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pipe Crear ae ma Th € Niagara, * Ud WEEKLY. ain Published every Russduy, , x por year,. for Tur Niacany ozfif’fihmé mic NTad\iA SUN atrickly (n ad, YMLCC ftomilt only by \ost Olites Order, Postal Noto, cogiatered: Lotter or New York Draft. LOCKPORT UNION-SUN. yory Afternood a gfighflgflggfupgr yolk} 80 conts per month, 12 cent« por weak. . ADVERTIIING RATRS Cariished on avpHion thon by mall or othorwige, - Papore woul te muy part of the Uulied: States, tree of postige All commmunloations shoatd he addre sed. to \- 60,4, Croprietars, f WRKO: Wo CORSON, Manager, LOOKPORT, N. Y. ~~ DECEMBER 8, Ihos cnevoumnnntemminmanine < % - deimbers of the Argociated Press of : State, and of the United Pross a ie 6 «a Alli'hm‘gfi comojito them this HUSTLE whe chiecy wok,! ATT MEN aire se veces m A PUTABLLE SHOWING. A glunce at the table of the vote for spresldent rovenis what a plttable show- Aug wiw imnaidle by the decoy tieket, The voto for- McKinley and Hobart was ©005,410; for Bryan and Sewall, 6,830,- 982: for Leyan anid Watson, 00,508; for Palmer mid Bucknor 116,104; Levering, 120,287. | In - othor words Palmer and received faower votes in the Ayholo country thin Bryan got in Now Youl clby mono,. | Palmer got his highest yote In this state, but the total was but 19,890, Massachusetts was next with TLGL0 for the decoy teket, while Penn sylvanku gave It 10,021, In Palmer's 'owit stute of Iflinols ho getually polted Lut 6,880 votes, representing the voting strength of one Ohlcage ward. In the south tho klekorg were aven more un- popular - Kentacky with apparent re- . gave # paltry 5,000 to the teket and It is sald not 10 per gonk of the vallant 5,000: could be found tifter cleation to acknowledgo what they find doug, Georgien out of a total vote 'of 100,000 pormittod the decoys to nave | butt £000 votes, Loulstana is ashamed to roport nny vote at alt for Palmer and Bucikater and tre samo sontiment seems to Arknnsas, Idaho, California, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah aud West Virginia, FPalmor and Buck- nor got their lacgest percentage of the total voto of a state in Florida. McKin- loy vocelvod 11,288, Bryan 30,160 and Palmers 2187. Hvem thore it was less than 5 por cont. of the total vote. In Now York State the Palmer vote was a trlffo over 2 por cent. of the total vote for Beyan and Sewall and less than I por cont. of the tolnt vote of the state, Those Aguves aro very Interesting in viow of the asplvation of the Palmer mon with roforenco to a pictended need -- for a reorganization of the party, The ~ inbulated voto for president is not a thunlog{ving table for them by a long «hot. 'I mew ce cont a 'the littlo embargo which our Ger- nat: frionds across the occin have been efileavoring to place on the Amorican products of pork and apples, and de- barring our ship from understood provi- logos, will bo discovered by a close in- spoction to piurtike of something of the | ' glect none of the little matters neces- sary to his suceess. boonernug nnture, which is destined to toJure tho throwor quite as much -as the turget, 'The proc Iumatlon of Progldent Cleveland re- volkiing the proclamation of 1888, reliey- Ing Corman vessels entéring our ports «t tonnige, must strike a chill to the j Leart of the Kalsor, and awiken in him # wish that ho lind been wiser It is clearly an fct of JustlMabte retaliation, and ono which will commend itself to «f Amovicsin citizens. 'The young Wil- lnm, with alt duo reverence be it said, Is it littlo too fond of going around with is chip on his shoulder, and It Is not gum= | pristig that some one should take a no- for the animated manner tion to knock it off. «& rathor Interesting trinl has boon go- | fug ou fit Albany tho past week, which terminated Ist night, the trigh of ty assemblyniin who was 'nectsed of gecepting i bribe to kill a blt In the Aggeiably lust winter No witnesses for the defense were put on | the stand, ani when the testimony of Cleotge N. Best for the prosecution, who «wote that ho piild $3,000 to in assem- ' blynuut for his vote, showed that he could not identify the man to whom he pald it, tho bottom was knocked com- pletely out of the case, aud the Jury could not but fad in verdict of acquittal for the defouso, One thing was, how- wove, clearly established, that a bribe - of the $3,000 was given to some one, and that It stack to some one's fingers, al- though who it wis no one wilt never Icuosy, but It ts t striking commentary att the incthods which are used to kill loglalativo mitten. ' vercae wos k t Tho proposition to make Ambassador Bayard a nattonnt Christmas present, : originating with his English admirers, Is yory gratifying to our national pride, as Indicating how necoptably Mr, Bay- ard has filled his imissfon, but It is wholly {Impossible for such a ~ Aol to bo given, as ibis: agiinst good trate and dipflomntie etiquette. The ivomainiig is for Mtr. Bayard x ' p C ' pu 'the case was ' a A TINSEL TPPLE. \Tho mother country proposes to jolly the dashing Liberal, Wilfred Laurier, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8 | IT NEEDS AMENDING. i Senator Raines feels with reference to his excise law like the homely man l 'The annual visit of the supervisors to the County House should need no de- fense. It requires none with those who by the bestownl of a title. upon the man ' who had his face badly peppered in a : know all about the aim and object of who routed the conservatives at the last Canadian elgction. 'The old lady lag a pleasant habit of coaxing and * hunting accident and who replied to the consolatory expressions of a friend \any disfiguration of my mug must im- 'the visit. Many people, however, re- ! gard it as pleasure trip, gotten up solely f for the entertainment of the county sugar plumming bright boys who are prove it.\ So the Senator has reached goflicials at the expense of the tax-payers. likely to make her trouble unless they «re won over. 'The mostalluring sweet moat she las in stock is a tinsel title. Commenting upon the proposed knighting of Premier Wilfred Laurier, the Ottawi Evening Journal says: \Ag-plain Wilfred Laurier, the Prem- ier of Canada ranks with the best there 1s, as Siz Wilfred Laurier, he will rank with hundreds of nonentities for fox hunting squires, second rate (111210111515 ists and Mayors of small English towns. \One would fancy that a man like Laurter would rather | stay with John Bright, W. E. Gladstone, Abraham Lin- colu, (George Brown, Alexandor Mac- Kenzlo, and that he would rather mate withe such as these than aecept a fifth ritto decoration in the tinsel kingdom of the caste of Vore de Yore.\ 'Those paragraphs | breathe a true Democratic spirit which shows at least | one of the Canadian journals is made of the vight staff, _ Wilfred Laurier has glvon evidences of a sturdy manhood and Independence of meaningless pomp and political fustinn. We take him to be be a min who is proof against the roy- al blandishments. 'the daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Strinton, who is essentially a new woman, is very much in advance of her ' ststorhaad,rud will hardly meet the ap- probation of the majority of the women of the land. In a meeting the other day in New York she boldly declared that no mother was fit to bring up her own children, and the hair of every woman who heard her stood on end at the dec- laration. If bringing up her own child- ren, if she has any,is not one of the mis- glons of women, It might be well to ask just what her | mission is. - The new womin may want to go out into new and forbidden paths, but we do not think that many of thein are so lost to the common Instincts of motherhood as to own that they can't bring up. their own babies. - That is the one thing a woman can do, and bring up other women's children too, . Lockport mathematicians are figuring on the number of feet of stone that can be taken from the \city of the rocks\ without letting the city fall through the exervations.-Buffalo News. Rocks from American soll mean more 'rocks\ for American citizens. Lock- port hopes to furnish her share of the materlal for the Buffalo breakwater [and on a pinel could fill up the whole Buffalo harbor without any great in- convenience. 'The decision in favor of American stone is much appreciated in | Lockport and the people here are very grateful to the Lockport and Buffalo in which they espoused the cause of the American workingman and quarryman, avenin tn It is said by those who speak with : authority, that there is a prospect that | Sperker Reed is going to have to fight for the gavel in the next house. Or in other words that McKinley wants a friend of his own in the Speaker's chair, and that he has slated Grosvenor for that position. It is probable that there may be quite a pretty little fight among . t1_re House Republicans when the next ' congress convenes. In the meantime we may be sure that Mr. Reed will no- mow w= \The Fitzsimmons-Sharkey battle is fiercer since the encounter than it was In the ting. Prize fighting is brutal and demornlizing enough even when carried ow according to the code of honor, so called, which is received by profes- | slonal lovers of the sport, but when it comes to ridding the sharpest of sharp practice and downright dishonesty to the other bad features of the ring, it is enough to disgust Commissioner Roose- velt with the manly art. 4G \The honest Republicans in the com- Ing legislature, recording to the Buffalo Express, will be lined up as honest and dishonest, nccording as they vote for Mr. Platt or against him. Those who aro honest by the same authority, will vote for Mr. Choate. - But it is rather hard for those who vote for Platt. sure cs With an indefinite continuance of the Raines - investigation, there will soon be nothing left of that much discussed | Iaw, - but the odor, which - lias evidently - become a stench In the nostrils of its exeator. Like a modern | Frankenstein, he shrinks Prom the work of his own bands. Nor ___ The Buffalo Express intimates that \Tim Woodruff would be more pliable in Platt's hands thin Black, and for this reason the boss may decide to send the governowclect to the Senate. Platt must long for a dual existence so that he could send Dt. Jekyll-Platt to the Sen- ate and let Mr, Hdye-Platt stay at hoine to mystify the boys. 'The gold Democrats of this state met in New York last night, in the ratio of 16 to T, (16 representatives to 1 consti- ind effected a permanent organ- lzation, The touching - manner in which they extended the forgiving hand to their erring brotliven of the regular De- mocracy, and consented to tike them back to fellowship, is simply beautifal. the conclusion that the Raines law ' needs amending and by this time he ' must be convinced that any modifica- \tton would be an improvement. | He made this statement yesterday: } - \If nothing else presents itself, I shall ' frame an amendment to the present law doing away with the sale of liquors or intoxicants of any kind in any place on j Sunday or else I shall offer an amend- ment depriving the police magistrates of the present discretionary powers and make it obligatory upon them to pun- ish violators of the law.\ So, in sheer desperation Senator Raines will try his hand at amendment, apparently at random. He made a very lucky guess when he hit upon the Sun- day amendment. 'That would undoubt- Ledly improve the law very materially. ' The investigation now going on in New | York is disclosing effectually the vul ' nerable points and thoroughly bad fea- i tures of the excise law. - The Raines hotels are responsible for more vice than any of the lowest and most cor- rupt dives under the old system. 'The elasticity of the words \Hotel\ and \guest according to Commissioner Weller, affords opportunity for evad- ing the excise law and other laws, both of God and man. One witness declared that more girls were being ruined in the Raines hotels than in all the houses of prostitution. No wonder Senator Raines is asham- I ed of his legislative child. He has fath- ered a monster which threatens to rise up and slay him. Yale students seem to be determined on an unsavory reputation for them- selves. One of their number got drunk the other day, and officers who arvested him had a lively scrimmage with his classmates, who tried to get him out of their hands. torious after arresting an additional four of the students, but the affair would give one the impression that the college was the abode of hoodlums of the toughest order, instead 'of young gentlemen of good families and careful training, They havie given the institu- tion a bad reputation the present year,. 'The colored Republicans are now put ting in their claims to the incoming president for official recognition on the I ground that the colored vote elected him, and that if they had gone against him in half a dozen close states the electoral vote of the country would have gone to Bryan. 'That is undoubt- edly the truth, but there is considerable doubt if that fact will help them out in the distribution of the loaves and fishes. 'The Republican managers are sure of the colored vote always, and don't feel the need of buying it. There is a sad story connected with the suicide of the aged James Driscoll, at the county house near Batavia. Years ago, when he'was in his prime he was in affluent circumstances in the cast, but under some pressure and ar- gament he was induced to give all his property to his only child, a son of his first wife. Not long afterwards the his old age, with no one to care for him, he cut his throat in house. ann Our Chauncey, it is stated, is vastly relieved over the annuouncement daughter is engaged to Mr. Depew or ever will be. Chauncey was well as- sured that no denial from him would be of any effect, and was only too glad to have some one deny it for him. 'There are some places where the abl est of men need assistance occasionally. rie. 'The game of hide and seek which is being played in Cuba still continues with unabated interest. Weyler is hunting Maceo, Gomez is hunting Weyler in the vicinity of Havana, while Maceo is still engaged in a will 'o the wisp campaign arranged to suit him- self. It would be an extremely funny situation were it not for the tragedy it contains for the non-combatants, who .} can neither fight or leave. Another postponement is announced ; by Weyler, who will now take to the first of February to subdue the rebel- lious Cubans. Judging by the character ; of the progress he is making, we may consider the execution of his plans in- g definitely postponed. It is understood now that the reason that Reed did not stop off at Canton is that he forgot that McKinley lived there. In view of Mr. Reed's short memory it is to be hoped that the Presi- | dent-elect will not lay the Speaker's ap- parent discountesy up against him. The toll gate war still continues with no abatement in Kentucky. 'The gates have been destroyed, and the keepers warned under severe penalties to re- «oive no more tolls. \I coutracted a severe cold from ex- posure. Coughed all winter. Could get no relief. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup broke up the cold, and drove away the cold. Never took anything that did meso much good.'\ I. H. Brooks. North Haverhill, N. H. -* The police came out vic-. son turned him from the house and in | the county poor M made by Clarence Lyman Collins that | | there is no truth in the report that his | 'This is not a just view of the matter. ' It is true that the visitors are hospitably received by the superintendent in charge of the county house, and that i the official inspectors are always given 'a very pleasant time. But all this does 'not modify the beneficial effects of the iofficial visit as relates to the primary i object thereof, namely the careful in- f spection of - the institution - and 'its -- inmates. It is not - neces- sary that an investigation of this kind should be made a funeral affair. In fact it is better that the officials iho have to deal with one of the sad phases of society, should be cheered by the genial influences of | hospitality such as is dispensed upon such occa- sions. They are required to legislate with reference to the care and keeping of the county's unfortunate people and it is not the rule that the purse-strings are too freely loosened in hehalf of the indigent population. In many other ways this annual visit is of real benefit both to the entire county and the offic- ials. The needs of the institution are learned in a practical manmer and the officials acquire a true sympathy for those in their charge so needful to a proper administration of the affairs per- ' taining to the care of the county's poor. Gov. Morton will retire to private life having performed one of the most creditable acts of his career, if he main- tains his apparent purpose to stand by Civil Service Commissioner Burt in his contest with his associates to secure the adoption of the new schedules. It will almost atone for his appointment of a spoilsman like Lord to the commission, if he will now overrule Lord and Cobb. Already there are evidences of a well- prepared and systematic attack upon civil service reform in the next Legisla- ture, and Gov. Morton can largely neu- tralize, if not defeat, their work by prompt action now.-Brooklyn Citizen. Gov.. Morton certainly needs some- thing to redeem in part the bad record which stands against him as Governor. His passing from political life is in- deed pitiable. He entered the office of Governor, respected by all men and with whatever prestige a respectable incumbency of the office of Vice-Presi- dent could bring him. He fell, however, the victim of ambitious dreams which shrewder and less serupulous men turned to their own account. Groping after presidential honors which could never be his, he became the slave of the Republican boss who did not hesitate to make the old gentleman the laughing stock of the State and nation. He leaves the office shorn of honor in that he gave himself to the schemes of Platt in the last legislature without even a feeble protest. Howare the mighty fallen. If lhe sees fit to assert his independence at the last moment and do something creditable, as the Citizen suggests, it will help the world to forget the un- worthy acts that have gone before. Boss Platt has designs upon the State through his pliant civil service com- mission. Will Governor Morton inter the Republican machine? He has noth- ing to ask of Platt now, and perhaps | he will « mas be iman e > 'The collapse of the battle ship Texas has attracted serious attention to the mehods which prevail in our depart i ments to so great an extent, and any- thing that can let in light on wrongdo- ing will be eagerly welcomed. Those who go down to the sea in ships have . enough to contend with in the forces of nature without an addition of faulty 1 construction of the barrier which lies betwieen them and the fathomless depths below. A naval expert who has examined into the matter declares that 1 the Texas is good for nothing, but to be broken up into old iron, and goes on to say: ( t 1 \Incompetency - jealousies, - frand, , combined in the conception and con- struction of this utterly worthless mass of steel and iron. - Rivalry between f naval schools, partisan jealousies of ; different administrations and the trick- , ery of an alien-ian export in the employ - of a rival maritime power-make up the gad history of the battleship Texas, a ship that couldnt stand the sea, much | less a battle.\ b, One particular defect of the Texas is :in her armor, in vital parts, which would permit even a shot from a small gun to totally unfit her guns for use, and put her at an enemy's mercy. | 'The plans for the ship were drawn by an English engineer, William John, who received a prize of $15,000 from the United States government. 'This prize was won by a trick. 'The specifications , called for designs for a battleship of . 6,000 tons displacement. John had sub- mitted a deck and gun plan wliich ought to have required a 10,000 ton displace- ment. By doing this he gave the ship the effect of offering very great offen- sive power, and thereby won. the anvard. John was also paid $7,900 additional for furnishing detail drawings. . When General Tracy succeeded Wil- ; liam C. Whitney as secretary of the navy the defects in the plans of the 'Texas, then nearing completion at Nor- folk navy yard, were called to his at- tention. _ Ife declared distinctly that he would not allow them to be reme- died. - Thus jealousy was added to trickery. : ann se o Some industrious statistician has fig- ured out that President McKinley will have 38,000 fewer offices to fill than President Cleveland had when he be- gan his second term. for the patriots of the G. O. P. I vene in favor of the people and against WORK OF SUPERVISORS. The Various Committees}on Routine Business. THB TAX LEVIES FOR SEVERAL TOWNS WERE PRESENTED AND ADOPTED HIS MORNING-HAD PICTURES TAKEN. From the Union-4un of Dec. 5. 'The Supervisors' committees on shier- iff's and county clerk's accounts were still wrestling with the routine work this morning. 'The committee on coun- ty treasurer's accounts have about com- pleted their labors. One of the leading photographers of the city went to the court house this morning and assembled the supervis- ors on the eastern steps, where he.could get a shot at them. In the group were also Attorney John Leggett, Clerk J. J. B. Spooner and Assistant Clerk, Miss Frances Mulligan. The picture man actually had the grace to say that the group was a goodlooking one and never onee asked the victims to \look cheer- ful,\ 'The following tax levy resolutions for the several towns named were presented by the Supervisors of said towns and adopted: Cambria, town audits........ $ 539.99 Contingent fund............. 175.00 Roads and briges, general. .... 400.00 Loan at BAAkK................ 500.00 Interest on same............. , 20.75 $1,635.74 Somerset, Town audits. .... $ 1,838.13 Roads and bridges, special.. 725.00 Roads and bridges, general.. 500.00 Poor Fund............. 2... 100.00 G. A. R. Fund. ...... wel... 50.00 Balance bonded debt....... 1,176.70 R $4,389.83 Niagara-Town audits...... L $ 855.78 Contingent ..... he eek... .}. $00.00 HIgHWAY ............ .... .}} 250.00 $1,905.78) Hartland-, Roads and Bridges, special. Roads and Bridges, general. Contingent Fund........... 'Temporary Relief.......... Town Audit®...0.......0... 500.00 250.00 50.00 769.58 $2,055.58 - $ 2,717.56 500.00 200.00 Royalton-Town Audits... Roads and Bridges, general.. Contingent Fund:i.......... $8,417.56 ROBBERY IN LEWISTON. It Was on the Highway, as ’ Usual. JOSEPH BUNKER, JR., WHO LIVES NOT FAR FROM PEKIN WAS THE VICTIM THIS TIME-RELIEVED OF $38.50. . hus - The frequency with which highway robberies have been reported with no arrests following, has made the public cautions in crediting stories of that {character. But. the Union-Sun to-day received the details of a hold-up in the town of Lewiston which occurred on 'Thursday night from guthority that can, not be disputedc. The reporter's in- formant was one of the officials of the town and he knows the story to be authentic.\ Joseph Bunker, Jr., who resides about i mile and a half north of Pekin spent ''Thursday evening at McCarthy's hotel in Pekin. Where was a company of con- genial friends there and the time was passed very> pleasantly. About 12 o'clock he started for home and had -not gone far when a stranger asked him for i» ride. Bunker good-paturedly com- plied with the request and the man got in and rode along. He was not very \communicative and in fact: Bunker himself was weary and not in a mood to talk much. When they had reached; a particularly lonely spot on the road, the stranger suddenly placed his hand over Bunker's mouth and pushed <his head back over the rear of the seat. At this juncture a confederate put in an appearance and they easily over-pow- ered their vietim. 'They took from Bun- kei's pockets $35.50 in money and re- lieved him of his watch. 'The robbers then disappeared, leaving Bunker 'to drive on home unmolested. 'The town constables have not found any trace of the robbers. © A CENSUS OP THE WORLD. GIGANTIC PROJECT TO CELE- BRATE THE ADVENT OFP THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. . London Mail. , A. census of the world seems impos- sible, but it is going to be undertaken. 'The unparalleled labor is to be one of the gigantic projects to celebrate the ad- vent of the twentieth ceutury, and it is safe to say that a more stupendous un- dertaking has never before been de- vised. * 'The scheme had its real inception at the biennial meeting of the Interna- tional Statistical Institute, recently held at Berne, Switzerland, where a com- mittee was appointed to consider ways and means. 'The first step in this im- portant committee's labor was to enlist the interest and aid of LiHung Chang. They met him when he was in Berlin; and secured his promise of his influence in China. In no nation will thie work of census-taking be more difficult than in China. Anything approximating an accurate census of the population. of the earth at the present time is, without doubt, an impossibility. In addition to the poles, there are many spots o nthe earth that have never been visited by the explorer, and others from which a census enum- erator never would getaway alive. The population of the earth is now estimated at 1,700,000,000, guesses founded upon, the observation of travelers, and upon other guesses mentioned in treaties given by such countries as China, Per- sia, Arabia and Furkey. 1 Norway even now uses corn for coin, This is sad news , - g Bea Islanders and salt in Abyssinia. while whales' teeth are used by the Fi- fians, red feathers - by some of South . $ 1,086.00 | =- ooo SERMON BY IAN WMAUCLAREN, Great Crowd . Mears the Famous Scotch Author In New York. ' NEw YORK, Dec. 7.-Three thousand persons heard Rev. John Watsorf (Ian MacLaren) preach his first and only ser- mori in America at the Fifth Avenue Pres- byterian church. More than 1,000 persons were turned away from the church after the doors were closed. _. The sermon was delivered under the aus- pices of the Students' club, or the stu-\ dents' branch of the Young Men's Cliris- tian association, and was intended for the benefit of students and college men. - In the pulpit were Rev. John Hall, pas- _ tor of the church, Seth Low, president of Columbia college, Chancellor McCracken | of the New York university beside the 'preacher. John Fall introduced Mr. Wat- son. - The preacher took his text from Exodus. ¥-3, which refers to the vision of Moses when he saw the burning bush which burned, but was not.consumed. 4 'The preacher was listened to with rapt attention. His discourse was purely theo- logicaland. during its delivery he made rapid gestures with both arms and moved continually from one side of the pulpit to the other, FRIGHT TRAINS CoOLLibe. Five Men Killed On the Southern Pacific Tn Texas. . SAX AxTONIO, Tex., Dec. 7.-A head end collision between two through freight trains occurred near Waclder, on the Sauthern Pacific; resulting in the death of five men. Tho dead are: ' T, P. Condy, engineer. W. H. Brown, engineer. William Holt, fireman. George Askind, fireman. William Heard, brakeman. The members of the crew of the east- bound freight went to sleep while the train was waiting on a siding for three sections of m westbound train to pass. - When the second section passed the side- track the crew of the eastbound. train be- loved that it was the third section, and started their train. 'The weather was foggy and the castbound train and the third section of the westbound train came together at the bottom of a sag in the road, a few miles from the siding. R «WITH ALL ON BOARD. Schooner Sainte Marie Goes to Pieces on the Nova Scotia Coast. - - . CHARLOTTETOWXN, P. H. L, Dec. 7.-A - dispatch from Georgetown says that a cap- tain of a vessel who has just arrived there reports that the schooner Sainte Marie, which sailed from this port for Bermuda. Dec. 2, has been lost off the Nova Scotia - - coast together with all her crew. No par- / ticulars of the wreck are given, but it is supposed that the vessel: was driven on the . - rocks and went to pieces. She was wrecked near Harbor Au Bouche. Og . The Sainte Maric was commanded by Captain Vallas, and he had with him four , mon, nearly all of whom lived in Nova Seotin. 'The cargo consisted of potatoes, oats, barley, codfish and live stock and was Zimsigned to a firm at Hamilton, Bermu- | ie ; New York State Mortality. . Arsaxy, Dee. T.-The reported mortality of New York state for 1896 is almost com- plete for the 12 months ending with No- - vember with the exception of a few of the country districts that have not reported. The total number of deaths reported in the monthly bulletins, November not quite - . a complete, shows that . there were 122,050: deaths, or about 1,600 more than last year, - but allowing for an increase, of 25,000 in population this brings the daily average death rate to 884 or two less per day than. last year. Ursguay Revolb Ended. i BALTDIORE, Dec. 7.-Prudencio De Mur- guiondo, consul general of the republic of Uruguay,. gave out the following state ment regarding the political aspect of af- fairs in that country: \In answer to a ~~ cablegram sent. by me to the Uruganyan - minister of foreign relations, requesting information relative to the state of revo- lution in that country. I have received the following reply: 'Rioters completely de- feated. Revolt ended. Situation of goy- ernment impregnable,\ \ I Sudden Scath of Judge Henderson. JAMESTOWX, N, Y., Dec. 7.-Judge Will- lam, Henderson of Randolph, Cattaraugus - county, dropped dead at his home Satur- day night. He had just returned from. a vestry meeting of the Episcopal church and was preparing to retive. Heart fail ure was the cause assigned by the phys- iclans. . Judge Henderson was one of the - most conspicuous characters of Catta- raugus county. Federation of Labor Convention. . CINCINNATI, Dec. 7.-One week from to- day the 16th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor meets here - for a session of eight or 10 days. The two English representatives have already ar-\ rived. 'There will be only 150 delegates _ representing a membership of over 600,000. ° . foldiers' Home Officials Arrested. OmaxHA, Dec. 7.-A special from Des Moines, Ia., says the warrants for the ar- rest of Commander Ratekin and the trus-. tees of the: Towa soldiers' home have been sworn out by United States District At- torney Fulton. Each information speci- fied a large number of counts. Senator Faulkner to Resign, PARKERSBURG, W. Vs., Dec. 7.--The rumor is current that Chatles J. Faulkner - will resign his seat as United States sen- ator this winter so he can aceepta very! lucrative offer as attorney for a New York . corporation. His present term will expire on March 4, 1899. - Major Von Tausch's Trial, BERLIN, Dec. 7.-Count Zu Eulenberg has started for Berlin to testify in the trial of Major von Tausch, who has been suspended from his duties pending the re- sult of his trial for intriguing against the suthorities of the foreign office. Hoar Defends His Brother. WorcEstErR, Mass., Dec. 7.- Senator George F. Hoar has written a long letter > defending his brother, the late E. R. Hoar, - attorney general in the Grant cabinet, from attacks made during the recent pres- idential campaign. C {c Wood-Working Machinery Combine. - CNCINNATE- Dec. 7.-Ata secret meeting 'sere the wood-working machinery manu- \acturers of the United States were con- but no terms can 'be «learned, > The sum of about $20,000,000 is involved. Wheat Crop of Great Britain. LOXDOX, Dec. 7.-The Timesin an article -|- i) reviewing the official returns finds that ._ the estimated wheat -crop 'of Gre: itain ° \1-18 20,000,000 bushels ab
