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P. GRAY MEEK, - - - EbpiTor
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A Foolisk Charge.
The pinch that has recently taken
place among the brokers and specula-
tors of Wall street and brought some
of the trusts to grief has been taken ad-
vantage of by Republican dema-
gogues who represent it to have been the
injurious effect of Democratic adminis-
tration on the business of the coantry.
Even Cmauncey Depew is willing to
stoop to the deception of representing
the Wall street flurry as having oc-
curred because the Democrats are in
power. He made the remark the oth-
er day that “the people wanted a
change of government, and they have
got it.”
By such a remark as this Mr. Dg-
PEW would wish to convey the impres-
sion that the financial situation has
been affected by something that has
been done by the Democratic adminis-
tration that is now in power. But in
advancing such an idea he runs the
rigk of stultifying himself in the opin-
ion of sensible people, for no one but a
fool would claim that anything has
been done since CLEVELAND came into
power that has had a bearing upon the
finances of the country or could have
any effect upon the general course of
business. There Las been no change
or interference with the tariff and rev-
enue laws that were in operation dur-
ing the previous Republican adminis-
tration. If those laws were calculated
to promote the prosperity of business
and preserve a sound financial condi-
tion, certainly nothing has been done
since the Fourth ot March to interrupt
their operation. If causes resulting
from any administrative policy are at
work to depress the financial situation
those causes must be looked for as the
etfect of Republican revenue laws still
in operation, not having been changed
or interfered with in the least.
But the fact is that the difficulty
among the Wall street brokers, and
the slamp that has taken place in trust
shares, have been caused by the specu-
lators over-reaching themselves, and
the generally vicious character of their
operations. There has been no diffi-
calty that has reached the bona fide
business of the country. It might
have helped these gamblers out of their
trouble ifthe government had poured
millions of bonds into the money market
for their relief, but under a Democratic
administration, the relieving of stock
gamblers is not considered one of the
functions of the government.
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The Views of a Liberal Journal.
In its last Sunday's issue the Pitts-
burg Dispatch delivered itself of a re-
buke to the Hon. Cuauncey M. Dg.
PEW, of New York, in a manner certain-
ly satisfactory to itself and at once in-
dicative of the fact that the Dispatel: is
truly a broad minded, liberal journal,
After censuring Mr. Depew for his sil-
ly attempt to blame the disastrous out-
come of Wall street gambling, last
week, on Mr, CLEVELAND it went further
to express its disapproval of the Repub-
lican attempt to work political capital
out of the present condition of the
Treasury, when the Republican party
itself is to blame for it. The Dis
patch did not hesitate to put its veto to
any measure of criticism which should
be brought to bear on the financial pol-
icy of the present administration until it
has had opportunity, at least, to show
itgelf. It eavs:
“The fact is evident to all well-in-
formed people that the financial situa-
tion, so far as the government is con-
cerned, is the natural result of the state
of affairs when the Treasury was hand-
ed over to the present administration.
Outside of that it would be hard to im-
agine even DupLEY or CLARKSON, much
less Crauncey M. Depew, charging
President CLeveLAND with having put
the water in the trust stocks or in-
spired SrepHEN V. WHITE with kiting
the industrials on the eve of a tight
money market,
There will be plenty of room for hon-
est criticisms of the CLEVELAND admin-
istration. But it will benefit neither
the Republican party nor the financial
situation to indulge in such grotesque
misrepresentation of the cause of the
late speculators’ panic, or to exagger-
ate the complications for partisan ef-
fect, as Mr. Depew is represented as
doing in this interview.’
——
——The inheritance tax bill pre-
sented by Mr. Boyer, which pro-
vides for a graduated tax on inher-
itance other than collateral passed, the
House finally by a vote of 109 to 43,
on Wednesday.
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—Subscribe for the Warcamax,
—— Monday saw the last of Car-
LYLE W. Harris as mortal. Gover-
vor FLowER, of New York. having re-
fused to interfere with the operations
of the law the young man, whose case
basin a way fizured as the most ex-
traordinary murder trial on record,
was electrocuted at Sing Sing. He
was the tenth man to die in the elee-
tric chair and his execution was as
swift and certain as electricity could
make it. Aside from the question of
his guilt, which many entertained, his
case was looked upon with intense in-
terest in all paris of the country. He
was young, talented, highly educated,
of excellent family and in every way
an unusual prisoner. The wonderful
devotion displayed by his loving moth-
er whose manifest confidence in her
son’s innocence is seen in the foliowing
inscription’: “CarLyLe W. Harris,
Murdered May 8,1893. Aged 23 years,
7 months, 15 days. ‘We would not if we
bad known.’—The jury.” It was such
motherly Jove that aroused the sympa-
thy of so many, but Harris had every
chance in the world to establish his in
nocence, if he was not guilty. The best
of council and indefatigable work were
all of no avail. The law took its
course and who shall gainsay it.
—— The continuation of chairman
Tromas C. CARTER in his office of Chair-
man of the Republican National Com-
mittee can scarcely be looked upon as
a recognition of his valuable services
in the past, for no head of the Repub-
lican organization was ever eo effect.
ually bagged as was that of CarTER’S
by last Fall's election. However the
St. Louis meeting of the National Com-
mittee of the g. 0. p. on Wednesday,
concluded to give him ansther chance
at it.
——The FARR free text book bill
passed the Senate finally on Tuesday
morning and now only awaits the Gov-
ernor’s signature to become a law. The
Nives tax bill was effectually buried
in the House.
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Bills Passed Finally.
Providing for the Establishment of a Naval Mi
litia.
HarrisBura, May 10.—The senate
met at 3 o'clock.
The following senate bills passed fi-
nally : Extending the time for the com-
pletion of the West Chester and Wil-
mington plank road; for the punish-
went and prevention of cruelty to ani-
mals ; granting an annuity of $240 to
Frank Marshall, of Scranton, a mem-
ber of the national guard ; authorizing
the incorporation of companies for the
construction of boulevards.
The following house bills passed fi-
nally : Providing for the establishment
of a state naval militia; providing for
the preservation of records in county
offices and for the punishment of coun-
ty officers for neglect of their duty ; di-
recting county commissioners to pro-
cure, bind and preserve weekly papers
published within their respective coun-
ties; repealing the act requiring the
Philadelphia and Delaware River Rail-
road company to maintain gates at its
intersection with the Reading Railroad
company’s tracks ; requiring all public
records to be kept in the English lan-
guage; authorizing notaries public to
administer oaths and take affidavits in
divorce proceedings ; authorizing courts
of quarter sessions to change the poll-
ing place in any election district on the
application of at least ten qualified
electors of the district. .
Appealed to Pattison.
Poor Directors of Luzerne County Have Asked
for Relief.
WiLkessarrE, May 10—The poor
directors of Luzerne county have ap-
pealed to the governor for relief in the
the matter of its insane paupers. The
county now has nearly 400 patients at
the Danville asylum, and that institu
tion is eo overcrowded that no more pa-
tients can be received. Meanwhile
the county has a number of patients
who are detained in jail pending some
relief measures. The state board of
charities has ordered that the hospital
authorities send back to their respec
tive counties enough of the milder pa-
tients to take off the pressure, but the
Luzeroe directors will resist this meas-
ure to the full extent of the law, as
patiente have been committed by order
of court, and the board of charities can-
not legally interfere,
To-day the Luzerne directors visited
Danville and made a temporary com-
promise. They will take away as
many cases as will accomodate such
acute cases as need be admitted.
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Heavy Bank Failure.
The Chemical National of Chicago Goes Under
for $900,000.
Cuicaco, May 9.— From the fact that
a government bank examiner had prac-
tically assumed control, and that an ap-
peal for assistance had been refused b
the clearing house, as a result the Chem-
ical National Bank did not open for
business to-day. The Chemical has a
banking concession at the World’s fair
grounds, and has an office in the ad-
ministration building, Jackson Park.
The World’s fair branch was also
closed this morning, and a crowd of
anxious exposition depositors stood be-
fore the doors. The bank’s capital was
$1,000,000. Its officers are J.C. Curry,
president; E. C. Veasey and A. T.
Turner vice presidents. "Poor judgment
!in making loans and the inability to
| handle the money are given as causes of
! the failure. The deposits amount to
| over $900,000. It is said that the de-
positors will be paid in full.
Harris Electrocuted.
The Final Act in the Famous New York Mur-
der Casc.—The Poisoner of Helen Potts, After
a Remarkable Struggle with the Law, Pays the
Penalty of his Crime.—He Gues to the Death
Chair Declaring His Innocence.—Ins antly
Killed by the First Contact,—Scenes Attending
the Electrocution,
announcing the execution of Carlyle
W. Harris was raised at 12 43, which
was about five minutes afer the current
was turned on the prisoner.
The death warrant was formally
read to Harris at 8.80 o'clock. Hoe
displayed indifference and its read-
ing did not noticeably affect hita. War-
dea Durston said Harris showed no
signs of breaking down and appeared
cheerful after the reading of the death
warrant.
ASKED FOR ORANGES.
prison chaplain, went in to see Har-
ris shortly after 9 o'clock this morning
and remained for an hour. After he
came out Dr. Irving went in and found
Harris showing some signs of nervous-
ness, but otherwise all right. He said
afterward that Harris did not ask for
morphine or any other stimulant. His
only request was for two oranges.
They were taken to him. Harris was
shaved and had his hair cut at 10.30.
He then put on a new suit of clothes
furnished by the State.
HARRIS SUMMONED.
It was 12.30 when the witnesses en-
tered the death chamber. Keeper Con-
naughton and two guards then went
for Harris. He was awaiting the final
summons in his cell. With him was
Chaplain Weills. Harris was ready
in a moment, and the little procession
was quickly formed. Screens had been
placed in front of the other cells, so that
the men who will soon meet Harris’
fate did not see him as he went with a
guard on either side and the faithful
chaplain following him. He looked
slight and pale as he stepped into the
room.
He paused an instant on the thresh-
old and looked calmly over the assem-
bled witnesses. Kind-hearted Warden
Durston had stepped over to the report-
ers and asked them to conceal their pads
saying “Harris might not like it.”” The
pads were put out of sight, and
Harris merely looked over the people,
scanning their faces as his eyes swept
around the room. He walked entirely
alone just behind Connaughton, and
wavered for a moment more from not
knowing which way he was expected to
go than from weakness. Connaughton
pointed to the chair, and without even
a look of curiosity at the thing which
was to end his career he dropped in the
seat. As he did so he began to talk in
a low voice:
HIS LAST WORES.
He said : “I have a word to say if
the warden will permit.”
He paused and repeated : “I would
like to say something if I have the war-
den’s consent.
Warden Durston stepped over to the
chairand said: “Whatdo you wish to
say 7?”
‘Harris then in a weak voice, as
though each word cost him a power of
effort, said : “I have no further res-
ervation to make. I desire to say that
I am absolutely innocent.”
STRAPPED IN THE CHAIR.
Those were his last words. After
uttering them he seemed relieved and
settled back in the chair, to which his
legs and arms had already been strapped
by Haton and Ford the two guards.
State Detective Jackson attached the
electrode to Harris’ right leg. which
was bared to the knee. Eaton placed
the helmet containing the other elec-
trode on the head. Electrician Davis
attached the wires to the two electrodes.
All of this work was done quicker than
the telling of it, and then the guards
stepped back. Davis who had gone to
the swithboard, said : “All ready !”
THE CRITICAL MOMENT.
There was an instant’s pause, while
every man in the room held his breath.
Then Dr. Daniels raised his hand. A
sharp click from the lever, and the form
in the chair straightened up ull the
straps creaked. It was just 12.40 1-2
by the stop watch held by Dr. Merritt.
A current of 1,790 volts passed through
the body of Carlyle Harris. In two
seconds Davis threw the switch back so
that only one hundred and fifty volts
were on.
Dr. Daniels held his hand aloft, and
one finger pointed above, as though to
indicate that the soul of the man in the
chair had passed upward. Then his
arm fell, and in just fifty-five and three-
quarter seconds the current was shut
off. Drs. Irvine and Habershaw im-
mediately stepped forward and examin-
ed the body, which had settled back
limp in the chair. Dr. Irvine opened
the coat and vest and tore away the
shirt over the heart, He applied the
stethoscope, and after listening for heart
beats turned and shook his head.
DEATH AT THE FIRST TOUCH,
This was two minutes after the first
contact, and Dr. Daniels then invited
the other physicians to step forward and
examine the body. Life was extinct,
and it was plain to all who were present
that death had come at the first touch of
the current. The only sign of anima-
tion after the current was turned on was
a slow movement of the little finger of
the right hand, and that was evidently
due to muscular contraction caused by
the volition of the subject in the chair.
All the physicians present expressed
themselves as satisfied that death had
been instantaneous. When all bad ex.
amined the body. Dr. Daniels turned
to the witnesses and said : “That is
all.”
HIS MOTHER SAW THE SIGNAL.
Mrs. Harris viewed the raising of the
black flag from the window of her |
room at Ambler’s boarding house.
When, the ominous signal float- |
ed on the soft breeze she turned
quietly away, resigned and calm, as she |
has been for the past few days,
At 12.54 Allan Harris arrived at the
prison, and Principal Keeper Con-
naughton escorted him to the room in
which the body of his brother lay. He
notified Warden Durston that an un-
. dertaker would call at the prison to re-
move the body of his brother.
Siva Sixe, N. Y., May 8.—The flag |
The Rev. John C. S. Weills, the |
Fatal Accident Near Cairo,5I11.
The Rear End of One of the Boilers of the &team-
er Ohio Blew Ort, with Awful Results—Siz
Men Are Already Dead and Others Cannot Re-
cover from Their Injuries—Sereams and Groans
Made the Scene a Terrible One.
Si
| Cairo, Ills, May 7.—One of the
worst catastrophes which has occurred
{ in this region ior years took place on
the Mississippi river at Wolf island,
| twenty-four miles below this city, at
| 7-45 this morning, A rear end of one
' of the boilers of the steamer Ohio, a
Cincinnau and Memphis packet, blew
{out filling the deck cabin with steam
{and boiling water. Several of the deck
{ bands and deck passengers, who were
eating breakfast at the time, were liter-
ally cooked alive, and a large number
| received serious burns. Foliowing is
I a list of the dead :
William Harstman (colored), fire-
{ man, St. Louis.
| Hampton Collins (colored), Memphis.
| Thomas Woods (colored), residence
| unknown,
| Cyrus Meyers (white), second mate,
| of Cincinnati, jumped into the river
and was drowned.
Two colored men, unidentified.
Following is a list of the injured,
many of whom will die:
F. W. Crews, Danville, Va.
Fred Neal, Columbus, Miss.
Charles Jackson, fireman, Cincinnati.
{ James Howard, Roebloom, Mo.
Gilbert Childress, fireman, Nashville.
Colder Tate, Memphis,
William Jackson, Washington, Pa.
William Henry, Memphis.
Albert Robinson, Cincinnati.
George Washington, Memphis.
John Ralph, Cincinnati.
C. J. Patterson, Memphis.
W. H. Dickey, Newport, Ky.
The wildest consternation reigned on
board the boat, and the screams of the
passengers and the groans and appeals
of the victims made the scene a terri-
ble one- The boat could proceed no
further and for several hours it lay at
the bank, while the unfortunate vie-
tims lay on the deck writhing in agony
and calling aloud for aid,
At last the tug Argus hove in sight,
She was hailed and the sufferers, twen-
ty two in number, were transferred to
ber deck and she immediately steamed
to this city.
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Knights of the Golden Eagle.
Lancaster, Pa., May 9.—The open-
ing session of the seventeenth annual
convention of the grand castle of
Knights of the Golden Eagle of Penn-
sylvania was held this morning. The
Knights were welcomed by Mayor
Clark, the response being made by
Grand Chief Reinicke. There were 470
representatives present. The report of
the grand chiel shows the order to be
in a prosperous condition. Thirty new
castles were instituted during the year
and twenty-seven temples (ladies’ de-
gree).
Twenty-five thousand dollars of death
fund has been paid since September 1,
1891. The grand master of record’s
report shows 479 castles in the state,
with a total membership of 42,317.
The receipts were $167,185 and expen-
ditares $17,372.
The parade of the Knights of the
Golden Eagle this afternoon was one of
the finest demonstrations of the kind
ever made by the order. About 2,500
men were in line and liberal applauses
was extended the evolutions of com
mandries,
A competitive drill for seven prizes
foliowed the parade, butthe judges will
not announce their decisions until to-
morrow. The day’s exercises wound
up with a grand ball this evening.
Peary's Arctic Trip.
The Explorer Of for Nova Scotia to Perfect Ar-
rangements.
Peary, the explorer, has been in Wash.
ington for the past few days suffering
from a severe cold contracted while
lecturing. He left today for St. Johus,
N. S. to make arrangements for his
coming expedition to the polar seas.
In speaking of his trip Lieutenant
Peary said that there would be ten in
the party accompanying him, and that
the start would be made some time be-
tween the 16th and 30th of June next,
taking the same route as before, going
by way of Newfoundland, Baffin’s bay
and Whale Island. The trip will con-
sume two and a halt years.
Lieutenant Peary added that while
in Colorado he purchased a number of
prairie wolfskins for clothing and some
burros which would be utilized to trans-
port supplies from the edge of the
mountains to the inland ice, and upon
reaching the ice snow shoes would be
placed upon their feet for ice service.
He thought these animals would easi-
ly survive the winter in the polar re-
gions, and even if they did not
much service could be gained from
them during the fall months.
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Hurled From The Track.
Big Passenger Train Wrecked and Five Lives
Lost—Air Brakes Would Not Work.
Laraverre, Ind, May 7.—The big
passenger train which left Chicago at
8.30 Saturday night, in crossing the
Wabash river bridge here at 1.30 this
morning, got away from the engineer.
The air brakes would not work. The
front cars left the track after reaching
the depot, tearing down the sheds on
the east side of the track. The engine,
the baggage, mail and express cars
were thrown off the track, hurled some
distance and broken to pieces. Six
men are known to have been killed.
Bloant for Minister.
| He Succeeds Stevens as the Envoy Extraordin-
ary to the Hawaiian Islands. Appointed on
Tuesday,
| WasmingroN, May 10.—The presi-
dent has appointed James H. Blouct, of
Georgia, envoy extraordinary and min-
ister plenipotentiary to the Hawaiian
islands, succeeding John L. Stevens, re-
signed. Mr. Blount’s commission bears
date of yesterday, and it will be sent him
by the next mail for Honolulu.
WasHINGTON, May 6.—Lieutenant
Lizzie Borden’s Trial.
The Famous Fall River Suspect Defending
Her Life.
New Beprorp, Mass., May 9.—Liz-
zie Andrew Borden, who has been an
inmate of Taunton jail ever since
August last under indictment for the
murder on August 4, in Fall River, of
ber father, Andrew Jackson Borden
and her stepmother, Abbie Darfee
Borden, was arraigned yesterday after-
noon in the superior court, now in ses-
sion in this city.
On arriving at the court house Miss
Borden was conveyed at once through
the rear door to the district attorney’s
room and remained there tiil her case
was called.
Miss Borden was escorted up stairs
to the court room at 5.15 o'clock.
Sheriff Wright eatered first, his wile
followed, and then Miss Borden. For
perhaps a second she faltered and
leaned against the casing, but she im-
mediately regained her self possession
and walked firmly along the aisle and
took her place in the dock. Her face
was flushed and her eyes rested on no
one, but were turned, now to the right,
then to the left, and again to the ceil-
ing or floor. However great may have
been her mental sufferings during her
imprisonment, she carries no outward
sign of them. She is plump and has a
good color and her eyes are bright, and
there are apparent no more lines than
were visible at the time of her arrest.
When the ripple of excitement
which marked her entrance had sub-
sided the district attorney moved that
Miss Borden be arraigned, and the
clerk of the court said, “Lizzie Andrew
Borden, ttand up,” and she did 80,
and looked steadily at him, while he
read slowly and solemnly three indict
ments of three counts each. TI'wo of
them charged her with the murder of
Andrew J. Borden and Annie Durfee
Borden, separately, and the third
charged her with the murder of both.
At the end of each indictment the clerk
asked : “Lizzie Andrew Borden, what
say you to this indictment— are you
guilty or not guilty ?”” and to each she
replied clearly, calmly and steadily,
“Lam not guilty.”
The court was then adjourned, and
after waiting a moment or two for the
spectators to disperse, Sheriff Wright,
his wite and Miss Borden left the
room and took the train and returned
to Taunton.
Broke All Records.
The Fastest Railroading Ever Known in the
World.
Burraro, N. Y., May 10-—The
New York Central railroad’s Empire
state express broke all railroading re-
cords yesterday afternoon in the run
from Rochester to Buffalo, attaining a
speed of 102% miles an hour. The
train was drawn by the new Columbian
engine, No. 999, which will be sent to
the World’s fair,
Miles were made in from 32 to 50
seconds right along until Corfu was
reached, The distance from Corfu
to Crittendon, four miles, was made in
31% minutes and the two miles between
Wende and Looneyville were reeled off
in 1 minute and 30 seconds.
The track from Looneyville to Fork’s
station is as solid as a rock and well
adapted to record-breaking. The dis-
tance is nine miles and it was run in 6
minutes and 58 seconds. Just before
Fork’s was reached a mile was made
in 35 seconds, timed by a stop-watch.
The sixty-nine miles from Rochester
to Buffalo was made in 68 minutes.
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Rohle’s Body Found.
of One of the Escaped Sing Sing
The Remains
Murderers.
Sine Sine, May 10.—The body of
Frank W. Roble, who with Thomas
Pallister escaped from the death house
in Sing Sing prison on April 20, was
found this morning in the Hudson
river, directly across the river from
Sing Sing. The body was found by
three fisherman, State Detective Jack-
son and Principal Keeper Connaugh-
ton identified the body by means of a
picture and the prison shoes which
tbe dead murderer wore. The body
was very much decomposed.
Fisherman Cronk says he thinks he
saw another body further down the
river, but did not go atter it, as he had
the body of Rohle in tow. Scarching
parties are trying to find the body of
Pallister in the river.
When the body had been washed it
was found that Rohle had been shot in
the right side ot the head, and the sup-
position is that Pallister shot him in
order to effect his own escape.
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Poor ‘Outlook for Wheat.
Its Condition More Discowraging Than a
Month Ago.—Otker Crops Below the Average.
WASHINGTON, May 10.—The many
returns of the department of agriculture
on the condition of winter wheat show
a reduction of 2.1 points from the April
average, being 75.3 against 77.4 last
month, and 84.0 in May, 1892. The
conditions have been favorable to the
growth and develcpement of wheat in
the New England, South and Pacific
states. In California the condition has
advanced 10 points, while in the princi-
pal wheat producing states there has
been considerable deterioration.
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Veragua for Amb assador,
Rank of Spanish Representative at Washington
to be Raised— Probable Honors for Columbus’
Descendant,
CHicAGo, May 10.—It is reported
here that the Spanish government will
raise the rank of its representative at
Washington to ambassador, and will
appoint the Duke of Veragua to the
post. The duke is apparrently igno-
rant of this movement at Madrid, but
his friends do not doubt that he would
gladly accept the head of the embassy
to Washington if it were offered to him.
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Has Regalned Consciousness.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 8 _—_Ex-
Speaker George V. Lawrence who was
stricken with apoplexy yesterday regain-
ed consciousness this morning. He was
able to converse with those at the bed-
side.
TE FD A OS EN
Death of Mrs. Chauncey Depew.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hagerman Depew,
wife of Chauncey M. Depew, died at
ber home 43 West Fifiv-fourth street,
at 12.30 last Snaday afternoon.
Although Mra. Depew was known to,
be seriously ill, this sudden termina
tion of her illness was not expected by
her family and those who were most
intimately connected with her, Her
condition showed no material change.
Saturday, but early last Sunday morn-.
ing the turn for the worse cane.
Mrs. Depew descended from one of
the oldest New York families. Her
father was the late William Hager-.
man, a well known dealer in drugs,
who traced his ancesters hack to the
earliest Dutch settlers in New York.
Her mother was Miss Nevin, daughter
of Colonel Nevin, the once distin
guished New York attorney, who,
himself sprang from an old revolution.
ary family,
Mrs. Depew, whose maiden name
was Miss Elizabeth Hagerman, wag
married to Mr. Depew November 4,
1871. They have had one child,
Chauncey Depew, jr., who is now 14
years old. In spiie of the opportuni-
ties that her fortune gave her, Mrs,
Depew cared, little for society and de-
voted her time mainly to charitable
and church work. She has tor years
been the president of the Woman's
Association of the Hahnemann hospi-
tal and was also connected with a score
or more of different associations.
During the past two years, however,
Mrs. Depew has been an invalid. She
never entirely recovered from an attack
of the grip that she had during the epi.
demic two years ago. During the re-
cent festivities at Fortress Monroe Mrs.
Depew made a trip to.that place in the.
hope of improving her health. This
expectation was not realized, however.
She became much worse and was.
A home feebler than when she.
eft.
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Senator McPherson's Opinion,
WasniNgron, May 3.—Senator Me.
Pherson, of New Jersey, who is here.
for a few days prior to his departure
for the summer, being a member of the
finance committee, has watched the
financial situation closely. “I do not.
believe,” said he, “that there is any-
thing in the money situation that will
necessitate the president calling an ex-
tra session of congress earlier than he
intended (probably September 15.)
The financial condition of the country
is all right if the people will only let
it alone. The Secretary of the treas-
ury has the confidence of the public,
and it is believed that he will be able.
to meet any contingency that
may
arise.”
Reduced Rates to Muncie, Ind., via.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the Annual Conference of the.
German Baptists at Muncie, Ind., May
18th to 29th, 1893, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell excursioa
tickets to that point at reduced rates.
Tickets to the place of meeting will be
sold from May 14th to 20th, inclusive,
and will be good for return passage un-
til June 30th.
Those taking advantage of this re-
duction in fare and extension in limit
will be required to have their tickets
stamped by the Agent at Muncie on the
day of their departure for home.
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George Lawrence Stricken with. Apo..
plexy.
HarrisBURG, May 7.—Representa-
tive George W. Lawrence, of Washing-
ton county, the venerable ex-speaker-
of the house, was stricken with apo-
plexy at the Commonwealth hotel to
day and his condition is critical.
creer
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
——The annual Baptist ministerial
Conference association was in session in
the Milesburg Raptist church on Mon-
day and Tuesday last.
——Going down into her cellar to di-
rect plumbers at their work Mrs. Eliza
Curtin, an aged lady who lives at the.
corner of-Allegheny and Howard streets,
tripped and fell head foremcst down the
stairs. She cut an ugly gash in her
forehead in which Dr. Hayes had to put
six stitches before the gap was closed.
——We are sole agents for the
Douglas shoes the best in the country.
Every pair warranted. Buy no other they
will give you satisfaction, boys $1.75,
$2.00 and $2.50, mens $2.00, $2.50,
$3:00, $4.00 and $5.00, the $4.00 and
$5.00 are hand made. Lyon & Co.
CrviL Service EXAMINATION.—In
pursuance of the Presidential order of
January 5th, 18983, extending the Civil
Service Law to all free-delivery post
offices, the Civil Service Commission at
Washington has ordered that an exami-
nation be held in this city Saturday,
June 24th, 1893, commencing at 10
o'clock, a. m., for the grades of clerk
and carrier in the city post office. Only
citizens of the United States can be ex-.
amined. The age limitations are as
follows: For clerk, not under 18 years;
for carrier not under 21 nor over 40; for
messenger, stamper, etc:, not under 16
nor over 45. No application will be
accepted for this examination unless
filed with the undersigned, on the pro-
per blank, before 12 o'clock, noon, on
Tuesday, June 20, 1893.
The Civil Service Commission takes
this opportunity of stating that the ex-
aminations are open to all reputable
citizens who may desire to enter the.
postal service, without regard. to their