THE WIZARD iS DEAD.
JAY GOULD, THF, GREAT FINA.\fcIER,
PASSES AWAY.
lie Leaves an Estate of at Least 9100,-
000,000 and His Son, George Gould, Will
Continue at the Helm—The Kemarka
ble Career of the Deceased.
NEW YORK, Dec. s.—The funeral of the
late Jay Gould, who died here Friday, was
held from the family residence on Fifth
avenue. The funeral was private, and the
JAY GOULD,
general public was barred out because the
family feared that the crowd could not he
handled with comfort. The interment oc- j
curred at the Gould mausoleum, Wood law 11
cemetery. Consumption killed Mr. Gould.
It is safe to declare that Mr. Gould lias
left a fortune of $100,000,000. The popular
estimate of his property is about $150,000,000.
George Gould, the eldest sou, who mar
ried Kdith Kingdon, the actress, has for a
long time been prominent in managing his
father's affairs, and he will probably re
main at the helm now that his father is
dead.
Gould's Remarkable Career.
It has been truthfully said that Jay
Gould was one of the most remarkable
products of American civilization. He
was pre-eminent amid the throng of shin
ing lights with
whom he was as
sociated in Wall f
street for more /
than thirty years. wjf
Among the lead- / '***-
ers in the opposi- 'fit]/
tion to his schemes Zis
were men as am- -tr fj
bitious and as \ / /
greedy of gain, if
not equally as bril- vV^
liant, as himself. \ yC'
But he succeeded \\ j]l \
in over reaching \V / // 1
them all, and at \ / I
the close of his ca- \ \ V
reer stood without \ r
a rival. Although. GEORGE GOULD,
his methods have
been greatly criticised he succeeded in
gratifying his greatest ambition—amassing
the most colossal fortune ever accumu
lated by one man.
He was born on May 27, ISM, near the
little town of ltoxbury, in Delaware coun
ty, this state.
His father, John B. Gould, was the
owner of a small farm. He married three
times, ami his first wife, Jay's mother,
died in 1841. The boy was christened Jason,
and he was known by his full name until
he was nearly twenty years old, when he
changed it to Jay.
In his earliest days little Jason used to
tend his father's cows. He did not like
farming, however, and when he was ten
years old he began to walk fifteen miles to
the nearest school and started out Sunday
nights, returning on Saturday. There he
soon learned to read, write and figure. At
fourteen he became a clerk in a country
grocery, hut he studied at night and soon
determined to become a surveyor. During 1
this period his genius for driving sharp
bargains began to develop itself. In one
case he overreached his employer in u small
real estate deal, which is said to have cost
him his position.
He Goes to New York.
Gould came to New York in 1853 with an
ingenious mouse trap which he had invent
ed and which he intended to exhibit and
perhaps dispose of. He got into a horse
car, placing his package 011 the seat. A
thief who imagined it might contain val
uables tried to run away with it, but Jay !
caught him.
The invention was not a success, and Jay |
went back into the country and made his
living at surveying for several years. Dur
ing this time he made the acquaintance of
Zadoc Pratt, of Prattsville, who owned t he '
largest tannery in the state. Gould be
came Pratt's partner and made considera
ble money and, it is alleged, ruined a
leather merchant named Leupp, who ad
vanced him money. Leupp became hope
lessly involved in bankruptcy and shot
himself in his magnificent house 011 Madi
son' avenue.
Gould engaged in his first railway enter
prise in 1857, when he bought the bonds j
of the Itutlund and Washington railroad 1
at ten cents on the dollar. He sold out !
afterward at a fair profit.
Between 1859 and 1860 Jay Gouhl first 1
began to blossom out in Wall street.
Within a very short time he was in t la
front rank. His chief characteristic was
his cautiousness and reserve. He made
friends with very few and was the enemy
of most of his associates in speculation.
The first great scheme in which Gould be
came interested after in? entered Wall street
was the gobbling of the Krie railroad.
Erie was t hen one of the active stocks. He
began by dabbling in it and Anally became
its controlling spirit in 1807. His acquaint
ance with James Fink, Jr., began several
years previous, and the two made one of
of the strongest teams Wall street has ever
known.
When Fisk and Gould went into Erie
Daniel Drew was the controlling spirit,
and the Erie deal originated in a war he
tween Drew and Commodore Vanderbilt.
The latter wanted to get hold of Erie. He
bought at every opportunity. Drew, Fisk
and Gould luid plans to defeat him, Gould
engineering the scheme. Securities were
issued by the bushel, and then Vanderbilt
resorted to litigation. Injunctions were
obtained to prevent Drew from issuing
Vanderbilt Loses 97,000,000.
Finally an issue of 50,000 shares of Erie
was authorized. This settled Vanderbilt,
and he retired from the fight with a loss of
$7,000,000. Warrants were issued for the
arrest of Drew, Fisk, Gould and the other
directors of Erie, but they escaped by flee
ing to Jersey City with the securities. It
is said that $6,000,000 were carried over the
ferry in one coach. Erie was then incorpo
rated in New Jersey, and New York legis
lators were bribed, it is said, to legalize tht
new issue of 50,000 shares of stock. Petal
b. £weeney ( as receiver of Erie, got $150,00f
as his fee by order of Judge Barnard. It is
said that Gould went to Albany with $500,-
000 in his pocket for use in the lobby.
He was arrested and brought to New
York and went back under the charge of a
deputy sheriff, who let him escape.
The result of this battle was that Drew
took liis profits and withdrew from the !
management, and Gould and Fisk came in.
This was in lNks. Gould was first president :
in that year and continued at the head of j
the company until 1872.
Everybody supposed that Erie was i
squeezed dry at that time, but between !
! these years the debt of the railroad in- >
creased from $<14,000,000 to $115,000,000.
Drew speculated in Erie after Gould go' 1
iu, and before he knew it he was cornered
in earnest, and Gould relieved hiin of sl,-
600,000.
Gould from Krie in 1*72 by a
combination of the English stockholders,
but for years afterward it was in the hands
of a receiver. Gould is said to have made :
$12,000,000 clear out of the wreck.
The Gold Conspiracy.
The gold conspiracy of 1809 was one of
the most remarkable episodes of Gould's
career. It was engineered by the firm of
Smith, Gould & Martin. Gould went about j
this scheme openly and was persistent in
advocating a movement to advance the
price of gold.
He argued that it would be a great bene
fit to the farmer and to the business inter
ests of the country. In order to get the
government into the deal he interested A.
It. Corbin, a brother-in-law of President
Grant, in the scheme. During the summer
of 1869 President Grant came to New York,
and Gould and Fisk entertained him and
his party 011 one of the sound steamers.
Jt was at this banquet that Gould first got
at the ear of Grant. Gould wanted to put
gold up to 145. He had bought the big
load he was carrying at 180. Grant finally
seemed to be impressed with GOll Id's theory
and wrote a letter to Boutwell, the sec re
tary of the treasury, expressing the view
that it was not a wise thing to force down
the price of gold. Gouhl kept buying, but
it took a purchase of $50,000,000 to raise the
market from 135 to 140. Then Fisk and
several other friends of Gould came into
the scheme and assisted him by buying
gold. Early in September of 1809 it began
to look as though the scheme was about to
succeed.
The only danger was that the treasury
might unload its gold and break the mar
ket before the conspirators could realize
their profits and get out. Gould finally
got alarmed. It got abroad that the bears
would attempt to change the administra
tion's policy. Mr. Gould and Mr. Corbin
decided to act promptly. President Grant
was then at Washington, Pa., thirty miles
from telegraphic communication. Mr. Cor
bin in a letter to the president stated the
situation, and Gould and Fisk selected the
messenger to take the letter to Grant.
General Horace Porter, the president's
private secretary, says t hat the fact, that
this messenger came all the way from New
York excited Grant's distrust, and he be
gan to feel that Mr. Corbin's interest in the
gold policy of the administration had for a
foundation pecuniary motives. President
Grant directed Mrs. Grant to write a letter
to Mrs. Corbin, in which .Mrs. Corbin was
instructed to notify her husband that if he
had any interest in gold speculations he
should retire from them at once. This let
ter was received on the evening of Sept. 22.
two days before Black Friday.
Gould got this news from Corbin, and it |
was resolved that on the next day, Thurs
day, a gigantic effort should be made to
boost the market higher and unload. Ac
cordingly all the Gould brokers went
scrambling for gold. Gould, however, who
appreciated the fact that the game was up,
was quietly selling while all his associates
were buying.
The next day, Black Friday, came the
panic memorable in the annals of Wall
street. The most intense excitement pre
vailed at the Stock exchange, and the price
of gold was run up to 105. Suddenly the
announcement came that the treasury was
selling freely, and the bottom dropped com
pletely out of the market.
When it was learned that Gould had
gone back on his friends and sold them out
the most bitter indignation was felt, and it
would have gone hard with him if the an- I
gry mob had been able to lay its hands
upon him.
After being ousted from the Erie manage
ment Gould went into Union Pacific in
1873 and was for ten years its master. He
made millions out of the road and increased
its debt.
Gould's connection with the Union Pa
cific ceased in 1883. An action was brought
by the United States government against
the Gould directors for misappropriating
the assets of the company, but 110 satisfac
tion was obtained.
During the past fifteen years Gouhl has
been interested in nearly all the great rail
roads of the country. One of his chief
iiiPil
WHERE GOULD WAS JU RIED,
boasts was his development of the South- j
western system. He obtained control of
the Missouri Pacific, upon which the Wa- 1
bash system was grafted. The* Missouri J
Kansas and Texas, St. Louis and Iron
Mountain and Texas Pacific were also
brought into the system.
Gouhl also secured control of the New
York Elevated roads. Cyrus W. Field was
swamped in the collapse of the bull move
ment in Manhattan in 1886, and Gould has !
always claimed that he came to Field's
rescue and saved him from bankruptcy by
taking his Elevated railroad stock oil' his
hands. The stock fell from 175 to 120. He
got his foothold in the Western Union in
1881 and has since absorbed every com- 1
pany that attempted to compete with it. j
As in all the other Gould properties there
has been a tremendous increase in the
Western I nion's debts and securities since
the Wizard came into power. Every rival
company had to be crushed, no matter
what it cost.
His Pure Private Life.
In 1882 Gould took some friends into his
1 private ollico and showed them his strong
j box in liiH safe. It contained $23,000,000
j worth of securities, according to the .stories
I which were circulated at that time.
I In private'life Gould's record has been
: that of a most exemplary citizen. He loved j
! his family and spent all of his time outside
j of his business hours in their company.
1 One of the notable incidents in Gould's
1 Wall st reet caieer was his public chastise
ment by Major Selover, a big lventuckian,
in 1877.
ItovMitli Is Hying,
VIENNA, Dec. f>—A dispatch from Turin J
says that Louis Kossuth Is dying. '
| BENNY'S LAST LETTER.
(Continued from First Puge.)
I —;
1 company engaged in the construction of
the Nicaragua ship canal.
! The report of the secretary of the treas
ury will attract especial interest in view of
the many misleading statements that have
been made as to the state of the public rev
enues. Three preliminary facts should not
I only he stated but emphasized before look
ing into the details—first, that the public
.lebt has been reduced since March 4, 1889,
£159,074,200, and the annual interest
nharge 4511,684,469; second, that there
have been paid out for pensions
during this administration up to
Nov. I. 1892, $432,564,178.70, an excess of
$114,466,380.09 over the sum expended dur
ing the period from March 1.1885, to March
1. 1889, and, third, that under the existing
tariff up to Dec. 1 about $93,000,000 of rev
; enuc, which would have been collected
upon imported sugars if the duty had been
maintained, has gone into the pockets of
i the people and not into the public treasury,
| us before.
If there are any who still think that the
surplus should have been kept out of cir
culation by hoarding it in the treasury or
deposited in favored banks without inter
est while the government continued to
pay to these very hanks interest upon the
bonds deposited as security for the depos
its, or who think that the extended pension
legislation was a public robbery, or that
the duties upon sugar should have been
Maintained, 1 am content to leave the argu
ment where it now rests while we wait to
see whethi a these criticisms will take the
form of legislation.
During the last fiscal year the secretary
purchased under the net of July 14, 1890,
54,355,748 ounces of silver, and issued in
payment therefor $51,106,608 in notes. The
total purchases since the passing of the act
have been 120,479,981 ounces, and the
aggregate of notes issued $116,783,590. The
average price paid for silver during the year
was 94 cents per ounce, the highest price
being $1.02%, July 1, 1891, and the lowest
83 cents. March 21. 1892. In view of the fact
that the monetary conference is now sit
ting, and that no conclusion has yet been
reached, I withhold any recommendation
us to legislation upon the subject.
The report of the secretary of war brings
again to the attention of congress some im
portant suggestions us to the reorganiza
tion of the infantry and artillery arms of
the service, which his predecessors have
before urgently presented. Our army is
small, but its organization should all the
more be put upon the most approved mod
ern basis.
The report of the postmaster general
shows a most gratifying increase and a
most efficient and progressive management
of the great business of that department..
The postal revenues have increased during
the last year nearly $5,000,000. The deficit
for the year ending June 30,1892, is $848,311
less than the deficiency of the preceding
Ever since our merchant marine was
driven from the sea by the rebel cruisers
during the war of the rebellion the United
States has been paying an enormous an
nual tribute to foreign countries iu the
shape of freight and passage moneys.
A wholesome change of policy and one
having in it much promise, JUS it seems to
me, was begun by the law of March 3, 1891.
Under this law contracts have been made
by the postmaster general for eleven mail
routes. The expenditure involved by these
contracts for the next fiscal year approxi
mates $954,123.33. As one of the results al
ready reached, sixteen American steam
ships of an aggregate tonnage of 57,400
tons, costing $7,400,000, have been built or
contracted to be built in American ship
yards.
I earnestly urge a continuance of the
policy inaugurated by this legislation, and
that the appropriations required to meet
the obligations of the government under
the contracts may be made promptly, go
that the lines that have entered into these
engagements may not be embarrassed.
The report of the secretary of the navy
exhibits great progress in the construction
of our new navy. When the present secre
tary entered upon his duties only three
modern steel vessels were iu commission.
The vessels since put in commission and to
be put in commission during the winter
will make a total of nineteen during his
administration of the department.
The recommendations of the secretary
will, 1 ilo not doubt, receive the friendly
consideration of congress, for he has en
joyed, as he has deserved, the confidence of
all tho-e interested in the development of
our navy without any division upon parti
san lines. 1 earnestly express the hope
that a work which has made such noble
progress may not now be staid.
The report of the commissioner of pen-j
sions, to which extended notice is given by .
the secretary of the interior in his report,
will attract great attention. Judged by
the aggregate amount of work done, the
; last year has been the greatest in the liis
j tory of the office. 1 believe that the organ
ization of the office is efficient, and that the
j work has been done with fidelity.
I The passage of what is known as the dis-
I ability bill lias, as was foreseen, very large
j ly increased the annual disbursements to
1 the disabled veterans of the civil war. The
| estimate for this fiscal year was $144,956,000,
and that amount was appropriated. Ade
: liciency amounting to $10,608,621 must be
provided for at this session. The estimate
for pensions for the fiscal year ending .June
| 30, 1894, is $105,000,000.
The commissioner of pensions believes
that if the present legislation and methods
are maintained and further additions to
the pension laws are not made the maxi
mum expenditure for pensions will be
rcac-Led June 30, 1894, and will be at the
highest point $188,000,000 per annum.
I 1 adhere to the views expressed in pre
vious messages that the care of the dis
abled soldiers of the war of the rebellion is
a matter of national concern and duty.
The subject of quarantine regulations,
inspection and control was brought sud
denly to my attention by the arrival at
our ports in August last of vessels infected
with cholera. Quarantine regulations
should be uniform at all our ports. Under
the constitution they are plainly within
the exclusive federal jurisdiction when and
so far as congress shall legislate.
In my opinion the whole subject should
be taken into national control and ade
quate power given to the executive to pro
tect our people against plague invasions.
There is danger that with the coming of
spring cholera will again appear, and a
liberal appropriation should be made at
this session to enable our quarantine and
port officers to exclude the deadly plague.
The civil service commission ask for an
increased appropriation for needed clerical
assistance, which 1 think should be given.
I extended the classified service March L
1892, to include physicians, superintendents,
assistant superintendents, school teachers
and matrons in the Indian service, and
have had under consideration the subject
j of some further extensions, but have not as
I yet fully deteruiiueU the hues upon which
[ extensions can most properly anil usefully
j be made.
! J have in each of the three annual mes
sages which it has been my duty to sub-
I init to congress called attent ion to the evils
and dangers connected with our election
methods and practices as they are related
to the choice of ofticers of the nationul gov
ernment. In my last annual message I en
deavored to invoke serious attention to the
evils of unfair apportionments for congress.
The necessity for an inquiry and for leg
islation by congress upon this subject is
emphasized by the fact that the tendency
of the legislation in some states in recent
years has in some important particulars
been away from and not toward free and
fair elections and equal apportionments.
There is no reason why the national in
fluence, power and prosperity should not
observe the same rates of increase that
have characterized the past thirty years.
We carry the great impulse and increase
of these years into the future. There is 110
reason why in many lines of production we
should not surpass all other nations as we
have already done in some. There are no
near frontiers to our possible development.
Retrogression would be a crime.
BEN £ A MI N HARRISON.
FRANCE'S NEW CABINET.
M. Illbot Heads the List as Premier and
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
PAKIB, Dec. 6.—The cabinet crisis has
been ended. At midnight M. Ribot sub
mitted the following cabinet to the presi
dent, who gave his approval of the names
presented:
Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs
—M. Ribot.
Minister of the Interior and Public Wor
ship—M. Loubet.
Minister of Justice—M. Bourgeois.
Minister of War—M. Freycinet.
Minister of Marine—M. Burdc.au.
Minister of Finance—M. Rouvier.
Minister of Public Works—M. Viette.
Minister of Commerce—M. Siegfried.
Minister of Agriculture—M. De Velle.
Minister of Public Instruction M.
Charles Dupuy.
Lizzie Itordcn Indicted.
TAUNTON, Mass., Dec. B.—Lizzie Borden
has been indicted on three counts by the
grand jury. The first count of the indict
ment charges her with killing Abbey Bur
lee Borden with a hatchet, indicting twen
ty mortal wounds. The second count is the
same as the first, substituting Andrew
Jackson Borden for Abby Durfce Borden.
There is a third indictment, which was kept
a secret, as the party indicted Is not in cus
tody. The jury made no public report in
court.
The Connecticut Senate Moots.
IFALTTFOLID, Dec. O.—A short session of
the senate was held. It was expected that
the report of the special committee ap
pointed to investigate the county commis
sioners would report, but they announced
that their report was not ready. A resolu
tion was passed giving the committee#l,ooo
for stenographers and #1,850 lor counsel.
The senate usked that a report he made on
Dec. 19, to which time an adjournment was
taken. The seiiute was in session about
tweuty minutes.
After a New Trial lor Harris.
ALBANY, Dec. 6.—William F. Howe, the
New York criminal lawyer, appeurcd be
fore the court ol appeals in behalf of Car
lylc Harris, who was convicted of poisouiug
Helen Potts Mr. Howe endeavored to
prove that the young woman was in the
habit of taking morphine to induce sleep,
it is generally believed Harris will be
g 1 anted a new trial.
The Public Ledger Scorched.
PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 7.— The Public Led
ger building, a massive six story brown
stone front structure on the southwest
corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets and
running through to Suusom street, was
damaged by lire Tuesday night to the ex
tent of #-00.000, of which #150,000 is sus
tained by The Ledger and $50,000 by ten
ants
Young Pottrtittll Denies It.
BRJDGEFOKT, Conn., Dec. o.—The report
that Pauline S. Pearsall, wife of Thomas
Pearsal], the wealthy New York broker,
has secured a divorce ut Sioux Falls, is
stoutly deuied by T. W. Pearsall, Jr. He
said his mother had been traveling in the
west for her health, and she would proba
bly return during next week.
Secretary Foster'* Ktiiuate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.— Secretary Foster,
of the treasury department, submitted to
congress the book of estimates for the fiscal
year 1898-04. The estimates call for #421,-
612,215.00. The estimates for 1892-98 wore
#409,008,693 10.
Mm. Flevelaud May llouoi llulYalo.
LAKE WOOD, N. J., Dec. 7.—ln all proba
bility Mrs. Grover Cleveland will soou
leave Lakewood with Baby Ruth to go to
Buff alo, where she is to visit her mother,
Mrs Perrinc, formerly Mrs. Folsom.
Four Killed by a Train.
ELMIRA, N Y., Deo. I.—William Couklin
and wife, Mr and Mrs. Edward Hlauchard
and Margaret I'ett, of Southport Corners, j
were struck by on Erie train All were
killed but Conklin, who will die
For H National Quarantine.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 7 —Mr Ray nor has
introduced a bill in the house to "provide
for the better protection of commerce nud
for the general welfare by the establish
rnent of a national quarantine."
Flrnt Victory for the Heading
WILi.i AMSPORT. Pa., Dec 0. —Hon. W.
W Hart, master ami examiner in the case
brought by Matthias H. Aruot, of Eluiira,
against the Heading combine, lias reported
in favor of the defendants.
The Hill Rumor Considered Probable.
ALBANY, Deo 7. —The rumor that Sena
tor Hill would resign the senatorship in or
der to become counsel for a New York iu-
Hurauce company is looked upon here as
very probable
Charlie Mitchell <Jou to Jail.
LONDON, Dec 7. Charlie Mitchell, the
pugilist, was resentenced 01. hid appeal to
two months' imprisonment for assault g
an aged lodging house keeper. Ho is uov
In fail.
l{'lorter Trlckey KTOftd.
HAMILTON, Ont.. DE' - Hen<> G
Trlckey, a Bostou repci*or. who WAD IU
dieted for contempt of court Iu count ctioii
with the Borden case, was killed by i -rui
hero.
K.I Stallion King Nelson Kelnstated
NEW YORK Dec 0. -At a private session
of the national board of review the stallion
Nelson and his owuer. C H Nelsou. were
reinstated
Did John lloey Leave * Will?
NKW YORK, Dec. 7.-No will of the late
John lloey has yet been discovered
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF THE
WORLD FROM FAR AND NEAR.
The Developments of Kueh Day During
the Week Caught Fresh from the Busy
Wires and Carefully Edited and Con
densed for Our Keaders.
Thursday, Dec. 1.
Rev. Father McMahon, at the funeral of
Patrick Flynn, Republican mayor of Rock
ford, Ills., said that God should bethauked
that the Republican party had been buried
under an avalanche of votes.
Captain Kolb will not attempt to be
sworn in as governor of Alabama, but will
carry his contest iuto the legislature.
Mr. Gladstone's parliamentary majority
is now forty-two on a division.
Patrick Fullam, National member for
South Meath, was unseated on charges of
clerical intimidation.
The Earl of Dudley has stocked his es
tate with tame pheasants for the Prince of
Wales to shoot over the preserves.
Major General Sir George Stuart White
has been appointed commander in chief of
the British forces in India to succeed Lord
Roberts.
The London local government board is
preparing a stringent series of regulations
to guard against the reappearance of chol
era uext spring.
Dr. A. Hay den Nichols secured a divorce
from his wife in the Brooklyn city court.
Friday, Dec. 2.
Mrs. Joseph Reynolds, wife of "Diamond
Joe" Reynolds, has presented the Chicago
university the sum of #250,000.
At Tacoma, Wash., County Assessor
Cook is charged with being short in his
accounts #7,500.
Elizabeth E. Cutler, the only womun
who carried the United States flag in bat
tle during the late war, died at Washing
ton. She carried the flag at Fort Donelson.
The United Railway Men of America
is an order that has just been born at Chi
cago.
Dr. Joseph F. Fox, M. P., has arrived
to help extend the Irish National Federa
tion of America.
The American Society of Mechanical En
gineers elected Eckley B. Coxe, of Penn
sylvania, president.
Hon. William Springer, of Illinois, chair
man of the committee on ways and means
and ex-oflicio leader of the house of repre
sentatives, says an extra session of con
gress seems absolutely necessary to meet
a threatened treasury deficit.
Nancy Hanks will try to beat 2:04 uext
year. Budd Doble will drive her.
Saturday, Dec. 3.
August Hasse, a professional stone break
er, heavyweight wrestler and dime mu
seum freak, wanted in Newark, N. J., for
robbing and almost murdering Paul Schle
gel, has been arrested in Buffalo.
General William Lilly, aged seventy,
congressman at large from Pennsylvania,
is seriously ill at his home in Mauch
Chunk.
Commander in Chief Weissert, of the G.
A. R., is going south to investigate the
trouble between white and colored vet
erans.
A seven-year-old girl, who was stolen
from her parents at Port Huron, Mich., by
gypsies four years ago, was recovered at
Lenox, Mich.
Further news of the earthquake at San
Salvador 011 Oct. 18 says that one-third of
the. island of Conchequita was split off and
sank from sight.
The pope has modified the programme
for the jubilee pilgrimages, so that no
large bodies of pilgrims shall arrive iu
Rome during the carnival.
Monday, Dec. 5.
It is alleged that Lizzie Borden burned a
dress at Fall River just before the murder
of her parents was discovered to conceal
the blood spots upon it.
The first practical gun test of the Brown
segmental wire wound gun at Birdsboro,
Pa., was a success.
Yale Union Debating society voted to ac
cept Princeton's challenge for u debate this
winter.
Commander R. I). Hitchcock, Jr., United
States navy, died suddenly at New Y'ork.
Herr Miquel, the Prussian minister of
finance, is seriously ill with bronchitis.
Miss Mary Allen West, the American
Woman's Christian Temperance union lec
turer and editor of The Union Signal, died
in Japan.
At Springfield, 0., Henry Landerstager,
aged forty years, declares that he poisoned
Nora O'Neil, of McVeyton, Pa., and Bar
bara Killierease, of Mapletou, Pa., in 1867;
S. Murray, of New Moorefield, 0., in 1872;
John Landerstager, his father, and Mrs.
Fox (colored) in 1876.
Tuesday, Dec. 6.
Arthur Mullmeau began his fifty days'
fast at Cleveland under the auspices of the
Western Reserve Medical university.
The #2,500 raised at Providence two
years ago for the Irish fund will be sent to
the priests iu Ireland to relieve evicted ten
ants.
Twelve of the sixty seven girls In the Err
ing Women's home, Chicago, escaped in the
confusion caused by a small fire.
Famine in several Russian provinces Is
more severe than last year
The report that Lieutenant Lucien Na
poleon Bonaparte Wyse has died at Cannes
was an error.
At a socialistic meeting in Waebrlng a
speaker declared there were 94.000 idle peo
ple in Austria through no fault of their
own.
The safe of the fugitive Denver lawyer,
George H. Kohn, was burst open and evi
dence discovered that bis embezzlements
will reach #lOO, OIK).
Representative Blanchard, of Louisiana,
chairman of the house committee on rivers
and harbors, said that there would l>e no
new river and harbor improvements au
thorized at this session of congress.
Wednesday, Dec. 7.
The body of Herman Keeley was found
in the Delaware river near Camden. The
cause of the drowning is unknown.
The Brooklyn bridge tolls during the last
year amounted to $1,228,729.01, being an ex
cess of #52,218.00 over the receipts of last
year. The profits were $22,149.40.
William Traenkle, one of the best known
saloon keepers of Buffalo, committed sui
tide by shooting himself in the head.
Members of the Center party in the
reichstag have decided to vote for the first
reading of the army bill.
Sir Henry Tichbome, high sheriff of
Hampshire, was fined #2,625 for neglecting
his diities while on an African hunting ex
pedition.
Judge Kolilsaat, of Chicago, has refused
to admit to probate the will of Mrs. Elizar
beth M. P. Dun ton. the heirs alleging that
it is a forgery. It bequeaths the bulk of
the property to Mrs. Scudder, widow of
Dr. Henry M. Scudder, who was accused
Of the murder of Mrs. Duutou.
WITH DECEMBER! COMES
ANOTHER SPLENOIO OPPORTUNITY
for you to prepare yourself for the winter
WITH WHATEVER YOU JVIAY NEED IN THE LINE OF
Wearing* Apparel
by attending
118 llnlitr MMI Salt
Have just received several large consignments of
winter goods which makes our assortment of Ladies'
Misses' and Children's Coats, Men's and Boys' Over
coats, Underwear, Gloves, Boots, Shoes, Furnishing
Goods of all descriptions, Blankets, Comfortables, Hats,
Caps and Notions larger and more complete than ever,
which we offer at PRICES LOWER THAN EVER
BEFORE HEARD OF.
In Our Flannel Department
We are now selling extra heavy mining flannel at 25 cents 4
j per yard, which was never sold before under 35 cents.
In Underwear you can buy boys' extra heavy random wool
j underwear, sizes 24 to 30, at 25 cents each, actually worth 4n
j cents.
Ladies' heavy ribbed merino vests at 25 cents.
Men's extra heavy scarlet and white mixed woolen under
j shirts at 45 cents each, reduced from 75.
In the Overcoat Department
And in the ladies' and children's coat department we have a
I much larger assortment now than ever and guarantee we can give
| better values for your money than you can procure anywhere else
: in town.
Our Shoe Department
We are continually receiving new goods, and have just re
ceived 200 pairs of children's buttoned school shoes with sole
leather tips and a solid shoe throughout. The act.nl value of 4
these shoes is $1.25 a pair, but our price will be 75 cents.
VVe have received also 150 pairs of ladies' tine Dongola shoes,
in button or lace, plain and patent leather trimmed, which we
will sell at $1.50 a pair; this is fully 75 cents less than they are
actually worth.
I Our entire stock we will sell at very low prices.
CALL AND SECURE SOME OF THE BARGAINS
offered during this great money saving sale at
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in the
P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa.
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And Hardware of Every Description.
REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE*
We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most
improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the
choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil,
selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed.
Samples sent to anyone on application.
Guns, Ammunition and
Sporting Goods.
eVRKJBELCVCS,
CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA*.