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I _ 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 'lIJIE _ Ol\rAtI.A. ! DAiLY n 'El : MONDAY : ! ft , \AU(1JI : ! 11 , 1 am > o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,
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; nuenced more hy the hope hat the hUh provll ) '
r Infer but one secretary wouM ( become a law.
t There Is I no hop for the paua/O of the bill ,
' and M It may be taely predicted that the
1 I' t two MIIles lopped oft ly the ways anll
means committee will be restored by this
, r letslatnre
, The ways Inl means committee has rec-
'f on\menlel \ ) no appropriation for the expenses
_ of printing the Kovcrnor's proclamation Ne ,
) "louS to the lest electon ,
- . There Is a material saving In the appro-
. . pratons recommendell for a ! number of the
l Mate Instutons , The most notable Instance
, 18 that of the State Hospial for the Insane
, nt Lincoln , where the committee make n
: reduction of $29,200 The savIng Is effected
: by making I reduction of $2,000 for employes'
\ Wages , $16,000 for board anti , clothing , $5,000
for fuel and lights , $1,500 for furlure anti
" t bedding . a 1\1 ullon other smaller items. That
the I.ncaster lelegaton will make 1 hard
. fight to increase all these items 18 already
k 1 foregone conclusion
I Another notahlo decrease Is In the amount
i recommended for the state penitentiary , the
! l saving bring $20,235. This II efecte,1 , easily
. : enough , for two years ago there was appro-
, r : printed ) nearly $20,000 for Improvements not
' , r necessary this year. The only Item denied
" the pcnltentlary by the ways an& means
ppnlentary
L committee was one for $10,000 for general
t rel13lrs.
F SOME NOTABLE INClM8n8 ,
" With all Its saving upon the total amounts
recommended , however , the ways and means
. committee has been , extremely Iheral to
t Ramo of the state olcers and to the state
institutions. The secretary or state gets an
\ , Increase of $2,250 : the auditor. $7,100 : the
k treuurer. $ ,800 : the hoard of Public Lands
r : and luldlngs , $2,100 ,
r' t Aron ! time state Institutions the Peru
Normal school comes In for an Increase of
, I $2,700 , the Asylum for Incurable Insane at
r hastings , G.700 ; the Norfolk aylum , $1,630 ;
the Kearey Industrial school , $18,200 : the
" I I Institute for the Hear at Omaha , $2I , 27 ;
Insltute
k the Soldier and 8alor& ' 10me , $8,120.
The State Board of Agriculture receives
f ; the same slm given It two years receives ago , while
r the State 10rtculurai society In
" , , increase of $1,400 nut ! the State Dairymen's
asaoclatioti In Increase of $2,000
assoclatou
, There Is a heavy Increase In the approprla-
I tions recollendel ly the ways anti means
, committee for miscelaneous Items . This Increase -
crease IB occasIoned hy the addition of an
. . Hem of $180,101 to reimburse the state sinking
. mini for the amount lell UI In the Capital
National bank. _
- The above analysis will be far from convincing -
vincing the taxpayers of tl state that any
decrease will be iade In the total appropria-
t tons under two years ago. On HI urface
, : therd Is n alight decrease , hut It must be
, rcmembered that there are a numher of large
Items not Incllled In the above tabulation .
; , For instance , the legislature has already ap-
, propria tell $50.000 for the Iroutb sufferers anti
; . the house his passed a bill making an Idrl- ,
" I 10nai appropriation of 200000. The friends
; , of this latter bill claim to have twent-one
: ' votes wih which to pass It through the
.1 Benate and It may thus he fairly prestmer
; \ that the total ipproprlaton for [ the rrouth
, lurerern wi amount to $2 0.000.
I The commlteo on claims has already In-
4 ; ' troiuced a bi , house roll No. 612 , recom-
; ' mendIng an appropriation for the payment of
- , 435 Be'parate claims flied with the auditor
: : : : during the past two years . These claims arc
( \ ' for the payment of hountcs on wild animals ,
' ocera' fees for the return of IUJlt\'es from
" t : justce officers' fees for conveying convicts
. : to the state pElcntary anti juvenile
. offenders to reform schools , and for the expenses -
: ponies of the special county treasury exam In-
" ! ! 5.Thes _ _ claims root UJ to a total of
; 3 ,09 (
, In addition t. this the claims committee
"
! 1 simply ovcrwhclmewih claims of every
- : description , many of them being the legacies
" of x-Secretary of State J. C. Alen , None of
tll claims for legislative supplies , for 1mper-
" . lag cleaning and : mlntng ! the state capitol ,
\ carpets , furnIture , etc. , ordered last December
t4 by Allen , for printing and Incidental expanses ,
, I' ; , for fuel and lights for the state capitol during
: ( the session and for miscellaneous claims en-
'i ; trcly too numerous to mention , have been
, . allowed yet.
: The expenses of the maximum rate trIal
. tk- " . are alBa let out of consideration In the above
: estlnatl
p So . wihout figuring upon an Increase of a
! single Item In the general appropriation bills ,
i ' It Is certain that the total amount to be
' * 1 drawn from the state treasury during the
; - next ' two years will xced , 'at the lowest cal-
. . ! culaton , $300,000 the am'unt appropriated
: two years ago
' The question to bo determined during the
J' ' ensuing ten or twelve days Is , wilt the
, k legislature stand solidly for the recommend
" ' Uons of time ways and means commitee , or
J ' , .l the friends of the state Institutions com-
. blao to maim large increases ? I the latter
.t solutIon Is Jresenter , the appropriations will
: t1' , run dangerously near the $3,000,000 mark.
ONE IMPORTANT OMISSION.
,
r Up to the present time the Wys and
p means committee has made a most Important
; omission In Its recommendations. Two years I
. ago the legislature placer at the disposal
a of the governor $10,000 to be used In defray-
I log the expenses of the suit brought by thc
I ! state to recover the $235,000 lost In the
1 : , Capitol National bank failure. The litigation
thus authorized has been dragging slowly
l and painfully during the past fifteen months.
, First snit was Insttutelr In tIme district
court In and for Douglas county The d.
t : cis Ion _ or Judge DavIs threw the case out of
t that district court for lack or jurisdlcti n .
f Then an appeal was taken to the supreme
1 ' court , where Jurge , Davis was su talned ,
Then the supreme court was applied to ( or
t an order granting permission to try the
, case before the supreme court without going
through the district courts of Lancaster
w , county Time order was granted and the case
anr
set for last fail. A postponement was secured -
cured until January , and then the death of
one of the bondsmen , John FItzgerald
bonrsmen Fizgerald. occasioned -
- sioned another delay. The case Is about
ready for trIal and lay be taken up within
a few weeks , possibly at the sIttIng of the
: . court next week
1 or the 10,000 originally appropriated but
$ J,600 has been expended , leaving a balance
In the state treasury of $8.600. Although
the expenses o the coming trial before the
supreme court wi be heavy , It Is believed
that $ S,500 wi 0 amply sulclent to pay I
all 'lahns.
nut the $ 8.600 still unexpenlled will , under
operation uf law , revert hack to the treasury
, on Apri 1. I wi he necessary , In the
, judgment of many for the legislature to
renew the approprIation. Such was the judgment -
, !
% mont of the legislature two years when It
reallllrolJrlatell time unexpemler balance of
$14,516 In the \\'orll fair rund
Xl.UN llll.W'UT I'Jll"IT./IL/
t ; Two 'Jexa :1.n )0 1 'hol"lo , , Ihutncu
hnL ( 'future m.ittme miomity.
' ST. I.OUS , lurc' , 10.-Superlntenllent Grover -
k ' ver n. Sllplon or time Wells Fargo I xprlss
company arrived here from Southwest
CIty , Mo. , where he has been superlntemllng
L the hunt for tim robber c01panlon of "Jim
. Cummins , " time desperado who bold up the
. t 'I.'rlaco train near Aurora , Mo . , February 22.
' Agents of the railroad uur express cOlup.ny
are trailing the man , and Mr. SImpson ex-
c IIrBseS the convIction t'lat ho wi he cap-
( tured CUlmlus gave a brief history of him-
a. self. 10 snlll liii real nume was Joshua
14 Craft. wal born Lit Brir , ' ' . anti would
I bo 21 ncxt Juue lIe led the life of cowboy
,
In Texas until last JUly , wheu he made the
, acquaintance o.f a " maim namell WIlson at
l , 'arl , 'rex" . IUII WIUI nun went to Clarelore ,
" , I , T" , where they worltll for I limo amid
i ' then went Into the triin robbing buslneu.
I , 'I'helr first attempt was on the Prisco on No-
I' Vem\cr 12. 18:1 , tn wlmIc'h they curell $2.5"
t and thirty walches , 'hl'lr I'xt holdup was
I . 1 a flock Jslltml train In the ludlan TerrItory
It on November 23. 18:1 , rccclvln very little
booty , On tIme 31t of December lat they
. . , held ul' I train emi the Queen & Crescent
road near Livingston , Ala . sl'curlug only $18
t They heh1 UI a train on tIme Colon nelt road
f , clear McNlI , Arlt" , January 21 , From Me-
; I Ncl they made their way across the slatl
t' Into Missouri , and on February 22 hold up
' train No. 1 on the 'I.'rlsco road near Aurora ,
r Mo , and secured $58 and I watch The rob.
t lou wore on L'lelr way to Texas when they
were run onto by the omcer and ) the young
1 rbber captured. - - - .
. , Cornnnr iiiiI , limo HiIn ! SVm 1' Jiistlllei ,
VNtONVIL1.F . , Mo" , Mardi IO-1'M eI01)p- i
. nlnt about I year ago of AI ' 'otr , n negro , :
, vtth the daughter of City
vlh CI ) Malhal WillIam
. Iark ( white ) . led to murder early this
' morll , . 'rime couple ' returned yesterday tht
the wemnnml'ms hOI\ to nlalu dtmrtmmg her
clfurlt/l. \ Iou ' tIme llrml e durlnl 'fLII,1
\lulI never show hlmlel again t'lark tolll
. hIm to go. nl lie dll nol want to give the
CIO PLl'lIcity. % ' At a Lute hour la'I night .
however . 1'olld wont to Clark's hO\e and
cj.oiled lIme latter UI' ( Iarh : or.lorld hl\
away , but Instegd of goIng he drew n 11-
<
\01\1 In n menacing manner. whrn Clark
Ihot him. Todd ran Iwut a hlok amid fell
4' dead . At the coroner's In'lult l'lul'k was
exonerated .
INSURANCE 11CURES - JUGCLE ) ) I
How Interested Penons nave Sought t
Mislead the Legislature
MEUODS OF UNDERWRITERS [ XiOSE :
'
I t ) . Urnty Stntrl the lnch Alumt tIme
\'nlll,1 i'tll'y 1.1' nmt Ii'clire. It
1M Not hlrr'n",1 the has-
nrt In Thl" state.
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OMAhA , March G.-To the nrlor of [ The
lee : As a vigorous effort Is being made by
, their local
the Insurance companies , through
representatves , to secure from the present
legislature the repeal of the vahlll policy I '
law In this state , 1 few facts regarding time
operation or Insurance II Nebraska for time
past ten years may be of Interest The Insurance -
surance lobby at Lincoln Is earnestly plying
every member of the legislature with an array
of statistics to prove that there has been an
"alarm In ! Increase or the loss rate " and
that the valued policy law Is wholly respn-
slhll for It , In that It has so greatly increased -
creased the moral hazard of Insurance In
creaer
their demonstratons the unrerwrlters invariably -
variably figure from the basis of "ratio of
losses Incurred to premiums received , " and
then draw the conclusIon that time Increase
or the loss rate Is wholY due to the "Incen-
lve to imtcendlarismn" and the "premlul al
arson" offered hy this law. Looking at I
from that standpoint even Auditor Moore
says In his last report that he "can't resist
the conclusion" that such has been the elects
of that law
The rlnculy arises from the fact that thc
uuderwrlers from Intent and the casual ob-
server ( rom lack of thought anti Investga-
ton , figure entirely from n false basis , and
their "IrresistIble conclusions" are therefore
erroneous The astute underwriter Invarl-
ail ) ' bases his computations upon the rate
or loss to Iremlums received , and 15 also
careful to use the "losses Incurred" column
Instead or the "losses paid" when presenting
his lure ! to the publc , and the casual
reader accepts his sophistry as au Incontestable -
testable fact.
CONVICTED BY ThEIR OWN MOUTHS.
The sworn statement of the companies !
doing business Ir this state as filed with the :
auditor of state , proves conclusively the
Jroves
falsity of their premise and the error of the
conclusion drawn therefrom. A proper
analysis of these reports will prove conclusively -
elusively to the mind of any impartial
reader that the Increase of moral hazarr
has not been as "alarming" as Insurance
writers have portrayed I , and that lusurance
companies In Nebraska are not surerlng any
hardships or Injustice from the operation or
the valued policy law. Their base of reck-
oning Is radically wrong , from the fact that
premium amid loss bear 10 rte relations
whatever to each other. They represent
unlt quantities and therefore no true rate
can exist betweemi them. The premium upon
an Insurance polcy Is not the contract be
tween the company and the Insurer , but Is
simply the compensation paid ( hy the Insurer
for tIme contrct , I Is not based upon timeless
loss covered by the policy , but upon the pre-
sumpton that no los will be Incurred. It Is
the Irle of n hazanl that the company wi
not bo called on to pay the Indemnity namer
In the policy.
In Insurnco all premiums are supposed to
he based upon the risk assumed , amid all
losses must be computed upon the same
hasls. The rate of premiums varies ac-
corrlng to the degree or physical hazard
imivolved . competition enforced and many
other contingencies consequent upon the
business of fire insurance while time loss , if I
any 15 fIxed by the specific terms of the
contract. In the adjustment of 1 loss the
measure of damage Is by no means figured
upon the premium paid , hut upon the face
vllue of the risk assumed :
To arrive at the true ratio of Increase or i
decrease of the loss rate for any given period
the computation must be made upon the
, volume or risks carrie and net upon the
volume of premiums received. This propo-
siton will commend Itself to the unbiased
judgment as the only true amid correct basis
for computing the Increase of the loss rate
Underwriters , by their method of figuring.
drop from their calculations the very hn-
Ilortant feature of the Increase of the risks
assumed.
assumed.FIGURES
FIGURES THAT SHOW FACTS.
For the Intelligent and thoughtful study of
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this subject by the readers of The nee I have
compled a complete synopsis of the Insurance
busIness of Nebraska for the past ten years ,
making 1 comparative showing of business
for five years preceding the enactment of
the valued policy la\v with the five years
under Its operaton , These figures are ob-
talner from the sworn statements ! of the
companies themselves , as med wIth the
auditor , the computations or rates and aver-
ages being wholly base thereon :
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WHAT THESE FIGURES 1IMN.
I desire to cal tie rcader'a aUcnton to a
few prominent facts , conclusively proven hy
tIme above table. that completely refute all
charges against the valued Policy law : '
I. 'hat Instead of companies withdrawing
from the state , lS threatoner b ) reason of
the enactment or that law , the number of
commip.mnies doing business In this state bas
actualy Increased from ate average of ninety-
four during tIm first lel'lor 10 10 during the I I
pist five years , I
2. Time risks written Increased train
$86.248,512,64 II 181 , to $133,271,393.60 $ II
189. or ( rom In average volum6 of risks of
$8,2G1.370.75 for the frt five years , to
)25,839,008,91 during the five years of time
operatol of the saw , an annual average In-
crease In the volume of rlss written of n ,
llr cent -
3. The rate of Ilremium gradually decreased -
re-
creased frolu $2.01 her $100 In 1885 to $1.50
vur $00 In 1&13. The average rate of
Premium per $100 for the flrt period was
$1.80 , and for the live ) 'ear following the I
enactment of the law the average prtjmmmiuuo I
rate has only ben $ .51 per $00. D decline
In Iremlum , rates of 27 cents per $ , or 2,7
mia on the 110lar , As I result of limbs
decline , while the average yearly increase
of rhkl wrItten has been 4 per cent , the
average yearly Increase In the volume of
premiums receh"OI hiss only been 20 per
( \nt , In othlr wordl , the Increase In the
average yearly yolul of premiums received -
ceived lacks 21 per cent of keeping pace
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with the early average Increase of risks
assumed ,
4. The loS s incurred exceed the losses
paid dlrlng the perIod of ten years by the
sum of $242:6 ,50 , or an average annual
excess of $24,236.65. which amount , I suppose -
pose , represents the annual value of the
bras and bulldozing of adjustern.
5. Taking their own favorite basIs of
computatIon-viz. : "RatIo of loss Incurred
to premiums recelvctl"-we flail that the
average annual rate of loss for the first
five years was :1,28 per cent , while the
"alarming Increase" under the value polcy
law has only brought the rte UI to 48.87
Per cent-al Increase of only nS per cent ,
instead of 76 or 100 per cent as cnlmell
by the ulilerwrler , On the true basis of
compulaton , lmowever-vlz : the rate of loss
pal lo risks written-the reader will ob-
serve that from 1884 to 1888 , Inclusive , the
average annual rate or loss was 55 mills on
the dollar . whlo uUler the valued PolicY
law , (01 a like period of time , the rate
has been 7.8 mils on the dollar , or a net
average Increase of 2 , : mils on the dollar ,
a fraction less thau one.fourth of 1 Ier ; cent.
Not such an "alarming IncreaBe or time loss
rate" alter all , when you stop to conslrer
In rates
that the average decrease 11remtlm
for the same period was 2.7 mills on the
dollar of risks wrItten , or four-tenths of a
mi In excess of the Increase of the loss
rate Thus I wilt be Been that the "alarm-
Ing increase of the los rate" on account of
the "premium placed on arson" hr the val-
neil policy law amounts to our-tenths of a
mill on the rolar less than the voluntary ,
reduction of Ilremium rate , with which the
reructon nothing whatever to do. 10w ro I
our friends emi the other Bide or this Ils-
clsalon account for that fact ?
That time volume of loss has largely In-
creased during the past five years I ndml ,
anml the Increase Is fully shown In , the table
herewith submitted , limit I must be borne
In mhl1 also that the volume of risks written
materially and that
has also increased very materlalr ,
whIle there has also been an Increase In
the voilme of premium receIpts , yet owing
to the reduction referred to , this increase
has fallen far short or the pace of Increase
Bet by time other two elements of insurance .
HAS NOT INCHEASED TiE ITAZM1D.
What I claim , amid what I think 1 ham
proven concluslvcly , Is that the valued
PolicY law has not Increased the moral
polcy
hnzard of Insurnce In this state one Iota ,
and the only manner In which I has affected
the loss rate at all Is that It has simply
compeled the companies to comply with their
part of the contract , and In case of total
Icss Ilny the full amount of Inclemnly for
which they hail accepted premium from the
Insurcd.
\Vhatcver Increase of moral hazard there
hat ' been during the past fve years is . I be-
leye , dime wholy 10 the conditions of the
tmes and not In any degree to legislation ,
From 1884 to 1888 Incllsive this country
was blessed with good crops and a general
era of lrOsperlty. luslness Interests were
plosperous , employment amply sufficient to
meet all demands of labor , and money clr-
eulater freely ; while the five years (010\ .
Imig the enactment or the valued policy law
hav been Jecularly disastrous upon busi-
ness. Three of the live years have wlt-
nesed almost a total crop failure In this
state , while the crisis of 189 has had on
unprecedented depressing erect upon all lines
of business. In colsequeuce of these condi-
tons there Is no dOlht but that the friction
of I heavy Insurnce policy against n de-
JHclater property or an unprofitable busi-
ness has prorucer n great deal of
"spontaneous combustion" In this country
during the past two or three . years . ! ron
which insurance companies lave surere1
seyerely. But the valued policy law should
not ali cannot be held responsible for the
depressed conditions of the times anti the
general lack of prosperity from which the
country Is suffering. Furtimermore that la\\
apples only to the Insurnce of real property
and not to merchandise and other personal
property , and I venture the assertion that
by far the larger Jarof the Increase of the
loss rate comes from personal property risks
and that the Increase or moral hazard Is
directiy chargeable to time 80 per cent Insurance -
surance clause adopted by the companies
themselves.
There was no valued policy law prIor to
1889 In this state , yet in the report of the
auditor of public accounts for time year 1890.
on page 47 , I find a table which shows that
the rate of los to premiums rectv d In
I the year 1880 was 78 per cent' which exceeds
the highest rate since that time by 1 per
cent. Yet "moral hazard" was scarcely
hinted atby the underwriters until after the
enactment of a valued policy Inw Why
this sudden change ? The fact Is thnt the
moral hazard was far greater under the old
methods of Insurance. when agents would
plaster a risk with all the policies that time
Insured could bo Induced to pay for , regard-
less of the value of the nroPrty Insured and
time - - companies In case o'r loss ) would bulldoze
the unfortunate owner Into any sort or a
settlement they pleased under threats of
Incendiarism by reason of over-Insurance.
H. O. I3EATTY.
, \TTCJ\ ON TIlE \AI.UED POL IVY LAW.
Soutb Omlln , Packers Explode nn Argu-
meat Uscl ly tIme llRurlncc J.obly.
A circular Issued by the Insuranc lobby
contained 1 somewhat exhaustve argument In
favor or the repeal of the "valued policy"
. , a _ UL _ . . ' . . , . _ . . . . . polcy'
law passe uy time . "CUlu."a gluulure I
1880. The lllnts made are those that , have I
b como familiar In the discussion
or the subjeet during time last
four } 'ears. As a cracker to the summing up
of propositIons with which time circular con- ,
eludes Is thIs paragraph :
"It prevents large corporations , such as the
packing houses of South Omaha and ether
large plants of like character , from procuring
Insurance to cover actual property In sight
and or goo market value , because or the
fact that the insurance companies now doing
business In this state cannot afford to carr
such large risks alone , and other good corn- :
panlos that would bo willing to insure these
plants wi not do so , owing to the fact of 'the
existence of this unjust Ilw , "
Last . evening packing housl managers were
asked as to the truth of this charge ,
Mr. Edward Cudahy of Cu < ahy's sahl :
"Thera Is no truth whatever In It.Ve have
no trouble tn getting all the Insurance we
I want , and time 'valued policy' law roes not
affect us In the least , unless It be that Its
operatIon Is such as to cause Insurance corn-
Janles to raise rates. 'fhe packing houses
havu no deOnlte objection to time law "
Said Manager A. C. Foster of Swift's : "Wo
can get all time Insurance for which we are
wiing to pay. While we Usually Insure for
80 per cent , 10 could Insuw for time entlro
value or our property If 10 chose to do
so. " Jroperty ro
Manager Noyel for lammonll Bahl there
was nothing II time operation of the law that
Ilreventell his company from easily obtaining
, Insurance for actual value If It chos& to carry
that
.
NEW "TrTOl ( t."Jl ) "tH a.1 JIJ
. \llvertMud for R lloii.omceeper nnd Then
Illt" the AIpIICult's , 'l'rumds.
BALTIMORE , March 10.-DetectIve Gault
I'etured yesterday tram York , l'a. , where
he arrester James Clark , alias James
Lewis . , alas J. Templeton , charged with
swIndling 1ln Sadie Fields or this
city out or two trunks and contemmts
valued In all at $ . Clark came
to this city jomo weeks ago und advertised
In the IJllerl for a houselceJer to take
charH" of hum house lt Los Angelel lt $50 11
month. lie received Ihout 250 replIes . and
I10nl these WIS Mm-a Fields. who was en-
Hlge.1 by Clark , Site bold her household
goods anti with the $0 secured bought
clothing , which she necked In two truimks .
01 Wednesday last , the 11ay before she WIS
' the Clark obtalnell
to exert for west , the
trunks umatler pretense that he was to mihmip
unlcr shil
them vest lie disappeared anti .Ietec\ve
were Ilut on his track , One trunk was recovered -
covered In this city und the other was
foul In Clarl , ' : JJOsCSslon at York , where
he Indhmant ) ' denied , the charge , until
Proof \ \ 'aS produced , lie 1' un elderlmln
wIth I rather clerical appearance I.elerl
In his 1Jcketl show that he has advertised
In the 1IIIIers of other cities. .
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Trnll ttilutier4 " 111 "t t.tmrip ,
SACHAMEN''O , Cal. , March 10-'hero
have been no develcJments In regard to the
pursuit of the bandits who hel UII the tnllt
near Stockton on Friday nlcht. Two IIOSles
are In Jurlult of the robbers , who time
otlhcers believe , cannot elude them , clamumig ( !
otcen beleve n/
that every avenue of escape Is Guar . er. /
house In the outskirts of time city where I
I thought two of thu men reside waa shad.
owed alt last Illghl - , but wihout result ,
l'mmrlat of a Hnulh " "Iull l'tlI08r.
ELK POINT , S , D. , March 10.-Henry D ,
1)ozmne , omie of the curly pioneers or South
Dakota , was buried here today. In his
'outh ho was 1 stage driver and during
funtry the war mmen'etl In the Flr.t Minnesota tn-
PAW \ ) TO ' ( ? I : EIPLOY . EXPERTS
1f , ' 1
' ' 1 :
, 1 , I
Their orV:03S : ano High but the Qov-
einnit : ! the Gainer ,
3Al"RY CCqq ' REDUCED $601,591 ,
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, hi . ' .
II"r"8rd Slt..J.IIHI Inpllty S"rlrrll bum
Trln""lt , ! ! hI , nl'Crnl"nt Ilsln"8'
-Emmipioyesilne 10no , , ' 1 ( -
tnA Jobs for 1"loth'r8 ,
. 'L
WASINGTON , March 10.-A review of
time work done by the Dockery Joint commissIon -
sIon or congress , created for the purpose of
Inquiring Into and examinIng the status of
the law organizing the executive depart-
monts , has been prluted , The greater number -
ber or the recommendations of the com-
mitee , so far as they have been put Into
practical operation , have from time to time
been mare publc , The review shows that
the entire cost of the commission aggregated
$11,904 , while the actual annual reductions
In the government expenditures , made ns a
result or Its vork amount to $607 , 91 ,
"The reduction , " the review continues , "Is
not for the tme being only , hut will comi-
tnle through each of the coming years. The
commission , howcver , feels that the expe-
diton of publc business and added securIty
to the government In Its methods of accounting -
counting under the new systems Inaugur-
atedould have fully justified Its existence ,
even If there hal been uo diminution In ex-
pens s. " A ccnsus of the Iepartments gathered -
ered at the direction of the comnmissiomm
discloses the fact that In the executive de
partments anll other govcrnment establishments -
ments at the national capital there are ciii-
ploer 179 ! liersons . and timid of the whole
nuinher employed [ , GIO havc from one to
nine relat\1 ! cacti In the government servIce -
Ice ,
at Washlnllon
The commission also reported a concurrent
rcsoluton which provided for thl engross-
fluent timid enrolling of congressional acts by
printIng . which received the approval of both
houses , anti the commission Bays its value
from the standpoint of both accuracy anti
economy Is illustrated by time act that not I
single error has occurred ulllr the system UII
tu this time.
tme
Much apace Is gh'en to a recital or time
benefits .whlch the review asserts have been
accomplIshed as a result of the new accounting -
ing system II the treasury , recommlIICl by
the commIssion and sUbseqlenty Incorporated
In a bill approved , by time president July : i ,
1191 The estimated nlmal saving from this
reform Is put at $23,430. The recom-
menllatons made by thc'commlsslon and not
acted on relate to the re-orgnnizatiomm of
the olct of the supervising architect . con-
tesLell land cases , repeal of the land contest
act , transfer of rltes of receivers of land
offices . Public surveys , abolition or the olce
or solicitor Of Internal revenue , bonds or
govc'rment olclnls , checking of mimoney
orders , abolition of naval omcers at all ports
and time establshment of a suhsttte there
for In New York and writng olcial totters .
These reforms "th ' Icolmlsslon estimates ,
woulr effect an nntmT saving of $410,929.
UOVBIN.UI > N'r' E5iPi.O1aII1N1 : UUII AU.
I'ostoltlco Dcpartm"t II LuxemlJlrg Actl
11 tilt ' \ gcnt.
WASlnNGTO . J'farch ' 10-The United
States consul al Luwmbourg ( outlines the
scheme or an Ipternatonal labor exchang
which has proven very beneficial In that
grand duchy In ( aelitatng the emploment
01 labor I was , instituted In 1892 , and
every postomce 5t-operates In , the trammls-
slon or offers and applications for employ-
ment between wag earners and wage payers.
Offers are addressed to the nearest postonce
on postal cards.t Tho' applications are regis-
tered : and arc publcly poster II all post-
offices , 'tn , raIlway stations and public houles ,
The p tolce assume , no responsibility In
the business beyond the transmission and
)
anr
posting of applicatIons and offers , The postmaster -
master Informs an applicant by postal card
when an offer of employment Is received. ,
A tatement attached shows that during two ,
years there were received through this sya' '
tern 1,904 applications for employment , and
1,701 of these secured placa During the
same tIme 3,614 employers . applied for help
and engager 4,472 persons
Hcmnn t'r heady :1,10 10"1 In Itmuty. :
WASHINGTON , March lO-Unlted States I
Consul Druhl at Catalonia , Italy , has discovered -
covered 1 fine market for ready bui Amer-
lean frame houses of from two to five I ems ,
well braced . or low price. 'fhe recent and
freQuent earthqulkes In Sicily and Catalonia -
ionia have destroyed many hulrlngs poorly
hruced. To begin with after inching Inquiries -
quiries , the consul Is convinced tlt ! the
Ileolie would readily adopt time American
structures as hatter calculated to resist
shocls. A member of the royal earthquake
commissIon has Interested himself In the
subject , and the consul 19 anxious to obtain
illustrated catalogues from the American
manufacturers to lay before the commIssion
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" "Uno. Ih.rr"lton. a i'athiire. I ,
WASHINGTON , March 10.-Preparations
were mare at the observatory and other
places In Washington to observe the total
eclipse of the moon tonight , hut oWing to
!
the fogginess of the welther alI the quan-
tty of clouds In the sly no accurate views
could he made. Even the exact time of the
beginning and ending could 10t be loarned.
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11"rln. " i.anium tl 1'111 cl , \ uumtrmcmtns.
WAShINGTON , 'March 10-The following
duble dated March I , at Colon , was received
hy Secretary Herbert tOrl ) ' : "A slight en-
ga/lmont hns taken place resulting In the
defeat of the rovoulonar ) ) fqrce 'fhe At-
lanta hilts landed a force to protect AmerIcan -
lean Interests at or In the nelphlorhood of
Docas del 'ror Colombia , " ,
ItoTemitmo ell $ " 'r I'"rry n.nchr. I'nrt.
WASHINGTON , March 10-uptaln SheJ-
pard , chief of the revenue marine service ,
received cnile dispatches today stating that
the revenue cuter Perry , which Is cnroute
from New' York to San Francisco , has
reached Valnaraiso.
Crp ' h'.n 1"11.8 tn I" Hut 'm'nitny .
WASIIING'l'ON , March 10.-S cretar ) '
Gresham's condition continues to Imllrove
and It Is hoped , he will te out tomorrow.
.
TU l'IW7'IWT . 'JR Jll''ISO Tl.I/H ,
I
Call for a Con\"cntol tn Forum 11merlean
"lnrtluJ I.PIJlo. I
lAI.TIlOHE , March 10.-Shlne W. Gies ,
secretary of the _ Cle\ ' land Driving Pari
company , hums sent out a cal for I com'en-
101 on Monday , AprIl 0. In Clevelanr , to
organlzo the Aiflejltmmi SPOI tIns / ; leauuc , ,1m-
Ihmmr to that wimlCj ' " pt41sts In England 'J'he
cull asks that 'J:1' : hf 11J'tng association
senll one or mar Ilents , alI says :
"Time object of the 'league will he to pro-
mote racing and - till : legltmatl sports , honesty -
Cathy conIiuctPIlAiiIrE'Iit , : legislation hoslle
esty ATI''lt .
to its Intel'eslt.nl \ prevent the so.eul..o
winter tracks and "llhel' evis , "
In / letter nJ1mfrmnying tlms ell GIles
says : "All Iport . grfl threatened by adverse
legislation until -in POne states trotting amid
running , tl'lcl'l aTe being closed , or imbtmn- I
,10nell , 'fhat Ilnllt , pn tracks exist 10 one
can deny , All hPles , spurt Is interested In I I
time sUPJresslon 61 { im&tse abuses. "
-----i 1 .
I lere's , I .i1v ( 'im'eiuIt ,
CANTON , 0. , lflr 10.-nates for I new
trotting circuit arg4lmmmizeii . In Canton have
'
been alnOlctds'follows : Bockport , Juno
18 , 19 , 20 : Clntdtl ) Jlly 25. 2.3. 27' Younls-
town July 2. 3. ' 15ew I l'hllatlehmimlu and
Cannl DovEr were rpjetetl through a eon-
ilict of tlntea , l rl'W cites 11' ( walled In
their Intes Altton"\,1 ' , Wlrrln will Ilroh-
ably come In , JlleS n. JcnIPI ) ' of
Youngstown It vrollent nlll A.l. I. Ic-
Carthy of Canton stcretary.
.i 11lh"l Llu.,1 1\lln ,
ST. I.OUIS , March 10-'nle announcement
mlre hy the Madison Purl ISoclaton that
time meeting endell with the last race ) 'es-
terda cluH'.1 considerable surprise Imong
local ) turltes , 'fhe Ilsoclaton Intends tl
\llk ' the track I mil In clrcumf.'rll'e ,
\\'hen thIs Is accolPlshel they u' . ill 111111) '
for memh"I'hll In limo 'urr cougrel8 , anti
give I legitimate meeting , .
-
lvlu..rl"p % hiitcli ' - for . rCh.H
NI'\V YORK lIUfCh 10- : match has
been arranged between Choyn8kl . and Cfle-
don for March 21 , Inll timat between H"au
and 'rracey for Mlrch 2 '
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'YII I i ' 'nlc. I'll 1'llllar Chrl"tlanlv.
NEW YORK . March 10le'hcmas {
Dixon offered his resIgnatIon aim pastor of
the Twent.thlrl Street Japl't churlh at
the mcrnlng servbe' today II gives 11 his
reason that the work he especIally ( lesires tl
follow Is to reach non-chuumreim-goimig PeoPle .
lie says be remains In ( nnlnmntal \ creed
a Baptist . hut he \ltS to Place his work
on a union evimngelhemul Illntorm"wlh vital
faith In Jelu ! ChrIst alone recognized a ! n
condition of mpmhcrlhl ) , ,
- pAN
AN IDIOTIO BET.
To Win 83 n Ian Cr. . " , ' . Through n Mile
of ! lowftUI" ,
In order to win 1 bet of $3 , mndo In a
moment of exhilaration , Charles Schaler , a
Hoxhorough milkman , has Irp\'cl ) his 10ully
asserted powers of endurance , and at the
same time demonstrAted that the Fool Kier
hn not recent ) ' visited that hIlly 'uhurb ,
During the biter cold , of Friday morn In .
antI through the heavy ! nowtls , says the
Philadelphia Record , he walked on all fours ,
from 10xhorough to 1nna'unk. a Ilstlnco of
about one mIle. The strange part of the
story Is that Schnier suffered no Ill elect
of lilt ; novel unllertnkln , while the man with
whom ho made time wager , anll the man
\\ho acted us jUlle , both hall their ears ,
badly frozen in fact , the jllso will lose
ono or both or his auricular aPl1lllages ,
The biting cold caused a practical suspen-
sion of business In Hoxlorough on I.'rlday
morning , and quite a number of citizens
gatherer around a hot stove In a leading
hotcl of the , 'Ilage. The aforesaid 'citzens
Imbllcd something even macro cheering than
the warmth of the stove , anti soon begln to
boast of their respective abilities to lluluro
e"psuro to the cold Schaier , being a mik-
: man , Is aecustomel1 to e"IIOSUrl anti was In
' a boasting mood , so , as 1 climax 10 his stor-
'I lea of his \rowess , he offered to bet $10 that
ho could walk on nil ( our "like I 110g , " lS
he put I , from the hotel to Ianayunk , with
only one stop on time way ,
ThIs proposition ! brouqht down n storm of
ridicule upon the mntlkman's her , but he
stuck to It , amid finally offered to bet $10
against $ : tmt he could perform the feat.
Then Herbert Downs accepted the wager ,
time cash was Jested , anti the two men agreed
npon Arthur Rerer as the judge to see that
all the conditions were fairly carried out
Schafer stpulated that he shoulr wear on
his bands a pair of rubber hoots , anti this
concession was granted lmimn anti , aler firing
up wih two or three drinks , time foolhardy
mIlkman announced that he was really to
start on his journey ,
Quite a good crowd saw the It Ilroces-
slon start , hut the biter cold soon sent the
pectators slwrrylng back to the store , antI
the party Ilwlllell down to Schafer , Downs
and itetifermi . Along Ridge avenue the mIlk-
man ( ound It easy to move along at a rapid
gait , as the road had been pretty well broken
In , but when he turned imito ountaln street
I was different , luge snowdris , some of
them fully seven feet ileei blocked the vay ,
but he bravely Iounlered on , at times nearly
burled from view In the sort cold drifts .
At Linden amid Fountain streets the ml-
man stood ill \ stretched hImself several
times , empted a hal-pint Iask of "Hox-
borough best , " mind resumed his jourey ,
After an hour of hard work the end of [ the
journey was reachcd with Scharer In I per-
feet Inspiraton , and tired out but happy
He had won his wager The two men who
accompanied him however were not happ
Thicy were In a condItion bordering on col-
lapse , anti both suffered Intense pain from
frozen Mrs.
When they enterd a warm room Downs'
ears actual ) burst open , amid Iteilferum's were
both so badly frozen that omie . amid perhaps
both , will have , tobe , amnputateil . Time milk-
man Is note nero 01 HOxuorougn , even
though his customer are not being served ,
and Scimai'fer's story that lie can't get a
supply because of the snoiv blockade Is ac-
cepted. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
GOLD MINES IN CEMETERIES ,
Ialt a Million In GIII Uurlrdllualy wlh
Amerlc.n , 10" Fr.nchm , " 8"Y8
A Frenchman who recently made a tour or
the United States has been writing some
of his Impressions In Le Temps In one of
bls articles he says that what struck him
particularly In this country was the American -
can habit of filling the teeth with gold . He
consulted statisticians . he says and by fgur-
tag on Informaton given by them has rls-
covered that tle gold annual ) pounded Into
Cvites In the teeth or Americans amounts
to the value of $500,000. All of this precious
umictal he says , Is burled wih the Yankees
when they die. and he figures that at the end
of three centurIes the cemeteries of America
will contaIn gold to the value of 30,000,000.
"I am afraid , " the wrier goes on to say ,
"that this will prove too tempting to the
practical mind of the future American . and
we shall see the day when companies will be
organlzell to mine the cemeteries and reo
cover time gold secreted In time jaws of rear
ancestors "
The wrier then goes on and figures on
the average amount of gold tn the teeth
or each dead penon. He has evidently been
consulting the record of vial statistIcs . for
he says thlt 876.000 people died In time
United States In 1889. This would bring the
value or the gold In each dead person's teeth
to an average of about G5 % cents , and he
thinks that In well crowded cemeteries the
mining or this gold coull he carried on
profitably , respite the smal average value.
0,1 YE.l J.11' TU PJ.ICO.\'E.SS " 11012K.
i'rounineiit l'oohlio II tile Order Occupy U'
J.fldlll Nt.i' York I'muuple. .
NEW YORK , March 10.-Sen1cl1 were
held In time various Jethoilst lllscopal
churches or the city today under the auspices -
pices of the reacnes es. Miss Belle Horton
of lcago , elrets of the Dcaconesses Educate - .
cate , and Miss Kate Curts of this city
spell ut the Central Methodist Episcopal
church , where the usual Sabbath services
were conducted by the pastor , 10ev. Dr.
Gregory. llss Heron Ilokon "The
Growth und UevelopnJnt of the Deacone"s
\VonIc In America , " multi , Miss Cum'thmt relnted
\'orl' perlonll cXllcrlences. JII' . Lucy
Byuer-Meyer or Chlcalo , the originator or
the deacomiesses , spoke In Grace Methudlst .
gplscopal church. lllts Mary Iunn
of Iloston SpOke In St I.ul''f lethollst
Episcopal church nev. Dr.'eakley of Cin-
clmmnati lectured In St I.ule's 11ul180n Avenue -
flue church 01 the mIssion of the deu'omi. ,
rss nemiong thn Hick. 11ss Hida Iarsol
PIIIe amonI W'est 'rhimty-mIthm Street Metit-
otlit gplsecpol rhulch , Ie\ ' , Can Streti-
Iter of "mstenlnm , N. y . FIHke lt the East
Se\'enteenth Street Methodist Jlllseo111 !
church 01 ' ' 1hl DeaCOnelH In the Hos-
nItals. " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A Nu""t omtirt'hlmiw ! ,
Des Moines Leader : The thOU51IU18 of Odd
I.'elo'vs In Iowa receive with deep regret
Informaton or the death \\11.1 Garrett
of Burlngton , who hall been grand secretary
of the order In Iowa since 1853. Wllal
Garrett heel a long ali useful life aside frol
his work In connl'tlon wih the benelclent
order whim which he was associated. lie was
born In Iexlngtol , Ky . June 18 , 1823 Early
imi iifo tic s'as brought b ) " his umiotier : to Bun-
llimgtoim , where ito spent lila rcmnaimilmmg years ,
lIe was prominent thmrouglm all lila ailmilt years
In time busIness , socIal amid chmmirclm life of
that community ,
i'ht'rr , ' Icii ( o tnt , , ii .l iuluug 'cumtnre ,
PIEIIIIE , S. I ) . , Mmmrcim 10.-Articles of
incorporation have imeeim thou for time Mcxi-
can mind Aummerltmn ? tiiuilmmg company , with
imetiiiquartri3 at Siommx Fahl imiuth Juerro ,
Mex. ; ctmlltni stock. * 3 , J',0t ) . Time ineor-
nortmtora mmre : J , C , l'mmimner , ( ieorgt' 'iV. Au.
bott tmmiii P. 5 , itoytli ? , Sioux Falls , H , 1) , ;
.1. I ) , ImlcCurrier anti M. S. Wright , Ktmnstms
City , Mo , _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Etlitor hyumiutmr's i'iami. . -
CIilC\GO , March l0.-Special.-Mr. ( ) lie.
ratio Seymour , for a bug hum nimmnnglng
editor of time lirraltl , Is said to have backing
that will . 'iiutblt' him to vmircimae time utiant
of time 'I'Imni'a , which was i'entlerpml useless
by time recemut couiutttliilatioim. Mr. Seymour
says ho will start q daIly xmewsiuiimer immmtide
of tvo months ,
% 'ouIuti tYoui in limo l'rliiirrles.
CINCINNATI , Mardi 10.-Specials report
that jmnimary electIons for members of
boards or etlmication were Imehil yt stentlay in
numerous ltieu in nil parts of OhIo , and
that limo women vero 0111 In force mmmi % 'oters.
In nearly ever ) ' case wimt're thiere was corn-
itltiOii isttuveetm a voman and a man time
wonmami von.
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! h'Im Ieiimziiii H.'rvice' Iii the , frmImits ,
WELIdNCITON , lien , , March 10.-A dole-
gatiomi of Woemimium's ChrIstian 'h'eniperanca
union wonmen , accompanied by a number of
young men , visited all the joints iii the
city last mmtgimt anti held religious services Iii
each. 'i'hey were tretmtetl politely , and no
unusual thisturbamicss occurred ,
-S
Eoii ii d mm Ihtiti y I mm 'a ( 'os I ( ml I I iii rvel ,
NEVAIA , Mo. , March 10.-There Is con.
sumienmible excitement ott I1ronrmigh , I'ermior
coumity , over the flailing of a body doubled
UI ) Iii a coal -till barrel. 'rime man is un-
knowmm. Time iolice obticials are snaking an
irmvcittigation , m.mmid himml at a mmeimmmatiomm ,
BLOSSER'S GRIIES CO1E OUT
Oromwell's ' Oliiof' Oitkiu Turns Out to
Have Been an Extensive Forger.
hAD WORKLD NOTES FOR MANY MONTII
( trcqtnim lhaumIe time llmilt , SimiTcrer. So i'mur
as IuiuwnFrieuiii OtTcri'i to .tlti
liluui hint lie i'rm'ferr.ti to
( ( ) ull mmuit Stmlt'l tie.
CI1ESTON , Is , , March 10.-Spechal ( Tele-
graai-i4 ) , I ) . Ihiosser of Crounell , who was
gimilty of a series of forgerIes anti whim confronted -
fronted by officers took imis life , it appears
was a criminal of several years standing ,
\'hien it becanie known that illosser hmnul
taken his life developments of a nsatlonal
anti rather mysterIous nature came to the
surface. It now appears that. illosser bad
promiscuously forged time names of wealthy
Cromwell citizens and a number of farmers
and dirposcil of time notes as collateral. realizing -
izing quite extomisivehy on them at Creston
baimks , lie duplbcateil mitSui ) ' holes , and Just
'what amount iii outstanding cannot be told
at thus time. Forged paper Is coming to
light every hour , and it is safe to estlmnute
that $10,000 will not cover illosser's tramis-
actIons. Most of this 11511cr is umi friemmds ,
who imp to the last rnimitmto offered 'to nut
Ihiossor , but they were not aware of the cx-
tciive crimnlnnuity of the man.
For some tliiio Iilosser has been ummider smmr-
veihlance , anti a few days ago the umeiglmbor-
iiootl was searchmetl for hmimmi , \\'imcn it becanme
kimowum that lie was a forger ImIs friends au-
vanceul hiimn money to straigimten matters , hilt
lie did net do It. lie evidently deternmimiemi
to commnit suicide , for hme had tried to dose
so on two former occasions , \Vhmeum ques-
. tloneil as to Imla irregularities time day before
time shmootummg it Is alleged that lie told a
friend that imi' did not commit the forgeries ,
\'hmiie-ttlosser reaiizert on time tiaiuer it
Is now believed that Ito hail an accomuuphice.
Time forgeries are mmummiorouum , and time dii-
feremmt signatures on time notes are a fac.
immmhhti of time signatures of time ummen wimose
umamnes appear , Imi 1001(11mg over lhlosser's
books it appears that he is a very poor
penmiiami , amid it is nimnost certain that Ime
had assistance , as lie uiever could Imave cxc-
cmmted time notes with stmchm exactness. Blossom'
until recently hiss been rated at $10,000.
Adding $15,000 to thIs sum , wimicim it is cafe
to say iuo has borrowed amid forged , comes
time query what hma become of time money.
Ills habIts imave been exemnplam'y , antI iii.
business was mmot sumillciently extemisiv to
absorb this sum. Either Blossom' Imas been
specumlatlog or he has been made a tool of
by aetna clever accomplice.
Several Implemnemit finimis are fhiiiig attiuch-
mnents against imis property In Crommmweil.
I'arlln , Orenulorf & Martin of Oummaima mire
creditors to the eumimi of $5,000 , amid other
claims are comnirig In. The fact that
tas : been such a Prominent anti respected
citlzemm amid time flagrant betrayal of the trumat
Imposed in hlmn by friends has timrowmm time
ilttie town of Cromwell immto commvulslemms.
SiOUX C1TI' 31'0JI.S AJ1l DIVIIEli.
New CouncIl l'areols Omit .t Ilmotimtimmeiits mttmtl
t'reeiiiiintc , , a l'rohallc 'phte.
SIOUX CITY , March 10.-Special ( Tele-
grarn.-Early Sunday morning time new city
commncil came out of the committee room
amid announced the resumlts of its caucus to
determIne vhio shmoultl receive the appoint-
lye ollices at Its dlsposai , All but a few
olilces in the city are In the cotmncil's gIft ,
and there was a spiniteti tight for every
place. The democrats , wlmo hutve but two
of ten councilmen , got some of time best
places. and there Is vigoruos kicking among
republicans , some of. . whom threaten to
take the fight into time open council.
lihort Line LIttmstIctn % ppeiuIed ,
DUI3UQUE , Ia. , March 10.-Thin Uniomi
Loan and Trust company has appealed
from tIme decision of Judge Sbmii'as , awarding
to J.V. . Todd 13.400,00) worth of Sioux City
& Northern and Sioux City , O'NeillVest -
era securities , deposited with 'fodd & Co.
as security for a loan of $1,500,000 , but previously -
viously pledged to the Union comupany to
secure $3,000,000 of endorsements. Vending
tIme appeal , time effect of which will be to
delay foreclosure proceedings , mm effort to
reorganize the properties will be made by
the Credit Commutation company , 'which
has acquired the assets of the Union corn-
pany. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wafter Strange Jury StilL Out.
Sioux CITY , March 10.-Speeial ( Telo-
gram-Tho jury in the case against cx-
Supervisor Walter Strange , wimich went out
Saturday nigimt , at a late hour this evenIng -
Ing imad not tmgreed , and there was uio pros'
poet that it would do so soon.
Several jitniatti mit C.tar liaphtiS ,
CEDAR RAPIDS , In. , March 10.-Specinl (
'relegramn.-Thie eclipse of time moon was
visible lucre tonight , their being scarcely a
cloud in the aIry , Just previous to time
eclipse large "moon dogs" were viabble ott
each side of thernoon.
( ardinmit ( Bbiumiuit ( , oingto ltcmime ,
LIALTIMOIIE , Mti. , M arch 10.-Cardinal
Gibbons leaves New York for Itome the
first sveek In Mmiy , and Rev. Cormielius F.
'Fimomnas. rector of the catimetiral , vlhl accompany -
company him. Rev , John T. Whelan , semtior
assistant prieSt at time ctmtimedi'al , will , dmir-
mug their absence , be time acting rector.
I toti ii iii I lii miIs i-elm L I a I mitt immnaiol Is.
BALTIMORE. March 10.-The Iron Hall
fmmnd of $73,000 , eontribmmted by members ot
tIme order in this state , hits been sent to
Indianapolis to swoil time ( untIe In time himumids
of Jmumnea F'alltey , time gemmerat receiver ,
Castoria.
'I Castonla Is arm cxeeiictmt medicine for chill'
dren , Mothers imaro repeatadly told moo of its
good eilect upon theIr children , "
Dt , 0. 0. Osoooo ,
L.'a ell , Ilass ,
. ' Ca.'itorla i-u time best mumneily ( or ciiildm'cn of
which I ama acqua.'rmtod. I bopo the day is mot
tar di3tammt wimen miiothmcrs trill consider thu real
interest of their children , rmtt use Castoni In'
tend cf time various quack nostrums wlmleis are
destroyIo their loved on , byorciaoplummm ,
iaorpblne , soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their , throats , thereby scatting
them tu preuiatUze graTes. "
Dli. J , F , Iiscnzx.os ,
Commway , Ark.
1'1tV.'III ) ro : zor.t. tiE' TIIII NTATfl.
Taylor mutiti his Ittumnismnon , ttrnmigett to
Force is ( otiiprosnule , of tim lefnlcntiofl ,
I'IEItRE , S. I ) . , March 10.-TIme it'gislatit'o
eouimniittee investigating time Taylor tiefaica-
tioti made its report Jmmst' before nmlJourfl-
iiicflt. TIme lmroceedlnga were in secret , and
the report Is now mantle iniblie for the first
timmie , The' commIttee declares froni time cv-
itlence before it that it is shmosvn a. con-
stlrac3' ; existed hietween certain stmretiea ot
Taylor auth time defaulter to "hold up" time
state auth conipel it settlement. It SaYSI
, \ e do mint flumtl ( lint there was any cot.
iumalon among the sureties or uiuiy oilier per-
soils vItim hun to tiefrauti time state PrIor
to timi timiie iieii it becnuuie npparomit to
Joiimm T. McClmesmiey cmi New York , one of
the bontlenmemi that Taylor wotihil umt. be
itimle to immahte his settimnt tvuim the st5te.
hut we do Ibid evlmht'nre strongly teiithiiig
to litiu' thimut In the latter part at leecrn-
imem' , ISOI , nnt tufter McChieatmey ii iseovereti
that Tayioi' could imot raise immohie3' emiotmghi
to inimko his settlement McChesimey. to.
getimt'r with Taylor , I ) . f. . Tenney auth C.
II.'elIs , anti C. 'r. lcCoy , uietlng as agent
lit l'ierre , emit&'reii into mu schmenme to gmtthmer
lii , nit the t'uumtls Imebi by 'l'nyior , numotunting
ti over $200,000 , anti nil ( lie real antI per-
somial ProPertY owned tmy Taylor , wherever
located , lilmil Itiace ( lie u4amne itt'youiil time
reach of time state , for time lmumrlmso of corn-
imelling tue state to agree not to ; irosectuto
'I'ayior ci'imiminmmlly , or , Iii otlmer vormls , to
conipoumitl a Icloim ) ' , tin condition that Prol ) '
erty nail mimoimey to time mumnoimuit of $ lottJO
miiiiuhul be delivered imp uuiitl haul over to
the state , thims relieving , tiie sureties by
piiylmig their llmmliihities with tue ftmntlit stoicus
fromim time state. Time evidence simows timat
they have ntteunptctl to carry out time -
schicmmie , 'Itim fnuuidulent intent to defraud
time atmite. ' '
Temimmey anti 'ehis are time Chicago law-
vers of Taylor mmiiIeCiicsiut'y , oume of his
iiolitlsmnefl , of Neu' York. Time coimmmnittee
linus that thit' totmul aunomuimt stolen imy 'l'ayior
was $ htl,070.iO. As to where time money
vent tIme evitience tilmows , nhiitlig other
tiiliig-s. "i'imat lie itmnmietl ox-Governor Mal-
lette uiiomiey amounting to $9,0'Xh : that lie
lounetl .limtlge ieliaimm 31.000 , tumitl huumrchmiseii a
tuegotlumutle note for $5,00I ) givt'ui by Umiitetl
Stntes Senator l'ettigrew , viuichm wan re-
lmiiltl to C' . 'P. McCoy , 'l'etyloi"s iugehmt , on or
aimumt time 7tim of Jnimunm'y , 1893. "
' ' \\'e ( tmrther timid thiuut thtmning time mouth of '
lcceniber last ime trrtmisferrett fntmmii lifteen
itanks where lie tlepoiteul litltlitt ( Units
nhtotmt $2th,00t ) ) to imimnseif muuil for hits bemietlt
to Ne' t ork anti Cimlcmmgo' that lie mupmro-
limlateti to lila ovii 1150 prior to lcceuimber
last $1 13,800.
"Time e'Itlemmec shows no collusion emi time
part of aumy state otilcer with the ulefiumltiimg
treasurer. 'l'imero is , imo'ever , testimony
shmowbmig gross mueu'Iigeuuct' , to say the least ,
Oti the hart of 'h'Iuommmmumi II. Rutim , ox-coin-
niissiommer of school ntmtl lmtthmlic lands. " The
relmort uttatt's tiiuit aethimum to recover lint
itttc hiegimim in thirty ilifferemit cotmnties , anti
that service hits becim hind omm all time differ-
eat tiefeiititunt in time ense that stilts hmave
also beemi tmistittmtetl agtmlmmst Mc'hmesiiey amid
\\'illiammi Taylor , futimer of time defaumiter , In
Iimdiauma.
iix-l'reltIcimt tliirrhoii out of hunger.
INDIANAPOLiS , Mmirclm 10-fl-1'resiilent
Ilmmrnisomi , after mm week of illness that
tlmrcateiueth at one tbiie to take ii tiangerotma
turn. iii rtmlmltlly roe veniumg ahmil wtli be nimle
ti ) be out in a few-tiays. ThIs evening ldr.
i Iuumrisomi's liii yslclamm expressed time belief
tiuat hits patIent tvmmlil us tip 1mm a few days ,
Time danger imlmit has been PassemI ,
Vo man ii I ) ie a C I I ytt r..phuobttt , _
READING , Pa. , March 10.-Mrs. Stmsan
latmtriclm , mugeti 04) yeais , who was bittemm in
time lialitl by a dog six veeks ago , tIled here
today. She shuoss'etl all tile syuiiptomns of
hi yil rohiiuoiin , snarl I img mmnti bau ki ng , thread
of wntem' mtnih muil time horrible sumtcrbumgs of
a umersomi atillcted with rabtt.
ir't tmleleuii , SLeet huB ltil ilouuuurs.
BETIILEIIEtI , Pa , , March 10-ThmO 11db-
Ichiemn Iron company today umotilied 1,000 steel
workers to report tomorrow , when opera-
tiomis 1mm the steel null will resummie , after
tV. ' ( ) inomitims' lilleness. W'orlc vtIi imegin on a.
12,000 ton order of rails for a ( com'gia rail-
road.
road.Your
Your B'ood '
Nt'eds i'heauislmig now' , luociuise : tubs Is
tilt ? ( 'iiii w'lmeii LlcCiiiihiliii ICI Impuri-
I Ie are mmiost. dmummgm'rotiH , euusltmg : I limit
goomi fcetlmmg , losit of implietite , 0L umiore
serlout dlmteast'ut. 110(1(1's Sarsahai'thia
jg I lie imest sjirlmig uiit'ilchtm ( ' , imervem toilki
fuel vitallzet' . It hnirhtles limo lIootj , gives
riehtimess and vItality , rmiises tlto
lii'mitthm tone , and creates an ampctit
lIe sure to get
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Hood's
Sarsaparilla
"About two mmiontims ngo I hegait to
1)13 ) trotibted with a terrIble breaking
otit all over tiiy hotly. ( ) tue tlmiv _ I notic-
eel it sign amlvertishmmg lhod's Sui'smmpa. :
i'tiimi. timid I'OlIChtidl'l to ti'y it. 'I'hte Yi'i'y
ilm'st those secuimeel to ( hi ) liiC good. I have
iiett ( muih3' titi't't.u bet ties muiui I numi nov
fm'ee fromii ' ' " Sttimitut'i
( 'l'tilthOiffl. 2tluircuus-
Seth , : iii Etiat 7:1(1 : St. , Nv York CIty.
Hood's Pills easy to buy , ctmq'to take
easy Iii tutTect. . .uc.
AMUEM EN'T ,
2c ,
EMPIRE and 50 ceut
Tolepimune 1531
TONIGhT , 8:15. :
WILD OATS.
StatIaeL's Wednectlay and Saturday ,
Mimictm I3-1.---A hiouttienm ItOBO.
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What s
, Castorla. in Dr. $ atiiitcl Pitcher's prescription for Iiifmttits
tUld Clilldrczi. It ; contains itcltlior Otmillin , Dlorplilno nor
other NarcotIc substance. it is a , liarnulcsi iibst1tuto
for Paregoric , Drops Sootimliug Syrttp , asid Castor 011.
It Is icasant. Its gttartuitco Is tliIm'ty ycarH' izito by
ItIIItious ol'3IotIicrs. Castorla destroys 'Worumis and allays
feverishness. Castorla IrovcntS vozititlmig Hotmr CarJ ,
cures Diaz't'liaia 1111(1 W1u1 Colic. Castorla rellcvc
tcctli1mu troubles , cut'cs constIpittloil niitl flatulcuicy.
Castorin , nsItiiI1atc the food , regitlittes time tmtotnaclt
almt bowobi , Iv1zu healthy nlht natural siocis. Cots.
torla 1i tlzo Children's Thtuacca-tho Mother's Friend.
I
' Castoria.
it Castoria is o well atlaptd toclmildren thai
I rccom'mmmmeimi it assuporionloatiyprvscnlptloa
ktiowu U. ) me , "
II. A. AmtciiusuI , ill. ,
lii So , Osfontifit. , Brooklyn , N , Y ,
'I Our physiciunS In the chmildrea'a depart.
meat have spoken highly of. their oxperl.
vane in their outside lirasUce whim Cestenla ,
anti altimough we only hitivo among our
immedlcal upptiei mubat Is known as regular
preducts , yet yo are tree to coafeaa t th.e
merits of Castonia ima5 wo , 4 La look with
favor upon It. "
USITSO hlosm'IUL 5O DmaveaIa laYs
unstop , Maa&
Au.zu C. SimiTa , Ji'C $ .
Time Contanr Company , TI Murray Street , New York City ,
i1' . . .
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. . , ' . . eacus mbsuvu ' ) V , 'ISo ' 5IUdU U' % .U' 'UI "b" ' ICIII Oh ii I rm aiim .
- - - - - ' 4mt.t Id.'M Mis4l , uesrg I nau'etnerswe v'vMu tsue miud Ut 4mtutuu.sldtmu. I 07' " of the best and America but while they hope to make MRS. 1 OlITEIt
which contains
L aol the duke utd car m.M * ili , nd tie tui4i t ( wemty acid vo lii the co. Liberty , some ; . .
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