: A-:...-,~..
‘make a big payment soon,
' in bed.
‘i'EN .ACRES FOR HIM.
Talk erbout this here country “goin’ to:
ruin"——why,
You might’s well say that the Lord’s away
from the bend o’ the big blue sky!
It‘s still the same old country—the biggest
one an‘ the best; '
An’ I’m willin’ ter take ten acres an‘ trust
the Lord fer the rest!
Never no reason in it—“goin’ ter ruin l " see—
The sun climbs up from the hills an’ says
"Good mornin’ ” ter you an’ me.
An’ 3. sweet “Good night” when he’s goin’ ter
the dreams whar the shadders stay.
An’ somethin’ that sorter whispers “I’ll see
you at break 0’ day l ”
Never no reason in it. I'm willin' for take my
chance;
You’d better git out the supper things—the
gals air comin‘ ter dance.
Talk {erbout "goin’ ter ruin”—we’re happy
from East ter \Vest,
Au" l’m willin’ ter take ten acres’ anl trust
the Lord fer the rest !
~—F. L. Stanton, in Chicago Times-Herald.
THE BANK MYSTERY.
“I’ve come, Judge, to ask if you’ll
let me tell you what no one on earth
don’t'know but me; ’bout that bank
mystery.
“Yes. thank you, I will sit down. A
fire feels good on a night like this.
’Tain’t often such as I have a chance
at this kind of comfort and luxury.
“What do I know about the bank
mystery? Land sakes, Judge, time
they opened the bank that day ten
years ago and found the bank vault
broke into and the safe blowed up
and not a dollar gone, I could have
told it all.
“You’ll be glad to listen? That's
good of you. I knowed you was a kind
man and a just one; that’s why I come
to you. No, thank you, I don’t smoke;
I put all that money away for me
wife and children.
“Yes, Judge, I started out in life a
thief and a robber. I prospered fairly
in a small way and no one didn’t
catch up with me for some time. Then
I joined a gang in for anything. I
was in prison and out then, the old
:story, till I married and begun to have
little ones. Then, Lord knows what
helped ine—something did—and for the
sake of my wife and children I
broke loose from everything and came
here, where no one didn’t know me, to
start over again. I had some money
:and opened the restaurant just oppo-
site the bank.
“Then they come here, part of the
gang I’d belonged to. First I knowed
of it was seein’ ’em in the restaurant. I
\
‘splcioned they weren’t here for no
good, and it most took my breath
away. They knowed me quick
enough, too, and nothin’ wouldn’t do
but I must join ’em. I was the very
man they wanted; I could help ’em
and I was bound to ’em. ’Twas the
biggest thing'they’d undertaken yet-—
the bank. They’d come on to exam-
ine the situation, knowing that Mr.
Durkee, the new mill-owner, would
and the
money for it would be in the bank
,here. If there waren’t anything else,
that would be a big haul, a haul worth
havin’, 'and' me beln’ here, decided
’em. '
“I do think the devil brought all
his friends and relations with him
that night to tempt me. I forgot how
to go to sleep, and just couldn’t stay
I wonder I warn’t in tatters
by mornin’ with the devil tuggin’ at
me as he did and tryin’ to keep me
out of the room where my sleepin’
children lay.
“Lord, it makes me creep and per-
‘spire all over now to think of it.
“Yer see, them bank people come
over to my place for lunch best part
of the time, and .they all knowed my
little people, and the mill people
knowed ’em too. My oldest boy
worked in the mill, and they’d been as
kind as could be when he’s sick.
Christmas time they’s good to him, too,
and there warn’t a bank ofiicer but
had remembered my little people, even
to the watchman. Seemed like rob-
bing my own people, somehow. I’s
bound not to inform on the gang and
they’s bound to rob ther bank; but I
cursed ’em in my heart for comin‘
just when I was gettin’ rid of the old
life for good and all. ’Twas awful!
“lVell, Judge, you know how them
rooms over the bank was rented to
start a new daily paper. I made ’em
swear solemn as my name warn’t to
appear nowhere. I’d plan it all out
and give ’em points and be on hand at
the last, but I had to be cautious.
“They found out when the money
was to be paid and ’greed on the night
before for the robbery. I had it all
mapped out for ’em where and how
they was to loosen up the boards of
the floor in their room above, so we
could break through and lower our-
selves into the vault when the time
come. Then yer see we’d only have
the safe to get into and the great iron
door between us and the watchman.
“Everything was ready, and we was
pretty sure the money was paid.
“We had planned so as to have the
door of the safe ready to blow open
when the watchman went down cel.
lar to see to his fires. I knowed the
time of night he did so, seein’ him of.
ten from my house across the way
through the window of the bank; but
to make sure we stationed a man
where he could give the signal at the
proper time. With the watchman
down stairs and we shot up in that
vault, with the solid masonry between
us, ’twarn’t in the range of possibili-
ties for no human being to hear us.
“’Twas planned that when we broko
through the ceiling, me and one of the
others was to go down first with the
lanterns and tools and get the door
ready for ”Jim Groogan, the loader oi
the gang, to come down and use the
dynamite, and be on hand to take out
the money.
"Lord, but it was just the night for
such a piece of work, and after I had
examined to see if all was safe. know
in’ the dangers better than the others:
we broke through the floor and low
ered the ladder, and there we was—
WEEKLY-NORWAL
right in the ”vault. ’Twas well for me,
I’d hit it right, for my life warn’i
worth much if any 0’ my plannin’
failed to work.
“Tom Doolan in a hurry went down
first, and when I was half way down
he started back, saying in a hoarse
kind of whisper:
“ ‘Who called me?’
“ ‘No one, you fool!’ said Jim. .
“ ‘Then,’ he said, and he ran past
me on the ladder, ‘some one is down
there. Twicet I heard some one say:
“Go back, go back.”
“ ‘We’ll gag him,’ said Jim, and me
and him went down and turned our
lanterns round, lookin’ everywhere, but
there warn’t no one there.
“ ‘that’t the matter with the fool?‘
growled Jim, and went back and tried
to send him down again, but he just
wouldn’t go, so Jim cursed him and
came himself, and he and me begun
to get the safe door ready to blow up.
“That’s a thing that takes time and
care, Judge, but we went at it with a
will and never a word. It was so still
you could almost hear your heart beat,
when all of a sudden came a smoth-
ered «,cry like a woman’s. “’e stopped
work and looked at each other, Jim’s
face white and scared.
“ ‘Lord, what was that?’ he said.
“ ‘I often hears,’em on the street like
that,’ said I.
“ ‘That warn’t on the street; ,it
sounded close by,’ said Jim. ‘W'e could-
n't hear nothin’ outside in this place.’
“ ‘Nonsense,’ said I, ‘don’t you make
a fool of yourself, too, and spoil all,’
and I went to work again.
"I could see how his hand trembled
for a while and then got steady again.
" "I‘ll-at musr have come through the
THE BANK Mystery—Galley TWO..
room upstairs,’ he said presently.
‘Quccr, though; it sounded so close.’
“Then he worked on and there
wmn't nothin’ more to be heard. Rest
of the gang might all have been dead
22. :1 for all the sound they made, and
ac didn‘t say nothin’; and so the night
went on. '
"At last we had it all ready. and
view only waiting for the signal to
blow it up and then—money enough to
nuke us all rich. ‘Tain’t such as you
can realize the excitement and the
strain of such a moment. To know it‘s
all there. ready. and then to have to
wait! It's easier walkin’ over red hot
coals. It's all right to go on and work,
but to stay still and only breathe and
listen gives a man the shivers.
“PreSently Jim caught my arm.
“ ‘Say. I thought I heard voices, did
you?’ he whispered.
“ ‘The men upstairs,’ I said.
“ ‘Sounded down here. Have your
pistol ready.’ ’3’
“I took my lantern and went round
the vault again carefully, and then
held it up to examine the walls. Then
I shook my head. There warn't no
way we could hear no one.
“ ‘It’s the queerest place I ever was
in,’ said Jim, ‘and, by Jove, I’ll be glad
when we are out of it. Why don't that
signal come? Suppose there‘s any
hitch? I swear I hear voices again.’
“Just then came the signal and Jim
began to apply the dynamite; but his
hands trembled s0 and his eyes looked
wild and excited, his own wife would-
n’t know him.
“ ‘The money! The money!’
whispered, ‘we must have it now!’
“We got out of the way just in time
and then out came the door.
“ ‘The inside door, quick,’ said Jim,
but the explosion had made that fall
inside, and, we just could lift it out.
“ ‘Have the bag ready,’ said Jim, as
he leaned forward to haul the great
he
piles of bank notes and silver we could i
see by the light of the lanterns.
“ ‘Hands OH, or you are a dead man!’
“It was a voice that would have
waked the dead. I dropped my bag
and Jim drew back his hand and
caught hold of me with a grip like
iron, and he begun to slowly back to
the ladder.
“ ‘The combination is all right; we
have them now, they can’t escape ns.’
“lVe were half up the ladder when
we heard the click, click of the lock,
and as we drew the ladder after us
we could hear the rasp-ing of the
hinges of the iron door.
'Fly, fly, for your lives; we are dis-
covered,’ said Jim, as he went round to
warn the men; and in the darkness,
and in the wind and rain they went
away and ain’t never seen one of ’em
since. I heard, though, as when they
found there warn’t no one there and
the bank people didn’t know nothin’
’bout it till the next morning, they
just believed as the bank was haunted,
sure.
“Do I know what it was, Judge?
There ain’t no one else as does know,
that’s sure. ’Tain’t much after all.
“Yer see, playin’ round with my lit-
tle ones, I found as I could make ’em
hear all kinds of noises anywhere I
wanted, and people cryin’ and laugh-in’,
’ dress and
It was fun for them and I often done '
it; ventriloquizn’ I believe you call it;
but that night’s the last time. Yer see,
Inone of the gang didn’t know 'bout
that, and I don’t keer ever to have ’em
know it now. It saved the bank with
out my informin’, and that’s all I care
for.
“Oh, no, Judge, the bank don’t owe
me nothin’. I’m obliged to you for
listening. It kind of makes me feel
easier.
“No, no, thank you, I won’t stay and
take no more of your time. Don’t get
up; I can find my way out.
“W'hat’s that you say, Judge?
hon-or and respect me——me?
bank—Land, Judge, twarn’t me; ’twas
my wife and children saved the bank
and I’m proud of ’em—prond of ’em,
Judge. Good night.”-—Philadelphin
Times.
First Actor: “Do you know your
part in the new play?” '
Second Actor: “Know it? Why if 1
stand on my head it’ll run out of my
mouth."
YOUJI‘
And the
A PRESIDENT’S LOVE.
ANDREW JOHNSON’S COURTSHIP OF
MISS SARAH WORD
She Rejected the Future Chief Magistrate
for a. Saddler.—He was not Illiterate
when Young, but to the Contrary was
Exceptionally Intelligent.
Three-quarters of a century 'ago, in
the little village of Laurens, in the
State of South Carolina, there lived
and labored at the tailor’s trade a
young man who was destined to play
an important part in the affairs of
this Nation. Of humble origin and
having had practically no educational
advantages, he had in his character
the elements of true manhood, and by
force of brain power and ability at-
tained the highest position of honor
and trust in the Republic
Andrew Johnson left his home in
North Carolina by reason of some
trouble with his employer, and went
to the then ultra-exclusive and aristo-
cratic village of Laurens. He had no
influential family connections, and was
as poor as the tradition-a1 church
mouse, his worldly possessions con-
sisting only of the clothes he wore. To
one acquainted with the social condi-
tions of the ante-bellum South, the
difficulties incident to obtaining recog-
nition by a man handicapped as John-
son was can be readily imagined. The
sterling worth of the young tailor,
however, made itself felt, and de-
manded the admiration and respect
soon accorded him by those who were
wont to consider one not to the man-
or born deserving of but condescend-
ing notice.
Johnson’s stay at Laurens marked a
very important epoch in his life. It
was there that he met his first love,
Miss Sarah Word, a charming young
woman of education and refinc1nent,,
who saw in the modest and retiring
young journeyman tailor, a man of
character and strength and promise.
Johnson’s regard for Miss Word was i
reciprocated, and the young people
entered into an engagement to marry.
They were thrown constantly in each
other’s society, and the future Presi-
dent of the United States once assist-
ed his fiancee in laying, stufiing and
quilting a quilt. .
The irresistible tendency that young
men in love have to carve their sweet-
hearts’ names o-n'everything movable
and immovable in their immediate vi-
cinity was not wanting in Johnson.
On the bottom of an old split-bot-
tomed chair be engraved the inscrip
,tion “S. W.-—1820.” It is needless to
say that it was the chair in which
Miss Word was accustomed to sit on .
the porch of her home. _
Having satisfactorily adjusted the
trouble with his former employer in
North Carolina, Johnson decided to
return and resume his place. Before
leaving Laurens, as a token of his af-
fectionate regard, he gave to Miss
“’ord his dearest possession, the
goose with which he had worked at
his trade. This act shows the tender
simplicity of the young tailor. He had
no false pride about the matter. He
was leaving the woman he loved for
an indefinite time, and not ashamed of
his lowly calling, gave her something
that would be a constant reminder of
him and his work. After
Laurens differences arose between
Miss Word and Johnson, and their
engagement was terminated, but the
tailor’s goose was never returned.
Miss Word rejected the tailor and
married William Hance, a saddler.
The tailor became President of the.
United States.
Johnson‘s biographers have all main-
tained that in early life he was un—
couth, illiterate and ignorant, with no
refinement nor grace of manner. It
has been stated that he could neither
read nor write, and that his wife
taught him both after marriage. This
error has become so firmly fixed that
it is generally accepted as an historic
fact, and school children are told the
romantic story of how a man who af-
terward became President was taught
to read and write by a wife who was
ambitions for his advancement. This
story may be a beautiful object les-
son on the grand possibilities of Amer-
ican youth, but it has the fatal defect
of being untrue. then Johnson lived
in Laurens he could both read and
write, and was considered a young
man of considerable intelligence. Miss
Word, to whom he was engaged, is
authority for the statement [that she
received many notes and letters from
him, and that he wrote a good busi‘
ness hand. .She has also frequently
said that he was a man of more than
ordinary intelligence, of elegant ad-
a brilliant conversational-
ist.—Nationnl Magazine.
song Birds for Market in Italy.
Dr. Carl Landst'riner, president of
the Vienna Society for the Protection
of Animals, says that in the large
cities of Italy “huge piles of nightin-
gulns. lurks. finches, and, of late, even
swallows," are seen on the markei
stalls. Those little creatures are
caught by the wholesale in fowlers’
nets during the fall of the year, when
the birds are migrating to the south.
“Matrimonial Business Rushing.
First Preacher—Doing much in the
wedding trade now?
Sccnnd Preacher—Yes; business is
guild. People get married this yeaI
who never got married before—Truth.
Miss Mol.>ile—\Vell, Martha, how is
vxrr husband now?
linrtlia—Po’ly, miss, po’ly. He’s got
ill‘.‘ «xclamatory rheumatism.
Bliss Mobile—You mean inflamma-
lzil'y rheumatism, Martha. “Exclam-
‘2!<-:'y“ is to cry out.
Kim-Ilia (with solemn conviction)—
""Lmts it. mum; that’s it! He don’t
'z’iihltlg but hollerl—Northern
.2'. an Advocate.
THE HAWW TREATY
The ' Important Document Has Now
Been Formally Signed.
ISLANDS WILL BE ANN EXED.
No Provision For Liliuokalaui or 1101'
Niece—The Japanese Government
Protests —— The Work of the
Senate—Capital Chitchat.
Washington, June 17.——T‘he three Ha-
waiian commissioners,
retaries Day and Cridler, assembled in
conference in the diplomatic room of
the state department today, and made
a careful comparison of the text of the
Hawaiian treaty.
The treaty was signed by Secretary
Sherman for the United States and
Messrs. Hatch, Thurston and Kinney
for Hawaii.
Before the final signature of the doc-
ument the secretary of state was pre-
sented with a formal protest by the
Japanese government, through its lega-
tion here, against the consummation of
the agreement. The protest is under-
stood to be based on apprehension that
the special treaties now existing be-
tween Japan and Hawaii, under which
the Japanese enjoy certain advantages,
will be affected injuriously by annexa-
tion.
Of the persons who were present
when the treaty was signed today,
three were present when the treaty
which was withdrawn by President
Cleveland in 1893 was signed. These
were Special Commissioner Lorin Thur—
ston and Assistant Secretaries Adee
and Crldler.
Secretary Sherman first signed the
copy intended to be held here, while
Hawaiian copy of the treaty, his fellow
commissioners coming next in order,
leaving '
Mr. Thurston followed by Mr. Kinney.
lThe treaties were sealed by Assistant
{Secretary Cridler with a private seal
carried on his watch chain, the copies
were handed to their respective cus—
=todians, and the treaty was made, as
far as the executive branch of the gov-
ernment could effect it. There was a
general exchange of congratulations be-
tween the parties to the ceremony, and
after a photograph had been taken of
the commissioners the ceremony was
ended.
Provisions of the Treaty.
’ The treaty provides that the govern—
ment of the Hawaiian Islands cede to
the United States absolutely and for-
ever all rights of sovereignty in and
over the Hawaiian Islands and its de-
pendencies and that these islands shall
become an integral part of the territory
of the United States. The government
of Hawaii also cedes to the United
States all the public lands, public
buildings and public property of every
description. Congress is to enact spe-
qial laws to govern the disposition of
the lands in the Hawaiian Islands. All
revenue from these lands shall be used
solely for the benefit of the inhabitants
of the Hawaiian Islands, for education-
al and other public purposes.
The Hawaiian Islands shall be admit-
ted into the Union as a territory of the
{United States, local laws to be passed
-by a. local legislature, but subject to
1the approval of the president. Until
congress shall apply the laws of the
United States to the islands the present
laws of Hawaii are to govern the is-
lands.
The present treaties and laws gov-
erning Hawaii’s commercial relations
With foreign nations shall remain in
force until congress shall take action.
Further immigration of Chinese labor—
ers is prohibited pending congressional
action, and the entry of Chinese from
Hawaii into the United States likewise
is prohibited. The United States as-
sumes the public debt of Hawaii, but
with a stipulation that this liability
' shall not exceed $4,000,000.
The treaty, before it becomes effect;
ive, shall be ratified by the proper au-
thorities of the United States and of
Hawaii. No mention is made of any
gratuity to Liliuokalani or Kaiulani.
Work of the Senate.
Washington, June 17.—The senate met
at 11 o'clock today and will continue
meeting at that hour until the tariff
bill has passed. The attendance was
meager, and it was noticeable that
there were more Democrats than Re-
publicans present. The tariff bill was
taken up at 11:10 a. m. At the sugges—
tion of Mr. Jones (Ark.) an arrange-
ment was made by which the senate,
after agreeing to several amendments.
might return and secure a vote on six
or more at. a time. The consideration
of the agricultural schedule was con-
tinued. The first contest was over con-
densed milk. Mr. Jones moved to make
the rate 20 per cent ad valorem, which
was lost.
Mr. Vest moved to put cabbages on
the free list. Lost.
When cider was reached, Mr. Vest
said he “drew the line at cider." After
three weeks of arduous labor the Dem-
ocrats had succeeded in only one in-
stance in securing a slight reduction
and he appealed to New England to
come to the rescue of elder, “the liquor
of our boyhood, the beverage which
cheers, but not inebriates, which spar-
kles in every New England festival and
in the west and the south. wherever the
apple is raised and used.” If there was
a temperance man on the Republican
side of the chamber, to him Mr. Vest
appealed. He had been in Europe and
had seen there that the use of light
wines, beer and cider was the right road
to temperance, and he was sorry he
was not there now. instead of strug-
gling hopelessly with the tariff.
“Give up the struggle,” suggested Mr.
Frye amid laughter.
“We cannot always give things up,”
replied Mr. Vest. “Every public man
has sometimes to take hold of a ‘live
wire’ and cannot let go. My friend from
Maine with a. strong disposition to pis-
catorial exercises is compelled to stay
here to wrestle with financial and eco-
nomic questions."
Noah In the Debate.
Mr. Vest spoke of the drink of our
childhood and said Noah had never
joined the sons of temperance.
“It would have been better if he had.”
Mr. Platt (Comm) suggested.
“But he did not join them,” insisted
Mr. Vest. '
The speech was one of those’ sponta-
neous bursts with which Mr. Vest at
times enlivens a dull debate, and was.
greatly enjoyed. The amendment of
together withi
Secretary Sherman and Assistant Sec- ‘,
Commissioner Hatch signed first the.
K-uwznrrn
Mr. Vest was disagreed to—yeas, 21;
nays, 28. _
In the paragraph on eggs not other-
wise provided for Mr. Vest moved to re-
duce the rate from 5 cents to 3 cents
per dozen. Rejected.
The next paragraph was changed, on
motion of Mr. ‘lison, to read: “Eggs,
yolk of, 25 per chit ad valorem; albu-
men, egg or dried blood, 3 cents per
pound; dried blood when soluble, 1%
cents per pound. 7
In the paragraph on hay Mr. Allison
withdrew the committee amendment,
leaving the house rate of $4 per ton.
Mr. Jones moved to reduce the rate
to $2 per ton. Disagreed to—yeas 23,
nays 28.
On honey Mr. Vest moved to reduce
the rate from 20 cents per gallon to 10
cents. Disagi‘eed to.
About noon Secretary Mutsu of the
Japanese legation entered the diplo-
matic gallery, in evident anticipation
that the Hawaiian treaty of annexation
would be sent to the senate.
On hops, Mr. Jones (Ark) moved to
reduce the committee rate from 12
cents to 8 cents per pound. Mr. Jones
said the import of hops was infinitesi-
mal, so little revenue could be derived
from the duty. American hops were
exported in large quantities and con-
trolled the world’s market.
Mr. Vest submitted a memorial from
New York and St. Louis brewers urg-
ing that the rate be placed at 8 cents.
The memorial urged that foreign hops
were essential to produce certain flavors
in beer. The Jones amendment was
lost and the committee rate of 12 cents
was adopted.
A Slap at Sugar Trusts.
At this point Mr. Pettus (AIL) gave
notice of an amendment to the sugar
schedule making unlawful the impor-
tation of sugar by any trust or combi-
nation formed in restraint of trade or
to increase the price of sugar. The
amendment provides that such sugar
when imported shall be forfeited to the
government, and that the attorney gen-
eral shall take steps to enforce this for-
feiture.
The debate then proceeded on the
paragraph as to nursery stock. Mr.
Vest declared that the nurserymen
were now proposing to say what kind
of cherries and small fruits the people
were to grow. It was, he asserted, pro-
tection run to a. madness never seen
outside of an insane asylum. A par-
ticular tree was picked out and an enor—
mous duty put on it. If Eve had found
cherries instead of apples in the garden
of Eden, Mr. Vest said, he would not
have blamed her for taking a bite. He
came from a fruit country, and this
proposition worked exceptional hard-
ship.
Mr. Vest moved to strike out the en-
tire paragraph; disagreed to. The par-
agraph with the proposed changes was
then agreed to.
.On potatoes Mr. Allison withdrew the
committee amendment of 20 cents per
bushel, leaving the house rate of 25
cents per bushel.
Mr. Jones (Ark) moved to reduce the
rate to 15 cents per bushel.
Mr. Vest said this vegetable did not
come into competition with our crop of
potatoes. .
Mr. Jones’ amendment was rejected,
and the paragraph as changed by Mr.
Allison was agreed to.
Postmasters Appointed.
Washington, June 17.—The fourth
class postmasters appointed today
were:
Connecticut-Montville, L. B. Hurl-
but; Saybrook, A. S. Day.
Vermont—Dorset, A. O. Chafcman;
East Berkshire, W. S. Rublee; East
Fletcher, J. H. Patch; East Richford,
William Durkee; Eden Mills, W. H.
Emery; Elmore, Norman Camp; Fair-
fax, I. F. Hunt; Franklin, C. W. Pow-
ell; Hanksville, B. C. Shattuck; Jericho,
E. B. Williams; New Haven Mills, E.
H. Rose; Orwell, W. B. Wright; Stowe,
A. H. Cheney; West Enosburg, W. E.
Berley; West Georgia, 0. C. Waite.
Pennsylvania—Cyclone, James Bis-
sell; Fertigs, W. W. Kapp; Niles Val-
ley, R. B. Ferry.
New Jersey—Carlstadt, J. H. U11-
mann; Oceanport, J. E. Corlies; South
Bound Brook, R. A. Boss.
New York—Bayside, J. J. Johnson;
Black River, C. J. Sweet; Clarenceville,
B. F. Nunns; Deer Park, C. W. Conklin;
Ha‘ilesboro, F. W. Sprague; Hannibal
Center, R. R. Knowlton; Marcy, G. B.
Wright; Merrick, J. W. Birch; Perrys
Mills, L. A. Perry; Sharon Station,
Val. de Mar Anson; South Berlin, C. L.
Fuller; Star Lake, D. A. Foley; Wyan-
dance, C. L. Watkins.
Queen Victoria’s Eyesight.
London, June 17.—The sensational
story circulated in the United States in
regard to the sight of Queen Victoria,
which is alleged to be so bad that she
is almost totally blind, is not believed
here. There has been no hint that the
queen’s sight is any worse than might
be expected in a woman of her age. Sir
John Watt Reid, the queen’s resident
physician, is now away on a holiday, so
it is evident that her health causes him
no anxiety.
Criticism of Philadelphia Cricketers.
London, June 17.—The newspapers
are generally severe in their comments
upon the playing of the Philadelphia
cricketers. The Daily Chronicle says
that it was a great mistake to include
theirs among the first class matches,
and that the example set by the Lan-
cashire eleven, who omitted their best
bowler when playing against the vis-
itors, is now bound to be followed by
the other county elevens.
International Librarians’ Congress.
Albany. June 17.—-Secretary Melvil
Dewe‘y of the state board of regents
and Librarians W. S. Briscoe, Martha
P. Wheeler and Mary Hawley of the
state library will represent the state
of New York at the international con-
gress of librarians to be held in London
July 13, 14, 15 and 16.
Panama Passengers Released.
New York, June 17.—-The passengers
of the Panama railroad steamer Ad-
vance, who have been detained at Hoff-
man island since last Friday, owing to
the yellow fever on that steamer, were
discharged today and transferred to
the city by the quarantine boat Gov-
ernor Flower.
Uncompahgrc Indians Restless.
Fort Duchesne. Utah, June Iii—Un-
compahgre Indians bring news that
several leaders of the tribe are holding
a big talk about 20 miles from Ouray
Agency concerning the proposed allot-
ment of lands in severalty to Uncom-
pahgies.
prospect,
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Uneasiness prevails over the
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THE CIGAEETTE TRIAL. ’
Personal Feeling Evident In the Great
Trust Test Case.
MANY EXCEPTIGNS TAKEN.
The Wares of a Rival Company Returned
by a Prominent Firm—Magnates Must
Appear In Court or Compulsion
Will Be Employed.
New York, June 17.-—The trial of the
ten directors of the American Tobacco
company for “conspiracy to injure
trade and commerce” was continued to-
day before Judge Fitzgerald. The
prosecution resumed the examination of
its witnesses and the defense its course
of objections.
Mr. Choate and his colleagues are
apparently not at all discouraged by
Judge Fitzgerald’s adverse rulings.
They “kick” vigorously and in concert
at each new move by District Attorney
Olcott and his associates, and never fail
to note exceptions to the judge’s rul-
lugs.
Counsel on both sides are fighting
hard, and a personal element has been
injected into their controversy which
makes it all the more interesting. It
appeared first in the opening address
of the district attorney and grew bitter
as the trial proceeded.
During the examination of witnesses
Mr. Choate had taken particular pains
to refer to the trial as a controversy
between the American Tobacco com-
pany and the National Cigarette and
Tobacco company, its rival. Mr. Olcott
had objected repeatedly, reminding the
court that he, as the representative of
the people of New York, and not the
National Cigarette company, as Mr.
Choate would have it, was the prose-
cutor. Judge Fitzgerald sustained the
district attorney, but Mr. Choate per-
tisted and had plenty of fun out of it.
Mr. Olcott was nettled by the implied
reflection upon the integrity of his own
office and the grand jury. In the course
of his opening address he handled Mr.
Choate without gloves. He declared in
vigorous language that neither the Na-
tional Cigarette company nor any other
concern could make a tool of the dis-
trict attorney’s office. He referred to
Mr. Choate’s attitude as nonsensical,
saying:
“Let us have no more of this non-
sense that the National Cigarette com-
pany, and not the majestic people of
this state, is the prosecutor, or if we do
let us treat it as the nonsense of which
the learned Mr. Choate is such a. dell--
cious past master."
Methods of the Trust.
H. L. Park was the first witness call-
ed today. He was questioned by As-
sistant District Attorney Carpenter
along the lines pursued yesterday, and
told. of his firm's dealings in the ciga-
rettes manufactured by the defendants'
company. Joseph H. Choate objected
to questions concerning Witness' deal-
ing in a special brand of cigarettes
named which were made by an oppo~
sition company. Mr. Carpenter replied
that if the defense admitted the trans-
action referred to in yesterday's testi-
mony, involving the visit of the Amer-
ican Tobacco company’s official to Park
& Tilfcrd’s respecting the firm’s dealing
in the brand of cigarettes referred to.
he would not press the question. After
much argument witness told of the
firm’s having returned the balance of a.
small consignment of the cigarettes in
question to the manufacturers. Cross-
examined by Mr. Choate. Witness said
that his firm supplied many retailers in
different parts of the country. ‘
A Sensation In Court. ,
There was a large sized sensation in
the courtroom when Mr. Olcott said:
“I wish to say that if the defendant
is going to make any point of the fail-
ure of these witnesses to identify Mr.
Butler, with whom they had conversa-
tion, the Mr. Butler who is defend-
ant in this case, I must demand that
Mr. Butler be produced in court.”
Mr. Fuller and Mr. Choate were on
their feet in an instant, objecting.
Judge Fitzgerald said:
"If the district attorney wants any
of the defendants in court, the court
will help him."
“I move, then," said Mr. Olcott, “that
a bench warrant be issued for William
H. Butler and that when he is produced
in court he be placed on bond to
secure his presence.”
Mr. Fuller said: “This is a useless
proceeding. Mr. Butler is in town, and
I happen to know that he expected to
be here this afternoon. I can vouch
for his appearance, but I will not admit
that the prosecution has the right to
demand his presence.”
Mr. Choate said, “This is the first
case I ever knew where the defendant
was required to produce Witnesses for
the defense.”
Mr. Olcott asked, “I understand,
then, that Mr. Butler will be produced
in court this afternoon?”
Mr. Fuller said that he would and
again said, ”Not as a matter of right,
but to save time.”
Then Mr. Olcott withdrew his motion
to issue a bench warrant. .
Mr. Choate characterized the latest
move of the persecution as an attempt.
to cater to a certain portion of the pub-
lic. He arraigned the district attorney
in a. warm manner.
It was a. decided victory for Mr. 01-
cott.
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Gales In Great Britain.
London, June 17.——The north of Eng-
land and Scotland has been visited by
heavy gales. A terrible storm swept
over Liverpool, and Nelson’s flagship,
the Foudroyant, which is now touring
the coast as a showship, has been
driven ashore, and is expected to be
lost. The suburbs of Glasgow and the
country around that city are flooded
and the railroads submerged.
More Gold For Europe.
New York. June 17.—The $600,000 gold .
which Lazard Freres will ship to Eu—
rope tomorrow was supplied by their ‘
bankers today. Tomorrow’s shipment,
like former ones of a recent date, is
sent in settlement of balances, and is
made possible without loss, as com-
pared with the cost of remitting ex-
change. by reason of the demand for
gold in Europe.
An Adirondack Guide Missing.
Saratoga, June 17.—George Bradley
of Arletta, a well known Adirondack
guide who has his camp at Black lake,
has been missing for several days.
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