Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 September 1894 — Page 1
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We Make A Profit
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WKATHIP UBPORT—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 J\/I tStlrm s* OPP. COURT HOUSE
iYl. IVIIIIC.
Time is Money.
Don't wait for a Share, but go to the
Y. M. C. A. Barber Shop
Where there are six first-class operators.
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 lemain
in our grand Mid-Summer
Clearance Sale
Bargains in all departm -nts. All Summer goods
at exact manufacturing cost. No reserve. We have
any part of the county.
Ross Bros.,
notice from our factory that our fall line will
be shipped in a few days and we must have room on
our tables to place them. The prices we quote will
The Am erica
Wholesale and Retail One-Price Clothiers,
Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers, Corner of
Main and GieenSts.
Goods sent on approval and delivered free to
N. B. Jas. R. Howard and Wi'.l Murphy
can always be found at the American.
Fruit Jars, Jelly Glasses,
Stew Kettles, Extra Tops, Rubbers,
Sealing-Wax, Etc.
"A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BARGAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES
SAPOLIO
A
99e Store
VOL. VII-NO. 57 CRAWFORDSYILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEI'TKMBK 8,1894
DEBS' TRIAL.
More Testimony Against the Labor Loader.
RAILWAY EMPLOYES GIVE EVIDENCE,
Their Ktnrlew Trml to 11 nip the t.nvernIIWM'H They Sny They QUIT W ork Hemline Tlicy Were
Afraid to Continue.
COIBT TAKES A KKST.
IIICAGO, Sept. 8.—At the opening" of the Debs trial Judge Woods announced that at the close of the afternoon BOSsiou ho would adjourn court until Tuesday next. L. F. lvelger, of Milwaukee, was then sworn. 11 told the court that ho was not a member of the American Hallway union. 3Io was a member of the Switch-tenders' union. Oil July 4 an American Railway union man in Milwaukee showed the witness a telegram received from Debs which said that the American Railway union was winning and sure of victory, and counseled firmness. The man with the telegram wanted witness to join tho American Railway union and the strike. Witness did not do either. Only twelve members of tho local Switch-tenders' union went on strike. They were members of tho American Railway union, and they wentb.ick to work two days after they went on strike.
IntlmlilntrMi A T'lrctiuui.
Fireman Onirics E. Mills was then called. He said that he left his engine because iio was intimidated. The judge ordered this ruled out and told the witness to repeat the conversation held with the men who induced him to leave tho engine. He said that tho men who approached him were switchmen. They told him that they had all left that engine and they wanted him to leave. One said: "Take your clothes and come with us, Charley, or you're no friend of mine." Another said: "If you go you'll never get back out of Chicago alive," and another: "You won't get beyond the second street crossing here In Milwaukee before you'll bo sorry for going." He went with these men and joined the Amerioan Railway union at once. A rigid cross-examination by Mr. Erwin failed to shake Mills' testimony.
Tho Strike H1 the Stockyard*. Richard Fitzgerald, superintendent of the transit department of the Union Ntock Yards nnd Transit company,was the next witness. Mr. Gregory objected on tho ground that the business of the Union Stock Yard* was neither the handling* of the United States jnails nor interstate commerce. "1 think interstate commerce is handled there." said the court. "I think the street cars are engaged in interstate commerce. 1 have no doubt that hundreds of people board the street cars every day on their way to points in other states. Iu tho stock yards cattle are received and shipped from and to points in different states, and this becomes interstate commerce.M
Tho witness wont on to tell how the business of his company was interfered with by the strike. The regular men were on strike and new men could not be induced to work for fear of mob violence. Regarding the carloads of dead animals, testified about by Contractor Urennoek, Mr. Fitzgerald said it was not the duty of his company to haul them. So far as he recollected the tracks were clear when ilrennock requested him to move the cars.
Ghost of th Dead Animals. Mr. Trimmer told of the tie-up of the Panhandle road and the paralysis of business, and then tho cars of dead animals came up again. Mr.
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objected with resounding emphasis against drair:rin£ those dead animals in
O.i the ros.ve 'animation Mr. Trimmer ud that when Mr. Jlrennock brought to him Debs' order to tho yardmen he told him that "Debs is not running the i'anhandle road." Witness did not present Dobs' request to any of the strikers. '1 lie ears were not hauled because the company could not get men, Mr. Trimmer said, but Mr. Erwiri asked the witness the names of the railway officials present when Hrennoek presented Debs' note, and among them were two practical engineers. To a Mr. Truman, foreman of engines, Mr. Trimmer said that Mr. Ilrennook would give S100 to any engineer who would take out the dead-ani-mal cars and Mr. Truman replied that he wouldn't do it for 8100. Mr. Erwin asked the witness whether he had reported Mr. Truman for disobedience of orders, and Mr. Trimmer replied that he had not. Business on tho Panhandle road was interrupted, tiio witness said, for more than a week.
Got Strike Order from lehg.
William I. Henry, of Kankakee, a switchman in the employ of tho Illinois, Indiana A. Iowa railroad, was the next witness, and one of the most important offered by the government, because he had personally received a telegram ordering him to call out tho men. Replying to Mr. Walker, the witness produced several telegrams ho received at Kankakee signed E. V. Debs. At that time witness was a member of the American Railway union. Witness showed the telegram when he received it to several switchmen, but took no further action.
Witness related how he came to Chicago and saw Director Goodwin with regard to the strike at Kankakee. Witness objected to going out and told Goodwin the men there had Tio grievance and did not handle Pullman cars. Witness told Goodwin the proper place at which to order out the men was at Streator, and Goodwin replied that he would see that the men at Streator were ordered, out at once.
PJuns of the iov«Tiim«Mit.
it is stated to-day that among the witnesses to be called by the government is Director llurns, of the American Railway unioti, who is not only one of tho respondents in the present
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contempt proceeding*, but is alsoundei indiotwent for aots whioh ar«i charged
to
baw
done
in viola
tion of tljB opwrt»»curdttw, Burns h.mself said that knew nothing of it and had not Deen subpeunaed. There was some expression of opinion among the men in the courtroom that Burns had broken away from his fellow respondents, but the rumors were not substantiated.
Murphy Tells a Story of Imprisonment. James B\ Murphy, the engineer on the Mlohlgan Central train which was wreoked at Kensington pq July fi, told his story. After he had been driven from his oab he said he was esoorted to a house in Pullman by six men, the leader of whom was armed with a revolver. Here ho was oonflned for some time behind looked doors.
At
last he per
suaded the leader to let him go, and while the mob was engaged eUewhere he succeeded in getting his train out of Kensington. Amid a fusillade of objections from Mr. Erwin Mr. Walker brought by questions the information which the witness had subsequently obtained with regard to his oaptors. lie Baid the leaderof the six inon was named Kennedy and the house to which he had boon taken was H'J Fulton street, Pullman, seoond fiat, lie had gone in company with some oflieersof the road and Identified the premises. Witness said ho was notified to testify at the trial by tho master mechanic of tho road.
Other WltticHNus. *•'.
James H. Banta. an Illinois Central engineer, told of his experiences on July 5 at Kensington, how he had been stoned and his engine cut looso and wrecked. M. Gepper, an engineer on the Big Four, testified to the same occurrences. lie said he had been called a "scab," and he thought It uncomplimentary. H. F. Houghton, assistant superintendent of the Big Four road, corroborated tho testimony of his two predecossors.
Sent to Jail for Contempt.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 8.—During the recent railroad strike thirtyeight men were arrested In Indiana for violating tho federal court injunction. Judge Baker, of tho United States oourt, Friday began tho hearing of these cases. Herman Angler, president of the American Railway union branch at Ashley, was convicted, but the oourt suspended sentence. Arthur Disheno, of Chicago, who went to Hammond after the federal troops arrived In Chicago was sentenced to twenty-flvo days in jail. He has already boon in jail forty-two days. It was shown that Disheno threatened to kill a telegraph operator who was brought from Hammond during the trouble. Oscar Larsen, of Chicago, who was with Disheno, was dlsoharged. George Sholtz, president of the Torre Haute branch of tho Amerioan Railway union, was tried on tho charge of oontempt. Tho court announood that he would not decide tho case until next Friday,
WILL FEED WHEAT TO STOCK.
Reports from 3,087 Dealer, mid Miller. I In Wheat Districts. I TOI.BDO, O., Sept. 8.—During tho! last four days C. A. King & Co. have received replies from 8,057 rellabte dealers and millers. They cover almost every important wheat county in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas and Missouri. These states raise twothirds of the winter wheat crop, or nearly one-lialf of the entire wheat crop of the United States. They show it is mostly a guess to say now what amount of wheat will bo fed animals this year. In seotions where there is a fair oorn crop very little will be fed. Very much depends upon whether the present conditions of lowpriced wheat and higher-priced corn continue. About 15 per oent. of tha wheat crop may be fed In the seven states named. Kansas will feed tha largest percentage, Michigan nearly as much. Missouri next, then Ohio and Kentucky, while Indiana and Illinois have a,,smaller percentage.
BASEBALL.
lCemilt or Kecont Game* Played Between Famon* club*. Western league games Friday resulted as follows! At MinneapolisToledo, Minneapolis, 4. At Sioux 'ity—Sioux uy, 29: Grand Rapids, 10. At Kansas City—Kansas City, IS Indianapolis, a. At Milwaukee (two games)—Milwaukee, 6| Detroit, 8 Milwaukee, 7 Detroit, 0.
Western assoolationi At Book Island —Rock Island, !8| Jacksonville. 4. At Des Moines—Omaha, Des Moines, l. At Peoria (two gamos)—Peoria, IS CJulncy, 3 Peoria, IB Qulnoy. a. At Lincoln (two games)—St. Joseph, 18 Lincoln, 7.
Activity In the Lumber Trade. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 8.—The increased Inquiry for lumber from tho local market has begun to develop into actual trade and the figures of tho shipment show an upward movement. The mills are all sawing at a rate greater than ever before In their history. Up to the present time tho cut is ahead of last year by a number of million foot, and as there's a plentiful supply of logs in the river the total for the year is expected to exceed that of last.
litUoh Forepaugh*! Clruua. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. 8.—Friday at Gibson City United States Marshal Brinton seized Adam Forepaugh's circus on a writ of attachment issued by Judge Allen, of the United States circuit court, sworn out by George Coupe, late chief musician of the show. Ho filed a suit for 810.000 damages In court here for personal injuries received at tha. hands of the proprietors of tho show, who, he alleges, assaulted him at Alma, Kan., and disabled him for life.
Fatal Holler Explonlon.
ROUT Louis MAUKITH S, Sept. 8.—Tho liritish steamer Tuunmliee. 1,400 tons, trading between Mauritius and Honibay, has put baek here with her boiler burst. Four of her crew were killed and several were beriously injured by \he explobion.
A HEALTHY GROWTH.
Bradstreot's Report Indicative of
Now Life in Trade.
AT ALL POINTS ACTIVITY IS SHOWS.
J'urticulitrly from the ,\r,. (i,,. porn ruvnral.le riic I „r«*t fires ll»ve Hud KITficl tin Nnrttiwestern Triule. .1
HHA DHTHKKT'H KKVIKW.
NEW Voitii. Sept. «. Jlni.istrcets •ays of the commercial situation: '\Speolal U'lc»irums from more iniiiurtiini distributing make il plain thill in unorcu:itilo lines trut'o is fairly aetlvc. fully inceUm: earlier un»l more favorable uiilji'lpaMons in majority of iriMant'o* Mini oxeoooluK" them In some. An increased nmnbt/r ol interior tmyers ut luru'T f'iliirh within ih»r wi-OU 1ms to stimulate the feeifu? ot hoiM'U'SMu-N.s uikI aside from the cotton mill '.mriko m. NVlv lln lanil nrul distress In the imrthy.t'si. Juo t« forest tires, the week h.is rnn 1rOfl:iit xinfii vi»rable features.
Sit nat ion ui Itr W i-s|.
"A MrlUnitf feut'ire at thewevt come* from Chicago, where the volume of hvi.-dness in all mercantile lines hu* increased, especially in dry uonds. the totsti for the. week Uein^ the heaviest for the season, nouviihstan-.t-In* conservative purchasing in that liuo by northwestern merchants. This in duplicated at St. Louis, where there has also been a larger volume of sales both by jobber* ami manufucturers. the total for August belntf eijuul to tbnt in IKM. Omuh-i reports that Nebraskn still needs K«"'d deal of ruin und that trade with job:j: r., i'uir wnukee hus experienced a decided improvement in demand for goods and money, while Paul reports that loss of life
4:n!destruction
of
villages and property by the Ure have checkpurchases in that market. MinneupolsB announces that the recent pood volume of business there is holdinft its own. There IK a reasonable trade at Louisville and Cincinnati, thf former reporting many visiting. buyers. ii ereiised Kales, and manufacturers of woolens anticipating deliveries, while the latter reports thm- the distribution of dry poods shows icain this •week. Improvement in some lines nnd a moderate volume of business iii others are ehniv aeteristic at Kansas City, but at Cleveland there is a better demunrt for pods in uimost 5*11 line*, San FraiuM«co reports activity in JIL lines of businesR. with Hhip-owners in contra of th© ooean freight market and wheat run uj two fihiUlntf* for nrdrrs to Cork -.
In the Soot li.
"All southern oiliea report l.nontbio features. Hlrmingham. Ala., with increased salo). and unimproved collections, the fewest. Otil* veston announces the best week's sales the year, nnu Augusta that heavy oo ton receipts have stimulated trnde ic gonoral business. Sales ot hardware tt Chattanooga in July and August aggro* gated more than In the preceding two montlih or the like nvo months last year. In the regioi. trlbutarv to Nashville it is pointed out that tho teudenoy of prices generally is upward, b-n »hnt northern dealers prevent advances by of* ferlng uoo l^ at wli it 'ire called 'panic prices.
From Another Source.
Dun's weekly review of trade sn.vs: "The buslucsb outlook is much like an April dny, with alternate clouds and guushltie In some brunches strong improvement still continues, while in nth-r« trade is diminishing. Strikes lessen for the time the working forcn perhaps ns much as it is otherwise inero:»«ed. but the strike of «7?irn'entmn!:rrs spread so rapidly that an e«ny end Is considered oertnin. while the strik sin cotton mills have advanced prices so much that a settlement Is thought not distant. The government crop report is thought to foreshudow a great losBin corn, while other observers i-clleve reports materially exaggerated and estimates of the yield range all the way from l.fOO.fiW.OJO to 1.700,000.0 *). This uncertainty affects business prospects to some extent and an advance of one-half a cent the last week has followed receipts not haif those of the same week laat year. Wheat receipts have been 6,677,157 bushels, against 4.550.337 Jast year, and yet the price advanced one-half a ceut. although Atlantic exports were only i.158.674 bushels, against S.Ill,044 last yeur. Pork advanced 26 cents per barrel and lara ^5 oents per 100 pounds, as smaller estimates of the. oorn supply were entertained. "Failures in August aggregated liabilities of $10,189,417, of which *S,i7*,!W0 were on manufacturing and 55.tJ78.if.3 In trading concern-. During the we*k the failures were 215 in tl Uaited States, against last year, and 47 in Canada, rigalnst last year.''
A MURDERESS JAILED.
Called a Neighbor to the Door and Shut Him at CloKt* Han go.
JACUSON, MO., Sept.
rlhe
BAJ.TIMOUK,
B.—Mrs. Mary
Ellsworth, 50 years old, has heeii lodged in jail hero for the murder of Henry Stiff, a blacksmith at Oriole, nnd neighbor of Mrs, Ellsworth. Had feeling existed on account of certain charges against Stiff nnd counter-charges against ti grown daughter of Mrs. Ellsworth. Mrs. Ellsworth, her sou i'ressley and tho daughter drove to the home of Stiff. Stiff was cailed out, and, without a word. Mrs. Ellsworth began tiring on him at close range. Stiff ran. pursued by the woman, who emptied her revolver into tho helpless man.
son also discharged the contents of hi» musket into Stiff's huelr. Presley Ellsworth lias not been caught.
H»rl«y from Uutttla.
Md., Sept. 8.—Consider
able excitement was caused on the floor of the. corn exchange by an offer of Russian barley for feeding purposes at one cent a pound, duly paid. The offer is from southern Russia through Smith, Hjinmotid & Co., and is owing to tht* high price of corn. The firm offers to furnish an unlimited quantity and hopes thereby to incrca.se tho tonnage and lower freights on outgoing cargoes.
rushing on Towards IVkiiu
YOKOHAMA, .Japan, Sept. S.—Field Marshal Yamagata has started for Corea in order to assume command of tho Japanese army, which is soon expected to amount to 100,000 men. When the organization of thi*» army is completed it is supposed that an attack in force will be made upon the Chinese troops, and an advance towards Pekin.-
Arrested for Counterfeiting. SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. ti. --Secret agents of the treasury department have arrested and brought here two men whom they accuse of being the counterfeiters who have been flooding Shasta, Easson and Trinity counties with spurious coin that is a remarkably clever counterfeit. The men are James S3'Jvoster and (ieorge Short.,.-
One Killed, I'lgbt Injured.
TilKKK IvlVKKS, Q.!«•.. Sept. S. »agnon's sawmill, on the St. Maurice river, was blown to pieces by the explosion of the boiler. "'Samuel Beauger, the fireman, was hurled 100 feet and killed. Kight persons were badly bcalded ami otherwise injured.
Highest of ail in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
LOST AT SE A.
ABSOLUTE!* PURE
A Terrific Gulo Swoops Across the Baltic.
r.HKAT LOSS OF LilE IS REI'OHTKI).
l.ight ilnatM of tlx* I Inland I-Uheriiieu Dashed to IMeecN on tho Kork—Seventeen In fort nut en 1.OM
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LONDON, Sept. 7.—A dispatch from Helsingfor, capital of Finland, tells the story of dreadful sufferings experienced a few days ago by men employed in the Hnltic fisheries. The fishing fleet, was all at sea
SEARCH FOR DR. CONKLIN.
Dynamite to He Kxplnded in Mono Lake— A 1 VNtorioo* Wagon, CASSOPOUS, Mich., Sept. 8.—Dynamite is to be exploded in Slum- bike in the fccarch for the body of Dr. A. 11. Conklin, who disappeared so mysteriously from this village a week atfo. The case resembles that of Dr. f'ronln very much. Dr. Conklin having been called out. ostensibly to attend patient.. He ha* been missing ever since that time. It is the belief that the doctor was lined away and killed in order to prevent his appearance as a witness for the prosecution in murder trial.
The latest theory, and one which seems supported by evideuco, is that he was carried to the shore of tho lake in a box and placed upon a wagon in charge, of two unknown men and that there was a struggle and outcries, after which the strange wagon drove rapidly away northward.
Everything that can possibly be connected with it in any way is being investigated, but so far with no success. Some wild stories are alloat, but upon being run down they result in nothing. A reward of $2,000 has been offered for the discovery of the doctor dead or alive, and the search is being pushed vigorously. The fraternities of which the doctor was a member are urging the matter. Mrs. Conklin, though prostrated, still entertains hope that her husband is alive.
AMERICAN FRUIT IN~LONDON.
Third Consignment of California Product*) Arrlwx In (Join! Condition. LONDON, Sept. 8.--The consignment of California fruit which arrived hero from Southampton on Wednesday, via the American line steamship New York, reached Cuvent (iarden market in a far better condition than the first or second shipment. The fruit was sold Friday at auction.
The peaches did poorly and the plums went fairly well, although the market was glutted. Any quantity of California Harrietts will sell well, as the French Hartletts are exhausted and the English are wormy. The total amount realized by the sale of California fruit was over 910.000.
No Duly 011 CaniMllHii I.umlior. WAHIIISO l'o.N. Sept. 8.— The state department was advised by the Canadian government that hereafter no export or stuiiipage duties will be levied by Canada. Thereupon Secretary Carlisle sent a telegram to collectors of customs notifying them that hereafter, in accordance with a provision of tho new tariff law. all Canadian lumber will bo admitted free of duty.
l!lg Attendance nt Hlanfnrd. STA NKOlllI C-N'l VKItfclTY, Clll.. Sept. 8.— The fourth yeur of the Leland Stanford, Jr., university opened Friday. I Kight hundred und twenty-flvo students have already registered, exclusive of about 100 post graduates, an increase of lf0 over tho number of students lust year. The totnl registration for this year will exoeed 1,200.
Comte Dd I'tirli Dead.
LONDON, Sept. 8.—TheComte do I'arls died at tho Stowe house, his London residence, at 7 o'clock a. m. Tho disease from which he suffered was given out by tho physicians as cancer of tho
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stomach, hut it will probably require an autopsy to determine the exact: cause of his death.
Murdered IfIm Neighbor.
Siorx CITY, la., Sept. 8. Michael Sobieswski and U. Hill, two farmers living near Correctiouville, in this connty, quarreled over the action of Sobieswskr* daughter and Sobieswski .shot Hill and then committed suicide.
Killed at Menonitnec.
MKNOMIMCG, Mich., Sept. K.-.ltimt*s Cook was lulled ut the Kirliy-CurpiMi-tor company's mill yard by it Mow on I the head from stiok of hurdivood I fulling upon the currlajfe. lie WIIH Rft yviirh old und leaves a widow aud tu ohiliirou. "..':,S5K§
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when a terrific gale arose, forcing the boats to run for shelter. Some of them reached harbors of refuse and there rode out the siorin. Eight of them, however, lost their bearings and ran on the Noerpes islands, where the tremendous seas soon pounded them to pieces. The islands are principally desolate rocks. As the sens swept over the wrecked fishing boats before the latter broke up they carried away tifteon lishermcn, whose bodies were never afterward seen. Those left on the boats knew their vessels were doomed and made whut few preparations were possible to get ashore. There --oemed to b* only one chance in a hundred of their reaching a place of safety, but this chance they took nnd lauded on one of the islands, almost completely exhausted. For three days the storm raged with unabated fury, and the men, who were without food, were exposed to its full force. At the end of three days a passing vessel wus sighted and in respond? to the fishermen's signals ran in under the lee of the island ami sent boats to take off the shipwrecked men. In the meantime two of the fishermen had succumbed, and their bodies were left on the island. The rescued were in a pitiable condition. Several of them were unconscious when found, and it is feared some of them will die.
Two trolley enr.s collided in a fo£ near Paterson, X. J., nnd five piissengers and a inotorman wero injured.
At Spring-field, Mass., Titus lowered the Mcyele records for three, four and five miles, placing the last at 10:51 i)aisy Majors, a l(l-vear-old trirl who has lusted as postmistress at Wampum, Pa., is found to have ember.zled SI
At a statobanquet Emperor William admonished his hearers that he would not brook opposition lr. his agrarian plans.
An open switch caused the wrecking of tho Santa Ke's California express nt Dillon .lunotkm, N. M. Four men were hurt.
In a race against time at Indianapolis Uireotly placed tho 'J-year-olii paoinff record at SilO^, a cut of a |i:nr ter second.
Eugene Uiokson, a St. Louis lad, swallowed a green fly while lautfhintr, tind died within forty-ei^ht. hours iu terrible agony. 'I hu trades unions congress in Norwich, Hng., resolved to demand that the government prevent the lauding of destitute aliens.
St. John. N. H., is surrounded by forest fires. Several villages are In danger aud nan only be saved by a shift of the wiud.
Tho aununl report of tho St. l'aul shows a net proilt of fSK, 141 011 tho year's operations, notwithstanding tho business depression.
Bank clearings of the priueipal cities, excluding Now York, show an increase for tho weok In comparison with last year of U0.8 per oent.
Speaker Crisp and Secretary Hmith addressed a mass-meeting at Atlanta, Oa., the former devoting himself to tho tariff, the latter to finance.
Before the kinetoscope in tho Edison laboratory ut Orange, N. J., Clorbott knocked out I'otor Courtney In six rounds, lie received S!),0(IU for his efforts.
William and John MefCinley claim to have been defrauded lii the forming of tlie l.ake Superior consolidated I1011 mines and havo brought suit for S02U,(H)U damages.
In an Interview at London IJepew said I10 was not a candidate for tho nomination for governor of New York, tint intimated he might accept in certain contingencies.
A WATERMELON TRAGEDY.
Thrre Mrn I'OIHIHMMI HIMI tho l'oirHHHT 14 Murdered. MAUNOI.IA. Ark., Sept. s.--X.'.'ir it a A a sas stato line, Clinton Thompson, :i farmer, has a line melon crop. Jluids by boys beoaino so frequent, tins" old man put poison In some of the finest melons und awaited the results. Thursday morning his sou Folix, (jeorgo Bridges, a neighbor's son, and 11 man named Joeob Muir wore found dead In the patch. Tho neighbor whoso son was among the vlotims was tho fli-st to discover the dovl bodies and called Thompson out to show him tho oorpsos. When Bridges learned that Thompson had poisoned the melons and cnusod tho death of tiis son he drew his revolver ami shot h'm dead.
ISiiftlneHH Depression Clunca n»nk.
MIJIULKTOWX,
Pa., 8eit. 8.—Tho Mld-
dlotovvti bank, tho oldest Institution of its kind in Dauphin oountv, failed on account of depression In business, 'the dlreotors say the institution will resume In a short time, and the depositors will not lose a cent. Tho Institution was founded by Gen. Cameron.
Dion !)«o»uiu lie Had D«ou Swindled. ttAXHUTA., I1L, Sept. 8.—Ilonry Hall, a farmer of Meeker's Grove, was floeced last week by lightning-rod sharps and the experience cost him several hundred dollars. It prayed on his mind so tnuoh that he became slok and died.
Oklahoma flaulc Close*.
Sotrnr ENID, O. T., Sept. 8.—Tho Oklahoma County bunk closed Its doors and assigned to J. (X Moore. The ussets are over 814,000 and tho liabilities about 87,000..
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Eto. CnicAOo, Sept 7.
Fi.ouiv-Was quiet und unchanged. Quotations wore as follows: Winter Patcats, •2.80 straltfhth, clour&, tU HXft £.40 secoodv, $1.80$1.90: lew yrudos, #J.G0(FTL.7U.• Spring -I'atcnts. |8.LlK33.ft0 slrulghta, ¥.*) Bakers $J.7ui&2.00 low prudes. $1.IO&.1.5U Itud 11.80^1.40 Rye, ftUU&'J.&O.
WDog.
JIBAT -Moderately nctlve aud higher. No. 8 rash. 8epteml»er. Decembor, 67iU&6HJ4o May,
OHN -Active and unHettloil. No. &, BTfco No. 3 Yellow, RTKo: No. 8, S6^o No. 8 Yellow, WJV4o September, WHflWtte October, 67H©r83io December, Muy, B0VK JJ WHO.