Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 8, 1895, Page 3

" Tre OMAnA DAy Bre COUNCIL BLUFFS. NO. 12 PEARL ST Delivered by earrier to any part of the city, H. W. TILTON, Lessee. TRLEPHONES—Business offics, No. 43; editor, No. %. — e MINOR MENTION. Buy your cigars, pipes, tobaccos and canes at Grand Hotel Cigar store. QGrand hotel, Councll Rluffs. mished, Reopened Oct. 1. E. F. Clark. Prop. The eity council is to meet as a committeo of the whole this morning at 9 o'clock John and Jennie Miller, implicated In the robbery of Oscar Beligh, the barber at the transfer, are to havo a hearing In Justice Cook's court next Thursday. A small son of August Swanson, who lives at Avenue G and Twenty-fifth street, fell Baturday, while riding 1 neighbor's horse, and dislocated an elbow. He was attended by Dr. F. 8. Thomas Judge Thornell has granted the plaintifts a new trial in the two cases of Kirkendall, Jones & Co. and Gilmoe & Ruhl against Rotholtz, in which a verdict was renderel in favor of 1. Goldamith, Intervenor. v J. C. Doyle has returned from St. Paul and Sioux City, where he played in the Oma Cricket club against the clubs of the two places, one game in Siocux City and two In St. Paul. The Omaha people plucked one game in each place, and was defeated once in St. Paul. Both clubs are to visit this city and Omaha in October, and some match games are to ho arranged for that time. “The Big Four,” who were booked for an appearance at the Young Men's Christian as- sociation yesterday afternoon, were reduced 1o three when the time came for holding the meeting. Rev. H. P. Dudley of the Broadway Methodfst church was disabled by sickne and had to forczo preaching at hig own church, as well as at the young men's meet- ing. The other three e Rey. Stephen Phelps, Rev. G. W. Snyder and Rev. V. C. Rocho. An intoresting meating was held and gymnasfura was well fillod A call for the patrol wagon was sent in to the police heaiquarters yesterday after- noon, and Officers Sandel, Murphy and Welr responded. An old man named Feeny said that while he was getting a drink at a neighboring house a_couple of tramps picked up his bundle of cloth ng, which he had stuck in a tree. After a chase over several acre: of cornficlds a very trampified man was found answering to the name of Jim Kelly. H ad sold Feeny's razor to a man named John Flynn, who lives in the neighborhood, for a quarter. Flyon identified him as the right party. Kelly's pal escaped. OFFICE, ET night Fire and tornado insurance written in best companies. Money for farm loans at low rates, Clty property for sale or trade for farm lands .in lowa. Lougee & Towle, 235 Pearl St Don't overlook the fact tnat the Spetman stock is beng sacrificed at any price to sell. 1f you do you will miss the bargains in dry goods, clothing, shoes, hats and all season- able standard goods that you must buy. The larger the crowd the quicker the gools go, and the greater the sacrifice fn values. PERSONAL PARAG RAPITS. Bloomer has returned from a trip of several weeks to the east. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Fonda have gone to Denver for a week's outing. Mrs, C. W. Hicks leaves this evening for a visit of zeveral wecks to the esst Frank Pinney lef: last evening for Spirit Lake to visit Judge McGee and wife. Bert Pinney has returned from a year's schooling at the University of Mich/gan. Mr. and Mrs. B4 Benton and children lrave tomorrow for a summer trip to Denver. Mrs. C. W. Coker leaves the latter part of this week for a visit with relatives in Kan- sas. J. E. McDermott left last evening for a month’s vacation between Sioux City and St. Paul. Miss Mary Davenport has returned from Chicago, where she attended the university during the past year. Mrs. Anna Wood and Miss Vera Wood of Santa Cruz, Cal., are in the city, the guests of Miss Emma Van Brunt. D. W. Bushnell, W. H. Hanthorne, Theo- dore Luskowski and J. T. Oliver left last evening for Spirit Lake, to spend a couple of weeks camping out. Miss Frances Dally Is expected home from the east Wednesday. She attended school last year at Northampton, Mass., and.visited friends at Montreal before returning home. D. C Brown's €. O, O, Screen doors, 49¢ each. Hammocks, 49c. Gasoline stoves from $1.98 up. One-pint Mason fruit jars, per doz., 49c; quart Mason fruit jars, 59¢ doz.; balf-gallon Mason fruit jars, 79 doz. 21 pounds grariulated sugar for $1. One pound plug tobacco for 16¢; one pound oking tobacco for 15c. Five gallons gasoline for 65c. per can. ® Salmon, 10c MBATS. Sirloin and perterhouse steak, 10c. Round steak, 8t4e; chuck steak, 6%c. Best rib roast, 8¢; chuck roast, 6c and 6ec. Bolling beef, 3c and Ge. Mutton chops, Se. Leg o' mutton, Te. Salt pork, e Breakfast bacon, 10c. Compound lard. Se. Picnie ham, 8c; boneless ham, 10e. Sugar cured ham, 1lc Fight at I'lg Lake. Blg Lake has been the resort for several Sundays past of a lot of people who were bent upon having a good time, even at the expenso of the properties. Yesterday a boy on horseback rode at post haste from the lake to the Northwestern round house and sent a telephone message to the police head- quarters, stating that eighteen men were fighting and had overcome the officer. From the excited way In which the .alarm was given it seemed as if the elghteen were about to massacre all the residents of Crescent township. No one chanced to be at the sta- tion who could be sent, however, and no fatalities, or even serious accidents, were re- ported. Great Cash Rocker Sale. The Durfee Furniture company will sell this week the largest line of floor, spring camp and swinging rockers ever brought to the oity. Prices 25 per cent off. Here's your chance for summer comfort, 336-338 Broadway. Yes, the Eaglo laundry is “that good laundry,” and Is located at 724 Broadway. 1f in doubt about this try it and be convinced. Don't forget name and number. Tel. 157, Hritish Kepublicans Galning. Willlam B. Busby, private secretary to General Agent Manderson, of the Union Pa- cific Ratlway company, is agaln at his desk, after a two months’ trip to his old home in England. He states that during the few years since he left home the republican spirit in Great Britain has made a rapid growth. | 8till, when the people who favor the repub- lican idea are asked if they will favor a re- publican government on the death of Queen Victorla, they shake their heads dubiously and say that since the last presidential elec tlon in the United tSates, republicanism has looked a good deal like a failure, and they are dcubtful about making the experiment. Our best gas ranges will bake after flames are turned out. Economy of gas the great question. A few genuine Quickmeal 1895 gasoline stoves at very low prices. Just when needed, alluminum fruit kettles, Graniteware very cheap. Get an Ol4 Doctor ice pick. Best in the world. Cole & Cole, 41 Main stret. Nuthanse illinsky, The Hebrew part of the population of Council Blufts enjoyed hugely a soclal event which took place last evening at Hughes' hall. It was the wedding of Abraham 1. Gil- insky and Sarah Nathansen, both young peo- ple of this city. Quile a number of visitors were present from Omaha. After the cere- mony Was over the rest of the evening was put in disposing of the bountiful refresh- ments that were served and in the amuse- ments common to such oceasions. Davis, agency for Muovon's remedies. The Hardman, (be piane par excellence, Newly fur- | NEWS EROM COUNCIL BLUFFS Deputy Marshal Ancerson Recovers Mra, L, @, Knotts' 8:olen Bicycle, FLBERT MARTIN CAULHT RIDING IT Sixteen-Vear-Uld Doy Now In Jall on Charge of Steating & Wheel Found o His Possession by the Shrewd Ofcer. | By means of Deputy Marshal Ande power of guessing, Mrs. L. G. Knotts' bicycle, | which was stolen from in front of her resi dence Saturday, yesterday morning, and the young man who stole it is | behind the bars at the city Jail | The young man's name i Albert Martin, and he lives with his parents on Bast Plerce street, between Grace strcet and Franklin avenue. About 7 o'clock yesterday morning Anderson started from his home to 0 to the clty building. As he reached the Benton street bridge, he spled a boy on a bicycle, and thinking, for sume reason known to himszelf, that perhaps that might be the missing oue, asked the young man to dis- mount. Upon examining he found the num- ber on the bottom of the crank hanger tallied recovered To prevent it from being recognized, Martin edge of the smaddle, nd torn off guards, When questizned about it who is only 16 years of was_his sister's bicycle, and afterward that ho bought it from a hoy at the corner of | Ninth street and Ninth avenue, paying hin $10 for it. He was taken to the city fail and locked up, nevertheless, and when he was that the officers had a sure case against him, he finally, after much persuasion, mitted that he had stolen it. He told Ander- son that he had hidden the dress guards in some weeds on Twentieth avenue, On vl ing the place Anderson found them. Martin was charged with larceny. the dress the boy, age, said first that it NOT WEATHER BARGAINS, Boston Store. men's and boys' sweaters, worth at 17c each, at 26c. b0c & at a3 0 dozen gents' negligee 5, full made with packet, on sale at 25c each. Extra quality gents' shirts, in madras and : 45 and 50c each. laundered percale shirts, $1.25, on sale at 80c each. 5c quality ladies’ black silk mitts at 10c a pair. 0c quality infants’ ribbed hose reduced to 2c a palr. Special prices on umbrellas, $1.00, $1.25 and §$1.95. FOWLER, DICK & WALKER, 401-405 Broadway, Council Bluffs, % Towa. May Close the M:dical College. The Council Bluffs Medical college, which has been running with a fair measure of suc- coss for the past two years, is about to be closed for good, it the plans now being talked of are carried into execution. The State Board of Health has taken action re- cently which will undoubtedly have the effect the board desired, to close up the new medi- colleges throughout the state and glve older institutions & monopoly, A rule was adopted providing that hereafter no di- plomas would be recognized from institutior that had been in existence less than five years. One more year would have completed the three years' course for several of the students and diplomas would have heen fs- sued them. By this ruling the diplomas would have been worthless, and even if the students were willing to take thelr course at a schiool where the final examinations countd for nothing and other examinations had to be gone through at the state capital hefore admission to practice, the college authori‘ies would not: care to run a school of that sort. Another rule passed by the state board i that after this year a four years' course will bo required, in place of (hree. This must necessarily raise the standard of the medi- cal profession in the state, and the nhysicians who are connected with the Covrcil flufis college are heartily In sympathy with the change. It is possible that instead of elosing up the coliege it may be decided to rin an nati- tution for teaching the rudiments of the pro- fession, but this is hardly Iikely, The work has been one of love and nothing else, none of the professors being salaried. They went into the scheme originally for the purpose of brushing up thelr own knowisdza cf the medical science as much ag to train young ideas, and now that they have doi2 o they are quite willing to let the collegs d-ap. 25 dozen )5c, on eale 30 size, worth See values at The 2 p. m. train to Lake Manawa is an excursion train every day in the week ex- cepting Sunday. One fare pays for the round trip, tickets good to return on any train dur- ng afternoon or evening. White Ouk Plling. Five thousand feet S-inch top, feet long, at 9%c per lineal foot. ton, Council Bluffs, Ta. Looking for 111y boys Panl Hirsch was looking last evening for some traces of his two sons, Julius and Wil- liam, aged 11 and 13 years, who have been living with him at 525 Harmony street, They have been picking berries for William Brown near the Hess place, and had some money coming to them from Brown. Yesterday morning they announced their intention of starting for the farm to get their pay, and that is the last seen of them. They were barefooted and wore their old clothing, so that it hardly seems as if they could have In- tended to run away. At 10:30 last evening no trace had been found, and he reported the case to the polic e e Conldn’t Fiaee Him, Judge: ““Who am dis Napoleon dey're all talkin' 'bout?” sald Deacon Ketchum at the supper table the other evening, as he bit his plece of mince pie in two and handed half to the dog. “W'y, didn’ yo' nebber heah ob Napoleon?"’ asked his son with an air of superiority. “'Pears to me I has, now I kum to t'Ink about it,” replied the deacon. “He robbed er bank, didn’t he?” “No, no, fader; yo're 'way off. “Den it was er railroad he bustid,” cried the deacon, convincingly. “Wrong agin, dad; wrong agin!" chuckled the superior youth, “He aln’t de billlard player, am he?" queried the elder, with a noticeable lack of confidence in himself. “No," Nor de fellah thirty days?" “Keep on guessin’, ole man.” “Den he muster ben de man dat discsbered Grover Cleveland.” ““No, fader; he wuz er fighter. 0, sho! am dat all? Wa-al, dere's so much trash in de ring nowerdays I kain't keep track ob em." And as the diplomatic sclon of degenerate anicestors wished to borrow a dime about then he thought it policy to let it go at that. e A Kentaoky Haby's Plavihing. Mr. and Mrs, Jeft Martin, who live on Cat creck, In this county, says the Clay City Chronicle, have a bright little boy, 2 years old, who, while undressed for a bath, desired his mother to allow him to run and play. He was sent into a carpeted rcom, where the curtains were drawn, and after a few minutes, with an exclamation of surprise and delight, the little fellow came into the hall holding in his hands a huge copperhead snake. He had grasped it near the tail, and the reptile was writhing and twisting, its bead nearly reach- ing the floor and moving about the feet of the child. Mr. Martin, who had just entered the house, was horror struck for a moment He called lcudly for the child to drop it. The little fellow obeyed, and ran frightened to his father's arms. The reptile immed‘ately pursued the child and endeavored to strike him, colling and darting its poisonous tongue in the most threatening manner. Mr. Martin despatched the snake in less time than It takes to tell it, to the great distress of the little boy, who seemed to think he had found & beautiful plaything and was being deprived of it, and was inconsolable when It was re- moved from his sight, 12 to A. Over- dat eats thirty quails In n's | best | exactly with the one on Mrs. Knotts' bicycle. | had cut off the name of the owner from the | | sey, | but the court room is the s: HOME OF GIDDINGS AND wan | JEFFERSON, Asttabu'a Ccunty, O., June 28.~To the Editor of The Bee: You will see by the heading of this that I am here In this historic place, from whence radiated that which has made the Western Reserve noted and Ohio possibly can look back here for the starting place of that which has made her famous as the home of 0 many of our presidents, but more especlally did it make known to ‘the world the old Nineteenth con- gressional district, always spoken of as the home of Jushua R. Giddings, Ben Wade, and later James H. Garfleld.. Jefferson is a small place of about 1,500 people, hidden - away among the hills and trees; it is the county seat of Aehtabula county, (the largest county in the state), a quiet little place, with noth- ing to attract, or tell to a stranger of all that it has been, and is today, to this country. What, then, ha. made it so famous? This was the home of Jushua R. Giddings, Ben. F. Wade and W. D. Howells, the author, and is today the home of Stephen A. Northway, who occuples in congress the seat once held by Giddings, Wade and Garfield. Do you wond that when Wade was in congress at tho =ame time with Giddings, that he gave the answer he did when asked about Jeffer- son? The story . |s that a stranger to this place, supposing from .the men he had met that it was a large place, asked Mr. Wade what the peculiar advantages of Jef- ferson were. ‘“That’ said Wade, “is very casy to answer. The advantages of Jeffer- son are peculiarly political.” 1 spent last evening’ in the court room, and as I listened to the lawyer (who, by the way, was the ex-attorney general of Ohio) my mind wandered back through the past Here Giddings had stood and mades some of his cool, clear arguments on the bench occu- pled last night by my father; here Whittel- Wilder, Chaffee, Wade and others ren- dered their decisions to the jury, and I could almost see these men back again. Thelr pic- tures hang on the wall, and it seems as though they must be an inspiration to the younger men of today. This court house was built in 1836, was partially burned and re- built in 1850, and a new part added in 1893, me. Joshua R. Giddings was one of the first anti-slavery men. He was in congress during the year of 1844: how long bafore or after I do not know. While there he had a quarrel with a southerner over the slave question. He was expelled for this from congress and sent home. The old Nineteenth district, true to its principles, at once sent him back. His son said: “I have often heard my father say that the proudest moment of his life was when he stood there to again take the oath before those e men.” Last evening it was my good fortune to visit his old home. His office | a small building, perhaps 18x20, left just he left it. His library looks as though had made good use of his time, as all the books are much worn. Going into the hous I was given a seat in an old chair that was used by Henry Clay, while speaker of the house of representatives at Washington. This chair has a high back, narrow rim of mahog any, with upholstering of green velvet. A paper pasted on the back tells how it was sent to Giddings by members of congress It, too, shows wear. Here, too, is a ver: handsome solid silver service, given by mem- bers of congress; at the same time he was presented with a gold-headed cane. During his service at Washington the negroes on board the ship De La Armitage were arrested for mutiny. Giddings defended them, and was successful in his case. Soon after the colcred people of Washington sent him a cane made from this boat, and I was shown that as well. Among other very interesting things was a_congressional album, containing the names of many persons known to us from childhood. Among the number was a poem written by John Quincy Adams. I was permitted to copy this from the original, so send it just as it wap written in the book: To Joshua R. Glddings, of Jefferson, Ash- tabula county, O.: When first together here we meet, Askance each other we behold, The bitter mingling with the sweet, The warm attempered by the cold, We seek with searching ken to find, A soul congenial to our own, For mind, in_sympathy with mind, Instinctive dreads to walk alone. And here, from regions wide apart, We came, our purpose to pursue, Each with a warm and honest heart, Each with a spirit firm and true. Intent, with anxious aim to learn, IEach other's character we scan, And soon the difference discern, Between the fair and faithless 'man, And here, with scrutinizing eye, A kindred soul with mine I sée And longing bosom to descry, I sought, and found at last in thee. Farewell, my friend, and if once more We meet within this hall again, Be ours the blessing to restore, Our country's and the rights of me JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, of Quincy, Ma H. R, U. 8., Washington, 17 June, 1844 niversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. Giddings was a religious man, but his part- ner, Ben F. Wade, was not. He was gruff, but' kind at heart, If you only knew how to take him. Wade's home Is a large, white house, with the name, B. F. Wade, on a silver plate on the door. = His cffice is like Giddings, just at the entrance The house is cared for by a servant and none of the family are here. Wade and Giddings sleep their last sleep here in this little ceme- tery. Their graves are marked by a simple monument, so much in keeping with the lives of these grand men, who only looked for the true man, no matter what the outside ap- pearance might be. 1 had the pleasure of meeting the brother of W. D. Howells, a man of fine ability, editor of the Ashtabula Sentinel (first edited, I be- lieve, by Giddings). He has a very fine home here, but the old home of W. D. Howells is a little red house almost hidden in the trees—one of those homes that makes one feel when one looks at fs that there is peacs and rest within its walls. This home is oc- cupied now by an invalid brother and a sister His father died one year ago, and is resting in this quiet place, where Mr. Howells wants to rest. He spent a week here just before my vis Stephen A. Northway lives in a little white cottage—lives and dresses as did all these other men, plainly, but one has only to talk with him for a few moments to realize what it is in this man that has placed him in the seat In congress made noted by Giddings, Wade and Garfleld, and to say that he worthy the place is putting it mildly. The people of this district know how to choose their representatives, Mr. Northway is a man standing six feet six, slender, but with the keen eye and pleasant manner that makes it always a pleasure to meet him. There are so many here who are known to the dis- trict, but are not as yet known to the outside world, that I can only tell you of a few I spent a pleasant hour with the family of Attorney B. H. Fitch, a former partner of Mr. Northway. They have a beautiful home here, one of those places that are truly home, because they make it so—where one will find a warm welcome from all the family, Here T met Judge Lauble, one of the circult judges of this district, and James R. Garfield, son of the late President Garfleld; ex-Licutenant Governor Lampson, another pleasant, genial man, of true worth and ability; Mr, Ruggles, former law partner of the late Judge Wood- bury, a strong man at the bar, as well as a pleasant friend. Among the younger men is Lieutenant Howland, who has just gradu- ated at West Point, a son of Judge Howland He has been ordered to Fort Leavenworth this falt, and has promised to visit us at Council Bluffs during the coming winter, ana I bespeak for him a warm welcome, All of these men are men you are apt to hear of in time to come. News has just been re- ceived that James R. Garfield has been nom- inated for state senator from here. Already, you see, one of the men I told you of has taken a ‘step upward. He visited in Jefferson the other day, you see, E. C. M Mexieans S nterced to ' rmy Service, NOGALES, Ariz., July 7.—General Fenocho, commander of the Mexican gendarme fiscal (border guards), has received Information that in the vicinity of Frontreras, the scene of the recent robbery and summary execu tion of bandits, the Mexican government has arrested forty residents and sentenced them to service in the army campaigning against the Indians in Yucatan as a penalty for com- plicity in numerous petty roberries and cattle thefts which have taken place In that part of Soriora. an- —ee Frait Venders Arrested. DENVER, July 7.—All the provision stores In Deaver were closed today by the police under a clty ordirance recently passed.: The proprietors of about thirty such shops which were found open were notified to appear in the police court tomorrow. CIANT2ONG - PICNIES The Champion Swindling Belt (hyerfa’ly Awarded ' Bigland. AM RICANS NOT IN THi GAMZ A LITTLE A The Gigantle Uperations of Balfour Tower Above the Comblaed Eiforts of Amer- lean Discipled—Outiine of Mammot Swindle Within the past few years this country has produced a few pronibters whose opera- tions were regarded in sGipe quarters as de- serving the title of Napoleons of finance. Chlef among the number stands Somerby, the originator and wreeker of the fraternal order of the Iron Hall, He flashed on the horizon as a philanthropic meteor, and when the inevitable reckoning came he found him- self in the hole anywhere from $2,000,000 to $6,000,000. A good second to Somerby was McDonald, the Missouri promoter of the Guarantee Bond Investment company, which the federal authorities of Chicago sank their hooks and landed McDonald Jail The lrmrnl!r?s of this concern repre- sented a clean swindle of nearly $2,000,000, and it was but on2 of many similar con- cerns of minor swindling capacity. There was the chain lightning banker of western Towa, who fled to Mexico to escape the wrath of his dupes; the Enoses of New York, the guarantee fugitive of Minneapolis, the soar- ing Taylor of South Dakota, and innumer- able lesser lights in the arena of financial legerdemain. But the pluckings of all might be lumped and not approach with halling distance of the gigantic operations of Jabez encar Balfour. He stands as a glant in a multitude of pigmies, and his operations, aggregating $30,000,000, compels America o award, unquestioningly, the law- s of supremacy to Eugland. Jabez Balfour caused more financial ruin in England than had been experienced sir the bursting of the South Sea bubble. Hu were numbered by the thousands composed of persons of small Exv widows and orphans and traders, who had 'been induced to invest in the variois companies with which he was connected because ‘“he was such a good msa' He was a_non-conformist in religion; sc were most of his vietims. He was a temperance iccturer, a leader in his church and the schools connected with it, an eloquent leacer in public prayer and exhortation. 1In the House of Commons he was one of th2 stanch- est_supporters of Mr. Gladstone, a champion of home rule for Ireland, one of the siernest reprovers of the House.of Lords for its plutecracy and contempt for the common people—in brief, a Simon-pure, all-wool, war- ranted-to-wash friend of humanity. As a young man a quarter of a century ago Jabez present:d a scheme to the Liberator Building society for the utilization of phil- anthropy in the promotion of financial suc- es Only think,” he said, “of the vast sums which are being saved by thrifty and tem- perate persons of the lower middle and of the working classes, by non-conformist min- isters, plodding £chool masters, small trades- men, 'artisans, and the wives, widows and spinters of the same glasses! The enter- tap this source of wealth prise which could would always be sure of a great return on the capital investediiand yield a handsome return for the people, while encouraging the great cause of tempefance and thrift. 1f we don't do this some gne ¢lse will be shrewd enough to do it, and who knows but that some dishonest scoundral might see a chance to_get rich on thesa pergons The society received enormous sums in the first year, 1866, for which a commission of 1 per cent ‘was charged, subsequently reduced to % per cent, and i the end a round sum of $705.000 was paid in this way. How thoroughly the moral idea was present in these proceedings was shown when, in 1871, on the society remo¥ing to its new offices a resolution was adopifed “that on the occa- sion of taking possession this day of our new premises the direqtrs desire to record their own sense of thankfulness . for the prosperity with which; &s. they believe, God has hitherto blessed théif efforts ii the es- tablishment of this business.” But the inflow of contributions did not last. Several building associations faled, the resources of the non-conformist enthu- siasts were exhausted and the legitimate business of the Liberator began to be a failure and the directors began to look around for other means of making money. In the meantime, however, Balfour's pros- pects had grown with the previous success of the Liberator. He was elected mayor of Croydon, where he lived, chosen member of Parliament in the Liberal interests and was looked upon as one of the solid men of the party, especially as one who had pars mount influence In the ranks of the non- conformists. He gave money liberally to the building of churches, his name was promi- nent in scores of 1ists of the great charitable contributors of the country and at the last clection before his flight he contributed £700 to the campalgn fund of his party All thi time the Liberator company was getting deeper and deeper in trouble. om this period onward—about there was a regular succes: panies. It has been cret of Balfourlan fin 1876— on of new com- well said that the se- nce was: “When in dificulty start a new company." Thus there followed in succession Hobbs & C the London and General bank, the Building Securities company, George Newman & Co., the Real Estates company and the Sher- ingham Development company. In most of these concerns there was a regularly paid dividend of 5 per cent to the shareholde and 4 per cent to depositors. The reckless- ness of the financing wes never surpassed. Balfour discovered a progressive builder in Croydon named Hobbs, a_man in a com- paratively small way of business, in 1578, and a member of the House and Lands trust, . Such large amounts were advanced to Hobbs that in 1885, when he was practically insolvent, he owed the Liberator $3,500,000 and the Building Securities company and Hobbs & Co. (limited) were successively started to tzke up the concern. Finally when Hobbs failed this limited concern was indebted to the Liberator to the extent of $10,495,000. From 1885 forward there was 1o choice but to make fresh and ever fresh advances to Hobbs and the parent com- pany had to forego its claims and negotiate first, second and third mortgages in front of its own. The system on which simplicity itself. Each new company took over some of the liabilities of the old ones, and these were put down 4s §0 many success- ful transactions, severally yielding a hand- some profit and splendid ~security—or, as the phrase went, “a large and noble prop- erty”’—to the Liberator, Apart from these transactions the Balfour group were financing properties of a more or less speculative chaructér all over the coun- try. All of these involved scores of thou- sands of pounds, pald, spparently, with a magnificent disregand b ceal value. The alvances to friends were on an equally lib- eral scale. The sum.of $235,000 was al- lowed to a Mr. Kgpyon Benbam, who al- leged that be had an dpterest in a will said to have been lost on the Underground rail- way, but never legally proved. Richard Kenyon Benham anl Atbert Bennett Benham, for their share in these proceedings, including the forgery of the will, are undergoing terms of fourteen and five years' penal servitude respectively. y 1t The Balfour group financed Newman, an other progressive Wuiller, who was als forme3, like Hobbs, iyto a limited company. Newman had been''sentenced to five years, Hobbs to twelve ydars and Henry Granville Wright, a solicitor T‘\{lufll?ly mixed up with all these proceedings, to twelve yvears' penal servitude. Though gjsaster followed these concerns from first to last, dividends were always found in the new subscriptions and de- posits and directors' remuneration never failed. Under the latter head Jabez Bal- four and his colleagues dividel among them from_the seven lealing companies a fotal of $892,770. The total ameunt of ruin brought upon investors through the final crish may be reckoned thus: Liberator soclety, stock- holders, $8,305,325, and depositors, $8,261,460; Landa Allotment company, capital subscribed, $3,831,050; House and Lands Trus!, stockho'd: ers, $360, 5, and depositi , $7 9)6,725; Buill- ing Securities company, capital subscribed $1,318,675, and Hobbs & Co., $395,810. These aggregate $30,289,770, a coloesal sum. But there are various other items which, if adds1 would bring it up to nearly or quite $35,000,000. When the inevitable crash came, caus this was done was tng into | in| — untold misery to thoutands of depositors, Jabez Balfour was ready for it. Quietly and unostentatioutly he gathered In some $500,000 and departed for Argentina, where he hoped to pass the remainder of his life in comfort ani the culture of orchids, But England was determined to have him, and she did-—-after his retreat had been dis- covered—though when he took up his resi- dence in Argentina England had no treaty of extradition with the South American re- publie. - STATISTICS ON MARRIAGE, Italian Experts Reduce the Question to Figures, Lulgl Grimaldi-Casta and Enrico Raserl, Ttalian statisticlans, have compiled, and the International Statistical Institute has issued in a bulletin a mass of significant statistics upon marriages and births in most of the European and a few American states, The compilation Is made up from recent census reports, ¢ the New York Sun. For reasons not explained, the Russian statistics do not include those of Poland, Finland, and the Trans-Caucasus region omi There are cther ns In the European statistics, and th province of Buenos Ayrese which figures in the compilation, does not Mclude the city of that name because it belomgs to the Federal district of Argentina, The statisticlans con- tent themselves with setting the figures in significant order, but make no attempt t account for results. The earliest marriage- able age Is taken by the statisticians to be 15 years. This Is for the sake of uniformity, though many states name a higher age One of the most interesting tables in the compllation s that showing for the year 1874-62 Inclusive the average annual number of marriages per 1,000 inhabitants, the number per 1,000 in the first year, the number per 1,000 in the last year, and the smallest number per 1,000 in any year of the serles. The figures for Austria and France cov the years of 1874-01 inclusive; those for Spain 1878-88 inclusive; those for Rugsia, 1574-80 in clusive; those for Servia 187 inclusive, and those for Connecticut 1874-89 inclusive The number of marriages per 1,000 Inhabi- tants for the first year and for the last year, and the average annual number for the whole serles in 1 749, 7.77; .33, 7.49, T'60; B nd Wales, 8.51, 7.66; Scotland, 7 . 6.86; Ircland 4.64, 4.45, and in 1880 the lowest, 3.92; v, 9.53, 7.93, 7.99; Austria, 9.04, 7.79 . 9.61; Spain, 7.04, Russia, 9.63, 8.24, 8.93; Servia, 14.44 11.13, the highest record in the table; sachusetts, 9.65, , 8.81; Connecticut 7.84, 7.76; Rhode Island, 10.18, 9.54 9.40, | the countries discussed, fave Hungary, v that in these years the average number of unmarried men of marriageable age was over 80 per cent of the total number of mar- ried men. In some countries it was from 85 to 90 per cent. ‘The number of unmarried women of marriageable age was usually 90 per cent of the whole number of married women. The statisticians find that the mar- riages of widows with widowers are only an insignificant percentage of the whole number of second marriages. There are few mar- riages at or very near the age limit, and al- though the statistics indicate a slight ten- dency among men to marry earlier than they have recently been marrying, the number of men married under 20 is small. In several European countries the bulk of men marry between the ages of 20 and 25, in others be- tween the ages of 25 and 30. There is a considerable number of men marrying in all countries between the ages of 30 and 35 and the number of men marrying between and 40 and 40 and 50 is nearly the same. The number falls very low between the ages of 50 and 60, and the number marrying above 60 is insignificant. Many women in Europe and America marry under 20, and by far the largest percentage of women marry be- tween the ages of 20 and 25. There is a marked falling off between the ages of 25 and 30, though the number is still consider- able. The decrease for the succeeding periods is rapid and there are fewer women marrying in those periods than men in the corresponding periods. Perhaps the most significant table is that showing the average annual number of births per 1,000 inhabitants for three series of years, 1865-69, 1876-80, 1887-91. The statistics for Spain cover the first of these periods and the periods 1878-80 and 1887-80. Those for Con- necticut cover the first two periods and the years 1885-89; those for Massachusetts substi- tute 1886-90 for the final series. The average annual number of births per 1,000 inhabitants for the three periods were in'ltaly, 37.2, 36., 37.6; France, 2.9, 25.4, 23; England and Wales, 35.3, 96.4, 31.3;-Scotland, 35.1, 34.7, 31.1; Ireland, 26.4, 2.8, 22.8. The highest on the list is Hungary, 40.7, 44.1, 42.8. Connecti- cut-is the lowest, 22.0, 22.2, 22.5. Massachu- setts and Rhode Island are not very much better. One table devoted to a few of the European countries shows the number of married and of unmarrfed women of marriageable age, the annual number of legitimate births per 1,000 of married women, and the number of ille- gitimate births per 1,000 of unmarried women for the serfes of years, 1874-91. The figures show that in most countries the number of legitimate births per 1,000 married women exceeds 250. Germany leads with 270, and Scotland comes next with 269. England and Austria ghow 250 each, and Italy 251. Ireland shows 250, and France is the lowest with 163, or 107 less than her enemy, Germany. In the number of fllegitimate births per 1,000 of unmarried women Austria leads with 41.4; Germany shows 26.5; Scotland, 19.9; Ital 24.6; France, 16.7; England, 12.1, and Ir land by far the lowest, 4.1, The average annual number of Illegitimate births per 1,000, not including infants born dead, was for the period, 1887-91, tnclusive, In the province of Buenos Ayres, 21.6; in Bavaria Saxony, Wurtemburg, Sweden, Portugal and Austria it was from 10 to 15; In Italy, France Scotland, the German empire as a whole, Prussia, Hungary, Belgium, Norway, Den- Roumania and Finland, from 5 to 10 gland and Wales, Ireland, Switzerland, Holland, Servia and Massachuscits, under 5. Attt Letting Him Down Easy. Pittsburg Dispatch: “The other day,” sa'd Byron King yesterday, “I was calied to a town down south to address a meeting of mill workers in a course of lectures on uni- versity extension. There was quite a large audience present and they all listened atten- tively. During the course of my remarks 1 had occasion to refer to our lowly origin, say- ing our Creator made us out of clay. At ths 2 man, who was sitting away back in the audience, and who was well known in the community for his capacity for absorbing liquor, and who, from his fondness for drink had made a rank failure in life, while his fellows had eucceeded, got up and 1 disagree with you; from my experience I would say that T was made out of mud.’ It was a pretty good remark, knowing the man to be what he was, anl I was stumped for a reply. Finally I said: ‘You are mistaken, my friend. You were originally madg, out of ay, but the trouble was you went out and got ‘soaked.' " Mlle. Blenore de Varaigne of Hericourt, in the Department of Haute Soane, is a lively centenarian. At the celebration of her 101st birthday by the townspeople recently she re- cited from memory a long poem from a public platform pitating peptic Aching NERVOUS DYSPEPTIC ANTI: official | Ohance for an Unknown to §:cure the Iowa Gubernatorial Nomination, DIAKE AND HARLAN SECM TOO STRONG Success Uncertaln for Kither and the Pre- Liminacy Strugg'e at Les Moines Yoints to the Defeat of lioth Ia the Conventloa DES MOIN July 7.—~(Special Tele- gram.)—The republican state convention will be held in this city next Wednesday for the nomination of governor, lieutenant gov. ernor, judge of the supreme court, state superintendont of public Instruction and rallway commissionor. There is practically no contest § on any of the offices below governor, but for that po sition there are seven avowed cindidat with a couple of tavorite sons and a few pos. sible dark horses. have all been gelected, and the variou andidates have out what to thelr minds indicates their strength. Despite the published fg- | ures of known instructiois and tndicated preferences, which have buen published and | not disputed by the delegates themselves there s a wide diverdi-y of opiaion re garding the number of delegates who wil vote for each candidaze on the fist allot, and if the sum of all the claims were true there would be at least 2,000 delegates, 'n- | stead of the 1,200 cdd thut have boen selected. The latest figures given cut hy the Mrake ent in this city are: Drake, W8; rlarlen, 217; Parrott, 160; McFactind, 115: Harsh 61; Ormsby, 28; Kamrar, 20. Fhis leaves, however, nearly 300 ates not covnted, and it 'is this unknovn quantity which auses the diversity, and which ~ould prac. tically hold the balance of power and dic- tate the nomination if it were en'faified The Harlan forces do not concade so rauch strength to Drake, and claim taore for their candidate, namely, about 0 to 400, Tt is between these two that the stromgest | fight will be made, but the remaining candi- dates promise to be tenaclous and prolong| the battle fndefinitely. There is some lively work going on beneath the surface this even- | ing, and it will continue till the convention | proceedings decide all bets off. The Corning Gazette scandal s still being worked for all | it is worth by certain opponents of General | Drake, and enough has been developed hera today to indicate without doubt who is re- sponsible for the publication of it, and who is pushing the matter at this time. When the exposure is made, as it probably will be by the Drake forces, it necessary, it will cause one of the biggest political sensations in years. But the disposition i8 to keep the matter as quiet as possible, and choke off all opposition on the quiet by a demonstration of the proof without making a public matter of it. Private detectives are on the track of everybody connected with the scandal, and not a movement is made that fs not known to those most interested. If the worst comes to the worst, the nomination will probably g0 to some one not now showing much strength, rather than to those who profess to bo in the lead. A Valley of Doath. A valley surpassing in reality of horrors the fabled region of the upas tree is reported to have been discovered in the Island of Java. This island fs voleanie, and in one spot_the emanations from the interior of the carth are so deadly that the place I3 called the Valley of Death. As the traveler ap- proaches it he is attacked with nausea and giddiness. He also notices a suffocatin smell. As he advances these symptons dis appear, fo that, after passiag through the belt of fetid air which guards he valley, the visitor is able to examine with less risk the spectacle before Bim. fne valley ‘s oval, about one mile in circumference, and from thirty to forty feet below the level of the surrounding iand. The floor of the valley is flat and dry, without any vegetation; and scattered all over it are the skcietons of men, tigers, wild boars, birds and s iylng among the large blocks of stone The hills which hem in this valley of deso- lation are clothed from base to summit with healthy trees and bushes. A traveler de- scended the side of one hill, with the aid of a bamboo stick, to about eighteen feet from the bottom, and ‘compelled a dog to go down to the plain. In five seconds the animal fell on its side motionless, although it continued to breathe for eighteen minutes; and a fowl only resisted the deadly air for a minute and a halt. The delegat. figured e A rio Modern Sale. One of the most curious sales of modern times is that which took place recently at the Paris Mart, the Hotel des Ventes, in the Rue Drouot. The Heraldic College of France was put up at auction, together with all its archives. It is true that the institution was | never anything but a private enterprise, but it has had an uninterrupted existence of more than half a century, and it has amassed a great store of documents relating to the titled families of France. The Marquis de Magny, the compiler cf the “Livre d'Or de la No- e Beecham’s pills are for bilious- ness, bilious headache, dyspep- sia, heartburn, torpid liver,diz ziness, sick headache,bad taste in the mouth, coated tongue, loss of appetite,sallow skin,etc,, | when caused by constipation; and constipation is the most frequent cause of all of them. Go by the book., Pills 1oc and 25¢c a box. Book free at your druggist’s or write B. F, Allen Co, 365 Canal St., New York. al sales more than 6,000,000 boxes. LUXURIANT HAIR Is produced by the Coticura REMEDIES when all oth il They clea ating. sculy, or humors, ul destroy mie hich fecd on ir, and bence succeed when beat’ phyaicians and il other A throvkhont the wor remedies fail. 1l | SIS & BAINBRIDGE = [ C. 2 Fy = ) 202 MAIN ST, i ! : z bleste de France,” founded it in 1841, proe fessedly in order to continue the work of thi gencalcgists of the elghteenth century, Buf the new generation of Frenchmon care little for tables of precedence, and what Carlyls ealled “Tom Fool titles,” €0 that the whole concern went under the hammer. Upward of 40,000 genealogical trees and 40,000 original documents upon parchmeat or paper were submitted at the sale. e Careless Shootlng Results Fatpily, WILKESBARRE, July 7.—A tragedy tooM place at Pittston this morning. Miss Kate Connell, aged 24, tound a revolver In hes brotigr's poeket, It contalned two cartridges She hoisted the window and began firlng a some sparrows. One of the bullets strucl Mrs. C. 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