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The Gen eral Assembly of the Democratic societies at 8cranton, which ras called by the Exe cutive Committee at yesterday's meeting at the Bolton House for Tuesday, September 20 will be the grand State demonstration of the Democracy in the canvass. The plans haTe been lully arranged between the officers of the Democratic Society and the State Committee. President Black read to the Executive Committee an important let ter from Chairman Wright stating his pur pose to make the General Astembly the great event of the campaign with large mass meetings following the Congress meeting and distinguished speakers from the State and outside, just as the successful cam paign of 1690 was started off at Beading. It is expected that uniformed clubs will attend from many counties, and the Assem bly will be the largest, both in number of deputies and in tne outside attendance, ever held in the State. The business of the As sembly will be very important this year. Besides the election ot officers for the ensu ing year the report of the Committee on Revision of the Constitution, appointed by the last General Assembly, will be submit ted. If its recommeudations shall be adopted, members of the Executive Committee say the Democratic Society of Pennsylvania will be the most complete and perfect club organization in the world. The views of Chairman Harrity and Chairman 'Wright were expressed on the resolution of the last State Democratic Con vention requiring all Democratic Com mitteemen to push the organization of Democratic Societies in their several juris dictions. Becent Remarkable Developments. Hon. Cbauncy F. Black who is President cf the National Association of Democratic Clubs, said yesterday that the growth of the system of Democratic societies in the Kortb wet is one of the most remarkable develop ments of .National politics. Since last fall when Mr. Black visited the Northwest with a missionary party of Democratic speakers, the Democratic Sociecies of Iowa, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California and Utah have been established with primary socities covering the whole of these states. The National Convention of Democratic Clubs, to be held in New York City Octo ber 4, will be a magnificent demonstration. The candidates for President and Vice President and all the managers of the cam paign and distinguished leaders of the party will be in attendance. The National Com mittee intend that it shall surpass anything of the kind in the history of the country! The Secretary of the Democratic Society of Xew Jersey writes that 500 Democratic societies in that State alone will be repre sented. One of the duties of the General Assem bly at Scranton nl be the election ol 11 delegates at large to the New York convention. Secretary Worman reports many new applications for enroll ment preparatory to the Scranton meeting. He asks Democratic papers to publish the fact that no fees are exacted, and that noth ing is required for the enrollment of any (cenuine Democratic organization except the official request with a list of officers and members. Freparlnc to Enroll the Clnb. Upon receipt of this by John D. Worman, Secretary of the Democratic Society ot Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, the enroll ment will be made and all circulars and documents forwarded. All such societies can be represented at Scranton, but it is more than likely that the approaching Gen eral Assembly will provide an enrollment tee and make other important changes in the constitution. The meeting to-day was attended by ex Lieutenant Governor Black, of York, Presi dent of the Democratic Society; Mayor John D. Worman, Philadelphia, Secretary; A. V. Dively, Blair; D. J. Boyle, Alle gheny; James M. Beck, Philadelphia; E. H. Eanch, Carbon; J. B. O. Cowan, West moreland; S. E. Critchlow, Beaver. Deputy Attorney General Stranahan was substi tuted for W. B. Clerdennin, of Lawrence, and Hon. B. F. Meyers, of this city, lor Hon. James EZerr,Clearfield. Messrs. Beck, Stranahan and Meyers were appointed bv Chairman Black to act in conjunction with the local committee to arrange for speakers ol national fame at the convention. Deputy Attorney General Stranahan sug gested that the Chair appoint some other person than himself, inasmuch as he rwas only a substitute and not a regular member of the committee. "Do we want you to serve" said Governor Black smilingly. "This is no sinecure like the office of Deputy Attorney General." "It will be sine quo non," "laughingly re plied Mr. Stranahan. After discussing the new Baker ballot law the committee ad journed. State Chairman Wright will open Demo cratic headquarters at Philadelphia, Sep tember!. Secretary Head will make pre liminary arrangements this week. The AInvemrnts of the Lenders. Secretary Head, of the State Democratic Committee, will go to Philadelphia the latter part of the week to look lor a suit able place for State headouarters during the campaign. Chairman Wright is now encamped at Kanka Lake, N.Y., with a number of leading officials of the Pennsyl vania Mutual Fire Insurance Company, but will return to his home in Allentown the early part of next week. Ua next Wednesday he will meet Secre tary 2Tead in Philadelphia to arrange the preliminaries of the campaign. State head quarters will be opened about September L Chairman Wright has not yet mapped out his plans of campaign. It has been sug gested by a number of well-known party leaders that in addition to holding mass meetings in every city, town and hamlet in the State the State Chairman should make a careful analysis of the vote of one year ago in all the close Congressional, Legislative and Senatorial districts, and that a deter mined effort be made in each to elect the Democratic nominees to the most important offices, especially the Legislature, Senator ial and Congressional candidates. BLAISE TO SPEAK IS MAINE. An Authoritative Statement to That EBect From Har Harbor. BOSTON, Aug. 1& A despatch from Bar Harhor says authoritatively that Blaine will speak in the'eomine campaign in the State of Maine. He does not feel strong enough to make a regular stumping tour as in former years, but will make five minute speeches at various points in the State. W. H. C00E HAS ACCEPTED. He Is Now Chairman Harrlty's Confidential Secretary. Untostowit, Aug. 16. ISpcciaL W.N H. Cook has accepted the position of con fidential secretary to Chairman Harrity, and telegraphed him on Monday tbat he would report for duty on Thursday morning. Uproarious Berks County Democrats. Beading, Aug. ia The Berks Demo cratic County Convention to-day was one of the most uproarious ever held in the county. The coun,ty Indorsed the National1 ticket, Governor Fattison and Congressman Bru ner's candidacy for a renomination, and ap proved the National platform. For State Senator, Henry D. Green was nominated, and for the Legislature, Jacob B. Hersog, Samuel B. Hepple and F. Leonard Bebsr. HOWLED LIKE DERVISHES. Knives and ristols Flourished In the Hous ton: Democratic Convention Maddened Delegates Fight (or Possession of the I'latrorm The Party Split In Twain. Hotjstox, Tex., Aug. 12. The Dem ocracy is rent in twain, and a double-barrelled convention is the result. The same scenes which were enacted in this city four years ago, during the Stewart-Hutchinson campaign, occurred to-day. It was a fore gone conclusion that if the Hogg people, who had about two-thirds of the instructed delegates, attempted to control the conven tion, as they had a perfect right to do, the Clark people would bolt. They had agreed upon this line of policy at their secret cau cuses, and to-day they carried it out, the convention never completing or even going into temporary organization. The Clark taction assert that knowing the danger of a deadlock to the success of Governor Hogg the Chairman was to arbi trarily run the machine, and his attempt to do this brought on the trouble. Chairman Binley announced that the first thing was the election of a temporary chairman. J. T. Shepard was nominated" by the Hogg people ana Jonathau Lane Dy tne uiarg taction. Chairman Finley ordered the Secretary to call the roll by counties and a mighty yell of opposition went up. In numbers the Clark people had them. For the 200 votes they had, 6,000 men were there to cast them, and the conven tion, instead of being a body of constituted delegates, was in the hands or tne multi tude. Ex-Senator Mattock moved that the vote on election of chairman be taken viva voce. Chairman Fineley ruled this out of order, and then the storm of indignation broke out afresh. Hundreds of delegates were on their feet wildly gesticulating for recognition, while the thousands in the hall were howling like Dervishes. Bedlam reigned supreme. Through the din of voices Mattock appealed from the decision of the Chair with stoical indiffer ence. Finley refused to entertain the ap peal, and ordered the Secretary to proceed with the roll call. Many Clark county men refused to vote, and the call by counties showed that Shepherd was overwhelmingly elected. Just as the result was being an nounced, ex-Senator Mattock jumped on a chair and declared that the minority had been stifled and bulldozed. The Chair had, he said, violated all parliamentary law and custom, and he asked all those who favored the election of Lane for Temporary Chair man to signify by saying "Aye." The Clark delegates and the spectators "united and a mighty shout went up, and Mattock de clared him elected. Then a mighty rush was made for the platform to secure half ot it The scene which then ensued is indescribable. ..Men in angry passion were surging, pushing and pulling at the tables and chairs, and all the time jelling and cursing. Several fights were going on in the audience aud pistols and dangerous looking knives were flour ished. For several minutes it looked as though a bloody scene of carnage would be enacted. In the mad stampede one man was hurled a distance ot 30 feet on the heads ol some of the crowd below. At last a semblance of order was worked out of the chaos and each side took half of the platform and hall, Shepherd presiding over the Hogg Conven tion and Lane the Clark. BUCHANAN'S C0UESENDI UNEXPECTED, It Means Tim He rt 111 Xovr Be the Candi date or the Third Tarty. Memphis, Teiw., Aug. IS. Anent the news ot Governor Buchanan's announce ment as an independent candidate for Gov ernor of Tennessee at the coming election, Chairman W. H. Carroll of the State Demo cratic Executive Committee said last night: "I was of the opinion, aud it is confirmed, that the Democracy made no mistake when it refused to renominate Governor Bu chanan. The issue now presented is not unexpected. Governor Buchanan's candi dacy means that he will receive the sup port of the Third Party. He is no stronger than any other candidate of that party would have been. The thinking masses of the country believe that there lives, liberty and property would be safe under Mr. Cleveland as President and their dissentions in the South only add to his strength in the South and East. "We propose to meet all issues fairly and present the true situation from a Demo cratic standpoint with kindness and good temper and feel fully assured that the princi ples Of the Democratic party will be upheld in Tennessee. The intelligible differences in opinion will be discussed with charity to those who differ with us. We feel that we shall convince the intelligent voters that 'the prosperity of the whole people can only be secured by the election of Mr. Cleveland and the other Democratic nominees." CLEVELAND IND0E8ED IK D0VEB. Democrats Convene and Renominate J. V?. Causey for Congress. Dotee, Del., Aug. 16. The Democratic State Convention met at 1:45 p. St. Victor B. Wooley was made Temporary Chairman. The usual committees were appointed, aud T. Irving Handy was named for Permanent Chairman. Chairman Hapdy delivered a speech reviewing Republican maladminis tration in great affairs. The Presidental electors for the Slate nominated in the county caucuses were then named by the convention. The platform adopted pledges loyalty to the cardinal principles of the Democratic faith; expresses hearty approval and rati fication of the national Democratic plat form; denounces the extravagance of the 1 Itepublican party ana its abuse ol the power of Federal taxation, which has prostrated many industries in order to subsidize a few, and taken an unlawful toll from the fruits of agriculture and labor to enrich a class who write our tariff laws; ratifies the nomi nation of Cleveland and Stevenson, and re news the demand for a constitutional con vention at the earliest legal period and de nounces the force bill. Congressman John W. Causey was renominated for Congress by acclamation. HILL WILLING 10 M AKE A DEAL. He Tfou'd Stand In If Guaranteed the State Department Portfolio. Ivew Yoke, Aug. 16. 5porfal The Commercial Advertiter to-day prints the fol lowing : "A story that David B. Hill was willing to make a deal with Cleveland if the ex-President would pay the price asked was widely circulated to-Jay. According to the story, the price was nothing more or less than that the candidate promise to make the Senator his Secretary of State in the event of his election to the Presidency. Hill's ambition, so the story went, is to be the Democratic Blaine." He is well known here in New Tork and wishes to gain a reputation throughout the country, where he is asyet but little known. He believes tbat he was born to be a diplo mat, and such a place as the portfolio of the State Department, would satisfy his am bition. If the story be true Hill will as suredly be backed by Tammany in his de mands, for Tammany Hall is very anxious to have one of its particular pets in a place of prominence in Washington. Tammany has it in its power to roll up such a big ma jority in the ciy that the State will be almost surely Democratic. No Branch Headquarters for Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 16. William J. Camp bell, member of the Republican National Committee from Illinois, has returned from New York. He confirms the report that the idea of establishing branch headquarters here has been abandoned. William B. Wilton for Congress. WlXLIAMSPOBT, Pa., Aug. 16.- The Democrats of Lycoming county to-day nom inated for Congress, William B, Wilson, of Tisga county. . JJULL AT HEADQTJABTEB8 Carter Is Away, but Clarkton is on Deck Grace Mysterious. KW Yoek, Atg. m Special. Chair nan Carter was in Washington yesterday, and General James S. Clarkson and Secre tary McComas were in chargat Kepublican headquarters. Secretary' McComas an nounced that he had found the man to run his press, formerly pro proprietor of the Flushing, L. L, Time. Mr. Qnlgg will begin to-day turn ing out interviews with visiting Republican statesmen. Harry C New, son of John O. New, who successfully managed Harrison's canyass for renomination at Minneapolis, was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-night, and delighted his Republican friends with a rainbow-tinted account of the situation in, the President's State.' Chairman Harrity returned to his duties at Demooratio national headquarters this morning and was assisted in the conduct 'of affairs by William C. Whitney, Treasurer Roosevelt Joslah Qulney, in charge of the literary bureau, aud J. J. Richardson, the member from Iowa. Senator Daniel wl Voorhees, who was expected from Indiana to talk over the situation among the Hoosiers with Chairman Harrity and Mr. Whitney, did not arrive, but it was stated ,that he will be on hand to-morrow when the meeting of the Campaign Committee, called bv Chairman Don M. Dickinson, ""will be held at 11 o'clock. To-morrow's meeting it is expected will be. attended by every member of the Cam paign Committee, though it Is possible that E. C. Wall, of Wisconsin, may not get her. In case he should fail to arrive his proxy will probably be given to Mr. Rich ardson, of Iowa. Ex-Mayor Grace was closeted with Chair man Harrity for a few minutes yesterday. It was said that the conference between these two had to do with the hostile atti tude which Mr. Grace and his May move ment friends have assumed toward the lo cal Democratic organization, but neither Mr. Harrity nor Mr. Grace would confirm or deny the story. . . THE DEADLOCK UNBROKEN. Panxintawney Congressional Conferees Can Come to No Agreement. PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA., Aug. 16. Spedol, One hundred and eighty-five ballots have been taken to date. This has been by far the liveliest day in the Con gressional conference. Six . sessions were held and 48 ballots were taken. The Indi ana delegation stated this morning that it was anxious to get home and was going in with the intention of making a nomination. They verified this statement by voting solidly for Bond on the first ballot. Mr. Bond could not secure the deciding vote as Westmoreland and Armstrong were not giving any votes away from "home. The Indiana conferees then voted solidly for Heiner, of Armstrong, but as usual no one could be found to cast the deciding vote, 'ihe Indiana people throughout to-day's sessson kept voting either for Bond or nemer. At to-nighi's session Mr. Laux made a motion that the candidates meet and dis cuss plans for the settlement of the nom ination, -as so much time was being wasted in useless balloting. The motion was seconded when one of the conferees made a motion to table that of Mr. Laux. This motion was put and defeated. Mr. Laux's motion was then pnt and carried. The can didates were informed of the action taken in the meeting and then agreed on 9 o'clock to-morrow forenoon as the time for the dis cussion. The Armstrong county contingent want the conference adjourned to meet in Kittanning. To this the Jefferson county people will not agree. The Westmoreland delegation assert their willingness to go anywhere. A telegram received here this evening states that the Senatorial confer ence at Brookville will take a recess to ob serve the Old Soldiers' reunion which takes place at Punxsutawney Thursday. The opinion prevails here that the people hold ing the Senatorial conference are only hold ing off until a nomination is made here. AH UNSATISFACTORY -NOMINEE. North Carolina's Third Party Candidate for Governor Starts a Lively Backet. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 16. When the Third Party Convention reassembled this afternoon it was to witness some exciting scenes. "When the nomination of a candi date for Governor was reached the name of Colopel Harry Skinner, of Pitt, was placed before the convention. It received a dozen secondi, and Skinner was nominated by ac clamation. Skinne r declared that if he' ac cepted the nomination it would be upon certain,conditions, one of which was that if he sawlhat the Third party would cause, such a division of the white people in the State as to let the Republicans into power, he would have to warn them and bid them turn from danger. This was greeted with mutterings of dis content, and Colonel Skinner was again called tor, as the convention was not satis fied with his position. F. W. Stroud, the Third party nominee for Congress, declared he was authorized to speak for Skinner, and he was unconditionally in the hands of this convention, but Skinner was forced to appear again in person and did not satisfy the convention, as he did not affirm what Stroud had said. His tbtrd appearance did not satisfy them and Skinner withdrew his name and the convention adjourned till 8 P. II., after much confusion and discussion ot the question of keeping Skinner on the ticket. M0KSE HA8 IT. No Opposition to Bis Nomination for Gov ernor by Michigan Democrats. Grand Bapids, Mich., Aug. 18. Jus tice Allen B. Morse, of the Michigan Su preme Court, will be unanimously named to-morrow for Governor by the Wol verine Democracy in convention- as sembled. Governor E. B. Winans, his only competitor for the high honor, has made this consummation a foregone conclu sion by a letter of withdrawal re ceived to-day by the Btate Central Committee. Governor Winan's letter sets forth his declination of a second term in terms which effectually settles the question. The farmer Governor could have had the nomination had he wanted it, but his withdrawal now leaves an open field for Morse, and removes the only contest which threatened to in any way dis turb the harmony of to-morrow's proceed ings. COHGBESSMAH WARWICK'S 8UCCESS0B. He Unit Be Selected From the Sixteenth District Where the Vacancy Exists. CAKTOS, O., Aug. 16. Special There has been a great deal of conjecture as to what district should elect Congressman Warwick's successor for the unexpired term. Attorney General Blchards wired the JUposiiory to-day as follows; In my opinion Congressman Warwick's successor should be elected from the old Sixteenth district, the district In which the vacancy exists. A suggestion made by Banker Isaao Har ter, of Canton, that in case the Governor should appoint a successor to the late Con gressman Warwick, that it would be a frateful act for the executive to name W. u L. Warwick, the son, for the vacanoy, is being kindly accepted here and is indorsed with the amendment that the son should be eleoted by the party. A precedent for the proceeding is quoted in the case of Con gressman .Honk, of Tennessee, who was elected to serve the unexpired term of his father, Judge Honk, who died in office. The Power Behind the Throne. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Whitney has a good deal to say about It for a man who says he don't wont to be,a leader In the'campalgn. IRON HALL FUNDS TIED The lintnal Banking Company Is Forced to Assign in Order to KEEP THE CASH IN PHILADELPHIA. Krumbhaar Claimed All Along the Concern Is Insolvent, While OFFICIALS BAT IT IS BTILIi SOUND Philadelphia, Aug. 16. The Mutual Banking, Surety, Trust and Safe Deposit Company, in which funds belonging to the Iron Hall were deposited, failed to open its doors this morning. Inquiry developed the fact that the directors had made an as signment for the benefit of the stockholders and depositors to A E Stockwell, oft this city, attorney for the bank. Neither President Somerby nor Cashier Hays could bo found to-day, and it is be lieved they left for Indianapolis. As signee Stockwell was found in company with H. C Williams, Treasurer of the Iron Company and also a director of the bank, and was asked the reasons for the assign ment He referred to the recent suit for a receivership instituted against the Iron Hall, and the fact that $430.QO0 of the order's money is on deposit at the bank. "The lawyers on both sides in the receiv ership snit," he continued, "with the con sent and approval of Judge Taylor, came here to take away the cash and securities of the bank and remove them to Indianapolis. Mr. Krumbhaar, State Superintendent of Banking, has been working with the plain tiffs with the undoubted intention of wreck ing this institution and the Iron Hall. All to Head Off the Receivership. 'It was to proteot its creditors and keep its assets within this jurisdiction that the assignment was made." - "The bank In my opinion is perfectly sol vent," said the assignee, "and is able to pay dollar for dollar all around. The directors, however, cannot permit the assets and se curities to go out of this jurisdiction and thus compel their depositors to go to Indian apolis for their rights." Mr. Stockwell declared it is impossible at this time for him to make any statement of the assets and liabilities of the institu tion. The demand for the Iron Hall funds, he said, was made yesterday during a joint meeting of the bank directors and officers of the order, which lasted all day. The directors resisted the demand and there was nothing left to do but make an assignment It is claimed by applicants for the re ceivership at Indi'anapolis that $720,000 of the Iron Halls lunds are locked up in the institntion, and that the Mutual Company is also surety for the Iron Hall officers to the extent ot $1,000,000. The Examiner Had Applied for a Receiver. The amount on deposit is believed to in clude 170,000 said to have been advanced by the Supreme Justice of the order to make good an impairment of bank's capital which the State Bank Examiner discovered Inst spring. At the time the examiner claimed that the bank was insolvent and applied for a receiver. Among its assets, set forth in the cash ier's affidavit of defense, was the "Good will of the corporation, valued at $170,000." This item was thrown oqt by the court and the bank was ordered to make good the impair ment, which it succeeded in doing, Jout has always refused to reveal whence the neces sary $170,000 was obtained. In his testi monv at Indianapolis the other day, Chief Justice Somerby finally admitted that the $170,000 had been given the bank by the officers of Iron Hall in order to save it from going into the hands of a receiver. The officers made the following official statement of the bank's condition on May 31 last: How the Company Stood Last Slay. BISOUBCES. "' " Cish on hand and deposited with hanks or bankers $181953 11 Checks and other cash items 69M89 Call loans upon collaterals 68,025 00 Timeloans upon collaterals 120,285 00 Loans upon bonds and mnrtgaies. 8,8u0 00 Commercial aud other pacer , loaned .'... 303,002 00 Investment securities S9,00 00 Real estate, furniture and fixtures. 2,072 72 Overdrafts . 851 41 Current expenses and taxes paid.. 5.S2S 05 .Miscellaneous assets 85,726 91 Total.. $790,125 13 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $163,950 00 Surplus fund 40206 71 Undivided profits 7,712 Deposits subject to clieck 492,855 37 Deposits special 8i,800 63 Total $790,425 13 The bank officials refuse to discuss the "5208,062. 40f commercial and other paper owned," the "25,726.91 miscellaneous as sets," the "?89,400 investment securities," and the item "real estate, furniture and fixtures, $2,07172." The cash on hand, etc., is thought to be to a large extent the $170, 000 donated by the Iron Hall, which went to make up the $168,950 capital stock paid in. Of the deposits subject to check, amounting to $192,655.37, the bulk is Iron Hall money, and the rest, it is said, is mainly funds of the other fraternal orders. The special deposits; $60,700.53 are, it is ex plained, "deposits for a special purpose." Another Insurance Concern Involved. In addition to the Iron Hall's funds on deposit in the institution there is also locLed up $40,000 belonging to the Advance Beneficial Order, one ot, the short-term or ganizations which went in the general crash of such schemes about a year ago. The Advance Order also made an assign ment to A. E. Stockwell, who deposited the funds of the Advance Order in the bank, of which he was counsel and assignee. A lew weeks ago the pressure was brought on Stockwell to remove the funds of the de funct Beneficial Society from the Mntual Bank, but he refused, declaring the institu tion was perfectly solvent. Stockwell was on Augusts, 3 elected a trustee of the Iron Hall Building Company. State Superintendent of,Banking Krumb haar said this afternoon that as the bank has assigned it has passed out of ills, jurisdic tion. Continuing, he said: I do not think I will take any further ac tion In this matter at present. I have been acting all the time under the advice of counsel, as my position Is a peculiar one. Tlie office ot Superintendent of Banking In this State helng a comparatively new posi tion, I have very few judicial proceedings or laws to aot on as precedents. My position, too. Is unlike that or the United States office ot Comptroller of the Currency. Every action I have taken has been after consultation with my counsel. In this case, the evidence disclosed by my expert during the past ten days does not show a very material differ ence from the faots which I laid before the court in the spring. It was developed to-night that the attor ney representing both plaintiff and defend ant in the application tor a receiver for the Order of the Iron Hall made a proposition to the directors of the Mutual Bank at the meeting preceding the assignment, which, ifaccepted, would have placed the local depositors on a perfectly safe basis, as they would have obtained every cent ot their deposits, amounting to only $30,000 or $35, 000. It was proposed that the directors pay each call depositor the amount dne them and give bonds for the payment of each time depositor. 8TBWABT HOTIFIED. Salt for Infringement Broaght Against Two Cash Beglster Companies. NEW Yobk, Aug. lti Special Suit was,brought in the United States Court here to-day against the Eruse Cash Begis ter Company, of New Tork, manufacturers of the Eruse, and also of the Dreyfus oash register, for Infringement of patents owned by the National Cash Register Company, of 1. Dayton, O. . A' BLACK BASS PABADISE, Many Places In New England Where Ihe Fine Fish Can Be CanghrT "New England is the paradise of the black bass fisherman," savs Charles Fred rick Danforth in the July New England Magazine. "In Maine there are many fine bass ponds in the vicinity of Bangor; and Lake Maranacook at Winthrop, ,the Bel grade ponds at Belgrade, and Highland Lake at Bridgton are all good waters. New Hampshire gives us Sunapee, which cannot be excelled forne fishing. In this State also one should visit Bear Island and "The Basin" in Lake Wlnnipiseogee, Smith's pond at Woliboro, in Northwood. Lake Cbamplain, in Vermont, affords excellent fishing. "Massachusetts is the banner State, bow ever. The bass U found in the Charles and Sudbury rivers; but lake and pond fishing are ihe rule in Massachusetts. Boston sportsmen may go to Lake Qnannapowitt, Wakefield, and to Horn Pond in Woburn, In both of which places permits must be ob tained from the town authorities. Then there are Massapoag, Lake, Sharon, Pearl Lake, Wrentham, Punkapoag Pond, Canton, Highland Lake, South Walpole,and Norro way or Great Pond in South Braintree. In Essex county there are Suntaug Lake in Lynnfield, and Hood's Pond in Topsfield; in Middlesex county there are Lake Walden at Concord, Sandy Pond, Lincoln, Magog Pond, Acton; Spot Pond, Stoneham; Lake Cochituate, South WayJand, and Silver Lake, Wifmlngton. In Southern Massa chusetts, near the.Connecticut line, we may visit Chaubunagungamaug Pond, or Web ster Lake, at Webster, and Long Pond at Falmouth, where fine fishing may be ob tained. "Down on the cape, the Mecca of the Bay State fisherman, the fishing is finer for bass than in any other part of the State. There, at and near Plymouth, are White Island, the best of all, Big and Little Heron, Great South, Long Bloody, Mud, Half-Way and Gallows ponds, there is Big Sandy Pond at Centerville; while still further down, at Mashpee, are Peters, Spectacle and Pimlico ponds, all excellent waters." IHE W0BSHIP OF HEROES. The Farther Away iruin the Present the Blcger They Appear to Us. "Men have a poor eye for the truest he roes round about them in their own day; their hero-worship is concerned chiefly with the pait," says Edwin D. Mead in the July New England Magazine. '"Emerson raid of Webster, at the time of ihe fugitive slave law, when Garrison and Phillips and Parker and Whittier were wag ing their great fight: 'He knows the heroes of 1776, but cannot see those ot 1851 when he meets them in the street' However severe this view of Webster mav be, the word is true of a thousand men. It is as common to-day as it was in Christ's time and before Christ's time, for men who busy themselves in painting the tombs of the prophets to be just as busy in stoning the prophets sent unto their own genera tion. "Carlyle himself, the greatest of all onr hero-worshipers, whose name rushes to our lips at tne very mention ol heroes and heroism, bad but a poor eye and poor ear for the heroic figures and voices of his own epoch. He never caught Mazzini's vision, he hardly understood what Mazzini was about in the world, even when he had him for his neighbor and went in and out with him day by day. There had been no con siderable exhibition of heroism in England, according to his vision, for two centuries no real body ot heroes since the Puritans. It may well be doubted whether, had he been the cotemporary of Cromwell or of Luther, whom he celebrated so well, he would not have been found their enemy and counted tbem malcontents, busybodies and disorderly iellows. "But it is not chiefly or usually a ques tion of enmity or cautiousness toward our heroes; it is a question ofblindness, deaf nes and indifference lack of adequate rec ognition and support, while" they are still with us in the, flesh. It- has become a proverb that blessings brighten as they fly; and so it is true to most ot us that our he roes grow in stature as they get farther and farther away in the past" St LOUIS A GAME CERTEE. Large Quantities at Qaall and Tarter t Yearly Shipped to England. Despite the hampering game laws in various States, the game trade of St Louis is decidedly on the increase, and, what is more interesting, the points to which we ship are getting more distant every year, says a game dealer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat. Judging from the present out look, over 5,000 quails will be shipped to London this year, these birds being highly prized in the English markets and selling at fancy prices. Shipments of turkeys are also getting heavier eiery year, but as the English eat turkey on Christmas Day, and not much be fore, the demand comes a little'late in the season. Heavy birds are wanted, and we seldom ship any below 12 pounds; another peculiarity being that the head must be in good condition. A beheaded turkey appears to be abso lutely unsalable across the water, where dressed poultry of every description is sold with the head tucked under the wing. The English housewife decides as to the age of a bird by its head and comb, and that is the reason dealers, in sending their orders here, emphasize the instruction not to cut off the heads. When St. Louis becomes a seaport our game business with Europe will cer tainly be exceedingly large. PBUIT GETTING DEAR. Short Crop of Peaches and Pears, but Plenty or Grapes. "People are complaining a great deal about the high price of peaches," said Tony Barcky, the fruit dealer, yesterday. 'If they are dissatisfied now, I don't know what will be, their feelings later on, for peaches are bound to advance in price very rapidly. There are not enough peaches in Delaware, Jersey and the southern Sart of this State to supply the emand in New York and Philadel phia. Dealers are going to the orchards and offering $3 per bushel for fancy fruit and $2 for common fruit as thev come from the trees. Pears are also very scarce this year. I can't remember an -I instance of Bartlett pears reaching the' price they have this year. This short crop of fruit here is sending the prices oh Cali fornia fruit skyhlgh, but there is always a great demand for It. About the only fruit which we will have in abundance will be grapes. The crop this year is exceedingly large. "Hot weather has a very material eflect upon the price of lemons. "During this last hot wave lemons in New York jumped from $5 to $8 and $10 ner box. This is due to the increased demand for them for mak ing drinks, etc." Queer Accident While Fishing. A queer accident befel a Portland fisher man one day recently. He had hooked a swordnsh and neglected to haul taut the line. The fish, feeling the slack, turned and made straight for the dory, driving his sword through the bottom of the boat and striking the fisherman in the foot The sword glanced on the bone of the heel, but the man was so badly injured that the ves sel to which he belonged was compelled to stop fishing to carry him to Portland, Buildings or Historic Value. . That the world was inhabited long before authentic history began -is now one of th e generally accepted facts. There are said to be more than 3,000 prehistoric buildings in Sardina. They are almost all in the fertile districts and are built in groups, which are separated from one another bv wide and .generally barren places. THE BUSINESS WORLD. A Triumvirate of Maverick Bank Officers Indicted in Boston. POTTEB GETS 0ER 100 COUNTS. He Is Charged With Falsa Entries Wrong. Certifications. and FIREF, FAILDRES AND IAILWAT NEWS Boston-, Aug. 16. Four indictments were to-day reported against Asa P. Potter, Jonas P. French and Thomas Dana, ex Maverick National Bank officials. The grand jury to-day reported before Justice Putnam in the United States Circuit Court French was admitted to bail in $10,000, John Stetson going his surety. Dana has not yet been arrested or admitted to bail This is in accordance with an arrangement between his counsel and United States Dis trict Attorney Allen. Mr. Allen asked the Court to fix Potter's bail at $20,000 on each count of the two in dictments found against that defendant. He based his request on the ground that the attendance of Potter should be assured, not alone at the trial, but also during its progress till its conclusion. E. P. Howe, counsel for Potter; stated that his client had been unrestrained and without bail for some weeks since the previous indictments were quashed, and showed no desire to flee. He also said that the District Attorney had stated nothing that showed that Mr. Potter would not be present during the trial. He also said that the alleged wrongful acts of his client did not redound to Mr. Potter's profit Justice Putnam fixed bail at $10,000 on the false entrr indictment and $20,000 on the false certificates. Grenville T. W. Braman was accepted as Potter's suretv. District Attorney Allen asked that the' defendant s presence be arranged, but on time being asked by the defendants' coun sel the Court fixed September 15, when the defendants will be arraigned, and will have until then to oppose the indictments. Of the indictments against Potter, one contains 80 counts and the other 30. The former charges him with making various false certifications of checks signed "Irving A. Evans & Co." the face value of them being between $100,000 and $200,000. In the latter Potter is charged with making false entries in the books of thejbank, be ginning in the spring of 1890 and ending October 12, 1891, and also with making false entries in the reports to the Comptroller of Currency, covering the years 1890 and 1891. The charges against the remaining mem bers of the triumvirate are by no means as extensive as those against Potter. The in ictment against French charges him with a failure to report overdrafts of his own, amounting to $60,000, in his report to the Comptroller of the Currencv for May and July of 189L This showed a dlscrepany of $444,97L The indebtedness of Directors French and Dana extended back a good many years. Witness gave a detailed statement ot Pot ter's overborrowing, going into a mass of figures. SILVEB, GOLD 0B Z0IH1 England and India Find the Monetary Question a Serlons One. Manchester, England, Aug. ia A meeting ot the Lancashire cotton spinners was held to-day to discuss the fluctuations in the prices of silver and the rates of East ern exchange. The spinners concurred that the present condition, of affairs menaced a collapse of the cotton spinning business. Manufacturers, they said, have already been very heavy losers. It was proposed to hold a series of pnblic meetings throughout the country and to memorialize the Govern ment in favor of the adoption of remedial measures. ' A dispatch from Bombay says: The move ment" in faror of a gold standard is spread ing. Petitions are received dally from officials in all parts of India in favor oi A gold standard. Nearly all the officials in India are paid in silver, and the decline in value of that metal has cansed a correspond ing decrease in the purchasing power of silver money. Consequently, the officials in many cases find their saiaries practically curtailed. BUSINESS BREVITIES. Exhibits of Canadian fish products for the World's Pair will be forthcoming. Iowa larmers have seen the end of an other splendid week for crops. The output of corn will be below the average. A contract, has been closed by M. A. Brad ley and others with the Cleveland Ship Building Company for a 4,000-ton steamer. ExceptAo a drouth in the southern coun ties last week's weather in Michigan was favorable for crops. The oats crop is large. The Minneapolis Journal estimates the spring wheat crop in Minneapolis and the DaKotas at 103,000,000 bushels, against 160,000, 000 last year. This is very little below an average crop. Seventt-fivb scrapers at the Hntchinson (Kan.) Salt Works struck Monday. The men claim they have been for years working 13 hours a dav for $150 per day, when by the law of tbe State ten hours is a day's work. They demand 15 cents an hour for the two extra hours. t Chicago Board of Trade grain prices were posted at the Consolidated Stock and Petro leum Exchange, New York, Monday, for the first time. Should the posting be favorably received by tbe members, the Exchange will decide in favor of listing grain. Grain as well as pork will be handled through the Clearing House under tbe head of petro leum. Tax expulsion of the convicts at Inman and Traoy City, Tenn., has wrought tem porary disaster to the commercial Interests of the South. Tbe tbree immense furnaces operated by tbe Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, emplovlmr 150 men. banked their fires yesterday, and will not resume work until tbe affairs between the company and the State are settled. The South Pittsburg Pipe Works have also shut down for the present. 1 Tbx Lookout Mountain properties were sold at auction yesterday under a Chancery Court decree. Lookout Inn, which cost $180,000, was sold at $83,000 to Boston parties, who also bought (100,000 stock in the land company for $13 "50, worth on a conservative basis, fully $70,000. The Lookout Mountain Bailroad (broad gauge), which cost $100,000, was bid in lor the Union Trust Company at $31,0C0. The Trust Company holds $200,000 In bonds. The sum total of the sale Is $133 330. RAILWAY INTERESTS. Work was commenced on the construc tion of the Chicago and St. Louis Electric Bailroad Monday. Tax Southern Pacific will make a decided cut In freight rates between Galveston and New Orleans, in some cases 10 per cent. Thi Vancouver, B. C, City Council will authorize a bonus of 300,000 to a company to build a road to connect the Northern Pacific Railway with Vancouver. Acrivx progress.! being made on the Bal- Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report j&s& ABSOLUTELY PURE tlmore and Ohio's tnnnel that is to be bored under Maryland Height, the huge mountain on the left bank of tup I'otomac at Harper's Ferry. OrriciAL notice' has been given by the "Soo" line that it will restore the rata on flour to the basis of 30 cents per hundred pounds from Minneapolis to Boston, taking effect August 25. Tbx application at Bicbmnnd to have the appointment of permanent receivers on the Richmond and Danville, Railroad held over until after the general meeting of the Richmond Terminal stockholders was un successful. A ohabtxb was Issued yesterday to the Ulysses and Pine Creek Batlroad Company, of Potter county, to run from Perrysville by way of the Genesee river to Ulysses, six miles. Capital, $65,000. Perry Bingham, or Ulysses, is President C Tux Chicago and Alton Railroad has put on Its war paint and announced a policy of rate-slashing. It was Chairman Caldwell's decision, authorizing a round trip rate of $5 between Chicago and Kansas City on ac count of the nights or Pythias Encamp ment, that fnrnlalied General Passenger Agent Charlton bis cue. Coxsvl Gesebal DmtAJT.of Guatemala, Is In San Francisco.Ue says that President Barrios Is building a narrow gauge railroad from Guatemala City 300 miles away, to Porto Barrios on the Atlantic coast. This is In connection with tho Guatemala Central Railroad from Sun Jose on the Pacific coast to Guatemala and will give an all rail route from ocean to ocean. Charles Seldet, Baltimore, Superinten dent of the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph, In speaking of the meeting of operators in Pittsburg, said: "There has been no demand made by the Order of Telegraphers on the Baltimore and Ohio, and therefore, neces sarily, we are rather in the dark as to their Intentions. If there is any demand made we will try to meet the committee in a fraternal spirit.'1 THE FIRE EECOED. Bed Mountain, CoL The entire town has been wioed out by fire, including tne post office, the Bed Mountain Hotel and the of fice of the Juurnal. Origin Incendiarv. Many Deopln are homeless. 1x383, $275,000: Insurance. 3159,000. Ashvllle, Cambria county An incendiary Are destroyed the business section of the town. The Altoona Fire Department asslted to fight the flames. Loss estimated, $35,000; insurance, $15,000. PLANETARY SPECULATION. A Skeptical Observer's Views A Black pot on the Son Last Week. To the Zdltor of Tbe Dlspateb: The scientific world has been deeply inter ested and a good deal amused by the various articles which have appeared lately in the public prints in relation to the planet Mars'. Some of these items are not worth noticing, while some of tbe better ones need explana tion, The great Milan astronomer has seen double canals very plainly. Another "emi nent astronomer" has declared seriously that be discovered trees on tbe banks of the canals; another says that Mars at his oppo sition in the year 1330 was within less than 2.000.000 of miles of the earth; another has seen something like signals on the planet, and expects to be able to hold correspond ence with the people there some day. Now thoughtful people are inquiring whether there Is any foundation for these notions, and whether there have been any nsefnl discoveries made or late on tbat orb. We have an excellent test within our reach by which to judge the value of such pre tended discoveries. The moon Is less than one-quarter of a million of miles from ns. It has more than double tho light that Mars has; it has little or no atmosphere to ob struct our view, alwas near us, giving op portunities of viewing her bright face, while Mars at his nearest approach is but a little less than forty millions of miles from us, having a dense atmosphere which makes it impossible to get a clear view of any object on his surface. Still astronomers have never been able, with tnelr most improved instru ments, to arrive at any positive conclusion In regard to the physical structure of our little neighbor. By this test the man who can see canals, either double or sinzle. on Mars, could see .i grasshopper on tbe moon; and the man who saw the trees on the banks of the canals could hear the cricket sing on lunar even lngs. One ot those "eminent astronomers' once declared that his telescope was so Eowerful that when he viewed a drove of oxs at ten miles distance it brought them so near that he could hear them grunting. Ic would pay some enterprising Individual to collect, tabulate and publish the vagaries that have appeared on tbat subject. , This spirit of speculation and conjecture, though often ridiculous, sometimes leads to useful and important discoveries. It also makes us careful of what we accept as truth There are some things about the character and movements of the newly discovered satellites that are hard to under stand. For Instance, the Inner one seems to set at defiance all the laws of dynamics. According to reports it makes three revolutions around tbe primary in less time than the primary torn on its axis. The query Is: What Is the Initial force tbat starttd the little fugitive at tbat out rageous gait that breaks all previous rec ords and reverses the apparent motions of all the members of the solar system? Al though I believe it is said tbat the actual motion of the satellites of Uranus Is retro grade I don't believe it. We have good reasons for doubting many of tbe supposed discoveries of astronomers. The celebrated astronomer, Leverrier, once announced very confidently the discovery of an inter-mercurial planet, calculated the elements of its orbit, gave the figures and dubbed it Vulcan. But It has never been seen fclnce. He also declared that Venus has a satellite. Others also pretended to have seen it. but it can't be found with all the helps of modern science. It is not wonderful that the greatest astronomers make mistakes In their observations, con sidering the difficulties they have to con tend with. But that Is no excuse for guessing and silly theorizing. In view of hese facts may it not be possible that there may be some mistake In" relation to the inner satel lite of Mars? Is it not possible that Instead of one there may be two or three, which taken for one would account for the ap parent rapid motion of the moon? While writing I wish to call the attention of scientists to another subject that of the relation between electric disturbances or our atmosphere and solar disturbances. The late auroral display and disturbances were attributed to tbe great agitation going on at the same time in thesun's surround ings. Now I have not been able, after 30 years observation, to discover any rela tion between tbese phenomena, and the very'general electric disturbance that pre vailed during the past few days goes to dig-, ?irove such relation. During all the time or bis terrestrial disturbance the sun's sur face was unusually quiet. During last week a very black spot passed over the disk with out any change, and another similar one is now passing tranquilly over tne same route with a few smaller spots at various dis tances, all gliding peacefully over the fiery sea. I hope to see one of these spots return at the proper time but little changed, al though one hour may scatter It. J. C. McCobkicx. ' Milwaukee Freight Handlers Strike. Milwaukee, "Wis., Aug. 16. About 160 freight handlers in the Northwestern freight depot in this city struck this after noon. They have been getting $1 40 per day but demand $1 SO. A Druggist Saved the Child's -L'e. "My little one was so delicate we thought she could not live." writes Mrs. J. E. Young, of La Croise, Wis., "but our druggist recommended "UeUted food, and (he grew healthy and strong by Its use. Sbe Is now a beautiful child, tbe envy or many." Phyilelani. druggists, nursei, sad mothers unite in recommending UeUted food, for It saves babies' llTes. Baking Powder JSk-. IkBsHi
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