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3 1 rN -J , ' THE EEl) CLOUD CHIEF. 2 -""V i . - . JUS CURRENCY WAN. ANSWERS QUESTIONS OF A BOSTON PAPER Tntnreat Hearing timid to Im HnbMltnted a Circulation heeurlly n Itaptdly at roMlble llir lovernniriit' lnraiiten --No Immediate OianKe. Boston, Nor. !'2.--Thc Ho-! ton Jour nal addressed to Secretary Gngo No vember 18 a lettar embodying the fol lewlng quostlons, which cover tho ,'folnU ot detail upon which doubt at to the secretory's exact contention in klaplouof currency roforta has been xpressed: "FlrM, you put no limit of time within which tho scorotury of tho treasury shall substitute Interest bear ing bonds for deposit of currency. Would It not bo fair to make somo limit and not allow tho banks to fool that yon got tho money In and they jot no Interest except tho saving of ono-half of 1 per cent? "Second, when you say tho govern ment shall guarantee the payment of all circulating notes of thu banks do you mean linmodlute payment, or only ultimate payment? It would mako quite a difference In tho treatment of tha notes of nny bank whoso credit bocamo shaky, which courno tho gov ernment wan going to take. "Third, wo have also heard It ques tioned whether It was wise to Invest tho 9 per cent guarantee fund held by tho government in bonds, as they might fiuctuuto In valuo and It Is sug gcslcd that It might bo .tifer to hind It In money. "Fourth, la thu redemption fund of 6 per cmt to bo conuted by tho bunks as a part of their legal reserve'.''' To theso qucsttonH Secretary (Sago replied as follows: "Wadiiinotox, Nov. J 5, lfct7. I avail myself of tho ilr.st ilesuro mo ment to reply to yours of tho U'th Inst, in which yon wlali mo to statu noro oloarly soino of thu points In my rooommendatlounL I vtlll, therefore, aayi "First that It is thu purpose in Blind to substitute Interest bearing bonds aa security for circulating notes, In substitution of currency previously deposited, as rapidly as tho printing bureau can get them Issued and in proper form. In fact, the delay would be very brief. "Second, the Idea of requiring a de posit of ourrency to b.-gln with, Is to lake aura thut there will bo no con- Section at all In this operation, oney will go out as fast ns it comes In. The 'guarantee of tho govern ment' 1 understand to mean a guar anUe for immediate payment, not ul timata payment "Third, an to tho Investment of tho i per cent guaranteo funds, if invest a In government bond, 1 will uy that If 3 pur cent gold bonds are Is sued, ttie fluotuatloa will not be vio lent unless tho debt hereafter hbould l)e greatly increased, aud as thu In vestment would probably bo n grow ing sum tho risk of n fall could be f&stly sustained by that guarantee fund. "Fourth, the redemption fund of ft per cent (I may conclude to rccom- Cead 10 per cent Instead of C) I not be counted as part of the legal re serve against deposits. "J feel much gratified at the friendly Interest you take in the suggestions sand by m. 1 do not know that they IN the best that could be made, but I 1 erolU curtain that if they could be sdopted, tho government would td Itself as a bunk of Issuo (and that what It la aud what it will be for some years to come), In an enormously better position than it now is. Very truly yours, Lyman J. Gage." LONDON'S FIRE LOSS Twantv-riv Million Dollar Dttrt hf tha nm. LoirooN, Nov. 25. Tho great flro of yesterday wus not oven under control of the firemen until after (1 o'clock lust night wud oven this morning nil dan ger of a fresh conflagration had not passod, for throughout tho burned section there woro fires among the de bris. Moro than fifty engines are still pouring wnter on tbo Hemes. Street a quarter of a mile In leugth were Involved, ICO great warehouses wero destroyed, 300 Important firms and hundreds of minor ones woro burned out and the losses aro esti mated us olobo to 022,000,000. Fortu nately no lives were lost uor was any one seriously injured. CUBAN MAID FINDS A HOME Widow tif .fnlin A. Iogan Mad fJuar tUn for Ml Cltoaroa. Wabijinoto.v.Nov. 25. An order was Issued by the orphans' court to-day making Mrs. John A. Logan guardian for Miss ISvangellna losslo y Clsneros. Tho proceedings In court wero very brief, but the senorlta's appearance created much Interest. Tho applica tion for a guardianship set cut that Miss Clsneros lias declured her inten tion to become a citizen ot the United States so fur as the law allows, und that she intends to enter an institu tion of learning in this city und to thereafter remuln a resident of Wash- liltftOB- FATHER AND SON SHOT. Klrbyvllle, Miv, tUrdtirtitt KUIi Wes Cattral and Vtunnd Hit Hod. 8rniNnnr.r.D, Mo., Nov, 55. Wj Cottroll, an old veteran, was Instantly lolled aud his sou, Marlon Cattrell, was shot three times by Jair.rs Pinnell, merchant of Klrbyvlllc, thirty-five xnlleH sonth of here, lust nluht Tho tihootlug was done on tho principal street In tho town. Tho Cattrolls wore rjuunned und the shooting was caused on account ot the older Cattrell'a fallare to pay u small debt Pinnoll it uaitr arrest IN MEMORY OF MR. GEORGE. Widow of tha Pnbllo leader to lie Pro vided far tijr I'opalnr ButMcrlptfon. NrfV Yonir, Nov. 2?. Tho Ilonry Gcorgn memorial committee, of which Mayor Strong and Heth Low nro mem bers, mot in the city hall last night nnd drew up an npponl, which will bo made to tho public in n few days, as follows: "Tho llfo of Henry Ooorgo was do voted by him absolutely and without reserve to tho servico of mankind. Ho not only sought nothing for himself, but sacrificed every chanco for per sonal profit for tha snke of tho highest good of his fellow men. It was uni versally recognized that In standing as n candidate for an important ofllco, lls motives wero entirely disinterest ed, without a thought of ids own profit or fame "No memorial to Henry Gcorgo could bo at onco more grateful to him and no more satisfactory to all who recognize his worth than n provision made by public subscription to put his widow in such a position of comfort as she would undoubtedly huva en joyod hud her husband devoted his genius nnd his wonderful power as a writer to tho benefits of his fam ily instead of tho benoQt of human ity. Therefore, at the request of many friends and admirers of Henry George, the undorslgnod havo con sented to net us n comtntttoo to re ceive, public; subscriptions to such ex tent as may bo necessary to re euro for Mrs. George a satisfactory support for the remainder of her life. Tlm surplus beyond that amount will bo used In providing such pcrmunont memorial us iu the judgment of tho committee acting for subscribers, will be most suitable." FAVORS AUTONOMY. I'rrolrtrnt Mflldnter (ilvei tha Caliam a Hint to Accept Kptln'a OfTor. New Youk, Nov. 12. Tho World makes the following statement: "Tho World is able, to say on very high authority that President McKlnlcy will tacitly approvo tho program for autonomy or homo rulo for Cuba which Spain now promises. ".SecondThat the President will express the hope that the Cubans will not prolong their war for complete Independence, but will accept, instead, a form of autonomy. "Third That if tho Cubuns do not heed his advico, Spain will bo given more time without Interference from th United States. "Fourth Tho president says that ho ardently desires pcaco both at homo nnd abroad. "Nlir SCarOS' and 'bnlUgeronoy resolutions' disturb bus- iness, retard prosperity, nnd do no goon, a new congress is to bo clioson UCXt Iftll aud everything depends on 'good times.' A season of peace 'from Cuban sensations' is, therefore, almost certain, "Fifth Spain has bbeniu formed of McKlnley's, hopgSF nlin plans, nn6 ns tho first evidences of her own kind in teutious and good will, sho pardoned and relented yesterday tho American crow of tho filibustering schooner Competitor, caught under arms off the coast of Cuba on April IS, 1800." BRAZIL'S PLOT DEEP. Many J.elra Implicated, Aoeorrilnr to tha Roldlar Aaiauln's Story. Ilio lire JAXKino, Nov. 22, Further discoveries mode by tho pollco, cou pled with a written confession by Mello, tho soldier who tried to klil Prrsldont Mornes, leave no donbt that thu attempt on tho president's llfo was tbo result of n grcnt conspiracy headed by many men who held blgb ofllces undor tbo government Mello gives the names of many offi cials who worn In th plot, though theso names are carefully withheld. Several more arrests havo been made and all the prisoners aro kept In close confinement Among the lost to be arrested is Deputy Joae Marieno. Senor Manuel Estrella, nephew ot the governor of Ilahla, who was ar retted In connection with the con spiracy, committed snlcido in prison. PANIC IN MONTEVIDEO. Cttlrent Have Clotad Their llonaea and Tronpi Ara Held In Keadluan. Montevideo, Nov. 2'A The city is In a panlo over tho Incident at to-day's eslon ot thu chamber of deputies and tho report that Dr. Miguul Uerrcra y Obes, minister of tho Interior and of justice in tho Rorria cabinet, has been khotwlth a revolver. Iu tho chamber Dr. llerrora y Obcs tnndo a violent atr tuck upon Senor Cuestus, who assumed tho presidency of tho republic ad in terim ou tho obsassiiiation of Senor J. ldlarto Borda, and presented a motion demanding the resignation of tho president of the republic ad interim. All sorts ot rumors are ufloot, many citizens havo closed their bouses and tho troops aro held In rcadlnebs against outbreak. . niptherla to I.aart 1'anelU. Im)UNM'oi.is Ind., Nov. 22. City Snnlturlan Clark has just concluded un Inquiry into tho alarming increase of dlplrtierla among public school pupis slnco (.Ue opening of tho fall sebsions unit annnunees that the dis easebas sprcud in tha distribution of lead pencils nnd penholders. I)raditraata, TradaKaVler. Nnw Yonic. Nov. 2. liradstreet's lays; "There is a moderate improve ment in staple prices and In dlstrlbu Hon of woolen goods, shoes, hats and Hardware In tho region tributary to i mcago, ht Louis, Kausas City and Omaha. ColdtT Meathcr Northwest sud In tho Central Mississippi und Mis ourl river valleys has helped rets-H trading, uiauufacturers of Iron, aloel, igrlouiturnl implements, railway cars nnd woolen goods roportlug un active iluinaud, Higher prices are recorded (or wheat, corn, oats, syrup, bide J leather, shoes and for turpentine." DEADLY DUElJ Obo KllU.t and Two flarlnmly Faand4 at Tfaeo, Taiai Wjico, Texas, Nov. 28. .T,1V. Har ris, editor of tho Waco Tlrics-Hcrald, and W. A. Harris, bis bro'ier, on one side, und .luugo u, J I. (ierald, a prom incnt deutl o'clock. J. W, body Wing paraly shot in tho side and may die. ' Tho trouble was the outconlo of the mobbing of W. C. llrann, publisher of tho Iconoclast Gerald was an ex county ttdge and one of Waco's most prominent citizens. He had written a bitter criticism on Ilaylor university with reference to tho recent mobbing of W. C llrann, and bad filed it wltb IMitor Harris for publication. Afterward ho asked to havo his man uscript returned, nnd became inconBod &t tho editor's delay in complying. Had feeling resulted nnd when Judge ficrald wus crossing tho street at the comer of Fourth nnd Austin streets at & o'clock, Editor Harris came out of m drug storo aud opcucd flro upon him. Gerald Immediately drew his revolver and returned tho flro, hitting Harris In tho neck. Heurlng tho shooting, W. A. Harris camo upon tho scono nnd took a hand In the fusillade, shooting Gerald from behind. Gerald pursued htm into the drug store, shooting ns ho run. Har ris full to tho floor with tho words: "You shot mo In tho back." Gerald emptied tho remaining oharges In his weapon into tho prostrato form of his victim, killing him on the spot, and then loft tho scono. A llttlo colored boy who stood near wus shot in tho leg by a stray bullet Editor Harris was carried into tho drug storo by friends. His wifo nnd daughter wero notified nnd wero soon st his side. Tho scene was pitiful, the wlfo nnd duughtcr weeping, whilo tho husband and father lay prostrate, unable to movo a muscle of his body, or to speak. Ills windpipe bad been tevcred by a bullet which Injurod his iplnal column. Ho wus removed to his homo, but cannot livo. Judge Gerald was wounded In the neck and side. Whilo serious, his wounds cannot bo said to bo nccos larlly fatal. Tho oxcitetinmt is very ?rcut, nnd publlo opinion seems to be aividcd. A GREAT MINjNG SCHEME. Company Witt llam Unlimited (.'iipllxl Illg Conrerii Orgitnl'tl Nnw Yonir, Nov. 23. Several of the leading directors of tho Canadian Pa- lfln rntlwnv. who urn iinihiwl l.v nn limited capital and havo tho promiso of liberal rights from tho Ganadiun gov eminent, have onruulzod an extenslvo mlnliitr -nmn.inv. Tlio will e.nnrlnr.t mining operations and various trans portation and trading outcrprises on a vast scale In Iiritlsli Columbia, partic ularly in'tho newly. dcvipod r.ectlons of Alaska. It is not unlikely that they will open up sections of the great Northwest It Isdellnltoly known that President Van Home, Lord Mount Stephen and other influential directors of the com pany, who aro also Interested in tolu graph matters, will take a leading part In the now projects, and bosldes tho English capital, it Is reported that John W. Mackay and the ltothsehllds aro Interested. NO RULE AGAINST ONIONS Tha Topeka BchoolnUtreai, Who Ob leoted, Ontwlttad by Iler r a pi la. TorEicA, Kan., Nov. 22. Miss Klnora fcCoy, the school teacher who sent Max Herman, Merritt Ilodson and Harvey Warren home because their clothes were saturated with the odor ot onions, was upheld by the principal, a P. M. McClintock. on the strength of a school board rulo which gives a teacher the right to suspend any pupil obnoxious to his mates. Yesterday most of the boys and girls appeared with onions In their pockets or with breaths indicating that they had eaten the vegetables, some embryo genius In their number having disseminated luc idea that suoh a course would probably result In m vaoatlon free from tho penalties of truancy. No pupils were sent home, and It Is sup posed that tho rule has been declared off. NO MORE INDIAN TROOPS. rha War Department diva Dp tha Schema to l.ave Ild Men HaRQiar. Washington. Nov. XSr. The govern nent has decided to mako no further ixpcrimentA with Indians ns soldiers. Die young Bloux havo all been dls jharged. The original scheme was to recruit eight troops of cavalry nud alnetecn companies of infantry from tha Indian tribes of tho west to form in Indian contingent as part of the regular establishment of tho army, The first enlistments were made in March, 189J, ond the total number ot Indians enlisted and re-enllsted since that time was 1,079. The officers of tho army who wero assigned to com mand the Indian troops made every jitort to bring the Indians to obey military discipline, but tho plan was a failure, and it waa found practically Impossible to make thorn good soldiers. Hereafter Indians will bo used only as icouU. Nkw Yokk, Nov. 22. The executive committee of Tammany Hall met to day und arranged for tho annual re organization next month. After the transaction of this business Richard Cro.tcr mado a speech, In which he asked tho commltteo to subscribe $'i0, 000 for tho starviug pcoplo of Cuba and a liko sum for tho poor of this slty, The suggestion wus promptly ictcd on. Tho Cuban check was handed to Senor Toinoa Itotrada Pal ma und other members ot tho junta who had called to seek tho aid of Tam: many In behalf of their starving countrymen. citizen, fought a dud to tbo i on tho street last slight at 6 W. A. Harris wan slot dead. i Harris was wounded faYally, his zed and Gefald was SLUGGED AND ROBBED CLARENCE CURTIS OF UNION ROUGHLY USED fly Cnknown trtlwi Waylaid Wlillo ti III IVmt Home from Town and Itobbe.il of SU Dollars A Hotpoct Held For the Crime Oilier NcbrnnW New. Sheriff Hallowayof Plattsmouth was called to Union last Friday to investi gate a holdup nt that place. Potcr Curtis, tho ulnetcen-ycar-old sou of Clarence Curtis, a farmer living near Kenosha, was iu Union aud wan seen to havo over 80 on his person. Two suspicious characters followed him out of town and later ho was found gagged and bound ubout n milu out of town in a ravine a hundred yards from tho road uncunclous and covered with blood. Ho was brought to torvn and his wounds dressed. Ho ir still uncon RciousJind his money gout'. Thero is n big gash in tho back of the head and one car Is nearly severed Two bus ctshuvo vanished. Tho sheriff has a good dlscrlption. Curtis xvas still alive Monday morn lug. Reports circulated that ho had succumbed to bis brutal treatment proved unt rui). Ilelng unconscious and having snvero sinking Hpells probably led to tho report llo Is ttill uncon ecIous. but Is believed to bo gaining. Ho Is .delirious aud makes all kinds of statements. A man is in jail at Nebras ka City who wears shoes correspond ing to track b In the field. Sevc.rul other suspicious circumstances point to him as tho guilty one, nnd ho will bo held pending young Curtis' recovery that he may be Identified. TRYING TO BURN A TOWN Two Keren! fires ut Sutton, Nell.. Traced tn mii Ini'endl.iry. Friday night at 10:30 flames wero dsscovcred issuing from tho roof of the. flro department building at Sutton, and nothing but tho best work saved tho building. It was a close call for tho department, for they came very having nothing to fight tho lira with, but it was finally gotten under con trol. This was undoubtedly of Incen diary origin, as .some of tho first per sons thero detected tho smell of kero- henc, und it was afterwards found that the building wns saturated with it Only a few nights ago nnnthcr building that was vacant was set ou fire and completely destroyed, and It Is evident that Sutton has a tiro bug. and if not detected soon tbo town, will undoubtedly have n conflagration some night that will bo of more damago than tho last two havo been. A vigi lance commltteo is forming, and if the guilty one Is found there may be no need of criminal prosecution. lHimlsned the Case. Some weeks since tho law and order leaguu ot Unadilla filed complaint, against Mrs. Nellie l'.l.attn, who keeps it drug storo at that place, i-JiaMfiug hor with unlawfully selling liquor. Thu ease was continued two or thruo times uud finally tried iu Judge F.aton'.s court. After hearing tho evidence and arguments, Judge F.aton dismissed tho ease, thero being no ovidonco that Mrs. Liitta had violated tho law. At the time of her arrest her clerk, George Webber Whs also arrested on tho same charge, but since has left for part unknown. lUrrly Ksrape n Ilullet. While returning from baud practlco at Ilcumer, Saturday night, .lessio Ashburn, whether intpntlonul or other wise, discharged his revolver, the ball grazing tho head of August Creyo just above tho ear, seriously shocking him. Tho boys have not been on friendly terms for conic time past Young Creyo claims that Ashburn made threats to shoot him before, ltoth boys are about tho sumo ago, fifteen or sixteen years. Dank Floand. The state banking board took chargo nf the Holstein State bank Friday lost, and placed Examiner Wilson id charge. Tho bank was owned by W. S. Sic A nicy' who acted as cashier. Tho capiUl stock was 810,000. Tho last roport of tho bank, issued September s, showed deposits amounting to SIC, 103. At .hat time the bank's loans uud discounts amounted to SIS, 459; real es tate, J2,:iCl; duo from other banks, S:,BI5; cash on huud, 33,307. Wreck on tlm Klhlinrn. Frclirh train No. 14 on tho Klkhoru road was wrecked about 3 o'clock this morning ut the foot of thu Arlington hill near Fremont Tho wreck was caused by tho breaking In two of the. train and tho two parts colliding. Four freight cars wero badly damaged ond several others will need repairs. The wreck kept traflio nt a standstill on tho Omaha lino for about seven hours. No one wus hurt. nurgiura Vlilt Uon. Nelsou was vibitcd Saturday night by burglers, Tho doors of the Wilson meat market and of Daniel Domnsh's tailor shop wero forced open. In thu meat market nothing was disturbed asido from tbo money drawer, from which lens than one dollar iu small change was taken. From the tailor shop a suit ot clothes and un unfinished overcoat were taken. There Is no cluo to tho perpetrators. , roy Killed ly m Horn' Klek. A thirtcon-year-old son of J. E. Carl strom, living twenty miles north of Kimball, was killed by n hore kicking him in tho stomach. BREVITIES. Treasurer Meservo hns issued u call for general fund warrants amounting to 27,000 for November 27. Last Friday State Secretory Porter was arrested for killing hogs within tha corporate limits of Lincoln. Ha pleaded guilty and wan fined $1 anV costs, amounting to 90.43. INVESTIGATING RATES. Doard of Traiifiporliitloii Secretaries at Hnnlh Omaha. Secretaries Uahlmaii, Hdgertou, and Laws of tho state board of iransporta tlouwcntover to South Omaha Monday morning nnd began tho Investigation of tho alleged excessive charge for transportation of livo stock by the railway companies under their new tariff, which charges by the hundred pounds instead of by thu car as for merly. This complaint Is mado a part of tho general complaint of overcharg ing filed by T. II. Tibbies, but It Is bucked up by .1. It. Van Hosklrlc of Alliance, sucretnry of a II vu stock ship ping association, which by resolution at a recent meeting, directed him to prefer and prosecute tho charge. Van llosklrk wns present today to urge tho case, although the commission, or rather Secretary Kdgerton, tho lawyer of the board of secretaries, propounded tho Inquiries that brought out tho testimony for the complaint. Thu railways wero represented by a big squad of uttornrys. A number of witnesses wero examined relative to tho rates for stock. It appeared from tho testimony that under thu old sche diilo shippers used to pack thu cattlo into tho curs ns tightly as the safety of the cattlo would permit, as tho cost was the same for a packed car as for one that wns not so well filled. Now the railroad companies provide a mini mum charge for the ear, and If tho load runs over a speellled weight ac cording to thu length of the ear, thorn is a ohargti of so much a hundred for all over the minimum. Shippers there fore now only seek to be curtain that they get enough cattlo into a car to rcaeh thu minimum. It is claimed that under thu new 'scliedtilu of rates the. eost Is no pur cent greater than It was under the old. Tho railroad.s deny this. I lie hearing was continued to Tiles day. CERESCO STORE LOOTED. Help Tliriu. llurelnr ItuNo n SmuIi uud kcUcm ut l.flmirn. The store of Nelson .t Co. of Co rcsco waa burgulari.ed tho other night. Admittance was gained to the storo by breaking a gluss out of the side window und rulsing tbo sash. Tho thieves helped themselves to ut least a do.uu pairs of shoes, a dozen or more suits of underclothing. Somu shirts und other urticles havo been missed which no doubt were taken at the saiuu time. No one sleeps ut the, storo, bunco they had an easy tlmo helping themselves and escaping with out detection. Worked by a Nlrnngrr. A smooth swindler opuratcd success fully Iu the vicinity of Tekumah re cently. Two local physicians each had a patient in the county whom they wero treating for un "eye affection. Tho stranger dropped quietly into town and hired a livery rig and went out to visit these patients. He re presented himself ns an ye specialist and said lio had been sent by the phy hlcan in charge to mnke an examina tion of the eyes, which he pretended to llo. Huropresented to each patient that his case was a critical one unci demanded expert attention, succeed ing iu filching from eueh a fee of S'.Ti for a worthless prescription which ho left them. Ilu drove to it neighboring town aud notified the Tekumah livery man to come after his team. Ho linv so far successfully eluded capture. Sugar Ileet failory. Conabierablo correspondence Is pass ing between tho capitalists desiring to locato a beet sugar factory iu Fre mont and tho commltteo appointed by the board ot trade. It tas a business ring and tho commltteo is of tho opinion that nrrungements can bo perfected The agent representing tho ehsteuers received a telegram Mouday stating that they would accept Fremont's proposition of 8.0,000 of bonds and forty acres of ground, pro viding tho bonds bo raised to 875,000. The commltteo held a meeting to tnlk tho matter over and decided to stand pat on its original offer. Cot Moe on Them. At a special meeting of tha Omaha city council Monday afternoon, a com munication was read from City Attor ney llaldridgo stating that an ordl uuncc pending by which it was pro posed to license slot machines, was in contravention of tho statute against gambling. Tho council thereupon de cided to notify the police to havo thu muchlnes closed by S o'clock Tuesday morulng. Monday evening tho board of fire and police commissioners held a meeting uud instructed Chief ilullaghcr to 'at once" see that thu machines weru closed down, which he did, thur forestalling the action of the mayor. f.tnillllr Captured. Word comes from Dukota City that .Sheriff llorowski had returned from Spink county, South Dukota, having in chargo James Lindillc, who on thu morning of August. 23, 1HD7, in u drunken row uttJoodwin, Dakota dbuu ty, shot Henry Carpenter, who died the sumo duy from tho effects of the wound. Ho-wus apprehended through W. W. Kisscu, a farm hand who know Lindillri, who went to South Dakota tei work and ran across him. Accident May Cut IIU I,f. Thomas Currnn, ono of tho Indus trious and thrifty fanners about, twen-ty-flvo years old, residing near llrady's Crossing, in Dukota county, was riding on a load of shelled corn, when in go ing down a hill ho slipped off; tho wagon went across his back. Tho loud contaiued sixty bushels of co.u. He may die. Kdward, son of Postmaster V. SVIk of Hartley, uged about threo years wis recently run over by n loaded wagon und his chest so badly crushed that, he died in a few hours. Peter Wanser, thu oldest resident oj llutler county, died Sunday night. He was ninety-two years of ago. Ho win born on Long Island nnd was a veteran of tho Mexican war. Ho leaves a wlf uud three chlldrun. An unsuccessful attempt was made to blow the safe of C A, Pylo's lumbei yard office at Ilencdlct Tuesday night A well defined clue is being followed BEARS HIS AGE WJtf WONDERFUL VlOOn OF EASTERN CITIZEN. lohn W. Hunter. One of Uroolilyn't rinneer nnd nn Kx-Mayur, Celebrate an AnnHirsarv- Ho In Mnnty Ver tlld. O II N W HUN TEH, ox-mayor ot Ilrookl yn, ctTV bruted hi s nlno tlcth birthday at homo on Frlda last Ho wiih greet ed by u host of frletidtj, who camo to cxprusH tholr o o n g ratulatlons. Mr. lltiutcr ha? Av'A S. 2Z ong been considered one of Hrook lyn'M most prominent citizens, having been connected with ninny of Its en terprises, and having served a term an mayor, previous to tho first torm of Seth Imvt. llo was horn on a farm In what Is now known us tho Uodford section of the city. On his mother's Hide ho clnliiH descent from sotno of tins earliest Holland families on Long Inland. At an early ago ho entered tho cmiiloy of a wholesalo srocary houso in Now York. In 18:iS ho wns H8oclated with Seth Inv, grandfather of the present gentleman of that name, Jirf thu trustee of a public Kchool Id Brooklyn known as No. 1. For mani yearn he was an active memlior of. bond of cdiicntlnn, and ha.s hoe BiruniPiuni in iiuiltllng tip thu ey mill system wijil-ii tho city iwsscssn today. For many years prior to 18G nn iioiii tnu iniiiortaiit oil co of au ditor of tho Now York custom houso In that year he was elected by a hand- somo majority to represent tho Third congress district In Washington. Lator ho wan defeated in a contest to reprc sent tho Fifth assembly district In tt(j legislature. President Johnson offered him tho position of collector of Inter nal revenue, but It was declined Iu JOHN W. 1IUNTKU IS7l-'7 ho was mayor of llrooklj His aim at tbo tinio was to defeat til "rliig" power in municipal govern? incut. In 187G ho was aguln naked tc accept tho nomination for congress from tho Third district, hut could no he induced to accept. Sinco 18G0 Mr. Hunter has been trusteo, Kocrotarj and treasurer of tho Dlmo Savings bank, and until recently ho has beep sotm In his olllco every day. WhUky Untiles Iu .tlm 1'nlplt Tho Hev. Samuel Zano .Button, pastoi of tho Baptist church at Morrlstown. N. J., utood In bis pulpit recently with livo pint bottles of whisky bcsldo tht Bible In front, ot him. IIo hod an nounced that hfl would preach upof. "Tho Liquor Traffic in Morrlstown." Ho had written invitations to uvory oa Ioonkcepcr and hotel proprietor In town to bo present, and thu church wa? crowded. Several saloonkocpra were nrpKenr. and Sheriff E. L. Dnrllnir. As sistant United States District Attorney Thomas J. u unen, rroscemor J. S. Salmon and Mayor Edward A. Qualt wero interested auditors. "This bot tle," said tho preacher, holdlug up ont? labeled "rye whisky," "was purchased at a hotel oy a li-yoar-oiu uoy on last Sunday afternoon. Here's another bought since 7 o'clock to-night at rJ loading drug storo without a prescript tlon. Tbo other three Lotties wer fc-iueht at different hotels on laat bur day. Tho law Is being violated dallj and nltthtly. Tho Citizens' Icagiio ha evidence at first hand of scores of vlon latlons. This will bo at tho disposal tho urand Jury next week. If no In dictments follow, we'll know who Is tj blnniP. Viinderldlt und the Aettir. William IC Vandorbllt, when ho las flsltcd Constantinople, ono day Invlt ed Cwpielln tho older, who happonc to bo In Constantinople at tho Umo, givo a prlvato recital on board ot hi yacht, lying In tho Hosphorun. Corjti lln snoko threo of his monologues. fow days afterwards Coquelin rccch tho following memorandum from millionaire: "You havo brought tt to our eyes and laughter to our boa Slnco all philosophers are agreed laughtor Is preferablo to wcoplBg, account with me stands thus: tears, six times, bIx hundred dol) for laughter, twelve times, twi four hundred dollars. Total, thousand dollara. Kindly edge receipt for Inclosed chcck.M actor, It Is needless to say, fow fault with this assessment mimic powers, and duly an.knov tho receipt of his fee. A Hurled City In Central Ar A burled city liko that of Is being excavated In Central i at tho foot ot tho volcano Aj I tery, lino glassware, Jowcls.'.i Btrumcuts and human nKciti six feet long have been taiq depths of fourteen Xcct toj: ----- J e rw , u"..