The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, November 18, 1897, Image 5
FGVUin Absolutely Pur soval mom powotn oo., nrw vos. SELECTED FIRESIDE VERSE. Tbe Parmer's Daon-hter. You should see her In the kitchen. Cap and apron White a mow, In her eye The love-light shining On her cheeks A rosy glow. Sleeves rolled up Above white elbows, , Sweeping here And dusting there. This fair daughter Of the former. For the household Hath a care. I And her song la Just as tuneful. And her step Is Just as tlglft. As when she. Sweet merry-maker. Joined her mates In play last night. Oh, the little Farmer's daughter (Heaven bless her As she goes). She Is fairer Than the Illy. She Is sweeter Than the rose. .Urn. M. A. Kidder, In Orange Judd Farmer. Indian Summer. After the springtime sowing. The restlessness of growing. The garnering and reaping. Time pauses and a hush Stllleth the surge and rush Of fevered life, for then Dear summer comet h creeping Over her earth again. On clover meadows stark and brown. On fields to stubblo leveled down, Her waving breath Is sweeter Than the fragrance after rain, Her touch. Ilka mother fingers After ecstasy of pain. Cut hfer passing1 ah! 'tis fleeter Than a smile In sorrow's eyes, One mellow hour she lingers, One tender June note tries. Then leaves a dream to winter. And softly sleeping, dies. -Alice Katherlne Fallows, In N. T. Inde pendent A Sons for tb pood Time). Sing o' the "good time coming" Fancy you bear Its drums. And llfe'll be all the sweeter If never the good time comes! Sing o' the "good time coming" Sing while the nlgbt comes on. And llfe'll be all the brighter For dreaming the day would dawn! Stnff nf thA "ffivift flmn nnmlnff" On a glad and golden wing. And llfo will move In mualo For dreaming the joy-bells ring! Somewhere the good time's marching With the rippling flags and drums; But sing and the world will blossom If never the good time comesl Atlanta Constitution. The Shipwreck. A little room, with carpet bright. And pictures on the wall; Beside the door a case of books, Near them a bat and ball. Within our boy Is sleeping now t'pon his little bed, Dreams of a happy sailor's Ufa Flit through his curly head. Above he hears the thunder roll. And sees the lightning flash; Before, he sees the rocky shore, "Gainst which the billows dash. The ship Is In the breakers now. He hears the angry roar. And washed, from the broken wreck, i j . ...ii m tans uDon tea noor. ht n . v. j t .11 w The Beat World Still. t'l a sad old world where the sun don't nine. But there ain't no nu renlnln' - . .mi, lire l v n a l w ill o An love when the sun ain't shinln': J WIUW Sail hftaaj IIIMIB may kill. IS thA i,. ,.. ... . ..... wvo. viw wuriu in ilia uuuiury siui! . .ii . . i ... ----. bv.u wwnu wucu ilia lurcri gone. BUt thore ain't Ml Its IHn' 1.7 1 U1H um mo snips nan on, the sailors sing with the sallln'. kill "mas may blow, an' the llghtnln' the best old world In the country still! Atlanta Constitution. Wllle Was Wobbed. " iciiaer auaeiet, witn a micro . "eoplc head. "is muay natures was a look of terror spread. v.l llke "quid crystals, studded both nu dreamy eyes, ff' hi" heaving bosom was convulsed With Wlnriu ilk. . . lnrl"iT story In a sob-lm- . Peded voice. - in, unaltered reelings seemed to tote their eaulnnl- - -..v. . ueun waa sorciy rent with ympathetlo Daln ,u had held him up and mm or nia canel The Tfma.l m . P'tvnti me inAflnw, r anil r-n "owing raiments come and m- '""ib uena in vnnh n t haM - u.eir lovely eyes In prayer. m an.. ...... . -"'ry mi fit 1 lr. In.n.. lift.. - "iiUURn th allAnta. s.1n1e Attm. throau wodland from blrd- hfTnn of praIw t0 Heaven floats. "HI DT fllv m V. - . at - - ann nnn-.. i. i Ms-.-'-- "I'H llll tJIIMi If a 1 niui U BICI tklllA UliK 'k Fa.rcnid Sherman!' a S. i I Gary's Plarto Help the Peo ple Save Money. THE POSTMASTER GEXERAl'S REPORT Recommends tbe Establishment of Foufeil Savings Depositor! The System De fined In Itatall Hew It Works la Other Countries. WASHINGTON. Nov. IB. The first annual report of Postmaster General James A. Gary to the president has been made public. Its feature la the strong advocacy of postal savings de positories, a scheme over which Post master General Gary has worked for many months In the formulation of plans to present to the president and congress. He says the time Is ripe for their establishment and tl-.at the adop tion of a well organized system would 'confer a great boon upon a large nurn ' her of people and ultimately be of In 1 estimable benefit to the whole country. jThe estimates of the revenues and ex- pendltures for the fiscal year endlns I June 30. 1899. are: Total postal revenue for 1S97, JS2.665.462.73; add 6 per cent, .M.1S.1.273.13. Estimated revenue for 1898, 1.16,798.735.86; add 7 per cent, J6.075.91U1. I Total estimated revenue for 1S99. $92. I n4.C47.37; estimated expenditures for j!S99, $98,922,760: deficiency for 1S?9. estl j mated, J6.048.U2.63. I Following Is an abstract of the re port: The Increase of the postal deficit for 1S97 Is largely a rellox of the depressed business conditions which prevailed all over the I'nlted States during the first three-quarters of that period. There hns been no extravagance of expendi ture, save that obligated by law. Reit erating the Injustice Inflicted both upon the postal revenue and the people by seeosd class mnll matter carriage regu lations, the enactment by congress of some measure to remedy the wrong, similarly pointed out by past postmas ters general, la urged. As to this the postmaster general says: "If this were done, there would be an end to postal deficits, and the service could bo en larged and popularized by a broad ex tension of free delivery without In fringement upon the general resources of the government and eventually re sult In the much desired reduction of letter postage to one cent per ounce" No method of perfecting the organiza tion of the postal servlco has proved more effective than the consolidation of postofflces. Legislative restrictions on Its development nre to he regretted, and n. repeal of the five mile limit consolida tion measure In the 1S96 postal appro priation bill Is recommended. The experimental rural free delivery has been generally appreciated; few ex penditures have conferred greater bene fits In proportion, and it has unques tionably proved a potent factor In at taining what should be a chief aim of government, the granting of the beHt possible postal facilities to the family class. The report reviews In detail the operations of the various branches of the department The portion on the suh Ject of postal savings, In brief, follows: Many millions of dollars are undoubt edly secreted by people who have little or no confidence In ordinary securities and monetary Institutions organized by private citizens. It Is dead capital, but If Its owners could be Inspired with ab solute confidence In the security of an Investment It Is altogether probable that the bulk of this fund would find Its way Into the channels of trade and commerce. If the government under took this task, the service would un doubtedly be gladly accepted by the people. Their faith In the government Is unbounded. Their little savings, which separately could hardly be put out at Interest, would amount In the aggregate to a sum that could be Invested to their ad vantage. It would tend to cultivate thrift In a large class, realizing the ad vantage of depositing with the govern ment Instead of wastefully and useless ly expending It; It would tend to better citizenship, bringing Into closer rela tionship the government and Its citi zens and developing practical and en during patriotism.. This growth of pa triotic sentiment and good citizenship constitutes a powerful appeal to states manship to make a way for these benef icent consequences. The proposition is an accomplished fact In nearly every country In Kurope, In the British dependencies of both hemispheres and even In Hawnli. In Great Britain 7,010.000 depositors have upward of 8550.000,000 In savings ac cumulated during SB years, and In ten venrn fewer than 10.000 Hawaiian de positors saved nearly 91,000,000. These i vast accumulations hnve been made with the least possible loss to the gov ernments which guiirnntee their pay , ment and with a minimum cost to the millions of depositors. Postal savings would not conflict with . these savings banks, but would encour age savings rather than accumulations. :The conversion of money order ofllceB into savings depositories would soon afford Infinitely more facility tor receiv ing Interest bearing deposits than the ! Interest pnylrg banks do now. The .most aggressive opponents are among the private Institutions engaged In I somewhat similar enterprises, though 'associations of the larger cities recog nize In It a valuable feeder to the finan cial currents of the country. Security and not the rate of Interest Is the pri mary and essential condition of such a i;ystem, and bonds of states, counties and municipalities and real estate fur nish an Illimitable field. Comparing other countries, the postmaster general aays nearly every country permits Its most popular coin aB the minimum amount of deposit, varying from live cents In India to Jl In Canada. Maxi mum deposits vary from J2S5 in France to $2,435 in New Zealand. Deposits over that amount are nonlnterest bearing. jand In several countries the surplus Is I by law mvestea in national oonas. uom ! deposits and accounts are usually small. ! France made a profit in 1895 of $170,000 In handling 2,C00,000 accounts, aggre gating $143,000,000, after paying 3 per ! cent Interest. Great Britain earned a Hurplus of $83,000 after paying 2V4 per tent Interest on $480,000,000, made up of 6,500,000 accounts. The average com mission paid to postmasters is 1 per cent per deposit. Any account may be Bettled and withdrawn from any de pository In the country. The telegraph Is coming Into use as a means of withdrawal. HE SAVEDJUGENE Dr. Evans, tho Famous Amer ican Dcrtist, Is Dead. HE EXPIRED SUDSE5LY IN PARIS. , . Notable Carovr of the Man Who Achieved Worlilwl.lt Reiiutatlou Treated the Teelh of Kutterurs nd Ma!e a Fortuue. PAP.IS. Nov. 16. Dr. Thomas W. Evans, a famous American dentist, who facilitated the lliglit of the former Em press Eugenic from Paris in 1S70, died suddenly here. He never recovered from the shock cf hi? wife's death. He tiled of angina pectoris, after 24 hours' Illness. Dr. Evan was 75 years old. He was immensely wealthy, his fortune belns estimated at cli,sc to $::5,O00.0O0. He was a property holuvr In New York city to the extent of about $5,000,000, and In ' Philadelphia, his birth). lace, and Paris he owned much valuuble real estate. ' Hut It was as the Intimate friend of many of the crowned 'heads of Europe ; that Dr. Evans was best known. He j was one of the most popular members , of the American colony In 1'nrls and a ' distinguished member of his profession. The doctor's wife died recently In Paris, and he brought the body on here for Interment In Wuodlawn cemetery, in 1 Philadelphia. The doctor's career was a most re. ; mark.ible one. He went to Europe In 1M6, located In Paris and encaged In dental work In that city, lie soon achieved a wide reputation and operat cd during his lifetime on the teeth of all of the crowned heads of Europe, with the single exception of Queen Victoria, ; One of his patrons was the present czar of Kussla, whose teeth he attend ed while the monarch v.ns yet a boy in hU teens. ! He una a personal friend of Napoleon ' III. which is said to have been the se- ! cret of his enormous fortune, the , Fiench emperor giving him many hints I ns to profitable Investments. After the j fall of Sedan, he escorted the Empress Eugenie to Calais In his ov, n carriage. ; and often did he tell the tale of that ' tlit'llUni; ride. The former empress did ! not forget her friend who stood by her when others proved traitors. In !r. Evans' will, made while bring ing his wife's body here, the bulk of his gnat fortune Is left to trustees In this country, to be expended In founding a national Institute of dentistry. The plans for the Institution were on a large scale, and It was Dr. Evans" Idea to turn out graduates who could at once take their places In the very front rank of the profession. Before his departure early In October last Dr. Evans communicated with many of the most eminent Instructors in this country In regard to the pro Jected institution. The Institution, ac cording to the famous dentist's plans, will be founded in Philadelphia and posslblybranchesestahllshed in Chicago, Cincinnati, Baltimore and Washington, Dr. Evans had also planned to estab lish an Institution similar In nature in Minneapolis, of which Archbishop Ire lund and Bishop Whipple were to act as trustees. Hnbbj's 1'apa Mint I'y. NEW YOBK, Nov. 16. A sheriff s Ju ry In Brooklyn has given a verdict for $65,000 to Mrs. Florence Van Schaack against her father-in-law, Peter Van Schaack, for the alienation of her hus band's affections. Peter Van Hchaack Is head of the firm of Peter Vun Schaack & Co., druggists, of Chicago, lie is said to he a millionaire. The plaintiff lives at Bath Beach. On March 20, 18K8, she was married to John Van Schuack at Ponsoooln, Fin. Siwe that time the couple have lived in New York, Chicago and New Orleans. On March 26 they separated. Gnnibllng Tools ItoAtroted. NEW YOHK, Nov. 16. A lurge amount of seized gambling parapherna lia that has been accumulating under the care of Police Property Clerk ilar riot was destroyed yesterday by order of Chief McCullagh. The last time that the tangible evidences of gambling for bidden by luw were destroyed was In Superintendent Murray's regime, some six years ago. It Is estimated that the contraband stuff destroyed was wdrth between J2.5O0 and $3,000. Killed While at I'lsy. PEEKSKILI,. N. Y Nov. 16.-I.ewls Foster, 11 years old, a son of Marx Fister of Centersvllle, was instantly killed on the New York Central and Hudson River railroad. He was on his way to school and stopped to play on the tracks. The engine struck him while It was-running at the rute of 40 miles an hour. The boy's neck was broken and his skull fractured. A Detperartit I'etally Shot, GIBSON, Gn.. Nov. 16. The dead body of Josh Ruff was found yesterday morning In the road near here. Ruff was a negro desperado and, being well armed, held up negroes and took money and provisions at will. It is thought his victims shot film. Ruff must have fought for his life, as trulls of blood were visible for two miles along the public road. Kulelile Hliows Cause. BOSTON, Nov. 16. A. L. Davis, an agent of the Boston ofllce of a life In mirance company of New York, com mitted suicide at the Hotel Blxhy, on Tremont street, by shooting himself through the head. Davis left a number of messages, directing that his body should be cremated and giving the cause of bis net as despondency. Postmasters Appointed. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. These fourth class postmasters have been ap pointed: Vermont EnBt Alburg, James I Collins. New York Ebenezer, Mi chael AuBteth; Boomertovvn, J. B, Fos ter; Vermontvllle, N. H. Breckinridge; West Haverstraw, George V. Burr; West Hebron, 8. B. Irwin. Aged Woman Asphyxiated BUFFALO, Nov. 16. Ann Priest, one of the Buffalo pioneer women, was found dead In bed at her home. Death was caused by coal gas. Mrs. Priest was 89 years of age and had been a widow for 60 years. She leaves consid erable property. PROIIINENSUICIDE. !3s-Mayor Wilson of Ocean City Takes His Life. 'EOT HIMSELF AND DIED INSTANTLY Uriel Outline of the Career of the Son of tb Late I'nlted States Senator, Who Has Thus Suddenly Ended Bis Eilatenoe. SNOW HILL, Md.. Nov. 16. William Sidney Wilson committed suicide at his home. In Snow Hill, by shooting him self with a revolver. For soma time he had been In bad health and Is supposed to have taken his life while suffering under temporary aberration of mind. His daughter, Miss Louise Wilson, wan In the room with her father at the time. She attempted to take the revolver from Mr. Wilson, but was unsuccessful. He died Instantly after firing the shot. Mr. Wilson was one of the best known men on the peninsula. He was the eld est son of the late United Elates Sen ntor Ephralm King Wilson of Worces ter ami was born in that county near Snow Hill. He was 45 years old and a graduate of St. Johns college, Annapo lis. Mr. Wilson studied law under his father and was admitted to the bar in early manhood. He had practiced con tinuously since In the first circuit and before the court of appeals. In 1S77 Mr. Wilson was elected to the house of delegates, and In 1SS3 he was elected state's uttorney of his native county, an office he held by re-election until lS'.lt, when he resigned. He was the senior partner In the law firm of Wilson & Collins, a director of the First National bank of Snow Hill and, to gether with Mr. O. D. Collins, owned the Boatmen's bank of Chlneoteagiio, Va. He was prominent In the development of Ocean City, served ns Its mayor for some years and owned much property there iik well as In other parts of Worcester. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Maryland club. Baltimore, and spent much time here and In Washing ton. A few weeks ago Mr. Wilson was tak en sick In Baltimore and for some time was dangerously ill at the Hotel Ren nert. On Thursday he went to Ocean City on a gunning trip and returned here Saturday night. Mr. Wilson had n h!":h reputation as a lawyer and particularly ns a Jury ad vocate. He had traveled extensively and wns noted for his engaging social qualities. In politics Mr. Wilson was a strong Democrat, although he did not always countenance the doings of the party management. In 1895 he pursued an Independent course, but this year he stood by the ticket. He had frequently been mentioned for congress and re ceived several votes in the general as sembly for the United States senate In 1892, when Charles H. Gibson was chosen to fill out Senator Wilson's unexpired term. Mr. Wilson leaves a widow, who was a Miss Ewlng of St. Louis; a daughter, Miss Louise, who has Just attained wo. manhood, and five sons, ranging In age from 5 to 18 years. They are Ewlng and Victor, students at Georgetown col lege; Sidney, George and Alfred. Pltsslinmons Leaves the Elks. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 16. In a let ter Robert Fltzslmmons, who is plny Ing at one of the local theaters, tenders his resignation to membership In the Marlon (Ind.) lodge of B. P. O. E., Into which order he was Initiated recently. "Feeling that my admission to mem bership hns placed your lodge In a po sition to be criticised, no matter how unjustly," says the letter, "I offer this resignation In the hope that your friendly relations with the order may be wholly restored." The Marlon order, as waB previously reported, has been suspended for receiving the champion into its fold. Insnranre Company Fulls. MALONfi. N. Y., Nov. 16-The Pa trons of Industry Fire Insurance com pany of Franklin county has notified all persons doing business with the concern that all policies will be can celed at the expiration of ten days. The company was organized several years ago and has been doing business In Franklin, Clinton and ft. Lawrence counties, the head olllce being In Ma. lone. C. Pearl, the secretary of the company, when seen, said the failure was due to lack of support. A I'ennsylvaula Village I'lague Stricken. BUFFALO, Nov. 16. A special to The Times from Austin, Pa., says that an exodus of residents has been going on for the past two or thee days. Those that have means to get away from the village are departing aa fast as possible. Their objective points are about as various us tho refugees are numerous. Typhoid fever Is raging. The number of victims Is now upward of 100. A malignant form of diphtheria has also broken out. Aged Abolltloni.t Dead. NEW YORK. Nov. 16,-Word has been received here of the death nt Sar atoga of Albert Oliver Wlllcox, the well known abolitionist and worker for wo man suffrage and temperance, aged 87. He was among the foremost 60 years ago In starting the political antislavery movement which eventually resulted in the formation of the Republican party. Opera Singer Wedded. BUFFALO, Nov. 16. Miss Caroline Howard and William E. Phllp were married at noon at Oakley. Youngs town, the country home of the bride's parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Coggs well Howard. The bridegroom is a tenor In the Bostonians. Murdered With a Flatlron. LEIPSIC, O., Nov. 16. John Fire stone, living two miles east of Lelpslc, hilled his 6-year-old daughter Efile with a flatlron while In a delirium from ty phoid fever. Ho Btruck the little one twice. He then made an unsuccessful attempt upon his own life. Rastnpoulo Cashiered, ATHENS. Nov. 16. The dlsclullnarv court Is Investigating the torpedo scan, dal. R has cashiered Captain Rasto poulo bn the charge of culpable negli gence t and has ordered that Captain Anastflsl, the construction engineer, be court SiartlsJed. MORE EASTERN TROUBLE. Strata ed Relations lletweaa Bnlfarte nad the rorte. LONDON. Nor. IS. The usually well Informed correspondent of The Times at Constantinople says: "The final treaty of peace between Turkey and Creece has not yet been signed, and the negotiations of the pow. ers with respect to autonomy for Crete have hardly emerged from the Inltlul Stage when already there are disquiet ing symptoms In the Balkan. "The telatlons between Bulgaria and the porte are strained. The sultan 13 preparing for nil eventualities, and 100, 000 Turkish soldiers are evlu-lcnned on the Bulgarian frontier, armed with niausers and ani!y provided with horses and guns, ervla. of crvrso, wou'd be Implicated in any com r.lcn tlons in connection . i!h X!a "do-ila, while recent accounts f-om Albania re port signs .f growing unr-st. i m the whole, the outlook In the cast Is In no-wi.-e reassuring." KiihI i V4rn the Still. in. CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. IV In conm cti. ;; wlili t!.e utipouiiceuient Just made by th Kii 'ian y to tic TitiUsh g vei:iie"nt that Russia ui ! demand the unpaid nirejirs nf the l!us-R-V'.:"Msh war Indemnity if the porte ni ldies any part rf the Creel; war in demnity to an Inen ase of Turkish, ar maments. It Is I'nw pointed oMt that when, some t:: ie nun, General it lai mont submit'.! ; to tli,- .nrt.- :.lr:s fo arnilng the forts ut Ibeetitnun" of th" Bosporus, K-: sU intil '. '.t' d that she would consider this a hostile act. In deference to the Intimation then given the porte abandons the !os;iorus scheme. Russia's attitude with .spec! to the present plans for rv.rg.u.i-.Mii; the Turkish navy Is considered hetv a logical result of her 1 cut policy to keep Turkey Weak. PENNSYLVANIA VETEHAMC. The li-illriitliin of M oiimni'iiM In the Nil tliooil Chl'l.aiMioit;A 1'iu-k. CHATTANOOGA. Nov. LI.-Govern':-Hastings was ludlspos 1 yoMenhiy and was not able to attend the two regi mental dedications which occurred a; the National Chickn malign park yes terday afternoon. The governor Is not seriously 111, but has contracted a slight cold, which It was fen ted might be ag gravated by venturing out into the rather chilly atmosphere Hint prevailed yesterday afternoon mid evening. The monument of the Seventy-eighth regi ment Is a handsome one and Is located near the Kelly house at a point where the hottest of the fighting In the fa mous battle occurred. The monument was formally dedicated at 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon. Colonel Blakeley, president of the Pennsylvania battle field commission, presiding. The ora tion was delivered by Colonel R. P. Scott, president of the Seventy-eighth regiment organization. Nearly 200 survivors of the famous command were present. The Twenty sixth Pennsylvania battery monument wns also dedicated In the afternoon. Lieutenant Ritchie of Pittsburg being the orator of the occasion. The follow ing; regimental monuments are dedi cated today: Twenty-seventh and Forty-sixth nt Orchard knoh; the Ninth on Chloka inauga battlefield; Twenty-eighth, One Hundred and Forty-seventh. Twenty ninth and One Hundred and Eleventh on Ixmkout mountain. The general dedication of nil the Pennsylvania monuments to be partici pated In by Governor Hastings ami the Pennsylvania commissioners occurs this afternoon. General H. V. Hoytiton, president of the Chlekamauga commis sion, receives the monuments on the part of the commission and the secreta ry of war. INDICTED FOR ARSON. AccusimI nf Hurtling a MiiiinfHcliirlng I'lnnt to (let Insurance. W ATKINS, N. Y Nov. IS. A sensa tion was caused last night by the an nouncement that the grand Jury which completed Its labors Saturday hud found nmong other Indictments bills against J. Hobnrt Drake and William Churchill for the burning of the Gotindry Wagon company's works In May, lsuii. The loss Involved was stated at the time to be about $20.0110. The lire evidently was In cendiary, oil soaked waste procured from the railway having been placed under the buildings In live different places and fired. Detectives In charge of the case have Intimated that they would bring certain parties to Justice sooner or later, but the Indictment of Drake and Churchill, especially the former, was a genuine surprise. In the fall of lsnii the Gotindry Wugoii company, limited,. failed and went Into the hands of a receiver. The real ost.it ami stock were afterward bought by J. Hobart Drake, L. II. Durland nnd A. F. Chapman, three of the original concern, und known as the Wat kins Muggy com pany, for about Jti.ooo. About $;l.i!un worth of stock was disposed of and the Insurance increased to $I.'I,0H0, when the entire plant and much of the stock re maining wns burned. Churchill wus an employee of the concern Just previous to the lire. J. li. Drake Is a stockholder nnd director id the Wntklns Electric Light nnd Power (Himpnny, proprietor of the Drake piqu ing mill anil novelty works, a proo.i nent Freemason ami ex-public ollii !:ti. But few, however, believe Drake capa ble of the crime charged. 11 is claimed that it Is the result of spite work on the part of an enr.lneer until recently In Drake's employ. Tlininpiinn tlels Tlirei Motitl'n. NEW HAVEN. Nov. 15.-William Ar- ! chlbald Thompson of i:! Seeriid td-.ei Brooklyn, who was arrested in tliU i it., for embezzling fin from Arthur J. !;; ney, a Yale luw student, was seiiten.i. In the police court to three mouths' prlsonment In Jail. Stror.;: ovidt t: was elicited to prove that Tiiomps. n Intended to defrnud the law school stu dent. The fuct showim; that Thomp son had been In similar s'-rnpes bi-for was brought out In the case here ns damaging evidence against him. Thompson's counsel made a plea for mercy in behalf of the prisoner, savin;: that his wife and child were starving In their home In Brooklyn and that Thompson sent home the money be re ceived by the .wle f Kaney's rlni- to get food for his family. The lightest penalty was Inflicted that the law would allow. Verdi's Wife Dead. ROME. Nov. 15. Slgnora Verdi, wife of the celebrated composer, Giuseppe Verdi, now In fats eighty-fourth year. Is dead. CONDENSED DISPATCHES. Kolable Events of the Week ItrleBy nad Tererly Told. English capitalists will Import Amer ican slate Into Europe. John M. Langston. the colored ex congressman, died at Washington. The furmers of St. Iuls county. Mo., have formed an untltramp association. Fred Cowling of Iron Mountain, Mich., was mistaken for a deer and fa tally shot. Six hundred reindeer v.. be collected f ir the t-xpeltluii to niievc the Ice bound whakrs. Work wus begun on the restoration of Independence hull nt Philadelphia to Its original state. Consul Wlldeman. at 11 'li'-tkmig, re pi'rte l that merchants I" h f i favor the gold standard. I!i.v. M. W. R. ed of P. t'ver nys he v !d try to have the name v ; tde:s who killed the I'te Indians tried f. r murder. Two Spanish s;.es ur" f.iil to have 1. en si en at Foit Sti.li;,, 'v !;., on a i .ur through the eiiuuti-y i-v. '.i- ling war data. The supreme curt b.i s i! .dd-d to is sue Irr.medh.telj- its r... -. ! ii la the Dur'-cr.t murder case and thus hasten the c- eutioii. S. u ! (jiiesada. secretary i f the Cu ban junta, who has lu i n i :i a tour of the I'niled St;. tc i and Me:c,i, .-.ays (hat the people every .v here - , athti.-duMic Hippvt u m of t'u l:ist:i ri' nt i.i use. Motuhtv, Nov. 1. Slo.iiie, tbe Ane iicMi Jmkey, won an other i ;n e In 111 r'.aiid. Famine condition confront a large proportion of the ppula.lon of Ger many. Iti '-istani-e of llritk h claims In Af ricii has aroused the spirit of Jingoism In France. German wnr.ships were ordered to the scene of die recent outrams on mission nies in China. Tin I'liited Slates circuit conn if appi ris In St. Louis ib ' ., , nla ,,,.-. cutting was illegal. Cieil Hhedes. --prcmior of Smith .Uriel. Is seekln:.' In defeat I'le'i'dont Ktucger for re-election In the Trans vaal. The Cuban Insui gents blew up a rail road train with ynamile, A Spanish vie'orv in I'inar di I Rio province is re ported. A . . stotilee tlil-r. wanted In Massa chusetts, w as cap: 'in 1 In I'onrrhkecpslo, being betrayed by a torn fr,i:;;:nnt (' a newspaper. Siiliirilnr, Nov. 1:1. Whitecnps terribly whlppe-l two girls at Oak wood. o. A thief started a Udo.imo blaze In a Ilobokell tenement house. It Is not considered probable that Dur rant will be hanged before February of next year. Governor Black has pardoned young Max Cohen of New York from the El mlra reformatory. Miss Matilda Anderson died nt St. Pnul after being kept alive 42 days by artificial respiration. President McKlnley has Issued n proc lamation suspending the discriminating duties on Mexican shipping. Madrid dispatches confirm the report of nn Intention to pardon the- crew of the American schooner Competitor. It Is reported ut Berlin that the t'ni ted States has offered to Intervene In the trouble between Germany and Haiti regarding the Lueders case. Friday, Nov. -J. Three men robbed a bank of f 1.109 at Silver Creek. N. Y. A lieutenant and 1'.' Itrltish soldiers were killed by the tribesmen in India. The Turks repulsed a liumlicrof Greek bands that crossed the Thessallan fron tier. A London dispatch reports that the Earl of Rosslyn has been adjudicated .1 bankrupt. President Harper has f irmulnt" 1 a plan for mllllaiy drill In the I'niM-isity of Chicago. Captain General Blanco has ordered military protection for all Cuban plant ers in harvesting crops. A passenger tram on the Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis was derailed and burned near Li-wlsport, Ky. The British vice consul at Santo Do mingo has been arrested chaigeil with obtaining money on false pretenses. Tlinrsilur, Nov. 1 1. Fire destroyed a foundry In Mldlle boro, Ky.. doing $'.,00,floo damage. Sir Oliver Mnwnl will be made lieu tenant governor of Ontario on Nt ''. "4. Sixteen inor.' contests are to be llled at San Fram Ison against the Fair v.-111. Colonel C. Ross Smith, secretary of th" Commercial Exchange, died in Phil adelphia. Two Inches of snow fell In the Adltoti daeks, making It i asy for le- hunters to track deer. An expedition '.'ill leave S.-m Francis co late In the wee'.; to scan h for gold In Central America. Henry Toms nf Bound Brook, N. J.. was accidentally shot and 1.111. d by his hunting companion. The Joiners' union at Glasgow has forbidden Its members to hang doors made in the I'nlted Statts. San Francisco manufacturers have adopted resolutions favoring th" los ing of Dyea, Alaska, us a subpoit of entry. Lea.lers of the Chinese colony In Chi cago said the plan of Introducing Mon golian lahir l'i the Illinois mines had been nbnndoi.cd. WVIiichiI iv, Nov. 10, The birthday of the Prince of Wales was celebrated In London. A letter from Vienna received In London said the situation in Austria wns very serious. Alderman Ludolph of Chicago was run over and killed by o Chit ago and Northwestern train. An unknown man committed suicide nt Camden, N. J by Jumping from a ferryboat Into the Delaware. The Japanese minister of foreign af fairs has resigned, land Baron Nlshl has been appointed his successor. Jfilton Klckman, leader of West Vlr glnln desperadoes, was killed In a bat tie with United States officers. One man was killed and another se riously injured by tho caving in of a sewer trench In Newark, N. J. ; Joseph A. Morris of Elisabeth. N. J.. was held for the grand Jury on the charge of attempting to kill William A. Wilson, well known lawyer.