Marshall County Independent, Volume 6, Number 51, Plymouth, Marshall County, 30 November 1900 — Page 2

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THE WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

Q W. METSKER, Pub. and Prop. PLYMOUTH, - - INDIANA. B BfflM IK WEEK Items of Genernl Interest Told In Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY Iteeonl if l!ap'fnin of Much or Little Importance from All Parts of the CIt-Iii-. J Vrlil I'rice of Farm Products 111 WenU-ru IlarkeU Pit.-i dent MeKinley's annual measure practically completed. Recommends holding of Philippines permanently, Ulkes linu attitude on China, and piopotes law regulating trusts and the reorganization and increase or army. skeleton of young girl found in old well on itruuott farm, near Pana, I1L. where body of Jane Brunott was found a year and a half ago. George Y. Wilson, commissioner of internal evenue, is critically ill. Jerry and Pat Holland, found dead at Peru, Intl., may have Leen poisoned. Gerry society broke up a boarding school for iL'oys at Tuckahoe, N. Y., on account of the master's neglect of pupils. Annan report of postonice departr ment shows revenue of $12,354,571) and 3,(u0 new stations established. Anti-vjce meeting in Denver scored Chicago as a Godless city. Letters from Lieutenanfc Peary read in New York club. Leonard Day, rich young man of Minneapolis, stabbed to death in fight over a woman. Body of Baron Dumariais. Frenchman killed by Filipinos, buried with, honors at Manila. -Mrs. Claudia staples of Omaha, Neb., and her child found starving in the streets of New York. ' Force acting under Governor's orders started to drive pouching Indians out of Colorado. John '. llendrie, philanthropist, died at Sound Bach, Conn. Bernhardt jvs actual experience la the passions r. not necessary for their portrayal on the stage. Lieutenant .Solon Arnold, U. S. who ditaj.pt ared from Seattle, Wash., on Thursday, is still missing. Ernest J. Wat ken, churchwarden, of Mount Vernon. X. Y., charged with embezzling money to play faro. O. M. Carter, former Captain of Engineers, issued statement claiming he is innocent of defrauding government. Application for writ of habeas corpus taken under advisement. Failure of Chester II. Lawrence, Jr., New York stockbroker, followed by arrest of Lawrence, manager and bookkeeper, i luge swindle is suspected. Governor Roosevelt decided not to remove Mayor Van Wyck. because there is no proof that he willfully violated the lev in ownir ice- trust tocU. I tu omni Toliine ccntaicing dynamite i:t T. X. Cofer. Jr., Charleston, 111., iVom Auiura, failed to explode. Philippine commission passed act providing civil government for province of Benguet. Bishop Potter of New York suggested formation of vigilance committee to enforce laws. Census gives South Carolina population of 1, 340,3 lt. gain of 189,167, or 16.04 per cent. General Iiuffington is preparing a statement regarding the French, gun episode. Senator Davis much worse and evidently at crisis of illness. Refusal of Turkey to grant exequatur to American consul at Harpoot regarded as violation of treaty. Battleship Kentucky sails from Naples for Smyrna. Governor J. C. W. Beckham of Kentucky married to MLs Jean Raphael Fuqua at Owensboro and couple started for Chicago. Man with jawbone shot away, head cut, and arm broken by Mexican bandIts arrived in St. Louis to get an aluminium jawbone. Cannon ball special on Iron Mountain road held up at Gifford, Ark.; robbers secure small amount of money. Ways and means committee of house making estimates for reduction Of $30,000,000 in war tax. Great crowds gather at Marceilles to welcome Kruger, and elaborate preparations were made for a display, but affair proved a fiasco, as Kruger failed to arrive. People blame Dr. Leyds for disappointment. Lord Roberts slightly hurt by being thrown from his horse, but is at work usual. New steamer Fife, worth $100.000, lest in Straits of Belle Isle. Crew escaped. Boers surprised outpost of British near Balmoral, killing five and wounding six. Post was reoccupled. Cuban constitutional convention adopted rules to govern proceedings. Czar's condition declared satisfactory in official bulletin. Steamer Friesland's rudder was disabled in a gale and vessel lay In trough of sea twenty-four hours; towed Into Southampton. Berlin paper points out dangers of permitting Boers to trek into German Southwest Africa. Snow whirled about by a gale of 70 miles an hour blocks railway traffic in th? west and the hurricane does great damage to buildings in Colorado cities. Dowie, angry at failure of his lacemakers to land in America, denounced English pres3 in profane terms. Chicago Teachers Federation wins a point in the tax fight. Judge Creighton overruling the board of equalization's demurrer. Gale doe3 much damage throughout Northern Ohio. Railroads expect a heavy fruit output from California. Mayor Fleischmann will allow blj rrize-fight In Cincinnati. Sara Bernhardt and Constant Coquelin arrived at New York.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS, Winter Wheat No. 2 red, Tigc; No. 3 red. tMi'u71c; No. 2 hard, t'2v.71cj No. 3 hard, lc; No. 4 hard. t7c. Spring WheatNo. 1 Northern. 7vv.7u"c: No. 3, MZqIc; No. 4, r"! Mill's; No. 3 white, tiTc; no crude, iüj'u-JZe. Corn No. 2, 41U 11 ViC; No. I yellow, nWii Hläc: No. 3, a."'a371c lor ww and i.'ic for old; No. 3 white new, S.'.c; old. 41c; No. J yellow, S7n:;715c lor i.ew, a:id He for old; No. 4. 2&sjW,?c 'or i;ew :ml " o for oi l. ';its No. 4 white, Ii -',''-!-; No. o. --; No. J about 2-4c. pork, regular. .7!i. -jll. and o'd, V').sy ;h'X-i. L.;ni. r."ii;;r. JT.-'J; Uaf, $7; neutral. 57.:.." ;.!. Snort-rib sides.

. .-O i . . J. i.ivc i'i.L.l; ry l.U e turkeys. 'Jo i t-r lit for old ami 0!-e fc r yoi;ntr ficetc. rhi-. Ker s. Ik ns, tie per lb: springs, tc; ducks, 7c: geese. Rood. f 'y-iM. per doz. 1 :utter Cre.-ur.eries. -xtra. Ijc; firsts, '-.Ji 2Je; seconds. 17.u J:h.: dairies, choice, --'r .-.:c; lirsts. '.51c; seconds. lö'.HMc; ladles," coori to fine, Htfl-lc; racking stock. 1214 'n i::c. Cattl Native shipping and export teer?, 'JV-Z. dressed 1-ef and butcher sttrs. $:'.."''-1. ".00; steers under l.'K) Iba, X'n."; Storkers and f orders, cows and heifers, fii 1.7."; tanners, ft.'S'i :.::; bulls. S'M.2j; Texas and Indian steers, $3.04.t;o; cows and heifers. $.'.30 i?.V. Uous I'is ami lights. $4.7ri .Nr; packers. $1.7545; butt hers'. It.sr.'H.'.'j. SIimjv Native muttons. $3.bö''74; lamb, fl. LT.. "..::: culla and bucks. Jü3.50; stockers-, J."'i3. Apples Greonircs. large, choice, 52.2o rer brl: good. V: Ben Davis, choice. $1.75: fancy, JJ'2.5; Jonathan, thin, fancy, $3.25 no.üO; soo). J2.it'i"2.75: Snows, fancy, lartfe. $::.75'i4; good. $2.503; Tallman Swrers. large, ?2.5"''2.73; good. $'(2.25; Kings, f inev and high color. $2.7."'(jo.25: ttoo.i. f2'tf2.h; Baldwins, fancy. $2.25'(2.50; ?ood, 51.T5'': rotators-Choice stock. 42 4o per bj; common and mixed stock. 33 ZilOc per bu. French Homage to rol Kmer. France greeted Paul Kruger Thursday with a grandiose welcome the most magnificent ever witnessed in Marseilles. It was one of those welcomes in which the nation and the man come in contact one of those spontaneous bursts of sympathy which make history, and which ßometimes change destiny. And the striking feature of the demonstration was Paul Kruger as he accepted the homage of France. His voice rang out with the story of his wrongs in strong Dutch words. When he made the declaration which moved even men to tears, that not until the last Boer man, woman, and child had died would England conquer, It seemed as if the citizens of Marseilles would rend the aid with their shouting. Marseilles, having witnessed the mismanagement of Dr. Leyds and the French Boer committee yesterday, endeavored to make up for the blunders by doubling the enthusiasm. Harmony by no means existed and the clash In arrangements nearly prevented the President from landing at the hour expected. Datli Nir Kaller. While the Kaiser was driving through the Gartenstrasse, Breslau, at noon Friday a well-clad woman threw an ax at the royal carriage. The weapon struck the back of the vehicle and the Kaiser escaped untouched. The woman was arrested. A provisional medical examination of the woman was ma-ie. and she was pronounced insane. The woman has been known locally as a crank, but hitherto she has not been regarded as mad enough to be placed in an asylum. The physicians have decided that she is suffering under the delusion that she is being persecuted. The leda that her act was In any way connected with anarchism has been finally abandoned. Cats a Convict's Sentence. Gov. Murray of Arizona has commuted to. four years the sentence c John Schols, wbo has served three years of a ten years' sentence. His Imprisonment was the result of conviction for stage robbery, and the commutation is prompted by the confession of King Ussery, a noted criminal, who says hp was the, guilty party and adroitly arranged his plans 80 that suspicion fell on Kchols. Proceed Agalnat Union Mob. Governor Thomas of Colorado haa directed Assistant District Attorney McAllister to proceed against those engaged in the burning of Preston Porter, Jr., at Limon recently. District Attorney McAllister has ordered Sheriff Freeman of Lincoln county to arrest the members of the mob who took 'the negro from him. Attorney General Campbell will bo directed to aid in the prosecution. Iteport of Cuban Customs. The division of customs and insular affairs of the war department makes public a statement of transactions at the Havana custom-house during the month of October, 1900. The total amount of duties liquidated at the port during the month was $1,OG1.045. A total of 5,272 passengers landed at Havana from points outside of the island, 4,047 of whom were from Spain. Seek Death by Two Mean. W. F. Feagle of Fort Smith, Ark., an expert in cotton and former member of the Arkansas legislature, was found dead in his room at the South End hotel, in East St. Louis. A box of morphine pills and an empty laudanum bottle seemed to indicate that he had committed suicide. Filipino Jont Question. United States Ambassador Choate has made representations to the British foreign office on the subject of the Filipino junta at Hongkong. The foreign office Is investigating the matter and will reply as soon as the reports of the authorities at Hongkong are received. Rnddenly Made a Millionaire. When A. II. McGregor, a farmer of limited means, came to Geneva, 0., Wednesday, to seel farm produce, he learned that he was made a millionaire by the will of his brother, A. R. McGregor of Cleveland. Woman Slain by Itobbera. Miss Theresa Keating, a respectable young woman. wa3 found murdered In a vacant lot off Davis street, near theNew York Central railroad tracks In Rochester, N. Y. She had been robbed. Killed by Can la Mine. A string of empty cars broke loose and ran away in the Bloss ore mines near Bessemer, Ala. Nape Thompson, the superintendent, Charles Kelly and Andrew Hart were struck by two cars which jumped the track and crushed them to death. New York Cains a Million. The population of the state of New York as officially announced, is 7,2o8,012, as against 5,97,853 in 1800. This Is an increase of 1,270,159, or 21.1 per cent

LATEST mm HU. Diplomatic Negotiations Are in Progress. SOME BOXER DISTURBANCES.

Chancellor Von IJulow of Germany Denies That Thwt Nailon II:- Territorial Deiln on China (iermany to Claim Share of IJeneiit. Tuesday, November SO. Known in Washington that matters are drawing toward critical point in China. Conger instructed not to join demand for punishment beyond power of China to inflict. It is believed that a secret order has been issued by the dowager empress to continue the war against all the allies. Wednesday, November 21. Dowager Empress of China reported to have issued edict ordering Viceroj's to prepare for immediate war. Prince Tuan's son, heir apparent to throne, said to be dead. Expedition of allies in China against Kalgan found Boxers in such force they had to send for reinforcements. Point of difference developed at meeting of envoys in Pekin, which will delay peace negotiations. Gen. Tung Fu Hsiang, condemned to death by edict, is repotted at the head of an army ripe for rebellion in China.

THE SULTAN "HOW VERY UNGRATEFUL AFTER MY MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION TO THE PRESIDENT. (Chicasro Record.

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The battleship Kentucky, en route to China, has been ordered by the government to stop at Smyrna, with a view to forcing the sultan to pay the $90,000 damages claimed for destruction of the property of American missionaries. The presence of his vessel Thursday, N'OTumlier 22. If reports from Pekin may be trusted the combined demands of the various powers amount to about $600,000.000 Indemnity. This Is far more money than there is in all China. The Chinese, could not pay it If they would, and they frankly say so. Friday, N'otfrober 23. ftate department addressed note to pover? roposlng joint commission to mett In Fur)pe or Washington to arrange ag:cernent on Chinese situation. Salisbury and Lansdowne do not like stand taken by United 6tate3 on Chinese question and think some European power is back of iL Sunoaj, November 25. The London Times has the following from its Shanghai correspondent: "Ten thousand Cuinese, under Admiral Ho, are said to be retiring in the direction of Kalgan before Colonel Yorck's expedition. It is said that the population is friendly and glad to be rid of Ho's soldiers. Take Kxcepti'on to President McLean. Warm discussion characterized the second day's discussion of the Illinois State Federation of Labor at Kewanee. Delegates from Springfield took exception to the remarks made by President McLean In his address to the effect that the boycott on the laundries and butchers of Springfield was not supported by union men. After a tot debate the matter was referred to a committee and the remarks expunged from the address. Alderman Mast Go to Prison. Alderman John II. Iliggins of the Thirteenth ward, Indianapolis, was found guilty by a jury of soliciting a bribe from D. M. Parry, a prominent manufacturer. The penalty for the crime is not more than fourteen and not less than two years, together with a fine of not more than $500 and disfranchisement for any period not exceeding the limit of the sentence. The Jury was out nineteen hours. Smallpox Attack Actorn. Harry Winfred and George W. Pickett, members of the Williams & Walker Theatrical company, playing In Pittsburg, were taken to the municipal hospital suffering from smallpox. Wrhen the health officials discovered the contagion in-the company they at once went to the theater and vaccinated the entire troupe of forty actors. Mrs. Mary K. iirl.lley Dead. Mrs. Mary E. Gridley of llloomington. 111., widow of Gen. Asahel Gridley, who was one of the most wealthy and prominent lawyers of the state, died Thursday at Chicago. Mrs. Gridley was born in New York state in. 1818. Gen. Gridley, who died in 1881, was a hero of the Black Hawk war and was an associate of Abraham Lincoln in many law cases. lie was also an intimate friend of Richard Yates, the "war governor," Gov. Richard Oglesby and Stephen A. Douglas. Engine Falls from Trestle. At Rosedale, Kas., a suburb of Kanfas City, a Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis switch engine left tha track on a trestle, and, falling thirty feet to the bottom of the ravine, exploded. Four men in the cab of the engine at the time were painfully hurt. They are: John Eagan, engineer; will die. James Fitzpatrlck, foreman of switching crew. John Blankenship, fireman. Peter Jensen, switchman. The last three were seriously but not faI tally injured.

STORM'S DEATH R0LLGR0W1NG Sixty-Serea Tersous Known to Have TerUlied. Latest advices from the storm swept sections of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee indicate that the loss of life and damage to property are far greater than at first reported. The dilliculties in the way of securing information from the devastated sections are almost insurmountable. The places affected are remote and isolated, and at best they are not well equipped with means of communication, and the storm which Tuesday evening carried devastation across the country at the same time swept away the wires, so that telephone and telegraph wires alike were put out of service. Dependence has necessarily been placed in railroad men and travelers coming from affected parts. Victim of Southern Storm. Killed. Injured. Columbia. Tenn 40 25 La Grange, Tenn C 3 La Vergne, Tenn 2 1 Thompson, Tenn 1 Thompson, Tenn 1 . . Xolansviile, Tenn 2 8 Love Station, Tenn 2 1 Tunica, Miss 5 Lula, Miss 4 Hernando, MiS3 2 Batesville, Miss 8 Boxley's-Store, Tenn .... 3 Franklin, Tenn 2 Totals 67 61

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at this port will, it is believed, bave great moral effect at Constantinople, and force the sultan to pay the claim long overdue. The order to press the American claim came just after the sultan's message congratulating President McKinley on hi.s re-election. Fatal Kx plosion In Mud 1-ake. While lightering the cargo of the stranded steamer Isaac Ellwood in Mud lake, near Detour, Mich., Sunday morning the forward boiler of the lighter Stewart blew up, killing three men and Injuring six others. The known dead: Rankin Workman, Louis Carpenter of Sault Ste. Marie, William McKenzie of Detour. John Henderson of Sault Ste. Marie suffered a fracture of the skull and cannot live. Frank Hilder of Sault Ste. Marie is missing and it 13 thought he was blown into the water and drowned. The dead and Injured were brought here. The Ellwood is still fast. Ionbet Espouse Krnjrer's Canse. In direct opposition to his cabinet President Loubet has espoused Kruger's cause by an official reception to the latter at the Elysee, Paris, and by a prompt return of the visit he has set an example to Europe. While secrecy is maintained concerning what passed between the two presidents. It is ascertained that Kruger appealed to Loubet In strong terms in favor of Intervention, urging the justice and right of his cause. Loubet expressed deep sympathy and intimated that he would use his influence to aid Kruger's cause. Medicine Man Kills Girl. That the practice of old-fashioned witchcraft has not been abandoned by some of the remaining Indian tribes in California is shown by news from Kabasillah of the poisoning of a little Indian girl by an aged medicine man named Locktan. It was declared by the medicine man that the child must die in order to restore her elder sister to health. A few days later the younger girl died by poison and Locktan is accused of her murder. Kabasillah is a small coast town on the site of an abandoned Indian reservation. Hall Player Takes Morphine. "Happy" Gallagher, a well-known baseball pitcher, who pitched for the St. Joseph Western league team a part of last season and who is under reserve by the Detroit American league team, tried to commit suicide at Poplar Bluff, Mo., by taking morphine. The doctor saved him. Excessive drinking was the cause. Mystery In Hau' Ieath. Isaac Remington, a carpenter, aged S8 years, was found dead in his room in a boarding house on North BroadWay, Decatur, 111. He was last seen on Thursday, and it is supposed he has been dead" since that time. The death is surrounded by mystery. The man had a big gash on his head and a cut on the side of his face and the floor was covered with blood. It is not known whether the man was murdered or whether he fell and caused the cuts on his head. The police are investigating the case. Nhonts Hrlda; Kills elf. At Chicago Nels C. Petersen, until recently emp.oyed in the city street department, shot and probably fatally wounded his .wife, Annie, the bride of a month, and then turned the veapon upon himself. Carrie Matsou, idle 12-year-old daughter of Mrs. Petersen by a former marriage, thrust her self In front of her mother and was herself slightly wounded. Petersen died five hours after the shooting, while his wife, paralyzed from her waist down, is at Mercy hospital In a critical condition

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Sixty-Nine Persons Killed ir Southern States WIDE SWEEP OF THE STORM, From I.nla. MU., to I.aCriinfre, Trim., the Hib Winds IIIow Seores of Jlusiiu's- r.uil'linic, Ciiarche and Dwellings Are lie t royed.. A tornado swept over the country lying between a point three niiies north of Lula, Miös., ond LaGrange, Tenn., Tuesday afternoon, and caused great loss of life and property. The Btrrm interrupted telegraphic and telephonic communications completely. Nineteen lives were lost and the destruction of property was heavy. It is believed that in the cyclones between the towns heard from numerous farm houses and interior communities of more or less considerable population were struck, and these being cut off from the outride were unable to give notice of their distress. Accompanying the tornado was a rainstorm of terrific proportions. M.tny Killed at LaGrange. At LaGrange eight persons were killed and many hurt. The dead so far recovered are: Walter I. Moody, assistant manager of the Pankey & GaitherPlow Manufacturing company; Mrs. May, wife of Brown May, colored; negro woman, unknown. The injured: Robert G. Tucker, manager of Pankey & Ga ither Plow Manufacturing company; Edward Smith, railroad agent; Samuel Wadley; William McNamee; Mrs. Fannie McNamee; Jessie Stafford. The business houses totally destroyed are: W. P. Lipscomb & Co., general merchandise; J. C. McNeil & Co., general merchandise; McNamee & Co., general merchandise; F. N. McNamee, general merchandise; J. L. Panckers, livery stable; J. W. Gibbons, sale stable; Panckey & Gaither Plow Manufacturing company; Samuel Wadley's wagon shop; Southern Railway company's large brick depot; Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian churches. The residence portion of the town also suffered heavy loss, several buildings being completely demolished and a large number damaged. A perfect deluge of rain was falling when the cyclone came, but its advance was foretold by a roaring, rushing sound, followed by quick, heavy reports which gave the inhabitants warning and they rushed out from the falling buildings. nodle Carried Far 01 Wind. Reports from Lula, Tunica county, state that three negroes were killed, , their bodies having been carried a distance of three miles by the wind. Many outhouses were razed to the ground and the damage to crops cannot now be estimated. Thirteen persons are reported killed between Love station and Coldwater. At Coldwater several houses were destroyed and the daughter of John Guy and John Doncey were seriously Injured. A negro child was killed three miles north of the town. The cyclone passed from southwest to northeast and struck Batesville about 4 o'clock. Several houses were demolished and seven persons were more or less injured. The Methodist church was unroofed. Storm Sweeps Colombia. A telephone message was received at Birmingham, Ala., from Columbia, Tenn., stating that a number of people were killed and great property damage inflicted by the tornado. Later reports show that sixty-nine persons were killed. Krufer Welcomed In Paris. Committee from senate and chamber welcomed Kruger to Paris Saturday. City placarded with red postera calling on people to manifest In Kruger's favor. Police ordered to allow no anti-English demonstration. Politics alleged to be at bottom of welcome and visit may overthrow ministry. WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL Live stock owners and fanciers, together with all others so Inclined, will be able to go to Chicago for one railway fare plus $2 for the round trip when the big international live stock exposition opens at the stock yards during the first week of December. The promoters of the 'show have proMuslc for Cigar Girl. A firm of cigar manufacturers at Trenton, N. J., has achieved great results by an idea tending to elevate Its employes. A piano has been placed in one corner of the big wrapping-room, where 1100 girls are at work, and an accomplished instructor enlivens them by playing, singing, and after hours teaching them the art. The officials of the linn say it is succeeding admirably, as the output of the establishment has doubled since the introduction of music. Jeff Iavls Slare In roverty. Accustomed to a life of plenty, Mrs. Adelia Burton, colored. Is compelled in her declining years to face actual poverty. Notwithstanding that the woman, who Is 87 years old, was a slave during the greater portion of her life, and that the hardest duties she was asked to perform were those of maid In some of the best southern families, Including the family of Jefferson Davis, Mrs. Burton's only place of refuge now Is In a shed In the rear of No. 7323 Railroad avenue, Chicago.

TWENTY-SIX SHIPWRECKED. Body f Only One of the Met Iras of SU Olaf Ul-aster Ftiniid. The searching party which left Seven islands Saturday ai'temon to rescue any of the passenr or cre w of the wrecked steamer t?t. OUi who might have reached land returnee Sunday evening. The S'Xivch'.vs report having found only one body, that of

Miss IHre, baricd in the ;-now and ic-e. The general ion is tliat the wreik occurred the ni.i:t of Wednesday last, as Miss Page wa attire '1 in night robes; that twenty-six p.tngers saccee led in landing only to die from cold and starvation on Boule island, and that their bodies will be found under snow. Another searching party went out later. The St. Olaf was of 305 tons and traded bet ween Quebec and Labrador towns. It was owned by Fräser &. Co. of Quebec. Wealthy Man Weds WaitrcM. J. Hamilton Brown, wealthy and widely known throughout the United States and Europe as an inventor of ordnance, was quietly married in Brooklyn last August to Miss Helen Wilson, a waitress in a downtown restaurant, where he was a patron. He is about CO years old and his bride is 22. They are living in finely appointed apartments at C02 St. Nicholas avenue, New York, where they were sen Friday night and laughed over tho fact that their secret had become known. Mr. Brown is the inventor of the Brown segmental gun, which has been authorized by congress as a coast defense weapon. Coart Wipe Oat Eel Klver Compaoy. The Supreme court at Indianapolis in overruling a petition for a rehearing of the Eel River railroad case hell that the Eel River Railroad company no longer exists as a corporation. The company was organized to build a road from Logansport to the Great Lakes. The road was leased to the Wabash road for ninety-nine years, with the privilege of perpetual renewals. The court held that where a road makes such a lease in order to destroy competition it becomes subject to the forfeiture of its franchise. It I? now In the hands of the attorney-general as receiver. Find Kod.y In Kenervoir. The body of George II. Zell, a prominent farmer living eighteen miles southwest of Perry, 0. T., was found in the reservoir of the Perry waterworks plant today. The head was badly bruised and cut. Zell came to town yesterday morning, sold a loaJ of hogs and was known to have had a considerable amount of money upon his person. Only a small sum remained in the pockets and the police uspect foul play. Find Aisknn Col Ileds. Coal outcroppings have been traced seventeen miles along Chiqnik bay, 325 miles this side of Unimak pass, Alaska. Claims covering the best part of these vast deposits have been filed by miners employed by Thomas Mayon, manager of the Apollo gold mines at TJnga. Veins uncovered to date are four and a half, five and nine feet thick, comprising excellent lignite and (bituminous coals. Drafts an Anti-Trnt mil. Senator Nathan L. Agnew of Laporte, Ind., Is drafting an anti-trust bill for presentation at the forthcoming session of the state legislature. This is the only bill that is in course of preparation and will be a drastic measure. Senator Agnew is a close friend of Governor Mount and the statement is made that the bill will refleet the governor's views. Comedian la Badly Hurt. Bud Weston of the team of comedians and military burlesquers, Belmont and Weston, was run down by a street car at Toledo, O., his head terribly gashed and several fingers cut from his left hand. He was to have opened in a six weeks' engagement at Proctor's theater, New York, next week. It i3 feared he is also injured internally. LIVE STOCK SHOW WILL BE HELD. vide-d $75,000 in prizes to attract exhibits, and have assurances that the finest stock in the land cattle, sheep, hogs and horses will be brought in for this occasion. Besides the western states, Canada, Mexico, South America, France md Germany will also be represented. Gossip Led to Death. Arthur Kinney, 23 years old, committed suicide at Waverly, N. Y., using a shotgun. He was one of the gunners on the Marblehea.l when the Spanish cable was cut at Cardenas, and was honorably discharged last May. Two weeks ago he started for New York to re-enlist, but was nearly suffocated in his room In a hotel. A report that he had attempted suicide became current, and it is thought that brooding over the accident ami the fancied disgrace unsettled his mind. Man Is Hol led to Death. Citizens of Pagosa Springs, Col., discovered the body of a man In the hot 6pring. The body was at once removed and was founded to bo literally cooked, the temperature of the untempered water of the spring being nver 160 degrees. Investigation disclosed the fact that the man was a stranger who had given the name of Smith anfl nothing was discovered that would solve his identity. He was without money and it is supposed he chose to commit suicide In this novel manner.

Sir Arthnr Snlllvnn Die In T -on dorn. binccre regret is cxiirc-src' In Leaden on all sides ove- ;1 " -iath of SirArthur öulhvan, th" -Vi co c poser.

who gave to the vvo:. "Pirates of Peiizar.c-," t Ic operas. He die ! V.uaf jrd, o'ber com:e.?ult of Thursday .suddenly. j her.rt failure at U o' r' , mrnlng. His t'eath a: i .1 - f r SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN. He was chatting and laughing with members of his household, when he fell to the floor and l 1 within a few minute-s. Sir Arthur Sullivaa had been in poor health for some time, and several weeks ago alarming reports a to his condition came from the continent, where hp had gone for rest. Tii reports were afterward denied and Sir Arthur returned from Switzerland apparently in better health. Arthur Seymour Sullivan Mas born on May 13 (14, according to one authority), 1S42, at London. Taken all in all he is the greatest composer England ha yet produced. rnther Kills Two Children. Jesus Luterio of a ran h near Costuila, Tex., lost two children, aged 18 months and 2Jo years, thnvugh tha ravages of a pa nth- r. The first child j disappeared early in th morning, and i no trac? of It was ! and. th.::ih vig orous search waö mad.-. Th-.- mysterious disappearance was solved later in the afternoon when Lh mother eaw & panther spring upon and carry away the other child. FV:r mr-n on the ranch began a hunt for t';e child an4 beast. The docs, o'.p'a badly fatigued, caught the p:::t'ur, hut bofore the men came up four hounds were killed. The bcas-t was laid low with a rifle. The crazed mother of th dead children was taken to öaa Antonio for medical treatment. Itcport Nev (ioM Kir! N. The steamer Bertha arrived at Seattle from Kodiak and Valdes with 155 passengers and $."o,00m gold in individual holdings. She reports the schooner Emma Louisa a total wreck at Turnagain. The Bertha rescued the schooner Mermaid with supplies for the army post at Valdes from going to the rocks near that place. Passengera report a rich gold strike about 200 miles north of Valdes. The revenue cutter Bear, Captain Tut tie. arrived al Seattle from Nome, having left there Nov. 8. She was compelled to heave to for three days 300 miles from Cape Flattery because of the recent storm. Colonel Wright, head of th revenue service at Nome, came dowis on the cutter. Each Met a Violent End. The death, Wednesday, of Mrs. John Reed of Marysville, Ohio, recalls the fact that her family has been wiped out by a series of fatalities. Nelson Reed, hsr son. met death in May by being run over by a spiked harrow while at work in a wheat field. In January, 1897, a daughter of Mrs. Reed was killed by a train at Fountain Park while returning home from a dance, and another daughter, who accompanied her. sustained fatal Injuries. A year previous to this still another daughter, while riding o horse, was thrown violently to the ground and instantly killeL Dctrolters 1'at riixk- r.ark. The City of Detroit ii;d business Wednesday by standard time. Th change was made at midnht by pushing back the hands on the citj hall clock twenty-eight :nint::s. All the schools opened on the time furnished to the central division f tbe country by the meridian of Belleville, 111. The abolition of all account of city time will soon clear up confusion and Detroit clocks will all teil the same tale. Itevircs Cleveland Scandal. A sensational affidavit, made by Charles W. Lapp, a member of the Cleveland council, was made public Wednesday. Councilman Lapp swears that Councilman White told him that "the gang" (meaning certain members of the council) received $5.C00 for theli rotes on the police alarm contract. and intimated that 15.000 more was to be paid for their votes on a contract for the new city fire alarm system. Renewed Fear for the Pope. A dispatch to the Paris Temps from Rome says the Pope Thursday visited the Basilica of St Peter's, and experienced such fatigue that he had to take to his bed. It Is further claimed that he fainted twice. Attempt to Kill a ,?at(e. An unsuccessful attempt was made to kill Probate Judge James Goodwin at Springfield. 0.. by Mrs. Bridget Sullivan, a& he wa sitting at his desk In his office. Frank Shafer, a son, was adjudged insane against his mother's wishes, and she told several persons she intended to kill Judge Goodwin. At 2 o'clock Mrs. Sullivan entered his otfice, and aiming a revolver at his head fired, the bullet gramm his temple. This is the third time she aas tried to kill a man. and she already has served one term in the penitentiary. Escapes Assassination by i:ad Aim. An unknown man attempted to assassinate Dr. Peter Drayer, a prominent citizen of Hartford City, Ind. Dr. Drayer was passing through an alley when a man fired two shots at him at close range, but failed to wound him. Marries Ills Stepdaughter. Thomas Arder of Hardin county, I1L, established a record In matrimony Wednesday by marrying his stepdaughter In less than a week after being divorced, from his wife, the girl's mother.