The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, June 17, 1897, Image 4

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AROUND THE EARTH
OCCURRENCES THEREIN
FOR A WEEK
HAS A NAERO WESCAPE
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF
FAURE A FAILURE
Jnfcrnal Machine Explodes Near HJh
Carriage While on His Way to the
Grand Prix Mate of the Steamer
Ingersoll Thrown Overboard
President Paures Narrow Escape
An atteinnt was made Sunday to assas
sinate Felix Fau re president of the French
republic while he was en route to Long
Champs to witness the Grand Prix While
M Faures carriage was passing a thicket
near Le Cascade restaurant in the Boise do
Bolougno a bomb which subsequently
proved to be a piece of tubing about six
Indies long and two inches in diameter
with a thickness of half an inch charged
with powder and swan shot exploded
No one was injured by the explosion A
man in the crowd suspected as the prime
mover was arrested lie gave his name
as Gallet and made only the briefest re
plies to questions put to him by the police
Gallet said he had no occupation but re
eided at Levallers Perret The police are
making a thorough search of his lodgings
He is believed to be insane for he shouted
as the carriage passed along so loudly as
to attract general attention in the crowd
The police have also made another arrest
5n this case a youth but it is thought prob
able that the actual culprit escaped
TRAGEDY OF THE SEA
Mate of the Justin H Ingersoll was
Thrown Overboard
When the bark Justin H Ingersoll
erxived at New York Sunday a deputy
United States marshal went on board and
arrested present Second Mate Amnion and
Seamen William Nicholl and Louis Larson
The men were witnesses of a murder com
mitted aboard the ship on tho outward
voyage to Montevideo
When the vessel was to the eastward of
Bermuda at 3 oclock on the morning of
December 27 First Mate John Christense
disappeared from the ship The captain
was awakened by cries of Mate over
board He hurried on deck where he
found Paul Blanchard the second mate
and Seaman Nicholl Both men declared
that the first mate had accidentally fallen
into the sea An effort was made to re
cover the body but there was no sign of it
When morning broke the captain came
on deck and to his surprise found a big
pool of blood aft Blanchard and Nicholl
were called up to explain Later Nicholl
went to the captain and told him that ho
helped Blanchard to throw the mate over
board He said while he was at the wheel
he heard the scuffling and cries on the for
ward deck He tried to reach the cabin
but was intercepted by Blanchard who
told him he had killed the mate and
threatened to kill Nicholl too unlesss he
helped throw the body of the still breath
ing man overboard
Amnion a half brother of Christense
twice tried to kill Blanchard once firing
six shots at him At Monti vedio Blanchard
was placed on board the warship Yantic
and taken to Norfolk Ya where he was
turned over to the police
MURDERED FIVE NEGROES
Drunken Colored Mans Bloody
Work in Mississippi
Meridan Miss is excited over the mur
der of five negroes in the extreme north
western portion of Kemper County Sunday
night A negro man named Sibley while
crazy drunk secured a gun and started out
to kill every person he met The first ho
came across happened to be five negroes
three women and two children The fiend
shot them down and left them dead where
they fell He also shot at six other negroes
who narrowly escaped As soon as the
bloody work of Sibley was discovered the
most intense excitement prevailed and a
mob was organized to lynch the murderer
Sibley took to the woods carrying his
shotgun with him and at last accounts the
mob had surrounded him and a bloody
fight was imminent
Killed Her Husband with a Hammer
Near Tillare Ark Sunday Mrs P A
Wilson killed her husband beating his
brains out with a hammer Wilson was a
well known lumberman After commit
ting the deed Mrs Wilson surrendered to
an officer According to Mrs Wilsons
story she and her husband lived unhappily
and her husband had often tried to per
suade her to commit suicide with him
To Arrange Finisli Fight
It is announced that Billy Brady is mak
ing arrangements for a finish fight between
IUaher and Sharkey for a purse of 14000
to take place near Carson City Nov in
August or September Sharkey leaves
NewYork this week for a three weeks
trip to Ireland
Cincinnati 1iquor Dealers Fail
Braehmann Massard DeLeon Co
wholesale wine and liquor dealers of Cin
cinnati have assigned It is one of the
oldest firms in the city The liabilities aro
placed at 30000 assets 00000
Weekly Bank Statement
The New York weekly bank statement
shows a reserve increase of 2280000 The
banks now hold 47000000 in excess of the
legal requirements
Hay Gives a Dinner to Tick
Ambassador Hay gave a dinner in Lcn
don in honor of Whitelaw Reid thespeeial
ambassador of the United States to the
diamond jubilee festivities Most of the
guests were Americans the company in
cluding Andrew Carnegie and Chauncey
M Depew
Arkansas Bank Fails
The Boone County Bank of Harrison
Ark has closed its doors The assets are
88000 and the liabilities 55000 Poor
collections and heavy withdrawals are
given as the cause of the failure
BRIDE WORTH 317000000
harz Anderson Weds Isabel Perkins
the Jlichest American Heiress
At the Arlington Street Church Boston
at high noon Thursday Larz Anderson
recently a member of the United States
diplomatic corps at Home and Miss Isabel
Perkins one of the richest American heir
esses were united in marriage in tho pres
ence of some of the most wealthy and
prominent members of society of nearly
every large city in the country
The groom is a son of a well known
Washington family the head of which
was Gen Nicholas Anderson who died
abroad a few j cars ago lie is a Harvard
graduate and was associated with Kobert
T Lincoln in the American embassy at
London and later was first secretary of
the legation at Home Italy under Wajne
MacVeigh
The bride is the daughter of Captain
George Hamilton Perkins U S N re
tired and the granddaughter of the late
William F Weld whose millions she in
herits together with her cousin the wife of
Congressman Spraguc Her wealth is
fully 17000000
DUELISTS FIGHT TO KILL
Members of Old French Nobility
Meet on the Field of Honor
All Paris is talking of a duel with swords
fought between two members of the old
nobility Count Robert do Montesquion
and Henry do Kegnier at Neully le Val
lois growing out of a remark made by
Mile Heredia the sister-in-law of Reg
nier a few days ago in a salon
The combatants attacked each other
with the greatest vigor and for ten minutes
fought to kill In the third encounter the
Count do Montesquion was severely
wounded in the back of the right hand
The surgeons then interfered and refused
to allow the combat to continue The
combatants on withdrawing declined even
to bow to each other
The affair has created a tremendous sen
sation as it may prove the first incident in
a general boycott socially of a number of
men who are persistently accused in cer
tain quarters of having displayed tho rank
est cowardice at the charity bazaar fire
GREAT FIGHT IN BRAZIL
Government Troops Defeat Fanatics
in Another Engagement
A newspaper correspondent in Rio de
Janeiro telegraphs that the federal troops
defeated the main body of fanatics num
bering 0000 men in a hard fought and de
cisive battle Gen Oscar who was at the
head of tho Brazilian columns believes the
fanatical movement is now crushed the
rebels having lost in killed and wounded
1500 men and many of their chiefs Con
selheros himself led the forces but retired
when he saw that defeat was certain The
Brazilian troops lost many men including
one colonel and eleven officers of subordi
rate rank
FAST RAILROAD RUN
Five Hundred and Seventy Three
Miles in 11 Hours
A special train of five cars carried the
DeWolf Hopper Opera Company from
Denver to Topeka over the Union Pacific
573 miles in 11 hours and 2 minutes It is
probably the fastest long distance run ever
made with a heavy train The average
time for the entire distance was 61 1 9 sec
onds per mile Eliminating stops the
actual running time was 51 1 9 miles an
hour One stretch of eleven miles was
made at the rate of 9iK miles an hour
WARSHIP GOES TO SEA
Cruiser New York Sails from Bos
ton Under Sealed Orders
The cruiser New York sailed from Bos
ton harbor Thursda afternoon under
sealed orders A cipher message was re
ceived from Washington early in the
morning the nature of which was not dis
posed This fact and the announcement
of the sudden departure of the vessel
caused a sensation in Boston naval circles
To Take Tariff Out of Politics
The Tariff Commission League has
ipened headquarters in Washington
Samuel B Archer secretary and treasurer
f the league will be in charge The ob
ject of the association is to secure the pass
age of a bill for the appointment of a tariff
commission whose duties will be to sug
gest to congress changes in rates of duty
and thus take the tariff question out of pol
itics
Sunday Ball Loses
The jury in the case of John Powell a
member of the Cleveland Ohio baseball
club charged with playing ball on Sun
day and also exhibiting the same returned
a verdict of guilty on both counts The
deliberations lasted from 7 oclock Wednes
day night until Thursday noon This set
tles the fate of Sunday baseball in Cleve
land
Keogh Champion Pool Player
The pool match between Champion
Grant Eby of Springfield and Jerome 11
Keogh of Scranton Pa was finished early
Thursday morning with the score stand
ing Keogh 000 Eby SOL This makes
Keogh the champion pool player of the
world
Veil Known Newspaper Man Dying
Edward J McPholin formerly dramatic
critic of the Chicago Tribune and one of
the best known newspaper men in the
west is dying He has for some time been
an inmate of tho state insane asylum at
Elgin 111
Although much Is heard concerning
Lady Henry Somerset little or nothing
Is heard of her husband Such a person
does exist however and he is some
times seen at La Scala in Milan Ho
resides mostly In Italy
Calfskin shoes should not be polished
with liquid dressing it will crack them
The paste that men use is better but
too much of this should not be put on
or it will not polish so readily besides
hurting your shoe
The phylloxera continues its ravages
In Spain In the province of Barcelona
of 130000 hectares of vineyards only
0000 are left in health- condition
The colored people of Virginia pay
taxes on property valued at 13000000
TEST TOTE ON SUGAB
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS AMEND
MENT ADOPTED
The Main Speech was Made by Sen
ator Allison who Was in Charge
of the Bill Bradstreet on the Past
Avcek in Trade Other News Items
Senators Vote on Sugar
The first test vole on the sugar schedule
was taken in the senate late Friday re
sulting in the adoption of the Republican
caucus amendment changing the house
rate of 1875 cents per pound on refined
sugar to 195 per pound by the close vote of
32 yeas to oO nays It was the closest vote
thus far taken on an issue of importance
and was accepted as showing that any
amendment having the sanction of tho
caucus was assured of adoption
The vote was taken after a day spent in
speeches on the effect of the sugar sched
ule The main speech of the day came
from Senator Allison in charge of the bill
and was in the nature of an answer to the
charges made against the sugar schedule
as a whoie and a defense of it
Senators Gorman of Maryland White of
California Uaffery of Louisiana Stewart
of Nevada also spoke the three former
against and the latter for the pending
schedule after which the vote was taken
The first paragraph of the sugar sched
ule was not finally disposed of up to the
time of adjournment
MKINLEY AT NASHVILLE
Streets Along His Route to Expo
sition Are Packed with People
The train bearing President McKinley
and party arrived at Nashville Tenn at
8 a m Friday The party was escorted to
the Maxwell House by a squad of mounted
ex confederate soldiers in uniform After
breakfast Gov Taylor of Tennessee and
Gov Bushnell of- Ohio accompanied by
their stalls called upon the president
Leaving the hotel at 11 oclock the
party arrived at the exposition grounds
three quarters of an hour later The
streets along the route were densely
crowded and many houses were beauti
fully decorated in honor of the occasion
The weather was delightful A detach
ment of ex confederate veterans acted as a
guard on honor Entering the exposition
grounds the party proceeded to the audi
torium under escort of the Centennial
Guards the centennial chimes being rung
for the first time as tho party marched up
the broad avenue President McKinley
then addressed the vast assemblage
BRADSTREETS REVIEW
Several Encouraging Features Are
Noted in General Trade
Bradstreets Weekly Review says Not
withstanding cool wet weather which
checked the distribution of seasonable
goods disappointment at the restriction of
distribution of merchandise in the spring
and early summer is giving way to hope
fulness for the fall trade Business is
better than a year a
of merchandise in
The movement
the past five
months has been disappointing but
jobbers are beginning to report fair orders
for fall delivery The encouraging feat
ures announced this week are the improve
ment in May railroad earnings and the
advance in the price of Bessemer pig iron
although the latter is less significant than
some reports indicate Manufacturers of
woolens are more hopeful the outlook for
higher prices stimulating speculative de
mand for both raw and manufactured pro
ducts Crop prospects except in Oregon
and Washington where rain is needed
continue favorable
KILLS TILLMANS PLAN
Committee Against an Investigation
of Alleged Sugar Speculation
The members of the committee on con
tingent expenses of the national senate
has decided to report adversely Senator
Tillmans resolution for an investigation
of the alleged speculation in sugar It is
not known when the report will be made
to the senate Tho report it is understood
will go fully into the merits of the ques
tion showing such investigations are
generally barren of results
To Bring Back Arctic Explorers
The steamer Windward has started
again for Franz Josef Land in order to
bring back from the Arctic regions the
members of the Jackson Harnisworth ex
pedition who have now spent three
winters at their little Arctic settlement
near Cape Flora where they erected an
observatory 2000 feet above the sea level
During the present summer the expedition
was to make an attempt to reach the high
est point north through an opening in
Queen Victoria Sea the open water dis
covered by Mr Jackson
Broker Chapman Is Free
Broker Chapman spent the final night of
his term in the district jail at Washington
Thursday night His sentence expired at
midnight 1 u according to etistom he was
allowed to remain until morning He
accepted this final oourtesy at the hands
of the warden laughing saying he would
be sorry to reunite the hospitality received
by seeming to hurry off precipitately
Republican Clubs Convention
The secretary of the National League of
Republican Clubs has mailed circulars to
all Republican clubs and newspapers call
ing attention to the national convention in
Detroit Mich July 13 Each state and
territorial league is entitled to four dele
gates from each congressional district and
six delegates at large
Faints on tho Gallows
James French a wife murderer was
hanged at Rockford 111 Friday French
fainted as the black cap was placed over
his head Sheriff Oliver suffered from ner
vous prostration and the execution was
postponed nearly an hour to allow him to
perform it
Rev Dr L
Rev Dr L D
D McCabe Dying
McCabe who for over
half a century has been connected with
Ohio Wesleyan University is dying
FALLS FROM AN AIRSHIP
Aeronaut Barnard H ts a Miraculous
Escape at Nashville
After falling from a height of 5000 feet
Prof A W Barnard the airship man at
Nashville Tenn lives to tell of His thrill
ing experience The balloon which sup
ports his airship burst when nearly a mile
above the earth Friday last He and his
apparatus plunged back to solid ground
and the remarkable fact is that he escaped
serious injury He was badly shaken up
but quickly recovered from the shock
sufficiently to walk The daring aerial
navigator owes his escape to the fact that
his balloon transformed itself into a para
chute
Prof Barnard said his intention was to go
as high as possible and strike a different
current of air When the airship was
about a mile from the earth and while he
was busily engaged in adjusting the
machine he heard a popping sound He
looked up and saw there was a rent in the
balloon The descent of the airship due
to the gas escaping from the balloon was
gradual for a few minutes The balloon
assumed the form of a parachute and the
descent became more rapid as it approached
the earth Ho landed in an open
lot Prof Barnard said that the rent
occurred just as he had started to
navigate the ship against the wind Prof
Barnard does not seem to be the least dis
couraged by his experience and says he
will make another trip as soon as the dam
ago to the balloon can be repaired
WAS WORTH MILLIONS
Signing of the Allen Bill Sends Chi
cago Railway Stocks Upward
Taking the current quotations on
cable stocks at the time the Hum
phrey bill was introduced in the
Illinois legislature and the quotations
following the governors signing of the
Allen act and comparing the value of the
entire capitalization makes a showing of
what speculators believe Avill result in the
way of benefit to street railroads from the
passage of a street railroad measure
Figured on this basis the holders of street
railway securities are worth 7199000 more
than they were when the Humphrey bill
was introduced in the senate
Great Race for Frisco
The Pacific Coast Jockey Club directors
of San Francisco are trying to arrange an
international handicap to be decided at
Ingleside next spring In all likelihood a
20000 or 30000 purse will be offered if
the directors can bring together the best
American Irish and English thorough
breds It is a mooted question as to which
of the three countries produces the best
race horses For an international event
San Francisco is just the place Austra
lian horses can be shipped there easily
and so can English and eastern steeds
Sixty Millions Represented
At a secret meeting of representatives of
the Consolidated Gas Light Company the
East River Gas Company the Standard
Gas Company and the Equitable Gas Com
pany held in New York city plans wero
agreed to by which the four companies
will be consolidated all of them being
under control of the Consolidated Gas
Light Company The value of the con
solidated companies will represent in the
neighborhood of 60000000
No Cause for Alarm
Stanton Sickles secretary of the United
States ministry at Madrid in the course ol
an interview is quoted as saying there is
no cause for anxiety regarding the rela
tions between the United States and
Spain President McKinley has not settled
upon a definite policy toward Cuba ac
cording to Mr Sickles
Reprieve Granted
The governor of California decided to
reprieve Durrant until July 9 pending a
settlement whether the federal courts have
a right to interfere in the execution of the
sentences imposed by the state courts
The object of the reprieve is to avoid the
necessity of resentencing the condemned
man
Prominent St Paul Man Suicides
Phillip Riley president of the John
Martin Lumber Company and vice presi
dent of the St Paul National Bank com
mitted suicide by shooting at St Paul the
other day No reason
continued ill health
is known excepl
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to prime
850 to 550 hogs shipping grades
300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200
to 500 wrtieat No 2 red 69c to 70cj
corn No 2 23c to 25c oats No 2 175
to ISc rye No 2 33c to 34c butter
choice creamery 14c to 15c eggs fresh
8c to 9c potatoes per bushel 25c to 35ct
broom corn common growth to choict
green hurl 25 to 70 per ton
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 tc
525 hogs choice light 300 to 375
sheep common to choice 300 to 450j
wheat No 2 75c to 77c corn No
white 23c to 25c oats No 2 white 20c
to 22c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 83e to 85c com No 2
yellow to 24c oats No 2 white 17t
to 18c rye No 2 31c to 33c
Cincinnati Oattlej 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 250 to 450j
wheat No 2 SOc to 82c corn No i
mixed 25c to 26c oats No 2 mixed 20
to 21c rye No 2 35c to 37c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 375 sheep 200 to 450
wheat No 2 red 78c to 79c corn No 2
yellow 24c to 25c oats No 2 white 22o
to 23c Tye 34c to SGc
Toledo Wheat No 2 red 78c to 80c
corn No 2 mixed 24c to 26c oats No
2 white 18c to 20c rye No 234c to 36c
clover seed 415 to 420
Milwaukee Wiheat No 2 spring 70c
to 71c corn No 3 23c to 25c oats No
2 white 22c to 23c barley No 2 28c to
33c rye No 1 34c to 36c pork mess
725 to 775
Buffalo Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red S2c to 83c corn No 1
yellow 27c to 29c oats No 2 white 24c
to 25c
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
350 to 425 sheep 300 to 475
wheat No 2 red 75c to 76c corn No 2
30c to 31c oats No 2 white 21c to 23c
butter creamery 12c to 16c eggs West
ern 10c to 12c
STATE OP NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
State Banking Board Alleged to
Have Been Very Lax in Its Duties
Banks Have Not Been Examined
as Required by Law Other Items
Banking Board Neglectful
It has developed that the late state bank
ing board was vexy lax in its duties and
that the law requiring the examination oj
state banks once each year was observed
only to an extent that makes the discover
ies now coming out the more startling
For instance no report of an examination
of J S Bartleys bank at Atkinson has
been filed with the board since 1S91 and a
large number of other banks throughout
the state were treated in the same lenient
manner escaping the required examina
tion for a number of years It is known
how that some of the examiners made a
practice of calling upon the favored banks
regularly collecting the fee for examina
tion and accepting the word of the cash
iers that the banks were in good condition
In these cases there was no pretense of
examination of the books of the banks and
io reports were filed at the office of the
board that examinations had been made
or at most only a formal report was made
that the banks were in good condition It
is asserted on behalf of K II Townley
late secretary of the board that he tried to
keep the affairs of the department in
proper shape but the examiners refused
to obey him and conducted the work in
their own way There is however no
evidence that the secretary ever protested
against their manner of examining banks
or that he ever called for reports on the
condition of banks which by his books
were shown not to have been examined
for five or six years
Elgin People Feed a Crazy Man
A young man giving his name as Jack
Warner went to Elgin the other day and
was given a hearty meal and turned over
to the sheriff at Neligh for proper atten
tion He was first seen by some boys
playing on the railroad track just above
town When he saw the boys coming he
went to them and told them he had just
killed an elephant up there and he was
advance agent for Barnums show and was
going to give a free show in town He
looked lean and hungry and was asked if
he had his dinner and said no that he had
not eaten anything for three months He
was taken to the hotel and fed and seemed
almost famished for food and water He is
just 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 160
pounds has light blue eyes and dark brown
hair with light eyebrows and lashes and
a freckled face He was very talkative
and says he lives on a farm at ONeill with
his father and mother He says his fathers
name is Ben Warner and his mothers
Mary Warner
Seward Countys Gold Fields
The gold excitement has been renewed
with greater vigor in the vicinity of Pleas
antdale C L Hartsfeld a mining expert
from St Louis has succeeded in operating
successfully the five ton smelter which J
S Dillenbeck placed on his farm some
three months ago Mr Hartsfeld has fol
lowed mining all his life He says he was
surprised to find so large a quantity and so
fine a quality of ore there as there is He
has demonstrated to the satisfaction of a
number of the land owners that the ore
can be treated by the smelting process and
they expect to put up several smelters that
will each treat from fifty to one hundred
tons of dirt per day The exact amount of
gold and silver taken out since Mr Harts
feld has been there cannot be obtained
until he separates the metals and makes
his report
Omaha Indians Have a Fight
An altercation took place on the Indian
reservation near Pender the outcome of
which may result in the death of Henry
Fontanell one of the oldest and most
prominent of tho tribe of Omaha Indians
A couple of years ago Fontanell acted as
interpreter for an Indian by the name of
Prairie Chicken in the leasing of land and
Prairio Chicken not receiving the rent ac
cused Fontanell of receiving the money
ana appropriating it to his own use This
led to a spirited jangle in which Fontanell
struck the wife of Prairie Chicken a couple
of blows in the face This assault was re
sented by Mrs Prairie Chicken who
picked uy a wagon neck yoke and dealt
Fontanell a couple of blows over the head
cutting it in a frightful manner The
wound is a serious one and may cause his
death
Tramp Cut to Pieces
Several weeks since a tramp who gave
his name as James Bradley was in the jail
at Schuyler over night having been locked
up with a number of others to keep him
out of mischief Last week this man Brad
ley was found cut to pieces on the Union
Pacific track between Schuyler and Benton
station seven miles west Ho was so cut
and mangled that only a small box was
required to contain his remains He was
buried at the former place there being noth
ing on his person to indicate where he be
longed He had a letter from a physician
at Staplehurst
Looking for Her Lost Brothers
Belle Field of Harvey 111 has written
a York newspaper for information con
cerning the whereabouts of her two lost
brothers whose names she gives as D L
and Charles B Wagner She states in her
letter that since living with her foster par
ents in Illinois she has lost trace of her
only natural relatives her brothers and
when last heard from they were in York
County
Wind Blows Down a Granary
The storm which passed over Arcadia
one night last week was accompanied by a
very strong side wind which blew down a
granary for C Landers overturned
numerous vehicles and broke down a con
siderable number of trees
York Becoming Metropolitan
The city of York has just completed put
ting in a set of scales and E Reisinger has
been appointed weighmaster The city is
also making arrangements for establishing
a dog pound
Cutting Affray at Fort Crook
A serious cutting affray took place at
Fort Crook between Tom Burke and
Eobert Smith citizens of Bellevue Smith
received five cuts one just below the
heart and is in a very critical con tition
The quarrel was over private matters
His Fingers Crushed
Mr Y Nikaido a graduate of 96 while
working in the Havelock shops at Uni
versity Place caught the two middle
lingers of his left hand in the cogs of a
machine It was necessary to amputate
the fingers
COST OF GOVERNMENT
federal Kipense Account for the Nino
MoHths Endinjr March 31 1897
The following statement shows -tie cost
of sustaining the various branches of tho
Federal Government for tlhe fiscal year
ending March 31
Legislative
House of Representatives
Legislative miscellaneous
Public printer
Library of Congress
Botanic gardens
Court of Claims
Executive proper
Whlto Ilouse
Civil Service Commission
Executive departments
Statu
Treasury
War
Interior
Postofliee
Agricultural
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
Judicial
year
Interest on
public debt
4l00148429
300992S405
3754713537
2337811023
1893 272643921S
189 1 2784140504
1895 3097803021
1896 353S502S93
Total
revenue
1593 3S5S1902S78
1594 29772201925
1895 31339007511
1S96 32697020033
189G
110211087
2S43S230S
9017776
7S12771
83197440
2274430
89199374
Kjg7m
9725170
90531791
GG03289703
5250151616
2091390846
1580501239
1171901000
289724105
10393513
30292539
705S01S50
Total actual expenses 330S3922154
The following statement shows the es
timate of expenses for the present liscal
year as submitted to Congress by the
Secretary of the Treasury
Legislative S 779581740
executive nroner
State Department
Treasury Department
War Department
Navy Department
Interior Department
lostolllce Department
Agricultural Department
Department of Labor
Department of Justice
108000
lSSS27870
14321227S19
544S914345
3045995020
10171041592
702000925
254209200
19 237000
7S1 077200
Total 41S09107317
The lollowiug statements show some of
the most important and interesting itema
of expense an the management of the Gov
ernment during recent years
Fiscal Increase
year Salaries of navy Pensions
1SS9 44802005 S 5030953 87624770
1S90 44707800 0831SU3 10093G855
1891 46721001 10009197 124415951
1S92 40192597 13750499 134583052
1893 47114805 15030220 159357557
1594 4502019S 16199258 141177284
1595 47053321 131S2134 141395228
1896 4S9490S3 9453002 139434000
Fiscal
1889
1890
1S91
luiiw
River
and harboz
inmroveruenta
81120S29670
1173743783
1225002723
1301720848
1479983598
1988730212
1989755260
1810437644
The total revenue and expenditures of
the Government for the last four fiscal
years are given below
Total
expenditures
38347795449
86752527083
35610529829
35217944603
It will be noticed that with the excep
tion of 1S93 the expenditures of the Gov
ernment have exceeded the revenues the
excess being G9S032u05S in 1894 42
80522318 in 1895 and 2520324570 in
1S9G For the first nine months of the
current fiscal year ended March 31 the
revenues of the Government from all
sources had reached a total of 2427S5
05125 while the expenditures during tho
same period amounted to 28108033218
or a deficit of 3S90528003 in the reve
nues
SPITE HOUSE OWNER DIES
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Wealthy Joseph Richardson Paauea
Away in Wis Singular Abode
Joseph Richardson- New York an i S
centric man of wealtli died Tuesday vxx w
liis spite ihouse at the corner of Eighty-
second street and Lexington avenue His
hed had been placed in the parlor of lus
home This room is five feet wide by
twenty feet long He had been carried
there from his cramped1 bedroom Mr
Richardson was 84 years old but was
active till few months He
-a ago was es
timated1 to be worth 20000000 though
his notoriety was chiefly due to the spite
house in which he had lived for fifteen
yeairs TJiis house was built on a strin of
land five feet wade by 104 deep The V J
eupants of the house adjoining -this land
on the west wished to buHd houses They
offered the Riehardsons 1000 for the
strip but they held out for 5000 The
parties refused1 to give this amount think
ing to force Richardson out The owner
had begun to build on his five foot lot
wlhen the others offered him an advance
ne then refused to entertain any propo
sition and in spite of all opposition and
entreaty erected the odd house in which
he died
Thus remarkable man owned stock in
nearly every railroad in America and
was the iossessor of passbooks over the
roads here and in Canada and on all the
steamship lines leaving tills port In
pearance Mr Richardson closely resem
bled Russell Sage His clothes were ill
fitting his gait shambling and his sole
object seemed to be money making For
years he carried Liu lunch to his office
FIVE HUNDRED MEN DROWNED
Great Storm Disaster Overwhelma
Cliinese Fishermen
Meager particulars were brought by the
Empress of Japan of a disaster which be
fell the fishermen of Ohusan archipelago
off the coast of China On May 0 when
all the fishing boats were out on the fish
ing banks a terrible gale sprung up Of
the several hundred boats out at the time
very few returned and it is estimated
that some 5j0 men lost their lives The
storm was one of those sudden ones for
which the coast of China is noted and the
fishermen had no chance tx seek shelter
The storm swept over the entire archi
pelago which extends acrossthe mouth
of Hanchow bay on the eastern coast of
China Several large junks were lost in
which scores perished
Told in a Few Lines
Mrs Langtry is said to be the possessor
of a bicycle made of solid silver
The Duke of Northumberland Eng
lands oldest duke has entered his 87th
year
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
issued an order that in future dogs will
be carried- as passengers baggage
Three hundred Swedish servant girls
have gone from Chicago to their native
land to take part in Kiug Oscars jubilee
at Stockholm
Bishop Merrill of Chicago on the recent
celebration of his twenty fifth year hi the
Methodist Episcopacy was presented
with a silver fellowship cup by his many
friends in that city
Gov Bradley of Kentucky refuses to
honor a requisition from the Governor oi
Indiana isking the rerurn to Evannvaie
for trial for murder of John Spalding a
negro Bradley is said to fear mob vio
lence
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