Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 4 July 1899 — Page 2

Republican Progress. BLOOMINGTON, 1ND. KNNI3 B. HATJNGS, - Proprietor.

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28th.

NEWS IN BKIEF GUSTS

BLOWN IN FROM ALU PARTS OF.THE EARTH.

An Important Hecord of the Week Aa Tola by tttao Telegraph Iitet from Fore Ijta Skorea Crlme Cw Baltic. Vires, Etc.

Steamer Mnrartcwlittit. .. A special -from Toledo states that the Cleveland and Toledo steamer State of Ohio, has arrived there with only one surviving member of the crew of the steamer Margaret Oiwill, whieh foundered in a gale

on jxiram, Ohio. Tne oiwiirs crew was

composed or about twelve men. i,. r. Smith, the owner, who lives iu Cleveland, has received a message saying that the Olwill is lost with all on board except one man. She was in the limestone trade be

tween Cleveland and Kelley's Island.

Duncan Coyle is the survivor. He says the Olwill encountered a gale on the way

from Kelley s Island to Cleveland. Capt. Witliusbby. of the State of Ohio, says he

east a lice to another man besides Coyle,

bat he was too weak to catch.it.

Andree Again. H. J. Baron, formerly an eastern newspa

per man, has written the following to the Associated Press frou, Wrangel. Alaska,

under date or .1 one u: "information re- " ceived here several days ago, seeminaly

confirms the story that Andree, the Arctic explorer, is dead. A Norwegian who was

a passenger on me Aosame, a steamooai bound for Skagway, showed a letter supnosed to have been written by Andree. The

letter, in a sealed bottle, had been washed ashore off the Norwegian coast and dated Mav 4. The lattitnde was given at 74

north, and the balloon was somewhere to

the westward of Iceland, i am leaving balloon and provisions Andree' were the

words written. Mayor of Xnakeicon Assassinated. Mayor James Balbimie of Muskegon,

Mich., was assassinated by S. W. Tayer, a disappoin ted office-seeker. Tayer shot the Mayor while the latter was standing in the

doorway of his store. The ball entered his

left breast above the nipple. After the

shooting Balbimie turned and ran upstairs

to his living rooms and dropped in tne nan,

lie expired fifteen minutes later, Tayer swallowed some carbolic acid and then

turned the revolver upon himself and fired. The ball entered his left breast He died soon afterward.

. Entire Family Poisoned. Preston Oglesby, aged 11 years, died at Wildwood, Carter County, S. C, of hydrophobia. He was bitten by a dog ten weeks ago. The same dog bit a horse, hog and ox at the same time, and these died within three weeks. The horse was bitten through the nose, and the chickens which ate out of his trough had . spasms and died. A chicken owned by a negro was killed by

the dog. The family ignorantly cooked the chicken and the entire family died from

eating it.

Presidential Party Setarna.

The presidential party has returned to Washington. Mrs. McKinley looked very pale and was assisted from the carriage to her rooms by the President and Dr. Rixey, she being unable to walk without support. Her condition is not regarded as serious, so her physician says.

Five Men Are Scalded. St. Louis special: The steamer St. Paul blew out the flues of her boiler north of Alton, 111., badly scalding five of the erew. Thy vessel was landed safely. Melvin Johnson, colored, and Jack Hack died after reaching here. A JeafcNat Woman's Deed. At Bloomington, Ind., Mrs. W. E. Martin, wife of a. railroad man, shot Hiss Ida Oglesby four times, inflicting fatal wounds. Mrs. Martin accused Miss Oglesby of having alienated the affections of her husband.

Flood Caaaea Wrecks. Port Arthur (Texas) special: A 'flood has caused a number of railroad wrecks. The water flooded many houses. Several fishermen are lost. Two railroad wrecks were caused by blinding rain and fog.

Fire Hen Drowned. Five men were drowned in the Mississippi River a mile above CUrksville, Mo., by the overturning- of a skiff. They were government laborers engaged in the river improvement work.

Killed in tne King. Kid Wanko of Washington, Pa., knocked out Felix Carr of Huntington, W. Va at Parkersburg, Pa., in the fourth round. Carr died soon after without regaining eon-

Wreck on the Bis; Four. The Knights of Pythias special on the Big Four, from Bloomington to Champaign, was wrecked at Hayview, 111. Several are injured seriously. Chicago Attorney's Fortune. The friends of Attorney John B. O'Connor, of 21 West Twenty-fourth place, Chicago, are congratulating him upon his good fortune in having been officially notified that he was one of four heirs to a 000,000 estate in Dunfermline, Scotland. No More Bandar Base Ball. The Supreme Court of Indiana has over, ruled the nt:o for e rehearing in the Sunday base ball ease. This means thai there win be no more Sunday ball in In- . dianapolis if the Mayor enforces the law. and be has said that he would.

NO EFFECT FROM GOLD EXPORTS. Home Finances Ars Most SatisfactoryJune Excess of Exnorts. E. O. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "Tre outgo of more gold this week, $4,000,000 so far reported, makes it clear that Europe is in need. Exchange and trade balances show that this country is not called upon to pay, but the money is worth more to lenders abroad than it is here. Home nuances are most satisfactory. Revenue falls behind expenditures for the fiscal year less than $100,000,000, and but for $230,000,000 war expenses, including payment for the Philippine debts and for Cuban soldiers, the revenue, exclusive of that from the war taxes, exceeds ordinary expenses. Trade balances, in spite of exports from New Xork 10 per cent le; than last year's, and imports 20 per cent greater, still promise a large excess of exports for June. The great gain in volume of business might seem of questionable safety were it not greater in iron production, resulting from an actual excess of demand over supply, and not from speculation. It is interesting that C 10,000-ton order for plates for two American liners to be built by the Cramps has gone to Chicago, Eastern works being too full. Failures for the week have been 178 in the United States, against 283 last year, and 18 in Canada, against 11 last year." WHOLE SCHOOL BOARD RESIGNS. Quarrel Results from Costumes Worn by Some of the Younl Men. At Lyons, Neb., the School Board resigned and a new board was forthwith appointed. This action resulted from a quarrel. The boys of the graduating class adopted the word "work" as the class motto and to live up to it they insisted upon wearing overalls- and dotting their coats during the commencement exerctses. Members of the Iwmrd protested and appealed to the parents of tbe boys. At this turn of affairs trouble began to brew. Some encouraged the boys, with the result that an admission fee whs charged at the door and the citizens turned out and gave them a royal reception, which was construed by the old board to mean that its action was not upheld.

DISCOVERED NEW LAND. Leader of the Expedition G ves the Result of the Recent Explorations. A dispatch from Montevideo says: "The Antarctic steamer Belgica has sailed for Laplata. M. Ie Gerlache, leader of the late expedition, sums up as follows the result of the journey to the Antarctic regions: 1. Discovery of a channel which was named the Belgica channel. 2. Iiscovery of an archipelago formerly believed to be an isolated island. 3. Rectification of numerous errors in the British admiralty maps concerning Fireland and Shetland islands. 4. The water temperature permits the supposition that there is

a continent far to the south, a. Impor

tant discoveries referring to flora and

fauna. 0. Discovery of unknown lands,

especially Danco land.

MUST PAY SUICIDE' POLICIES. Federal Court Rules Against Assessment Insurance Companies.

At Kansas City, Federal Judpe Phillips decided in a case against the Kniglr.s Templar and the Masons' Life Indemufty Company of Chicago, that the fact that

an insured man committed suicide do-s not release the insuring company from

liability, unless it can prove that suicide

was contemplated when the policy was

taken out. Further, it was held tliat changes in the rules of a company subsequent to the insurance of a policy do rot affect the insured. It is said that this

decision will cost assessment companies $500,000 at once.

MISS FLORMAN FiNDS WEALTH.

Woman of South Dakota Discovers a Rich

Quartz Mine at Atlln. Miss Frankie Florman of Black Hills,

S. D., has discovered what Atliu mining

men regard as an immense auartz mine.

The vein is from 200 to 600 feet in width

and is intersected in it." course by Atliu Sfc ltkASLhegn traeed-tfTer-three-qnar-tersoTa mile. Miss Florman's father is a mine expert and numerous assays of the ore which he recently made disclosed values running from$8 to $27 per ton on the surface. Mining Expert Frank linker

and William Partridge have bonded the

property for $200,000.

TWENTY MINERS FOUND DEAD.

Whilo Crossing a Desert They Lose Their

Way and Die of 1 hirst. Word has been received at San Diego.

CaL. that a party of twenty miners,

bound for the Sierra Pintada placers, lost their way in the desert and wandered around a long time, finally dying of thirst. The information came in a letter received by J. P. Cantlin, one of the charterers of

the schooner Thomas S. Negus, which

took a party of sixty prospectors to San Roane landing, from L. J. Allen, purser of the Negus. The corpses of the lost miners were accidentally discovered in

the desert by another party bound in the

same direction.

MURDERER COMMITS SUICIDE,

Slayer of Wife and Daughter Puts Bullet

In His Own Brain.Stephen Clark, who killed his daughter

and fatally wounded his wife at Armour, S. D., has taken his own life. He escaped and was believed to be hiding along the Missouri river bank despite the authorities' failure to locate him. Tbe body of a man answering Clark's description was found fourteen miles from Kimball, leaning against a tree with the head blown to pieces evidently with his own revolver, which lay beside him.

ufacturers' railroad, which desires to oc

cupy certain streets of the city as a light

of way. The jury granted the petition

of the raili urnl. but awarded the city

damage of $50,000. A motion lias been made for a new triul by the road and

Judge Millard if the probate roiirt set

uside the verdict and granted the motion.

Russia Buys More Guns. It is announced that Russia has placed in order for $20,000,000 of American ordnance. L. L. Driggs of the Driggs Seabury Gun and Ammunition Company, New York, la the authority for this' statemeat. Woman Is Burned to Death. Mrs. Alice Petit, wife of Dr. Petit, Bring one mile from Greenville, Mo., was burned to death. Starting a fire in tbe cook stove, she poured oil on the fuel. The blaze ignited her clothing. She diad in short time.

Dutch Neat Is Dead. Frank Neal, the St. Louis boxer, known as "Dutch" Neal, who succumbed during a f"-it with Harry Peppers of San Fran- :. ' at the Adeiphi Theater in Chicago, Is id of blood clot.

iu& Boston tan Murders His Wire, : Boston, Benjamin Lang, 84 years of Hied his wife, Clara E. Lang, with i: a .i It is thought that he committed :'ae ' d while iu a fit of mental aberration Russia .'is S'aTn by Brigands T1 KHMttV'k' !tl'r Vrw ia .'; dispatch fr '. iwi' way ti.it two Buaair ..:. (..if-mck.-. bafe keen !. ''' .- ...lunad j -i ivir.it,

CHILD KILLED IN A CEMETERY.

Monument Topples on a Youn Boy at

Wauseon, Ohio, Causing Death. Ransom Terry, the baby boy of John

Terry of Wauseon, Ohio, was killed at that place in an unusual manner. The father and the mother, accompanied by

the child, were at the cemetery and while

passing a big monument the stone crumbled and fell. A large piece struck the child, killing it almost instantly. The family were going to the grave of another child they bad buried a short time ago.

Plngree's Plan Is Tabled. The plana of Gov. Pingrec mid his as

sociates for municipal ownership and operation of Detroit street railways were

left "in the air" by the Common Council.'

The two pending ordinances and other

matters appertaining to the municipal

ownership scheme were laid on the table

by unanimous vote, and it is problematical when these questions will be again publicl7 debated. Brutal Work of Two Thieves. At Osgood, Ind., while Albert Shaw was absent two men entered his house, struck Mrs. Shaw a blow that rendered her unconscious and dragged her downstairs. They then tied her hands fast to her knees and put her on the floor while they searched the house. Failing to find anything of value, t uey departed. Efforts to capture them i.ave failed. Tornado Strikes a Village. A twister struck Bradley, Neb., and partially wrecked It. it struck the twostory brick block owned by Oiiarles Nash Of New York. The building was totally wrecked, entailing a loss of $10,000. Floyd A. Walworth was caught in the debris and seriously hurt. Acrons the street the postofflce was wrecked. Earthquake In Connecticut. For rise second time within six -vecks, distinct earthquake shocks were felt in towns along the Connecticut river 1 rom a point a short distance east of Hartford as fa-: as Saybrook. Bicyclist Killed by a Fall. While riding a bicycle at Lima, Ohio, ft. R. Mullen of Columbus Grove was iiirowa 'i i slippery pavement and receivt i : ii. 4 which caused his death.

LIGHT DRAUGHT CRUISERS.

Navy Department Planning Tor More Boats of thj Vixen Tye.

The Navy Depnrtim-nt at Washington ,s considering the advisability of tittiiiR up and keeping in readiness lifilit draught

cruisers for special service HUe Hint re

celitly performed by the Vixen at ltluetields. The suggestion is made by advocates of the plan that, such n course would sa-e both time and expense, and that

sm-ii vessels could respnud to the call of a consul or perforin other similar service

quite ns well as cou.il n lattlcslnp, also

that they would have the great advantage

of being able to cover the distance to lnraway ports much more speedily than

would heavier ships. Tbe matter ts re

ceiving careful nttention and the opinion prevails that the plan will lie adopted at no distant day. The present purpose is

to use the auxiliary cruisers for tins work, and the Hawk and Dorothea arc

among the vessels which will thus be

utilized. They probably will not be put In commission, but will be provisioned and

otherwise kept iu condition for constant

sea service. The intention is to havs

four such vessels.

r.'itnt-. Verdict Excessive. At '! : ' Judge Millard set aside the wvrdHt i jury in the case of the Man-

TO FIGHT THE GLASS TRUST-

Plant at Tolcds to Have a Yearly Capacity

of 3.000.000 Square Feet.

Edward Ford of Toledo believes he can

smash the American plate glass trust.

Sm.n after the Fords wer dropped ftom

the trust the Pittsburg Plate Class Com

pnnv's siidn ash contracts expired, and

instead of being renewed '.villi the Michi

gun Alkali Company were transferred to Wing & Evans of New York, agents for the Solvay Prociss Company of Syracuse and liruiuier. Mom! & Co., limited, of England. The Fords retaliated by entering the plate glass business as competitors of the Pittsburs company. The Ford

Plate Glass Company, with n backing of fnllv $25,000,000. was formed and work

was begun on nn immense glass plant in Toledo, whieh will cost considerably more than $1,000,000, anil will have a yearly

camicitv of 3.000.0IX) square feet or pol

ished plate glass when it is put in opera

tion this full. OHIO ROAD IS ABSORBED. Cleveland, Canton and Southern Line Sold to Wheeling and Lake Erie.

The final and oflieinl action has been

taken bv the stockholders of the Heel

ing and Lake Erie Railroad whereby the

Cleveland. Canton and Southern line lie

comes the property of the former road. The meeting was held in the olliees of the

Wheelina at Toledo, and over u per ceut

of the stock was represented. The action provides for nu issue o $lS.tKIO.o00 4 per cent bondK. It will take care of $18,400,-

000 5 per cent bonds and provide for the expeudirure of $3,000,000 on retiring eui trust bonds and tli.i purchase of a large amount of new equipment, in addition ti. the purchase of the Cleveland, Cantou and Southern and Cleveland Helt and Terminal lines. Both Were Drowned. At Orange, Texas, James P. Vaiicamp, accompanied by S-yenr-old Tom Connelly and sister, was sailing a small boat on the river when a puff of wiud suddenly careened the boat, throwing the boy into the water. Vancamp immediately plunged overboard after him, and while he was trying to rescue the child the boat drifted out of reach and Vancamp and the boy were both drowned.

Loaded Freight Cars Burned. Fire broke out in some unexplained maimer in the freight house of the Michi gan Central at Toledo. In a few minutes the whole structure, including the freight offices, was a solid mass of flame. One freight house of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day:on fell a prey. One hundred freight" ears, nearly all landed, were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $500,000. Antl-Budgot Riots in Spain. Auti-bndgct riots have been iu progress iu Sarngossa, Spain. The troops fired on the mob in the Plaza de la Constueion, killing one person and seriously wounding two others, ifany persons were injured. Seventeen persons received dangerous wounds. Negro Is BurneJ In the Jail. An unknown negro was btirricd to death in Everett, Gn., city jail, and the sherifl and county officers are after the men who arc believed to be the ones who set lire to the building. The negro was placed iu jail for stealing a ride from Jacksonville on a train. Youthful Murderer Confesses. At Harper, Kno., John Kornstadt, a 10-year-old boy, has confessed to having murdered his cousin Nora, the 10-year-old daughter of Tony Kornnadt, a farmer. He first assaulted her and then threw hei into an abandoned well, where she was found. Pennsylvania Wins Big Boat Recs, The eight-oared shell race for the intercollegiate championship of America, at Poughkeepsie, on the Hudson, was won by Pennsylvania in 20:04. Wisconsin came in second in 20:0514. Big Terra Cotta works Burn. The terra cottn works of William Gal

loway, Philadelphia, wen? entirely destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $100,000. The lire is supposed to have

originated in one ol tne kiiua. Strike at Chicago Stock Yards. A strike of 3,000 men in the large packing bouses at the Chicago stock yards caused the suspension of hog killing operations, and but little canning is being done". Stor Visits thi czirlna. The Empress of Russia has given birth to n third daughter, who has been named Marie.

THE MARKETS. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3,00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 72c tu 73c; corn. No. 2, 83c to 35c; oats. No. 2, Ble to 20c; rye, No. 2, 5!)e to Glc; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 10c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c: potatoes, choice new, 40c to 50c per bushel. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $550; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn. No. 2 white, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 30c. St, Louis Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2, 74c (o 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to Sue; oats, No. 2, 2t)e. to 28c; rye. No. 2, 57c to 50c. Cincinnati Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to Stic; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 04c to Otic Detroit-Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogB, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2, 78c to HOc; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 30c; oats. No. 2 white, 30c to 31c; rye, 58c to OOe. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 74c to 70c j corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 2iV- to 211c; rye. No. 2. 50c to file; clover Seed, new, $3,05 to $4.05. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 spring, 72c to 73c; corn, f(o. 3, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 20c; rye, N, 1. 0Oc to tile; bnrley, No. 2, ile to 43c; pork, mess, $8.00 to $8.50. Bnffalo Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.S0; sbeep, fair to choice wethers. $3.50 to $:'.r0; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to S7.25. New York Cattle, $3.25 to $i.OO; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50: sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 81c; corn. No. 2, 40c to 41c; onts, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; butter, creamery, 15c to 10c; eggs, Westem. 14c to 10c

.IOHX AI.I.EN.

Never -since tin; war has there been so

nui 'h excitement Iu Mississippi, "Pri

vate" John Alien is stumping the State

against Gov. MeLau-

ria for the United

Slates senatorship,

In almost every ham

let the men hare met

iu debate, anil Allen

never iu i s e a a

liniicc to poke fuu at

his antagonist. Allen,

who has ln-en famous

for years as the wit

of the lower house of

Congress, was nick

named "Private," be

cause he says he

the only man on rec

ord who served in

Ihe Confederate army mid wh has since

admitted that he was not a colonel. Once

when he met a former Confederate gen

eral in joint debate the latter referred t the fact that this was his tirst visit to the

town since the war. "Then," he said, "at

the head of our forces I was able to turn back the Northern marauders who had come to despoil you of your homes and

your liberty. When 1 lay down to sleep

in my tint that night, I thanked Gou I

had been able to turn back the horde of

assassins from the North." The great

gathering cheered the general to tbe echo.

When Allen replied he paid the greatest

tribute to the heroic deeds of tbe previ

ous speaker. "As that heroic commander," he said, "kneeled down iu his tent to

thank God that he li:;d been able to save

your homes, he was guarded by a humble

private soldier, who bad fought during the preceding twenty-four hours. When the last Yankee had tied from the field that private shouldered bis musket and

with venernrion in his heart for his heroic commander, guarded his tent for the en-i suing twelve hours, while the hero slept

I was that private." Allen had never lieerl

in the town in his life before, eitter uiir

lug or since the war, but his retort wan)

him the election. He is giving Gov. Me

Liniriti a hot canvass and couseiiuentra

the interest in Mississippi is at a white

ucat. Mai. Marcbaud, whom Paris has been

Kiitntiug as a new Napoleon, had a hard,

tune getting into the army at all. Ile was

the son of a widow, and as such was ex empt from military service. But the taste for military life was strong within him, and nt the ase of 18 h wanted to enlist. His mother refused her consent, however, ami instead bound him as a clerk to a lawyer in the little village where

the family lived. He " maiichand. proved a poor student, spending most ot his time poring over geography and history. One day he was told to engross t deed. His master, who suspected the boy of idleness, stole into the room an houi later, .ni fouud him w ith a map of China on his desk. He had stuck the map full of pins with red and black heads to indicate the relative positions of the French and the Itlack Flags iu Tonkin, and was studying the progress of that campaign. The attorney dismissed him in disgrace, ;uh1 he finally persuaded his mother to let him enlist in tbe marines. ltt-v. Ir. Newton M. Maun, pastor ol

the Unitarian Church of Omaha, declares that he wants his congregation to go to

sleep during church services, "1 regard it as a4 compliment to my integrity and indisputable evidence of confidence in the ouudness of my theological views to have prominent numbers of my congregation go to sleep iu their seats and thus rest during my discourse." Last week Sunday he

bkv. nn. MANX, delivered a sermon

upon the ethics of "Sleeping in Church

During the ltegular hervice," in which he

Uttered the above remark. Ever since the town has talked of little else than tbe remarkable Kcrnioii. Some insist that it was a line piece of sarcasu. leveled at bis critics. Dr. Mann, however, declares that

: spoke iu entirely good faith. In conu'ling his startling sermon Dr. Mann -sertod that he wauled all members of

his congregation to feel entirely at liberty

Id sleep whenever they felt like it in hia church. He further announced in all se

riousness that lie accepted this condition

as :he best evidence tint his congregation trusts him and has m limited faith la the

soundness of his theology.

Lieutenant Commander Hodgson, who 1e ntta tt rfro IntMt nfHiVr l hfwome in.

vol vol in th Seblcy-Sumpson controversy, is a native of

Georgia. He grad

uated at the Naval

A.ademv iu 1878.

and served for the

next two years to

the Asiatic squadron. Since graduation he has rferred

four terms at the

Naval Academy at

Annapolis. He spent 1888-00 ol the Piuta at fcitka,

Alaska. In April, itK8, he was relieve! from duty nt the Naval Academy lo serve on the Brook!r. Admiral Schlev flagship. It was

while engaged on this service that he had

the famous conversation with Admiral Schley, around which the dispute be-

ween th friends of he two commanders enters. The formation of the United Forward

ing Company, which Is to compete with

the jlder express companies, marks the

leixtieth anniversary of the establishment of the express business. Its originator was William F. llai ndeu of Uoston, who on March 4, 1K30, made his first trip from Boston to New York, delivering a few bundles; of books and some bank notes for Boston brokers. Mr. Ham-

den made four trips a week, and made

himself particularly useful o the press, as he brought information from distant points quicker than it was forwarded by the maiis. A year later Alvan Adams started a competing line, which has since

developed into the :;rcat Adams Express

imiuinv. The tirst express line west of

Buffalo was established by Wells iu 1S15. It was the foundation of the Wells Fargo express lines. In 1S53 the United States

Kxprcs Company was formed, and in 1M55 the Ainerieaii Express Company

rame into existence. Pittsburg, Pa., grand jury indicted members of the National Cash Ilegiatet

Company, liaytoii. Ohio, charging con

spiracy against the Hallwood Itegisiei Company.

Dr. Geo. Woods, 87, Pittsburg, Pa., ac

cidentally fell from a second-story window and received injuries from which h died.

John Turlatid Broun, Ixiudun, died at

Northampton. He was known through out the English speaking world us the

Nonconformist bis'inp. 1). M. Sampson, Piiievllle, Ky gets a

iiti sentence for killing his wife.

a. c. UOUQSON.

W. P. IIAUNDKK.

WORLD'S WOMEN MEET.

International Council Commences Its , Sessions in London. The International Council of Women opened in the convocation hall of tbo church house, London, England. The Couutess of Aberdeen, president cf tho council, In her address, after cordial words of welcome, sketched the duties ot the council. She said international arbitration should ever be placed foremost iu its program, advocated the establishment of an international bureau of information regarding all that affects women, and warned women against arrogating to themselves alone the duties of curing all evils. Lady Aberdeen afterward introduced Mrs. May Wright Kr-wall of the United States, vice president of the council, who was cnthiisinMiftilly received :is a possible successor to the presidency. For officers the international council has some of the most prominent women iu the world. They are: President. Countess of Aberdeen; vice-president, Mrs. May Wright Sewall of the United Stales) treasurer. Baroness Alexandra (irippeuberg of Finland; recording secretary, Mme. Mario Martin of France; corresponding secretary, Miss Teresa F. Wilson of London. The uatiotis represented at the congress are the United States, Great liriti'iii, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, Holland, India, New South Wales-, Tasmania, Norway, Palestine, China, New Zealand and the Argentine Republic. The United States is represented by Mrs. Fannie Humphreys Gaffuey, Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna II. Sbnw. Among the well-known American women who are in attendance at the congress are Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson, Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden, Mrs. Annie Jeuness Miller, Mrs. Florence B. Kelley, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Granuis and Miss Alice Bur-ditt.

NEW CANAL COMBINATION.

It Proposes to Construct an Isthmian Water Way, Articles of incorporation for the American Isthmus Ship Canal Company have been filed ;u Trenton, N. J. Through these articles the first announcement was made of the new combination, which, it is said, includes many men of large wealth, headed by former Mayor William It, Grace, and expects to carry to completion the Isthmian canal scheme. Although the nominal capital is $30,000, the articles of incorporation give the right to increase it to $250,000,000. It is estimated that between $150,000,-

000 and $200,000,000 will be needed to

carry out the project, the greater part of which will lie expended in buying off the holders of concessions. According to the papers of incorporation, the object of the

company is to acquire any and all con

cessions, lights and franchises on tlie American isthmus, to build ;i canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, to own

lands, mines and railroads; to colonize and to build, own and operate auy canal

from ocean to ocean and to obtain aid

from the United States, Eng.aud, France,

Germany or any other Government to

that end. TRUSTS ON THE DECLINE.

tOU Q HIDING ENDS.

Bo Says Crawford Fairbanks) Who

Organized Btrawboard Combine.

Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute,

Ind., the brewery magnate and the pro'

moter of the straw-board trust, has a

vivid idea that the trusts arcs, so to speak,

on their last legs.

"Did you read that expression of the Attorney General of the United States

in which he said that the investors in

trusts would be the sufferers not the

public?" said he. "Well, his head may

be level. The investors have a stomach

ful of trusts. Trust stock is down from 15 to 20 points and the investors don't

bite like they did. The furore is wearing

off. It takes a bigger chunk of bait and

a better quality to have a tempting effect

than it did awhile back. I don t think

that it will be possible to put through ony trust deal on a large scale in the future."

POWERFUL NEW SHELL TESTED.

Device of Far Greater Destructive

Power than Shrapnel Invented. A shell of terrific explosive power, wide

radius of destruction and a capacity to

annihilate by bursting fragments mid a

shock as effective as a streak of light

ning will be the feature of the fall cam

palgn in the Philippine Islands. Tests of the charge of this terrible engine of war have been made at Sandy Hook, the Government guarding closely Its secret of manufacture. A shell of this nature charged with an explosive equal to melin

ite or dynamite falling near a battalion of the enemy would kill or cripple a very-

large percentage of the battalion. The chances of escape from this (reniendous

machine will be decreased 100 times, ex

ports say, as compared with shrapnel dis charged at the same objects.

PLAGUE GETS TO HONOLULU.

Two Deaths from Bubonic Pconrjre (a

Hawaiian Harbor. The steamer Nippon Maru, from Hong

Kong, which has reached Honolulu, has

been quarantined In consequence of a death, believed to be from bubonic plague, having occurred on board three days before her arrival. One Chinese passen

ger died on board just before the vessel

reached Nagasaki and the Japanese health authorities bad the body cremated and held the vessel iu quarantine for sev

eral days. Three days before reaching

Honolulu auother death occurred among the Chinese. The Honolulu healtS offi

cers made a bacteriological examination.

resulting in the finding of bubonic plague baccili in the body.

Sparks from the Wires, Perey Cox, 10, Westueld, N. J., hanged

himself.

E. B. Weeks fouud murdered in his

home, Bogue Sound, B. N. O.

B. G. Leake, Elkton, Ky stabbed Ho

mer Scott, colored, to death.

Joseph Lincoln, 05, relative of Abraham

Liucoln, dead, Chattanooga, Teau.

E. O. Robinson, Lexington, Mo., killed

himself in a Cincinnati hotel. Arsenic.

Congressman Charles Dick wi l manage

the Ohio campaign for the Republicans.

Joe Lepps, Louisville, Ky., iu a family

row, killed his stepfather, George Bow-master.

So much gambling in Cuba that Geu.

Brooke threatens to close some of the

places.

John Hayes, Belaire, Md.. engaged in a

pistol battle with Policeman Batemau. Both dead.

Kmile Zola, at Paris, filed papers oppos

ing the verdict condemning him to a year's

imprisonment.

Two principal witnesses In murder cases

pending iu San Saba County, Texas, were

assassinated.

Jos. Hopper, Summerville. Texas, sud

denly became insane and killed Samuel

puvis with an ax.

Four freight cars crashed through the

bridge, Pacific, Mo., and fell into the river. No one hurt.

Capt. Peter Devries, Grand Rapids.

Mich., is tryiug to- secure homes in Georgia for UK) Dutch families.

Mrs. Margaret Trlsbmati, Mammoth

Hof Springs, Yellowstone Park, cut the

throat of her 5-year-old son. Insane.

Sheriff Joe Haxeii, shot by the train

robbers while, pursuiug them, is dead, Douglas, Wyo.

Columbia University, New York, has

honored Gov. Roosevelt with the degree of Doctor of Laws.

One hundred silver workers, Buffalo, N.

Y., struck because the management was opposed to unions.

Oamille Rouget, MS, cud Alexander

Borne, 21, are suffering with leprosy Iu

St. John's parish, Louisiana.

N. Vauderkoseu, prisontr, Sun Francis

co, who robbed a church box, has fallen heir to $75,000, left by a relative in Gr-

inocy,

Sister Betray-. Alex. Tenter Fnppoaed Murderci' of Gilbert Gates. . Through the confession ()f a sister, who has kept tie secret for nearly thirty years, the alleged murderer of Gilbert

dates, brother of John W. Gates of Chicago, president of the American Steel ami Wire Company, has been located 111 Oklahoma. Tbe news was telegraphed A. A. (lutes, tbe aged f a t h e r. at St. Charles. III., and he

i ' imiiK dialWv sent

diced i.in ! Wirh-

ta. K.ni.. which led

OI1.HK i;i w. OATES. to the arrest of tinmurderer. (lilhort (lilies was murdered Hear Warrensburg. Mil, on the night of May t, 1872, w hile lie was journeying westward by wagon with Alexander Jester. When night came tln-y i ieainped m the river bank, and under cover of darkness Jester, it is said, sloie low. 'ml dates and shot him in the hack. lie robbed Gates and then attempted to conceal the crime by Ii ti it i i ii ir his victim's body. Failing ill this, ilie murderer threw the corpse into the river, w liene,. it drifted down stream, where it was finally discovered in Salt river. A successful cha:e for Jester followed, and he was captured. A. A. Gntes, father of the murdered man, hastened from Chieiiiio to the West at that time and was one of a party which searched ihe house of a sister who was then living eighteen miles north of Wichita. There Mr. Gates says he found clothing which had been worn by his murdered son. This

STOVE THAT ACCUSES JESTER.

and other evidence was introduced in the trial, but before it was concluded Jester escaied. Since then he lias been at largo, mid efforts to find him have proved unavailing. A few days ago the sister of tho murderer, Mrs. Cornelia Street of Sliewanee, Oklahoma, wrote to Sherifl' Simmons of Wichita saying that her brother was living in Shewanee under the name of W. II. Hill. He was arrested and has been idem i lied by John W. Gates. Jester protests his innocence. The bodies of deorge and Laura Gates, Gilbert's brother and sister, lie in the plot at O.ikwood Cemetery, near West Chi

cago, and between (hem rises a marble shaft teu feet high, nn a granite base. The names of the two children whose bodies lie beside it are inscribed there,

mid upon another face is this inscription:

GlLBIlitT W., soli of A. A. and Mary Gates, was murdered in Missouri by Alexander Jester, January !E, 1871. Aged 1!) years and 25 days.

WON BY PENN'S CREW.

To Gallant Wlsconain, Howeverf Doea the Glory Belong.

The honor of the West hits been upheld. But for an unfortunate incident

the probabilities are that the most excit

ing and hotly contested boat race known

to ciillege history would have gone to the University of Wisconsin. A crate bobbing on the water directly in the course

of the esteru eight made it necessary

to veer at a sharp angle from the straight

path to avoid also the cluster of boats

whieh crowded close to the channel of the

contestants. It was too late then to re

turn to the "live" water, and amfd deaf-, cuing cheers Pennsylvania crossed the line the winner by a scant half boat

length.

The race occurred on the Hudson river

at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Pennsylvania

won by a scant half length m 20:04, Wis

consin being three lengths ahead of Cornell ami the latter leudlug Columbia by

four lengths.

LABOR WAR AT LAPEL, IND. Union and Non-union Hen Walk the streets Heavily Armed.

Union and non-union men walk the streets of Lapel, Ind., armed to the teeth and carrying guns and revolvers without any pretense of concealing them. Several

days ago the workmen in the two flint

glass factories at that point organized and

the management in turn locked them out.

Since thou the entire community has en

gendered a hitter feeling against uuion

ism. The union men held a conference

and were attacked by a mob of citizens. The hotel was riddled with bullets. Notices have been received by several union sympathizers that their places would be blown to pieces if they did not join in the hostile movement against the unionists. Sheriff Moon? and deputies have practically established military government. TO TRY DREYFUS.

Composition of Court-Marttol tor the Hevlaion of HliCaae. The official list of the composition of the Dreyfus court -martial, whieh is to assemble in the army service building at Iiennes for the retrial of the prisoner, is as follows: Pivsideiir, Col. Juarest; Maj. Biangniast, artillery; Maj. De Hreon, artillery; Mnj. Protilet, artillery; Maj: Merle, artillery; dipt. Furfatt, artillery; Capt. Bcauvais, artillery.

GIVES BERMUDA RECIPROCITY. Treaty I flee tod In Washington aud Now Only Awaits Ratification. A reciprocity treaty relating to the Britiih West Indian colony of Bermuda has been concluded. The Ilermuda commission has left for home with a draft ol the treaty, which is to be submitted tc the Bermuda Legislature before being finally sigucd, on behalf of the two governments, by Commissioner Ktissou and Mr. Tower, the British charge. TelcKrunhie Brevities. furl Tnwi 4fi urn! Koll Oiori.jv IU Vir.

roth. Va., convicted of circulating spurious

mi 1 1 uoiiars. 1, Vie, mi,.,,' I ''iiicidoii ti n Hutu,,. ml ...

eject au unknown man from a theater.

-wocue.v w us. sum unit sh-iivusi) wouuueil. The paper board mills of McKwao brothers, nt, Whippany, N. J were damaged $ti.i,0O by an incendiary lire. Senatorial pure food committee, Chi cago, says that utmost all beer is adulterated with salicylic acid. Jacob S!infei Amnion Beers and Robert Snyder, Allentown, Pa., were killed by n cave-in at a quarry. ii. ...ii... lt.,ln 1 1, iiiioniut ri.,m, ...I...

dow of the Good Shepherd's home, Cleve

land, Uino, ami was iiiwtiiy iiijureu. John Zipmi as, a Greek, was fouud gulb ty of killing a fellow countryman In New York. Ile will lie electrocuted. New Orleans has voted to spend $S0,000,000 for sewerage aud drainage, llAvnlnoil Ohio mnv limit the nmA t

..... . ......... , . .... otiwu M trolley cars to six miles au hour.

Floe Mutlo on a Fine Instrument.

The r'xainnlc of Town. The assured election of Congressman David B. Henderson as Speaker of tbe next House colls attention to the knowledge that the Republican party of Iowa hu.s brought to the front a great number of strong and capable men. She has .u Congress to-day at least four men who urc national figures. Either Hepburn or Dolliver might have aspired to the Speakership with Henderson, and of Iowa's eleven Republican Congressmen not one is a stick or a hole-filler. In Senator Allen she hns n man who sonic day may grace the Presidential ebalr, and In Senator Gear she has auother who ranks high

in the upper house of Congress, while taken ns a wliok- her delegation Is one ot tbe strongest that ever vamc from any State. Wo doubt, however, if Iowa Is possessed of more latent and undeveloped talent than any other of the Northern

and Western States. In every State are many men with attainments enough aud capacity enough to become marked figures before the nation. But

in Iown the Republican party has been wise enough to draw upon its best tal

ent, to eueonrttije the development of

statesmanship, and to reward nihility

wherever found. Every oue of the

eleven Congressmen from Iowa is

serving his second, third, fourth, fifth or even tenth term in Congress. By

keeping its strong men to the front the

Republican putty of that State baa been

able to preserve a satisfied condition within the ranks of the party at home, to the end that i he State Is always wife for the Republican ticket. In brief, the Republican party of Iowa has been wisely managed, and In this respect It offers a line example to the States around it, Kansas City Journal.

Bryan's Chief Trouble. A Kentuc-kian who is visiting the city tells this story of the impression made by the iwy orator lu Louisville: "lAiulsvllle, as you know, is one of the greatest tanning centers in the world," he said. "The day after Willlnm Jennings Bryan was In Douisvllle I was riding in a street car, when a passenger boarded the car and sat down next to me. ne had the solid, robust look and dress of a cross between a Genuan-American manufacturer aud a lanyard laborer. The smell of the tanyanl was all over and about him. He spied au old friend sitting just opposite him in the car. " 'Did you hear Bryan!' asked the friend. " 'I did,' said the tanner. " What do you think of hirar said the friend. " Veil,' said the tanner, 'there Is only one trubble nilt Brine; be ain't got some sense. He's good for sliust one ting: He would make a good drummer. He's certainly a flue traveler; makes five or ten towns a day been doing it for several years without losing a day, and Iss always full of vind. I glf htm $100 a month to go on de road to sell ledder. If necessary I glf Mm $1,330 for de ferst year, but I wouldn't make a contrakt nilt him for more dan a year. He lsa worth nearer $1,200 als $1,850, as a ledder drummer, and good for nothing else. He knows a good deal, but what he knows iss all wrong.' "New York Tribune. A Question of Com parlsona. Nobody needs to be told that prosperity is here. Every one knows that, from having actual individual particlpadon in it It Is so universal that It is getting to be accepted quite as the natural order of things, and Interest begins to center lu a comparison between our present prosperityand that of other

years when a protective tariff policy has been In effect. The Indications are that the period of prosperity inaugu

rated by the Dtugley law is to be a vec-

ord breaker. Iu many cases It has been stated that the prosperity now being enjoyed surpasses that of any other

period.

A recent Instance of this sort is re

ported from Connellsvllle, Pa., where the 12,000 men employed by the H. CFlick Coke Company have just been most agreeably surprised by having been informed that a general advance of wages, ranging from 0 to 12 per cent., would take effect from May 1. The new scale, it is stated, will be the highest ever paid In the Counellsvlllc region. This is the kind of news which we may begin to expect now. The question ts not, "Are we prosperous?" but, "How much more prosperous are we than during, any previous period?"

Importance of tho Ohio Cam pa I an. Nobody doubts that Ohio will be the scene this year of the first great political battle In the Presidential campaign

ot 1000. It is conceded that the Mc

Kinley administration will bo placed

on trial bore, and the result in Ohio will

be regarded as an ludlcatlou of how the greater battle next year will go. The friends of Presldeut McKinley realized this when they asked that a firm friend and loyal supporter of tho President be chosen as the Republican

candidate for Governor, and that

thought was upiteruiost in the minds of

the delegates at Columbus when they made up the splendid ticket which has been, presented to the-people for their Indorsement That Is why the campaign In Ohio promises to lie oue of the most memorable Iu the history of the State. Cleveland Lender.

Echo Answcrai "Who?" Now that Peffer is with us who will

look after the octopus? Some one will

have to exercise the octopus, or he will

dip of lethargy. Also, who will prod

the Rothschilds, uud make the money

barons writhe with augulsh? Who will

blow tne hot breath of sirocco into

Wall streetf Who will dynamite cor

porate wealth? ho will succor the great plaiu people? And tho owl In the thick woods of oblivion unswers:

Who, who, who!" Emporia, Kan.,

Gazette.

Squlrminii Democruta, The Pennsylvania Democrats made a

desperate effoyt to avoid lndoe

Chicago . platfosin. spe" t

giving offense W b

admirable ingeM

newed fldcHly to the principle "declared In tbe platforms of our several national conventions." Taat might have answered the purpose of a "hedge" very nicely, but the continuation of the same sentence expressed pride In "our matchless leader, William Jennings Bryan." There is the real Indorsement of the Chicago platform. If Bryan means nDythlng he means the Chicago platform. Pride In him la pride iu 10 to 1. The Pennsylvania Democrats haven't done it in so many words, but they have indorsed the Chicago platform specifically.--Sioux City Journal.

. !ther n nd Better Way. The free-trade element is clamoring for the repeal of Ihe protective tariff as a method ot stamping out trusts. There is no doubt that the introduction of free trade as our national policy would stamp out many trusts; but It would stamp them out by stamping out the industries of the country. If there are no .industries, there can be no industrial trusts. Thitt's sure. And free trade has proved Itself n hustler in gettiug rid of industries. But however anxious the people if the country may be to get lid of trusts, they are not likely to bo willing to get lid of tueui at that cost, if a man has a boll on his leg he can got rid of it, beyond a doubt, by cutting off his leg. But there are other ways. Tae cutting off of tbe leg would be the method approved of by the free traders, if they would be consistent. Kill ihe trusts, they say, by killing the industries. Protectioniste prefer to keep the industries, and to deal with the trusts in some other way. The lines Hon is a complicated one.

mill will need for Its satisfactory solution the broadest statesmanship and the maximum of ability. That it will be rightly solved in time there can be i.ctle doubt The American people have a pretty good record for solving difficult problems. Just whnUthat solution will be the future alone can show, - It Is sate to prophesy, however, that the solution will not Involve the wholesale Industrial ruin which would be the inevitable result of .in abandonment of tho protective policy. No Backward Step. There has been a good deal of talk about President McKinley' "backward step" in the matter of civil service reform. The National Civil Service Reform League jumped before it looked and quite a number of Repub- . liean newspapers joined Iu the process of interpreting the President's exemptions as meaning the complete turning over of the appointments affected to the "spoils" politicians. President McKinley' s mere statement that tbe changes were made for the increased efficiency of the government service was not accepted aud long strings of details were printed illustrating the alleged evil effects of the new order. Secretary Gage, who Is admittedly a consistent advocate of civil service reform, has deemed the misrepresentations of sufficient importance to warrant attention, aud he ba voluntarily bestowed a little upon them. The result Is an authorized statement from . Mr. Gage that will be accepted by tbe friends of civil service reform as worthy of more credence than the irresponsible criticisms, so hastily voiced by lightweight critics. Mr. Gage's statement amounts to a categorical denial of every one of the accusations so brusquely put forward by the civil service league and the papers which took its say so for gospel. Sioux City Journal. Political Orphans. The Popocrats who ar demanding that silver be "relegated to tbe rear" forget that such action would leave the "free silver Republicans" entirely orphaned. Of course, a majority of them are Populists or Democrats, but they wish to keep up their separate organization iu order that they may demand a share of the offices. If there la no chance for this kind of plunder they may sulk In their tents or vote the Republican ticket out of pure pique. Of course, this has no reference to Hie large number of Republicans who were led temporarily astray by the sophistry of "Coin,'' bnt regained their senses as soon as the better times began to dawn. These people are all back in the Republican party at present, leaving nobody in the "silver Republican" organization buc the officers and professional pollticlauu. Deadwood, S. D., Pioneer-Times.

AN ASSISTED PROPOSAL. Charleston Earthquake Came to tha Aaaiatance of a Raahfnl Man. Dr. A.ToomeT Porter says. In his autobiography, that some of the scenes

connected with the Charleston earth.- . quake in 188(5 were exceedingly fuuuy. One, especially, led to a romantic conclusion. A certain young man bad been visiting an attractive young woman for a long time, but without being able to &sk her to become his wife. He could not summon the necessary courage. When the shock came, they were In the parlor together. The house was on, the battery facing the bay, an exposed situation if anything wa.-j to be feared from the sea. It was ordy reasonable to expect a tidal ware with such a shock, and when the earthquake came, . the young man at once rushed to the window and put out bi arms. Sure enough, he plunged theta in water to the siioulders. He ran back, and threw those anus about the liuly. "Come. O my darling!" he cried; "let us die together" So they stood, dying together, and the water stood also; fcr it dlii .not come lu ut the window. After a time the father and mother appeared, and found the pair In this alarmed embrace. They asked Its meaning and were told, the story bviag illustrated by tbe young man's dripping arms. Then the older people had an explanation to add. Their prospective son-in-law, said they, had not thrust his bands into the sea, but Into an tupim-ium outside the window. Nevertheless, he did not regret the shock, si uce it completed nn uncertain business, aud be and the lady hare not died, but lived, together.

Proved. Mrs. Boo7aly My husband Is really

genevons to a fault.

Mrs. Gaddsou Yes, I know it. James

was telling me last night that your husband borrowed $2 from him the other day and then wanted te spend half ot It buying driuks for the party.

Character.

"Do you think character Is shown in tbe features?" "Yes, to some extent at least Blackened eyes and skinned n ises are seldom seen on any but hard characters." There is a school teacher lu Kansas who writes her county superintendent that sbe Is 74 years of age, aud wishes

to tmss the examlnatiou for a State cer.

interne, nuu aisu iu eiuer lur a y ear as ?

(he Normal School to study tv meta

oos.