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vol. iv. Mmu&Uiito,
ELKIN, N, 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 189G.
E.B3ARD & ROTH, hito
NO. 23.
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PA0AKS.1ND PKAYEBS
SOME ODD OBSERVANCES STILL
.. PRACTICED.
Praying by l.lachlner y-Prayei- b- Wa-
teic rower How lb Chinese Cheat
the Devil Why the American In
diaua Placed Their Dead on Poles,
jr Oueer Hellgirma Rites.
' itu the possible exception of the
Buahuuin, who is believed to bo first
couaiu to tho MiUHiuj; Link, if, indeed,
there is uot a nearer relatiouKhip, uli na
tions have seine form of religion and
reremcnial observances eciilinr to its
exercise. Among civilized nations, re
ligious ceremonies are suggestive iu char
actor and symbolic in origin, but as we ifa
down in the scale of human mi Hire there
are found many peculiarities of religious
observance which are strange, liicotul)''-.
hensible, and, not infrequent! j", (u'e
highest degree nlimird. 10 VHJ'Ki eust
they seem so, tb- uct al.isinK p'rtly froJ
our inabilit- to t.omprehpnd any sijfuino
,nw ..iey mny have for those Who prac
iiee them, and partly from the enormous
difference bvtWfen our inrolligWiee und
that of the peopfe W!ia use these un
vnh ri'les. Un it is exceedingly iuter-J-sting
to Viotico that even when a re
Ugieiia cereuiony, once symbolic and full
Sit Sncaoiing, has lost nil the Hignifieanee it
lornierlj possessed, mno tlio ltss does it
continue to be ptflotit-cd. for the reason
that in these things custom Is powerful,
h thtt fact ihat hk it br-iilhen nation a
Mifcl'ous Veivnidity is now performed, no
Matter hu 'meaningless, is suflieient evi-WeikWS-to
the minds of the worshipers, nt
only that there is virtue in t4 but ihat it
ought to bo perpetiitftwl simply because
it come down to them from their ances
tors. .
It is Probable that to many if not to
biSt of the worshipers in pagan temples
the ceremonies performed there have no
significance other than that of custom.
AT THE GATE OF THE CHINESE TEMPLE.
They are like the Chinese idea of the
funff Shwoy; that is, the eternal balance
of things. When a Chinaman builds a
house in one corner of a equure lot, a
house must also be built in the opposite
corner to restoro the L'ung Sh'.vay: when
one chimney or tower is erected on a
building, there must be another on the
opposile side, to preserve the Fung
Shway; when a plate of rice is placed on
one side of a table, another must be oppo
site that the Fung Shway be not dis
turbed. The Celestial does not know
why this should be so, but he knows that
every other Chinaman bus the same idea
and that is enough for him and to tnlk to
him about architectural proportions, or
to tell him that his notion probably or--Virmfpil
in n nice sense of relation, would
be to waste your worus, lor auoui inese
things he neither knows nor cares any
thing; the fact that everybody else be
lieves that the Fung fchway ought not to
be disturbed being quite enough for hi3
purpor-e. He has another idea that, to
our minds, seems ludicrously absurd. At
the gates of the temples iu which he
worships there hang bells and when n
native of the Celestial Empire wants to
say his prayers, or to make offerings to
his gods to insure good luck In any enter
prise in which he may be engaged, he
goes to the parish temple and before en
tering gives the bell at the gate a tap to
let the deity of the place understand that
a worshiper is at hand and desirous of
attending to business. Nothing, to our
minds, could be more exquisitely absurd
than this method of signifying to deity
a desire to pay reverence, yet to the
Chinaman it is lit and proper, and he de
voutly believes that unless this prelim
inary were performed, his prayers and
sacrifices would be wasted ior'the lack
of a god to hear and receive then). The
Idea had itu origin, in an ancient use,
very similar to our own, of bells for noti
fying worshipers of the proper time for
service, but of this fact the Chinaman
of the present day knows nothing; he
Sings the bell because everybody else
does, and because as far back as any one
can remember, the bell has been rung for
this purpose, and thnt is quite enough,
j Speaking of prayer and praying, how
ever, perhaps the most peculiar method
ever in vogue in the pagan world is that
which is practiced by millions of people
in India, Thibet, Chinese Tartary and
China at the present day. The Budd
hists have many prayers, but of them nil
none is supposed to have the virtue of one
simple sentence, Om mani padmi hum.
,"Thc jewel in the Lotus. Amen." These
words are constantly on the lips of the
devotees of this faith. The laborer at his
toil, the merchant in his eiore, the trav
eler on the way, all repeat this mystic
supplication; Dot always aloud, but even
when mentally engaged, their lips keep
up a mechanical motion as the praying
goes on, for the belief is universal that
the greater the cumber of times this sen
tence is repeated the greater the benefit.
A few hundred years ago, however, some
impatient genius, finding his tongue too
slow, conceived the idea that the thing
could be done in another way, bo he in
vented a mechanical device to further his
devotions. It consisted of a woolen cyl
inder about Vi inches in diameter anq2
in height. At the middle of one end a
staple was inserted, to which a cord 6 to
10 inches long whs fastened, the other
end being made fast to a rounded piece
of wood of convenient size and shape to
be held in the hand. The cylinder was
hollow and contained a roll of thin parch
ment, on which this prayer was written
several hundreds of times. The handle
was t&fcta and the cylinder was revolved,
on the theory that at each revolution nil
the prayers written on the parchment
within it were repeated The priests in
stantly perceived the working value of
the model and promptly monopolized the
manufacture of the prayer cylinders. de
riving therefrom no small benefit in 1he
way of revenue. In some parts of India
the nse of these cylinders is almost uni
versal, nine out of ten of the men met by
the way i revolving their cylinders as they
walk ork!e. Tli.ei(lca was soon found
capable of extension; T."" priests rea
soned, if praying could F'e di,np with
final' cylinder, why not w-ta larjj on.
So great cylinder, hnting d meleof
5 to 8 feet iand a hetrtt of to 8, Wvre
prepared- umk'd with prayers, a cruhk
W fitted up, by which they couM bn
turned, they were set tip iu Uii ftjlple,
and any one, by the payment of a small
fee, was allowed to turn the machine u
certain, Wcth of time,
The rwnlt was a grand success, for tlm
people soon came to learh tiiat; by the
payment of a fee tfcey would be able to
pray nrorfc in five minutes thai) they could
hope to do all their lives In any other way,
and the Incomes of the temples waxed
great and the priests grew fnt, for
wealthy men, well able to payt hut unwill
ing to work at the wheels Bcili their ser
vants to tlo the ttiHlhig, looking in occa
sionally t fef,e that the job vas bein
properly done, The WjienU k.Vere kept
going day and h'gut; and the demand for
them Intltuie so much greater than the
supply that another Improvement result
ed. A monastry itj Thibet was situated
beside a Uiuutltnin stream., and it occurred
one oJ to the priests that it would be a
good idea to rig up the prayer wheels
with a water-power attachment) let the
water do the turning, and credit bhc who
paid moncj into the treasury with so much
lime bf the Wheel. The idea was found
to be both brilliant and practical; a water
wheel was made, the prayer wheels placed
in iosition over it, the apparatus was set
iu motion, to the immense satisfaction of
everybody concerned. Tho people were
satisfied because they tould do their pray
ing With far greater eaue, having only to
pay and not to work; the priests were con
tenli for all the time of the wheels was
fully taken up, and sometimes rich devo
tees paid in sums so large as to engage
the services of the wheels for years at a
time. Thus it Is that in North India, Thi
bet and China to-day water wheels are at
work day and night, grinding out prayers
tor the iieople.
The question of revenue is thus seen to
play a very importunt part in heathen
temples, and tho wits of the priests of
ISuddha are often racked to the Utmost
to provide wherewithal to carry on the
business. In some temples of South India
1 the intelligence of the elephant is utilized
iu iuito iuuub, aiiu oil glLUL xeMivuia uii
elephant, trained to the work, goes to and
fro among the worshipers, holding a bas
ket with his Irunk and soliciting contn
butions from the faithful. He gets some'
thing troin everybody, too, for he has a
truculent way of presenting the basket
that intimates to the devout that the soon
er they disburse the better it will be for
them. Some years ago a number of En
glish and American clergymen were visit
ing a templo In Benares, when the ele
phant deacon was making bis rounds, and
he stopped before them holding out the
basket with a significant grunt.
They were loath to give anything, but
at the request of the guide, who warned
them that the beast might be troublesome,
every one got out his pocket-book. It
was the only time in their lives that any
of them ever contributed to the revenues
of a heathen temple, but then an elephant
collector has not the urbanity of a church
deacon, and his trunk has a persuasive
flourish about it that will draw rupees
from the most reluctant.
Some of the most singuar customs of
paganism relate to death and burial. In
Africa, even at the present day, human
sacrifices are commonly practi"ed by some
tribes of the interior. Save on rare occa
sions, they do not sacrifice their own peo
ple, but captives taken in war, and wars
ore frequently waged, not' so much for
conquest as to obtain victims for sucri-fi.-e.
Volumes have been written about
the human sacrifices of Dahomey, and
though this nation is perhaps the worst
in this respect, there are others where this
form of worship is extensively carried on.
Very frequently, the bodies of the victims
are eatn, but in many cases, the unfor
tunate wretches are butchered, simply
that their blood may be offered to the
hideous images that stand in the templo
inclosures. In India, the pagan native
deems himself peculiarly happy if he can
die on or near the sacred river.- Before
the days of British control, the dying
were carried by their friends to the banks
of the river and laid in the water. Fre
quently they we're taken out in boats to
the middle of the river, and then thrown
over to drown. These practices were in
great measure stopped by British author
ity, but in secluded places they are said
to be still carried on, though to a neces
sarily limited extent. Burning the' dead
in India has never been interfered with
by the Government, though the suttee.
or burning widows, on the funeral pyres
of their husbands, was long ago abolished
by the interposition of law.
Perhaps the most peculiar burial ritos
are those of the Chinese, who, in their
funerals, ire as odd as in most of their
other customs. A Chinese funeral is mau
aged strictly with a view to cheating the
devil, who is understood to lie in wait
tor can he turn without a great deal of
difficulty, his joints an muscles being sd
arrauged that tfi hlle lie eaii .travel like 4
fej hhV!6 as loiig as he goes in a straight
line, a good deal of time and effort la
necessary when he wants to turn a cor
ner. Bo t,o fireworks, are let, off, at the
Ion III drnVr to blind hlU1, and when the
6'iioko i suClcii iitly dense to obfusciitii
his Usicii the procession starts, leaving
him watching at the door. Of course, in
a littl-j while he discovrs how be has
been tricked and starts nfter it on a run,
but when the firtt corner is turned he in
tumble to stop, and so shoots on ahead,
The siiinb bad hick attends him for peter
Hi turns; hud after repented l'xjierlencc
of this kind he gives up the hunt In dis-
gUat, goes oil to the cemetery and sifa'
down at the gate to await his prey, Uight
here tho Celestials are too smart foi- him,
and, by (Voiding the gate, always manuga
to have the burial over before he funis
eut what is golux on. It, may seem strange
that the Old Boy does not learn better,
and, considering the fact thnt several
millions of the aliriond-eved.nte dhnunlly
Fpiritrd Out bl his reach by the same
means, it really seems that he ought, to
be aware of the means adopted to deceive
him, but, as Chinese proverbial lore ex
presses it, "the devil never learns by ex
perience," which is a full explanation of
the whole situation. The same contempt
of the devil's stupidity is seen in a pecu
1 ia 4 fitiriui custom among Some of Our
aboriginal tribes of Indians, who former
ly elevated tlie bodies ot their dead on
poles from a belief tlat tho eyes of the
evil one were so placed in his head that he
looked always downward and of course,
the bodies being above him, be might pass
under Olid never sec them. In all heath
en mythological lore, though many pecu
liar superstitions are found, tho origin
of which is lost in antiquity, there is per
haps nothing more curious than these
methods. by which Chinese anil the Amer
ican Indians cheat the enemy of mankind,
MOHAIR IS POPULAR AGAIN.
.fi v. i tr-iyrf. - "i. 'Saw
rBATFB WHEELS Vt THIBET.
near the residence'of the defunct Celes
tial for the purpose of carrying off his
soul. Just before the departure of the
funeral cortegt from the house a con
siderable quantity of firecrackers is set off
in front of the residence, together with a
peculiar variety of smoky pyrotechnics,
and onder cover of the smoke thus made
the bier is raised and the carriers leave
the bouse in a smart trot. They go up
the street a short distance, then suddenly
turn into a cross street or alley and st p
and yeUVmore fireworks are burrjed, and
after a pause of a few moments the fun
eral march, or rather trot, is resumed.
Running, turning short, and halting, to
gether with fireworks aed yelling, f sally
bring the cortege to the place of burial,
but the cemetery m Bever entered throttvb
the gate, but through a gap in the herice
or fence or hole in the wall, and, after
more fireworks and yelling, the body is
finaliy interred. The cause of this sincu
ler procedure is this. It is well under
stood that the devil, although in some
respect shrewd, cannot see very well.
Fashion Hns Again Taken It Vp After
a Long l'eriod of Neglect,
The angora goat has leaped Into pop
ularity ug-aiu. Its wool, known com
mercially aa mohair, has come Into
fashion ouce more after a long period
of neglect Within the last few mouths
it has risen in price to such an extent
that immense fortunes have been made
by it. One firm of manufacturers .Is
said.to hare cleared $5,000,000 iu less
than half a year. The price of the raw
material has gone up more than 16D
per cent. Anybody who happened to
have a large quantity iu etock was as
good as a millionaire.
This isa matter of importance to the
United States, inasmuch as it is be
lieved that the angora goat could be
raised very profitably in this country,
particularly in the South and South
west. One correspondent writes from
Texas that he has a flock of 100,000 of
the goats, which are doing well. At
present there are two sources of sup
ply of mohair, namely Asia Minor and
South Africa. Asia Minor is the nat
ural home of the angora goat. That
region Is very mountainous and cover
ed with trees and shrubs, on which the
animals chiefly feed. A large part of
southern Africa llrtug similar to As!a
Minor in its topographical characteris
tics, it occurred to a few enterprising
Cape Colony farmers about thirty years
ago that it would be a desirable thin?
to get some angora goats from Turkey
and try to grow mohair. At that time
the Turkish Government was willing to
allow the animals to be sent out of the
country, and ship loads of pure-bred
angoras were brougbt away from time
to time, until the Government became
alarmed and prohibited their expo? ta- j
tion. The business proved so success
ful! that now the clip of Cape mohair
exceeds that of Turkey.
Though the Turkish Government pro
lilbits the exportation of rbe angora
goat, the regulation is not strictly en
forced. Accordingly, it would not be
difficult for Southern farmers to lm
port goats for breeding purposes, thus
beginning with a fresh and pure blood,
THK FJFTY-FOUKT1I CONGRESS
k Synttpsla of the Proceedings fcf tioth
Houses.
THE SENATE.
r Ji ihe Senatn on IXonday ttieonferenoe
repot t on Uib Cuban resolutions was report
ed by the commit toe, and was discussed at
length.
jur. it oar onerea a rcsoiucun, wmcn wem
over and under tho rules, thnt the oonsider
fttion of the conference report relating td
Cuba be postponed until Monday, April 6th
aud that the committee, on foreign relations
be directed to rqrort the facts, which In its
opinion! justify b" adoption ot such resolu
tions: w til thrt t-Tiiloiitie thetefttfi
Mr. itoar also offered a resolution! lllcli
was agreed to; requiring lli President to
communkuKe to the Somite (so far as not in
com t,n! II, lo with thu nublla intereHtl. nil
facts in his possession relating to the existing
conflict in tho island of Cubi and especially
such as affect the interesU and duty ot the
United States in the premises,
A bill for the punishment of -ffeooe oo the
high seas f revolt, mutiny, assault and riot ),
was reported from the judiciary committee
and was, after some opposition on the part of
air uan, passea.
TUESDAY,
In the Senate on Tuesday almost the entire
day was consumed in the discussion of the
LuIjhu question. No action was takea.
WEDNESDAY.
The Cuban resolutions Were the all absorb
ing topic for discussion in the benatt Weil.
ncsday The debate was not concluded Mr.
Turpi", of ludlnna, concluded his throe days
Bpeecn against tne claim or Mr. Uupont to t
sent in the Uenate from the Btuto of Delaware.
Mr. rritchard, of North Carolina, Was a
pointed on the committee on pensions
Fn
place of Mr. Ilawley, who was relieved at
his own request.
THURSDAY,
Almost the whole time of the Senate on
Thursday was consumed In the discussion of
the Cuban resolutions. No vote was taken.
I H1DAY.
The attention of the Senate on Friday was
turned to tno consideration ot the nnanclal
question. Except a lengthy discussion
nothing was done.
The Senate adjourned nntil Monday
A Lot of lied Fire.
Tliero is a new bit of slang In New
York which came into being when two
yiung newspaper ineu happened to be
in the Fifth Avenue Hotel the other
afternoon. The men saw a very pomp
ous man, well known in society circles,
who never leaves his homo for his club
until afternoon and Is then beringed
and perfumed to the nines and who
always dresses In the very extreme of
malo fashion. This man has what
Dickens called in tbe case of Mr. Tur
veydrop, a "deportmejt" He walks
with stately tread and makes as much
fuss in progressing as a side-wheel
steamboat
"That man," said "one of the newspa
per men, as he watched the assertive
manner of tbe society leader, "is burn
ing a lot of ml fire for himself as be
walks along."
"Burning a lot of red fire" Is now a
sentence to be used when you mean to
convey that somebody thinks he is
somebody of Importance.
Cost or a Fashionable Event.
Now that the New York horse show
it over, estimates of the cost of the
"frills" are in order. It Is estimated
that the grand total, exclusive of the
cost and keep of the horses, amounted
to more than fl.OOO.OOO. Tbe dress
makers and milliners got at least $300.
000, the costumes ranging from S2.000
to $20 apiece. The tailors and batters
secured st k-ast 130,000, while tbe mis
cellaneous items figure up $370,000.
These Items Include $10,000 for flowers,
$10,000 for carriage hire. $50,000 paid
by visitors from out of town, $l.ri0,000
paid for admission and seats, $100,000
' for dinners and luncheons, and $50,000
for Incidentals. Is It any wonder that
the New York mere bant, tailors, dress
makers, florists, liverymen, etc-, are al
ways glad to 6ee horse 6how week?
New Tcrk letter:'
Boiler Implosions f n Michigan-
Michigan see-ms to be running with
too big a bead of slenm. Since Jan. 1,
3S33, thpre have been 12 boiler ex
plosions, killing 172 persons anj Injur
ing 200. Tbe monetary loss has been
f rwi ckyi
THE HOUSE.
BATCBDAV.
Tho House Bnturday, in committee of tho
whole, continued its consideration of tho
postofflce appropriation bill.
Before going into committee of the whole,
the House passed a Senate bill authorizing
the Secretary ol the Treasury to distribute
the diplomas and medals awarded exhibitors
at tne Uolumntaa World s Exposition and
the House bill incorporating the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Indian Territory.
The Senate amendments to the agricultural
appropriation bill, with two exceptions,
wtra non-concurred in and a conference or
dered. The two amendments authorize the
immediate publication of 75,000 copies of
'Jiseases of the Horse" and 00,000 caples of
"Diseases oi Cattle und Cattle-r eeding.
(y a vote of 117 to 106. the House refused
to concur In a Senate amendment authorizing
the puuijration of 25.000 copies of "Cattle
and Dairy Farming."
MONDAY.
Among the bills passed by the House Mon
day were the following: Limiting to 10 cents
per copy the maximum price 'for copies of
patent speclacations; to print iiO.WU copies
of the book on ugriuulture by the Depart
ment oi Agriculture.
, Mr. Heudrick, -Democrat, of Kentucky, was
assigned to tne nan King ana currency com-
inittco in placo of Mr. C'owen, Democrat, of
Maryland.
Chairman Daniels, of election committee
No. 2, cave notice that he would, on Wednes
day, call up tho contested elect'on case of
Aiuncti vs. Eoubins from the fc arth district
ot Alabamu.
Under the rules, District of Columbia bus
iness was then taken up and the following
disposed or: Fixing tne price oi gas at $l
per 1,000 feet in Washington City an ; f 1.25
iu Georgetown; abolishing days of grace on
promisoty notes, etc.: incorporating tne rro-
testant Episcopal Diocese of Washington; to
establish a free public library, the expenses
of which shall be borne by the district alont;
to establish an asylum for the cure and Cure
ot lnBbrlates.
The rest of the session was devoted to the
further consideration, in committee of the
whole, of the postofflce appropriation bill.
TUESDAY.
Tho annual flght in the House of Repre
sentatives aguinst the appropriation of tl96,
000 for "special and necessary facilities over
the trunk linos between Boston and New
Orleans," carried in the bill for the past sev
enteen years, engaged the attention of the
House Tuesday in tne course oi tne consid
eration of the poEtoflloe appropriation bill.
The ilem was retained in the bill.
The House parsed a bill making one year's
coi tiououg residence in a territory a prere
quisite to obtaining a divorce there.
Besides that bill, only two or three mis
cellaneous matters were disposed of in the
session bills for the relief of individuals.
WEDNESDAY.
The postofflce appropriation bill was final
ly disposed of by the House on Wednesday
and sent to tbe Senate.
No other busin-iss of importance was
transacted by tne House on that day.
THURSDAY.
The House spent Thursday considering
contested election cases. One of thsm that
of U. Du lley Coleman vs. Chas. F. Buck,
from the second Louisiana district was dis
posed of without debate by the adoption of
the resolutions unanimously reported by
elections committee No. 2. that Coleman, Re
publican, was uot elected and that Buck,
Democrat, bad been and was entitled to Ms
sent. Debate upon tho other "Wm. F. Al
drich vs. Gaston A. Bobbins, fro the fourth
Alabama district was begun and continued
for several hours, I ut a vote was not
reached.
FBIDAY.
In the House Friday two bills were passod.
One was to require tliat engineers and as- lat
ent engineers on steamers sailing under
American registers shall be American citl
izens. The other was the tonnage tax bill,
repealing tho reciprocal provisions of the
law of 1884, of which only Germany and the
Netherlands take advantage, and reducing
tbe tax on t"ie coastwise trade belweenlhe
Americans, between the United States and
the West Indias, and between tho United
States and Hawsii from S to i cents a ton.
The Aldrich-ltobbins, content election ease
was taken up. Gaston A. UobMu, Demo
crat, wsa declared not to be entitled to the
seat occupied by him as a Representative
from the fourth district of Alabama and
Wm F. Aldricb, his l'spublican opponent,
Wfl planed therein.
Tiie House adjourned until Monday.
Isaac Elchonon, chief Rabbi of the Hebrew
Church ia Russia, died in Kovno.
Josej.h Chamberlain has appointed Sir
RichHrd Edward Rowley Martin Administra
tor of Police in BschuannUnd, Motabele
land and Mashonaland, to succeed Dr.
JamesoD. 71ho Adminis' rat or will be solely
responsible to the Government, and not to
the British South Africa Company. Ha baa
terved in South Africa lor miny years.
The three children of James Beausoliel
were lo-.-ked ia the house a few miles from
Fenetanguishaae, Carada, while the parents
went to o a neighbor. Shortly after tbe
bouse looi fire, hbI be'ors aasistan'- could
tie nven tne cnnarea were barned to death.
' Dr. Jataesoa and his efneers in the Trans
vaal raid vtere arraignei ia the Esw Street
Court. London: taere was to papular de
monstration; tbe hearing was adjourned for
a week,
Mr. Goscben. Firt Lord of tbs Admiralty,
said in the British Houe of Com mo in that
the icereeba of the Euziish Navy was'titend
ed merely as a de.'ens.se measure, and con
tained no menace 'o the United States.
Queen Victoria stKned from Windsor for
rortsmomh to embjrk f"r Cherbourg, en
tvat ! to N ice.
Domestic.
.id ward G. Ward, a rallroat man. shot and
killed nil wife Iu Denver, Col., and commit'
ed luioido by blo-vliig out bis Drains, iaaU
busy was the cause,
,.Tlie G-eneral Eleotrlo Company and tils'
VTestinghouse Eleotrlo Company, New York
Oitv, agreed to stop fighting over patents.
Students attending an Intercollegiate ora
torical oontest in Indianapolis, lad., engaged
In a free flght, and Gancrul Harrison loft the
theatre.
At Union, Mo., Arthur Duestrow, the mill
ionaire, who killed his wife and threa-year-old
son in St. Louis two yef.rs ago, waj sen
tenced to be hanged on Apr 1 22.
Ohio Republicans lndursud McKinley for
the Presidential nomination in a platform
favoring gold, silver and pa,or money, and
Bdleolod a Slatd ticket headed by- diaries
Kiniieyj of Scioto; for Becretury of Slate,
, Geaerril Callxlo Garcia R',d six others, who
were associated with hi tr. id the steamship
Bermuda expedition agcinst Cuba, pleaded
nil gutity in the Unitoi States Court, New
lork City, to indictments charging viola
tion of the neutrality laws,
' LeioW'sGrei(er New York bill passed the
Senate at Albany, N. Y., by a vote of 88 to 8.
Bonator Lexow attacked Lieutenant-Governor
Baxton for publishing his letter to tbo
Rev. R. S. Storrs opposing consolidation.
The storm which struck New York City
moved out to sea, after a valu attempt to
imitate thu blizzard of 1883.
A false report oil tho New York Stonk Ex
change supposod to emanate from "insid-ers,-'
put tobacco stock up to 82, and those
who were in Die secret made- about a million
dollars on tbe turn.
The ritate B:nk of Bloomfleld, at Eloom
fteld. Knrx County. N sb., closed its door3.
No statement was made.
William O, Wattson, who was shot in his
Office at Weihawken.'N. J., by ox-Detective
Clifford, died from his wounds at Roosevelt
Hospital, New York C.ty.
While Sorgeant-at-Arais Riinhardt, of tho
New York Assembly at Albany, and Door-keep-
r Bauer were eudeavorifc? fores As
semblyman Otto Kemimer, of New York City,
to take bis seat by order of Speaker Ffc-h, he
struck both of them. A scene of gre:it ex
citement ensued; and iu the end Mr. Kemp
ner carried his point.
The Albion Paper Company, at Holyoke,
Mas?., is in serious financial trouble.
1 Of 105 countiea in Kaasai 101 elected Mc
Kinley delegales to the State Republican
Convention.
Forcltrn Kotoa.
Advices from Havana, by way of Madrid,
are 'that Maceo with his m-jn have re-entered
the Havana province.
A Are at the Melikoff petroleum wells nt
Baku, Russia, has destroyed eight wells and
twe factories. Two persons lost their lives.
The floods continue in Germany and many
Villages have been submerged and the in
habitants have fled. The navigation of tho
Rhine, and work at most of its quays has
ceased.
Captain Wiggins say3tb it in the event of
no news bsiug received of Dr. Naasen a
small land expedition should ba eent in the
tummer to search 'or bin.
It is generally believed in Ministerial cir
cles in London that Lord Salisbury has as
sented to the formation of an Anglo-American
ComniiKslou to settle the Venrt-uelnn
dispute.
Tbe French Govsrnment will introduce a
bill in the Chambur of Deputies to establish
free trade between Maingiiscar and France,
while in France the ffieliue tariff is ecioreod
against the rest of the world.
Sir Augustus W. L. Henmin?, the new
Governor of British Guiana, tailed from
London directly for South America on the
steamer Atrnto, instead of for Nevrjork 03
was reported.
In the German Reichstag Her Babel ac
cused Dr. ChH Peters, the explorer, of being
a murderer, aud severely rebuke.! the Gov
ernment, thereby causing the greatest excite
ment.
Italy haa opened negotiations wilh the
Abyssinian Kins. It is reported in Rome
that King Menelek has offered generous
terms of peace to tho Italians.
Federal troops In Nicaragua have 'defeated
the revolutionists disastrously intwo battles.
A despatch from Havana. Cuba, savs that
L'.eutenaut-Ganeral Paudo has issued an
Hot that all citizens must enlist for de
fence, or be considered 113 indifferent or as
suspects.
Captain-General Wc.yler issued a procla
mation ordering the ra.ease oi persona ar
rested in Havana und Pinar del Bio prov
inces on the charge of being; affiliated with
rebel bands.
rending tbe arrival of the Peace Com
mission appointed by the President of Sal
vador, the Federal troops and tiia revolu-
lutiouists in Nicaragua will desist from ac
tive operations.
Mr. Gladstone declinsl to introduce a
deputation to Lord Salisbury to urate Govern
ment patronage lor Armenian relief.
Captain-G?neral Weyler will remove his
headquarters from Havana to Matauzas. Tho
town of Mouteguelo was burned by insurg
ents; the towus of Maeasjua aud Pilotas were
partially destroyed.
Twemr-lwo countries have givon notice
of their intention to take part in the exhi
bition to ba hell in Paris, France, in 1900.
Emperor William of Germany conferral
upon Count Goluehowslii, Austrian Minister
of Foreipn Affairs, the decoration of the
Order of tho Red Eagle.
Abou! 200,000 Armenians are in a starving
condition, and are solely dependant for the
necesFarit3 01 me upon tue cnanty of the
British and American public.
General Rafael Reyes. Colombian Minister
of the Interior, has resigned his portfolio ia
orlor that he mav be eligible for election to
the Viee-Presldeney. Tbe repu alio is tran
quil, and precautions have been taken to
preserve order.
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