Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1894 — Page 2

□emocrcdk Press. DECATI :I. IXL>. I>.n.ocrut’c Tre-s i ( t.. - Publisher*. EVENTS OF INTEREST THAT OCCURRED DURING THE FAST WEEK. Two Chlmffo Cable Train* Cra*h Into Bach Other in a Tunnel—Ohio Farmer Robbed of S7,l’Js—Gov. Tillman Elected I nited States Senator—Smothered by Gas. IN Tilt Tl NX CL. Another Had Accident on a Chicage Grip Car Line. Chicago special: By a collision between cable ears in the Washington street tunnel, two were fatally hurt, and fourteen seriously injured. The cars were set on tire by the stoves and for a time ti: re was a fearful panic. At the time the accident occurred, 6:30 in the evening, all westbound cars were jammed to suffocation with people returning from business on the south sine. A Madison street t able train, consisting of a grip ear and two trailers, was two-thirds of the way down the incline toward • tl:o bottom of the, tunnel when a cable train of the Milwaukee avenue line, also w ith three cars, entered the tunnel. Almost immediately after starting down tire slope, Gripnian T. 11. Moran, of the Milwaukee avenue car. lost his hold on the cable and the cars leaped forward down the sti p incline at fearful speed. Moran rang the alarm bell, and he and the conductors set all the brakes on the train, but were utterly unable to hold it, and just as the bottom of the tunnel was reached, the runaway cars struck the Madison street train with an awful crash, smashing the rear car into splinters and demolishing the Milwaukee avenue grip car. Both cars were piled up in a heap, from which such passengers as were capable of moving, crawled out. battered and bleeding. Each of t he two wrecked ears held about seventy - five passengers. The wrecked ears caught fire and began to blaze furiously. Al! the people injured on the car were removed before the tire became dangerous, how ever. A number of people were pinioned in the wreck, and others were held fast between the wreckage and trails of the tunnel. All were quickly removed and the fire extinguished. The cause of the accident was the breaking of the grip on the Milwaukee avenue car. < 'ounterfeiter* Caug ht. Gutherie (O. T.) special: A squad of deputy United States marshals have just unearthed a dangerous band of counterfeiters who have been operating in conjunction with counterfeiters in Indiana arid Missouri. A chance word uttered by a member of the gang while intoxicated led to a raid and the subsequent lodging in the United States jail of Guy Harper. L. Crawford. Joseph Tillery. Jess Lockett, and Sam Lockett, leaders of the gang. After shadowing the men three months and two days, all of which time spurious coins, ranging in denomination from 10 cents to JI, were circulated, the outlaws unwit tingly led their captors to an underground cave a few miles east of Perkins. A Tragedy Imminent, The London Globe prints a letter from a British resident in China who occupies an important position, which brings him in touch with the mandarins and the masses. The writer says: “ A tragedy may occur any day, or when the Japanese come w ithin sight of the capital, 1 feel certain that every foreigner will be massacred. The foreign ministers will incur a perfectly insane risk if they remain ttiere after tiie ice has closed the port of TienTsin. The greatest danger is in the fact that nearly all the soldiers are members of secret societies, Which are readv to break out at the first chance.” Senator Voorhees' Intentions. Senator Voorhees told an intimate friend a few days ago that he did not expect to reenter the practice of law at the expiration of his senatorial term. He has little hopes of a re-election to the Senate, and fully expects. when his tern; expires, to enter the lecture field. The Senator expressed the •pinion that this would be a much more profitable and pleasanter work for him than law practice. Played with a Gnu. While the children of Enos Bennett, a farmer living near Flintstone, Md., were playing with a gun, one of the boys, a young lad about 13 years old who had’hold of the weapon when his sister, a young and beautiful girl. 16 years old, asked the boy to hand it to her and when he attempted to do so the gun accidentally discharged, the contents of which entered her head killing her instantly. Bi? Diamond Robbery at Cleveland. Burglars made a rich hall at the residence of 8. T. Everett, Cleveland. Ohio. An examination of the apartments disclosed that nearly $2,000 worth of diamonds, besides a large but unknown sum of mone; . had been taken, Mr. Everett is President • • • ' deuce is the finest in Cleveland. Bo me the red'by Gas diaries Johnson and Gust. Wennerbcrg owners of a cigar stand at San Francisco", were smothered to death by illuminating gas at their lodgings on Stevenson street. Both men were prominent in athletic circli s having participated m many tugs of war contests as members J a Swedish b arn. Loses 57.12.7, Isaac Stein, a farmer living several miles out of Bowling Green. Ohio, was held up and robbed on the road recently of $7,125. Stein had been in the city until midnight, and it is supposed some one had noticed his roil of bills and followed him until he reached a lonely place in the country. The Ship Canal Resolution. Senator Turpie has presented in the Senate the conrrrrent resolution adopted by the last Indiana Legislature, asking government aid for a ship canal to connect Lake Michigan with the Wabash River. Sugar Drops to Its Lowest Point. Philadelphia special: Sugar refiners dropped their card rates on refined to a basis of 4 cents for granulated. Tiiis brought the net price to 3.74 cents—the lowest on record in the trade. Tillman for C. S. Senator. In the election for Llnited states Senator, in the South Carolina General Assembly, B. B. Tillman received 131 votes, M. ('. Butler, the incumbent, 21 votes, scattering, 5.

A FAT ROLL, Train Robbers Secure SI 40.000 From Express Safes. Forth Worth (Texas) special: One of the boldest and most daring train robberies ever known to have been committed in Texas took place eight miles west of here and two miles east of Benbrook station. As an incoming east-bound Texas and Pacific passenger train was nearing Mary's Creek it was brought to a sudden stop by a danger signal displayed on the trestle. As soon as the train came to a standstill the engineer was covered by three unmasked men, who boarded the cab and ordered that the train be backed up about a half mile when the fireman was covered and ordered to break in the express door. He refused l ut the robbers pulled the triggers on their guns and a number of shots in the air brought the fireman to terms, who burst in the express door with a pick. One of the robbers then kept the firemant and engineer covered while the others went into the express car. Fort Worth is the end of the express run and the safe doors were O]>en. One of the robbers rifled the safes while the other kept guard over the messengers. The exact amount the robbers secured is not known, but it is said to have been in the neigb.lxirhood of $140,000 in money, gold bullion en route from San Francisco to Washington, and Texas and Pacific checks. After the hold-up the robbers mounted their horses, told the engineer to go on and then made leisurely off in a northwesterly direction. The express officials here say they do not know the amount taken, but that it is the only through train from the west and carries every evening a large amount of money. On the arrival of the train at Fort Worth posses were immediately organized to close in every direction, thereby making escape almost impossible. DON’T LIKE IT. Cornier* Places Ilim-elt in Opposition to tbe Establishment of Compulsory Arbitration. President Gompers delivered his annual report to the National Federation of Labor, now in session at Denver. He complimented the organization upon being able to preserve its existence during recent adverse circumstances. Referring to the coal miners’ strike he said the establishment of a minimum rate of wages was a very great victory. He defended the action of the federation in regard to the American Railway Union strike by the assertion that Mr. Debs’ proposition submitted to them was a virtual acknowledgement that the strike was a failure. President Cleveland’s action at that time, he severely condemned. The hope was expressed that government telegraphs and telephones will coon lie established in connection with the Postal Department, and unions among government employes were recommended as an aid to the movement. The establishment of a national labor day was referred to as the only sunbeam labor had received from the last session of Congress. Mr. Gompers opposed independent political action by organized labor at present. The results of local attempts in this line were cited to show the disastrous effects. The proposition to establish compulsory arbitration was denounced and the charge was made that designing persons are advocating it as a means of destroying labor organizations. DIFFICI LT To Detect Any Very Great Change in the Current or Business of the Country. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Review of Trade says: “It is difficult to detect any change in current business, but the prospects for business after January 1, are quite generally considered more hopeful. The meeting of Congress, and the announcement of the new currency plan and various bills proposed have not affected the situation perceptibly. On the whole agricultural products are scarcely stronger and wages of labor do not advance but there is reason to expect the employment of a somewhat larger working force after the holidays. The expected government report of the feeding of wheat to cattle and hogs has scarcely influenced the market. Tbe receipts of wheat were larger than a y ear ago and the exports smaller, but foreign accounts, particularly as to the Argentine crop, have helped to advance life. The estimates of winter wheat acreage indicates an increase of 1.9 per cent, with a condition somewhat better than a year ago and exports not one-sixth as large, with the price changed but little. Failures this week, 385 in the United States, against 385 last year 1 and forty in Canada against forty-two last year.” Bloody Work. In a fight between a party of tramps tn a Baltimore and Ohio box car, two of the ■umber were killed and another mortally wounded. The murder was discovered when the train reached Fostoria, Ohio, and the dying tramp told the story of the shooting, which he charges against three men who boarded the train at Auburn, Ind. He says his home is at Auburn, and that he is a chimney-sweep by occupation. The names *- his two dead companions he says, are Leese and Morgan. Leese wears a detective's badge and is finely dressed. He says tlie three men who did the shooting were driven out of Garrett by the Marshal, and that they boarded the train at Auburn- The shooting occurred between Auburn and Deshler, and was wholly unprovoked, being for the purpose of robbery. From Harris they got sl6, but he does not know how much from his companions. The murderers leaped from the train at Deshler, Ohio. Bad Storms. San Francisco special: A severe storm caused much damage to the streets and sewers all over this city. In many shops there was such a flooding that goods floated about in a mixture of black mud and water. A section of the new cement sea wall in course of construction was washed away and at Oakland where the tide was higher than for years, the wharves were damaged badly. The total precipit. tion at Oakland during the storm was almost five inches in as many days. Carson (Nev.) special: Snow, sleet, and wind have caused the worst storm here in years. The snow is badly drifted on the Virginia and Truckee Railroad and disabled a train. Two snow plows were derailed and all the wires are down. Lost the Wager. Ale accident occurred at Prescott, four miles east of Shelbyville, Ind., on the Big Four Railroad. Ferdinand Orsehel, a well-known man of Franklin County, aged 26 years, who has been making his home at. the above mentioned place for some time past, in company with a party of friends out for their usual evening recreation, attempted to cross the Big Four tracks in front of a rapidly moving passenge? train, when he was struck by the engine and killed. Others of the party narrowly escaped injury. A wager had been made by the foolhardy j oung men that they could

gain the opposite side of the tracks ahead of the train. Orsehel was in the rear of the party with the results as narrated. Marder Mystery Cleared I'p, The Mystery surrounding the murder of . Alfred Barnes, the janitor of the Hiawatha | Flats at Chicago, has finally been cleared up, and Edward Jordan, the assistant janitor of the flat building, is the confes.«ed ' murderer. The police succeeded in getting from Annie Mahony, the woman with whom Barnes had been atone time intimate, an admission that the crime had been com- I mitted by Jordan. She repeated hereon-; ; session in the presence of Jordan, and he ; acknowledged that it was correct. The story of the Mahoney woman was told in a ! stolid, indifferent way, she apparently feeling not the slightest compunction for her part in the awful tragedy, and even at times laughing loudly. First Skirmish. City of Mexico special: The latest reports from the Guatemala frontier is of a more serious character than any which have as yet reached the capital. It is claimed the assassination has been made by the Guatemalan of a Mexican Colonel, member of tlie staff of Gen. Lullane, and from unofficial sources it is reported that a company of the | Nineteenth batallion of the Mexican forces I have had two skirmishes with a force of 400 Guatemalan guerrillas. The first assault on the Mexican troops was a harmless skirmish, but the second resulted in two Mexican soldiers being killed. The Guatemalans retreated hastily, and it is not known that they have suffered material damage. Peace Negotiation*. The Japanese Minister, Mr. Kurino, was among Secretary Gresham's callers Friday. He came in answer to a summons from the Secretary, and there is reason to believe that some news bearing upon the peace negotiations has been received. It is not possible to learn the exact nature of the visit, but it is believed that through the efforts of the American Ministers a j»eace measure has been effected, opening the way to a specific adjustment of the terms of peace between duly accredited representatives of China and Japan, which will include the fixing of the amount of the indemnity and other details that could not properly be arranged in the preliminary negotiations. A Pitched Rattle. Guthrie (O. T.) special: Twokilled.one maimed for life, two badly wounded, is the result of a pitched battle between men of ' Alva and Eagle, started by drunken rowdies. James Brown, Frank Brown, J. K. Knight, Charles Kitchen, Sam Wescott, and One-eyed Taylor while coming home drunk met Sam Crocker, a Deputy Marshal, and three rangers en route to Alva. Without provocation or a moment’s warning the drunken men opened fire. A general fusilade followed. Kitchen and James Brown were killed, Wescott's legs were shattered and Taylor, the Deputy Marshal, and one ranger were seriously wounded. Ute War Coming, Delegate Rawlins of Utah, says he looks for war in Utah before the Ute Indian difficulties are settled. The latest reports that he has received indicate a serious condition of affairs. The Indians have advanced within thirty miles of Moab, and have caused the settlers a great deal of trouble, robbing and pillaging, and especially driving off stock, Mr. Rawlins says that the white settlers have notified everybody to have the women and children moved to places of safety. The settlers are arming and int< nd to drive the Indians back into Colorado, or at least out of Utah. May Lynch Him. A brutal attempt was made near Bowling Green. Ky., by a 15-year-old negro boy, •Sylvester Anthony, to outrage Mrs. Matilda Johns, a respectable white woman 80 years of age. who lives ten miles in the country. Failing in his purpose, he piled bed pillows on the floor, broke a kerosene lamp over them and set them on fire. Then he securely locked the house and had started to leave when Fayette Jackson, a neighbor, came to the rescue and liberated the woman and arrested the boy. Anthony was taken to jail with a rope around his neck and there is talk of lynching. Rvging Frairie Fire. Fort Worth (Texas) special: L. M. Barkley, who came in from the west recently, reports a raging prairie fire in the extreme western part of Texas and eastern New Mexico. The ranges have been total■ ly destroyed, not less than 25.000,000 acres of grass being consumed. The Capital syndicate company sustains heavy losses and great loss of cattle will certainly follow. The fire has swept over thirteen counties along the western border of the State, and at last reports was still raging. Cattlemen apprehend very serious losses. Financial Crisis. St. Johns iN. F.) special: A financial crisis prevails here. The Commercial Bank of New Found land, has closed its doors, and several Newfoundland commercial firms have failed, including Edwin Dudcr and John Steet. The Union Bank suspended payment for a few hours, for the purpose of arranging to meet the expected run. The general belief is that with care the crisis will be tided over. The immediate cause is the suspension of Prowse, Hall <t Morris of London, financial agents for Edwin Duder and other firms. Election Contest. The Republican leaders have decided to contest the election of James 11. Budd, the Democratic Governor-elect of California. The ease will be carried to the Supreme Court, but it is probable that that body will decide in Budd’s favor, The Republicans have an overwhelming majority in the Legislature. Whatever the result, this action promises to cause bad blood. Budd has sworn he will take his seat as Governor, and nothing but deatli will stop him. The contest will be the first in the history of the State to unseat a governor. Brutal Attack on a Farmer. Thomas Tennyson, a farmer near Versailes, Ind., upon returning to his house from the barn, was accosted by a stranger, who fired on him with a revolver at close range. The bullet struck Tennyson in the right groin. His cry for help attracted the household, and as members of the family ran to the rescue the stranger fired a second shot, sending a bullet through Tennyson’s right thigh. The stranger rushed’ away, avowing the purpose to kill Tennyson’s family before ho was done. No cause is known. Held for the Eox Car Murder. Stewardsville (Ohio) special: Officers from Findlay eame here to arrest three tramps, Louis A. Konst, Joseph McDonald and Joseph Konst, who were acting in a suspicious manner. They answered the description of the Baltimore and Ohio boxcar murderers, and were taken to Findlay to await developments. One of the men was

positively identified as one of the assailants | of Saloon-keeper Cook in this city last August. The man was brutally beaten, and has since been insane. Killed by an Explosion. st. Man■ I W. A ■ • ■ son left here for the oil fields witli fifty gallons of nitro-glycerine for shooting oil wells. When six miles from here the team ran awav. throwing Johnson out, hurting him slightly. A quarter of a mile further the glycerine was exploded by the jar of tbe wagon. The explosion was heard and felt forty miles away, and a hole ten feet deep was torn in a solid ledge of rock over which the wagon was passing. Thus far no part of tlie wagon, except a piece of horse collar, has been found. Debs’ Scheme. It is announced that Eugene V. Debs, . President of the American Railway I men, will attend the Convention ofthe American Federation of Labor in Denver, anil endeavor to secure an endorsement of his plan to amalgamate labor organizations into one vast federation to be known as the “United Federation of Workmen.” He will also ask the convention to approve last summer's strike. This will probably be strongly opposed by Samuel Gompers, President of the Federation. Catholicism Liberalised* St. Paul i Minn.) special: Catholics in the diocese of Archbishop Ireland are much pleased over his decision to remove the ban of the church from secrect societies, and several very prominent Catholics in St. Paul have recently commenced work in the Knights of Pythias, and other orders. It is understood that Archbishop Ireland has taken the matter to Rome and has papal sanction for tlie permission which has been given to American Catholics. Kloters Sentenced. United States Judge Ross of Los Angeles, Cal., has sentenced W. 11. Clune, Isaac Ross, Phillip Stanwood, and A. T. Johnston to imprisonment in the county jail for eighteen mouths and to pay a Hue of $1 each. Tlie men compose the mediation board of tlie local division of the American Railway Union, and were charged with obstructing the mails during the recent strike. The Safe Shattered. The general store of Zerbe & Robinson at New Washington, Ohio, was burglarized the other night. The safe was blown open and now lies in fragments about the prem- . The cracksmen went next door to a m at shop and stole several hides, with which they covered over the safe to deaden the noise. They secured about SSO in cash qnd some valuable goods. Americans Compelled to Show Papers Ambassador Runyan has informed the Department of State, under dateof November 23, that all persons sojourning in Germany and not stopping at a hotel are required to exhibit some certificate of nationality in ease of an American passport as a condition of continuing their stay, and this is sometifiies done after a very short sojourn. The Next House. An unofficial list of numbers elect to the Fifty-fourth congress has been compiled by the clerk of the house. The list is corrected up to December 5 and gives the republicans 244 members, democrats 104 and the populists 6. In the present congress there are 219 democrats, 123 republicans and 12 populist members. She Wanted to Die. Mrs. William O’Neill attempted to commit suicide at Logansport, Ind., with morphine on account of poverty and domestic troubles. While she tossed about in her agony her two little children crawled upon the bed and begged for food. Physicians arrived in time and saved her, although she pleaded piteously to be left to die. Appointed by Lincoln. James S. Hume, one of the pioneer residents of London, Ohio, was found dead in bed. He had been in poor health, but such a sudden termination was not expected. He was 77 years old and left one child, Mrs. Belle Neff. Mr. Hume was the first Republican postmaster in London, being appointed by President Lincoln. Another Hold L’p, Arkansas City (Kan.) special: Two masked men held up the north-bound Roek Island train near the Red River bridge on the frontier of the Indian Territory and compelled the engineer and fireman to help break open the express car. Amount stolen is unknown and details are hard to get. Cyclone Down South. A cyclone destroyed the sugar house of the Southwood plantation near Baton Rouge, La., killing two persons. A number of homes at Omega, La., Selma. Hazen, and Montevallo, A la., were uprooted or wrecked and much stock was killed.

Wants Them to Go Back. The Secretary of the Interior directed Gen Day of the Southern Ute agency in Colorado, to proceed to the section of Utah invaded by Colorado Utcs and endeavor to persuade them to return to their reservation. THS MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, 55.75et0.50; hogs, shipping grades. s4@ 5; sheep, fair to choice, [email protected]; wheat, No. 2 red, ooC/'-'Citoc; corn, No. 2, 4i@4Bc;oats, No. 2,2 NE/,, |i ~c; fro. No. 2, 48@49c; butter, choice creamery, 2 eggs, fresh, 20%@21%c; potatoes, ear lots, per bushel, Ou-HiSc. _ Indianapolis — Cattle, shipping, s3@ 5.50; hogs, choice light, s4'o;s:. sheep, common to prime, s2o/2.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 50@olc; corn. No. 1 white, 41@ 41%c; oats. No. 2 white. 33@34c. St. Louis—Cattle, hogs. $3/04.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 51'y</52>,>; corn, No. 2, oats, No. 2, 30@31c; No. 2, 524153. Cincinnati—Cattle. [email protected]; hogs. $441'5; sheep. sl(§3; wheat, No. 2 red. 53 corn, No. 3. mixed, 45@4Gc; oats. No. 2, mixed, 32@33c; rye. No. 2,524154 c. Detroit—Cattle, [email protected]; hogs. s4( ( z l 4.75: sheep. s2C<t2.sO; wheat. No. 1 white, 56@57e; corn. No. 2 yellow, oats, No. 2 white, 33r<i34c; rye, No 494151 c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 54@55c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 45@46c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@33%c; rye, No. 2,494150 c. Buffalo—Cattle, $2,504i 5.25; hogs, s4@ 5; sheep. s2@3; wheat. No. 2 red, 5841! 59c; corn, No. 3 yellow, oats. No. 2 white, 364536V,c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, S!VQ 59%c; corn, No. 3, 45ig45%c; oats, No. 2 white, 32@33c; barley. No. 2,534155 c; rye. No. 1, 49@51c; pork, moss, $11.75 @12.25. New York—Cattle. $371'6; hogs, $3,504!; 5: sheep, $2(03; wheat, No. 2 red. 61 @62c; corn, No. 2, sS@s9c; oats, white Western, 364142 c; butter, creamery, 2514 ©2644c: eggs. Western. 234i26c

MISS GING’S MURDERrevelations in the minneap- ' OLIS TRAGEDY- || Aesawin I. Ctan* A. BH«*-nired by ' Harry T. Hay ward-Crinie Lapm-vd , by Confession of the !.utter’s Broth-er-Blixt Tells All. Killed for Insurance. , IheM «i' ; ■' ■ r ■ ilay the investigation of the (,mg i>>ur*>'* ; t case. The officials have practical .v pi. n ( up hope of wringing a confession ( Harry Hayward, and it seems certain . ( that "the rase will come to trial in due time, in which erent it is likely to become a celebrated case in murder trial annul-. Harry Hayward is apparently deter- ( mined to fight tbe thing out to the bitter end, and few more developments are expected before the case conies to trial. ] A dry A. Hayward, brother of the nc- j cased," made a confession, in which he declares that the fearful crime was dehlierr.tely planned by his brother, Harry, and | that the bloody deed was committed bj 1 ’. A. Blixt, the engineer of the Ozark | ats. The motive for the crime was the se curing of the insurance on the murdered woman's life. Adry's confession shows that prior to the murder Harry had arranged all the details of the loans he had made her, the t evidence, the life insurance, etc., in such a manner that it would appear to the public afterward that it was all open anil above board. Time and time again Harry made personal appeals to Adry. but the latter always told him he could never , carry out such a scheme as getting rid of j \\ w \\ fl /A.-/ MISS CATHERINE GING. (The pretty dressmaker who was brutally murdered for her money.) the girl without hanging for it. Harry grew very anery nt Adry’s repeated opposition and finally threatened to murder him if he resisted. After this Adry supposed the scheme had been dropped. It was not until three days before the day of the murder that he realized that the plot was still incubating. Blixt’s Confession. Engineer Blixt was arrested and confined in a cell in the Central Police Station, away from all intruders. After being subjected to the sweating process Blixt confessed that he fired the fatal shot himself. He says that Hayward had persuaded Miss Ging that “green goods" could be easily circulated through the medium of her business as a dressmaker, and she. having always had an insane idea to get rich easily, fell in with the idea. The night of the murder Hayward told her that he had arranged for her to meet a “green goods" dealer on the outskirts of the city. They started off on the ride together. About twelve blocks from the Ozark flats they met Blixt Hayward induced her to let Blixt drive her to the place of meeting, with the assurance to her that he would himself follow immediately in another buggy and be present at the meeting. Blixt then drove the woman out to the old Excelsior road and called her attention to a passing object. As she turned her head to look out of her side of the buggy he shot her. The body was then thrown out by the side of the road. Hayward, instead of following Blixt and Miss Ging, returned to the Ozark flats, ami afterward went to the theater with the daughter of a prominent Minneapolis attorney. GENERAL CABEZAS. A Person of Interest in Connection with the Bluefields Incident The sensational reports from Bluefields and the Mosquito coast of Nicaragua makes General Cabeza- ; . „ f in ter-

est. The Mosquito reservation is incorporated with Nicaragua and General Caliezas is supreme authority. The reservation will hereof, tar appear on the maps as the Zalava District or the Department of Zalava. It is named so by tian. Cabezas and the Indians in honor of the President of fhn ....

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the vergeof a war with En-Hiul i the latter will not reeoS “ e ernment on the Mosquito eoast b.TJ are unfounded. Though tro, ? „ pected the United SuU "fl e f 6X " sary, take action. Wll1 ’ ls PENSIONS SHOW A DECREASE. Bill as Reported to the HouseCo • an Appropriation of $141, 38^ eB the pension appropriate,i.;u ported to the HoV by Mr O’K u Massachusetts, carries an of $141,581,570, being the estimates and ?lo 200 i T th ’? D appropriation for the r-urrontS■ *' the The reduction is made [n year ’ the payment of pensions and "n the of examining surgeon. Fo. g. ■ fe<?s bill allows Sl4O 000 00fl_« pe " SlOn s, the

the amount allow.'-! for the current year. In the report accompanying the bill j, a table showing that m 1579 the numlier of pensioners was 242.77C>. the annual value of the pensions $25.493.742, and tha j\b’’rs< uieuts on their aci-outit reported by the treasury $35,121,482. In ISM th* numl>er of penaioners increased to 969,. - < I the annual value of pensions to vmsiu;, and the disbursements by the treasury to $141,1«<J254. Commissi ■ r Dwhr. n, when before the committee, expressed tbe opinion that the high-water mark in the payment of p nsions had been reached. Many of the jensiouers who remain on the rolls, he said, may get increases, so that, even if the "p< ii-ion roll should decrease, the •i mount expended will not decrease in proportion on account of the increased disabilities allowed for. STOLE A BIG SUM. Samuel C. Seely. Who Robbed the National Shoe and Leather Bank. Tlie robbing of the National Shoe and Leather Bank of New York of $354,0fK) by S iinnel <’. Steely, for fourteen year, a

bookkeeper in the bank, in whom unbounded confidence was placed, is one of the greatest sensations in financial circles in recent years. Samuf 1 C. Seely was a prominent Brooklyn church member, has a wife and two children and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. He is a weak-minded man, however, ami

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in an evil hour, either intentionally or unintentionally’ allowed his friend, a lawyer named Baker, who has committed suicide rince the exposure, to overdraw his account. From that time on he was completely in H .kt r's power, not daring to expt se him f<»r fear of prosecution, and fop nine years Baker drew money weekly until it has amounted to $354,000. Tha • windle w; only Uncovered when a new ■•ystein of bo«>kke< oing was introduced ia the bank. A man supposed to be Samuel C. Seeley. the absconding t>>okkeeper of the Nation’ll Shoe and Leather Bank, New York, who embezzled $.‘C»4.000, was arrested in Chicago at 10:30 o’clock on Monday night by Detectives William O’Donnell and J. Almandinger, of the Central Station. he prisoner was tnk* ■ to police headquarters, where he gave the name ot Frank J. Dale, but refused 10 give any further in format ion concerning himself. His appearance corresponded ■ xa. tly with the d - r inn and picture '•ent out by the j><.i i e of New York in a «ircular asking for Filley’s arrest, save that the prisoner's mustache bad apparently been trimmed and dyed, and his hair also trimmed and combed down over his forehead instead of being pushed back as was Seeley’s habit THE NEW PRESIDENT. Head of the American Street Railway A KHCK'iation. Mr. Joel Hurt. re< - iy elected President of the American Street Railway Assu. i.ition, is a resident of Atlanta, Ga. t

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and one of the most enterprising men in that city. He was born in Russell Connty. Alabama.in 1850. The close of tbe war found the Hurt plantation completely desolati.l and the son. then 15 years of age. had to begiu tbe battle of life for himself. He managed to acquire a good educa-

tion, obtained tin* degree of civil engineer at the age of 21. and followed his profission till 1875. Then he located in Atlanta, entered the real estate and insurance business, and in 1876 entered on the organization of building and loan associations. He became head of the Atlanta Home Insuance Company, the East At’'nta Land C- nipany. and finally nianag<r of the Consolidated Street Railroad ( mpany. and in recognition of his shrewdness and success in thia last enterprise was elected to the Presidency of the American Street Railway Association.

WHEAT FED TO STOCK. Government Report on the Amount l.sed for This- Purpooc, The Washington St: • stical Bureau of I ie Agricultural Department estimates the amount <.f v..,r . !y fed to live stock up to Oct. 30 nt 46,030,000 bushels, and the an. mt to I fed at 29.273.009 bushels, making the total 75,303,009 ! ’" s ' ' 1 . -:r< < r.re merely the meaner estinrn:. s from those States “here corre-pondenfs have complied with the requests of the department, and sltould not be taken as more than an attempt at appr , xi . t( . (al fee(ling of wheat from the pr. .ent supply. The " B er will •• te final fin >n upon this question. 1: : r bushels of 'a heat at lobsh, , ■ t av t( , fi)l a f orei(tn oreer. Weonee 'uy he tl .;, bl)J . Rome there. |., lt n ,,- ;e was offered for s. le. there tire m . than ,55,000.000 lushela m sight in this country and CanT-’' '■‘' r ' : '-d f _ !.<«» ’biishels ”"7 d ln Cl : • • levators, and it e-nis that n „ f th{S(> ~t pvator, «=nt to sell any. Min lo; sos bnshelg of Tvmat are speanlated in every dar. but actual eash trancictioi s are insignificant most of the time on the Board of Trade. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. The New Woman’s Christian TemperT ance Union. out of the 2 ' ,f v! ' ini,,ns Stowing largely ing e-m- | WC!Ua e KufTr ' ! S p movement haring canseda split ln the Woman's Chris-

.. cuv n omaa s cnnstian Temperance } !, n, an opposition s " I ty has been formed. Os this new organization Mrs. Cornelia C. Alford, of Bernardson, I rankiin County, has been < 1 cted President. Mrs. Alford favors Ji pa ration of the two ideas, anco and suffrage,

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“ "onrage, tiine’Un-?' 0 , 1 * 0 - ,““ d I,oUto that ballot. yet npe for glvlng women the Sedalia' Mo. PUri<y n^vemen t bas struck