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BIG DAYjOR BILLS,
More Than Six Hundred Laid
Before the Senate, Yes
terday, Besides
SEVERAL OTHER PAPERS.
A Xumber of Protests Against Sun
day World's Fair Opening
SOME PENSION LAW CHANGES.'
Two Coinage Propositions Already Made,
and More to Come.
RECORD FOR XEW MEASURES BROKEN
"Wasiuxc.tov, D. C, Dec. 10. The Sen
ate to-day broke the record in the way of
measures introduced in acingleday, there
having been 612 bills and 8 joint resolutions
presented. This is about 100 more than ever
before introduced in one day.
Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, has the
distinction of havinc introduced the first
bill in this Consres. It provides for the
organization of a section in the Department
of Agriculture, to be known as the food
section of the chemical division, whose duty
it shall be to prevent the adulteration and
misbranding of food, drugs, etc. This prop
osition failed of adoption at the last session,
as an amendment to the agricultural appro
priation bill, and was introduced to-day by
the Senator as an original bill.
A I'ostnl Savings Bank Scheme.
Senator Sanderson introduced a bill,
which was introduced in the House last
session, to establish postal savings banks,
and to encouraee small savings. The bill
authorizes the Postmaster General to desig
nate as depositaries such postoffices as lie
may think proper, which shall keep for sale
stamps of the denomination of 10 cents and
SI, to be known as postal savings stamps.
Also postal savings cards, upon which such
stamps are .to be affixed when sold, the
amount of the stamp purchased to be de
posited in such banks to the credit of the
purchaser, as the Secretary of the Treasury
may direct. The bill provides that a small
amount of interest shall be paid depositors.
Senator Manderson reintroduced his bill
of last session, appropriating ?200,000 to es
tablish a branch mint at Omaha, 2seb. Also
his bill of last session increasing from S800,
000 to 52,000,000 the appropriation for the
erection of a public building at Omaha,
Jseb.; also a bill appropriating 5100,000 lor
the erection of a public building at Nor
folk, Neb. Another bill, introduced by
Senator Manderson, appropriates 60,000
for the construction of a military store
house and office quarters at the militaty
depot.
Proposed Increase of the Army.
Senator Manderson also reintroduced a
bill similar in purpose to the one intro
duced by him last session to increase the ef
ficiency of the infantry of the army. The
bill provides for the increase of infantry
regiments to 12 companies, officered as at
present, with the addition of junior officers
for the two proposed additional companies.
lac Dill also proposes to increase tne en
listed force of the army to 30,000 men.
Senator Stewart introduced a bill provid
inc for the tree coinage of gold and silver
butlion. It is a copy of a bill introduced
by Mr. Plumb in the last Congress, on the
same subject, with certain amendments.
One ot these is that the bullion deposited
in the mints shall be coined into standard
dollars only, and not in part made into bars.
Another amendment provides that the cer
tificates issued in exchange for the bullion
shall be of denominations of not less than
51 nor more than 510,000, instead of not less
than $1 nor more than 5100. The bill was
laid on the table, so that Mr. Stewart can
call it up at any time.
Senator Stewart also" introduced the fol
lowing bills: To authorize the sale of min
eral lands to aliens, to authorize tiic con
struction of a railroad in Alaska, and to
amend the Chinese exclusion act.
Other bills introduced to-day were as fol
lows: By Mr. Gray To transfer the revenue
cutter service to the Unvy Department.
By Mr. Pasco To punish officers for sum
moning jurors with reference to the politi
cal or religions affiliations.
Br Mr. Cullom To suspend the coming
of Chinese laborers to the United States.
Also, to reduce letter postage to 1 cent.
By Mr. Chandler Providing for consular
certificates. For badges for officers and
men of the Greely expedition and for an
nual leave of absence to per diem employes
of the Navy Department.
1'enslon legislation in the Future.
By Mr. Gibon, of Louisiana For the
purchase of Healy's portrait of Henry Clay.
Also, providing tor an income tax "to pay
pensions.
By Mr. Manderson To increase the rate
of pensions in favor cf certain pensioners.
To prevent summary.cancellatiou" of pension
certificates, and to provide for a hearing in
such cases.
By Mr. Morrill To establish a hospital
for inebriates and dipsomaniacs in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
By Mr. "Walcott To provide for coinage
at the branch mint of Denver.
By Mr. Piatt To animend the laws; also,
to appoint a commission to revise the recent
laws.
By Mr. Tnrpie To amend the Constitu
tion so as to provide for the election of
Senators by the people. This bill was laid
on the table, Mr. Tupie giving notice that
he would address the Senate upon it next
Thursday.
By Mr. PcfTer To amend the immigra
tion and naturalization laws. To grant ser
vice pensions witli additional amounts to
prisoners of war to provide means for their
payment, and to repeal section 2 of the pen
sion act of June 27, 1890. To reduce the
number of pension ratings to 10. To abol
ish pension agencies, and to lessen the ex
penses of examining boards.
By Mr. Call To authorize the President
to open negotiations with Spain as to the
Island of Cuba.
Vest Has a Tew Contributions.
By Mr. Vest To prohibit monopoly in the
transportation of-cattle to foreign countries.
For tne compulsory education of Indian
children. To amend the inter-state com
merce act. In reference to the export trade
in cattle. The latter bill was laid on the
table, with a notification from Mr. Vest
that he would call it up at the next or sub
sequent meeting of the Senate.
By Mr. Hawley To revive the grade of
lieutenant general of the army of the United
States.
By Mr. Kansbrough To prevent the sale
of arms to Indians, and to confiscate arms
now owned by certain Indians.
By Mr. Harris To provide for the better
enforcement of quarantine laws, and to
establish a National Board of Health.
By Senator Piatt Appointing three com
missioners to revise the status relatin" to
patents, trade and other marks so far as the
statutes relate to matters contained in or
affected by the convention for the protec
tion of industrial prosperity concluded at
Puris in 1883.
By Senator Faulkner To authorize the
Secretary of "War to cause to be investigated
and to provide for the payment of all claims
for the use and occupation of church, col
lege and school buildings for Government
military
auino
orities during the late war.
Attempts at Chinese Exclusion.
By Senator Dolph A'pproprlatingSl,000,
000 to establish a gun factory on "the Pacific
coast. Also, to 'continue in force the
Chinese exclusion act of October, 1888, with
an amendment requiring Chinese illegally
in the United States to be removed to
China. Also, appropriating 525,000 for
the improvement of the Lower Columbia
river.
By Senator Plumb To provide for the
retirement of national bank notes and the
free coinage of silver. This is the same bill
introduced in the Seuate by Mr. Plumb last
year, with a few amendments, increasing
from 20 to 30 per cent the gold and silver
reserve fund for the redemption of United
States notes, forbidding the free coinage in
the United States of foreign coin, and au
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, in
his discretion, to call for payment of cus
toms dues in gold or silver, in whole or in
part.
Mr. Feller offered a resolution, which was
referred to the Finance Committee, direct
ing that committee to inquire and report as
soon as practicable the actual expenses at
tending the business of money lending, as
conducted in the United States, by bankers
and other persons (both as to short loans
and long loans), the object being.as de
clared in the resolution, "to ascertain, ap
proximately, the actual and relative cost of
conducting tne business ot lending money,
without reference to the value of the amount
loaned." The committee is to have power
to send for persons and papers, to adminis
ter oaths, and to visit any part of the coun
try by sub-committees. Tlie preamble re
cites that "complaint is made that money,
when loaned, yields larger profits than in
dustrial pursuits,"
tienerul Grant's r-ast Resting Place.
Mr. Plumb offered a resolution declaring
that i'Cougress desires the removal of the re
mains of the illustrious soldier and states
man, Ulysses S. Grant, to, and their inter
ment in, the Arlington National Cemetery;
and that the President be requested to con
vey to the widow of that lamented man
such desire, tendering to her, on the part of
the nation, all necessary facilities for such
removal and Interment." The resolution
was laid on the table, Mr. Plumb giving
notice that he would call it np at a conven
ient time.
Mr. Cullom presented the petition of the
South Division of the Chicago Christian
Kndeavor Union, urging him to do his part
in securing the closing of the World's Co
lumbian Exposition on Sundav, and in pre
venting the sale of liquor within the pre
cincts of the Exposition grounds.
Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, presented a
petition of a large number of citizens of
Oregon, praving Congress to take whatever
action may be necessary to invite a con
ference of the Government of the world,to sit
during and in connection with the "World's
Columbian Exposition, for the purpose of
devising, discussing and recommending
measures by which the principles of arbi
tration may be incorporated in treaties, con
flicting international laws harmonized, and
an international court, established, having
jurisdiction in cases which Governments
shall fail to 6ettle by negotiations.
A Department or Public Health.
Senator Sherman introduced a bill to es
tablish a department of public health, un
der the charge of a medical officer to be
appointed from civil life by the President.
This department shall obtain from consular
officers at foreign parts all information
available in regard to the sanitary condi
tions of such ports and places and also all
information accessible from State and mu
nicipal authorities of the sanitary condition
of places within the United States, all in
formation gathered to be embodied in ths
form of a bulletin and transmitted
weekly to the Marine Hospital service, col
lectors of customs and to State and mu
nicipal health officers. The department also
shall, as far as it ma; be able, procure and
tabulate statistics relating to marriages,
births, deaths, the existence of epidemic
diseases and all information relating to
climatic and other conditions affecting
public health. The department shall co
operate with State Boards of Health, the
Sicnal Service, the medical department of
the army and other branches of the Govern
ment and utilize the results, so as to make
the department a repository of public sani
tary comfort. All rules governing the ser
vice are to be framed by the medical officer
in chargc,and are to serve for the instruction
of consular officers abroad and for masters
ot sailing vessels bound for the United
States from foreign ports.
"Wajs to Keep Oat the Chinese.
Senator Stewart's bill supplemental to the
Chinese exclusion act makes it unlawful,
after the passing of the act, for any Chinese
laborer to enter or remain in the United
States for any purpose whatever. The act,
it is provided, shall preclude the entry into
the United States not only of Chinese
laborers who have never been here, but all
who have been here and departed, or who
may hereafter depart, also all Chinese per
sons who may desire to pass through or over
the United States or any part thereof for
any purpose whatever.
Senator Cullom's bill on the same subject
provides that for ten years after the passage
of the act, the coming of Chinese laborers
to the United States shall be suspended,
during which time it shall be unlawful for
any Chinese laborer to come or having so
come to remain within the United States.
Every Chinese person, other than a laborer,
who may be entitled by the treaty of 1880,
or this act to come within the United States,
and who shall be able to come to this coun
try, shall obtain the permission of and be
identified as so entitled by the Chinese Gov
ernment or of the other foreign Govern
ment of which at the time such Chinese
person shall be a subject.
Further Details or Cullom's Bill.
This permission is in each" case to be evi
denced by a certificate issued by such Gov
ernment, which shall contain full informa
tion relative to the applicant for the certifi
cate, and his business. This certificate is
to be backed by the indorsement of the diplo
matic representative of the United States
in the foreign country from which suci oei
tificate is issued, or the consular reprcscrt
atic of the United States at the port or
place from which the person named in ue
certificate is about to depart. The person
indorsing the certificate is required to ex
amine into the truth of the statements
contained therein. The provisions of
the act apply to all) persons of
the Chinese race, whether subjects of China
of other Powers, except Chinee diplomatic
or consular officers and their attendants.
Chinese found unlawfully within the juris
diction of the United "States shall be re
moved to China. Provision is made to pre
vent the improper landing 'of any Chinese
on board ships arriving at United States
ports. Chinese persons now in this country
who have not obtained the certificate above
referred to shall within 90 days obtain a
certificate fully describing the" person on
whose behalf it may be issued, etc. These
certificates shall be produced by Chinese
persons to whom they may be issued when
ever demanded, by any officer of the United
States. '
Among the documents laid before the
Senate by the Vice President, and referred,
were the'fonowing: Annual report of the
Secretary of the Treasury. Many memorials
asking legislation for "the closing of the
"World's Fair on Sundays were presented by
Senators.
On motion of Mr. Sherman the Senate
went into executive session, at which the
recess appointments were laid before and
were appropriately referred, and then, at
2:20 o'clock the Senate adjourned till Mon
day. There was no session of the House to-day.
Don't Be "Without Ope
"When you can get one at S. Hamilton's, 91
and 93 Fifth avenue, for $45. We mean a
new walnut case organ. This is not an adver
tisement from some one away off that you
know nothing about, but from the leading
and best-known music dealer In 'the city.
Every instrument fully warranted.
All in beautiful cases at $45, 560, $75, $100
and on up at any prices and on such terms as
will suit you. Open till 9 o'clock every
evening.
To neglect the hair is to lose youth and
comcliuess. Save it with Parker's Hair Bat.
mm.
Parker's Ginger Tonic curej inward pain.
purposes by the United States
THE PITTSBURG-
LOADED FOR LIYESi
Enough Arsenic in the Bottle Sent to
3Irs. Barnaby to
KILL ABODT SEVENTY PEOPLE.
Testimony of Chemical Experts Unshaken
hy the Jibes of the
SHARP LAWYERS FOR THE DEFENSE
rSPEClXL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Dejiver, Dec. 10. There was enough
arsenic in the bottle which was sent to Mrs;
Barnaby to have killed from 66 to 70 per
sene. Mr. Sewell testified to this fact this
morning. The spectators at the celebrated
Grave's murder trial here listened to him
with horrified looks on their faces. There
were 12 grains of arsenic in every ounce of
the fluid, and there were between 11 and 12
ounces in the bottle. "Whoever sent the
bottle made sure of killing someone.
The prosecution began the examination of
its chemistry experts this morning to prove
that the contents of the bottle contained
poison, instead of proceeding in the regular
way to prove the death of Mrs. Barnaby, in
order to allow Prof. Haines, of Chicago, to
keep an engagement in New York in an
other murder trial. The latter also testi
fied to-day to about the same effect as had
Dr. Sewell. Prof. Headden was another of
the chemists who testified. All three agreed
as to the result of the analysis of the fatal
bottle. It contained arsenic and some little
alcohol, but no whisky. About two grains
are considered a fatal dose of arsenic, and
from the number of grains found in the'bot
tle it can be seen how anxious the sender
was to make sure of Mrs. Barnaby's death.
The Detective and the Bottle.
During Prof. Sewell's examination De
tective McParland entered with the fatal
bottle. It was round and dark brown in
color, and resembled a medicine bottle more
than it did a whisky bottle. Mr. McParland
was sworn. He said he obtained the bottle
from Dr. Sewell on Mr. Stevens' order in
May last He identified the receipt he
gave to the doctor, which was dated May 6
last. "Witness said he was the Denver
superintendent of the Pinkerton agency.
After he received the bottle he
delivered it to Prof. Haines in Chicago.
The latter took some of its contents and he
re-sealed it and brought it before the grand
jury. There the seal was broken because
some of its members desired to smell and
taste of its contents. Again he took it to
Chicago, and it was again examined by Dr.
Haines and re-sealed. McParland identi
fied Prof. Haines, who stood up, and McPar
land said that the bottle had never left his
sight except when he was asleep.
A Suspicious Judge Cross-Questions.
Judge Macon now cross-examined him:
"Have you not men who are expert in
picking locks?" asked the Judge.
"So. sir."
"Could not some of your men have opened
the drawer in which the bottle was con
tained?" "They could not."
"How much did Dr. Haines take out of
the bottle?"
"About a spoonful."
"That's all."
Dr. Sewell was recalled and his cross
examination continued. He said that there
was about one inch of the liquid missing
when he received the bottle. He used
about six ounces in making the analysis.
"Was its color darker than ordinary
whisky?"
"Yes, sir."
At this point Mr. Stevens desired to place
the bottle. In evidence. He asked'Sten
ographers iteid and 'Christie to open it.
Judge Macon, with sarcasm, asked' for a
gloss. Some of the contents were poured
out. Judge Macon
Smelled It and Tasted It.
He said it lacked the taste. Judge Fur
man pushed his finger into it and placed his
finger in his mouth with a very wry face.
Judge Belford looked at it and shook his
head. Mr. Stevens and Mr. Pence ex
amined it and then it was passed to the
jurors. Finally it was passed back to the
lawyers, and Graves smelled of it. Then
the glass and the bottle were placed on the
stenographers' desk. "Wish you happy
New Year's. Please accept this fine old
whisky from your friends in the woods,"
read Judge Macon from the label on the
bottle, which is quite indistinct.
"What was your first test, doctor?" he
inquired.
"I looked for mercury or some corrosive
substance, but instead of getting mercury I
got copper."
"You found no mercury, but you found
arsenic?"
"Yes, sir, and I used Marsh's test,"
Following Sewell, Prof. Haines, of Bush
Medical College, Chicago, took the stand
and corroborated Sewell's testimony. The
afternoon was devoted to hearing Prof.
Headden's results on the analysis of the
viscera, all ot which was a mere corrobora
tion of what has previously been printed in
these columns. It is said that Mrs. E. S.
Worrell will take the stand to-morrow.
SMALL PAY T0B A WHIPPING.
A Eansas City Made to Fork Over Dam
ages for a Mob's Action.
Topeka, Dec. 10. Special In the
United States Circuit Court to-day, the case
brought by Robert S. Scaife against the
city of Girard was concluded and given to
the jury. The action was brought by Scaife,
a contractor, against the city to recover
$10,000 damages sustained at the hands of a
mob in that city. Scaife had contracted to
put down a cement pavement in Girard.
While thus engaged he boarded at the Com
mercial Hotel. He had not been boardiug
there a great while when it was alleged he
was circulating slanderous stories'concern
ing Mra. Tinker, the landlady of the hotel,
and her daughter.
On September 2, 1890, while at the Santa
Fe depot, in Girard, Scaife was approached
by two persons, one of whom knocked him
down, and the two then led him to the
Commercial Hotel, where a mob was in
waiting for him. There, in the presence of
the crowd, he was compelled to submit to a
whipping at the hands of Mrs. Tinker. The
woman used a horsewhip, and wore it out
on Scaife, giving him at least 50 cuts.
Scaife brought the action for damages under
a statute making cities liable for the action
of mobs. The jury, after being out several
hours, returneda verdict giving the plaintiff
damages in the sum of $16.
Assacited and Bitten.
Walter Lantz, of Lawreneeville, was ar
rested yesterday on information made be
fore Alderman Leslie Jot aggravated assault
and battery and mayhem on Sherman Park
inson. The trouble occurred November 27,
when, it is alleged, Lantz went to the Cres
cent Steel Works, pushed Parkinson on a
pile of hot metal and then bit his earsand
nose. The injured man was taken to his
home on Forty-fourth street, where he has
recently grown worse, and it is thought he
will die.
Artistic and Handy.
The handsomest set of railroad tonr books
and illuminated souvenirs ever published
have just been issued by the Pennsylvania
Railroad. They embrace California, Mexi-
.co, Florida ana other winter resort sections,
and beside luiiy informing tourists ot tne
attractions" to be found at all points, contain
valuable information. Passenger Agent
Watt is right in saying that they are good
enough for Christmas gift books.
lawoed ny a Guy TVIre.
Charles Bonner, an engineer on the Mon
tour Railway, is having -a hard fight with'
DISPATCH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER, 11, 1891.
the last enemy, but the doctors say he will
come out all right. The company has lately'
erected a new line of telegraph poles, and
they are fastened to posts set in embank
ment, close to the track, by means of guy
wires. Near Ewing's Mill. Bonner noticed
a noise coming from the lower part of his
engine, which he did not like, and leaned
out of the cab to investigate. His head
came in contact with the guy wire with
such force as to pull him out of the cab.
Fortunately the train was not moving very
rapidly, or the engineer would have' been
guillotined. He was taken to his residence
at Imperial.
A BIG CROP OF CRANKS.
THE LATEST INSANE ASSAII-i ."AP
PEARS AT BOLIVAR. ,
A Liberated Lunatic Suddenly Becomes
Violent and Attacks the Family That
Befriended Him Narrow Escape for
Several People Ono May Tet Die.
Gkeensbubg, Dec. 10. Special Tfie
family of George Fisher, of Bolivar, nar
rowly escaped death at the hands of a mad
man last night. John W. Mack, of West
Fairfield, Indiana county, who had just
been liberated from an insane asylum, came
to the home of Fisher and was given lodg
ing for the night. About 2 o'clock in the
morning Mack become violently insane.
Tearine the bed clothes to pieces, he seized
a slat and proceeded to break everything in
the room.
In an adjoining room to this were
Fisher's mother-in-law and two children.
They were separated from the madman's
room only by a thid partition. Down
stairs Fisher and his wife slept, she being
an invalid. Fisher hurriedly dropped n
bed tick out of the window. He wrapped
his wife in a comfort and dropped her upon
the tick. He then entered the room occu
pied by Mack, only to be knocked senseless
by the madman, who was trying to force
open the door of the room in which the
helpless little children were screaming with
terror.
By this time the neighbors who heard the
noise arrived, and Charles Fisher came upon
the scene at a moment when the insane man
was abont to deal the prostrated form of
Fisher another blow. Mack was knocked
down by a well-aimed blqw irom one of the
men, and was securely bound with rope.
Fisher's injuries are serious, and the fight
will probably kill his wife. The place
where Mack had been confined was Bethany
Home, the "Divine Healing" Institute.
A FUiND'8 MEANS OP EEVENQE.
The Pipe of an Italian Laborer Filled With
a Dynamite Charge.
Boston, Dec 10. Special. A novel
means to try to kill an Italian was em
ployed by some unknown person last night.
Angelo Marino, of Boston, is employed on
the sewer works at Faneuil, Mass., and his
only solace, after a hard day's work, has al
ways been his pipe, which he has been in
the habit of keeping in his bunk at night
time. Last night, as he was about to retire,
he lighted the pipe. At the same moment
there was a loud explosion, and the pipe
was blown to atoms.
When Marino recovered from the first
shock of the explosion he saw that the ends
of three fingers and a thumb on
one hand had been blown off, and a hole
was made through the knuckle joint of his
third finger on the other hand. Somebody
had filled the pipe with dynamite with the
probable intention of killing him. He has
no idea who his enemy is.
BAILWAY LAW BBKAKEES.
Roads Along the Canadian Border That
Don't Keep Out the Chinese.
Washington, Dec 10. The general
passenger agents of the Grand Trunk and
Canadian Pacific Railways have been in
correspondence whh the Treasury Depart
ment in regard to the liability ot these
roads in the transportation of Chinese per
sons seeking admission into the United
States.
It appears that it has been suggested to
the railway officials Teferred to that their re
spective companies violate the law re
lating to the exclusion of Chinese when
they convey to points in the United States
persons of the race who are not lawfully en
titled to enter our territory. The Treasury
Department takes this view of the case, and
has instructed the proper officials to so no
tify the railway authorities.
PLOWPE'S INATJQP.BATI05.
The New Governor to Be Seated With the
Least Pomp Possible.
Albany, N. Y., Dec 10. Special
Governor Flower will be inaugurated with
the least pompt possible He is expected
to reach here the last day of this month,
and accept the hospitality of Governor Hill
until the inauguration is oyer. Then
Governor Hill will remain his guest for a
few hours at least. The Burgesses' corps
and Tenth battalion will aot as escort to the
Governor-elect from the executive mansion
to the capitol, but there will be no other
military companies. Both ot these tendered
escort.
A public reception will be held by the
new Governor, at noon, in the executive
chamber, and ,a private one for friends at
the executive'mansion in the afternoon.
BAHKEB BEAIS THREATENED.
The Missing Abductor of Bis Child Writes
Bim n Letter.
Kansas City, Dec 10. It is to learned
from a gentleman intimately connected with
Banker David B. Beals, whose baby-was
stolen on Thanksgiving Day, that Mr. Beals
had received a letter from the mysterious
Ralston, who has been evading the police,
in which it was threatened that unless the
hunt for the abductor stopped the million
aire banker's residence would be blown to
pieces with nitre-glycerine.
Mr. Beals refuses to confirm the story,
but several persons say that the letter has
been received. The Chief of Police has
placed a heavy guard around the house.
A Georgia Lake Goes Dry.
TnoMASVlLLE, Ga., Dec 10. Special
Lake Lamonie was a body of water cov
ering 40,000 acres, and was 14 miles long
and three wide. It has now gone com
pletely dry, with the exception of a sink
hole 20 feet across, in the center, leaving
vast quantities of turtles, alligators and fish
floundering in the mud. Savannah people
are catching and shipping the turtles by
car loads. The stench from the dead fish fs
horrible
Payintr Oft Its Old Debts.
Cleveland, Dec 10. Special A 510,
000,000 mortgage from the Cleveland and
Pittsbarg Railroad .Compauy to the Farm
ers' Loan and Trust Company has been
filed here. It is given to insure an issuance
of bonds to the amount named in the sum
of $1,000 each, issued to. pay off old debts
and to further improve and equip the road.
A Noble Sevres Vase
.Has ju6t been opened by Hardy & Hayes.
in lact, this progressive nrm seems to oe in
the swim, and' their collection in the new
art room is away beyond anything they
have ever attempted. A call solicited bv "
Hardy & Hayes,
Jewelers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers, 529
Smithfield street.
Store open every evening till Christmas.
JIlfT
Ladlev' and Gents' Gold Watches.
A splendid assortment newest designs in
plain, engraVed and diamond set oases
good timekeepers moderate prices no
trouble to show you at. E. P. Roberts &
Sons', Fifth avenue and Market street-
UP IN A ROTTEN BALLOON.
IT HURSTS 400 FEET IN AIR AND THE
AERqNAUT FALLS.
His Parachute Wouldn't Work -The Air-
Shlp Bad Been Soaked by i ailing Into
the Sea, and the Defect Was Mended by
a Botch.
Bombay, Dec 10. An accident occurred
here to-day by which a daring parachutist
met a horrible death in the sight of many
persons. The victim was Lieutenant ilaos-
field, who had gaine'd quite a reputation by
his thrilling jumps from aballoont a great'
altitude. Recently, in the prence of a
targe crowd, he mr.'' balloon ascension
aia-peTricf.p-d one ot as wonderful feats.
When he had-reached the height of 11,000
feet, Mansfield grasped his parachute and
jumped from the car. He Teached the
ground in safety. He subsequently, an
nounced that he would make another jump
from a still gseater height, and fixed upon
to-day as the date for his experiment.
The wonderful performance of Mansfield
had caused a considerable stir among the
residents of Bombay and adjacent districts,
and the Victoria Gardens in thiscity, which
had been selected as the plnce from which
the balloon would be liberated, were
thronged with a vast crowd at the appointed
hour. Among those- present were His Ex
cellency Lord Harris, Governor of the
Bombay Presidency, and most of the civil
and military authorities.
When freed from the restraining ropes
the huge airship shot up with lightning
like velocity, and the cheering was at once
hushed as the crowd instantly perceived
that something was wrong. The balloon
had only reached a height of about 400 feet
when it burst with a loud report, and im
mediately began to fall, Mansfield made
the most desperate efforts to disengage the
parachute from the collapsed balloon, but it
had become entangled in the ropes, and the
unfortunate man was soon forced to release
his hold. Mansfield struck the ground with
terrific force and was instantly killed.
An investigation into the cause of the
accident revealed the fact that in a previous
descent the balloon had fallen into the sea
and had become somewhat damaged, and
that the break then sustained had been im
properly repaired.
. COLLUSION CHARGED.
The Motives of a Western Lawyer Ques
tioned Ho Represents People on Both
Sides of a Big Mining Company Suit A
Peculiar Fraud Exposed.
San Francisco, Dec 10. Special. A
peculiar fraud has just been exposed in the
new suits against the Consolidated Virginia
brought last week by Theodore Fox. He
has employed as his counsel in these suits
Seney G. Bieberst, who now is one of the
lawyers of the Hale Ss Norcross Company
in the pending suit brought by Martin H.
Fox.
"Sieoerst s connection with the new
suits," said a mining man to-day, "is clear
proof that the suits aren't honestly brought.
He can't serve both sides, and all his con
nections are with the mining and milling
ring."
It was also learned to-day that Sieberst,
last June, compromised a suit against Gould
& Curry with young James L. Flood for
$2,500. Sieberst was the attorney in the
case, and old millionaire Flood's estate was
made a party to the suit. Sieberst sner-
gested that Flood could sfcure a release of
his father s estate and substitute himself as
defendant it he would pay this sum. Flood
paid it, and Sieberst kept the $2,000, giving
Theodore Fox, whom he represented, $500.
When these facts became known to the
Mining Stock Association, both Theodore
Fox and Sieberst were asked to resign,
which they did.
In the suit against the Hale & Norcross
Company, to-day, the plaintiff closed his
case He secured the admission of one
damaging bit of evidence. This was that
the Hale & Norcross slimes, which the Su
perintendent of the Nevada mill testified
never assayed above 510 a ton, were taken
to outside assayers, and the assays ranged
from $40 to $60 a ton.
Extract of
TJmO3L by
ALL GOOD COOKS
Tlo Year Round.
Send to ARMOUR & CO., Chicago.
for Cook Book showing use of ARMOUft'3
EXTRACT in Soups and Sauces. Mailed free.
ft1
IN
FURS
WE
HAVE
W-i tJ mOS fES
gypEaiiil i
NO COMPETITION!
"Reduced Prices" Does Not Express It, This Is Simply SLAUGHTER.
OHIlsr- SEAL Hill OTXlrJ SEAL
SI. 6 8 IMITTIFIFS,
CAPES.
Alaska Seal Capes, 523; reduced from 530. Full length
and latest cut. , iV
peavcr Capes, were 550; now 525. Sold not less than 550
or 500 elsewhere.
!Minlr niTioa S33- ilnwn fmm P.V)
Monkey Capes, 515, 518 and 520; down from
Krimnier Capes, 51C.50, 518 and 520.
nina seal uapes, ?3, ;
.aiarten uapes at nalt-price.
AVool Kpnl f!flnfs fit hlfnriri
Black Hare Capes, 53.25 and 54.50 quality far better than
usually shown by drygoods houses. .
Military Caps, in Hare, Coney, Monkey, Mink, Marten,
Beaver, Wool Seal, Alaska Seal, etc, etc., 25 per cent cUeaper
than any other house in the two cities.
Astrakhan Capes, 58, worth 512.
MRS. C. WEISSER,
435 MARKET STIRIEJET 437.
ALL EI3K8 CANCELED.
The
Homo Company Creates a Sensation
in the Insurance World.
New York, Dec 10. The fact that the
Home Insurance Company, of this city, has
canceled its entire amount of insurance
risks during the week, has caused a great
sensation and much indignation among the
companies in railroad insurance. The com
bination includes the Home and Greenwich
insurance companies, of this city; London,
Liverpool and Globe: Phoenix, of London;
Roval, of Liverpool, and American, of
Philadelphia. These companies have here
tofore rewritten policies for one auother, so
that in case of loss the burden would not
fall upon any one company.
Each company was under contract to take
a certain percentage of the risks written by
any of the other companies. In this way
they have controlled an enormous amounf of
insurance. The Home Insurance Company
has not only canceled thepolicics written on
its own account, but also the rewritten risks
of the other companies.
"Chemical Diamonds." Who has
them? Lovely gems.
! LATIMER'S.
SMOKE AND FI IE!
Our Soilefl Stock Has Got to Go I
SMOKED CARPETS!
SMOKED CURTAINS!
SMOKED PORTIERES!
SMOKED RUGS!
If you haven't visited this sale, come now. The opportunity may never
occur again to secure such bargains. We are determined all SMOKED
AND WET goods must be sold in the next' few days. The following prices
are equal to almost giving the goods away:
1,
1
26-INCH RUGS AT $1 .48.
30-INCH RUGS AT $ 1 .98.
36-INCH RUGS AT $3.25.
The slight odor, of smoke saves the buyer 50c on every dollar on above lot.
LUCE CURTIS ID PORTIERES.
1,896 pairs .Fine Lace Curtains
700
500
600
800
PAIRS
PAIRS
PAIRS
PAIRS
LACE
LACE
LACE
LACE
JOUR PORTIERES
value. Don't fail to see them.
AT
GREATEST SALE OF
CAEPBTS
JpOur Second, Third and Fourth Floors contain the
CARPET BARGAINS ever seen. This is your opportunity.
SMOKED MOQUETTES,
SMOKED VELVETS,
SMOKED WILTONS,
SMOKED TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
SMOKED BODY BRUSSELS,
SMOKED INGRAINS,
SMOKED RAG CARPETS,
SMOKED RUGS,
SMOKED ART SQUARES
Will be sold at what they will bring.
T.
M. Latimer,
191 UNO HI FEDERAL ST.,
A.rvXBCiEtE3"5r
rj w -11 ir-.il ir w 11 ifr p
MRS.C.WEISSER1437
LiilglBgi &
wta S3.00
520, 525 and 530.
: HOLIDAY
FANCY GOODS I
BBIC-A-BBAC, : POECELAIN, : BBONZZ3
STERLING SILVER, SILVER
t
PLATED.BRONZE AND IVORY ARTICLES.
OPEN NOW.
CHRISTMAS CARDS, M BOOKLETS.
PAINTED NOVELTIES IN
SILK AND SATIN.
OPEN NOW.
JOMdAIHO
1
48 FIFTH AVENUE,
nolW2-D
Pittabursr.
HALF PRICE.
at 60c a pair were smoked.
CURTAINS,
CURTAINS,
CURTAINS,
CURTAINS,
$1.50
$2.00
$3.00
$4.00
A
A
A
A
PAIR.
PAIR.
PAIR.
PAIR.
5 a pair are about one-third their real
CfiRPETS ON RECORD!
SAOErfPICED!
GREATEST
Don't-miss it.
IS AND 4S S. DI10E
IA..
dei-TUTS
11 ic bra
CAPES,
WortJi
io.
IvdlTTFFS.
Hare Muffs, 40c: good quality.
China Seal Muff, 51.68; worth 54.
Don't be afraid to send for ono of these, for we will haye
one for yon. We buy by the hundreds.
2.000 Muffs, 51.68.
Astrakhan Muffs, 52.78.
Monkey Muffs, 52.75.
Krimnier Muffs, 53.75.
Beaver Muffs, 55.
Mink Muffs, 57.75.
Marten Muffs; 56.
Doll Muffs in great variety.
Children's Muffs from 50c up.
Children's Sets in all the styles at prices lower than th
lowest.
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