The sun., 1897-12-14

missionaries
permanent acquisition of Chinese territory The curious thing
about it is that any imagined anything else.
A NORTH DAKOTA Congressman is said to be preparing bill
for the complete determination Of the seals in Berng Sea- This
would heroic way settling the long contention about the
but the member from North Dakotl not the only who
thinks would be the cheapest and perhaps the WHOLE the
bst way to dispose of it.
HURRY battled with humanity when the Eura sighted dis.
abed vessel in mdocean and humanity The Etua stood
by the wreck for twelve hours and took off all her people, but then
steamed away in such haste that she cut her eboa ad
rather than spare the time hoist deck Happily she did
not have occasion to use it again during the voyage
THE Hon. WILLIAM MORRIS STEWART the reticent Senator
from Nevada has an idea that there will be interesting talk
the Senate before many days numbered with the past
Can be that Mr. Stewart has at last his aversion
making peec Is he about to utter few millions Of miles Of
remarks about the Crime of 1892 The country waits and trebe
A WAVE has dipped down Kondke investments, and
of the companies capitalized to the extent of millions
ing into the hands Of receivers with literal line of liabilities and
AS they mainly organized for the purpose pluck
ing the feathers from that fat and innocent gong, the Public
the collapse of them be accepted with compo
ure, except by those who have lost money in them he earth
has bubbles the water hath and these of temn the
main void sustarceess and descen the outside
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY will have the sympathy Of the entire
ton the bereavement he has suffered His grief the death of
his mother will not be softened for the time being by the know
edge that she has reached and the of
could have long survived Mrs Mckinley doubt greatly
influenced her in his long and prosperous She
excellent type of American motherhood earnest religious, devoted
to duty and conscience AMI the whom she reared with high
principles of conduct must feel deeply the loss he has sustained by
the death OF such loving guide and mentor.
WEEKS have heightened into months since Andee Disappeared
and months growing toward the alfyear mark and still no
Of him from the unknown In such the old
1le
true Absence of ominos every day that passes
without dng the margin reasonable hope. 1t
is too give him up lost But it that he has
not Jared we'll he expected to- and the chances that he
has fallen at least into distress So much his op
tmistc friends concede while those who always recoed his ven
ure foohardy consider their worst forebodngs fully verified
AT time the Supreme Court of the United States decided
that the paper currency issued during the legal
der Curiousy enough Chief Justice Chase in this
cison although the bill providing for the geenbacks passed
his recommendation while lie Secretary of the Treasury
retearing granted in the and eagument changes
having taken place in the of the court the law up
held by margin Since then believe the legal tender
quality of these notes has been questioned until the past
week part Of the reenback issue i'll fractional currency
which legal tender for limited This fractional
rency has almost gone and what little in
priced by collectors who premiums many of the denomn
tions is however, still good money and occasionally used
such Last January passenger trolley between Holidays
burg and Altoona offered piece of fractional currency
his fare The conductor refused it, he did believe
good money! and put the off the in II
passenger sued for damages and the point in law hinged the
question whether the money rendered good Judge Bell
charged jury that if they believed the currency had become OBJ
soete they could award damages Accordingly they found
the defendant This bad law and justice Ignor
does not The conductor supposed know
what good money and what not and he rejects pofered
money the peril Of the company whose agent he is The ST.
pree Court the United States having decided that greenback
legal TENDER hard how be overrued by petit
jury in Blair county Gold dollars obsolete in the
used by Judge Bell and according to his opinion
conductor could refuse accept in payment fare We shall
expect this taken the Supreme Court The decision
will be of interest.-Inquirer.