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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
BUSINESS EMBiRRASSMENTS.

preston MIMI Jan. THE Bank OF Canton, at
Canton with a capital OF $4,000, and the Citizens
p,rk ~ Lanesboro n small institution both owned
.rd onerated by Field kelsey Co. suspended bust
ness yesterday
Fan Claire Wis. Jan. THE Commercial Bank
~ Eau Claire. capital $4,000. CLOSED to-day. The
rarure IL due 10 the suspension Of the Anemania
Rank OF St Paul President Allen says that the
Eau Claire Institution will wind up Its affairs and
that depositors will be paid In full.
Cincinnati Jan. The Decamp-Levy Company
wholesale saddlery manufacturers. assigned last
night The liabilities placed at $4,000. Dull busi-
ness Is the reason assigned.
w T. Callahan x Co. manufacturers OF Ice max
Ing machinery fled a petition in the Common pleas
for the Consumers Ice Company. OF this city The
petitioners are creditors OF the company and they
aver that the company Is unable TO interest or
principal OF their claim OF $4,000. balance due for
Mime polls Mimi, Jan lowing to the DELAY In
the appointment OF receiver. Jacobs Il Co. OF New
York have attached the collateral OF the defunct
Columbia National Bank, OF this city, on a claim OF
$1,000.
Galveston Tex Jan. Trustee Kempner to-day
made the following statement OF the affairs OF
Fcllman K Grumbach. the drygoods merchants who
made an assignment a few days ago for the benefit
OF their creditors: Total value OF stock of dry
goods as per the inventories completed based on
NeW-York cost. with no expenses for delivery or
other charges added IL $9 $50 0s. total amount due
the Arm In the way OF accounts and notes has not
timatcd At $4,000 thus making the total assets OF
the firm $i27 CTS os' c. II. Fancher president OF
the Irving National Bank, OF Ncw-York City, ar
rived here to-day At the time OF the failure the
ported that an effort Is being made to rsestaohsh
the firm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
THE WAYS AND MEANS |ACAACf.

Mrss1s NEwI.ANDS SWANSON AND MRAE
TALKED OF FOR THE PLACE
washington. Jan. 7--Speaker Reed gives no inti-
nation when he will fill the Democratic vacancy on
the Ways and Means Committee caused by the
death of ex-Speaker Crisp. The two prncipai
aspirants for the appointment have been Mr. New
lands (Silverite) Of Nevada. and Mr.. swanson
Dem) of Virginia. Mr. Newlands Is an ardent
friend Of silver but he Is also a prot ,ctionist The
Democrats do not deny his ability. but they insist
that the minority representation on the committee
should be composed wholly Of men who represent
Democratic views the tariff. and not the views
of their Republican opponents. To this MT New
lands REPLIES that all Democrats are not free
traders. any more than all Republicans are ex-
IRENE protectionists. 1t is also urged In his favor
that II has been a number of years since repre-
sentative Of the Pacific Slope had an Appointment
on the committee. and that the great lndus,rIai III
OF that section OF the country woulo dpPfe
ciate the selection of Newlands. -,
Mr. Swanson Is a bright young Southerner. he
Is now serving his second term In the Rouse ana
has been reelected to the next Congress. He is
sound in the Democratic faith from party pom,
of view but Speaker Reed Is said to nave eN-
pressed a doubt whether he has had sufiicient ex-
perience In public life TO JUSTIFY MS appointment u
so importai. committee.
The nam. o. Mr.. McRae. or Arkansas, Is unner
consideration Mr. McRae is quiet. unassuming
man now In his fifth term. who has gradually
Worked his way to the front rank among bis
Democratic associates He was elected to the
XLIXth Congress to fl the vacancy caused oy
Democratic National Committee to the Senate
He was returned to the four Congresses following
and in November was elected to the LNth con-
gress. He was chairman OF the fupnc iahns ON
work seldom absent from his seat III the House.
and is personally popular
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED PROVISION.
NORTH sIDERs WANT THE MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
ELECTED.

The joint committee of the Citizens Local I'm
provement Party OF the North Side. embracing the
Twenty-third and Twenty fourth wards. has issued
a pamphlet protesting against the adjustment or
the North Side branch OF the Department of Street
improvements Attention Is drawn TO the defective
and extravagant system Of public improvements
which retarded the growth OF the North Side for
many years and Of the great good accomplished by
the investigation which led to the forming of the
branch department. This was brought about by the
open complaints of 100 property owners repre-
hesitate TO say that fOurfold more improvements
have been accomplished with marked efficiency a nd
ecOiloHiy since 1871 than between 1874 thar
i ne committee suggests that instead of providing
IN me charter or the Greater NewYork for the APP
pontfnent or the members composing tho Board Of
Pub1c improvements they should be elected one
In each or the five boroughs the five members to-
gether with the president of the Council and the
mayor as the presiding officer, to constitute the
central body or full Board, which shall have the
supreme control and management of all the bureaus
created under the head Of public improvements
Inc committee believes that all the reasons that
Controller can consistently be applied in advocacy
OF the election Of Commissioners OF Public Improve
ments. 'HN
The committee is composed as follows: Henry
p. Brecn; John Fl. Knoeppei. William Ebling, James
r. Angel. John c. Hentz. Richard ID Hamilton
LOUIS A. Rise. William II. Schott B. r. Guion. A.
r. ,Schwannecke. John Cotter. Charles H. Woehling
Hafen. Arthur {. Butts. William H. Ter t;yck
George Chappeil. John Mcmahon Ferdinand Boeh-
mer: Jr. William G. McCrea John Osborne ir
LOUIS Eickwort, W H. Carpenter s. La Grassa
H. knoeppel, chairman: Charles II. Woehling Sec
rotary, and James l.. Wells treasurer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
BILLS TO PROTECT STATE COMMERCE.

Albany Jan. 7.-sSenator Charles l.. Guy expects
to introduce next Wednesday evening two bills
which have for their object the protection Of
merce I'm the canals In this State and they are advo-
Gated by canal interests One OF these bills appro-
pirates $4,000 for the erection o.! four State grain
elevators at Buffalo by the State Superintendent Of
Public Works In order to prevent extor,ion and
combinations In transferring grain at Buffalo from
lake vessels to canal boats. The second bill Is de-
signed to prevent railroad determinations against
shipments to places within this State. 1t pro-
vidcs that any railroad corporation operated in
whole In part within this State which shall
charge greater sum for transporting products to
New-York than Is charged by any railroad FOR car
rying from the same place OF shipment some port
other than WORK. shall he declared TO have
abrogated Its charter. which shall become the prop
erty Of the State. person violating this act is
declared guilty OF conspiracy and upon conviction
from to 1--WE years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
BEP4yG FOR An ENGINE AND GOT A BOOK.

good story was told few days ago. which
d,,onstrat, 81 the value OF the messenger service.
"Io,a last Tuesday night. or, rather. early
"wednesday morning" said the story-teller. Il sat
in a restaurant In Eshtieth-st taking bite. when
= wan rushed in end yelled: Fire across the wayI
,r,ro In an alarm and rushed out again The pro-
nrie,or hurried to the District Messenger box ana
turned the little handle back to the IRE point ana
,,,,,r q faw minutes the engines were or the spot
W..', - ,yatch,ng them at work when another
~ ,riess man rushed In with box under MS arm I'm
% asred. Who rang the alarm? did said inc
anu asn He ,o,,ouer of Gambrnus Why
We here is your screnSrs as.ory ana an tho +:
ha ' ,h,ch The Tribune sells and which Is fur-
Dshed by District Messenger n ssr ,n lot
spe ~ 1or,t want no book he said: L want
i,chine' ana the messenger had gone ana the r I'm
ncn', n,,, h,fore he coulo understand why man
VIZ Y 80 nj O'Clock In the morning with a sam
Mou hop ,n answer to a call for the Fire Depav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
AN INDIAN COMMISSION PROPOSED.
rx,E WORK OF THE OFFICE THOUGHT TO BE TOO
GREAT FOR ONE MAN.

washington, Jan. I'm the opinion OF the House
Committee on Indian Affairs the changed cond-
ton of things has so increased the extent and va
riety Of the duties of the Commissioner OF Indian
Affairs that an efficient administration of the SER
vice Is almost beyond the individual capacity OF a
single Commissioner. and in view of this circum-
stance the committee has favorablv reported a
bill to abolish the offices Of Commissioner and As
sistant Commissioner and to create in lieu thereof
a Board Of Commissioners. The committee be-
lieves that a more efficient administration can be
obtained by apportioning the Indian work among
three individuals. giving to each one certain we'll
defined duties and making him solely responsible
for their management. 80
An important feature Of this work will. be a
greater permanence In the service and more uni
form and systematic method of cvilizinc the Ind
ians. Under the present condition OF constant
change all efforts TO uplift the Indian more
or less sporadic. One COMMISSIONER has different
ideas from those of his predecessor and the result
il that one policy is hardly outlined before another
is substituted. With Commit sson OF three mem
hers ALI OF whom would not be subject to change
at the same time. a more stable policy would nat
urally be adopted. The plan proposed contempates
little IL any additional expenditure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
BUSINESS IN THE SENATE.
MR.. MILLS INTRODUCES ANOTHER Gu
BAN RESOLUTION
GRAIN CLASSIFICATION BILL AND APPOINTMENT
OF A LABOR COMMISSION oPPosED-EX-
TENSION OF THE HOMESTEAD
LAWS DISCUSSED

LAWS DISCUSSED.
washington, jan "A joint resolution was intro
duced In the Senate to-day by Mr.. NILS C)em''
Tex) declaring that the expediency OF recoshi%ins
the independence OF foreign Government belongs
to Congress and that the Presiden. shall ACT IN
harmony with Congress; also declaring mat the
independence Of Cuba ought to be and Is hereby
recognized" and appropriating $4,000 for the saiar!
and expenses of a Minister to the Government OF
Cuba. The bill lies the table for the present.
and Mr. Mills is to speak on 1t next Monday.
Half dozen bills taken from the calendar
and passed including one to pay Samuel e. heiu j.
son of Captain Reid. OF the famous privateer Cen
eral Armstrong 1886. being the unexpended oa'-
ance of the appropriation of S0739 made In 1881 as
indemnity for the destruction OF the priVateer o'
the British in the neutral harbor OF Fayal IN lelo.
An effort was made by Mr.. Sherman (Rep.. Ohio)
IN .acure consideration of the Senate bill fixing a
uniform standard Of classification and grading OF
wheat corn oats barley and rye Much OPPOSE
ton was developed TO IT, and the bill was not taken
up. -
The House bill for the appointment OF nom
partisan commission to collect information and TO
consider and recommend legislation to meet 'ne
problems presented by labor. agriculture ana cap'-
tai was reached the calendar and was an n,ast
onized by MI Adrch Rep T. To- a., hs American
Congress The morning hour expired wiuncu, a., I
ton being taken on it. and the Dill remains o" ''''
Then the unfinished busness-bens the bi eX iI
tending the principle of the homestead laws 70 an
lands acquired from Indian tribes-was taken pa up
and was opposed in long speech by Mt; riar,
IPen I,onnl Ii was advocated by MI ote"ai l
Popp New who characterized the opposition TO
it as 'piful higgling." The bill went over w''hou'
A resolution was offered by MI Morgan .leni,,
Aia) and agreed to- directing the commit on
ouire into the circumstances OF the ABSTRACTION o.
certain papers relating to Pacific Railroad malttis
from the files OF the Treasury Department as men.
toned in a communication from ,hat Department
last Tuesday. ., ry.,,so Ill, ~ las.
session to amend the laws relating 70 navlgatloh
and a substitute for another House Oh. ~ 49, al
The laws relating 10 American seamen was u'S-
cussed up to adjournment ,, ,.u uor
Al $50 O'Clock the Senate ADJOURNED UNI" 'no"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
MORE INDUSTRIES FOR STATE PRISONS.

Albany Jan. 7.-Secretary Sherman. OF the State
Prison Commission to-day sent TO Superintendent
Lathrop a letter informing him that the Commits
SIGN has, in addition to the industries heretofore
designated, assigned the following industries to the
prisons: Letter presses. letter-press stands cell
buckets elccton-boa tables voting booths ballot
boxes and the printing for the State departments
exclusive OF such printing as is done by the mstltu-
lions for themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
c,pr,Jy MERRILL MILLER RELIEVED.

,r.s, Fla Jan Captain Merrill Miller
NY ,,g Tho United States cruiser Raleigh, was
.o,'asad from command yesterday by Captain Bar
I'D started on the Oiivete last night for ms
home captain Miller has been In command ana q the
naItsir af,cars OF the ship showed the nen
ss,cern in which he is held by manning the s's A
ou,ling the Captain ashore themseNes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
LIKELY TO PASS THE SENATE
THE STEERING COMMITTEE DECIDES TO Prsr
THE REBUILDING BILL.

Washington, Jan. THE Republican Steering
Committee Of the Senate met at o'clock this az
ternoon with Senator Allison. its chairman. pres
ent. 1t was decided that when the Oklahoma Free
Homestead bill had been disposed OF the Pacific
Railroad Refunding bill should be made the
finished business and maintained such until final
action had No other order Of business
suggested. the committee being satisfied 10 de-
termne measure at time. The members
Of the Democratic committee had previously been
consulted, and the taking up OF the Refunding bill
was found to be satisfactory 10 that side OK the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
The New SMALL. SIZE OF
CASHMERE BOUQUET
TOILET SOAP
Is within everybody's means. Ask for 1t.

chamber The measure is one of such importance re
that Senators believe 1t should be disposed OF In
some way at the earliest practicable moment one
of the leading members Of the committee Said TO- O.
night that he believed the bill would nnaliy pass
practically as reported to the Senate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
COLONEL J. p. CANDY RETIRED.

Washington. Jan. 7-Colonel James F. Candy. OF
the Pay Corps Of the Army. was placed on the re-
tired list to-day reaching the age limit. The
vacancy has already attracted numerous candi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
MORE TINE FOR THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE

Washing IN. Jan. MIR. Mccormick. of New
York introduced a bill to-day to extend the time
for the completion of the bridge the East
River between New York and Long Island until
January l. 1890
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08
THE MERIDEN PLATED
81 took his advice and saved ten or fifteen dollars

IT took his advice and saved ten or fifteen dollars
by doing So" added Mr.. Moses.
Robert Stuntz OF New York. the only manulactur-
er in the United States OF fine quality OF moor rugs
asked that the duties such goods De m
creased He had been able to do business only Dy
selling his goods direct to the persons VINO desired
them, and who willing to pay for the luxury
The imported goods were sold In the retail SHOPS IN
Ncw-York ut about the same figures they cost nun
to manufacture They were uxures which only
persons Of wealth could afford to enjoy. Mr. Stuntz
exhibited some handsome samples OF his manuTac,
ture One grade. which 1t cost 81 i6 a square YARD
TO manufacture In Germany, cost him 81 II square
yard to make. The wages paid to make a square
yard In Germany amounted to 80 cents. ana In the
Tinted States to 81. The present rate or duty ~
25 per cent ad valorem. rate which. he said, was
inadequate to encourage the establishment or the
industry In this country. 80,
The committee VIII hear the representatives or the
earthen ware and glassware industries Tomorrow
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19

bedded great masses of rock, covered with
seaweed. The other part of the berg still
remained erect, but was swaying TO ana
fro as if it also must capsize The con-
vusion caused less foam and tossing than
might have been supposed, but raised
wave of such tremendous magnitude that
when 1t reached our steamer she seemed
about to be overwhelmed by rolling
mountain of water. But our good ship
rose upon its crest, and before again sink
ing into the hollow we saw the man upon
the iceberg-still in the same posture
glide swiftly down the slippery incline,
shoot over the edge of the precipice and
plunge into the raging surf.
"A sensation of inexpressible relief was
experienced by all of us. 1t had seemed
so dreadful to steam away and leave him
there, unburied and alone, but now, at
any rate, the poor sailor had been given
a grave in the sea, the sepulchre of so
many of his fellows
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19

run to the bottom of the garden-there is
a deathly silencei But-yes, it sounds
like muffied footsteps on the pebbled walk
as if some one were coming toward the
house
"'Go on. speak. Louise! I am strangling.
i shall go mad. What do you hear?-what
do you hear now?'
Nothing now-almost nothing-yes.
there is gentle, steady, grating sound,
as if a chisel were being slipped under a
shutter to force 1.-THE sash gives way-a
window is broken-oh. I ami terhdedr
81 shook the telephone box in my agony
Telephone to Marseilles, I cried, to
warn the policer
How can I?-the city is three leagues
away-they would come too late-and l
cannot-Oh, I am going mad
call for help, or hide yourselves,
that's it. Take the little ones and hider
II cannot. have no strength left-they
are coming, the stairs creak-they are in
the hall-they are feeling along the wall,
they try the door-Marcel! My God
help. he'll
There were two muffled cries of terror.
Then a vague, confused noise Then a
tumble of indefnable sounds. then silence.
Something seemed to crack in my brains,
and ] fell unconscious"
Gasping as if he had lived through this
terrible scene again, NJ. MarouX concludes:
From the Gazette Judiciare you can
learn the details of the crime. 1t is known
as The Morande Atrocity' BY it ! lost
my wife, my child and my two servants.
But no report can describe, no mere words
can ever express, the hideous nightmare
that modern science brought me, the
frightful torture of a man who, at a dis
lance of a hundred leagues, hears the de-
spairing cries of his wife and son, who
are being strangled while he is powerless
to do more than batter impotently on a
wooden telephone box"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
Origin of the American Cocktail.
From the Amerlcan Eplcure.

From the American Epicure.
The origin of the American "cocktaiP' is
admittedly obscure, and many attempts
have been made to trace IT, An ingenious
but unconvincing explanation that has
lately been going the round of the press
gives 1t medical significance. The old
doctors, they say, had practice of treat
ing certain diseases of the throat with a
pleasant liquor applied with the tip end of
long feather plucked from a cocks tail.
They finally began to use this preparation
as a, gargle, and the name cocktail chung
to IT, The gargle gave way to an appe-
tizer-to a mixture of bitters, vermouth
and liquor, that is still in occasional de-
mand.
According to a Mexican legend, the orig
inal cocktail was made from pulque, an
alcoholic beverage distilled from the juice
of the maguey, or agava. The liquor, so ii
is said, was discovered by a Toltec noble,
who sent some of II to the king by the
hand of his daughter. The monarch drank
the pulque and looked at the maiden.
Whether the lady's looks gave pleasanter
flavor 20 the liquor, or whether the taste
of the liquor made the lady seem the fair
er, is not certain the king at any rate,
fell in love with both, started a puluue
plantation, and married the girl, whose
name, Xochitl thus became associated
with the national intoxicant. The rest is
easy. When Gen. Scott's troops came to
Mexico they drank the liquor, liked it. and,
with the easy daptability of the Saxon,
simplihed It's Aztec name into cocktail, Y
which they carried back with them 70 the
states I
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-19
VAMPIRES or RHODE ISLAND.
Superstition of Exeter FOII1-A Sect
of Grave GhOuls.


From the New York Press.
That there exists in the thickly popu-
lated state of Rhode Island a community
in which the people firmly believe in the
vampire superstition and practice the rites
which early in the eighteenth century
were common among the Czechs OF Bohe-
mia is a curious chronological fact In
the town of Exeter almost within hear
ing of the scream of the railway whistle,
graves are searched for the vampire"
and bodies, or parts of bodies, burned to
save the living from his. attacks.
Along the line of the railways. Rhode
Island is thiekly populated, and along
the rivers and streams stretch for miles
and miles continuous villages. But back
of these densely populated regions one
finds a lonely region sparsely inhabited,
and a primitive civilization. The world
has not moved fast in those parts, and
the minds of the Inhabitants are still
deeply tinged with that mysticism which
made their Puritan ancestors see signs
and porent in the skies, and burn witches
at Salem. They are natural mystics, and
their isolated lives foster the natural
bent of their minds
When a person falls sick of consumption,
or some other wasting disease, from no
apparent cause, the case Is diagnosed by
the old people of the community, who are
expert in demonology, as being a ease of
vampire. They believe n the graves are
searched, there will be found a body or
some part of a body, full of blood and not
yet gone to decay, and that in that body,
generally that of a relative of the sick
person, lives some essence of the dead
person called the vampire" which leaves
the grave every night to suck blood from
the sick person. The way to effect a cure
is this: The graveyards on the lonely
hilsides must be searched, and when a
body Is exhumed which does not show the
ordinary signs of decay, the heart and
liver must be examined to see IL they are
that the vampire Is supposed most COM
monty to have its dwelling place. Then
the part filled with blood must be burned
to kill the vampire.
Il is believed also that part of the
superstition is that the ashes of the burn
ed parts must be given to the sick person
in water In order to assure his recovery,
but upon this part Of their strange faith
the vampire people keep a stolid silence.
How often these vampire hunts are indulg-
ed in by the people of Exeter is not known
TO the outside world, but once in awhile
it is rumored about the countryside that
"the vampire people are out searching the
graves" Sometimes the news gets into
the Rhode Island papers, and there IL
mild sensation for few days.
The last vampire hunt which attracted
attention was In 1892. A prosperous far