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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
P On e,MerALL,sm.
Official Documents Concerning the
Subject Arc Received.

The official report of the correspondence
in regard to the bimetallic proposals OF
the United States monetary commission
to the Government Of Great Britain, to-
gether with the report of the proceedings
at the conference of the British premier,
the secretary Of state for India, the first
lord Of the treasury and the chancellor Of
the e%XcheQucr, with the French ambas-
d and our commissioners, has reach-
ed this country. 1t fully confirms the
reports cabled to America Oct. p and %.
The negotiations fell through, nOtwith-
standing the expressed willingness of the
French Government to open its mints,
owing to the rejection by the British Gov
eminent of the proposition to again open
the Indian mints to the free coinage of sill
yer. None of the other propositions were
replied to, because that one, the most
important concession requested of Great
Britain. could not be acceded to.
The Government of Great Britain. in
making her answer, deferred to the wishes
of the Government of India, to which the
proposal was referred. and the reply of
the Government of India. therefore. is the
most important communication in the cor
r%cspondence. 1t is II lengthy document,
in which the advantages pro and con to
India are argued and Il very strong case
from their standpoint is made out in favor
of the rejection of the proposal.
The disturbance of values in India,
with the attendant paralysis Of trade, ut
least temporarily, the fall of silver prices
in India, concurrently with the increase
of gold prices in Europe and America,
ETC.. are advanced, but the most potent
reason urged against the proposition is
that the burden Of failure, if failure
should come from the experiment for the
re-establishment of bimctallism by
France and the United Suites, must in.
cvitably fall on India.
Both the United States and France, the
reply urges, with their supply Of gold
could to a greater or less extent protect
themselves il the experiment did not sue.
coed. In other words, the Indian Cow
eminent, as a preliminary proposition, de-
clarcd that it could not risk the success of
the suggested measures.
This definite and absolute rejection Of
the proposal was fully set forth in the ca-
bic reports of the correspondence. but the
document contains q reservation which
would seem to Indicate that if the scope OF
the proposed experiment were sufficiently
broadened India might be willing to re,
consider her refusal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
HAVE FAITH IN wEATHERs.
Depositors Believe He Will Mako
Good Their Losses.

John III. Weathers, president of the fail
ed banks at LeavcnwOrth, Marengo and
English, Ind. who has been in hiding in
Louisville. Ky, and New Albany, Ind,
waiting for the excitement caused by the
bank failures to die out, returned to Cory
don and made a statement ancnt the fail
lres to the committee of depOsitors who
held Il meeting at Corydon to devise means
for Il settlement. The statement of MIR.
Wcatlers is to this effect:
While mt COrydOn recently attending to
his law practice Mr.. Wcatlcrs received IL
telephone message from Leavenworth to
come there ut once, as there was some
thin. wrong with the bank. He immc-
diately left COrydOn and went to Leaven-
worth, where he and Nolan Barnett, the
cashier OF the L~1eavenwOrth bank, exam
ined the institutions books and found
that the funds of the same were ut Il low
cbb. 1t was decided by them to close the
three banks at once. President Wealth
crs was advised by friends to leave the
town until the sensation abatcd. which he
did. lie, however, thought he might vet
bridge over matters. and took some col
lateral with him. but after dcliberation
he decided it would be better to return the
same and have al assignee appointed. He
thereupOn made Il general assignment.
with II. G. Arnold of Lcavenworth as as
signec.
Mr.. Wcathcrs said further that all lie
wanted was IL reasonable support for his
wife and child while the settlement was
in progress. and that he would spend one
year without compensation to facilitate
matters, to the end that dollar for dollar
he paid.
Mrs. Willctt, wife of the missing cash
icr. is almost Frustrated with grief, hut
is not dying, as has been reported. The
people of the various communities in
which the banks are situated are much rc.
licved and express confidence in Wealth.
crs' ability to settle up matters in Il sat
isfactory manner. The consensus of opin-
ion is that Weatlcrs was the victim OF
Cashier Willctt. and is himself innocent
of any wrong doing. Nothing has been
heard from Willctt.
Telegraphic advices from English, Ind.
are to the effect that Willctt's kinfolk are
willing to unite with his grandmother to
donate sufficient funds to cover his short.
age. provided he proves himself not gull
ty of any Intentional wrong doing and
will return. His grandmother will donate
$4,000 and other relatives have pledged
themselves for $4,000 additional. Cash.
Ter Rothrock of the Huntingburg bank, it
is said, has pledged himself to stand by
both Wcathers and Willett.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
PREACHERS sTRoNoL LANGUAGE
The Cuban Question Must BE Settled
by This Administration.

~
by This Administration.
Rev. Thomas Dixon of New York made
n stirring appeal on behalf of interference
by this country in the Cuban revolution.
in the Academy Of Music, that city, the
other morning.
"How much longer" he said, twill the
common people of the United States en-
dure the horrible story of the butchcry
of innoccnts on the isle of Cuba? How
long will VIZ stand tamely by and see our
navy policing, spying and bounding the
suffering patriots from our shore? Two
million Of dollars have been spent in this
cowardly policing.
"The gamblers, pcddlcrs and hucksters
had IL war scare last week. 1t was we'll
that they should have. The question
must be settled by this administration or
it will hear from the people in no unde-
cidcd terms at the polls next election. If
Thomas b. Reed continues to throttle the
will of the people he'll hear from them
and it will be n long time before he will
have another chance to preside over the
House of Congress.
"The frightful stories Of the b%utcheries
that are daily committed in Cuba are
enough to make a people rise in mighty
wrath. Yet We have stood by and seen
all this-not only seen all this, but spent
$2,OOO,OOO to assist Spain in doing 1t.
The blood Of the Cuban martyrs and the
skeleton-corpses Of the ~inoffensive nom
combatants are a stain Of dishonor on the
record of America"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Easily Prevented.

Very few people are wholly Mt ease
during a violent thunderstorm. Light
aing generally strikes somewhere, and
no one feels absolutely safe from It.
There is a simple way Of insuring ones
self against danger, however. If you
put on a pair of rubbers when the light
ming begins to flash and the thunder
to roar, and stand on the floor so that
you touch nothing else, you will be as
safe as If you We're sealed in a glass
cage. Rubber is n non-conductor of
electricity, and IL the lightning has to
60 through a piece of rubber to ges at
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Told In n Few LIn~

Rev. George H. Houghton, pastor of
the Church Of the TRANSPORTATION, better
known as the Little Church Around the
Corner" is dead.
President Belaya of Nicaragua is send.
ing a commission to the United States
and to Europe to sell the Nicaragua Ma
tional Railroad and steamboats,.
A mob destroyed eight tollgates near
Nicholasvillc, KY, and warned the keep
crs to quit.
The monthly statement of imports and
exports issued from Washington shows
the exports of domestic merchandise in
October last to have amounted to $780,
$4,000. a loss nearly Of $2,5OO,OOO as
compared with October Of 1896.
At Tifin. o., George Il. Michael fled
suit for divorce from his wife. They were
married in 1859 and ten children We're
born. the youngest being 10 years Of age.
He charges her with gross neglect Of duty
during the last five years.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Three Arrests at lansing.

Three arrests were made in the dcfunct
Peoples Savings Bank case at Lansing.
Mich, and more are promised by the pros
ecuting attorney. The persons first an
pretended are: Charles HI. Osband. late
cashier of the bank, and Christian
Breisch and Charles Bross, directors. Os.
band is charged with making five false
entries in the books of the bank with in.
tent to deceive bank officers, the official,
of the State banking department and to
defraud the bank and it's depositors. Tho
law requires that each director shall own
ten shares of the stock Of the bank In
his own name and unpledged in any way.
Directors Broas and Breisch are charged
with having subscribed to this oath mt n,
time when all the stock in their names on
the books of the bank was pledged to 9th.
err banks us collateral.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
POSTAGE STAMPS.
Sensational Prices Given for Rare
he.

It6s
Thousands of people, young and olI,
now find pleasure and profit in stamp
c~ollecting-a pursuit which extends
year by year, the price of genuine spec
linens of early stamps rising continual
~ with the demand. There are now
about fifty dealers in stamps in LondonI
alone, and the collector may be found
everywhere. One dealer Wv. j. Palmer.
of the Strand estimates the value of.
his stock at over 100000; and last year
he sold upward of a hundred thousand.
stamps, While he examined from five to,
ten thousand every day. The varied;
uses to which stamps are put may be
judged from the fact that a customer
bought 2O,OO0,O0O of the commOner,
sorts for papering walls of houses aud.
public buildings. 1t is estimated that
there are 100000 stamp collectors in:
the United States, the G. II. MekeeL.
Stamp and Publishing Company, of St
Louis. employing alone about 100 per-
sons in the conduct of a very large bus
mess. Sensational prices are given for
rare stamps. American local varieties
OAAA6 WI A.cO " 4OVOS Oue VI 1lSlukS~
ton. Ala, has sold for f14O. One of the
ten specimens of the Brattleboro stamp
has sold for 1850; the 2O-cent st. Louis
uS45) for about $500; a pair of post
office, Mauritius. are worth 5000 two
have been sold for fS7O), and a set OF
the five British Guiana first issue Of
1850 will fetch f1,OO0. An unused
T%ransvaal stamp with error ('Trans-
oral'O has sold for ESQ. One of the most
valuable English stamps is the Openly
s~traw-colored Queens head, with hair
line of 1862, which is worth f3O.
Among valuable collections is that Of
Ferrari, of Paris, which is said to be
worth f25O,O00. That of the Duke of.
York is worth between 100000 and f4O,-
600; Rothschild's about 100000, and,
thatof thelate Car Of Russia f15O,OOO.
The collection which Mr.. TAPPING left
to the British Museum was worth f7O,-
600. There are now collections in the
Berlin Imperial Museum; also ut AmJ
stcrdam, Vienna and Dresden.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Fortunes from Fractions.

There have been in recent years sew
eral instances of sudden wealth. South,
Africa and Cripple Greek have pro-
duced m%illionaires over night, and q.
bicycle and patent medicine promoter,
in England made $%1O,OOO,OOO in as
many weeks. There are several thou,
sand people who are each worth al
million of dollars or more, and there
are several more thousand who are on
the road to become millionaires. Most.
of these are persons who are getting
their riches on small fractions of u.
cent. The street railway kings who
are rising to millions and tens of mill
ions are fully satisfied with Il part of 1
cent of the nickel they collect, because
there are SO many of them.
The sugar kings have reduced the
price and improved the quality Of.
sugar, but as long as they get their:
fraction on each pound the AmericansI
buy they can make all the way from
20 to 30 per cent. The coal oil monop-
oily has also reduced the price and I'M
proved the product. but its little frac-,
tion makes the greatest money-makingt
enterprise in America. The man who.
invented the patent beer stopper is
getting Il bigger income than the Presi-
dent OF the United States. 4 cheap
headache remedy is allowing its pro-
prictor to spend 100000 a year. and
still lay up another 100000 for IL rainy
day. The first thing is t get control of
some article of universal use. and the.
small fraction will do the rcst.-Leslie's
Weekly.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

you it will leave you alone and takc
something else. In other words, when
you have on a pair Of rubbers and are
not in contact with anything, you are
perfectly insulated. This is not a the
ory merely. 1t is a fact proved by in
Vulnerable experiences. A pair of rub.
bers has saved many a life in a thun-
derstorm. But they must be sound and
whole. Do not don an old pair with a
crack in the toe, because electricity will
get out Of a very small hole when it is
cornered, and n pair of defective rub
bers will do you no good.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Girls for Gold Fields.

Charles Darlington of Seattle, Wash.
has created no little stir among the young
women Of Auburn. N. Y, during the last
week. Darlington announced his business
there to be. the selection of 300 healthy
women whom he proposes to take to Alas.
ka in the spring for the purpose of equal
izing the disparity between the male and
female population that it is supposed will
exist in the gold regions next season, The
matrimonial agent is an examiner and pro-
poses to pay the expenses OF the party,
getting his remuneration out of the sums
that will be paid for wives ON his arrival.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

Armed only with Il shotgun, Capt. Por.
ter of the little schooner World faced
a full 100 Scri savagcs on the shore of
Tiburon island, in the Gulf of California.
and died fighting. When he at last fell.
pierced by many balls. he had sent five of
the rcd murderers to earth. He made his
last stand in his boat. and ever when
mortally wounded raised his gun and fired
his last two shots.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

In a political row at Hayden. Ky, John
Sebree killed Henry Davis, and Sebree
was shot and MORALLY wounded BY Mollie
Davis, a sister Of Henry.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Germans, New Gun.

The Germans have adopted a new.
gun for their field artillery. 1t is Of
nickel steel, and fires n shrapnel shell
five miles. 1t can shoot fifteen shells u;
minute.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

At Ardmore, I. T., Charles Reinard cut
the throat Of his cousin and sweetheart
Miss May Reese, and then cut his "
throat. She will recover, but Reinard
will die.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

Ralph Van Horn, a farmer living nea.
Unadilla, Neb.. shot and killed his 6-year.
old son and then committed suicide. Van
Horn was slightly deranged.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

Gen. W. n. jackson Of Belle Meade.
Tenn, purchased the interest of Richard
Croker in the Belle Meade breeding farm
foc thoroughbred horses.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Exn1ained.

.I've been told that my piano playing.
is heavenly" she explained with par
donable pride.
'.That must he because it's done in the
top fiat" suggested her neighbor.-Chi.
cago Post.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
Bankers Accused Of Per;urv

I. A. Winstanley and g. ]. Frederick.
president and cashier, respectively, of the
defunct New Albany Qnd.) Banking
Company, were arrested and taken to
Jacksonville to answer indictments that
have been returned against them, charg-
ing perjury. 1t is charged in the indict-
ments that Winstanley and Frederick
swore falsely several months ago when
they prepared afidavits asking for Il con-
t%inuance Of the cases charging them with
the wrecking of the New Albany bank.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

The death of Edouarl Marie Ernest del
Devez. the well-known composer Of oD.
eras and ballets, is announced ut Paris.
He was born in 1917.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

The man who figures on marrying an,
heiress often finds he isn't well up in
mathematics.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26

The offender never forgives.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-07
Death Of Dr.. Edward N. Kimmsl.

We record with sincere regret the
death of DR.. Edward NJ. Kimmel, who
expired at six O'Clock Saturday morning
at the home of his brother-Dr. ii. S.
kimmel. Death resulted from ex-
ophthalmic goitre a fatal malady rarely
met with in this country.
DIR. Kimmel was born in Somerset
thirty-two years ago of well known pro-
fessional ancestry, his father-the late
DR.. Edward VI. Kimmel-having been
one of the most skillml and successful
practitioners in Western Pennsylvania.
He was a young man of brilliant promise
and had already obtained high rank in
his profession.
When lad he entered the Office of the
Somerset Democrat where he learned the
printers trade. Upon completing his
apprenticeship he went to McCook,
Neb., where he assisted his brother
Frank in publishing the McCook Trib-
une. Later he removed 20 Seattle,
Wash, where he established job print
ing office, which was shortly afterwards
swept away by fire. Returning TO Som
erset five or six years ago he entered the
office of his brother DR.. Harry and be-
gan the study of medicine. Two years
ago he was graduated from from the
Medico Chirurgical College, Philadel
phia, and Immediately thereafter began
the practice in connection with his broth
er. OF retiring disposition and studious
habits, together with an attractive per-
sonalitv, he easily won the confidence of
his patients, 20 all of whom his death
comes as a personal bereavement. He
was faithful member of the Disciple
Church. He was also a member of the
|. o. O. +.
The funeral took place at five o'clock
Sunday afternoon, Elder Mulleudore
conducting the services. Four Of the
deceased's first cousins-Messrs. Stewart
Schell, Frank J. Schell, Dorsey Schell
and Paul A. Schell-and Mr.. John Mich
oil and f. o. KOoser, Esq, were the pail
bearers.
He is survived by three brothers, DIR.
II. s. and William r., of Somerset, and
Frank, of McCook, Neb., and by three
sisters, Mrs. Jonas Keifer, of Latrobe,
Mrs Lewis w. Fogg, of Derry, and Mrs.
Edward b. Coffroth of Somerset.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-07
sonsrsst Telsrsope Ex,han &c

The Somerset County Telephone Co. will
establish an exchange here in the course
of the next month. The Company desire
10 secure not less than twenty patrons be-
fore going ahead and one half that num-
Der contracted for phones Monday even
ing. The probabilities are that the re-
quired number of phones have been sab
scribed for before this was written, and
there is no doubt bull that the number of
patrons will be largely increased as soon
as the plans Of the Company are fullyun-
derstOod 10y the public. The Telephone
Company proposes 10 enter into con-
tract covering term Of Eve years during
whichtime they agree TO furnish indi-
yidusl patrons with telephone c)nnec-
tion over their line as at present con-
structed OF as the service may be in the
future enlarged. The service now ex-
tends to Berlin, Garrett, Meyersdale and
Salisbury, and line connecting with
Roekwo,,d. New Centreyille and Geb
harts will be completed by the first OF
June. The Company also expect 10 ex-
tend their line TO Johnstown and inter
Vening points during the year, OF at rs
early day as satisfactory arrangements
can be made with the local Johnstown
Company for entrance into that city. IL
Is probable, too, that the Somerset and
New Baltimore Companies will enter in
to an arrangement whereby patrons OF
the two companies will be permitted to
use both lines. II there is no miscarriage
Of plans the Somsrsst County line will
also be extended to Confluence and Ad-
olson and intermediate points during the
year, and TO Grantsville, Md, where the
citizens are offering inducements to the
Company to extend the line to that place.
The charges agreed upon are $500 per
year for service to all points reached by
the Company's wires in the county, dur
ing the period mentioned in the contract.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-07
Called on the President

A press dispatch from Washington says
that Congressman Hicks accompanied
Mr.. j. w. Endsley, of Somerfield, who is
an applicant for one of the Auditorships
in the Treasury Department to the White
House, where he was cordially received
by President Mckinley. who recalled a
pleasant acquaintance he formerly en-
Joyed with Mr.. Endsley's father. From
the same source it is learned that Major
William Johnston. who has held clerk
ship in the War Department for the past
twenty-five years, ) an applicant for the
Office Of Recorder of Deeds OF the District
oi Columbia. The statement that Major
Johnston is a bro;her-in-law of Mr. Alb
ner Mekiniey's is incorrect. He is Mrs
Mchinley's uncle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-07
Fine Dental Work.

DIR. =. p. Ritter, of Meyersdale, Pa,
having taken a special course in advanc-
ed dentistry. has opened a laboratory in
connection with his Office in Meyersdale,
where be is prepared to do the latest and
most improved crown and bridge work,
i. e. teeth without plates, making spec
ialty of the Richmond crown, which is
the most artistic crown known to the
profession.
My bridge work is the finest and looks
and feels like the natural teeth and are
nearer to nature than any artificial dent
ure.
will guarantee my bridge work, as
there is no danger of the porcelain face
breaking away from the bridge, which
happens SO frequently with ordinary
work.
am also prepared to do any kind OF
plate work, especially gold plates, anoth-
er line of the finest dentistry.
My office will be open every day in the
year, and all work shall be done at rea-
sonable prices and within the reach OF
any who may wish the best dentistry.
Call or address,
DIR. p. p. RITTER,
Meyersdale, Pa
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-07
Home From Their Wedding Journey.

Mr.. and Mrs. P. l. Casebeer, who
were married six or seven weeks ago at
the home of a relative of the brides in
Waterloo, Ia, have returned to Somerset
and will go t. housekeeping in the rooms
prepared for their reception in the Case
beer Block. Immediately after their
marriage the bride and groom set out on
wedding journey to the Pacific coast.
During their visit in San Francisco they
spent a day with Mr.. Reuben Baer,
whose home is ninety miles north of that
place, and who made special trip to san
Francisco for the purpose OF seeing
joey in his wedding toys. Mrs. Case
beer is daughter of Hon. w. ii. Miller,
OF Quemahoning township, aud has
many friends in Somerset who will cor
daily welcome her in the social circle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-04-07
Officers Eieeted.

AT meeting of the members of the
Pioneer Fire Company held last Friday
evening the following officers were elect
ed to serve during the ensuing year
President Mahlon Schrock; Vice Presi-
dent, Il. NJ. Linton; Secretary, J. w.
frease; Treasurer, \. +. Knepper; Fore
IAN, X. +. Davis; lst Assistant Foreman,
Wnl. Stoddord; Pad Assistant Foreman;
6eorge Knee; Pipemen, John Houpt,
VIM. Gilbert, Jr., Fred Holbrook, VIM.
Traup; Linemen, s. b. Huston, l.. f.
hrebs, Chambers Huston, Joseph Pick
ing; Axmen, Ward Saylor, Al Hay;
Plugmen, c. f Pile, J. w. Frease;
Policemen, Geo. Davis. Chas. Weimer, J..
Henry Crise, T.. s. Kantner.