FREELAND TRIBUNE. PUBLISHED KVEKY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THOS. A. BUCKLEY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE SUBSCRIPTION* RATES: One Year $1 60 Six Mouths 75 Four Months 50 Two Months 25 Subscribers are requested to observe the figures following the name on the lal>cls of their papers. By reference to these they can ascertain to what date their subscription is paid. For instance: Orover Cleveland 28June96 means that Grover is paid up to June 28, 181K5. Keep the figures in advance of the present date. Report promptly to this ollice whenever you do not receive your paper. All arrear ages must be paid when paper is discontinued. FREELAND, SEPTEMBER 10, 1895 An Injury to the County. From the Wilkesbarro Record. The sensational newsmonger of Ilaz leton who telegraphed all over the coun try the other day that a secret organi zation of Sclavs had been formed for the purpose of assassination deserves a coat of tar and feathers. No other county in the United States has suffered more from the fake correspondent than Luzerne. As a consequence, whenever a Luzerne countlan goes all over this broad land he is confronted with lurid tales of crimes which never took place and is compelled to face a running lire of criticism upon the utter lawlessness of the section in which he lives. The pen of the fake correspondent is responsible for all this. His insatiable greed prompts him to manufacture news when none can be legitimately found, and his ready imagi nation conjures up tales of blood and slaughter which thrill with horror those who have no opportunity of knowing they are wicked lies, in this way does the pen of the penny-a-liner destroy the reputation of the community in which he lives, scare off outside investors and cause capital to light shy of a county which seems to outrival the western mining camps in its utter disregard for law and order. The Ilazloton fake writer lias been the worst offender in this respect, lie seems to have absolutely no regard for the truth, and would rather telegraph a deliberately concocted falsehood than make any effort to get at the facts. His lurid tale of a bloodthirsty band of Sclavonic assassins whose trade is to rob and murder is the latest product of his perverted intellect. It is rather sur prising that reputable journals should print such stuff. But the city papers do not care a picayune for the good name of Luzerne county and if a story is plausibly written they will publish It. They have little time in the rush and hurry of the night to investigate every tale that flashes over the wires and so longs as a story bangs pretty well together and is not libellous on its face it is allowed to go through. But the people of Luzerne know the utter falsity of these yarns, they know that a large proportion of the stories telegraphed to the metropolitan papers from this vicinity have little or no foun dation in fact and they are fully aware that tin? fake correspondents of the low er end of the county stop at nothing short of absolute libel that will net them a few dollars every month. The large foreign population in that region furnishes a fine field for the exer cise of the fakir's peculiar methods. I It knows that he can traduce these igno rant Sclavs and Italians with impunity for very few of them ever read an Eng lish newspaper and, of course, never see tlio many scandalous stories in which they are made to figure. This crime against an Ignorant and helpless class is bad enough in itself. But the crime against the good name of this county which fakirs commit almost daily is infinitely worse. If the news papers who employ these "special corres pondents" realized how frequently they have been and are being buncoed with fake news, they would no doubt take steps to secure more reliable service. They have been warned time and again by the local papers in this county, but they seem to be as gullible as ever. The publication of such alleged news not only injures the locality from which it is sent,but it hurts the reputation of every newspaper which prints it as well. For their own sake, as well as for the sake of the people of this much-maligned county, the metropolitan newspapers ought to shut down on their fake cor respondents. There is more catarrh in this section of tbe country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pro nounced it a local disease, and prescrib ed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pro nounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney it Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken in ternally in doses from ten drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. fySold by druggists, 75c. Try the Wear Well Shoe Ilousn. Their goods cost no more and give better satis faction than any other store in Freeland. The "Wear Well" working shoe for men cannot be found in any other store in town. Satisfaction In every respect guaran teed at Refowich's, Freeland. THE BOND SYNDICATE Its Position Set Forth by J. Peirpont Morgan. Will Continue To Do All in Its Power To Maintain tlio Gold Re serve Although It Discharged All Its Obligations to the Govern ment Last June. New York, Sept. 14. J. Pierpont Mor gan said last evening: "The obligations of the bond syndicate to the govern ment were discharged when the final payment for tlie bonds was made on June 80 last. Nevertheless it is the in tention of the syndicate to continue to do all in its power to maintain the gold reserve. The date October 1, up to which time the syndicate has an option on any new issue of bonds, will not mark the limit of efforts to keep the reserve any more than the date of the final payment for the bonds did. The syndicate is anx ious to see the finances of the govern ment kept in good order and will exert itself to that end. A mistake was made in reporting the gold contributed to the government by the banks yesterday. The amount put in the sub-treasury was $1)00,000 and not $'2,400,000. A contri bution of $1,500,000 credited to the Park bank was in reality made on Wednesday and was included in the lump sum of $8,000,000 which was announced at the time as having been received from the syndicate." Treasury Balance. Washington, Sept. 14.—The treasury general balance yesterday was $181,962,- 000, of which $99,568,000 is in gold. The deficit so far this fiscal year is $14,000,- 000 and with the revenues runing at the present figures this deficit by Jan. 1 next will approximate twenty or thirty mil lions of dollars. The amount realized by the three bond issues, made within the past two years, exceeds by only SO,- 000,000 the total treasury balance to-day, so without those issues there would now be an empty treasury. With a full treas ury, of course, it follows that gold can always be Ipul, but with a treasury de pleted by expenditures exceeding the revenues and with the tide of commer cial exchange against us, gold is difficult to retain in the treasury. * Gold Reserve Below the Limit. The advices received at the treasury department from New York stated that $4,200,000 in gold had been withdrawn yesterday for export to-day and $900,000 in gold had been deposited, making tho loss for the day, $8,000,000. This re duces the gold reserve to $90,208,474. ECUADOR'S NEW STAMPS. Issued by President AI faro in Com memoration of Liberal Victory. Colon, Colombia, Sept. 12.—A dis patch received here says that President A1 faro of Ecuador has ordered an issue of new postage stamps to commemorate tbtf victory of the liberal party. The president has also given the governor of Panama assurances of his friendship for Colombia. At Limon business was en tirely suspended upon the occasion of tlio national fete. Trains were run from va rious parts of the surrounding country at half rates. COUGHING KILLED MISS A It VINE She Had Cut Iter Throat and tlio Strain Opened It. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 14.—Miss Leonora Arvine committed suicide Thursday night by cutting her throat with a razor. While her mother turned her back for a moment Miss Arvine seized the blade from a table and inflicted a wound live inches long across her throat. Dr. Walker dressed the wound, but a fit of coughing reopened it and Miss Arvine died soon after. SEA ItCHIXG CIIINATOIV N. A Raid Begun by the Federal Au thorities in Han Francisco. San Francisco, Sept. 18.—A systematic search of Chinatown by federal authori ties began to-day. Every Chinese laborer who cannot produce a satisfactory cer tificate, accompauied by a photograph, will be arrested and held to answer under the Geary act. The United States attorney general authorized Marshal Baldwin to begin the raid. REFORMS IN ARMENIA. RtiKNla Satisfied with tlio Porto's Concession to England. Constantinople, Sept. 18.—It is stated that Russia has declared that she is sat isfied with the porte's concession to Great Britain anent Armenia. Law Student Kills Himself. Wilmington, Del., Sept. 14.—Charles Theodore Russell Bates, a law student, aged 24 years, shot and killed himself yesterday. He was worried over family troubles and was probably overworked. The young man's mother is a sister of ex-Governor William E. Russell of Massachusetts. $4,000 Call lor a Proaclicr. Newark, X. J., Sept. 18.—The congre gation of t lie Second Presbyterian church has extended a call to Rev. Thomas Reed Bridges, who is now the assistant pastor of the Tompkins Avenue church of Brooklyn, and has offered him $4,000 per year to accept the pastorate. Tlio Relgic Floated. San Francisco, Sept. 14.—The Mer chants' exchange has a cable dispatch from Yokalionia dated September 12, stating that the steamer Belgic, pre viously reported ashore, lias been floated and it is believed she is not damaged. Peregrine White's Descendant. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 14. Mrs. Mary Barstow, aged 74, died yesterday of blood poisoning. She was a direct descendant in the seventh generation of Peregrine White. I lie first white child burn in this country. Cool Weat her at Concord, N. 11. Concord. N. II . Sept. 10.—The mer ury dropped to 80 above zero this morn ing. the lowest point touched since spring. There was a heavy frost. North Atlantic Squadron. New London, Conn., Sept. 10.— The ships of the north Atlantic squadroi left hue last evening for New Fork. BOOKS AND WRITERS. FREDERICK TENNYSON, the elder brother of Alfred, will soon publish a new volume of verses. GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO, tlio Italian novelist, is writing a story whose heroine is said to bo Eleonora Duse. TIIE bicycle microbe Is working havoc everywhere. Its latest distin guished victims are Tolstoi and Henri Roche fort. PERSIONY, the most unscrupulous of Napoleon lll.'s agents in bringing about the coup d'etat, left memoirs which are to be published soon in Paris. CIIARI.ES LEROY, whose "Colonel Ramollot" stories, satirizing the ab surdities of French officers, led to a series of plays and books attackiug the abuses prevalent in the French army, died recently in Paris. DICKENS' "Cricket on the Hearth" seems to have suddenly struck the fancy of French playwrights. Two op eratic versions of "Le Grillon du Foyer" are announced, one of them by Audran, ns well as two plays founded on the story. BUROER, who wrote Hie ballad of "Lenore," which had a great influence on the romantic movement in literature at the beginning of the century, has had a monument erected to his memory at Gottingen, where he held a profes sorship for awhile. PROP. JULIUS ZUPITZA, who died of apoplexy recently at Berlin at the age of fifty-one, was one of the foremost scholars of English in Germany. He brought out editions of the Rnmaunce of Guy, of Warwick, of Beowulf, and of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. PROF. MAHAFFY has found out that of the two words of farewell at the end of the Greek letters found among the Petrio papyri, eutuchei is the polite form corresponding to "Your obedient servant," while crroso Is more familiar, like "Yours sincerely." ABOUT EUROPE'S ARISTOCRACY. WITH the exception of the king of Denmark, Queen Victoria is the oldest reigning sovereign of Europe. PRINCESS FEOPORA of Saxc-Meinin ger, the oldest of Queen Victoria's great-grandchildren, is sixteen, and lias just been confirmed. The queen may be a great-great-grandmother yet. PRINCE OSCAR of Prussia, the young son of the emperor, had his first tootli pulled the other day. It was the birth day of Ills English governess, and among other presents he sent the tooth to the lady as u gift. WHILE a train was going at full speed near Mollersdorf in Austria, a gust of wind blew open a carriage door, and the three-year-old son of Prince Alex- j ander of Solms fqll out. The train was I stopped and the people who ran back j met the little thing running along the ; track without a scratch. COUNT HE GOVEN, a great grandson of Marshal Clarke, duke of Feltrc, hah just passed, at the age of fifty, his ex amination us doctor of medicine. He was formerly a deputy, but on her ( deathbed, five years ago, his wife begged him to devote himself to the care of the poor, and he at once began to study medicine. WHEN tlio empress of Austria takes her daily walk of four or five miles, she wears a short black dress tlmt does not reach the ankles. She walks straight on wherever she wishes and her Greek teacher follows close behind talking Greek or reading to her. She Ims to get a new teacher every year. THE ISLAND KINGDOM. THE royal plate at Windsor is valued at over $10,000,000. PRINCESS has come to be commonly pronounced with the accent on tlio sec ond syllable in England. IN LoncV— now there are eleven dis trict post offices, 101 branch offices and 877 town suboffices. ANOTHER American word lias been appropriated by England. Truth prfuts a doggerel: "Moan of the Mugwump." MOUNT COOK, the highest peak in New Zealand, 19,082 feet high, lias just been climbed for the first time. A NEW order of members called craftsmen is to be established by the Royal Institute of British Architects, to be selected from the artistic trades closely connected with architecture. SIR JOSEI'II RENALS is the eighth lord mayor of London to receive a baronetcy in the last twenty years. The others were all knighted except Lord Mayor Nottagc, who died early in bis year of office. TECHNICALLY, any inhabitant of the united kingdom Is liable to be called upon to undcrrakc the uncongenial task of hangman. The salary is one pound sterling a week as a retaining fee and two pounds sterling after an exe cution. A MEMORIAL tablet lias been placed in the Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, commemorating tlio marriage of Oliver Cromwell and the daughter of Sir James Bourchier, which took place in this church in 1020. It was here, too, that John Milton wrs buried. WORD HISTORY. FAIRY was once a beautiful woman. REFER once meant only to carry back. CONFER was originally simply to carry with. VILLA formerly meant a farm and not a house. DAISY was originally the eye of day or day's eye. GIRL formerly signified any young person of either sex. CONCUR formerly meant to run with or by the side of. DI KE once meant any leader. The word is from the Latin. HAG once meant any old person, whether male or female. DRACHM once meant neither more nor less than a handful. GALLON was originally a pitcher or jar, no matter of what size. To LOITER originally meant nothing more than to walk slowly. A KINDERGARTEN REPUBLIC. Result of an Experiment in Self- Government by Children. A Colony of Slum Hoys nd Cllrla In Cmup Under Tents and with Courts, Police, Military and a Code of Laws. COPYRIGHT. 1895. Probably no more remarkable experi ment has been witnessed, in a genera tion at least, than that which is now in actual operation near the little village of Freeville, Tompkins county, New York state. Ilere is encamped a colon}' of nearly four hundred boys and girls, from ten to fifteen 3'ears of age, dwell ing in neat tents, which are picthed upon ten acres of fine rolling soil. At all times under perfect discipline, the colony is a typical industrial settle ment; each member lias his or her share of work to do, and does it cheer fully. I Jut the peculiarity which dis tinguishes the camp above all other ex periments of the sort, is that it is in re- THE DINNER HOUR. ality a miniature republic—a United States in petto—with a constitution and laws of its own, with courts to in terpret them and officials to execute them. It is a moral republic too, in the most practical sense, for the whole object of the experiment has been to make out of the boys and girls—who have been drafted from the very worst sections of the big, overcrowded cities —true and loyal children of the greater republic, who, when they reach man hood and womanhood, will be law-abid ing and worthy members of society. The originator of the Freevillc ex periment—and the founder of the juvenile republic—is Mr. William R. George, a young business man of New York, who, for a number of years past, has been actively connected with the training and drilling of school children. His first effort, made in the summer of IKDO, was to get as many of the tene ment and slum boys and girls as could be accommodated in a fresh air camp in the woods, and there to surround them with good moral influences and a certain amount of military restraint to prevent outbreaks. Each succeeding summer witnessed the growth of the colony. Three houses and several tents were erected, a large tent being the chapel. Roads were built to con nect with Ithaca and Cortland near by, classes in different lines of work were established for the girls, and the boys were taught farming, and the use of woodworking and building tools. Each class had a competent instructor and, as much of the labor of the camp could be disposed of, the children re ceived a small allowance of jiay for their work. As the number of young colonists in creased by additions from the outside, the need of a system of government for the camp became apparent. A court was established, and when a trans gressor was detected he was arrested and tried by a jury comoosed of lads I "RAISING TIIK COLORS." of his own age, he being permitted to choose his own lawyer. If found inno cent, he was acquitted; if guilty, he was sentenced and punished to serve on the "prison gang," and to refrain from speaking during the term of his punishment. A revision of the existing | code of laws of the government of the | camp is made at the beginning of the j camping season, and all suggestions ■ then made for the improvement of these laws are referred to a legislative ! body, elected afterward by the whole I colony. As a republic presupposes the. free dom of the subject, each boy or girl is at perfect liberty to follow individual inclinations with respect to obedience to the laws of the colony. These laws, however, and the penalties for their violation are clearly explained to every member of the eump, so that they may not be ignorant of the moral obliga tion. It was found that, in almost every instance, the young folks had the fixed conviction, common to the | children of the idle and criminal classes, that the average police man was their arch enemy, and was consequently a person to be both feared and hated. It was a now revelation for tliem to comprehend that he was not an oppressor, but an official who was really worthy of being per mitted to live and even to be spoken to. And now, the camp police force is com posed of the best behawid boys, appoint ed by competitive civil service examina tion, and holding office during good behavior. The machinery of legislation, the courts, the jury system and the ab solute fairness and justice of the law, simply and equally administered to all, appealed strongly to their youthful love of fair play, and the scheme of self government and local legislation could have had no warmer admirers or more loyal supporters anywhere than these young republicans. They felt that a ne\V dignity had come into their lives, and that they were themselves part and parcel of a real republic! but the founder of this unique colony has gone even further into detail in his plans for the government of the Free ville settlement. He has established a local monetary system in the camp, un der which each United States coin has its equivalent, the latter being in no sense a counterfeit, however. In this I local coin the children are paid for their work, skilled labor receiving- the maxi mum wage and unskilled the minimum. No boy or girl is compelled to work: yet, unless they do, they are almost immediately rated as paupers, and are supported by a tax levied upon the industrious, but their food is "pauper fare"—a poorer grade than is served to the camp generally. These marked distinctions have resulted in the elimi nation of the "loafing" tendencies in the republic. Another step in civilized government is the adoption of a simple banking sys tem, which is a special boon to the thrifty boys and girls, besides being an admirable object lesson in finance to the entire camp. At the end of the season the savings of each young de positor, whether represented in money or by clothing or farm products, are I handed over to the owner. There are still other and more advanced features in contemplation, some of which Mr. George may be able to put in operation this summer. These include a higher court, equivalent to a court of appeals (to be composed exclusively of adults, however), and an executive body or council, to be the highest functionaries in the tiny republic, and to embrace heads of the departments of police, ed ucation, finance, commissary, law and post olßce. So much for the more serious aspect of the Freeville camp. But .At isn't to be supposed, because the little colony is organized after Uncle Sam's own do mestic model, that it is overburdened with a sense of the importance of life and, consequently, dull. There never was a merrier colony anywhere. With ample time for recreation and plenty of innocent sport, the camp is never in danger of stagnation. Some of the sketches that accompany this article ! (taken from photographs by Mr. j George) will give an idea of the diverse enjoyments of camp life at Freeville. One of the most attractive features is the splendid military training of the boys. This has a peculiar fascination for the young lads, many of whom, when they begin to attend camp, are at that critical age at which street boys run wild and are apt to unite in I "gangs" for lawless purposes. It has been well said that the street "gang" ; is nothing but "the genius of organi zation in boys run wild," and hence any practical scheme to divert that organizing tendency to a proper ehan nel is a real public service. In France some of the larger cities send their j mblic school children to the country | r the scoshore during vacation. In the United States they are turned loose in the streets. There is wisdom as well as philanthropy in the plan that would marshal them under indus trial, military and legislative regula tions, as Mr. George has done to his young folks at Freeville. Next iii order of camp amusements is one that applies equally to both sexes—music. Indeed it may be said that the whole republic is musical. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE CAMP. boys' quartette of capital voices lias been trained to sing in concert, and many of the girls, too, sing very sweet ly, after a little training. The daily routine at the camp is about as follows: Rising at the reveille at six a. m., mili tary drill, six-thirty to six-forty-five, then the "raising of the colors," a patriotic ceremony which takes place every morning, except Sunday; this is followed by morning prayers, and at seven-thirty breakfast. Industrial work then begins and continues till noon, when dinner is served. In the afternoon the miniature republic is transfeHed into a playground. Con stitution, courts and tasks are all for gotten, and baseball, football and other manly sports occupy the boys, while the girls have suitable games of their own. Only "paupers" and those under sentence for soma offense are debarred from sharing the sports. At five p. m. there is a general assembly and con cert, which is followed by drill at six. supper at six-thirty, and at seven, prayer meeting and Gospel service—the last led by the children themselves. This partakes of the character of a Salvation Army meeting, and is a sur prise to visitors, who stand amazed at the earnestness and vigor of the little colonists in their religious exercises It is all the more surprising when it is remembered that in the ordinary course of events these children would ulti mately drift into the great class from which criminals and paupers are re cruited. On Sunday there is Sabbath school and a regular service is held in the little chapel. It is not an uncom mon thing to see as many as a thousand visitors at the Freeville camp on a line Sunday. Himself country-born, the founder of this remarkable little govern ment "of, for and by the children" knew the value ol conducting the ex periment far away from slums and tenements and street arab associations, among the cool, green woods and fielcls. The cost of maintaining the camp has so far been borne by the churches of some twenty-four cities and villages, New York, of course, con ns M&mJ.* wit"! B GIRI.S WASHING AT THE CAMP. tributing its share. There id not a doubt that it furnishes the key to a method of reclaiming and civilizing the average street arab such as has never before been attempted, and which must be accepted as an absolute ly new phase of industrial education, dealing with a class hitherto neglect ed, save by the homes and other char ities established for waifs. Since the beginning of the experiment, and up to the present time, over a thou sand children have been encamped at Freeville. The same children do not come there year after year; only one-third of those encamped the present season were there last season. What effect such training will have upon the character and life of a child, can well be imagined; for these children have, in all probability, never had any previous experience that would help to make them honest, truthful, up right men and women, or good patriotic American citizens. This is just what the Kindergarten Republic is doing, and it is the germ of an idea which could profitably be extended to many other states, and applied with ad vantage to the neglected children of every large and populous American city. Mr. George, and those associated with liiin—for he has no lack of aide volunteers who are enthusiastic in the work—have roseate views for the future of the juvenile republic. Its possibil ities of expansion would sec in to be only linvted by its resources; were these sutllcient, the industrial, politi cal. governmental, moral and military training, already imparted to a thou sand children, might lie extended so as to include ten times that number, and all this without the slightest friction, so simple is the system devised and so smooth its operation. During the months of the year when camp is closed, the business arrangements of the little republic keep its founder con tinuously engaged, and a voluminous correspondence pours in upon him at his home, 129 East One Hundred and Fifteenth street, New York city, from persons in manyftmrts of the country, all of whom arc interested in his novel experiment. EBEH CLAYTON. That Servant Girl. "Mary," said Mrs. Hume to her Irish domestic, "take this tape-line and measure the width of your room. lam going to give you a new carpet." in a few minutes Mary called: "Mrs. Hume!" "Yes, Mary." "I can't measure it." "Why not?" "The tape-line isn't long enoughfW Harper's fuaaa. RIHJN RACE Defender and Valkyrie May Again Meet. Dunravcn Said To Be Disgusted with His Present Standing with Americans—lndications That Ho Is Negotiating for a HerrsehoflT Boat To Beat the Niagara. Newport, R. 1., Sept. 17.—Steam yacht. Conqueror left the harbor quite unexpectedly shortly after 9:30 o'clock last night on some unknown errand. Shortly before 9 o'clock, when the stores were all closed, the crew were bustling about the streets for supplies, and at 9:20 F. W. Vaiulcrbilt's carriage drove down to the yacht club and Mr. Vander bilt and H. Mait land Kersey alighted. They at once boarded the Conqueror's steam launch, which shoved off. Soon the Conqueror herself got under way and proceeded to westward. Rumor l\is it that while Dunravcn remains here these two gentlemen will endeavor to arrange more racing with Defender, as Dunraven is accredited with being quite disgusted with his prosent standing with tho American people. AFTER AN AMERICAN BOAT. Dunraven Probably Negotiating with tho Hcrreshoffs. Newport, R. 1., Sept. 17.—Lord Dun raven and 11. Maitland Kersey took a sail on F. W. Vanderbilt's yacht Con queror yesterday afternoon, and infor mation is reeoeved that John B. Herres hoff and Nathaniel Herreshoff were also on board. The yacht first headed out side, then as a huge steamer hove in sight it cams about and under cover of the steamer proceeded up the bay, being last seen heading in toward Bristol, where it is understood the party quietly landed at Ilerre.shoff's boat shop. A knowing party said, as ho observed tho yacht heading up the bay, that the pur pose of the trip was to continue the little talk begun in the pilot house of the City of Bridgeport in New York, when it is alleged that the subject of Hcrreshoffs building a 40-rater to beat the Niugara was discussed, if Dunravcn is talking of a new boat and that too of American build for racing purposes, there is as suredly a grand surprise for yachting circles. HORN BLOWER SAYS NO. Denies a Rumor About His Renomt liation to the Supreme Court. New York, Sept. 17.—William B. Hornblower said this morning that he had nothing to add to a denial already made by him of the report from Wash ington that the renomination as associ ate justice of the supreme court had again been tendered to him by President Cleveland. "I have received no commu nication on the subject from the presi dent," said Mr. Hornblower, "and I have no reason to believe that the presi dent contemplates nominating me for the place." LORD BEAUMONT DEAD. Killed by His Accidentally Dis charged Gun While Shooting. London, Sept. 17.—Miles Staplcton, tenth Baron Beaumont, died yesterday. His death was caused by the accidental discharge of a gun while shooting on his estates, Carlton Towers, Sclby, York shire, the charge striking him in a vital part. Lord Beaumont was 45 years old. He was lieutenant colonel of the 20th Hussars and had been an officer in the army since ho became of age. PANIC AT A FUNERAL. Fall of the Floor of a Church at Green bush, N. Y. Albany, Sept. 17.—Yesterday at a funeral at St. John's church, Greenbusli, the floor gave way and a crowd of people was precipitated to the floor below. A great panic ensued, and many persons had their clothing almost torn from their bodies in the rush for the door. None were seriously injured, though nearly all received scratches and bruises. Musi Pay l'or the Burned House. Boston, Sept. 17.—The auditor to whom was submitted the case of Jennie C. Wall, whose buildings at Norfolk were set on lire by a locomotive spark and burned, has filed his decision which gives judgment against the New York fc New England Railroad company for $9,000. Oil'for Chattanooga. Boston, Sept. 17.—A large party of state officials and six survivors of tho second and thirty-third Massachusetts regiments of volunteers, who participa ted in the battle of Chattanooga, headed by Gov. Greenhalge, left last evening for Chattanooga. Ecuador Seeking Talent Abroad. Colon, Sept. 17.—The new government of i resident A1 faro of Ecuador is send ing to Europe for a professor of political economy and four military instructors. It will also send for a marine expert for the nautical school. To Attend Senator Lemon's Funeral. Harrlsburg, Pa., Sept. 17.—Senator McC'arrell, president pro tem of the state senate, has appointed a senatorial committee to attend the funeral of the late Senator Lemon to-morrow afternoon at Hollidaysburg. Police Prevent a Prize Fight. P^ ew Sept. 17.—The proposed fifteen-round bout between Jimmy Barry, of Chicago, and "Kid" Madden, of Brooklyn, set for last night, was postponed on account of police inter fercuce. Schooner Britannia Floated. London, Sept. 17—A dispatch to Lloyds from Itio Janeiro says that the British schooner Britannia, from Liver pool for Valparaiso, which ran ashore on reiticeii-as bank, has been floated. Killed by a Playmate. Albany Sept. 17—Oscar Granchis, a • J ear old boy of east Albany, was killed yesterday by the discharge of tt rifle in the bands of a 0-year-old playmate. Smallpox Spreading in Tollma. Colon, Sept. 17.-The epidemic of smallpox in Tolima is spreading.
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