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ay bob whev Barer pay. This the
loaaea
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haa to pay. I It all eoatos out of thai hard.
earned doQara of the Wxwlme; people.
If yoa
borrow mosey from the beak at ft. per cent
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you think ltery high, yet yon will bay your
goods oa orldltaad pay 10 per eat more for
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; Wajhihotok, Not. 21 The snper
ViaiOD of some bookkeepers in the gen
eral land effioe has sometimes been
eobfided to; a 1,400 olerk named John
& West, a neat looking mulatto, who
went from South Carolina to Massachu
setts soon after the war, and, having
enjoyed the advantages of the best
schools at Lynn,' obtained an appoint
ment in the general land cmoe here
seven years sgo. He is married
and., boards at 1134 Connecticut
avenue. He wore eyeglasses un
til yesteday. Mrs. Page and
several other white ladies were $1,200
plerks in the room of which West was
ohief, aad his desk was near that of Mrs
Page. She resided with her mother
and 13-year-old daughter at 1633 L
street northwest. WeBt got leave of
absence for two days on Thursday, so
that with Sunday and the Arthur funer
41 day he would have in all four day's
holiday. Late Friday night' he bought
at Cote's drug store a bottle of chloro
form and then went to the
house of Mrs. Page. About mid
night he forced a lower door, and, going
up into the climber where Mrs. Page
was asleep in bed with her &.other, he
plaoed a handkerchief rturated with
chloroform over the old lady's face. At
this moment Mrs. Page sprang from the
bed, but was seised by West, who at
tempted to ohloroform her. Her
creams awakened her mother and
brought her daughter from an ar joining
foom. Striking Mrs. Page several bru
ial blows in the face, West knocked
down the grand-mother and srrand-
daughter and made eff. Neighbors came
in, and Dr. Bromwell, who lives on the
same street, was summoned. He gavi
attention to the ii jury ii flic ted on Mrs
Page by the blows of the negro Tot
doetcr then gave information to the po
lice, but as the assailant had not btti.
identified, and was described as a white
Man, all search was an the wrong soeci
X ester da v mo ruins West called at Mr,
Page's house, and insisting on an inter
view with her, caid he had lost his nund
the night previous, and did not "obmt
to" until he found himself in her r vom
He begged for her pardon and the eve-
glatsts he lost in his struggle with her,
and told her she coula ao with turn
as she pleased. She refused to have an
dealings with the man, who has sine
disappeared. It is said that the bottle
ooLUinug the chloroform was identified
by the cisggist nhose label u boze sa
having been sold to West. His purpose
in making the assault is eonsidered to
nave been more criminal than mere rob
bery. S .
Mil. Page, who was the victim of the
midnight taek in her own house, in
rVaahiiigton Friday night, is graduall)
recovering from the effects of the inju
ries received. Her upper lip was quite
badly cut and her lower lip was consid
erably swollen, while she is still sort
trom the struggle. She suffers, how
ever, principally irom the shock to hei
nervous system, which, as may be easily
imagined, was very great, lhe doctor,
Who attended her, says that the struggle
must nave been a very severe one, and
in the oourse of it her assailant, Wett,
must have struck her about the head
and face j with his fist twenty times.
; The poltoe c mot. Is who are investi-
gauig tbf case think that West weat to
sura. age s hcuse for the purpose ol
robbing her. Ttey sute that W est had
been gambling and has been borrowing
money lately, and has expressed himself
as desperate on account of his financial
straits. A statement has been published
that West's object in entering the house
was to obtain $1,200 which Mrs. Page
had told him, she had aaved up and
wanted to invest in property. Mrs. Page
stated that she had accumulated noth
ing, and had only a small sum of money
by her. i
West, it; is thought, escaped from the
premises; bj the back way and went
through De Sales street to his boarding
house, on Connecticut avenue. Up to
Tuesday! morning the effioers had found
no traces of him.
WASHINGTON.
CABINET NOTES FEARFUL
TBAGEDY AT MOONVI1LE,
IND.
FATAL BAILHOAD ACC1DSKT TUB M QUADS
TRIAL OTHES QBK11AL TBXB
GRAPHIO NKWS.
Waf hikqtos , D. C, Nov 23 All
: the members of the cabinet were present
at a meeting today except Secretary
; Manning. The session was devoted en
tirely to the consideration of the Presi
dent's message. The document is nearly
finished ; The President has received
all the data necessary for the completion,
except such as relates to the war and
naval establishments, and this will be
furnished him in a few days. The Pres
ident read she completed portion of his
message to the cabinet today. It is un
derstood that the message will be much
shorter than the one submitted to Con
gress last year.
. The President is experiencing some
difficulty in filling the office of United
Stajtes district attorney, for the eastern
distriot of Wisconsin. A. K. Delaney,
the former incumbent, resigned the of
fice at the. suggestion of the President in
order to accept the nomination to Con
gress from the second distriot of Wis
consin, now represented by Gen. Bragg
The election resulted in his defeat and
he has since made a formal application
to Attorney General Garland for re-appointment
as United States distriot at
torney. Some time ago the President
tendered the position to Gen. Bragg, and
fter lome delay, received a letter from
him ssying that it would be impossible
for him to accept. The effioe was then
tendered to another prominent lawyer of
Wisconsin, and he declined with thanks
I Washington, Nov. 22. The report of
the Postmt ster General for the fiscal year,
ended in June last, wss given to the
press today. Mr. Vilas begins with a
ftf rexce to the extent of the United
vStates Postal Servioe, in the course of
which he says "in immensity and extent
of means, of expenditures, of perform
ances and results, the postal machinery
of the United States exceeds in seme
points far txoeeds that of - any other
nation on the globe. The entire length
of all railways employed by the United
States nearly equals the combined ex
tent of those of all other countries of the
world, while the post routes mere then
quadruple the total of any single people
besides ; and by the latest reports re
ceived the mileage.last year of cur mail
transportation exceeded by more than
125 000,000 miles the servioe rendered
by sny other government. Of post of
fices no other nation has one-third our
number."
At the close of the fiscal year the post
offices f the United States numbered
58,614 besides 497 branch offices or sta
tions: 2,244 tffices belonged to the
Presidential class, an increase of 11 over
the previous year, and 61,370 to the
fourth elsss, sn increase of 2351. The
appointments of postmasters during the
year ntmbered 22,747, of which 9,112
wete made to fill vacancies occasioned
by resignation or expired ecmoaiesions.
i&7 to vacancies caused by death, 3,485
on the establishment cz new emees and
9.56 uccn removals. Of the total
bvniber of appointments, 1,039 were
nade by the President, the vacancies
Lavitg occurred from the following
causes, respectively: by cxniration of
oonvmission, 4oa; by resignations, 253:
; . a A
Dy aeatn, Z4; ny removals or suspen-
siots. 247, and to tmces which had been
assigned frcm the fourth to the third-
class, 47.
Fcarfal lriUj M Mvlll, I
Cbicaqo, Nov. 23. A special to the
Times from Anderson, Indiana, says
jutnan Alien AMynard, living near
Mocnville, Madison county, yesterday
b a Ttv rt
not ana iiuea win. u. ciaaie, a
neighbor, after which he walked to his
stable, about a quarter of a mile off, and
shot himself through the head, dying
almost immediately. The trouble grew
He must have learned of Mrs. Page's I oat of Maynard's having seduoed Bid
This credit takes
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I rom the peoducors of this country 'one-half
they make. Bow how do you tike the eyatemj
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Come to the Backet Store .and buy your goods.
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The BAcket Store haa all the advaatagaa, trom
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having buyers always ia the New York mar-
ket, with cash in hand, who buy tmnhouaoi
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their eflara for
methods of life, and carefully making
his plans, took along with him the chlo
roform to prevent the other members of
the household from interfering with him.
He went to Washington from North Car
lina, it is said, about 1876, and was ap
pointed to the land omoe.
which are compelled to
those goods. It is the power of
i
dollar cutting Its way through
thealmlghtv
the eemtreof
time which enable us to offer goods at leas
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than they can be mads for ia hundreds of
cases. The Backet Store is satisfied wlih aoaall
ptofiu and we ahall make our bargajlna make
eurbaalneaa. Sow come to the Backet Store
.nd buv tout Kooda and save tout money
i Lik wttk we ahali otea aonie icreat bar
aica 1b silver aFlated Knives and Porks.
triDte vlato on ateel, at tl.W a aetworth
a &n. lao a lob in Duauendersas Sit
0nh 25.' Some exeat bargains in atena' Cwi
Batre auni 14.00, woith ao. tireat Uuyaia
In LAditaf and AlUaeV cloaka and bhawla.
New haei of 1'ilnta. choioe, at to per yard.
w will also oin a big line of Utut' aaU
Bora flat and Cap at a bargain. I Call ana
m boloie purcnaslBg. boiictuug
- tra-lo only, j -
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0LNE7 PUUSELL AGO..
ra inn M-in He
maafew.
Last night the Casinor Opera Troupe!
filled the 2 1 of its series of engagements at
Tuoker hall in 8ullivan's charming ope-
ra "Pinafore " The reproduction of
this ever popular opera acre for the first
time in several seasons was entbusiasti
eally welcomed indeed it is probable:
that it was never witnessed here with
more gen nine plessure. While all the
performers acquitted themselves with!
, . 1 i a w rr .
ereait. special menaon is use our nar-
ry Nelson in the role of Balph
Raokstraw. Mr. Nelson is wit
out doubt one of the finest tooors thai
ever appeared here. "Larboard Watch, '?
as rendered by Messrs. Fred Darling and
Harry Nelson, was received with deafen-
ing applause, while "Coming Tbro' the
Bye," by Miss Lillisn Ltwretw, ws
received with no less entnusiasm. ine
whole performaroe was a success. (
Tonight will be presented by this
mst excellent troupe the "M.kado 'f
The '-Mikado" always draws a crowded
house,? and it is certain that the public
will be mire than pleased with it as
rendered by this eompany. Do not
miss it.
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die's wife last spring. B:ddle leaves
eight children. Maynard ws married,
but had no children.' .Diddle and his
14-j ear-old son were in the cornfield
near Maynard's house, when Maynard
esme up behind Biddle and emptied four
barren of bis revolver into nun, causing
instant death.
A Fatal BsllrtMMl leeMtai
Chicago, Nov. 23. A Times special
from Oikalooea, Iowa, sayt: Two freight
train collided near Laeey on the Iowa
Central railroad, five miles north of this
city yesterday morning, jpstantly kill
ing firemen Jnartin and seriously in
juring the engineer and brakeman. The
engineer of the train going south dis
obeyed orders to side-track his train at
Lacey.- lie olaims to htve had no sleep
(or sixty hours and was asleep when he
passed Laeey. The loss to the company
is estimated ai bw,vw.
claUaw la eomaar.
Biauir, Nov. 23. In spite of the
closest watch kept on the barracks at
Berlii , Spandau and Potsdam, thou
sands of eonies of socialistic namnhlets
have been found among the troops. The
matter seised consists mostly of a newly
issued appeal to the soldiers to join the
workisgmen in hastening social revolu
tion, lhe source of pamphlets has
been traced to men frequenting soldiers'
beerhouses, and several of the men
have been arrested.
All things promise a oheerful
Thanksgiving, riasioess is good, in
dustries are revivirg, the railroads sic
general health of the country, phyal- alderman MiQiade
Mm Wordlet jt.
Nsw Yobk, Nov. 23 A great crowd
of spectators gathered in the general
sessions court room to hear the verdict
this morning in the ease of ex-boodle
Ten o'clock was
eal, moral and financial, is fairly good.
We have much to be thankful for.
the hour set by Beeorder Smyth, for
eciving the report fram the jury. At
noon the jury was still out and had not
sent any word to the court for instruc
tions or anything else.
At 2.30 p. m. no agreement had been
reached by the MoQuade jury, and it
was then said with an air of authority
that they stood 10 to 2 for eonvietion.
The belief that the long absenoe of the
jury means permanent disagreement is
gaining strength.
-The McQiade jury at 5 30 o'clock
reported that they had not agreed upon
a verdict.
Fwtaire Bow Torfc.
Nbw Yokk, Nov. 23. Greene (Jo. '
report on cotton futures says: It has
been a rather stupid sort i f day. There
was nothing in the advices at hand from
abroad or from domestic sources calcu
lated to carry any special iiflaencea, and
with the exoeption of a few buying or
ders during the morning, the demand
came principally trom xocai sources,
operators evening up in order to have
no open deals to go over th approach
ing holiday. After losing a fraction,
the feeling reoovered, and at the olose
prices were some points above last even
ing, with the tone about steady.
Boyatl Klrtau
London, Nov. 23. Princess Beatrioe,
wife of Prince Henry, of Battenberg, and
Joungest daughter of Queen Viotoris,
as given birth to a son. Both mother
and son sre doing well. Lord Randolph
Churchill was minister in attendance at
the acoouohment.
1 be Daavlllo SJjretem.
rOKTHXK 1NTORMATION OOSCSRHIXG THS
PAOn-LOGAN PURCHASB -.THS KICBMOHP
YI1W OF THS SITUATION.
Richmond Dispatch.
The date for the regular annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Richmond
k Danville Company is December the
8th, and, while no one here is author
ised to speak officially on the subject, it
seems hsrdly probable that any scheme
of reorganisation will be put in opera
tion before that time.
While Messrs. Sully, Pace and Logsn
will probably be prominent in the con
trol of the line and exercise great in
fluence there, it is known that the heav
iest investors are northern men, like the
Rockefellers. It is very probable that
they will desire a re-organisation, but
to what extent they may want to go it is
impossible now to say. Col. Buford has
been the head of the enterprise for 21
years. He has a treasury of informa
tion concerning the company, which ex
ists eise where neither in the records nor
in the memory of man. It will, of
a a m
course, be possible but not very
practicable, to run the road without
him As shown by their action.: that is
the opinion of the northern capitalists
who have just sold out their interests in
the company. In addition to these
qualifications, Col. Buford is a wonder
fully industrious worker, and enjoys
great popularity all of which render it
unlikely that the new purchasers will
care to dispense with his services. Still,
of their plans nothing is accurately
known. They may want the presidency
for one of their own number.' They
may be forced by circumstances to make
changes against the judgment ; of the
wisest of their number.
lhe fact that Mr. Pace and General
Logan are now ro influential in the Com
pany justifies at least the hope that the
offices will be brought back here from
Washington. Certainly we have now a
far better chance of securing their re
turn to Richmond than before the sale.
It has all along been understood that
Colonel Buford regarded that move as
exceedingly impolitde, and so it was, and
the owners of the road will find it so to
their cost if ever 1 they should happen
to want legislation from the State of
Virginia or oity of Richmond again.
As to the wealth of Mr. Pace, the
State says : While Mr. Pace does not
talk much about his business matters, it
is believed that his fortune is close on
to &3, 000,000. It is well known that
he has made a great ' deal of money in
the last twelve months. He cleared, it
is said, $400,000 on his Memphis road
alone, and he has made some big hits
since then.
THB nv TIHANCIAL STATUS.
The purchase, though made by indi
viduals, is in the interest of the Ter
minal eompany, and will be paid for by
the issue of preferred stock in the Ter
minal eompany. Stockholders will have
the privilege of subscribing at par for
thirty-three and one-third shares of pre
ferred stock for every hundred which
they hold, the preferred stock to be en
titled to dividends at tne rate or o per
cent cumulative, and will receive as
bonus fifty shares of common stock The
money thus raised will exactly pay $200
a share for the Danville stock bought
from the syndicate, ana the additional
$30 a share will be pajable in new com
mon stock of the Terminal eompany.
The total oapital of the Terminal is now
115.000.000. The urae of preferred
w ... m asva AAA W . a a
will be jp.wu.wu. ana the bonus will
require the issue of $750,000 more. The
syndicate will also get $750,000 income
stock, and the baianee of the $29,000,
000 will remain in the treasury. One
of the first acts of the new board will be
to oancel the leases of the Western North
Carolina and the Virginia Midland and
restore the assets taken from the treas
ury of the Terminal. All woik of this
kind done by the present directors of
the Danville will be undone ' and the
order will be, "as you were before."
Where did the money come from t is i
suggestive question. From the Stand
ard Oil people. John D. and William
Rookafeller and H. M. Flagler agreed
to furnish it. General Logan made
enough out of the rise to be able to put
in a good round sum, and fie now has
nearly 8,000 shares in his own name on
the books. Mr. Stone had enough money
to take a good ahare ol theruk, aad Mr.
iiioe had a larft injerest u it.
ANOTHER ROGUE.
MASSACHUSETTS IUBNISHES
ANOTHER EMBEZZLER.
HS OOHFISSSa ASD IS IN JAIL A NSW
TRANS ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP LINS
JATAL AOCIDSNT IN G BORGIA
OTHSB NKWS BY WIS.
Boston, Nov. 23 This morning
Wm. Reed, treasurer of the couth Bos
ton horse oar company, wbh arrested on
oharge of embezsling $100,000 in
cash and $100,000 in an over blue of
stock of the eompany. It is charged
that the embesslement has been going
on for the past fire or fx years. Beer
has been treasurer of the company W
years and has always been trusted with
all the funds. Be was srrested at his
home in South Boston by Chief Inspector
Hansom and Inspector Houghton. He
refused to say any thing in regard to
the acousation against him. Reed, in
addition to his treasury6hip cf the rail
rail company, has been for some time
engaged as a broker ' at 53 Devonshire
street. The surplus of the railroad on
September 80th was stated at $69,959.
Later facts indicate that the total
amount embt tslcd is $104,000, of which
$34,500 is the over-issue of stock. Seed
has confessed to the police, and has
turned over all his property to the di
rectors of the company. Reed is in j til.
New atanialLlp Id am.
Chicago, Nov 23 General Manager
John Murr, of the Chespeake and Ohio
line, is in the city arrangeing for the
quotation of through rates from Chicago
to' Liverpool, on grain and other trsffic
via New Fort Nes. The new steam
ship line of the 0 Si O. to run between
New rort News and Liverpool, will go
intq opeiation December loth, come
monthly service is to be established asd
it is claimed that rates will be made
that will attreet business by that
route.
Iatl Accldeaa.
Atlanta, Nov. 23.Asbury McCor-
mick, a boy 11 years of age, while hand
ling a pistol, in the village of Buford
today, accident! y shot through the heart
of his sister Lvzz'e, sged 16. Death
was almost inttanta&eous.
Tfce vtrfflaiat Vtu.
BiCBMOin, Nov 23. The tfficial
canvass of the vote of the State by coun
ties (with lhe exoeption of Buchanan
oounty, the returns from which have not
yet been received) shows the following
result of the popular vote :
Democratic, 102 221; opposition (con
sisting of independent democrats, repub
licans, eto . ) 123 080; opposition ma
jority, 20.859.
In the gubernatorial election in loso
the voto stood, Lee, dem., 152,544;
Wise, rep., 186,510. Democratic ma
jority 16,084. The total vote of the
State in 1885 was 28U,U4; this 301
(1887) it was 225 301, showiog a de
crease in the popular vote of 63 753 di .
vided as follows: Democratic decrease,
50,323; republican or opposition de
crease, 13,430. Buchanan county may
increase the opposition majority 100.
lev Jersey Figaros.
TniBTf H. N. j Nov. 23 TheSta'e
board of canvassers met today and sub
mitted the following r facial figure?:
For Governor.--Green, 109.939;
Howey, 101,919; Fisk, 19,810. Green's
plurality, 8,020. For Congrc:
Hires, rep., 1st district, 3,664 p ural-
i7-
Uuchanan, rep., 2ad district, 2,7 Uo
ivean, rep., ora distriot, oat plural-
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Pidoock, dem., 4th district, IZ6 piu
rality.
Phelps, rep., 5th distriot, 2 836 plu-
Lehlbaoh, rep , 6th distriot, 1,773
dem , 7th distriot, 4,23
jnoAdoo,
plurality.
CURRENCY.
Ne more beside the ocean
Her soul filled with emotion,.
Stands she in rapt devution,
Gazing far acres the tetm;
Ah! nc, Salsa Mell or Hannah
Now sings a loud soprano, :
And thumps the grand piano
Ia the aitllng-rocm at Lorn.
Boiton Courier.
Tioket agent Tou don't expect those
two boys to go on ono ticket?
She Of oourse I do. It's a twin.
Life.
"How can I get rid of fleas on my
eat!" asks a subscriber. Easy enough
Soak the eat in four feet of water until
the fleas rise to the surface. Then
bury the cat. Burliegton Free Press.
He You are holding that umbrella
on the wrong side to protect you from
the sun.
She I know i, but there is that
dreadful Miss Briggs, and I intend her.
to see my new bonnet. Exchange.
Miss Highsocicty Wjuld 'I be
pleased to have you bring Mr. Van
Kupper, of New York, to cal?j First
tell me about his "family."
Mr. Montrose OH, they wore all
well when he left Tid-Bits. '
Though the earthquake shock at
Charleston gave occasion for a good
deal of speculation on the causes ol
seismic phenoai na, an authoritative
and generally intelligible summary of
the oonolusions of geologie science upon
that interesting tubjeot is still needed.
This task is now to be performed bv
Major J. W. Powell, director of the
United States geological survey, in an
artiole whioh is to appear in the For am
for December.
The weather continues wjru.
A Lower State er latereat.
Cor. of the Nsws and Obsxbvsb.
I am muoh impressed with your re
marks infyour issue of the 18th inst.,,
on the subject of "a lower rate of inter
est11 ; It is what we all want, but the
very remedy suggested by your corres
pondent, F," vis, legislative action,
will I apprehend rather injure than as
sist: such a consummation. You have
unquestionably suggested one of the
causes of the high rate of interest that
prevails in our State, vis, "our laxity
as a people in regard to pecuniary obli
gations. Another is, tne character of
our; laws, whioh enable a debtor to de
lay and binder a creditor almost indefi
nitely in the collection of bis debt, where
the debtor forces his creditor to a law
suit. Our homestead and personal
property exemption laws bear upon
the; question also. The provision id
our: law against usury whioh holds ou
a premium upon fraud in that it permits
the debtor to borrow money contracting
to pay; the rate of interest agreed upon,
audi if that happens to be over 8 per
cent the debtor is given the privilege
to repudiate this partof the contract,
and at any time within two years after
he has paid the rate agreed upon, to me
his ; creditor and recover back twice
what he has paid. Such a law instead
of inviting capital to the State has and
will continue to drive it away.
Money like anything else is a com
modity, influenced bv the laws of sup
ply ;and demand, with this additional
element of risk in its lending. That
statute law cannot regulate
this: matter, is evidenced by the rate of
interest that prevails in States where
there are no usury laws, as in Mas
sachusetts, California, Rhode Island,
Florida, Colorado, Canada, Ac Proba
bly the rate of interest is less in Massa
cl usetts, Rhode Island, Canada and the
other States where there are no laws on
the; svbjeot of usury, than elsewhere,
and for a very good reason. Where
there are no usury laws one element of
risk sis eliminated from the loan, and
hence the rate is that much reduced.
The people of North Carolina, are prob
ably better able now than ten Years ago
to pay their State debt, but the reason
why the six per cent bonds are worth
13 and the 4's are at par, is not be
cause of tbat fact; but because parties
who are seeking investments, believe all
element of risk in the payment of those
bonds at maturity is praetioally elimi
nated under the wise and economic
democratic State administration. Let
tbe republican party once again get con
trol if the State government and these
quotations would at once be affected bj
the fear that the extravagancies of thi
years of 1868-70 might be repeated
Iuten st is the servioe which money ren
ders in its use. This service is worth
more at one time than another. In times
of financial stringency it is more valu
able ,.in communities where there is not
enough cf it tor the needs of business
this service is rated higher than where
iLcUy i abundant. Where there is a
likelihood tnere will be delay and ex
pense in getting back the principal, this
will be eonsidered in making up th
rate to be charged for the service of
money. A man can't be forced to lend
bis money any more than can a man be
made to borrow. But when the lender
wishes to lend, and ; the borrower's
needs j do not require' him to borrow;
the servioe whioh the money is worth is;
of lees value and the borrower can get
it at a less rate. But when the lender
has not too much for his own purposes,
or is doubtful whether his borrower will
repay him voluntarily and without de
lay at maturity, or put him to the ex
pense of a law suit, and in addition,
the borrower's needs make the use of
the money of greater value to him, the
lender will demand more for his monej
and the service the money renders to
the borrower is greater and he oan thus
affoid and will pay more for this service.
It is manifest that these matters must
regulate themselves between man md
man, as the exigencies of the esse arises,
and that laws whioh are passed to inter
fere with the free exeroise of deal
ings between man and man are unwise,
and invariably to the disadvantagt
of the debtor class. When the commer
cial sense of a community considers t
man's business credit destroyed When he
lets his note go to protest, then tha rate
of interest will fall in that place. When
the laws of a State favor the speedy and
inexpensive collection of debts, these
conditions favorable to a lower rate of
inter est will secure auoh ; and when
foreign capitalists feel confidence in the
security 01 any loans they may make in
this State, they will be satisfied with a
legs rate of interest than ia asked now.
No arbitrary statutory provision on tht
subject of what a man may ask and an
other iman pay for the servioe of money,
can be otherwise than hurtful. Besides,
a law that the necessities of the times or
conditions of the people, make it neoes
sary habitually to violate is demoralis
ing and calculated to bring the law-making
power into oontempt.
,1 "CcaAion."
' 1 he I hteago Anareaute.
Chicago, Nov. 23 The attorneys
representing the interests of the seven
condemned anarehist today applied t)
justioa Soots of the Illinois supreme
court, for a supersedeas. Tie matter
has not jet been decided.
A Severe S)(rm.
Chicago, 111 , Nov.; 23. The signal
servioe reports a fierce storm in Dakota,
along the line of the Northern PAcifio
railroad. At Fargo and Jsmestjwn
blizzard is in progress with tl e thermom
eter at zero. At various poii to through
out Iowa it is snowing, with thi ther
mometer ranging from 17 to 30 degroes
above sero.
;Nxw Yonx, Nov. 23. H. M. Hixie,
general manager of Gould's southwest
ern system died this morning, after a
J ling enuj lilies, fi this mty.
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Mr. Davie' afaat Offer!. .
ran ear or thb liasb or tas sjuthirjt
OONFSDBBACT. j
Lotnt tills, KyL (Nov. 21 Today at
Fairview, on the linje between Christian
and Todd eountiee. Ky , there was dedi
cated a Baptist church, erected on the
site of the building where Jefferson
Davis was born. . ! The ground was pur
chased and given by a party of gentle
men to Mr. Davis, who in turn gave it
for the location of a church. The Rev.
Dr. Strickland, of Nashville, delivered
the dedication sermon. Jefferson Davis
wss present and there was an immense)
orowd, many of whom oould not get into
the ohurch, and were forded to leave,
as it was raining hard. After the ser
mon Mr. Davis was! invited to the pul
pit. He made a few appropriate re
mark, closing as ; follow: 'May He
who rules in beaten blfssi individually
and collectively this whole community,
and nray His benediction jreet on this
house forever More than! this it would
be improper for mej to say." Mr. Davis
then presented the johuroh! with a ser
vioe of solid silver J
Fereigaj Matters.
Boms, Italy, Nov. 23 In the green
book just if sued by the government, it
is shown that Count dc Robilant, min
ister of foreign affiirs, Lai sent a circu
lar letter to each off the powers, assur-.
ing them all that Italy is desirous of
European oonoert to maintain . peace
on the basis of the! Berlin treaty, and
the independence of the Balkan states.
The green book states that in a recent
conversation . with j Sir J.iSaville Lum
ley, BiHsh ambassador to Rome, Count
de Robilant argued that it was immoral
for a great power to morally support a
small power, unless it was prepared to
furnish it material support when the
small power needed it. j
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