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In fact everything that pertains to making a rwalk will be delivered at their door free of charge. , The M. Read. 00., Bridgeport, Gt. (l . e‘ g. ......... D l. The House Discusses a Measure of Im- portance to Railroads. A SUBSTITUTE SUGGESTED. Senator Tux-pie Makes a Strong Speech In Favor of ,Election of Senators by the ‘ People—Routine Proceedings of Both Branches. . WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—At thepopening of the session of the house today the speak- er announced that'the following members had been relieved from service on‘ the des- ignated committees at thesir own request: Mr. Hicks (Rep, ‘Pa'.), from the commit; tee on levees and improvements [of ”the Mississippi river,_s.nd Mr. Sibleyi(Dem., Pa), from the committee on expendi— tures in the navy department. He also announced the following committee ap- pointments: Mr. Wheeler (Dem., Ala. ), ways and means; Mr. Sibley, (Dem., Pa), appropriations; Mr. Harrison (Dem., Ala. ), judiciary; Mr. Tate (Dem., Ga), naval affairs; Mr. Little (Dem. Ark), Indian affairs; Mr. Hicks, (Rep, Pa), public binldings; Mr. Tracey (Dem., N. Y.), merchant marine and fisheries; Mr. Brom- well ( ., 0.), railways and canals; Mr. Barter ., 0.), pirvate land claims; Mr. Robertson (Dem., La), library; Mr. Sorg (Dem., 0.), military affairs; Mr. Bromwell‘ (Rep, 0.), expenditures in state department; Mr. Grifiln (Dem., Wis.), militia; Mr. Ogden (Dem., La.), levees and improvement of the Mississippi river; Mr. Moore (Dem., Kan), militia; Mr. Brickner (Dem., Ky.), expenditures in the treasury. department; Mr. Coflin (Rep.,.Md.), mileage; Mr. Henry (Dem., Md), expenditures in the postoffice de- partment and pensions; Mr. Ogden (Dem., La), expenditures in the postoflice depart- ment; Mr. Coffin (Rep, Md), private land claims; Mr. Griffin (Dem., Wis), arid lands, and Mr. Moore (Dem., Kan), expenditures on public buildings. At Work on the Pooling Bill. Mr. Livingston (Dem., Ga), from the committee on appropriations, reported the fortifications appropriations bill and gave notice that he will call it up as soon as the pooling bill is disposed of, and Mr. O’Neil (Dem., Mass.) reported the pen- sion appropriation bill. The consideration of the railroad pool- ing bill was then resumed-under the spe- cial order adopted yesterday. ' Mr. Cooper (Dem., Fla), a member of the commerce committee, took the floor. The pending bill, be declared, had four important features. It authorized and legalized railroad pooling, and in doing’so it gave a new grant of power to all the railroads of the country; it provided amendments to the precedure section of the present law in prescribing rules of evidence—a good feature; it changed wholly the criminal liabilityfor discrim- inating rates, and, lastly. it chan d the remedies for causes of action. ile he doubted the advisability of granting pool- ing potters to failroadé, he will willing to agree if such pooling should be allowed" under the direct control of. a responsible commission: meet his objections to the bill. To Amend the Banking Iaw. Representative John De Witt Warner (N. Y.) has introduced a bill to amend the law of June 30, 1875, regarding the ap- pointment of receivers of national banks. It provides that when banking associa- tions are placed in receivers’ hands, and when the comptroller of the currency has ens, who are creditors— hose claims shall have been proved, the amount of such claims and the redemption of the circu- lating notes has been provided for, the comptroller shall call a meeting of the shareholders, at which they shall elect an agent. When the agent has received votes representing at least a majority of the stock in value and number of shares, and when the shareholders have executed a bond for the discharge of all claims there- after proved against the association, the comptroller and the receiver are to trans- fer to the agent all the undivided" or un- collected or other assets and property of the association then remaining in their banks. The comptroller and receiver shall thereupon be discharged from all liabilities to the association and to its creditors and shareholders, and the agent is authorized to finally settle and distribute the prop- erty,in his hands. .' _. In the Senate. Upon the opening of the senate today Mr. Gorman (Dem., Md.) ofifereda resolu- tion providing that when the senate ad- journ today it be to meet on Monday next. The resolution was adopted. » ~ The president’s message, in response to .a senate resolution, submitting informa- tion as to the arrest of an American citi- zen in Peru was received. Mr. Turpie (Dem., Ind.) then took the floor for a carefully prepared speech on the resolution for the election of United States senators by-direct vote of the peo- ple. He pointed out that during a cen- tury the legislative branch of the govern- , ment had stood still without advance or reform, while. the scope and form of the other co—ordinate branches—executive and judicial—had been enormously expanded. ‘ “It is not to be taken for granted,”,he said, “that because our fathers gave the construction of one house of congress to the people that they would not now, after the experience .of a century. and in the present relative condition of the three provinces of distributive power, give to them the formation of the other house also. the gross charges of. pecuniary corruption and of fraudulent combination or intrigue, disgraceful and dishonorable to the whole body, with which a. prolonged senatorial contest is accompanied, whether in ,party conference or in the open assembly, the re- moval of such a procreant (‘il should be deemed a prime political necessity. It has therefore been said that the Grand Central railway has chosen a senator in a certain state; that the 'Grand Central bank has ,chosen another elsewhere, and that the V Central Association of Mining and Manu- , facturcs has defeated or elected a third. Nothing is intended to be assumed here looncerning the truth or falsity of these as- ‘sertions or accusations. ‘ "But these charges have an existence. ‘They are disseminated broadcast; they ve been for many years in vogue. Their mere existence is a grave mischief and menace, very inimical to our legitimate influence in the national councils, very- destructive to that purpose which the senate was therein appointed to subserve.- body were. left to themassofvoters in the state, these perilous cri'minations would \ He oflered a substitute...to-‘ paid to creditors—not including sharehold- . When we recall the harsh criminations, ’ The way of this riddance is plain. (If the , choice of the constituent members of this s . be infinitely lessened. They would alto- -‘ gather disappear. No reasonable grounds ,could be‘ given .for their support. " ' Nicaragua Canal Bill. At the close of Mr. Turpie’s speech Mr. Morgan (Dem., Ala.) gave notice that on Monday next he would call up the Nica- ragua canal bill with a view to explaining it and making some remarks. Mr. Hunton (Dem., Va.) gave notice that on Thursday next he would call up the bill for the establishment of anational university at Washington. Mr. Dolph (Rep, Or.) called up the bill exempting from duty foreign exhibits at the Portland (Or.) exposition, and the bill was passed. . At 1:50 p. m. the senate went into ex- ecutive session and at 1:55 p. m. adjourn- ed until Monday. Immediately after the adjournment of the senate the Democrats went into caucus. ' THE PORTE’S DEFENSE. ,It Contends That No \Vomcn, Children or Unarmed Persons Were Killed. , LONDON, Dec. 7.—A dispatch from Con- stantinople to The Morning Advertiser says that the ports denies, on the author- .ity of the commander of the Fourth army corps, that any women or children were killed in the Sassoun district by the regu- ..lar troops. It is added that not a single unarmed individual was killed. Indeed 20 rebels who submitted were treated with the greatest consideration and were libcr~ ated after their evidence had been taken. It was through their statements that the place where Hampnrsoun and his accom- plices had taken refuge was revealed. No other rebels- submitted. A dispatch to The Times from Vienna says that‘Tlre Echo, an Armenian paper published at Tiflis, in'disoussin g the fight- ing in the Sassoun district, states that the governor of Mush sent troops to aid the Kurds against the Armenians. The latter ,wcre victorious. The governor, finding that nothing could be attained by the use of force, offered the Armenians peace and freedom from taxation. This officer in- .duced the Armenian chiefs to visit the governor. Thcrcupon the governor seized and executed them. ‘ The paper mentions, without giving the date, that there has been further fighting in the Mush district and that a third on- counter betwecn the Turks and Armeni- anshad taken place at Eudokia. Many Mail Bids. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.— ~The work of opening and arranging the bids for con- tract service on sinr and steamboat mail routes in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi- gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Mis- souri was commenced at the postoflioe de- partment today. About 75 employees are engaged on the task, which will probably occupy W0 or three weeks. The number of bids submitted is estimated at 100,000, covering over 47,000 miles of routes and involving contract sums aggregating about $1,000,000. Tacoma’s \Vater Scandal. TACOMA, Wash, Dcc. 7.~—In the supple- mental complaint filed in a suit torecovcr $1,000,000'of the Light and Water com— pany. the city alleges that Isaac W. An- derson, a stockholder, and others, through bribery and fraud, at the expense of $100,- 000,,sold the water plant to the city for ..31,750,ooo when the property Was not worth over $750, 000. V Is Garvey Insane? ' ?'~ New YORK, Dec. 7.—John Garvey, the ”sister tramp, was called to the bar today "tostnnd trial for burglary. His counsel ‘ said Garvey had been punished for the ’crime and could not be put in jeopardy twice. Attorney Stayton secured a post- ponement to retain witnesses from New Jersey to prove that Garvey is insane. . 'No Doubt About Evans’ Election. cial vote of every county in the state of Tennessee, as certified to by county oili- cials, is in. The total shows that Evans is elected governor by a. plurality of 841, the vote standing: Evans (Rep), 105,167; Turney (Dem.), 104,326. Turney was elected in 1892 by 26,356 plurality. Mahanney on fi-ial For Murder. JERSEY CITY, Dcc. 7.—-The trial of Ed- ward Mahanucy of Harrison for the mur- der of his wife at their home on Sept. 2 last was begun. Prosecutor Winfield opened for the state. He said the state would prove that Mahanney kickcd his wife, who was in a delicate condition, and that she died as a result. Cut Me Out Cut out this advertisement, _;and send it to the makers of VORINE' Washing Powder with your address and 14c. in stamps, and by return mail you’ll receive their beautiful WASHINGTON SOUVENIR SPOON. Address, THE J. B. WILLIAMS CO., Glastonbury, Ct., PREMIUM DEPARTMENT. best German handles, gold I errant these spoons-made of .the :11»?!an plated with pure Silver, oxulized lined wls. Cnarmxoocs, Dec. iii—The state om. 1m Highestofall in Leavening Power.—Latcst U. S. Gov’tReport ~ W . ABSOLUTELY PURE Baki, Powder Whhihhhhmhvrn The Very Tragiciiil‘reak of an Aged German MiSer Out In Kansas. so: 357W AA” ONCE CARL - 77:111- , Flinn: . All the Dead IllIan’stossessions \Vere Beir- ied In the Garden queatlied to the Cirillo-110m He Had and V.’ ern- Ba— Adoptcd as His Daughter. yo OBEHLIN, Kan, Doc. l.-—Tl‘ic death of Otto Weibler, an old German bachelor, which occurred in this count-y a few days ago, was announced today in the local pa.- pcr in five lines. The old man has a re- markable record, and the most extraordi— nary event of his career is the fact that he deliberately starved himself to death. For two months he lay on a rough cot in his sod cabin on Painter creek, with no one to minister to his wants’but his adopted daughter, Margaret, an orphan girl old man Weibler took to raise when he left his home in Pennsylvania in 1879 to 10- cats in Kansas. . Weibler was a miser and it isnow stated left over $50,000 in money to his daugh- ter, which he had buried in the ground near his sod cabin. The greater part of this he brought with. him from Pennsyl- vania, where in: his young manhood he made money rapidly in coal mining enter- prises. The day before his death he called Margaret to his bedside and told her he must die. He gave her his blessing and told her to go to a certain place near an apple tree and she would find a large rock. Underneath that she would find in an earthen jar buried in the ground his fortune. ,. ,, :: , She Found 851,620. She obeyed ‘.': im and alone went in search of the treason She was skeptical and. believed the oidman. to beflighty, but the money was theme—gold, silver and green- backs, amounting in all to $51,620. She reported her discovery to the dying man, and as he sank into repose he told her to leave it there until he was laid away in the country graveyard and then to take it and return to. her native state, Pennsyl- vama. During his two months’ illness old man Weibler would not ,consent to have a. phy- sician called. He was afraid he would be poisoned. He was greatly prejudiced and believed tlia‘t'half of the medicines admin- istered by ph‘y's‘icidii‘s was poison. He ib- fused also to take nourishment prepared by his daughter. He did not think she merchants who sold the goods wanted to kill him because of his peculiarities 'and eccentricitics, and that they would contain poisonous substances. This was simply his delusion, and the result was death from starvation. Before Weibler came to America he was a personal friend of Carl Schurz and ac- ».companied him in his flight from Prussia to Switzerland. Hewas born near Cologne in April, 1830. He was educated at the mate of Schnrz. In 1847 the two men left the universi‘ ‘, and when Schurz com- menced the 1.- iblication of a revolutionary journal during the troubles of 1848 Wei- bler joined him and gave his time and tal- ents to the enterprise. When Schurz was forced to flee in consequence of his failure to stop an insurrection which he had been instrumental in arousing Weibler ac- companined him, and the two men entered the revolutionary army in the south of Germany. They participated in the de- fense of Bastadt and escaped to Switzer- land on the surrender of that fortress. They finally returned secretly to Germany. Weibler was with‘Schurz on the night of Nov. 6, 1850, when the latter succeeded in liberating his friend and former edito- rial partner from the fortress of Shandau, and together the three wandered to Scot— land. They ‘remained there only a short time, when they went to Paris. Here Weibler decided to turn his back on his native country and set sail for America. Made Money In Coal Mining. On the 20th of December Weibler landed in New York city. He had little means, but he was ambitious and industrious. He settled near Bradford, Pa, where he pros- pered beyond his most sanguine expecta- tions. He engaged. in coal mining and ,within a few years made a small fortune. In 1879 he closed out his business inter- ests and came to Kansas, taking a home- stead in this (Decatur) county, where he continued to make and hoard up money in the stock business. He declined to af- filiate-or associate with his neighbors and would not allow his adopted daughter .to receive attentions from the young men of the community. She was thus forced to share his life of solitude on the bleak prairies of Kansas, but she did not realize that she was laying up treasures which would in later years secure to her every comfort that money can buy. - [. Newsboyi'lyanted. 1,51,31,13 on a Battle. 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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 7.—-The Catherine ‘ Ging murder mystery is still unsolved. » The newspapers and the police have fol- lowed up every clew with unremitting en- - ergy only to find themselves against the stone wall of mystery that hides the iden- tity of Miss Ging’s companion. The work of piecing the torn note together which. Miss Ging received and tore to fragments . on the morning of the day she met her. death has progressed, but is not yet com- pleted. The wastebasket contained the fragments of a number of business com- munications, and the puizle is an intricate one. A note, however, has been partially _ fitted together on which the words, “I will not marry you," are discernible. These words lend confirmation to the theory that the deed was one of passion or jealousy rather than of robbery, and that the , money on her person at the time of the murder, estimated to have been from $7,000 to $10,000, was taken as an after- thought to obscure the motive for the deed. Two more men have been found who believe they have looked upon the face of the murderer. One of these is M. D. Wilson, a local liveryman who lives on Kenwood park out toward the scene of the murder. ' A Mysterious Suspect. On that night when driving home he noticed the Goosman livery rig and easily recognized it through his familiarity with local horses. Mr. Wilson heard the voices of two people in the rig and believes he recognized that of Miss Ging, who had often hired horses of him. The glance he had of the man was in themoonlight. It wasbut momentary, yet it was thought he reco z'ed the man. The next day he visited he morgue. On the way there he ‘ told the detectives of his experience the night before. With the incident in his mind, Mr. Wilson Went and stood over the body for a moment, and turning, around he ‘receiyc‘d a iar sensation. Standing near him was a than whoée ap- pearance seemed to correspond with the mental picture he had formed of the , man's figure in the rig the night previous. _ Mr. Wilson conveyed his impressions to the officers standing near him, and since that moment the mysterious person has been under surveillance. The police have said nothing regarding the incident, but although at first glance the incident seemed valueless it is being worked for all there is in it. Mr. Wilson, in driving to his home, kept near the other rig the entire distance from Hennepin boulevard to his home, which is not far short of a mile. A portion of the time he was abreast of the “buckskin horse.” Mr. Wilson turned off the boulevard at No. 1904 and saw the other rig proceed on. its way toward the lake. The boulevard winds its way through a beautiful land- scape and girts three lakes. So far as is known, this is the last that was seen of the carriage that contained the murderer and his victim. Frank Eckhart saw the horse come dash- ing up the Excelsior turnpike in the dark: ness about 8 o'clock or an hour later. The murderer is the only person who can ac- count for the intervening time. The sec- ond man who thinks he has seen the mur- derer’s face is W. H. Dennis, the archi- tect. He declares that he has seen Miss Ging, whom he knew well, several times lately with a stranger. Mr. Dennis is well acquainted with MinneapoliS‘ men and could distinguish a stranger as readily as any one. He states that he saw her with this man near Barges’ cafe, and he also saw the man waiting in front of the Syn- dicate block about the time Miss Ging was accustomed to leave her work. Mr. Den- 1113 was in St. Paul 'last Friday, and he states that he met Miss Ging and this stranger coming out of Magee’s restaurant. He is positive in this story, and also posi-. tive that the man did not live in Minna spoils. He does not say that he could not have lived in St. Paul. He describes the man as being an excaneg smooth in- dividual, dressed very well and withal calculated to make an impression. on la.- dies. Mr. Dennis believes that this is the man who killed Miss Ging. This is perhaps the best clew the detect- ives have had to work on. ’ Runaway Team Blown Into Bits. ST. MARY’S, W. Va., Dec. 7.—A. L. ' Johnson left here for the oilfields with 50 gallons of nitroglycerin. The team ran away, throwing Johnson out. The glyc‘ erin was exploded. . The explosion was heard and felt 40 miles away, and a hole ten feet deep was torn in the solid ledge of rock. No part of the wreck except a piece of horse collar has been found. Indian Arrested For Bigamy. GUTHRIE, 0. ’1‘., Dec. 7.—John Amos, an old Indian, is under arrest for bigamy. It has been decided to take the case of a polygamous Indian to the courts to ascer- tain if the tribal custom of plural mar- riages among the Indianswill be declared legal. It is understood this case will be taken to the supreme court of the United States. A Mexican War Veteran Dead. Nracx, N. Y., Dec. 7.—William H. Williams, aged 64, Rockland county’s only survivor of the Mexican war, died at his home in Nyack. He belonged to Colonel Stevenson’s regiment, which went tom New York to Mexico. He fought all through the war, although under age. Steamship Paris Grounded. , Sou'rnanr'rou, Dec. 7.—The American line steamer Paris, Captain Watkins,“ from New York, went aground off the com-' pany’s dock extension during a dense fog last night. She‘was floated at high tide c—co -— Itoday. The passengers and .mails were ‘ hairdo; :: ._ .—.,. .
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