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Y., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1897. - - NO. 49 LOWEST PRICES cal Maen - gOt T a 7 ==-- ua => \ R T = \ =a </ - BVANGELINA IS FREEB,|_ sram recauus wevier. KEY HELD BY DAYTON| _.. . webenson oeho. KLONDIKERS PERIL | _. News or The week - ] THE regGUE OF.SeNoriTa cleneros| _ '\ 2 as Captuin Consent: -.. \c\\ May BE.GANDIDATE FoR COMPTROL rormer, SN\; smméfi of New _ [. z- Lalo Wednesday, Oct. 6 wholesome and delicious; \ % i ' lcd Sala E. = |. Djcs nt Jorsr vi s nt app 1 h p FRQM AN HQVAN‘A Fame-N: Madrid, Oct. 9.-The cabinet has \fe- | Jersey“;ty. Oct. 9.451; Irloderlnk DISA_TfizsofifiENRfifiéisfiif—leifERS, of S‘sefinzozrjiigfxnzragpggzzniuzgéBDgf< ' 'B! Frfbnds Rontedin Hotse Adjacont to the Jail Ard Aldédztho Erisonex-Thoy Are ° Tho'ughf for}! u-iism'ri [Avictlonns-She Is Now Coming to This Country, . ° Havans,. Och 11.~-Senorite Evangelina Cosslo y Cisneros, a young Cuban wom. an who had 'for some time been im- prisoned in the Caso de Recogldas, has escaped und Is belleved to be now on her way to the Unltedelfimtes. All the Indications are that the girl escaped with the help 'of two young men who for two months have watched for the opportunity.to get her out, She went through A 'window, one of the. Bars of- which: had , been fled through, aeross a'ladder to|the roof ot the house. where these two imen hada room. . 2 The Spanish atithoritles are frantical- ly working to establish the Identity of these two young men, but, though they were in Havana for nt least twomonths, it cannot bey‘psccrt'nlneq‘qven If they were Cubans 'Of Americans, This much the police have learned: On Wednesday night Evangelina offered her cellmates some candy that imd been sent in to her some days be- ore. - Dreuggod Candy For Sples 5 & 6 { d & A i A i i § 6 % F the candy, but they slept like the dead after eating it - i On. the roof of. an'sdjolning house on O'Farrell lane the police found a sort of gangplank made of three boards, |- It could be' R strongly hinged together, folded so as to be carried In a cab, und when extended made a firm board walk about 10 feet loug-and 18 Inches: wide. Near It they found a.new knotted rope that might have been used as a hand fine to the bridge: A new heavy callber Smith & Wesson revolver, fully loaded, also lay 'on. the. roof. 'The police flso learned thattwo young men recently rented the houseon O'Far- rell lane, . Incredible as it appears, these devoted and desperate friends of the imprisoned girl must have crossed their bridge. and ' crouched. In the: window night after night' while they: 'fled the dron: bat through. One thing favored them. Havana's municipal affairs are in a primitive state. 'The city Js wretchedly lighted, and, except on. moonlight nights, O'Far- rell Inno. was as dark as the podket of a winter overcomt.. These frequent vis have left traces. The walls about : are whitewashed, and a certain amotnt of plastering would naturally be kicked oft by a man hugging the narrow ledge where he had. to work on. the fron bar. But they had. lime and paint in. the BENORITA CISNEROS patched up. the- plaster they had diss turbed, |,\ 0 . ~; Doon * The bed sheet Inslde: the window must. fave 'been wrapped around the girl aa who moved about In order that her cellmates, In case they. awakened. while she was getting her communions tons or preparing to escape, might sup» pose, In the semidarkness, that sho was In her night clothes, | Now that it is all dong, they remember that she moved round a good deal at night They explained It'at the time on the theory that she wa#.so nervous about I her case that she could not sleep;. . 1 The rescuers neglected nothing, When at last the bar was sawed through; one of theni-and. he must have-been a fol« low of Iremendous strength-wrenched the ron outward far enough to permit the passage of the girl. While her room- mates stept tinder the Infduence of the drug in the candy the girl had distrib» uted, she. squéesed through Into the open flr. 'The bridge was in position, and In « second or two she was on the roof of the house £ O'Farrell lane: Had a Carriage Waltiige Below in the alley a wak member how, sbortly after midnight.ow Wednesday, they heard the rush of car» Hage wheels before thelr unglazed win- dows, Catriages at midnight mre not frequent enough fn O'Farrell Jane to pare without notice. Undoubtedly this carriage carried: Senorita: Cisneros to liberty, Her friends went with her. For the two mysterious- young men have not appeared since ut 1 O'Farrell lane or anywhere else in Havana, so fat F as tha authorities can mscertain;, 7 Ir the moring: when the roll call of prisoners was checked off, There wa* ome mlasing. 'The missing one Wit prompfly enticed, but even then they did mot Fealite there had been an es- tape. They thought she must st\ be withis the priscis walls, and Institated a \The Sonte Gf every person They could They notlced nothing pecullar about |. its neross the alley on the bridge must |. room, -and-évery; time they. they.. Sf Rirhoring the wasen» wéwéfimk\ cided upon, the fmmediate recall of Gen- eral Weyler from Cubs.\ As foreshad- owed In these' dispatches, a decree will be“ lgsued appointing 'Captain' General Blanco y Arenas, marquis of Peng | Flatg, governor general of the island. The queen regent will sign the decree today. According to El Heraldo, 20,010 ré-enforcements will .accompiny Gen- eral Blanco to Cubs. Captain General ftamon Bianco y Are= mas, who will succeed Captain General Valeriano Weyler as governor general of Cubs, has had his chief administrative experience In the Philippines. He suc- ceeded Captain. General Despujo! as governor general of the Philippines in #1894, and for his services in that capac- «Aty was raised to the rank of marshal Jn May of 1805.. In August of 1896 He reported to the-Spanish minister of the colonies the existence of an 'extensive «plot aiming at the Independence of the' Jslands. This rapidly took on the pro- portions of a formidable insurrection, which the efforts. of General Blanco were powerless:-to check, In September + hic GENERAL RAMON BLANCO, of that year he narrowly escaped as- sassination. A plot was formed to sur- prise the garrison at Mania, to selze captain general, It was discovered just In the nick of time, and more than a hundred persons were arrested for com- pllcity in It. Prior to this General Blango had not resorted to . extrame easures, but, spurred on by the per- mal danger to which he had been ex- «pogail, he Issued m decree ordering that alt property belonging to residents of the' Philippine islands who had been implleated .In the rebellion should be forfelted for the benefit of the govern- nient a week's grace being offered to : thoré who were willing to surrender, 'But-nelther this decree nor General Blanco's military tactics nor other ex= ceptional measures which ho took to re- press the rebellion prevented It from spreading, and in December, after a broad hint from the government that 'his methods were not sufficiently severe, he tendered his resignation and was succeeded by General Camillo Polavie» ja, commander of the Sixth army corps, who was sent to the Philippines with In- structions virtually Identical with those given to Captain General Woyler when the latter succeeded Marshal Martinez Campos In Cuba, after this MarshaP Blanco was appointed chief of the military house- hold of the queen regent, < He has been described as the \softest hearted soldler in Spain,\ and hls whole career Indi- cates his disposition to employ mild rather thin violent measures, | Ever since» the fall of the Azcorraga cabinet the name of Marshal Blanco has been the most prominent among the possible successors of General Weyler, and the Impression in some well informed quar- ters has been that, If appointed gover» nor general of Cuba, he would be em» powered to approach the insurgents with a view to arriving at a mutual agreement for the cessation of hostlll- tles. Ho enfoys the personal friendship gnd entire confidence of the queen ree gent. 3tlllions For the Navy. Washington, Oct. 11-In the opinion of Secretary Long, almost | $32,000,000 will be. nocessary to defray the ex- penses of the navy and marine corps during the fiscal wear ending June 30, 1899. \This sum Is thus divided: Pay of the navy, $5,449,000; mixcellarieous, $300,« 000; contingent navy, $7,000; bureau of navigation, $208,050; bureau of ordnance,. $3,179,551; bureau of equipment, JLSL.- 174.40; bureau of yards and docks, $469, 43344; yards and docks, $1,804,887; Na- val observatory, $34,200; bureau of med- lene: and surgery, $151,600; bureau of [ supplies and accounts, $1,525,432.03; bu- reau of construction and repair, L007; bureatt of steam engineering, $4,- 187,000; Naval academy, $234,578.45; ma- rine corps, H112%57423; Increase of the navy ‘ MeRinley to MissourL . Sedalls, Mo., Ocf. 11.-Colonel Henry D. Shelton of Hughestille, Pettis coun ty, Is In: receipt of a letter from Presl« dent McKinley, In which he consents to visit Petils county some time next month. Célonel Shelton is at the bead of the sugar making Industry, which Is ig be formally Inaugurated in central Missouri on the occasion of the presf« dential wish-— 'The Hasicton Expense Bil Oct. 4. -Adjotant General And the Philadelphia City troop for service at Hasleton during the strike. This does not Include the cost of trans- portation and subsistence, 'The m{itia« | men, 2.500 In number, were on duty, as (x whole or In part, from Sept 11 to Oct £ . . the headquarters and to murder the / Harisbars, Stewart has fesued warrants for $4 | 2543 for the pay of the Thind brigade p stl yw Terk, Och duce F. 1 New, Widow of EJ Nye, anl tep scent vas } tC and Theaine antood kere LER ON GEORGE TICKET. >. 'The Big Qundinngnlnr Fight For Control of; Greatur Now York Develops Uniquo and Interesting qugfireu+mncy \Ah. tucks Low,/ond Ylfo Veran.; & XNew York, Oct, 12-The Herald this forning has the followirig review of the 'mayoralty contest, which is now almost the sole, tople of the metropolis: . Egnsations are not warting\as the of the Greater Naw York. waxes warm. What is to be thought when 'Charles W. Dayton, former postmaster and the most popular Democrat in 'all New York today, is seriously considering ac- on the ticket of the Democracy of Thomas Jefferson for the purpose of putting an end 'to bossiem in the 'Dem- ceratic party? ~What is to be said when General Bon- jamin -F. Tracy, @t a. political meeting in Brooklyn, deliberately charges that his old friend Seth Low, whom he made mayor of Brooklyn in 1881 by withdraw» Ing from.the contest, is {directly and personally responsible for he defeat of James G, Blaine? What is to be said when. Seth Low comes out of his shell In his private res- idence and assumes charge of his cam- ker is willing to bet $104,000 on Van Wyelk's election, but only offers it at such odds that It has no takers? When Henry George continues to hold the center of the'stige, despite the quarrels of his followers and the evietion of the Democratic Alliance for nonpayment of rent? When everywhere among con- servative citizens there is a strong un- dertow. for Low, yet everybody goss about predicting Tammany's ultimate victory? These are some of the things which go to keep the situation up to the high pitched key of all absorbing Interest. Dayton May Overthrow Croker. The big news of the day was the news about «Mr. Dayton. Afr. Dayton will probably make his decision known to- day. He seems to be perfectly aware of the fact that if he does.mecept this nomination® It will result in the over- throw of Tommany Hall He is also aware of the fact that so Jong as Rich» CHARLES W. DAYTON. ard Croker dominates the\ Democratlo party of the Greater New York he can never hope for any political advance In It, The dicetiox Is shaking In Mr. Day- ton'a hand: just before the throw. . 1t was learned at midnight that Colo« nel George E. Waring, Jr., had decided not to accept the nomination for comp« troller. It was known to The Herald Sunday afterncon that he would not.ac« cept and that he was only delaying the answer to give Mr. Dayton time to make up his mind. The candidacy of Henry George; therefore, Is still the most Interesting point In the political whith 'The chief concern of Afr. George's real friends !s that he may become worn out with tha constant wrangling of knaves and fools who are striving to elevate themselves Into prominence by hanging fo his coat» tails. - A good thing happened to Mr. George last right when the Democratle Allance was disponsessed from Its West Twen- ty-third street headquarters for non- .payment of rent. 'This will do Ar. George's candidacy almost as much good as did his 'cutting loose from the United Democracy a fow days ago. Grant Is Yan Wek Manager, Judge Van Wyck's campaign im- proved very materially under the mas- terly work that is being done for him by his campaign manager, Hugh J. Grant, and his alert and resourceful as- alstants. ° * It came out during the day that the Democrats are making great efforts to Induce Justice Willliam J, Onynor to in- dorse Van Wyck. It also transpired that Randolph Guggenhelmer, candi- date for president of the council, who declared in July, 1894, that he would vote for McKinley, did.not vote at all. [ He did not even register. General Tracy's meeting In the Brook Iyn Academy of Music last night was a very large one, but Low's name was en- thuslastically applauded. When the Re- publican candidate accused Mr. Low of tausxing the defeat of Blaine the audi~ ence rose to Its feet and gave Tracy mmcheg; . , As for betting, there is no betting. The odds are still 10 to 7 on Van Wyek, but nobody wants to bet and mobody wants to chinge the odds. Rewarded by tha Regent. Lendem Oct 1%-A \dispatch from [Madrid says: \Commissioned secretly 'by the queen regent, Father Colonna, a well known Jesult, has recently visited | Barcetora. and gifis to the ented at McatJeich fortress in recent o . KHII ty Explosion of Fiphon: - New Yack, Oct, Bowles, 7 years #: received: by the exploren a when of vicky heck and severed the thyroid groat struggle for the political control | cepting. the nomination-for-comptrotler |__ pam: in persont- whiter Richard-Gfo-| -_ \\=/f 3, dled In Street hos- {ta | earthage pubes | been nominated as the candidate. McPherson, formerly United States sen- ator, died at Taylor's hotel In this clty late last night, So ogee dt Mr. McPherson had been staying at the hotel for over a montK. He had not been well forsome time, being slek witt intestinal trouble, . On Tuesday last he was obliged to take to his bed} His condition wis not alarming until toward the last. Last night heart Xany Lose Thel? Outfits and Aro In Diro Straits-Zho Stommer. City of Topska Brings Down Storje) of Distress at Daw» son City-Many May Starve. Seattlé, Wash., Oct, 12.-Advices- from ,Bkagguay under date of Oct. 8.state: Reports of disasters on the likes ave coniing thick and fam. Of those actu- ally verified, one is the disaster to what is known as the Kelly predltlonhcon- cerning which brief reports have al- ready been sent out. Kelly started on | the evening of Sept. 20 to cross Shallow lake, which is near the summit, with his\ two companions, Adams-and Con- rad of Seattle They were In a canvas Edward Bedloe consul at. Canton; China. WC ' Sixty villages near Tung Chou, China, were destroyed by floods, and from 15+ $00 to 20,000 persons are reported to have perishek‘ ' . The court of appeals of New. York state has declded ngainst Riley Gran- nan in his sult against the Westchester Racing association, whose board of stewards ruled him off the track. The libel sult for $250,000 damages brought by the Rev. Dr. Daniel C. Pot- ter against John D. Rockefeller was dismissed by Justice Glidersiceve, Dr. Potter not being able to proceed with his case, He claims that his attorney | abandoned him. Thursday, Oct. 7. Absolutely Puro \bort and- mea- the- end-of-the-lake-the- boat capsized. Kelly, who ls a big, strong fellow, managed to swim through the ley wa- ter to the bank. His two companions perished,' On the same lake Mr. Cope, who once ran for mayor of Vancouver, B. C., was lost about three weeks ago, and some efforts were made to recover his body, but they proved unavailing. The Costello party of three from, Seat- tle have just arrived here, having lost their good: on Lake|Bennett. They took two passengers, theatrical men, on the way to Dawson. The bottom of the boat fell out near the foot of the lake, Seven young women were burned to | death at a state Institution in North Dakota. < Sit John Gilbert, president of the British Royal Society of Painters in Water Colors, died in England. , The sum of £100,000 in gold was with- drawn from the Bank of England for shipment to the United States, A disastrous fire raged in the stock- yards district of Chicago, many horses being burned to death and one man losing his life. The Detrolt Opera House and several business bulldings In the heart of the |, Roya uxaha eownen co., new vor a- WASHINGTON LETTER. The Fumigation of Old Bills-Procam tions Against Contagion-Camphor | Trees In This Country. ° - [Special Correspondence.] -Bpealcing about the fumigation of old bills which arrive at the treasury de- JOHN R. MPHERSON. trouble set in as a complication, and the former senator's wife and daugh- ter, who had gone to Washington some days ago, were telegraphed for. Mr. McPherson sank rapidly, and death re- sulted .from heart disease. Ex-Senator McPherson was born at York, Livingston county, N. Y., on May 9, 1833. He was for a time engaged in farming and stock raising. 'He becaine a resident of Jersey City In 1958., There he entered: largely Into the livestock trade, and very soon became one of the most prominent dealers. He Invented, perfected and put in practice new and hithertp unknown devices and princl- ples in the treatment of animal matter, He designed and put in operstion in this country the great abattoir system in use In France, Improving that gys- tem in many material ways. lle Mr, MéPherson was a member of the board of Aldermen of Jersey Clty from 1864 to 1870, and for more than three years of that time he was president of the board. He established in that city the People's Gaslight company and was elected Its president. He was'also pres- ident of several savings banks. In 1871 he was elected to the New Jersey sen- ate and served for three years. In 1876 he was a presidential elector, when the state went for Tilden by a large ma- jority. In 1877 he was elected a-United States senator to succeed Hon. F. P. Frelinghuysen. He was elected to a second term as United States senator '| by the legislature toa third term by the legisinture of 1889. , His term os United States senator expired March 3, 1895, and he was succeeded by William J. Sewall, a Republican, The Tari Not Ietromctive, New York, Oct. 9.-Unless the courts reverse the board of general appralsers, importers whose goods were entered at the-cusfom house on Saturday, July #, the signing of the tariff act. will be able to collect from the government the extra dutles, amounting to per- haps $200,000, they were compelled to pay as -an result of the government's claim that the tariff was retroactive and that It took effect at the earliest possible moment of the day on which It was signed. The board has sustained the protests of the importers against the position taken by the government rellquidate the entries accordingly, Joy Torn by a Dear. pe New York, Oct. 12.-Charles Reber, 10 years old, of 12% Second avenue had a narrow escape from being killed by a grizzly bear at Central park x00. The boy thrust his right arm through the bars of the cage and offered one of tha grizzly bears an apple. The brute elzed the arm with teeth ond claws, man- gling it terribly and trying to drag his victim Into the cage. Two detectives of the Central park police ran to the rescue. One pounded the bear with his club while the other drew Reber out of danger. Hank OMclal Indicted. Lynchburg, Va., Oct. 1%-The grand jury reported three Indictments against Thomas F. Stearnes, who was cashler of the defunct Traders' bank here, on a charge of making false returns to the state auditor, James Hancock, presi- dent; B. E. Hughes, vice president; W, ,P. Roberts, & director, and T. E. Con- fell, ncting cashler, were also indicted fot receiving deposits knowing the bank to be insolvent. Serlous Railroad Wreck, Cedar Falls, Ia., Oct. 12-A trolley car londed with passengers on the Wa- terico and Cedar Falls Rapld Transit line precipitated over a 30 foot em= bankment three miles from this city, A traveling silqsman named Myers was killed outright, and ten others were sa- Hiously hurt Sixteen people were in the car at the time. and all were more or less Injured. l_. * . To Levestigate Chargen Tivoll, N. Y., Oct. 12.-The authoritfea of this place Intend, It is said, Invest- gating fully'the charges of cruelty Jald agiinst the xuthorifles of the De Feys« ter Orphan Asylum, where two little were confined for gight hours In a pigpen. Other stories of hard Punish» rents are now told. One of these is that a girl was locked nude in a cold room. Mnmtmab-mfi- Halifax, Oct. 12 -Wilis A. Trask, the togitive teller of the First Nationat bank of Wallingford, Comn, has been. arrested here. _ Traik's are said td amount to $50,000. Here Bevel Sominated. |. and Instructed colléctors of customs-to [- and the five men- reached strorg-with difficulty. ' Two ycung men from Philadelphis, whose names cannot be ascertained, were also swamped on Lake Bennett and lost all their goods. There avs about 30 tents at the Lake Bennett camp at this writing, Some of the Klondikers wi.l push on as far as they can and again make camp, but the majority will winter there. 'None of them now hope to reach the Yukon riv- er until it Is frozen up. The sawmill has stopped, and boat building is there- fore at an end until spring. > At Lake Lindeman there are} about 25 camps, and the building of log cablha is being pushed repidly forward, At Sheep Camp, the lost station before crossing to Dyes Summit, and at the Seales, a fow miles from here, nearly 100 persons will winter in order to be the first in. There are few crossing either over the Dyea or the Skagguay trail, and these state that already the snow- storms are terrific on the summit. Short of Food at Dawson. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 12 -The City of Topeka has arrived from Alasica, bring- ing Captain Hackett and crew of the schooner Annie C. Moore, which was burned in the Lynn canal. She left here for Skagguny with a load of hay and feed, but both schooner and cargo were destroyed. 'The Topekn brought down 25 Cooks Inlet miners.. Harry Roumain, who also came down on the Clty of Topeka, having Just come from Dawson City, says there is not food. there for one-third of the population. There is no hope of rellef éoming up the river, as the water is 'very low. Ho says there is no-chance of taking relief over the Daiton trail. The only way to get there in winter is on snow by the Dyen trali and down the river on the Ice. One hundred and three head of caftle got in over the Dalton trail, but other cattle on the trail will mever reach Dawson, the trail being covered with snow,. Roumain met a number of boats with men who got over the Skagguay and Dyer trails, but they 'had light outfits, which secounts for thelr success. nL Constable Bevan of the provincial po- lice, wilting from Lake Bennett, says a number of Americans had threatened to resist collection of duty. . 'The Fennay's Grest Record. Indianapolis, Oct. 6 -The Pennaylys- nia broke its record between Loulsvilla and Indianapolis yesterday afternbon. 'The train left Loufsville at 2 p. m. and reached this city at 4:08 p. m., a dis- tance of 106 miles, in 101 minutes. Five full stops and two slowdowns were Tiade. 'The train was-a-special, carry» Iig Loulsville commercial bodies. Kaiser WilheIm's New Record. Plymouth, - England, Oot. 7. -The Kalser Wilhelm der Grosse of the North German Lloyd line has established a new world's ocean record. Cleating Sandy Hook lightship, New York, at §:92 last Thursday evening, the big ship made the run to this port in 5 days 15 hours and 13 minutes, the fastest on record. Mexican War Veteran Dead. Haratoga, Oct. 12 -Captain Peter Ho- gan, aged 70, h veteran of the Mexican war, is dead at Ballston Spa. He was a 'prominent civil engineer and was {den- {fled with many public works, He was at one time a candidate on the Demo- cratie ticket for state engineer and sur- veyor. 'Emothered by Gas, Brooklyn, Oct. 12-Joseph Muller, a wealthy property owner and provision merchant at 618 Grand street, was found asphyxiated by was In a room in the rear of his store. Damage by Forest Fires Gouverneur, N. Y., Oct 12-Fierce forest fires prevail in two localtties near heres 'The wind Is very high, and con- siderable damage Is threatened. * General Markets, Xxw York. Oct. IL -FLOUR-State and western qulet and Tower to sellr city mills pate ents, $5.5526.10; winter patents, $5.100525; city mail clears, $5005.05; winter straights, $1601. 41% - WHEAT-No, ® redopened lower n rain news, but rallied on stronger cables iand bay» ng for a reaction; December, $1 11-364553-Mo.: May, SiHaNe. . BYE-Daoli; No * watem, Glc, c L L. Buffalo. CORN-Xo. F opened lower on rains, bot ral. Ted late with wheats Decesaber, Telic. OATS-Xo 2 ruled largely stesdy; track, white, state, Sables track, white, wert mmi—Say’ 3 new mess, $2504105 family, LARD-Qzist: prime wertirasteain £164. BUTTER-Qulet; state datky, CHERSE-Eexrs lavge, white, Barong email, | state wal PercayIvaniiy He: western, 94 res refeed «rise 1nd Thiess CBr ALLOW chin falt | ease. qolers ‘ dew Staten . if Yo fee s s amm Kips toric, hign fT clty destroved-by_fire,.the loss_he. Ing estimated at $600,000. , 'The forest fires in the neighborhood of Ottawa have almost annihilated the villages of Casselman, South Indian and Cheney, At South Indian four bodies have been recovered. * Friduy, Oct. 8. Two deaths from yellow fever and 31 new cases of the disease were reported in New Orleans. ‘ Two thousand men at Newport, 'Ky., threatened to lynch 11 men arrested for | assaulting a bride. The loss by the Detroit opera house fire was $600,000 or $100,000, Five large buildings and two smaller ones in all were consumed. Patrick Conway killed his brother James near Plattsburg, N. Y., as a re- sult of an altercation with their moth- er, in which James took her part. The national council of Switzerland has adopted a bill providing for the ac- quisition of the five principal railroads in Switzerland at a cost of about $200,- 000,000. - Emmet C. Gibson, a noted promoter of booming schemes, was arrested in New York on the charge of passing a worthless check on the Imperial hotel. It is said that he has operated in many citles, and that he has obtained more than $400,000 by' questlonable means. Enturday, Oct. 0. More than $4,000,000 in gold was ship- ped from Europe for this country. 'The death of El Conselhelro, leader of the Brazilian Insurgent fapatics, is re- parted. - . The Nicaraguan governmenthas with- drawn its objections to the appointment of Captain William Merry as minister to that country. 8. G. Thomson of Princeton won the champlonship In the intercollegiate ten- nis tournament at New Hayen by de- fenting J. D. Forbes of Harvard in the Anals. . . Twelve breweries In the anthracite coal region have been united In the Cen- tral Pennsylvania Brewing company, with a capital of $10,000,000, the object being to stop competition, Governor Black announced the ap- pointment of Jesse Johnson of Brooklyn as a justice of the supreme court for the Second judicial district (Kings county), to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Osborne, Monday, Oct. 11. A serlous Mre that cost threo lives oc« curred In the Broken Hill mine in Aus- | traila. c Mary Miller, a Now York girl, killed hereclf with 'polson because her step» mother reproved her. +/ Mrs. Busan A. Corbin of Brooklyn was run Into by an unknown wheelman at Springficld, N. Y,, and probably fatally injured. The centennial anniversary of the founding of the grand chapter of the Royal Arch Masons in the United States will be celebrated in Baltimore this week. i A big demonstration took place In Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin, at the grave of Charles Stewart Parnell, the day being the sixth anniversary of his death. ' The bursting of a water main at Madison | avenue | and | Forty-eighth street, New York, flooded cellars and basements in the neighborhood and caused great damage. New York detectives arrested two thieves who robbed the bouse in Or- ange, N. J., of Francis H. Scott, presi- dent of the Century company, and re- covered a lot of stolen goods. Superintendent E. °F. Geo of the orphan home for girls at Tivoli, N. Y., admits the truth of the charge that three little girls were confined in a-pig- pen for 12 hours to cure them of lazt- ness. Tuesday, Oct. 13. Captain General Blanco announced that he would proceed with great ener- gy agaliist the Insurgents In Cuba. The Baltimore Baseball son their fourth successive gate from the Boston: chil- and will retain the Temple cup another year. # President McKinley In Washington. totiched a telegraph key and started the machinery at the New Bedford Semil- centennial Industrial exposition, Tt was stated In New York that Mrs, Nack has offered to confess to Guilden woppe's murder provided she is allowed to plead to manslaughter in the'first de- gree. The Sprague Electile company Wa¥ Incorporated In New Jersey, with a cap- Ital of $00,000 J. Morgan and John W, Mackay are sald to be In- tergated In the Corporation, which will C reales nr . “dz-“men“ from-tho Now. Orleans treasory, Assistant Treasurer Moline said to me recently that this was abso- , lutely necessary for the protection of the clerks who handle this old cntrency. - ''Theso clerks,\ said Major Meline, \nro© constantly exposed to danger in their handling and counting of old cur- rency. Sometimes the smell of these ald bills is nauseating. I don't remember, however, a caso where any clerk has ever been attucked by a disease from tho handling of this money. 'This may be due to the fact that every precaution is taken. Whenever money has come hero from points infected by contagious diseases it has always beon fumigated. The clerks frequently wash their hands with disinfecting somps and. take other precautions. I consider that they have been remarkably fortunate.\ __ Found Upon the Dead. There have been cases nt the treasury of money sent in for redemption in a terrible state. In sovoral instances this money bas been taken from the bodies of people found mysteriously murdered. The bodies lay for weeks or months without discovery until the clothing which contained the money would bo alive with putrid matter, Money thus discovered is not. handled by the author- ities, but ruched to the treasury for re- demption. | It is sometimes in such con- dition that the odor is almost unbeara« ble. 'This is only ono of many instanges of a similar nature. Dogs and goats: which swallow money nre offer Idilled,- dissected and the remnants of the money seut to the treasury for redemption. The department of agricultiro has issued m very readable pamphlet con- cerning the camphor tree and its culti- vation for profit in the United States The treo is n broad leaved evergreen-and is related to the red. bay and to the sns- safras of this country. In bat- itat, eastern Asia, Formosa and south;. ern Jupon, it oftains a height of from 60 to 100 feet and has a trunk 20 to- 40 inches in diameter, ' c Its Rango Under Cultivation. .~ Notwithstanding the comparatively« narrow limits of its natural environ- ment, the camphor tree grows well in cultivation under widely differ out conditions It has becomo-abun--- dantly naturalized in Madagascan | It flourishes at Buenos Ayres. 'It thrives in Egypt, in the Canary islands, in southeastern Franco and in the Ban Joaquin valley in California, where the summers are hot and dry. Largo trees, atleast 200 years old, aro growing in: the temple courts at Tokyo, where thoy are subject to a winter of $0 to 80 nights of frost, with an occasional mint. mum temperature as low ns 12 to 10 degrees F. 'The most northern Iconlities In tho United States where thocampher treo bas been grown successfally-out of doors aro Charleston and Summerville, in South Carolina, Augusts, Ga., nud Oakland,. Cal. At Charleston, Summerville and Aw gusta the trees have withstood a minis mum temperture of 15 degrees F., but they have been protected. by surround» ing trees and buildings. At Mobilo the trees have grown and frt protect ed situations, while fn exposed placdés they have been repeatedly destroyed by frosts. 'While the camphor treo will grow on almost any sail that is not.too web, it does best on a well drained, sandy or loamy soil, aid-1t resp and If responds re- ... marknbly well to the application of fer- tilizers lis growth is comparatively slow on sterile soils, but under favorable conditions it sometimes grows Terp . rapidly. An dnstarice da recorded of 'm camphor tree in Italy a foot in diameter afd 90 feet high, 8 years from the seed. Under ordinary conditions, however, such a girth is not offen attained in: less than 25 years, and. soch a height is rarely attained in s century, A tree. planted at New Orleats in 1883 {snow ~ 40 feet in height. & Dres of the Tree and Its Products. Wag?!) carsphor ol. Cam- ploe gom It employed in medicine\ It enters Info the compost ‘ticncimiryfi;fic£ Entments for eas ma
