square atil ;l0 y. ~.
Sundays al R;3b a. IN. and eli6 2 m
GEO .. CUSAFR A, {. KENDALL.
fsss'r Tfkrlc AAnarcr Gent rassr Agent
q AllEN
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17

soc. and sr.oO at all druggists.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-01-17

Syphilite Rheumatism, Scrofulous
Ulcers and Sores, Clandular Swell
ings, Rheumatism, Malaria, Old
Chronic Ulcers that have resisted
all treatment, Catarrh and Skin
Diseases.
The morning times., 1896-12-27
Insanity and Crime .
be stopped

The frequency with which persons proven
in the courts to he guilty of murder
escape punishment through a successful
demonstration by their counsel that they
Eyere mon Cumpos mcntis'' at the time they
committed the crime, points 10 the neces-
Sty Of legislation on this point. The plea
OF emotional insanity in palliation Of
murder is nothing less than vicious, for
must, indeed, be blind If she can't see
through So transparent a device. 1t is
no cxageeration to say that in hundreds
trials for murder the accused has gone
scot free under this plea.
Some years ago case of this sort rame
up in the local criminal court. and Counsel
for the accused set up the theory that
his client was sane a moment before and
a moment after he killed his man, but
Expert testimony galore was produced in
support of this theory, and the man was
acquitted Such a theory is the very
mockery OF justice, and neither law nor
court should lend itself to its perpetra-
ton. No man that can measure TIE
enormity and the consequences Of such a
crime Just before and Immediately 1fter
its committal, should be regarded as OF
responsible for what he did.
There is another class Of cases, how
ever, to be considered in this connection.
j happens too frequently that man who
in sudden fit OF insanity commits mur,ler,
and is not morally responsible for his act. as
acquitted and allowed to leave the court
in the care of his relatives. This is "A posi-
tive wrong to the community, for the
hOmicidal impulse may return at any time
and cause him to claim another victim
Such man should be sent to the insane
asylum and held there subject to the orders
OF the court He should he examined from
time TO time, and his condition reported
to the court, which tribunal should also
determine the time of his release. An
amendment is about TO be offered to the
code OF criminal procedure OF New York
which, il is believed, will follow these
lines, and if ii is found TO operate bene-
ricially other States might well pattern
after it,
The morning times., 1896-12-27
With an Eve to business.

One of the curious attachments of the
State Departmentisthe Bureau of American
Republics. 1t has a quasi-official status
and il issues monthly bulletin of greater
chiefly statistical. concerning some OF the
Central and South American States. This
bulletin, which is generally respectable
octave volume OF some three or four hun
dred pages, with charts and illustrations,
is printed at the Government Printing OF
flee at the expense of the government, and
circulated by and under its authority. The
manager of this thrilling publication evi-
IDENTIFY has a sharp eye To business, for he
has used the franking privilege Of the state
Department., not merely for soliciting ad-
vertisemnets from merchants but after
ward giving them circulation after they
had made them part OF the bulletin.
But one view can be- taken Of this whole
business, 1t is an outrage upon the legti
mate newspap~f publication enterprises
ment appropriations and unable to drum up
subscribers by using the department frank,
must have recourse 10 the usual and legiti-
mate methods of securing subscriptions
and advertisements. The bureau and its
manager constitute thrifty continuation,
for on the one hand they euchIe the Post
IN 20 al "A
OF it's legitimate revenues, while, on the
other hand. they encToach upon the DOMAIN
of the legitimate newspaper by obtaining
advertisements which, under ordinary cir
cumstaneess would -be wholly out OF their
reach
IL this use of the franking privilege is
tacitly made permissible its extension to
other government publications suggests
itself. For instance, there are the Agri-
cultural Reports, the Patent Office Re-
ports, and the Congressional Record, three
thrilling volumes of curious lore. There is
no telling how many ads could be Sc
cured for these widely circulated publi-
cations The field in which their respective
manager could operate under the franks,
respectively, of the Secretary OF Agri-
culture, Commissioner of Patents and
Public Printer, is simply unlimited. Sub
scriptions and ads having thus been
obtained the volume could be sent out
under the same franks. But it would be
ped in a Jiffy, Just as the bulletin OF the
Bureau OF American Republics ought To
be stopped
The morning times., 1896-12-27
A FEW NEW THINGS.

An electric roller for massage purposes
Is composed OF plates Of copper and zinc
and generates its own electricity.
a newly designed double-b -barreled gun
has only one trigger, Il lever being used
to change the action 10 either side, as
desired.
BlackinS brushes for use with liquid
backing have a reservoir in the dauber,
together with a tube running into the
bristles through which the polish runs
Pneumatic roller skates having one
wheel on each skate are just out. In con
nection with the foot plate and heel and
toe clamps, there is a brace running up to
the calf OF the leg to make it more rigid
To remind person that his clock needs
winding Wyoming man has device con-
sisting or a lever placed SO as to touch
off an alarm when the coiled spring ha S
UNIV oun sufficiently TO mo We the lever out
of position.
The morning times., 1896-12-27
FACTS AND FANCY.
TIE next trouble will be to learn te
write it 1897"

Tie next trouble will be to learn to
write it 1887" s -
AS things now look, if Mr.. Choate is to
be tile next Senator from New York,
Mr.. Platt will have to elect him.
Congressman Money is showing the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee how it
might have made nice little holiday
junket out of that Cuban business.
A visiting English critic finds that the
homogeneity which pervades the United
States from New York To San Francisco
Is our distinguishing Characteristic. After
lie has lived here long enough to notice
more closely lie will change his mind
If everybody did not nave merry
Christmas it was not the fault of the
clerk of the weather. e..g s..
The Bancroft is in evidence once more
1t is now minated that she is not to go
through the DardanAlles until it is certain
that she can come back again.
The sultan S troops seem to have found
the only effcctual way to coerce the sultan
Mr.. Bryan has been given a Kentucky
thoroughbred saddle horse for a Christmas
present. 1t is safer TO ride on than
Georgia railroad. ~,
If anybody has. ia tshipload of rock from
Juan Fernandez, ..he has chance for
big speculation III souvenirs.
The morning times., 1896-12-27
OVER THE OCEAN.

Germany's decay in musical matters is
beginning Ithas been found advisa BILE la te-
ly TO provide analytical programs at Dres-
den concerts.
Mrs. Smith, a 100-y -year-old lady OF Grant
ham, England, does all her own house
work, nurses an invalid nephew, and sells
potatoes which she has planted and dug
up herself.
The Marquis de Montcalm, the last male
representative of the family of the de-
fender of Quebec, died recently at Mont
pellier. He transmitted the name and title
by legal process to an adopted son.
Prince Karl Egon, Of Furstenburg, who
died recently, left fortune OF SS5, ,OOO,-
900 in cash and securities. The family had
been sovereigninthe principality before the
French revolution; but was nediatized by
the congress of Vienna.
A bankruptcy which occurred in 1911 has
just been wound up in the London registrars
court by a.pa yment that brings the total
dividends up to LOO cents on the dollar. A
recent bankrupt at about the same time Of
fered to settle at the rate OF 1-27 of a
penny in the pound, or 7-10 Of cent to a
dollar.
The morning times., 1896-12-27
Revision of the District Code.


Thorough revision Of the laws, both
criminal and civil, on the statute books
OF the District OF Columbia is prime
necessity. Our code today is a con-
glonerate mass OF good, bad, and in
different componentS. 1t includes laws
long since obsolete, and, in the light Of
modern thought in legislation, painfully
absurd. For instance, there is no penalty
for seduction save the payment of GER
are other statutes equally ridiculous The
factors in the code are old Maryland laws.
Congressional laws, ordinances of the
common councils OF Washington. George
town, and the levy court; acts passed by
the District legislature Of blessed memory;
orders of the District Commissioners, which
have the force of law; decisions of courts,
whereby some of the foregoing have been
nullified, and all these, mixed up with Id
English common law, have produced
labyrinthine condition which not ,nfre-
quently puzzles court and lawyers
1t cannot well be avoided in such a
state of affairs that all litigation Is long
drawn out and consequently unduly ex-
pensive. All these laws have been codi.
fled from time to time, hut the legislative
pruning knife has never been applied To
them. This is what is needed and Con-
gress would deserve the thanks of the peo.
pie of the District IL it were to pass q
hill providing for the appointment of a
commission Of good lawyers. members M
The morning times., 1896-12-27
WHERE is KooNER JOHN?
Southern Christmas Custom That
Has Passed Away.

Forty years ago, in some parts of vir-
ginia, North Carolina, and other South
.ern States, rKooner John, or the kooner,''
or John O'Keoner," was still a feature
OF Christmas revels. Perhaps it was the
last lingering relic of English Christmas
revels brought by our forefathcrs from
the old country. When we first knew
John, he had wife-John being stout
colored man, with hideous false face,
cooked hat, and from hat to shoes he
dizencd with tinsel, ribbons, feathers and
rags OF all sizes, shapes and colorS. In
one hand he carried a small bell. which
he rang continuously, and in the other he
bore a staff, with which he threatened the
children now and then, as he made
ferocious pretense OF rushing upon them