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Hutchinson gazette., 1899-04-13

London, April ia blue book CIV
ing the evidence obtained by the In
dian currency inquiry committee was
published here to-day. 1t includes
letter from the United States secretary
OF state, Col John Hay, TO Lord Alden
ham, n director OF the Bank OF En-
gland, dated November 20 last suying:
"The Washington cabinet does not
consider IT expedient for the United
States TO reopen the bimetalllc com
mission in 1897" Col. Hay added that
the cabinet was open to consider the
question OF ratio,
Lord Aldenham suggested before the
committee that negotiations be en-
tered into upon the part OF Great Brit
ain with the United States with the
view OF coming to an agreement for
the reopening OF the Indian mints at
the ratio OF 80 to one because he
thought there was possibility In the
future ''of the American government
taking the bill In It's teeth and re'en
acting the old ratio" Lord Alderman
quoted Col. Hays letter In support OF
his view that the American govern
ment was disposed to adopt the ratio
Of 90 TO one. lie added!
talked with Col Hay when ho was here ~
Ambassador and ho seemed fayorably dlsposot
10 this ratio but said: II am nm outgoing am
bassador and Of course have no power" l
pointed out that ho would have considerable
Influence when ho got back TO Amorica and as-
Bumed tho secretaryshlp OF state, and | asked
him 10 communicate with me. Ho waited for
bomo timo after he returned, think inten.
tlonnlly until after tho congress ionnl elections
Innd then wrote the lotter
Conference on samoan AFFAIR.
Washington, April 1.-THE German
am bassador DIR. Won Holleben, called
on Secretary Hay to-day and went
over the Samoan question quite fully
The ambassador expressed the wishes
Of the German government TO have
tho commission begin It's work at the
earliest possible moment in order that
the pending difficulties may be over
come, The German position, as made
known by the ambassador, while not
protest at the same time questions
the course OF Admiral Kautz. There Is
no disposition on the part OF the
German authorities to repudiate Herr
Roses course. The Kautz. Rose Incl.
dent, it is said in the highest quarters,
official and diplomatic, will be quite
immaterial in effecting the settlement
under the high commission The Brit
lsh ambassador, Sir Julian Pauncefote,
also conferred with Secretary Hay on
Samoan affairs.
final Exchange OF RRtinoAtiOnA
Washington, April 1.-THE exchange
copy OF the Spanish-Ameri0an treaty
reached Washington to-day. 1t Is now
In the hnnds of the French nmhasRn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-16
wouIdn,t Tell a Story.

A boy once applied for situation. we don't like lazy boys here," said the manager. Are you fond of work?' No, sir" responded the boy looking the other straight in the face.
 "Oh, you're not, aren't you? Well, we want a boy that is.'
 There ain't any" said the boy dog gedly.
 "oh, yes. there are. We have had over half dozen of that kind here this morning to take the place we have"
 How do you know they are?9 asked the boy.
 They told me so.'
 "so could I. But I'm not a liar" " And the lad said it with such an air of convincing energy that he was engaged at once.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-16

ately, but Bob was at the fat mans el- bow. No, that isn't Jim That's let me see his Ieg-yes. that's the lame one. He hurt his off fore leg this morn- ing That's only Joe
 Joe, moaned the chorus, ''only Joe. Who's Joe?'
 Hes my lame alligator, I tell you" replied Bob, bravely. T guess he got out of the box. too. I'm afraid they are all gone"
 Holy Moses!" ejaculated the Jew, and French maid crossed herself.
 My darling" gushed Niobe. folding her child in the warm embrace of her large arms. "we must pray to God to protect us'
 The time had come to take to ones religion.
 Whats tho matter?" cried Bob. "T tell you it isn't Jim"
 Hush, Bob!" whispered Bob's moth- er Don't mention Jim. Can't you see that it infuriates the mob.''
 They're little critters" said the porter. Get back into bed, ladies"
 'fYes, ladies, get back into bed. They're only little things" called out upper six. Don't mind them"
 People gradually began to get back into their berths, and Bob's mother crept into his with him to cheer him up, and to examine the sheets and cov- erlets to see that none of the alligator family was left.
 "They have not caught Jim, any way" whispered Bob. "Myi weren't they mad? thought they would lynch us, didn't you?"
 Hush, Bob, go to sleep" Jigglety, jogglety, jigglety-jog went the train, and sighs and screams gave way to snores and dreams again.
 About an hour later a little voice called Look, mammal" Bob's mother peered out from between the bed cur tains, and there, coming down the aisle of the car like a vitalized curio from a Japaneses bazar was Jim, the alligator. His eyes glistened. His wet feet pad died slowly along; the lamp light shone 0E HAo UleGh5 o1cl1J pe1Sh, tlS hAollS III stately majesty he made his way down the car aisle. So his ancestors moved by the banks of the Ganges-centuries ago.
 As he passed Bob's berth Bob made a dab at him and breathed, Jim! Jim!" but a loud cough from upper six made the little boy and his mother both glance up. The fat man was regarding them. He wore a very savage look on his face; his finger was on his lips and he was shaking his head menacingly at Bob. So Jim, the alligator, went on his peaceful way.
 The porter saw him and stood re- spectfully aside Then the fat man be- gan to laugh and to shake and to laugh again, till the tears came. When they did he leaned over and whispered most familiarly to Bob and his mother:
 I'm crying crocodile tears. Ha, ha, hal"
 What's the matter?" called Niebe
 "Hush-sh-sh!" came from dozen berths simultaneously. "Sh-sh!"
 Where do you suppose Jim is go- ing?" breathed Bob into his mothers left ear.
 Flush, Bob!" said his mother "Wt shall know, perhaps, in the morning
 But they never did know.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-16
To Lift a Decantor by Bent straw.

An interesting trick is to lift de- canter half filled with water by bent straw. This would seem impossible, but it is not. The decanter should have a narrow neck and wide and rather square shoulder" part. The straw, which must be a good and whole one, about two and one-half feet long or two feet. This is to be bent up- wards one-third of it's length, or
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-16

enough to bring it under the "shoul- der" of the decanter. Doubled, it is pushed into the decanter, and then it spreads apart, leaving the long end out side and the short one inside. This end is lifted carefully and as it is it dis places the center of gravity which is brought directly under the point of sus- pension. It is well for the performer to have two or three extra pieces of straw, to be sure to find one without crook or break.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-16
where Boys ven In school.

In Burmese schools making the lads shout is the approved method of ele- mentary instruction The Burmese educationalists argue that so long as a boy is shouting his mind is occupied. When he is silent he is certain to be scheming mischief. Therefore the best shouters are the best pupils.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-16
Rsafs Dup1
 jI1oTlIS'EE4l8y G! I'oL-k3.2

l don't see why it's 'spected of boys. To be just as quiet as mice, When everything that's a-growin' Don't sit still an be so pureise! The corn is always a wavin' At the oats across the way; And l know when I've bin a-fishin, That the streams sing all the day Fact everything keeps a moyin', An a-makin' lots of noise, An the birds sing just as plain like, Come, have lots of fun, little boys!" An even the little boy sunbeams That come from away up in the sky, Always danee An they never get
 scolded
 Or put in the corner to cry. An I don't see why it's ,spected of boys To be just as quiet as mice, When everything what's a-growin' Don't sit still an be so purciset
 -Annella Gilmore.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-27
MADE A T MISTAKE
SOMEONE'S BLUNDER CAUSED A coll
LIsION ON NEW YORK CENTRAL.
Four People Killed, One Fatally Hurt
Escape Of Mark Hanna's Train.

AUBURN, N. Y. Sept. IA head-end
collision between a New York Central pas
senger train and a freight train occurred
this morning at 6 o'clock. just west OF Old
Flat Bottom bridge, about half a mile west
from the city. and. as a result. four people
are dead. one fatally injured and four seri-
ously hurt.
EMMETT LANCTOT, Of Rochester. engi-
neer on the freight train.
j. c. CURRY, of Rochester. fireman on
the freight train.
r. j. FREW, of Geneva, baggageman on
the passenger train, skull fractured and
died at noon.
Fatally Injured
THOMAS DUGAN. OF Geneva, engineer
on the passenger train.
Others Injured
s. J.. RUDOLPH. of Rochester, brakeman
on the freight train. both legs broken and
otherwise injured.
BYRON NELLIs. of Geneva. fireman on
c. A. MARTIN, OF Geneva, conductor on
the passenger train.
CHARLES PERRONS. Of Geneva, train
man on the passenger train
Responsibility for the accident has not vet
been determined, but the freight train.
which is due in the city at 1:55 a. m. was
running on the time Of the passenger train
and this fact was known to Conductor
George G. Eghme, of Rochester, who had
charge Of the freight. when he ordered his
train to leave Aurelius. the first station
west Of the city. The place at which the
accident happened is about a half mile
west OF the city limits and there is a sharp
curve. The freight train, several hours late,
was making fast time. and when the two
came in sight the speed was so great that
a stop could not be made.
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Indiana Obituary.

PENDLETON, Ind, Sept. 26.-Levi Lack
ey, ninety-three years old, and for sixty
years a resident Of Adams township. this
was held at the home of his son, Isaac
Lackey, near Emporia-
Mrs. Melvina Nj. Taylor. aged seventy
years, widow Of the late Andrew b.. Tay-
lor, died this morning after an illness of
b. Taylor, Jesse Taylor and Grant Taylor.
all of this city. The funeral services will
be held Thursday.
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 26.-Mrs. Emil
Kroner, aged ffty-three, died of apoplexy
this morning, at her home, three miles
south of this city.
Frank Doyle, employed in the Pennsyl-
vania train dispatcher's office, died to-day
OF peritonitis. He was a musician Of consid-
cradle ability.
Adam ]. Loehr, aged sixty-1ve, died, last
evening, of Inflammation of the lungs. He
was a prominent German resident.
NASHVILLE, Ind, Sept. 26.-William G..
Watson died this morning at 2:3O of typhoid
fever. He was sixty-six years old and
served two terms as county auditor, one
term as sheriff and one term as representa-
tive of Brown and Monroe counties. The
funeral Will be held tomorrow at 2 d. m.
and will be conducted by the Masonic fra
ternity.
SEYMOUR. Ind, Sept. 26.-Mrs. F. ".
Newcomb, aged sixty-nine years, living
near Vallonia, died very suddenly last
night of heart trouble. She was the wife
OF one of the most prominent farmers in
the western part OF the county.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Sept. 26.-Mrs. Thomas
b: Creager, wife of Appointment farmer
of this county, is dead of at
Denver, Col. The remains will arrive here
on Thursday.
MADISON, Ind, Sept. 26.-Mrs. Susan
Lewis. aged 101, was buried this evening.
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EARTHQUAKE PHENOMENA.


SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. es. = The
earthquakes which shook up the Alaskan
coast early in September made themselves
felt several miles at sea. Three vessels
which have arrived from the northern SAL
mon fisheries report experiencing most pc
culiar weather on Sunday, Sept. 3. the day
of the first disturbance. Capt. Charles
Johnson, of the bark B. p. Cheney, which
was at sea, almost opposite Kodiak. at the
time of the quakes. states that on Sept. 3
a heavy gale sprang up, the air being very
sultry. The barometer fell rapidly, but in
about fifteen minutes the wind fell and
the sea quoted down. Captain Thompson,
OF the bark Nicholas Thsyer, from Alaska,
also noted the peculiar climatic conditions
obtaining on Sept. 3. The L. j. Morse was
likewise caught in the gale which followed
the upheaval along the north coast.
WASHINGTON. Sept. pa report re-
ceived by the coast survey shows that the
earthquake recently reported In Yakutat
bay was also felt in Prince williams sound
at Orca, the shocks recurring at half-hour
intervals. beginning at 2:4o y. m. mean To-
cal time. on Sunday, Sept. g. They were
still continuing at s p. m on that day,
when the report closed. No damage was re-
ported.
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have not yet Joined the strike, but 1t is
rumored thai the latter two will strike to-

have not yet Joined the strike, but it is
rumored that the latter two will strike to-
morrow.
DR.. J: B. Hubbell, representing the Red
Cross Society, was arrested yesterday on
a charge OF burglary. but was shortly aft
erward released 1t appears that a former
agent of the society, named Sollosso, re-
fused TO give up certain Red Cross stores
which We're Kept IN a building rented by the
building and his arrest followed. He claims
that Sollosso has been using French soups
and dried apples and apricots to feed pigs
and he declares he Will apply for a warrant
for the arrest of Sollosso.
The son of General Sanguilly and the other
young Cubans who recently invaded the
Spanish Clerks Club and hauled down the
Spanish flag have been arrested and are
now in jail awaiting sentence.
The order recently issued to the municipal
tiles of the island directing them TO take a
special census, independent of the general
census, has been Cancelled, on the ground
that the additional expense Is unnecessary.
1t is estimated that the cost of the census
in Havana alone will be $1,000. Under the
Spanish law II was taken annually for the
towns with a view OF getting the data neces-
sary for assessing taxes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-27
VETERANS in COUNCIL
REUNION Of THE SOCIETY OF THE
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Annual Reports Submitted by General
Observation-Disclosures Selected as
Place Of Next Meeting.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. PA small
though dignifed appearing body of half a
hundred men assembled in the prettily-
decorated headquarters of the Michigan
Commandery of the Loyal Legion to-day
at the opening of the twenty-eighth re-
union of the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland. Death had, since the last
meeting, removed several notable members
of the society, among these the president,
General Rosecrans. There being no presid-
ing officer General Thomas j. Wood, of
Dayton, was chosen president. General ii.
v. Boynton, corresponding secretary, re-
ported for his office, and for that OF re-
cording secretary Colonel j. w. Steele, and
for treasurer Major j.. w. Tweedale. The
veterans took much pleasure in a report
from the commissioners of the National
Park at Chickamauga outlined by General
Boynton. He stated that although nearly
a third Of the army raised for the Spanish
war had been encamped at the park 1t was
almost impossible to realize it from present
appearances. He declared that the worth
lessness of the statements that the place
was unhealthful and the water bad had
been proven, and that the park had not
suffered from attacks Of sensational jour
nails or sensational officers in Congress or
out of it. General Boynton was heartily
applauded for commencing ex-Secretary
Alger as one of the strongest friends OF
the park. He added that thanks were due
to AIger from soldiers of the civil and
of the more recent war, as we'll as the
thanks of the administration. for what the
general termed Ayers splendid conduct or
affairs throughout the war with spain.
The committee on time and place or next
reunion decided on Chattanooga, Tenn,
then the center of the great historic strug-
giles in which the members of the society
participated, as the place OF next years
meeting. Gen. j. w. Burke. of Mobile. Ala,
is chosen orator at the next reunion. The
election committee will tomorrow recon-
of Mai. Gen. G.. s.. Stanley, L. S. A. of
Washington, d. c.. General Boynto will
be reelected corresponding secretary. Col.
Steele recording secretary and Major
Tweedale treasurer.
Light Guard Armory was bright with
decorations in patriotic colors tonight on
the occasion of the society's annual public
gathering. Gen. Russell A Alger was dis
covered in the audience and was called to
the stage TO sit among a score OF well-knoWn
soldiers of the Army of the Cumberland.
Rev. DIR. Prall, Of st. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church, welcomed the veterans in
place of Mayor Maybury, who was out of
the city. Capt. Charles E. Belknap. speaker
stirring incidents in which the Army of the
Cumberland figured, from the fight at Stone
River to the great eliminating struggle at
Chickamauga. General Alger, Gen. Tom
Wood and others made brief extemporaneous
remarks.
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SHATTERED THE BUILDING.
One Man Killed Insta atty by q Boiler
Explosion.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
AUBURN, Ind, Sept. 2.-Early this
morning the boiler at the band sawmill in
this city exploded and Waldo Shut was
killed instantly and Engineer William Rich
mond was scalded and bruised so badly that
he will probably die. George Keester suf-
fered severe bruises. including a broken leg,
and Fred Gouley had three ribs broken.
The mill has been operated by the Greenler
company in connection with their hoop
mill. TIL boiler had been in use two years,
and was considered safe. The explosion
riddled the buildings and machinery to
small pieces. The large four-inch fiues OF
the boiler were thrown several hundred feet
in each direction. Elmer Bishop. a team
ster, was with his team near the engine
room. A large iron heating tank of perhaps
a hundred-barre capacity passed over him
and his team and landed only a short dis
tance on the opposite side. Employees about
the mill were terribly shaken and covered
with mud and sawdust, but were not much
injured. The cause of the explosion is
thought to have been probably due to the
engineer turning on too much steam In at
Richmond was in the act of turning the
engine over the eccentric, and was found
under the big wheel, and dug from his po-
sition after considerable labor. There was
10 insurance on the boiler and no accident
insurance on the plant. Mr.. Shut leaves a
widow and two babies. He was a son OF
Ex-Trustee j. j. Shut. of Jackson town
ship. Mr.. Richmond has a wife and three
children. The plant will be rebuilt at once.
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WEALTHY MANS CRIME.
QuarreIed with His Wife, Tried to
Kill Her, and shot Himself.

PITTSBURG. Sept. ga. P. Stephenson,
a prominent and wealthy merchant of this
city, tried TO kill his wife this evening and
then committed suicide. Stephenson had
been drinking heavily for several weeks
and during fits Of melancholy had frequent
ly threatened to kill himself. At dinner,
this evening. he quarreled with his wife
and, without warning. drew a revolver and
fired at her. The bullet missed its mark
and Mrs. Stephenson, grabbing up her
youngest child, ran into the kitchen.
Stephenson followed and fired two more
shots without effect and his wife ran into
the yard, where the Infatuated man fired
again. and Mrs. stephenson tainted. Be
lievlng that he had killed her he placed
the revolver to his temple and fired, kill
ing himself instantly. Mrs. Stephenson was
uninJured and soon regained Consciousness
stephenson was thirty-one years of age and
had two children. He was a member of the
hrm of Arbuthnot, stephenson & Co.,
wholesale dry goods merchants. His fnan-
cial affairs are in excellent condition.
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SHOOTING TOURNAMENT.
indianapolis Men Made Good Scores
at Muncie Yesterday.

Indianapolis Men Made Good Scores
at Muncie Yesterday.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE, Ind, Sept. 26.-The first annual
fall tournament of the Magic City Gun Club
attracted a big crowd to-day n good
scores were made, regardless of the strong,
cold wind that made shooting in overcoats
a pleasure. First money in the sweep
stakes at fifteen birds was divided between
Z. H. Trip and w. A. Wildhack. Of In
dianapolis, each with fourteen killed. On
a clean score Lon Fisher, of Lake View, O.,
took the twenty-bird match. DIETRICH and
Heiney each missed one. In the third
sweepstake event, at fifteen birds, Trip, Of
Indianapolis, alone made a clean score with
twenty-five entries.
Edward Martin, Muncie. won the fourth
event at fifteen birds with a handicap of
three, L. H.. Parry, Indianapolis, holding
the state medal for a time, having a handi-
cap of two. Trip was second: M. II. Forbes,
Hartford City, third; DIR. Britton, 1ndianap-
oils, fourth; James Head. Peru, fifth.
Fifth Event-Fifteen birds: Claude Ste
Gle, second: Stafford Perdieu, Muncie, third;
Alfred Walker, Muncie, fourth.
Sixth Event-Twenty birds: First prize
not decided; Mr.. Parry, Indianapolis, Sec
nd; Trip, Indianapolis, third; Alfred
Walker Muncie, fourth.
For first place, the prize being a hammer
less gun, four Muncie shooters are a tie
at fifteen birds, Martin and Bender of Mum
Gle. Koontz of Union City and Cushman OF
Bellefontaine. o., have clean scores to shoot
off tomorrow.
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preme Court, paid 5000 to Tammany; Jus
tice Fitzsimmons, of the City Court, paid
Tammany $1,000: Justice Schuchman, of the
City Court, paid small sums; Justice Lew
entritt paid 5000 to Tammany, but none of
these was opposed to the system of contri-
buttons.
Former Surrogate Rastus Ransom. who
paid Tammany $4,000 in 1857, was not OPP
posed TO the assessment" as a general
thing. but protested against the size. JUS
tice Coting, of the Court of General Ses-
sions, who contributed 5000, and Justice
John a. Freeman, who put up $500, were
opposed to the system.
Justice Gaynor testified that he had been
offered $4,000 worth of Ramapo stock to
use his influence to get the cities of New
York and Brooklyn to adopt the water sys-
tenn. He refused the offer.
President butcher and other Ramapo Of
ficials have been subpoenaed to appear next
Tuesday, 10 which time the committee adj
iOurned.