Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 6 September 1894 — Page 1

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VOL. YII-NO. 55

We Make A Profit

WBATHIP RSPORT—Fair, warmer.

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astonish you. At

On all our goods, but we try to make it fairly.

We don't believe in selling one article at cost and putting a big profit on another. Try us and we will use you fairly and go out of our way to serve you.

We have a splendid line of Clocks. What can we do for you?

EAST MAIN STREET \M 1^15*-^ OPP. COURT HOUSE iTlf fVllllC.

Time is Money.

Don't wait for a .Sliave, but go to the

Y. M. C. A. Barber Shop

Where there are six first-class oper ators.

The American

The Last Call.

Before placing on our tables and shelves our im­

mense line for the coming season, there remains one

more chance for you to take advantage of the oppor­

tunity to gather in some of the bargains that remain

in our grand Mid-Summer

Clearance Sale

Bnrgains in all departments. All Summer goods

at exact manufnetu-ing cost. No reserve. We have

received notice from our factory that our fall line will

be ship-red in a few days and we must have room on

our tables to place them. The prices we quote will

The Am rica

Wholesale and Retail One-Price Clothiers,

Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers, Corner of

Main and GieenSts.

Goods sent on approval and delivered free to

any part of the county.

Ross Bros.,

N. B. Jas. R. Howard and Will Murphy

can always be found at the American.

Fruit Jars, Jelly Glasses,

Stew Kettles, Extra Tops, Rubbers, Sealing Wax, Etc.

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"A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BARGAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES

SAPOLIO

99e Store

HARD TO QUENCH.

PlamoB Are StiU at Work In Northern Pineries.

KOKE WISCONSIN TOWNS IN DANGER.

Deut motion Threatened to Several Vlll.umber and Cam Hurtled— Hurjlng Victims at lilneklcy.

IN GREAT

ricnii,.

ASHLAND, Wis., Sept. 0,—Dleavedou, a lumbering town near the mouth of Brule river, between Ashland and Dulutli, is an object of apprehension. It is situated at the outlet drive for one of the moat valuable pine districts known to the industry, and the fact that fires are fast fretting1 in their work of destruction in that region is a serious one. The great dams of the Brule River Improvement company are located there and it is a very prosperous village. Port Wing is not far distant. The report was received that about one-third of the latter village had gone up in smoke and the citizens were still at wnrlc lo keep the flames from devouring the remaining' two-thirds. llcrd of Door Durued.

Homesteaders near Mareng*o report twenty-eight deer burned in one bunch, where they had huddled together in a green thicket and suffocated. Baked rabbits, partridges and porcupines are numerous.

It will take weeks to learn definitely the number of settlers that have lost their lives. Committees are so busy

JAMES HOOT, UK HO.

taking earn of the refugees that nothing has yet been done looking to the recovery of bodies that may be lying out in the smoldering forests. In fact, it Is dangerous to leave clearings or the railway right of way.

Lumber unci Cars Knrncd.

OiiAsrgjtUHO, Wis., .Sept. (1.—The forest lire reached the Empire Lumber company's logging plnnt. located 24 miles north of here, destroying four camps and contents, fifteen freight cars, 1,1200 ties, 300,000 feet of logs and seventy head of oxen. Several million feet of pine is so damaged that it will have to be cut soon. The lives of A. Wilbur, wife and two children and other employes wore all saved by getting on a raft and flouting out on the lake. Ed St. John, who has several logging1 plants north of here, has lost by fire twelve dams, six camps, all logging outfits and sixty he«d of cattle. I

Took lo the Crunk.

CJIIPPKWA. FAi,r.s, Wis., .Sept. 6.—A Inte report from Bruce says that the little village. was completely enveloped by the forest tire that has boou surrounding the place for several days. The people escaped by runnintr to the creek, covering- themselves with wet blankets and allowing- the Are to sweep over them. Charles Arranoe says the flames seemed to como fiNMU all directions, and that he never expected to come out alive. With him and his family of three in the creek were the family of 1). W. Waekburn, comprising* four persons, ami the mill crew.

Jack Hell arrived in Chippewa Falls from the crimps on Mud creek Wednesday. All his possessions there were wiped out and the thirty ineu in his employ barely escaped with iheir lives. His loss will reach $20,000. Mr. ttell says there was a number of men In diiVyrent portions of the woods making preparations for logging next winter, and he feels positive many of theiii have perished.

Dead Nearly All Found.

I'IXK CITY, Minn., Sent. rt.—There has been an increase over previous estimates at IUnckley, but the prospeot of any considerable number remaining f»till in the woods is decreasing. There are 288 buried in Hinckley graveyard and perhaps a dozen more buried at other points in the vicinity, increasing the total here lo *,'50. Hut the additional number here may be safely taken away from the liberal estimate allowed for those yet unfound, leaving the total between 875 and 400.

Senator W. S. Dedoti, of Taylor's Falls, an old-time timber cruiser, and who knows ever}* inch of country in I'ine county and to the north, was out with a party of five who covered the territory from the Duluth tracks west to the Grindstone and for several miles north. Their search was thorough but they found nothing. Senator Dedon said he did not think many more bodies would be found in the woods, lie says the search has been thorough, and he should be {surprised if twenty-live more bodies should be located. A more likely number, he thought, would be ten.

Hurled liodtoH.

Mr. Webber'# report of interments shows an increase over the estimates. All that have been brought in were buried and his list shows U!i". lie says that possibly this is too low, as a few boxes were put in and recorded as containing single bodies before he learned that some boxes held more thun one corpse. After that lie openod each box before it was covered and counted the bodies. The four trenches were rounded up and smoolbed over, and the traces of the work that has gone on there for the last four days removed so far as possible. Tlio force was dismissed, and

THE CRAWFORDSYILLE JOURNAL.

CRAWFORDSYILLE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEl'TEM UK Ii fi, 181)4

probably no mors organized work ll be done in the osmetery, I)r. Norton, pi Minneapolis, who went over to Moi*. »eportod to Pine City that the toial aeaa at that point wa,s twenty-three, and that all the missing were acoountod for. This is an increase of but two at that point. No oliange* were reported from elsewhere.

R«Utf for Survivor*.

DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 6.—There are over 1,000 destitute refugees from the Hinckley and Sandstone fires now in Duluth, and it is expected that there will be but a few more to come. Over 88,000 has been raised for their relief, and food, oiothiug and lumber are being donated literally. Cloquet, Two arborH and other surrounding towns fcre sending supplies. Some are returning to their burned homes, leaving wives and families in oharge of the relief sooiety or sending them to friends and relatives.

One of the sad features in the suffering on the scene of the catastrophe is the large numbers of cows, horses, sheep and hogs as well as fowls that miraculously esoaped the flres and are now suffering and slowly dyipg from hunger. The humane societies at Duluth will at once take this part of relief work in charge.

Almoit a Million.

HINOKLEY, Minn., Sept. 0.—The following estimate has been made of the buildings destroyed in this place, Sandstone and Partrldn-e: Hinckley, S«00,440i Sandstone, 820B.500 Partridge, 828,000 total, 8988,000.

The Total Looiet Kuormous. DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 8.—The total

loss caused to date by the forest fires in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota cannot yet be estimated with much aocuracy, but it is know that computable losses almost tax oredullty. In four counties in Michigan the loss on standing pine is known to be at least 880,000,000, and in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota the loss is even greater. Logs ready for the mill have been burned in so many places that they can not be estimated. Millions represent the losseB on sawmill plants, and other millions the sawed lumber awaiting shipment. Still other millions were lost in the houses and personal effects of the vlotimB. The railroads have suffered in the burning of bridges and damage to traoks, but their chief deprivation is of the future. Vast stretches of country, denuded of their forests, will have nothing to ship and no inhabitants to pay freight and passenger tariffs. Men driven out by fire will not return even if there was business to entioe them. Jn the end the railroads will be the chief sufferers.

Driven Out of the Woods.

ISHPKMISO, Mloli., Sept 0.—This city Is again enveloped in smoke, the fires in forests adjoining having started afresh. The rain Mondaj- checked the flres considerably, but extinguished only the smaller ones. A party of campers eight miles west of here were driven out of the woods by the raglug flames. They drove their horses through miles of flre and smoke, narrowly escaping. The damage here is confined to crops and timber, as the fire is some distauce from settlements.

Canadian Woods on Fire.

WINNIPEG,

Man,, Sept. 6.—Minnesota

forest flres have spread to the Canadian side and are burning the entire country along Rain river. Mrs. Gamalay and four children are reported burned to death.

BASEBALL.

Score. Mads In Recent C'onte.t. on the Green Diamond.

National league games on Wednesday resulted as follows: At Baltimore—Baltimore, 18 Chicago, 8. At New York—New York, 4 Pittsburgh, 0. At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 2 Cleveland, 1. At Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 15 Cincinnati, 0. At Boston— Boston, 7 Louisville, 0. At Washington—Washington, 9 St. Louis, 0.

Western league: At Minneapolis— Minneapolis, 9| Toledo, 0. At Sioux City—Grand Rapids, 7 Sioux City, 4. At Kansas City—Kansas City, 9 Indianapolis, 8.

Western association: At Jacksonville—Jacksonville, 1B| Rock Island, 6. At Omaha—Lincoln, 11| Omaha, 0. At Des Moines—Des Moines, 8j St. Joseph. 0.

TAX ON INCOMES.

Commit*.loner Miller*. Bureau Will Collect Per Cent, for til. Tear 1894. WASHINGTON, Sept. 0.—Peopleblessed

with Income* over $4,000 a year must be ready to pay the penalty on January 1 next. The lnoome tax will then be due. The commissioner of internal revenue so announced unofficially during the morning. Moreover, he said that people subject to the tax will have to pay 2 per cent, of their total earnings in exoess of 84,000 for the year 1894. Mr. Miller claims that the income tax which becamo a part of the law on August 28 makes all incomes earned or received during the calendar year 1894 subject to taxation.

Make. Dole Happy.

HONOLULU, Aug. 18.—Minister Willis called on President Dole yesterday and presented him with President Cleveland's letter recognizing the republic. The cabinet, as well

as

Minister Thurs­

ton, was present. .The confirmation of the reported recognition has taken the wind out of the royalists and the most rabid of them acknowledge the cause of the ex-queen la now dead.

Fell Down a Shaft.

CENTRAL CITY, CQL, Sept. fl.—E. Reed, superintendent and general manager of the Bobtail mine, while being drawn to the top of the shaft In company with W. S. Forbes and Edward B. Kirby, was knocked from the bucket and instantly killed. Mr. Reed fell a distance of 688 feet, landing on the top of his head on a trolley with such force as to bend the axles.

Politics Wailtig Hot.

BAI.TIMOKK, Sopt. 0.—At a political meeting at Wayne, W. Va., Tuesday night a fight ensued between the Cainden nnd anti-Camden adherents, lu which four men were shot, one fatally.

IBS AT THE BAR.

Trial of the Labor Leader for Con. tempt Begins.

ORIGINAL TELEGRAMS ARE SHOWN,

Th«y 1'rovp to Have Been Curl, eminent Attoruvya Disclaim tlir Act —A Trial liy Juy I. Prilled by Judge Woods.

EViriKNCE SOMEWHAT I'KoKV. CHICAGO, Sept. 0.—The contempt ease

against President E. V. Debs and the other officers and directors of the American Kuitway union, continued from July 2.V was resumed before Judge Woods in the United States appellate courtroom In the Monadnoek block at

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a. m. Wednesday. All of the defendants except President Debs were in court. It was announced that, Mr. Debs was in Chicago, but that lie was ill and confined to his apartments. It was agreed to proceed with the ease just as if he were present.

The ease made up of the information filed by the government- and the ease brought against the defendants by the Santa Ke railroad, It was agreed should be tried together. Mr. Gregory, for the defense, moved for a trial by jury. Judge Woods said that as this was !r.:t :i proccJure for contempt of an injunction he would, for the present, overrule the motion. He would hoar the motion at. the right time. He must hear the evidence first in the equity case.

Mr. Milchrist then took up the information filed against llogan, Burns, and other directors (if the American Railway union, and said it was tlio same as that filed against Debs and others in the first information. It specified that for three days after the injunction had been issued, the American Kailway union, by its otHcers and upon their order, had kept certain railroads from operating their lines in Chicago and had thereby interfered with Interstate commerce ami liio currying ol the United States mailH.

Telegram. In KvM.-nre,

Edwin M. Mulford, Chicago manager for the Western Union Telegraph company, was the first witness sworn. Mr. Milchrist asked him to produco ooples of certain telegrams. He said lie could not do so until ordeied by tho court. Judge Wood said the order could be considered as issued, and Mr. Mulford untied his bundles. lie was first asked to produce telegr.ims sent bv Pheiati. tho leader of the strikers in Cincinnati, to E. V. Debs and dated July l. Each message from Debs urged him to whom It was sent to work for the strike, to induce other railrnnd employes to strike, and assnred Phelan that the American Railway union was on the way to speedy victory. The signature to each was typewritten.

A telegram signed "15. V. Debs" and sent to Pueblo, Col., saving "1 have ordered Rio Grande out," was read. It was signed in pencil. Witness would not swear It was Debs* handwriting.

FamoiiH Dlnpatcli Garbled.

The most important point of the morning's proceedings was Judge Woods' expressed construction of the famous "save your moue3' and buy a gun" telegram sent by Stenographer Benedict. The judge said that when he saw that in tlio p«iper he did not think anything wrong was meant. He remembered when that was a common saying out west, and he believed that it had been the burden of a popular song, lie knew that it was merely an equivalent for "take care of yourself." Another significant point brought out was the fact that the telegram, as copied in tho complaint to the court, waS badly garbled. One •entence: "Love to Effle and tell her 1 am well," showing the telegram to have been a personal one from Benedict, had been cut out entirely. Mr. Gregory said if tho government attorneys had purposely made the alterations it was unworthy of them as attorneys. Mr. Milchrist said that Mr. Gregory did not lifmse believe the government attorneys had wilfully made tho alteration and Mr. Gregory responded by saying ho thought it had not been done by them, though In their name.

Mr. Mulford stepped aside long enough for John Hrennock to be heard. He testified that he asked the permission of Debs to remove a load of dead animals at the stock yards. Debsgavu him an ordor to the Pan-Handle yard men to let the animals be moved. He took the note to the Pan-]landle officials, who at one time told him to get Debs to take the ears out and at another time they could not do it, because they only had now men. Finally he went to the mayor again and got a force of policemen, by whose assistance he sucooeded in having the dead animals removed.

Mr. Mulford roturned to the witness stand in the afternoon aud was examined further regarding tho telograms. He remained on tho stand until 5 p. m., and his testlmon}' as far as it went was favorable to the defendants. The. reason was that it showed the impossibility, or at least the dlilloulty, of tracing the telegrams to Debs, though his name was signed to them, but tho signature as was the body of the telegrams was in type letter. Among all the telegrams read and identified by Mr. Mulford and scrutinized by counsel Tuesday there was only one which was unmistakably signed by Debs. This was lu his handwriting throughout and was of no particular importance.

Postponed.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 0.—The ease of Judge Charles D. Long1, of Michigan, acrainst Secretary Ilolce Smith and Pension Commissioner Lochren was before the district supreme court Wednesday. Assistant Attorney General Maloncy asked that the motion for ijiundamuH be dismissed. Arguments were postponed until October 38. when they will be heard by Judge Bradley*

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.

ABSOLUTE1Y PURE

INT KHEST1XG_ PA A( HAPHS.

Oen. Ldwnrd S. Bragg is being urged for the nomination for governor of Wisconsin.

Richard I'arrell, an Inmate of tho soldiers homo at Quincy, 111., dropped dead of heart disease.

Howard White, a bicycle dealer of Trenton, N. J., is missing, and is said to have absconded with a big sum.

An Kngllsh syndicate Is said to bo endeavoring to secure control of twenty of the largest American brewing plants.

James A. Ward, of Pierre, was nominated for governor by South Dakota democrats. A free silver resolution was defeated.

Mrs. Charles Haitz, of Kankakee, 111., has brought a damage suit for ?5,000 and costs against C. O. Parker, alleging slander.

Samuel T. Hinckley, one of tho earliest settlers of Chicago, and who was the engineer of tho first locomotive, brought to the city, is dead.

The steamer Miranda, with Dr. Cook's arctic excursion party on board, struck a hidden reef off tho coast of West Greenland and was abandoned.

A trust mortgage of 81,200.000 on 189 miles of the east end of the Burlington road, Including the equipment and depot grounds in Chicago, has been filed.

HARRISON SPEAKS.

The

Ex-Prealdent

Addreaawa Weat Virginia llepublloana.

WHEELING, W. Va., Sept. 6.—The Second congressional district republicans met Wednesday at Elkins and after listening to an able speech from ex-President Harrison nominated A. G. Dayton, of Barbour county, in opposition to Chairman William L. Wilson, of the ways and means committee. Ex-President Harrison Is visiting ex-Secretary lOlkins. Tho ex-president said: "Tills district will bo belore all ayes this autumn. Tho contest lb not local. It happens that your present representative has been assigned to prepare the turW bill and has uttnahed his name to It. It Is therefore expected that bis oonduot will be subject' od to severe and careful scrutiny. Fortunately the proclamation hiiB been made by President Cleveland and Mr. Wilson that the tarllT bill Is not a flnollty but distinctive warfare la to go on. If you approve thin show It by returning Mr. Wilson to congress but if, on tha other hand, you have felt the effects of the depression, if you think more of those who prefer to lead tho country out of the 9lough of despondency, show It by defeating him. "1 cannot say IUUOU of the last admlulstra' tion delicacy forbids mo to say much of this, but if you oonsider the heads of departments and subordinate olllcers you will Bee that there was an attempt to act for the best Interests of all the people. 1 cannot say how far we Rue• ceeded. but only Ihat we did the best we could do. If the people at the elections this fall oon. demn the recent action on tho tariff we shall have an end of t.iirifl tlnkerlngs. "When the tiile of emigration started from tho soabourJ It Yurnod lo Ohio and tho Interior valleys, but it is now toward West

Virginia. Now the tide of commeroe is coursing through your fertile valley The pick and shovel are busy. Is this a time' through the cheap ocean rates, to bring' into competition with your products the cheap coal of Nova Scotia? 1 speak as a patriotic American who feels an interest In the honest people. To your Judgment by the quiet November tlreskles this question must bo settled, and may you have the courage to do your duty. l.tlinnk you for your attention and hope that you will immediately nominate the best man."

Victory for iicrrton Springs.

ST. .IOHKI-H. Mich., Sept. 0.—Judge Cooledge rendered a decision against the removal of the county seat from Berrien Springs to St. Joseph, holding that the election was null and void and Illegal. This spring the county voted for removal and it was curried by a good mujority, and Berrien Springs contested It. St. Joseph has the site purchased and all the buildings cleared off. It will be taken tc tho supremo court this fall.

Murdered III* Youn^ Wtfo.

JATKSO.NVII.LE,

Fin., Sept. B.-Wil-

11am I\ Hayes, 20 years of age, a fisherman by occupation, murdered his 10-year-old wife and dangerously wounded liis mother-in-law, Mrs. Susan Mason, Tuesday night lu Hast Jacksonville. Hayes' wife had left him on account oi cruelty several mouths ago and gonu to live with her mother.

A MUaing Fortune.

Dt-nt iiUE, la., Sept. 0.—Arthur O'Malley, the wealthiest saloonkeeper in the city, died two weeks ago. His estate was valued at 8100,000, and James Harrlgan, bank cashier, was appointed administrator. The most diligent search has failed to reveal any of thin money, and Harrlgan hai gone to Chicago to search the safety vaults there.

Due to low Wator.

KINGSTON, X. Y.( Sept. 6.—Operations on the Delaware and Hudson canal are suspended for lack of water. All boats are tied up where they happen to be, as the water is too low to float them. Several hundred are stalled in this way between Honesdale and this city, and they cannot be moved until copious rains full.

Mluncanta l«mocrftta.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 0.—The democratic state convention held hero Wednesday nominated a f"'l state ticket. It Is headed by l»en. G. L. Becker, of St. Paul, for governor.

Nrn- llnmpahlrfl llrpiihilnins.

CoNcortii, N. H., Sept. 0.—The repullican state convention met hero Wednesday, with 700 of the 7-ttl delegates present. Charles a Husiel wan nominated for governor.

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Gov't Report

Baking Powder

ENCL'UED.

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PennsylvnnlH Hamlot Is Swallowed Up.

SCOTCH VALLEY LOST IS THE EARTH.

Coal Pit Undoruealh tho Town i'nvea lu aud Building* Sink Out of Sight —Peril of Fifty or

More Miners.

LOFTY, Pa., Sept. 0.—The littlo mining town of Scotch Valley, in Lackawanna county, near this place, was swallowed up Wednesday night in one of the most complete mine cav"-lns ever known in this region. The scene of disaster is on the slope of Mount Lookout, the score of houses comprising the hamlet being at the mouth of the shaft of the Mount Lookout colliery. '1 he wildest excitemont prevails throughout the region and details are fragmentary. It is known, however, that the dozen houses on either side of tho principal street of the hamlet are completely swallowed up in the gaping hole, and nothing can be Been of the other buildlngRof tho town but the roofs, gables and chimneys. It is impossible to give accurately the numbor of fatalities or if there are any. Rescuing parties are now exerting every means to reieaso the occupants of the engulfed dwellings. One of the burled houses has taken flre.

CUUM) of the DinniU'r.

The cave-in was caused by the giving way of timber supports in the. workings (.if the Mount Lookout col liery which has not been lu operation for about two years and has been neglected in consequence. Al about 2 o'clock in the afternoon the inhabitants of the hamlet were startled by rumbling and reports like falling rock in Uio caverns of tho abandoned mine many hundreds of feet below them. The terrorstricken townspeople were further horrified when the ground trembled and swayed like an earthquake beneath them. Report was followed by report, and accompunied by other tremors, and the village sank out of sight in the gaping cavity.

Fifty Miner* Huprltonud.

Meanwhile some fifty miners were imprisoned in the colliery. They had been at work In another portion ot the mine and all means of exit from the mine was completely blocked by the cave-In. James I'errin, one of tho oldest of the miners, oolleoted the men aud started to lead them up through a tunnel which had boon used as an air shaft, but, which leads to the surface through a series of deep slopes. The rescuing party on the surface hud made an attempt to out a passage through the mass of debris which blocked tho main entranoe. Failing in this some of the more daring of the rescuers came into this passage and came to where the imprisoned miners wero struggling upward. The men were carried to tho surface where a great crowd of excited. panic-stricken people was awaiting them. All the persons who could be found have been taken from the ruins, although the full roll of those to be accounted for cannot yet be prepared.

Bualaeaa ID New York Tlrka T'P. NEW YORK, Sept. 0.—The head of one of the largest dry goods houses in this elty says: "We are doing so good a business that we are going to send our foreign buyers aoross the water again next week. Foreigners have marked up the prices of many staple goods equal to the reduotion in the tariff. This is particulrrly so in dress goods, austlns and linens, where the demand has been large. Our orders oome from all over the country, with the south and middle west predominating."

Fate of to tow* Ploneor.

WEST UNION, la., Sept. T).—A ton.ni ran away during the county fair Wednesday afternoon and plunged into a carriage occupied by H. H. lienoh, fracturing his skull and breaking every rib In his body. He died in loss than an hour. The deoeased was 79 years old and one of the pioneers of this sootion. In 18S1, when the gold fever was at its height, he Journeyed to California with P. D. Armour, of Chicago, in a prairie schooner.

Forger Makea a Good tlual. LONDON, Sept. 8.—At the banking

house of Ollnn, Mills, Currle Co., 07 Lombard street, a man succeeded in cashing a forged draft for £4,800 (8U4,000) on tho Credit Lvonnals. The forger or forgers had previously purchased a draft for 148, which served thom as a model for tne draft which was forged.

Flrat Lot of Imported Free Wool. NBW YORK, Sept. 8.—The first lot of free wool Imported, and whiah was part of a cargo from South America, was sent forward to the Fulton (N. Y.) woolen mills from this city Wednesday for manufacture. Tho eanalboac in which the wool went up the state is named the Cleveland and Thurmau.

Blil. for World'a Fair Moduli. WASUINOTO.V, Sept. 0.—Bids for fur­

nishing blanks and striking in bronze 88,658 medals of awards for the World's Columbian exposition were opened at the treasury department. There were seven bids, that of the Scovill Manufacturing company of Waterbury, Conn,, at 822,000, belnjf th§ Joweat.