One Cent. Absolutely Independent. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21. 1891. ELECTRIC CARS. Flushing, L. I., is to have an electrie street railway and the Brooklyn Times has the following to say about it, which will be of interest to our readers: The cars, which are of the latest im- proved pattern, have a seating capacity of from thirty to forty people; They will be lighted by electricity and carry a headlight at each end. In Speaking of the overhead system as dangerous, one of the incorporators of the railroad said to a Times repre- sentative: “There is danger on any railroad, but experience has demon— strated that a car propelled by electric- ity is more easily controlled and less likely to cause trouble than other cars. There is no danger to car passengers from the wires. The electricity for the propulsion of the cars, after generation in the dynamo, is sent through the overhead wire, and a portion of the current is taken off by the trolley pole attached to the top} Of the cars. It is then carried to the car motors and finally to the iron rails, which are con- nected with the underground wire also. There is not, however, as has been sup- posed, the slightest danger of any per- son or horse stepping on the rails re- ceiving a shock.” EOR 1'11 E 011 ILDREN. A NEW vnnsION OF OLD MOTHER HUBBARD. The aged and venerable maternal representative of a family which de— scended from an ancestral progenitor, known in his time by the patronymic appellation of Hubbard, perhaps from his having been one of the early poets or bards of the Hub, wended her way to the small apartment ordinarily devoted to the storage of crockery and of such portions of the family provision as were left unused at the prandial meal, to obtain for the gratification of her favorite, but emaciated specimen of the gen/s cents, a fragment of the osseous nature once composing an in— tegral part of the skeleton of an animal. whether canine, porcine or otherwise, the narrator was not able to determine satisfactorily. “Men, by continuous progressive motion, she had arrived at the end of her brief journey, and, in fact, had reached the objective point and the goal of her desire, her fond anticipations were not realized and her calculations came to naught, for the family receptacle above alluded to, proved to be entirely denuded of everything in the way of that sustenance which tends to prolong life, when re- ceived within and assimilated by the animal organism. Consequently that indignant and long-suffering member of that higher class of vertebrata called mama-ls, but more familiarly known as the “poor dog,” failed on this occasion to obtain anything to appease his unsated and voracious ap- petite, which we believe had previously been whetted by the fond anticipation of the favorable result of the visit of his friend protector to the usual store- house of his supplies. xx. .1 No VEL Insect/191513 Some news just received from New Mexico will add a new paragraph to \Vendell Phillips’ lecture on “The Lost Arts.” The Aztecs had a method of smelting metals different from and superior to the mode now in use in the land where they lived, and two years ago one of these ancient smelters was found. It was not more than five feet in height and not over three feet square, - but was so arranged that heat could be evenly distributed by a system of pipes. Although the furnace has been looted it is believed that the government is in possession of the secret and that it will be divulged in an Official report. rl’he special dispatch from which these facts are obtained concludes with the state— ment that if the report should prove favorable it will revolutionize the min- . ing industry in the southwest. Many things discovered by archaeologists indicate clearly that the Aztecs and Mayas of Mexico and the Incas of Peru were people of a civilization in some respects as high as that of ancient EgyptandBabylonia. And somephilol- ogists have asserted that the language of the Mayas in Yucatan is the Oldest yet discovered by research. Three thousand millions of pounds is the estimated yearly production of paper. The United States has 884. paper mills and 1,106 paper machines; Ger- many, 809 mills and 891 machines; France, 420 mills and 525 machines; England, 361 mills and 541 machines: Scotland, (59 mills and 98 machines; Ireland, 13 mills and 13 machines; Rus- sia, 133 mills and 137 machines, and Austria, 220 mills and 270 machines. Long distance telephoning is finding much favor in Europe. London and Paris will soon be joined in this way. Four copper wires are being strung from each capital to the sea coast, the terminus in England beinga point on the shores of Kent; that of France at San Galle. The connecting cable will consist of four copper wires, thus mak: ing two complete circuits, one each way. Each cable wire will be insulated with gutta percha and all will be' pro- tected within galvanized iron wires and ,tanned yarn. DAILY- NORWALK- GAZETTE. AN UPROAWHE HOUSE Mills Charges Speaker Reed with Intentional Fraud. AND DENOUNOES M’KINLEY. The Texan Asset-ted That the Represen- tative from Ohio Was Not a Man of Honor—Reed Preserves His °Usual Calm Demeanor. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.——The house went through a stormy Scene Tuesday. Mr. Mills, of Texas, charged the speaker with intentionally practicing a fraud upon the house in refusing to recognize him to de. bate the approval of the journal, and inti- mated t-hat McKinley was not a. man of honor. These sentiments met with denun- ciations and hisses from the Republicans, and for a time the house was in an uproar. Throughout the scene the speaker was calm, but the services of the sergeant-at- arms had to be called for to quell the tu- mult, which at one time threatened to cul- minate in personal violence. The Monetary Union Delegates. \VASHINGTON, Jan. 21.——The senate com- mittee on finance agreed to report favors. bly the nominations of W'illiam A. Rus- sell, of Massachusetts; John Lambert Tree, of Illinois, and Nathaniel P. Hill, of Colo- rado, to be delegates to the International Monetary union. The opposition to ex- Scnator Hill, which the Colorado senators had signified their intention of making and which they decided to withdraw for political reasons, was not developed in the committee while the nominations were under discussion. The present intention of the Colorado senators is to allow the nomination to be confirmed by the senate without their opposition. Bancroft’s Funeral. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2L—The funeral oi the Hon. George Bancroft, the historian. author and diplomat, took place from St. John’s Episcopal \‘church at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning. The small edifice was filled with the most distinguished men of the country in political, literary and dip lomatic circles. The simple but impressive service of the Episcopal church for the dead was read by the rector, the Rev. Dr. Douglass, after which the remains of the eminent historian were followed to the altimore and Potomac station, where they were placed upon the 2:10 p. m. train, and conveyed to \Vorcester, Mass. The pallbearers were Chief Justice Ful- ler, Justice Field, Justice Blatchford, Sen- ator Evarts, Mr. Bayard, Admiral Rogers, Mr. Spoiford, Mr. George William Curtis, Mr. John A. King and Professor S. P. Langley. Mr. King is the representative of the American Historical society, of which Mr. Bancroft was a member for a number of years. “‘110 \Vere Present. There were present in the body of the church President Harrison, Private Secre- tary Halford, Secretaries Blaine, \Vindom, Tracy, Proctor, Postmaster General Wana- maker, Attorney General Miller, Assistant Secretary Soley, Commodores Ramsay, Folger, Farquhar, lVilson, Col. Remey, representatives of the state department; the British, French, German and Russian ministers. ' The American Historical society was represented by Hon. John A. King, Judge A. B. Hagner, Senator Hoar, Dr. G. Brown Goode, Gen. R. D. Mussey, Mr. A. Howard Clark, Col. John Hay, Mr. John G. Nicolay and Mr. Henry Strong. McGrath Exonerated. TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 21.—The executive committee of the Farmers’ Alliance, which has been investigating the connection of President McGrath with the noted Turner letter, made a unanimous report, which exonerates Mr. McGrath from the improp. er connection with the letter. Mr. Van B. Prather, the state lecturer, said: “We found no evidence whatever against him, but on he contrary his oflicial character has proved to be as white as snow. His vin- dication is full and complete.” Edwin H. Snow, editor of The Ottawa Journal, was chosen as the Alliance candidate for state printer. The success of the Alliance in nominating a candidate unanimously in- spires them with hope of being able to agree upon a candidate for senator. Workingmen in Session. ALBANY, Jan. 21,—The VVorkingmen’s Assembly of New York state convened in their twenty—fifth annual session at the ,City Hall at 11 o’clock \Vednesday morn- ing, President Thomas J. Dowling in the chair. President Dowling delivered his annual address, in which he recommended placing the convicts in state prisons upon the highways to make roads, the stoppage of all contract work, and the adoption oi an anti-Pinkerton bill. A state printing office should, he declared, be established. The state. board of arbitration he com- mended. Killed in a Collision. ATHENS, Pa, Jan. 21.—One man was killed and several others were injured by a collision which was caused bya run- away engine at this place. An engineer on the Geneva and Sayre railroad was thrown accidentally from his engine after he had reversed the lever, and the engine, freed from control, crashed into a. coal train running,r north. Preston Sherwood, a brakeman, was killed, and Engineer Burroughs and Fireman Repp, of Pitts- ton, were badly injured. Murdered at a'Christeuing. ALTOONA, Pa., Jan. 21.~—Mrs. John Gar: lick was shot and killed by Mike Teruski, a Polauder, at her home in Galatzin, ten miles west of here. A christening was being held at the house when the crime was committed. Teruski was seized by those present, who tried to lynch him, but the police appeared on the scene and took the prisoner to jail. Takes Bancroft’s Place. BOSTON, Jan. 21.—By the death of the historian Bancroft the Rev. F. A. Farley, of Brooklyn, N. Y., of the class of 1813' Harvard college, becomes the oldest living senior of the college. He received the de gree of B. A. from Harvard in 1818 and B D. in 1828, and was ordained as a. Unitar- ian clergy-man in the latter year. He is 9( years old. A Reverend Bill Raiser Sentenced. MILWAUKEE, Wis, J an.- 21.——The Rev A. M. De Ford, of Hortouville, the Meth- odist clergyman who was arrested last fall for raising thedenomination of bank bills, was up for trial in the United States court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to the charge, and was sentenced. to a. term 0! 11% years in prison and to payafine oi " U. ‘ A SANCTIMONIOUS HUMIBUG. Ho Planned a Nice Little Scheme. but Will Get’ Badly Left. PIrTSBUnG, Jan. .21.-—George Rowbot. tom, a. prominent politician of Allegheny, will leave for England on Thursday to claim a fortune of $3,000,000. The exciting phase of Mr. Rowbottom’s trip is the fact that a. sleek tongued individual, who has in his possession the family history, but no title to the money, left a. month ago for England, prepared to pass himself oflr‘ a: the heir. The man who left' $3,000,006 Without a will was Peter Pownall, and the only heirs are Rowbottom and two sisters. Peter Pownall, a poor Englishman, WBJI' dered to India, where he married the daughter of a rich native merchant prince, whose father died and left her a. large fort- une. Soon after the woman died and Pownall came into possession of her fort- une. He died about seventy-five years ago and his wealth has never been distributed. At this point comes in the interesting part of the whole story. Andrew J. Ker- shaw, a relative of Rowbottom by mar- riage, is a Mormon, who became wealthy in the canning business in Utah. He pro- fessed to be a devout saint, and wrote to Mr. Rowbottom that he wished to pray for the souls of his ancestors, 'and for that purpose was tracing his genealogy back tc the earliest known person of the family. While this correspondence was going on, a, Brother of Mr. Rowbottom happened to see in a book published in England the name Pownall given, among others, as that of the former owners of estates held in Chancery. The fact was mentioned to Rowbottom’e mother, when she said, “\Vhy, that was the granduncle of my father,” and recalled the whole story. Mr. Rowbottom looked the matter up, and became satisfied that his mother was correct, and was astonished to find that Kershaw had left for England to personate the heir. Sugar King Spreckels' Big Scheme. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21.—Fully 20,00c tons of bonded Java sugar lies in the ware houses on Mission Rock, in San Francisco bay. It is the property of Claus Spreckels and will be held there till April 1, when, under the provisions of the McKinley bill, it will be admitted into the country duty free. For months Spreckels has been keeping pace with the J ava. sugar planters in buying and storing their product. He has fairly bled the sugar market, and now has the greater portion of the year’s out put under his control. After April 1 the consumption of sugar in this country will increase, it is expected, from 57 to 77 per cent, possibly to 80 per cent, or equal to the consumption in Great Britain and other free trade countries. There will then be an enormous demand for sugar, which will only be obtainable then at the prices which Spreckels chooses to set upon it. The Site Question Settled at Last. CHICAGO, Jan. 21.—At a special meeting of Michigan avenue property owners, who have heretofore opposed the location of any buildings on the Lake Front, it was decided to permit the erection of five World’s fair buildings—namely, the art palace, the decorative art building, a water palace, a. building for electrical dis- plays and the temple of music—on the lake front. This decision finally disposes of the question that has caused World’s fair directors 8. world of Worry for nine months. The only conditions imposed are that all the buildings except the art palace shall be torn down within twelve months after the exposition closes, and that the fair directors shall lend their earnest and continuous influence toward securing a. removal of the Illinois Central tracks. Train Wreckers at Work. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Jan. 21. — The Chesapeake and tho vestibule train No. 4, east bound, was wrecked at Winifred. An obstruction had been placed in the frog of the switch, overturning the engine. The train afterward caught fire and burn- ed. Engineer Edwards and Fireman Cun- diff were seriously injured. None of the passengers was hurt. BRIEF MENTION. Mrs. McGinty, of Newcastle, Pa, con- victed of soliciting an ex—convict to kill Banker W. S. Foltz, was sentenced to twenty months’ imprisonment. Senator Voorhees was nominated by the I Indiana Democratic legislative caucus a: his own successor. Peter White and Daniel Frazier and their wives, colored people at Lexington Ky., were poisoned by arsenic in their coffee. The Fraziers have died and White’: recovery is doubtful. White’s daughter is charged with the crime. It is said in Paris that five scientist: died while engaged in investigating germ diseases in the Koch laboratory in Berlin, having contracted the diseases they were investigating. Governor Beaver has signed the deatl warrants of David and Joseph Nicely, the Somerset county (Pa) murderers, who will be hanged Thursday, April 2. In the Ray Hamilton will case hearing in New York, Evangeline Mann or Hamil ton testified that she was never known at J oshMann’s wife, but was regarded as hi: mistress. She claimed he was an imbecilc and a drunkard. The hearing was ad journed until Wednesday, as the witness could not stand the strain of the cross-ex amination. Dr. Alexander G. Bell, the inventor 03 the telephone, is visiting institutions for the instruction of deaf mutes in N e'w Yorla state, and announces his intention to de vote his remaining days and his fortune tc the cause of mute education. Governor Bulkely, of Connecticut, issuec a proclamation notifying the persons wh( have taken office in advance of being dc clared elected by the general assembly in refrain from acting. Articles of incorporation have been filec at Albany for a company organized to con- struct tunnels between New York and Brooklyn and Jersey City. The schemt involves the building of forty-two miles ol underground passageway to accommodatt a. two track passenger railway, and the ex penditure of not less than $60,000,000 ir actual construction. . The Colorado men who offered the sil ver brick for free coinage at the Philadel phia mint applied to the supreme court 0! the District of Columbia. for a mandamuz commanding the secretary of the treasury to order mint officials to receive and coil the bullion ofiered by them. Wilber F. Barker, 9. dissipated residenl of Syracuse, N. Y.. shot his wife, who we! supporting herself and child by teaching school, while she was at the school house The woman was wounded five times, bu‘ may recover. The district court of Louisiana decideé against the Louisiana lottery, and refuset' to grant the injunction it asked for com pelling the secretary of state to promul .gate the “lottery” amendment to thy constatution. \ l l One Cent. RWl 'TT Weekly and Dailycombined sent to subscribers every week day in the year for - I ' - — $5.00 10 cents $1.50 Deliveredi‘by carriers in N orwalk, per week, - Weekly, for 1891, - . - - ' .- WAII Subscriptions strictly in advance. 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