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l a PLEASE . ^MEMBER 'Mttie l)roiiaof JMii'ter’s AWttJeTjpe Displayed, Make Our Mereliant Princes And All (Their Big Parade. S 0 S 8 9 geQS2QggQgQggg£0ajB H, P. W ITH E R S T INE, Proprietor, Terms:—$1,50 a Year, or $1,00 Strictlypn Advance. VOLUME LIV. 8 Pages. HEEKIMER, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1894. NUMBER 8. Impeennimis Actors. HOW THEY IIVB AND THEIR DAILY avocation , b b a s t u s w im a n , th e PAILFH MILLIONAIBB, ETWEEN Sixth a v e n u e a n d _ Broadway upon liWest Tweaty- eightli street in this city, you can, see every day a most curious con- glom e ration o f flashy p e o p l e . Tiifg short hloch is known as the “Kialto\\ for actors ing^ ---------------------------- agencies on the “Rialto.” Between 2j000 and 3,000 of the profession flit ,baek and forward Upon this block ' every day, and how some of them live heaven only knows, Dull times have \Tieen especially hard upon the pro fession, and most of them are down at the heels, almost penniless, and a “moon” will suflOlee to keep them alive from day to day. A “moon” is known as two large oval crackers, buttered,' with a chunk of cheese be tween the crackers. Give some of these strapped actors one of these each day and he will live, and pick up a stray eup of coffee somewhere to wash it, down. Some of these ac tors keep house—thaUs, they try to. Two wiE get a $3 room with gas in it to cook with, buy a chafing dish, a few plates, and their household im plements are complete. One meal is enough for them, and with economy, they make a quarter feed not only themselves Lor a meal, but one or two other unfortunates like them- selves. It’s hard pan, hut there are thousands of people in New York who are living jus# thiS way. Katurally one would suppose the sui- , cidal crop would he large among the, profession living under these circum- stamses, but it’s not. They are a contented lot of Bohemians, honesi, cheerful, talk big, and to hear them, one w o id suppose they were mil lionaires or sons of such. This de pression falls as heavily upon the ^ u b r e tto und actresses, and they ^ atfe as thick on the “Bialto” as ac tors. When business has been good on the road for the past season, Worth or Redfern couldn’t make ciothes good enough for them. They -would wear nothing but the finest spun sflkhose, the most Erenchy of high-heeled boots, and their whole outfit would be a perfect sunburst of gorgeousness. This summer it Js differeift. Business was bad last . year.' The actresses’dresses show it. So do their stockings and hoots. They pr|m up the best they can with last year’s dresses and make the best of it as cheerfully aS the actors. The actresses and soubrettes live upon the wonderful machinations of the - -chafingdish and cook by gas and feed themselves like the actors. They are also a cheerful lot, talk as big and feel as contented—if not more so—as Jay Gould’s daughters. They are independent people. They have a horiJOr of charity. To suggest alms to them would create a panic. There is such a society as the actors relief association, but they seldom botfael^ it. If one of their number dies they will raise dimes, nickels and quarters somewhere to Save him from Potter’s field, A rich Westerner was. stop ping a t a hotel near the “Bialtb” last w^ek. He saw this concourse of tofs an# actresses until he gpt tired ’ of looking at them. “Who are these people?” he asked of a friend. ‘^‘Impecunious actors;” was'the' re ply, “Ahbursted and hungr^. ; If you should go among them as; a total stranger and say, “Boys .and ' girls, I ’m rich and want to treat yOu, not OEO would move. But ifyouj should say, ‘Boys and girls, I used* td he an actor, have plenty of money now, and la m here to blow you off,’ f,<J60 of them would move as one “Let’s t iy it,” stud the Westerner, as he reached down to see if his roll of money was big enough. Ho went up to a party of actors and actr'esses standing together, begged pardon for instm-iion, find made the first an- ntsTmetauent. But no one moved. ‘‘BuV’ lvt added, “I used to bo an acton” ' , If he had a thousand hands he wouldn’t have had enough to shake with. They grabbed him, were glad to gee him, and in less time than it taked to tell it, every souhrette and actor had found a long-lost brother. He fed and beered them all, ^ d when he went to bed that night* he was the happiest man in all New York for doing so much good, even if he was a Chicago pork packer on a ERASTUS WI5IAN, THE BHLLIOHAmE. Erastus Wimah, the fallen million aire, banker, land boomer and pro moter of every conceivable enter prise where a dollar could be dug out, is a sad illustrationof the^eedy rapacity of hundreds of financiers in this city to-day, who are tottering upoffthe brink of a volcano. The greed to grow rich, richer, richest as sumes, the form of insanity among some men in this town. Regardless of health they plunge into all schemes to make money, and when such men^ collapse, as a big percentage of them have to in time, the downfall is crushing and overpowering. ^ There are hundreds of menhCre who have ten and a dozen money making schemes upon their hands at a time. It takes ceaseless activity, wear a»d tear of mind to constantly watch these varied interests, and What is more, every interest, by the curious law of financial shifting, is dovetailed with another in some way to bolster up such interests that are weak and to make them appear strong to invite other investors. So, when a crash comes, as in the case of Wiman, everythmg fails. If one of these greedy men of many enter prises make $100,000 this year he plans, connives, risks Ms all in ha25- ardohs new schemes to swell his earnings*to $200^000 the nest year, and so on. Health, comfort, busi ness conservatism and the old- fashioned methods of leaving “well enough aione” ‘and make haste and money slowly are secondary in con sideration now*. One would suppose the fall of Eras tus Wiman would prove a terrible warning, but it h ^ not. Ten years ago legislatures bowed to tbis' man. If he appeared. before a legislative committee, whatever he wanted would he granted. His power and influence had n o equal. Now he is a prisoner in the Tombs, fallen and crushed. No doubt h^e would be glad to exchange Ms place to Ms old occu pation of a happy printer years ago> when he had no bares beyond that of how much type he could set in a week. His trad© stood Mm in great hel]^ once. He was financially inter ested in a scheme that he wanted to boom in a certain city in Fennsyl- vania. He went there and tried to get an article in the local paper ex plaining the scheme. He was told the printer^ oh the paper were on strike, and the proprietors had no men to set the article up. “I’ll' set it,” said Wiman, seizing a case of type he went to work. The striking printers, taking him fpra non-union mgn, hm*led bricks a t him. In return he sprinkled $5 bills down upon them. Brick throwing was stopped in the scramble for the bills. That article was worth thousands of dollars to Wiman’s financial scheme to get it into that paper at that par ticular time. He succeeded. New York woMen are the coolest on earth, At least they act and look so. W^hile per^irfng manl^ind is insMng ahbut- to'cool off, the New York woman walks along as cool as, it she were padded with ice. She is a delicious creature to look at. She sets her teeth against the heat and makes herself cool by tMnking so. Her tight corset stays rpay crhneh her riba, but she tells you they arp not uncomfortable because they are “summer stays with air holes in them like a poifous plaster.” She wears about six times more un der-clothes than a man, but she tells you “the skirts are the sffmmer- weight kind, light and airy,” She win wear a dre.ss that weighs all told Grover Cleveiaiid. THE T.4EIFP AND OTHER INTEREST ING NEWS FROM OtJB WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT. ROYER C leve land’s marvelous ' Backbone w a s| nevermore cred itably displayed : thanintbe crisis* ' now -upon th e ' c o u n t r y . He* recognized from It the first thal the first and f qremost ’duty of the President of the United States is at all times to maintain thei authority of the Federal government, ^ which was defied by the stopping of mail facilities guaranteed to the ped-i pie by the National Government, and by the refusal of rioters to obey the judicial orders regularly issued by the United States courts, ,and he; did not hesitate to order that the^ army be used to uphold the authori-, ty o f t h e government. No one can regret more than he that men should have been killed by the militia, buf he is not blind to the fact that it ia better that men who openly defy the laws should be shot down than that red-handed anarchy should be in control even for a single day of any portion of our eoimtry. He intends that the people shall enjoy them malV facilities and that the dignity and authority of the U, S, courts shall he maintained no matter what the cost may be in money or blood, and Ms. entire cabinet and an overwhelming’ majority of Congress, regardless of politics, are beMnd him. ‘ It is a matter for regret that sever al Democratic Governors of States and a few Democrats in CJongress should have confused the question of States rights-with the patriotic poli cy wMch the Pi^fiident has sdopted U It Is a mistake/ Therein, there dafi- J as much as a man’s .spring overcoat, but she tells you “it’s light-weight dimmer goods,” She will wear airy' hose, but they are held up by heavy side stays er garters that have the latest fashioh ihle heavy buckles eon- taining locket portraits of husbands and lovers. The only time New York women get re.diy hot is when iC v a tiuucl v n pri^'o A) be, no connection between the two. Nothing has been done by the ad. mimstration to interfere with the rights of any State, and nothing -will be done. It is for the preservation of the rights pf the National gdverq- ment that the President has ordered that the tied-up Pacific railroad shall be operated (as provided fpr in their charters) as military post roads, and that U. S. troops be used tn see that the mails are not obstructed upon any railroad and that government property is protected. The government that does not maintain its own authority cannot retain the respect and allegiance of its people. The United States gov ernment claims no authority to in terfere with railroad or any other strikers, but when strikes are made the means for the propa^tion of anarchy and the defiance of National authority it may he relied upon to act, as long as President Cleveland is at its head. There is notMng in com mon between a patriotic American and the teachings of-anarchy, and there cannot be a doubt that Presi dent Cleveland will receive the than^ of all gbod Americans for theprompt- ness and decisiveness with wMch he has acted in’ suppressing anarchist tendencies. There is no mistaking tfle'senti ment which caused the Democrats of the House to vigorously applmid the plain words of Ohairman Wilson con cerning the Senate amendments to the tariff bill, %vMcb the House re fused to ipncur in and wMch are now ^^i^ing ^considered by a conference committee *of 14 members—seven Senators and seven Representatives, Mr. Wilson said concerning the work of the W ays and H©ans committee of the House: ' “Hie cominittee per formed their work honestly, deliber ately and to the best of thfir ability. The bill was based upon the principle that, in gathering revenues, taxes should be levied upon finished pro duets and not upon raw material, which was ip accordance with a great fundamental Democratic idea. The hill comes hack from the Senate and does not recognize that princijde. Only wool and lumber have come back undisturbad by the Senate amendments.” The Conference com mittee held its first meeting Jlonday. Daily meetings will be held smA progress iviiJ probably from time to time bo reported to the House and Senate, but it js hardly possible that the committee can conclude its la bors inside of two weeks, although there are not more than 2S of the amendments over which there will be any serious difficulty in coming to an agreement. It can be stated on the authority of leading Democratic Senatom tiiat There is no foundation for the stories ; sent out from Washington; - that’ Senator Hill was to bc readout ptlhe party by ^ Democrat&j caucus. There is a general feeling of Among Democratic Sedators that Mfe Hill should have voti>d against the tariff bill, and few o f them haVe said harsh things flf but there is no disposition out of the Democratic party.'' 'pn the contpai-y, the disposition rSto' treat him so that, he will not he disposed to take him self out of the party.. » Herkimer Alumni Association* The Alumni Association of the Herkimer Union School, held a re union and banquet Thursday even ing at the Palmer House dining par lors, where an elaborate menu was served, b y Landlord May. Covers were laid for 33. Miss Emma Rich, class of ’90, as toastmistress, presid ed over the feast of wisdom, which followed the dinnOT. Miss Zinnia Wood, class of ’90, responded to the toast the “HerkimegUnion School.” “The Faculty” was kindly rememher- ed by Maynard Burgess of ’92; “The Alumni” was responded to by Miss Bertha Munger o f’89; * ‘The Graduat- mg Class” by Arthur Fagan of ’91; “The Lyceum” by Miss Edna BEayes o f ’93; “Woman’s Rights,” H Ray Brush of ’M; “The Public Library,” Principal A. G* Miller; “The Absent Members,” Hattie Giersback of ’94. The occasion was enjoyed b y all pre sent and wM bepleasantly remember ed by them. In the afternoon the annual meetiidg of the Association was held and Miss Bertha Munger of 00, was electe# P^esHentp XYfiter. ,0. Witherstiue of ’94, Vice President; H. Burt Smith of ’93, Secretary; Ruby Schermer of ’92, Tre^urer; Benjamin Sch&cmer of '89, Historian. The Executive Committee is one member each class since ’S9. The Asso ciation was organized three years ago and is in a very prosperous and fiour^hing condition, and an honor to the school department and the vil lage in which it thrives. Races. mid - summer MEETING. The Herkimer Jlriving Association have arranged for a two days’ meet on July 18 and 19, 1894, for wMch I85D in premiums will he paid. The first day, July 18, will occur the 2:40 class race, purse $150„and 2:26 class race, purse $200, for trotters and pacers. The second day there will be a 2:35.class, pur^e $150, and a free-for-aff for a purse of $250. Also a ruiming race, purse $100, best two in three, half mile heats. The entries for these races close Friday, July 13. The admission to ground ^ d grand stand, 50 cents; to ground only 35 cents. The officers of the Associa tion are; R. M. Richardson, ^presi dent; Wm, Conklin, vice president; GeoxgeW. Greene, secretary; C. T. Marshall, tre^urer. Enough entries have already heen received to insure a successful mCet, and all that is required is pleasant weather. ’ Our Fire Alariu. When our fire iMaryi was |fut |n, the Police and Hire CSmmissidilrs had under diseuteion whetiicr dr not to put in insulated wire. Tbe cost was what was considered, and while all agreed thatYhe system would he male reliable, it was thought that if common wire was used i t , would answer, . * ' The experience of Hast week, when the alarna became groimded by one of the wires getting crossed with another, has led the Commissioners to believe that the fire alarm is a failure, unless at all times reliable, so at a meeting goon to be called, they will take action toward replac ing the common wire -with insulated wire, which will prevent the alarm from being grounded, and make it reliable on all and every occasion. jg^ T h e scrofulous taint which may have been in your blood for yciirs. may be thorougWy expeUed by giving Hood’s Sarsaparilla a trial. The Great Strike* BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL, ’a^lD SERI-'’ OUS RESULTS Ari?;^- HBNDBD. ij INGE l i e last is sue of the D emo - ORAT^ ^tho' great strike in -Chicago' and the western states, has taken an a serious form. The regular army has been called into active ser- viee, an d th e mobs who persist in destroying prop erty and defying the soldiers have been fired into and a number killed. An effort'was made Mondh^ to arbi trate, but the Pulhnah Company sternly said they had n o t in g to ar bitrate. A general strike is talked of, which will call out all the labor organizations in the country. New York has so far been free from any demonstrations, hut there is no tell ing what the future holds forth. Every military organization in the State stands ready to respond at a moment’s notice, andthe least of these is not the 31st Separate.Company, Pullman, who is the cause of the strike, is serenely safe and happy on Ms island in the St. Lawrence, Where no one is allowed to land, and conse quently reporters cannot publish in terviews from: him. - EeceptiQn for the 32 st. A ROYAL WELCOMR GIVEN THEM UP ON THEIR RETURN H03IE. *1316 members of the Sl.st Company were made to realize tbattbey are very dear to tbe hearts of tbeMobawk people by tbe royal re ception which was given them upon their re turn home; At ahonf six o’clofk thn-famons Watervill© band arrived and gave an open air concert early in the evening, after which, they headed a company composed Of thirty ex-members of the company nnder command (^fj. M. Bellin ger, and went to S^^rkimer to escort the Com pany home. They were expected at nine o’clock, but midnight nearly came before they arrived. Their handsome home had been invaded by friends who converted the basement into a fairy dining room, and one could hardly imag- , ine the beauty of the place if they did not see it. A stage was built on one sideand trimmed with bunting and on either side a fort covered with ferns from which a cannon showed it self, and these were named Fort Hill and Port Herkimer. In the center of the room a large toimtain sent forth cool sprays of water into a six-foot fern-covered basin. Capt. 'Wither- sime’s niptnre on an easel was suri’ounded by and ferns covered every place. For tbesuecess of tbe decorations all are indebted to Mr, O.P. ’ Sisson, who worked-like a hero. The ypnng ladies had long tables temptingly spread with id things, and the tired, sunburned soldier , js were given a rich repast, and were atten tively waited upon by the young ladies, who, although they cannot go to camp and war, and die for their country, are ever ready to work for those who can. The general arsan'^eraenfs wer6 under the supervision of H. M. Golden, who left no de- taU of the work undone.—Afoftau* Eagle. Hops* ’ The Gooperstown FVdmau’s Joiit- Tval t^aygThere was really uG ioeal ruarket last week. - .We heard of the purchase of one little lot at 8 cents, aud they were after fi^ards sold to a city di^ e r for It), W e hear that the latter pnee is freely offered, without sales. From the N- Y. Bulletim \A dull eonditiou of affairs prevails jn this quarfbr. Shtppers i^ im fest, tery* tame interest aud advices from Eug- laud afford little eneourageueut for expectations of important export in terest right away. Home brewers’ purchases a r e ,commonplace, and the competition for orders is keen, with country as well as city merchants actively at work. YMues remain about the same as they were last week, our Mghest quotations being 13@14c. The London market re main^ without change. Rendered Unconscious. Alfred Schuyler, who conducts the Lyman Timmerman farm in Man- heim, was in the field mowing with a scythe shortly before noon Friday, when a bolt of lightning struck in the vicinity knocking Mm down and rendering Jum unconscious, t He was taken to his home and received medical care, hut did not recover Ms senses till about 4 o’clock. He is able to he around but is suffering from the shock so that he cannot perform any labor. The temper whs. taken out of the scythe, so that it can be bent like a piece of Whalebone. Bonds Sold. . Bonds to the amount of $10,000, bearing four per cent, interest issued by the Board of Education of this vE- lage were sold at public auction Mon day to the First National Bank of this , village wMch bid them in at par. The money reafized from the sale Is to he used in paying for the adffition«to the Nprih;WasMugton street school building jwhich is rapid ly approaching completion. To Camp Out l!(ear Stratford. Yictor Adams, Jr., Harry BeckCf; ■ S, B. Gifgory, Nelson Gurley, Bert Adams,\^l^ttie Petrie, Lillian Casleief Olgie Mmkell, Annie Newefi, Fannie Nicholsqn, of Little Falls, and Mrs. Potter, o f Utica, and LelaDevendorf, of Syracuse, are camping near Lake Pleasant about five miles north, of Stratford. . To Coal Consumers. it will be to the advantage of all persons who contemplate purchasing Goal for the Summer and Winter, to call upon J. H. Huyek, a t Ms office, Main street, HOrkimer, N. YL, before placing their orders- He will give the lowest rates and prices. ^^Suhscrioe for the.DfiMOCRAT. Franlf CavanangU Bead. News was received here yesterday tlmt Frank Cavanaugh, of Manheim, died that morning at 2 o’clock. Mr. Cavanaugh has many friends here and throughout the county. He was a member of tbe Democratic County Committee, and a popular gentleman. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cavanaugh, who survive him, together with five sisters—Mrs. Edward Bennett, of Frankfort, and Emma, EUa, Lucy and Agries'Cav- anaugh. .Allwho knew Frank Gav- ' anaugh will feel that they have lost a sincere friend and a jovial com panion. His demise will be riucerely mourned. The funeral wtU be held from his home at 9 a . m . to-morrow- N. Y. Doctors in HerMmer.. THE SIGE TO RECEIVE SER'VTCES FREE. The doctors of the New York Medi cal and^ur^cM Institute, consistihg of several .eminent New York phy sicians, will be at the Palmer House, Herii^ieri Thumday, July 19.- Ail who visit the doctors will receive one month’s service free. These cele brated physicians treat every variety of disease, but will in no instaUce ac cept an incurable case to cure. The doctors treat all chronic diseases and make a specialty of diseases of the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, dyspep sia, rheumatism, ’catarrh,, eye, ear, throat, skin'and all Mood diseases. Also female diseases and aS sexual and nervous diseases of both sexes. At Briggs House, IKon, Wednesday, July 18. Clayton Decker Suicides. Clayton Decker, of Grant, com mitted suicide Friday night by tak ing Paris green. He was 55 years old, and has relatives living near Ssflisbury, He put.poison in a glass of water and drank it before retiring. He never awoke and was discovered dead by his 'wife the next morning at 7 o’clock. Coroner Douglas held an inquesti Sale of Nortk H oods Land. ‘ W. H. Williams, referee, sold a t pubfic sale recently about 1,500 acres of,land in the town of Wilmurt, formerly o ^ e d by Mrs. Fanny Part ridge, who wffiberemetnberedHS the fair plaintiff iu thaPaftridge-Dease' case which was tried here somet^ne ago mid excited considerable interest. The land was purchased by Taggart Brothers Company, of Watertown, for $8,331.58. General Assignment. Rufus W. Stknson and William E. Sloane, eo-psu'tners engaged in the furniture business at Dolgeville, un der the firm name of Stimson & Sloane, have made a general assign ment to Jesse P. Babcock, of Boon- viils. Creditors are preferred as fol lows: Jesse P, Babcock, '?S0O; Utica Burial Case Company, S'63.
