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VOLUME II. WHITESVILLE, N. Y., JUNE 11, 1896. NUMBER 11, General News Summary. Interesting Home and Foreign News. CONGRESS. T he conference report on tlie Indian appro priation bill was discussed for a couple of bours in tlie senate on tlie 1st, but again went over without action. The conference report on tb.e fortifications bill was agreed to. Tbe bill to prohibit the further issuance of interest- bearing bonds without the consent of conj bill was advocated by Mr. Brown, of Utah. The bill went over with- was taken up. An argument was made against it by Mr. Cullom. The bill was advocated by Jrown, of Utah. The bill went ovei out action and the senate adjourned __ The house disposed of the contested election case of Johnson vs. Stokes, from the Seventh dis trict of South Carolina. By a vote of 130 to 125 it was decided that no legal election for repre sentative in this congress had been held in the district and the seat was declared vacant. The bill authorizing the appointment of a labor committee of 20 members to investigate the relations of labor and to report to congress de sirable legislation in relation thereto was passed. A LONG session of the senate on the 2d was wound up by the passage of the bill to prohibit the issuance of interest-bearing bonds without the consent Of congress. All amendments, with jority—32 to 25. During the the bill speeches were made by Senators Mor rill, Burrows, Allison, Palmer and Chandler against the measure and by Messrs. Brown, Teller and Cannon in its favor __ In the house the river and harbor appropriation bill was passed over the president’s veto by a vote of 220 yeas to 60 nays. The remainder of the ses sion was taken up with the contested election case of Mitchell vs. Walsh, from the Eighth New York district. The report of the majority of elections committee No. 2, recommending the seating of Mitchell (rep.) in place of Walsh (dem.) was agreed to—yeas 162, nays 49. By this action the democratic strength in the house was reduced to 97 and the republicans increased to 249. T h e senate on the 3d passed, by a vote of 56 to 5, the river and harbor bill over the presi dent’s veto. The five negative votes came from democratic senators; namely, Messrs. Bate, Chilton, Hill, Smith and Vilas. The debate preceding the vote occupied four hours. The conference report (partial) on the naval ap propriation bill was presented and went over. __ The contested election case of Murray vs. E llio tt, from the Charleston, S. C., district, was the principal matter of business before the house. The m a jority report of the committee in charge of the case recommended the seating of th e contestant and was discussed u ntil ad- port on the naval appropriation bill was dis posed Of after a short discussion. The motion to recede from the senate amendment reducing the number of new battle ships from four to two was defeated. The conference report was then agreed to and a further conference or dered. The filled cheese bill was discussed. All the amendments offered to it were voted down and the bill was passed. The conference report (final) on the general deficiency bill was agreed to — In the house the contested elec tion case of Murray (colored republican) against Elliott (dem.) from the Fifth district Of South Carolina, was decided. By a vote of 153 to 83 M urray was declared entitled to the seat lliott The lerees on the general deficiency billill's was pre- :er Reed. The fin; lal report of t leficiency b occupied by Elliott and he was sworn in by leakej “ sented and agn M ost of the time of the senate on the 5th was taken up in discussing, behind closed doOrs, a resolution offered by Mr. Morgan re quiring the president to communicate to the senate all facts and proceedings relative to the trial by court-martial, sentence and imprison ment of citizens of the United States onboard the American vessel Competitor in Cuban wa- dar __ In the house the contested election case of Martin (pop.) vs. Lockhart (dem.), from the rating : maining. Speaker pro tem. Payne counted a quorum and Martin was declared elected and sworn in. The case of Einaker vs. Downing, from the Sixteenth Illinois district, was then taken up. Downing was declared not entitled to the seat and Kinaker was sworn in. ters. The resolution finally went to the calen- DOMESTiC. A ccording to the estimate of the p u b lishers of th e city d ir e c tory for 1896, th e p r e s e n t population of Chicag’o is 1,750,000. T he steady enlarg-ement of oats acre age, which has been a marked feature of American agriculture in recent y e a rs, continues. T h e area th is y e a r exceeds t h a t of l a s t y e a r by a b o u t 300,- 000 acres. T he second Mohonk conference on in t e r n a t io n a l a r b i tr a ti o n is in session a t M o h o n k Lake, K Y. E x -Senator Edm u n d s, of Vermont^ is chairm a n . V estibule lim ited t r a i n No. 3, of th e Chesapeake, Ohio & S o u thw e s tern r a i l road, collided w ith a fre i g h t tra i n a t W ingo, Ky., on th e 4th, w r e c k ing b o th engines and k illing F irem a n E d D ean an d R o b e r t Packer, a tram p . \ T he stockholders of the W e sting- house E lectric and M a n u f a c turing Co. h e ld a m e e ting on th e 4th a t E a s t P i t t s burg, an d affirm a tively voted on th e proposition to increase t h e stock from §10,000,000 to §15,000,000. E ight diamonds ranging in w e ig h t from to k a r a t s , w e re found in A llegheny, P a ., I’eeently by Jo h n D u n n , a stonemason. D u n n was te a r in g av/ay th e fo\indation of a house that occupied the corner of East and F i r s t stre e t for 30 y e a rs, and found th e sp a r k le r s w r a p p e d in a piece of c h a mois skin, several feet b e n e a th th e surface. Theii' value is §2,500. B usiness failu res in th e U n ited S tates f o r th e w e e k ended Ju n e 5 n u m bered 234, ag a in s t 195 for th e corre sponding w e e k of la s t year, an d in C anada 29, ag a in s t 25 for th e sam e tim e in 1895. T he grand jury investigation of the Deposit bank of Midway, Ky., scandal, has resulted in eight indictments being brought against ex-Cashier William Shipp an d ex-B o o k k e eper Charles Stone, c h a rg in g larcen y ,em b ezzlem e n t, sw e a r ing to false s tatem e n ts and m a k in g false entries. T he A m e rican line steam e r St. P a u l passed th e S a n d y H o o k lig h tsh ip a t 2:05 p. m. on th e 5th. This com p leted h e r trip from Southam p ton, m a k ing h e r tim e 6 d ays, 5 h o u r s an d 28 m in utes, a g a in s t th e record held by th e N ew Y o rk of 6 days, 7 hours and 14 m inutes. T he assig n m e n t of th e Schoolfield- H a n a n e r G rocery Co. w a s m a d e a t M emphis, T e n n ., on t h e 2d. T h e nom i n a l assets are §100,000 a n d th e liab ili ties w ill r e a c h th e sam e am o u n t. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. S enator A llison h a s chosen J. N. B aldw in, of Council B lufis, la ., to p r e sen t his nam e to th e St. Louis conven tion and this is said by politicians to rem o v e all dou b t of th e Iow a m a n r e m a inin g in th e field. T h e convention of th e B rotherhood of Locom o tive E n g ineers, in session a t O ttaw a , Ont., h a s re-elected P. M. A r th u r , of Cleveland, 0., a s chief. T h e p resid e n t h a s nom inated W il liam Churchill, of N e w Y o rk, to he consul g e n e ral a t Apia, Sam o a. Mr. C h u rchill is editor of th e B rooklyn Times. T he N o r th D a k o ta dem o c ratic sta t e convention h e ld a t Jam e s tow n on th e 4th elected six d e legates to th e Chica go convention in s tr u c ted to vote for' a plank for the free coinage of both sil ver an d gold a t 16 to L M aine populists, in convention a t A u b u r n on th e 4th, nom in a ted Prof. L u th e r C. B a tem a n , of A u b u rn, for governor. H e has tw ice before been th e nom inee of th e p a r t y fo r g o v e rnor. G eorge B. E astin , ex-judge of th e K e n tucky co u r t of a p p e a ls , died on th e 4th in Rome, I ta ly , aged 53 y e a rs. H e w a s ab o u t to g r a d u a t e from K e n y o n college, Ohio, a t th e b r e a k in g o u t of th e w a r an d l e f t a t once to join th e Confederacy u n d e r M o rgan. S tephen B..G rummond , jr ., general m a n a g e r of G rum m o n d ’s M ackinac line, f e ll u n d e r and w a s killed by an electric car a t D e troit, M ich., on th e n i g h t o f t h e 5th. FOREIGN. T h e great Derby race at Epsom, En gland, was run on the 3d and was won hy th e P rin c e of W a les’ horse P e rsim mon, Leopold De R o thschild’s St. Frusquin being a close second. The stake was £6,000. It has been 108 y e a rs since a horse ow n e d by a P r in c e of Wales has won the Derby. A DISEASE w h ich is believed to be th e plague has become p r e v a len t in a reg im e n t of cavalry statio n e d a t Caza Oghnas, A sa M inor. A nother m a ssacre of 40 sick an d w o u n d e d Cubans is s a id to have ta k e n place in a bu ild in g n e a r San Cristobal, Cuba. T h e b u tch e r y occurred th e n e x t day a f t e r th e S p a n iards h a d been de feated in a s h a rp fig h U '^ th in s u r g e n ts near that place. , \ I t is rep o r ted t h a t th e n a tives have ro u ted th e F r e n c h expedition t h a t re cently le f t Salaga en ro u te for th e N iger. T h ree E u ropeans and m a n y n a tiv e A fricans belonging to th e ex pedition are said to have been killed by poisoned arrow s . T he black plague is r e p o r ted as r a p idly spreading in th e o r ien t hy passen gers w h o arrived on th e 5th a t San Francisco in th e steam e r P e ru , from China an d Jap a n . LATER. P ostmaster G eneral W ilson has issued an order to postm a sters which w ill prevent m oney lending companies doing business w ith railw a y postal clerks, letter carriers and others who borrow of these companies and give a note on their pay on the postm aster for such portion of their m o n thly sal aries as they borrow. Ex-Gov. J osiaii W. B egole died a t his hom e in F lint, M ich., on th e 6th. H e w a s elected governor of M ichigan on a fusion tic k e t in 1882. l a w y e r J o h n L. W h i t e , th e form er president of th e W h ite locomotive works, of Buffalo, N. Y., who was ar rested on a charge of forgery p r e ferred by H e n r y M cKenzie, president of th e corporation, was fully exoner ated and discharged from custody hy M a g istrate F lam m e r a t N ew Y o rk City on th e 6th. T he expedition of M. A n d ree, w h o proposes to reach th e N o rth Pole hy m e a n s of a balloon, h a s sailed from G o thenburg for S p itzbergen, from w h ich place th e expedition w ill pro ceed in th e balloon. T he m o s t d e s tru c tive fire in N ew B ritain, Conn., in y e a rs broke o u t in' B o o th’s block on th e 6th. In tw o h o u rs it c o m p letely g u tt e d th e w h o le block and destroyed p ro p e rty valued a t §80,- 000 . T he A n c h o r Line a n d W e s tern T r a n s p o rtatio n Co. s u ffered a §50,000 fire a t Erie, Pa., on th e 6th. M ik e and D ennis D esm o n d and E u gene an d D a n n y Cum m ings w e re drow n e d a t L e a v e n w o rth, K a n ., on th e 7th. In th e aftern o o n a cloudburst came upon th e eity. U p o n th e ap proach of th e r a in six sm a ll boys, th e four nam e d an d tw o others, r u s h e d to a c u lvert f o r shelter. T h e fiood cam e and f o u r of them w e re carried off by th e ru s h of w a ter. W hile Cyrus M oser an d A lex K idd w ere a t w o rk on top of a 30-foot scaf fold a t Lipp & S u tto n ’s silk m ill a t B e thlehem , Pa., on th e 6th th e scaf fold co llapsed an d th e m e n w e re p r e cip itated to th e cellar below. M oser w as in s ta n tly killed, his neck being broken. A lm o st every bone in K idd’s body w as broken and he died in a few hours. T he senate on the 6th ordered another con ference on the sundry civil and naval appro priation hiUs. The conference report on the Indian appropriation hill was agreed to....T h e greater part of the day in the house was de voted to the president's veto of the general de ficiency appropriation bUL It was debated for several hours and finally sustained hy a vote of 170 to 39. 3VIr. Cannon then presented a revised bill, omitting the French spoliation and Bovr- man act war claims and several individual fiaims and the hiU was passed—172 to 43. AUSTIN CORBIN DEAD. Famous B a il w ay M agnate and His Coach m an K illed in a Runaway A c c id e n t- Two Other Men Badly Hurt. N ewport , N. H., Ju n e 5. —A u stin Corbin, th e railw a y m a g n a te, an d his nephew , Corbin E d g e w e ll, w ith Dr. JPaul K u n s ier and Coachm an Jo h n Stokes s ta r t e d on a fishing t r i p T h u r s day afternoon. On going o u t of th e yard at the farm house the horses shied, tip p in g over th e open carriage, thro w in g th e occupants dow n an em bankment against a stone wall. The fam ily saw th e accident and hurried out. T h e y found Mr. Corbin con scious, b u t te r r ib ly wounded. His n e p h e w an d th e doctor w e r e also con scious. T h e c o a c h m a n w as u n conscious. T h e y w e re all carried to t h e house and doctors sum m o n ed. Dr. K u n s ier s u s tained a broken a rm an d sprained ank le so fa r as know n . Corbin E d g e ll h a d his leg tw ice bro ken. Jo h n S tokes’ r i g h t leg w a s bro ken betw e e n th e k n e e a n d an k le a n d h e sustained a fractu r e d skull. He died from his injuries. T h e cause of th e horses’ s h y ing is s a id to he from th e fact t h a t th e coachm a n w a s driving th e m for th e f irst tim e w ith o u t blink ers. Mr. Corbin died a t 9;43 l a s t even ing, sh o r tly a f t e r th e a r r iv a l of a doc to r from Boston. Austin Corbin was born in Newport, N. H., July 11,1827. His father was a farmer who was many times elected to the legislature of New schooling he taught a counl Hampshire. After receiving a moderate amount of schooling he taught a countr: school. He afterward studied law and flnishe< the course at the Harvard law school. He practiced a while at home, but in 1851 removed to Davenport, la., where he remained until 1865. Though successful as a lawyer, Mr. Cor bin did not practice long. He became a partner in 1854 of th< which was Davenport which did not suspend payment in 3 financii' ‘ ------ •• Corb: h began business under the national cur- the financial panic of 1857. Corbin organized the F irstrst nationalatioi bank. whicl ncy act of ] id Mr. Corbin 1863. Th( was eni n the nati( 'he bank was abled in 1863 successful to come to New York with a considerable fortune. Here he founded the Corbin Banking Co., s quired interest after inte one of the leading financii until he became ling financiers and railway men of the community. Mr. Corbin had a beautiful home on Long island and another in New HampsMre, besides bis town bouses. His 1 Hampshire property consisted of 35,000 a( around Newport, all mountains and valley. The last property is the greatest and best stocked game preserve on the continent. ADVANCE GUARD ARRIVES. Republican Politicians Come to St. Louis— Preparations for the Convention — Big Demand for Tickets. S t . L ouis , Ju n e 5.—T h e tw o busiest m e n in St. Louis y e s terd a y w e re Ser- geant-at-A rm s B y rnes, of th e r e p u b lic an n a tio n a l covention, and S e rgeant- at-A rm s Swords, of tb e n a tio n a l com m ittee. Col. Swords h a s com p leted every d e tail for tb e accom m o d a tion of tb e n a tio n a l com m itteem e n , w b o w ill arrive h e re M o n day next. On the Wednesday follow ing th e ir first for m a l m e e ting w ill be beld, w b e n tbe ro ll of delegates w ill be m a d e up. This roll w ill n o t include contestants, as th a t m a tte r w ill r e s t w ith th e creden tials com m ittee. Gen. C larkson w ill probably he th e only absentee, owing to illness. Mr. B y rnes visited th e office of the tick e t p r in t e r s and found th a t the tick e ts w e re n e a rly com p lete and w o u ld be delivered to bim Saturday. T h e dem a n d for tick e ts is th e greatest ever know n and th e t a s t of allotm e n t before Mr. B y rnes and th e national com m ittee is a difficult one. The press com m ittee of th e r e p u b lican com m ittee w a s in conference in th e afternoon w ith Sergeant-at-A rm s B y rnes and com p leted arran g e m e n ts for th e allo t m e n t of th e press s e a ts a t th e conven tion auditorium . A rrangem e n ts have been made for issuing at once to all papers which make application, notifi cations of tbe number of seats allotted them, and explaining how tickets can be obtained on arriv in g in St. Louis. P e r r y H e a th, of Cincinnati, th e ad vance rep r e s e n tativ e of Gov. M cKin ley, h a s already opened h e a d q u a rters a t tb e Southern. He w ill be joined in a few days by Gen. Grosvenor. M ark H a n n a , w b o is m a n a g e r-in-ebief of the Ohio m a n ’s cam p a ign, w ill arrive M onday. __________________ UNCLE SAM’S AID. Hawailans May Ask It to Prevent British Aggressions. S an F rancisco , Ju n e 5.—Advices from H o n o lulu state th a t P resident Dole h a s received a perem p tory de m a n d from E n g land to allow Volney O. A shford to lan d on H a w a iian te r r i tory. A shford and his b r o th e r Clar ence took an active p a r t in th e revo lu tio n of 1895 a n d w e re exiled. “I t is understood,” s a y th e advices, “th a t P r e s id e n t Dole has replied to tbe demand, refusing to allow Ashford to lan d here. In official circles it is be lieved t h a t a B r itish m a n -of-w a r w ill come here and Ashford will he landed w ith o u t resp e c t to th e w ishes of this governm e n t. gThe H a w a iian govern m e n t w ill be firm in th e m a tte r and w ill probably appeal to tb e U n ited S tates for aid.” T b e A shford bro thers are a t p r e s e n t in th i s city, V o lney A sh ford being qu ite ill. Sir \Walter’s Victory. G ravesend R ace T rack , N. Y., June 5.—T b e f irst of tb e blue r ibbon races of th e t u r f season of 1896—^the Brook ly n h a n d icap—w a s w o n by th e Oneck stab le’s gam e horse Sir W a lter, w h o defeated th e favorite, Clifford, by a sh o r t head afte r a desperate finish. N o tw ithstan d ing t h a t Sir W a lter w a s n o t t b e popular f a v o rite an d t h a t m o s t of th e public money was lavished on Clifford a n d St. M axim , th e r e w a s n o t one of tb e 20,000 p e rsons w h o refrain e d from cheering th e w in n his jockey, T a ral, BLACKBURN FOR PRESIDENT. Kentucky Democrats Will Present the Senator’s Name at the Chicago Conven tion—State Convention Declares for Fre« L exington , K y ., Ju n e 4.—W e d n es day w a s a day of triu m p h for S e n a tor B lackburn and th e f r e e s ilver elem e n t of th e B lue G rass dem o cracy. The white metal advocates outnumbered th e ir opponents in th e sta t e conven tion th r e e to one, b u t th e y w e r e n o t disposed to be m a g n a n im o u s and, des pite th e pacific advice o f S e n a tor B lack burn, tb e gold m e n w e re show n scan t courtesy. S tate C h a irm a n Long c a l l e l th e convention to order a t 1:40 p. m. in th e au d ito rium of th e C h a u tauqua as sem b ly building. I t w a s a fu ll con vention, f o r in s te a d of th e r e being 910 delegates th e r e w e re n e a r ly 1,200 w ithin th e enclosure set a p a r t for them , all th e contesting delegations being p r e s e n t in f u ll force. Chairm an L o n g w a s th e first to experience th e ill w ind of th e silverites. In closing his address b e said: “ G rover Cleve land stand s to-day as th e equal in de votion to th e b e s t in t e r e s ts of our gov ernm e n t and fa i th f u l service of any president th a t h a s preceded him and th e country is indebted to th e dem o cratic p a r t y for his election. I doubt no t t h a t tb e convention w ill give him th e ir votes.” This w a s th e signal for a scene. T h e silver delegates hissed, yelled and cre ated such a disturb a n c e t h a t tb e chair m a n could scarcely proceed and w h e n he said t h a t J o h n G. C arlisle s tan d s b e fore th e A m e rican people as one of th e p u r e s t and ab lest statesm e n , th e y drow n e d h is voice by hoo tin g and yelling. N o m inations for tem p o r a r y ch a ir m a n being in order, Jo h n S. R h e a , for the silver m e n , nom inated Hon. C. J. B ronston for te m p o rary chairm a n , and Col. B e n n e tt H. Young (gold) nom i nated Judge Alex P. Humphries. He could scarcely be heard and tbe chair m a n chided th e delegates for th e ir dis courtesy. Bronston won by a big ma jority. The vote, wbiGh showed tbe stre n g t h of silver in th e convention, was: Bronston 691, Humphries 306. Then Senator Blackburn appeared on th e platform. T h e delegates rose as one m a n , w aved th e ir hats, um brellas, handkerchiefs or whatever else th e y h a d h a n d y and cheered for several minutes before they would let him speak. A f ter th e appointm e n t of com m ittees, th e convention took a r e cess until 8 p. m. When the convention reassem b led th e com m ittees w e re n o t read y to rep o r t an d an adjournm e n t w a s ta k e n u n ti l to-day. L exington , K y ., Ju n e 5.—A t th e second day ’s session of th e K e n tucky dem o c ratic s ta t e convention harm o n y seem ed to be th e w a tch w o r d of b o th factions. T h e re h a d been a feeling of uneasiness on th e p a r t of th e gold men, w h o feared t h a t t h e silver crow d w o u ld, in th e intoxication of victory, denounce Cleveland and Carlisle, b u t tb e platform , w h ile declaring for a policy diam e trically opposed to t h a t of th e p r e s e n t adm inistration, h a s no t one w o rd of censure f o r Cleveland and Carlisle. I t declares in em p h a tic term s for th e free coinage of silver a t th e ratio of 16 to 1, and opposes th e issue of bonds in tim e of peace, also th e n a tion a l b a n k ing system . On th e tariff question i t declares th a t th e govern m e n t has no constitutional rig h t to collect tariff duties f o r o th e r th a n rev enue purposes. T h e delegates elected w e re in structed to vote as a unit for Black b u r n f o r president. Senator B lackburn is a t th e head of th e delegation and John S. Rhea, P. Wat Hardin and W. T. Ellis are his running mates. J- P. Taryin, of Covington, andW. B. Smith, of Clark, were chosen electors. Col. W. C. P. B reckinridge w a s called upon to speak and delivered an eloquent a p peal f o r th e gold stan d a r d w h ich \was listened to w ith m a rked atten t io n hy th e silverites and w a s freq u e n tly in te r r u p te d w ith cheers. FOUND AT LAST. Mystery of the Disappearance of an Indiana Girl is Solved—Was Kidnaped by Tramps Employed by Her Father. C rawford sviLLE, Ind., Ju n e 5. —The sudden disappearance of little K ittie M ay h e w , th e 6-year-old child of F r a n k M ayhew and w ife, 11 years ago, has been -cleared up a t last. M any had given h e r up for dead, w h ile th e dis tra c ted m o ther w o rried herself into a confirmed invalid over th e loss of her child. F r a n k M a y h e w w a s a con tra c to r and m a r r ied Alice H a rdee, sister of W. B. H ardee. One daughter, K ittie, w a s born to them . T h e y final ly were divorced, Mayhew going hack to N ew Y o rk. M rs. M ayhew k e p t the child u n d e r a decree of th e court. E leven years ago, how ever, K ittie suddenly disappeared. She h a d started for Sunday-school, b u t never reached h e r destination. No tidings of tb e m issing child w ere h e a rd u n t i l th is w eek, w h e n Mrs. H a rdee received a le t t e r from her. The le t t e r was w r itte n in N e w Y o rk City and s ta t e d t h a t s h e h a d been kid naped w h ile going to Sunday-school b y tw o tram p s , w h o k e p t h e r in a cave until th e excitement of h e r disappear ance h a d subsided. She w a s th e n tu r n e d over to M ayhew , w h o h a d taken her to C alifornia, w h e re th e y rem a ined tw o years. Five y e a rs w e re s p e n t in A u s tr a lia an d th e la s t fo i'r in New York. All a t tem p t to escape or com m u n icate w ith h e r m o ther or friends w a s c u t off, b u t tw o w e e k s ago sbe succeeded in m a k ing h e r escape. A l e t t e r from h e r to t h e chief of po lice here, in q u ir in g fo r relativ e s w as tu r n e d over to h e r uncle, w h o le f t iog N e w Y o rk on t h e f ir s t train . HANCOCK AND MEADE. Statues of Two Great Generals Unveiled on the Field of Gettysburg with Appropriate Ceremonies. G ettysburg , Pa., June 6.—An im mense crowd of veterans of the late war and others gathered on the battle field here yesterday to witness the un veiling of the splendid equestrian statue erected by the state of Pennsyl vania in honor of t h e m e m o ry of Gens. G eorge G. M eade and W infield S. H a n cock, two Pennsylvania soldiers. T h e cerem o n ies began w ith th e u n veiling of th e M eade m e m o rial a t 10:30 a. m. This d u ty w a s perform e d by M a s ter George M eade, a grandson of th e dead hero. As the. d r a p e r y fell from th e b e a u tifu l s tatu e a salu te w a s fired b y lig h t b a t te r y C, U. S. A., w h ich cam e here from tb e W a shington barracks. T h is w a s follow e d by th e dedicatory services, conducted by G eorge G. M eade P o s t No. 1, P e n n s y l vania G. A. R. Gen. Gobin, of L e b a non, on b e h a lf of th e com m ission w h ich supervised th e erection of t h e statu e s , form a lly tra n s f e r r e d th e m e m o rial to Gov. H a s tings, w h o received it on beh a lf of th e state. An oration by Gen. D avid G regg, of R e a d ing, th e fam o u s com m a n d e r of th e Second cav alry division in th e b a t tle of G e ttys burg,. concluded t h e M eade c e rem o n ie s. A t 2 o ’clock th e H a n c o c k statu e w as unveiled. B a ttery C fired a salute, Gen. Gobin tra n s f e r r e d th e statu e to th e state, and Gov. H a s tings received it. T h e oration w a s delivered hy Gen. H e n r y H. B ingham , a congressm a n from P h iladelphia, w h o w a s on Gen. H a n c o c k ’s staff a t G e ttysburg. H u n dreds of G rand A rm y m e n w h o a t tended th e an n u a l m e e ting a t Cham- bersbu r g , s topped h e r e on th e ir w a y hom e to p a r ticip a te in th e cerem o n ie s. Am o n g th e distinguished m e n p r e s ' ent were Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, eommandimg th e U n ited S tates armyi Brig. Gen. Brooke, U. S. A., w h o com mands the department of the Platte, and Col. George Meade, the son of Gen. M eade. The statues are very handsome. They were erected at the expense of the state and cost over §100,000. The work was begun about two years ago under the direction of a commission. T h e foundations for th e statu e s are te n feet below th e surface an d are of G e ttysburg granite. T h e pedestals are of white Westerly granite. T h e H a n c o c k statu e stan d s on E a s t Ceme te r y H ill, n e a r ly opposite th e N a tional cemetery gatew a y . T h e statu e is te n feet high, r e s tin g on a pedestal of blocks of granite, the whole 17 feet long, ten feet wide and 12 f e e t high. The horse and r id e r face to the southwest, Gen. Hancock as if directing th e m o v e m e n t of th e troops on t h a t line. T h e statu e of M eade stan d s on ah elevation w e s t of his h e a d q u a r ters and quite n e a r th e “ B loody A n g le.” Its pedestal is com p osed of th r e e m a ssive blocks w e ighing 30, 28 a n d 35 tons re spectively. I t is alm o s t 15 f e e t long, eig h t feet w ide and te n feet high. B o th statu e s are of bronze, of heroic size and are ab o u t 30 f e e t from th e ground a t th e h ig h e s t point. A BIG PIPE LINE. Franchise Obtained for Building the Last Link in a Great System—Millions of Dol lars Involved. C rown P oint , Ind., Ju n e 6. —F o r sev eral days p a s t J . A. Graves, supposed to be r e p r e s e n tin g t h e Cudahys, of Chi cago, has been n e g o tiatin g w ith th e board of c o m m issioners f o r a fran c h ise to lay pipe lines across th e highw a y s of L a k e county. T h e franchise being a m a tte r of g r e a t im p o rtance, great deal of interest was taken and considerable opposition w a s en countered before th e franchise wa^^ o b tained. From words dropped hy W. A. E u n k e l, w h o is one of th e rep r e s e n ta tives of th e u n d e r taking, th is is be lieved to be closing link in a system of pipe lines th r o u g h th e Ohio and In d i an a oil fields w ith th e term inus in r e fineries a t W h iting, an d m e a n s th e ex penditure of m illions of dollars in L a k e county and th e erection o f im m ense r e fineries. Mr. Graves on being interview e d stated th a t th e pipe line w a s being b u ilt sim p ly b e c a u s e i t w as cheaper to pum p th r o u g h pipes th a n to h a u l by rail, and h a d no fu r th e r significance. U p o n being asked w h e th e r th e y con tem p lated building refineries, be said he w as n o t a t lib e r ty to say w h a t m igh t he done in th e fu tu r e , h u t t h a t articles of incorporation have been filed a t Indianapolis for one of th e la r g e s t corporations, w h ich is of th e g r e a test m o m e n t to th e m a n u f a c turin g interests of Chicago. WIND AND HAIL. Wrecked Many Buildings and Injured Several Fersons in Nebraska. P ender , N eb., J u n e 6.—A d e s tru c tive w ind an d h a il storm w recked m a n y buildings and seriously in j u r e d sev era l persons n o r th w e s t of th i s city T h u r s d a y night. T h e residence of W illiam Sydon and his g r a n a r ies and c a ttle s h e d s w e re w recked and several m e m b e rs of tb e fam ily are reported injured- A t t h e farm of James A tchi son all Ms buildings except his r e s i dence are totally destroyed. A t A lbert Cham b ers’ place th e buildings and fences are blow n from th e prem ises. L ig h tn in g dam a g e d th e residence of W. T. M e th, in th i s city, d u r in g th e storm . No o th e r dam a g e w a s done to th e tow n . Several bridges south of tow n are w a s h e d o u t an d also 100 f e e t o f tra c k on th e Chicago, St. P a u l, M in neapolis & Omaha, ab o u t four m iles north of B a n c roft. HUMOROUS. d a n g e r?’' He—“Cool? W h y , I shiv- ^ IVT -V7- —“Don’t you know i t is w rong to fisb here on private grounds?” “Well, sirii the line m u st be drawn somewhere.”—* Yonkers Statesman. ~^he—“Tell me, when you were in; the army were you cool in the hour oi He—“C ered!”—N. Y. Herald. —“T h ereis a lways o n e w a y ,” observed! , H iggins, “to make a man acknowledge the corn.” “How is that?” queried^ Barker. “Step on it,” said H iggins,— Harper’s Bazar. ^ —^Mr. Dunn (unpaid bill in his hand) —“When shall I call again, Mr. Owens?” Mrs. Owens—“W ell, i t would hardly be proper for y o u to call a g ain iiutil I h ave returned the present call.”—London Tit-Bits. —“There is going to be a g reat deal o f blood shed here before long, said the Central American officer. “Yes,” w a s the reply. “We m a y as -well prepare for It. The mosquito season is aknost at hand.”—^Washington Star. —^Willie—“Papa, give m e a dime ta put in m y dime savings banl^*^ Gimme tw o nickels for it, m a ? ” Ma—“W h at for? You can’t put n ick lesd n your b.ank.” W illie—“No, ma’am ; that’s ju st it.”—^Philadelphia Record. • ;—“L a m afraid,*’ said the effiinent statesm a n ’s w ife, “that y o u are t a k i n g a m istake.” “How?” “B y co;^ftantly declaring that if j’-ou are nom^fiated i t w ill be against your w ill.” }y‘feut I ’ve got to do som ething to keep them re minded that I’m eligible, haven’t I ? ”— W ashington Star. —^Among the Brigands.--Friendly n a tive (shaking h ands wdth stranger about to depart)—“I w ish yqu a pleasant journey, sir, and hope; you w o n ’t be m o lested by the briga-iids.” Gentleman (who has b^en fleeced at the inn)— “Y o u r advice com es.too late, m y frien d ; the th i n g ’s done,”—^iieschaalle. H A S T H E AR K O F T H E C O V E N A N T A.t>yssin.ia. Cla<ixiis I t Was Irom. Jerusalem in Rehoboam’s Time. Abyssinia threatens to become a coun try of great interest in the im m ediate future. It w ill be in the first p lace interesting because it has shown th a t its leaders are equal in strategj'^ to European cap tains—hence the loss of prestige of European az-ms, w ith consequences like ly to make ourselves consider things; it w ill also be interesting to w a tch the country becoming, like another .Japan— the. late King Theodore had an army of 150,000 m e n —a g r e a t m ilitary c e n ter, whose influence w ill extend over th e Soudan, and nobody knows how far down the Nile. To m y self it is already of great inter est, if only on account of that very pretty story about the first K ing Mene- lek. He was the son of Queen Sheba; he paid a visit to Jerusalem, w h ere Ee- hoboam, then king, entertained him and gave him an exact copy o f th e ark of the covenant. Only—^let u s whisper—at the last mo m ent Isaac, the priest, exchanged the copy for th e original, and cariied off the latter to Abyssinia, w h ere i t can still be seen! Is not this interesting? I am quite sure that, wffien there is a railw a y up the N ile and a hotel like the Metropole at Magdalo, there w ill be personally conducted tours to see the ark of the covenant. A smallei’ copy of the ark is placed in every Abyssinian church. The race is' certainly Semitic, and perhaps has be fore it a greater future than any other •of the Semitic family. They are Christians—of a Mnd. Whether that kind is better than the re ligions of the people around them I know not. They obsezrve Judaic rites, ceremonies and customs; their morals have never been discovered by those who made it. their business to inquire into this branch of religion; they are fierce and rough, they are superstitious,- they are great topers, they cannot read. In a w’ord, they seem to be exactly like; those gallant pirates, the Danes, when they harried and worj-ied onr an- cestoi^; they are at the same stage of civilization, they enjoy sim ilar super stitions, they exhibit th e same ferocity, they are conspicuous for the same vices, and they bring ont the same budget o f stories, legends and traditions. W hether they amuse them selves a fter dinner w ith shying the beef bones at each other, as the Danes did, I do not know.—^London Queen. Beyond Solomon. i K ing Solomon was the w isest man that ever lived. Peox^le came from m iles around just to look at the receptacle of so much wisdom. One day a -young man came to him and knelt before his throne. “0 king, live forever I ” said the young man. “I am in loveu I bought the object of m y affection a diamond pin. She allowed me to kiss her, and later accidentally called me ‘dear,’ and blushed and apologized. Does she care anything for m e?” “I don’t know,” said Solomon.—Chicago Tribune. CitrioTis -Version of tlie Scriptures. Anthony Purver, a poor Quaker ear- Ne-w Testamen-ts, curious fo r its He brew idiom s. T h e re are such phrases as “A hind le t go m a y exhib it g e p tle N a p h tali; h e gives fine w o rds,” fo r “N a p h tali i s a hin d le t loose; h e g iveth goodly w o r d s ;” “I am he w h o a m ,” f o r “I am th a t I am ,” and “Poem of Solo m on,” in s tead of “Song of Solomon,** fo r “ song,” he s a y s , “is of p r o fane use,** -HChicago I n t e r Ocean,