Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1894 — Page 10

Democratic press. DECATUB, IM>. Democratic Pre.. < <>., - I’ulilmirH. HISTORY OF A WEEK. PEOPLE. PLACES, AND/THINGS OF THE WORLD. Horrible Accident at West Bay City. Mich. — Father McGlynn Recants Attempt to Wreck a Train—Stories of Cruelty by Chinese Confirmed. BI OWN TO PIECES, Boiler Explosion Results in the Instant Death of Five Men. By the explosion of a boiler in the box factory of Russel Bros., at West Bay City, Mieh„ five men were instantly killed and two others mortally injured. The killed are: George Fount, John Brown. George Calcutt, John Riddlebaeh, Charles Round, The fatally injured are: Charles Dodge, lungs ruptured: unknown boy, aged 18, legs broken. The shock of the explosion shook the entire city. More than 5,000 people are at the scene of the explosion, and search is being actively made for the dead. Thecause of the explosion was low water. The debris caught tire but was extinguished by the department. Another body has been taken from th* ruins, and a working party has been organized to look for more. The list of dead w ill probably number seven, as another man is missing. The men were sitting in the engine room eating lunch, and not one escaped. All were terribly mutilated, one man having both legs blown off and his neck broken. One ghastly find was that of a headless trunk. The debris of the mill was thrown over 500 feet, and all the windows in the neighborhood were shattered by the shock. The last body recovered was that of George Calcutt, the engineer. It was buried under six feet of bricks and VVt&A SV bvi’lly iiiiiuikiCil us to bt* able. Thu two injured men w ill live. REVOLTING. The Stories of Cruelty by Chinese Soldiers Confirmed* Victoria (8.C.) special: The stcamship, Empress of India, has arrived with Yokohama advices to December 7. All is quiet at Port Arthur. The army is resting from its exertions and the navy is removing torpedoes and obstructions from the harbor. Owing to the feebleness of the defense, the Chinese injuries to the fortifications are slight. The Japanese loss in the several engagements between November 111 and November 29 were twenty-six killed and 232 wounded. During the attack on Port Arthur. Chinese forces of 8,000 attacked a small garrison left in charge of Kinchow. Although heavily outnumbered, the Japanese defenders repulsed the enemy after a contest of three hours. The correspondents of Japanese newspapers tell ghastly and revolting stories of the atrocities committed by the Chinese whenever accident had thrown small bodies of Japanese soldiers into their power. Many of these tales are officially corroborated with minuteness of detail which h aves no room to doubt their authenticity. These scenes engendered fierce revenge in the soldiers of the conquering army. An Explorer Missing.. A special from Hermosillo. Mexico.says: The party of citizens which left here a few weeks ago to explore Tiburon! Island in search of gold mines which, according to tradition, are to be found there, have returned with one of their number mi: sing. The Serfs Indians, the cannibalistic tribe who occupy the island made no hostile demonstration towards the prospectors, but Edward Flores, a young member of the party, became separated from his companions, and although a long search was made for him, he could not be found. It is feared that he was kidnapped by the Indians and killed and eaten. These are the Indians who killed and ate two California newspaper men about a year ago. A Foolish QuarreL A double tragedy has occurred three miles south of Eldon, lowa, and two farmers, Ambrose Dougherty and George Hoffman, are the victims of a foolish quarrel. They had attended the County Lyceum, and while driving home both insisted on driving across the same bridge first. An impromptu duel took place and Hoffman was shot in the groin and Dougherty was pierced through to the lungs. Both are fatally wounded. Dougherty is a married man with a family. Hoffman is 18 years old.

Father McGlynn Recants. The New York Times says: "The Rev. Edward McGlynn has made a complete recantation. He is no longer an apostle of the doctrines, for preaching which he brought on himself the ban of excommuication from the Homan Catholic Church, His penitial season, which began December 23.1892. i.-i now over and Archbishop Corrigan will soon put him in charge of a parish. These statements were made to a reporter by a friend of McGlynn.” Debs Will at Once Go to Prison. Chicago special: Eugene V. Debs, President of the American Railway Union, and his colleagues have decided' to take the penalty imp sed by Judge Woods without appeal. They will go to the Cook County Jail at once. The officials reached this decision without the advice of their attorneys, and their decision is positive. Debs says an appeal would be probably of zo avail. The worry and expense were also considerations. Attempt to Wreck a Train. The Buffalo express on the Lehigh Valiey Railroad was wrecked at Horton's switch, near Wilkesbarre, Pa. The passengers, most of whom w ere asleep, were badly shaken up, but none were hurt. Investigation leads to the belief that a deliberate attempt was made to cause the wreck. A Mad Male. A mule owned by Fenton Cooper, of Jackson Township. Johnson County. Indiana, caught Mr. Cooper's 4-year-old son, seizing the clothing with its teeth and galloped around the barnyard, the child screaming with terror. The animal bad to be shot before it would release its hold. Fire at Cbicaffo. J. B. Sullivan 4 Bro.’s wallpaper and paint store at 266 North Ciark street, Chicago, was burned. Loss of stock, $50,000; on builuing, SIO,OOO. insurance not known.

THE DIVORCE MECCA. Fargo the Retreat for the Unhappy Married People* Edmund Stover, of Fargo. N. D.. who has reported more celebrated divorce ea.es during the past year than any ot her man in the country, is touring in the northwest. ! -Fargo,'’ lie says, has grow n to be the "Mecca which the unhappy married people j of the country seem bent on reaching.” I Talking on the subject of divorce in North Dakota, he said: "The general public : has little idea of the magnitude of this infernal business. The number of pilgrims reaches a big figure. A careful estimate made recently, after a visit to ail the law yers in the city, | places the total number who are serving . time preparatory to filing actions forsepa- , ration at upward of ninety. These people I are mostlyjresidents of the East, New York | and Boston furnishing the largest con- j tingent. Naturally they are all possessed | of wealth and prominence who prefer to ; journey to the frontier to wash their linen. ' The constitution of North Dakota requires I but three months’ residence prior to the I commencement of an action for divorce. I “Several ultra fashionable hotels and I boarding houses of Fargo accept no patrons vs ho are not members of the colony. The ; money spent in this city by these seekers after single blessedness reaches many thou- j sands of dollars annually. Among the I many eases soon to be heard there is one | which will shake New York from center to j circumference. A prominent state official I is the plaintiff, with Burke Cockran as his I counsel, and many leading New Yorkers! are implicated.” COMPARISONS As Given and Shown by the Weekly Retie w of Trade of K. Ci. Dun & Co. R.G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of < Trade, says: By the kindness of several thousand manufacturers who forwarded statements of their pay roll for November, 1 this year, in 1893 and 1892, to make a comparison for the earnings for that month, ' there is shown an increase in total pay- I ments of 15.2 per cent, over last year, but 1 au decrease of 8.3 per cent, in comparison with 1892. A statement of hands employed shows that in the same establishments 10.2 more persons were employed than a y ear ago. but 8.6 per ceut. less than in 1892. The average of earnings for over 250,000 hands is 4 per cent, larger than in 1893,but 13 : a per cent, less than in 1892, and ! this statement takes n» account ot the hours of work in the month compared or of establishments no: working at all this year. In some industries more hands are at work than in 1892, but in others the decrease is large. Contradictory changes in business are quite in order at this season. Neither larger orders in some branelies nor the depression of prices in others afford a safe indication of the general movement; but the working force does not lessen more than is usual for the time of year, the demand for goods does not seem to diminish, though in most departments it is considerably below the capacity of the works in operation, and the volume of business transacted is somewhat larger in comparison with last year than in November. GOMPERS KEBI RED. lie Was Defeated for President of the Federation. The delegates to the convention of the American Federation of Labor, in session at Denver, wjio felt aggrieved at the rulings of President Gompers and his attacks upon others while presiding over the convention, secured complete revenge by causing his defeat for re-election as president. The i lection of a president was quickly done, John Mcßride of Columbus. Ohio, President of the Mine Workers, having received a vote of 1.162. Samuel Gompers receiving but 937 votes. Vice presidents selected were P. J. McGuire of Philadelphia, James Duncan of Baltimore, Ready Kenehan of Denver, and T. J. Elderkin of Chicago. A. MeCraith of Boston, was elected Secretary, the other candidates being James J. Linehan of Chicago. J. Mahlon Barnes of Philadelphia, and R. IL Metcalf of Cleveland. John B. Lennon of New York, was re-eleeted Treasurer. The delegates decided to hold the next convention in New York city. Samuel Gompers and I’. J. McGuire were selected as fraternal delegates to the trades union congress of Great Britain. The headquarters were located in Indianapolis by a vote of 1.299, Washington receiving 926 votes. Brooklyn, Detroit, and Louisville, had been named, but were later withdrawn. Its Death Blow. T e sad fate of Andy Bowen, the game New Orleans lightweight, who was knocked out the other night by Kid Lavigne of Bay City. M ch., in the eighteeth round of the twenty -five-round ■ oxing contest before the Auditorium Club, NewOrleans, and who died next morning, has put a damper on boxing contests in all parts of the country. It is greatly regretted by the pugilistic fraternity, and it is feared that it will have a damaging effect on prize fighting. An accident of this kind put a stop to prize fighting in California, and this fatality coming almost immediately after the killing o£ Con Riordan by Bob Fitzsimmons and the killing of Pugilist Smith in England, has lowered boxing iu the general estimation of the public. A Bread and Coal War. Port Huron (Mich.) special: A bread and coal war is on in this city, and for poor people it is a •■merry war” indeed. Eight of the twelve large bakeries are selling bread at the rate of two loaves for 5 cents. This is to meet a cut made by the others, who last week reduced the price front 5 to 3 cents a loaf. Hard coal in stove size is selling at a price unheard of iu Port Huron heretofore—s3.so per lon, \ short time ago the local dealers tried to raise the price from $5.50 to $5.75. One dealer refused to raise and the cut was made to bring him into line. He refused to be brought to time, however, and it is expected that coal will be down to s'2 if the war is not settled soon. One Lapeer avenue baker is selling bread at 2 cents a loaf. The French Defeated. The steamship Dahomey, from West Africa, has arrived at Liverpool, and brings news of the serious/lefeat of a detachment of 800 French troops near the Grand Bassam Riveron the southern part of the Ivory Coast. The French expedition was on its way to Kong, when it was attacked by a powerful native chief with a large fnllowinf. During the engagement eight Frenchmen and a large number of Senegalese troops and natives were killed. The French retired toward the Grand Bassam. When the steamer left a re-enforcement of 200 French cavalrymen was on its way to assist the expedition. Municipal Morals. San Francisco special: The clergymen of this city are arranging for the organization of a movement in this city similar

to the Lexovv plan, for the improvement of municipal morals. Rev. J. Cummings Smith, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, who has had verbal and written communication with Dr. Parkhurst,took the initiative. A union movement has been ’ inaugural <t by the local organizations ot i lyterian, >!• thodist, and Baptist min- j isters to take concerted action. If the | < - tornia !.■ . slature dws not appoint an official purification committee, the ministers will conduct the investigation themselves i w ith the aid of the citizens generally. Stole Her Trunk. A great, morbidly curious throng of peo- ! pie erowed in front of the building at 2115 i State street, Chicago, attracted by the j grewsome spectacle of a man hanging from I a second story window, head downward.' with blood pouring from a bullet wound in his body, just above the heart, and forming i a pool on the sidewalk. The man was | Charles Miller, aged 20 years, who lived i there and who had just been mortally shot by Maggie Tilier. He died at the Provident Hospital three hours after being shot. The body hung from the window fifteen minutes liefore the police came to remove the dying man. The murderess said that Miller and Freda Huntington, with whom he was living, had stolen her trunk ami pet dog in Milwaukee. She demanded their return, and she claims to have shot iu self-defense. All are colored. Cruel Fate which Befell an Old Man. Mrs. Winslow Shearman and her daughter Mrs. Clinton Davis, who lived on a farm near Jamestown, N. Y., were murdered by unknown persons. Mrs. shearman’s husband had gone to attend the funeral of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.MyronC.Shearman, who were killed by a train a day or two since. He re- | turned home and was horrified to find his j wife and daughter lying dead in the house. I There is no clew. It is apparent that the I motive was robbery, for the house was in confusion, bureau drawers having been ransacked, as if a search for money had been carried on. The murder, following so closely the violent death of two other members of the family, has nearly unseated the reason of Mr. Shearman, who is about seventy years old. Attempt to Wreck a Train* A dastardly attempt to wreck No. 5, the fast New York-Chicago limited on the Pennsylvania railroad, was made near I Kirby, Ohio. Spikes were pulled, angle j bars were jammed in a frog, a switch was lined and the light extinguished. This impering was all in one place near the tower east of Kirby. Freight train No. 80 was also on the siding and was also tampered with, pins lieing pulled in four different places and thrown away. A track walker happened that way. thirty minutes before No. 5 xv as due. and discovered the damage. The frog was ruined and a newone will be required. There is no clue, blit Detective Harley is investigating and is of the opinion that the deed was committed as spite work. Hart’s Parents Suffer. An attempt was made to blow up the house of David Hart, fatherof the murderer of the Good children at Paulding, O. Three dynamite cartridges were used, but only one exploded. Had all gone off the house would have been w recked. Hart and his family are terribly frightened, and left to go to relatives in Indiana. The Common Pleas Court at Paulding is now being adjourned from day to day. so that the murderer—Charles Hart—may lie arraigned w ithout it lieing publicly known in time to attempt a lynching. If he pleads not guilty his trial will take place in some neighboring coi i.tv. Help tor Nebraska. Portland (Ore.) special: A committee from the Chamber of Commerce has been appointed to solicit supplies for the sufferers in Nebraska. A thorough canvass of the State will be made for contributions of wheat and flour, and the committee expects to forward a train load within a short time. A car load of groceries and potatoes were secured aud will be forwarded immediately. The committee has arranged that the Oregon railways and navigation company and the Union Pacific will carry all donations free to Grand Island, Neb. A Bold Theft. A robbery with most sensational details is reported from the town of Edinboro, Pa., to have taken place within two miles of that place. David Slocum and his wife have a reputation of being miserly. About midnight four men heavily armed entered the house and demanded their money. In spite of threats of torture, the old eoople refused to reveal its hiding place. After a long search the robbers discovered the money in an old trunk. They secured nearly SIO,OOO. There is no clew to the perpetrators of the crime. A Deal in Oil. Cleveland (Ohio) special: A big petroleum combination, by which three of the largest oil producing companies in the Ohio field will be merged into one concern with a capital of six to eight million dollars is about to be consummated. The companies interested are the Sun Oil Company, of Toledo: tile Crystal Oil Company, of the same city, and the Merriam-Morgan Company, of Cleveland. The company will make a formidable rival to the Standard Oil Company. A Modest ?) Demand. Senator Blanchard has introduced a bill directing the Secretary of the Treasury to refund to the Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana $257,013. the amount illegally exacted of i the bank in 1862 by Gen. B. F. Butler, com- ■ manding Hie United States Army at New I Orleans at that time: $60,000 exacted in I like manner by Gen, Ranks in 1863. and ! $1,242,777 exacted by Gen. Canby in 1866, with interest on each sum at the rate of 6 per cent. A Gruesome Find* Some hunters in the Cherokee strip have discovered the remains of two men and a boy in a eave several miles north of .Etna, Barber County. Kan. In the pocket of one was an envelope addressed to Julius Vigiland. Hermann. Mo. All three had been shot, and their clothes hail evidently been rifled, as nothing else was found on them. The condition of the bodies indicated that they must have been there for several mouths. Should Say Not. At Kokomo, Ind., a man. disguised as a i Chinaman, for a joke applied for a job ! with a bridge gang a few miles up the Wildcat Creek. The boss, who was into the scheme, pretended to hire him. The workmen, with hammers and picks, fell on the supposed Celestial and almost killed him. He defended himself; with a knife until he could throw off his disguise. He will not play Chinaman again. All Resign. At the meeting of the regents of the University of Michigan at Anu Arbor, Michigan, the entire homeopathic faculty, consisting of Profs. D. A. MacLachlan,

C. S. Mack. Hunt and Eggleston, handed , in their resignations to take effect w hen the j board desired. The resignations will not I be acted on until the plan of reorganization ‘ of the homeopathic school is determind upon. Proper ts for a Strike. I Springfield i III.) special: A secret meet- ' ing of the principal coal operators of this ' district was held here. It has leaked out that the meeting was for the purpose of , making a reduction in the priee of mining I coal from 40 cents to 35 cents per ton. If ■ the cut is made the prospects for a strike of ! large dimensions will be bright, as the miners say they will stand no further cut. Howard Resign*. i George W. How ard. Vice President of the American Railway Union, has resigned and severed his connection with the union. None of the officials of the union would say w hat w as the reason of Mr. Howard’s with- ' drawal from the organization further than j that there had been some friction between Mr. Howard and other members of tha Board of Directors. Drowned iu a Bath Tub. Terre Haute (Ind.) special: William A. Peele, ex-Chief of the Bureau of Statistics of Indiana, was found dead in a bath tub at the Visitor’s Home of St. Mary's InstiI tute. His death was caused by drowning, as when found he was lying in such a position he could not extricate himself. Peele’s home is in Indianapolis. Mayor Hopkins. Friends of Mayor John P. Hopkins of Chicago, are alarmed by a serious ailment affecting his throat. Arduous work during the campaign a year ago aggravated it and this has made it difficult to conquer the dis- ' ease. Hoarseness has increased to such an | extent that he will go East to consult i specialists. The Pension Came Too Late. Presley Orr, an old soldier of Chillicothe, Ohio, died under sad circumstances. Orr had been ill for some time and in great need. He had long been an applicant fora ! pension. Five minutes after his demise a mail carrier brought to his door a notification that a pension had been granted him. Drawn Into the Knives. John Wright, a farmer near Tappon, ' Ohio, while feeding a steam feed cutig-run-dertook to pull the stalks out. The nia- ! chine started, the knives catching his hand 1 and slicing his arm in small pieces almost i the shoulder before he could extricate it i he shock may prove fatal. Four Killed. Hermosillo (Mexico) special: A band of about twenty Yaquii Indians visited the ranch of Ruiz Borcen, situated west of here and killed four boys employed on the place. The Indians burned all of the ranch buildings. A force of rural guards have gone in pursuit of the Indians. Collision on the Brooklyn Elevated. In a rear end collision on the Brooklyn Union elevated railroad at the Lexington and Nostrand avenue station, two persons were injured. Mrs. Eliza Sennott. a passenger, was cut about the head, hands and face and was taken to her home by friends, and a brakeman injured. A Delphi .Man Killed in MissourL The body of an unknown murdered man was found near Clarksville, Mo., on Aug. 30. Circulars sent out from Delphi, Ind., for information of Charles E. Wise of Delphi, resulted in the complete identification of the murdered man as Wise, a former resident of Delphi. Must Go to Jail. The jury in the case of Frank R. and ! Charles J. Meadow crofts private bankers of Chicago, charged with receiving deposits when they knew their bank was insolvent, returned a verdict of guilty. They are fined S2B and sentenced to one year each in the penitentiary. Counterfeiters Captured. William strasbaugh and John and William Bow ers were arrested at Tiffin, Ohio, for counterfeiting. They were caught in the act of making spurious coin and the entire outfit was secured. Much of the spurious coin has been circulated in the neighboring towns. Train Robber Goes Up for Life Los Angeles (Cal.) special: Johnson, the young rancher who pleaded guilty to complicity in the two train robberies near Roscoe, in one of w hich a brakeman and a passenger were killed, was sentenced to life imprisonment at San Quentin penitentiary. She Will Recover. At Chicago, Celia Werthimer w as caught by the hair in the shafting of a laundry and her scalp was tom off. It was at once replaced and she will recover. Lady Drops Dead. At Springfield, Ohio, Miss Carrie Bauer, age 18 years, dropped dead. She was apparently perfectly well and only coughed once. Death of a Journalist. Joseph L. Shipley, ex-president of the New England Associated I’ress, died of heart failure at springfield, Mass. the markets. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, [email protected]; hogs, shipping grades. $3.50 @4.75; sheep, fair to choice, [email protected]; ’ wheat. No. 2 red. 54@55e; corn, No. 2. 46@47c; oats, No. 2, 2b@3oc; rye, No. 2. o0@51c; butter, choice creamery, 23@ 23%c: eggs, fresh, 226r23c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 55@65c. i Indianapolis — Cattle, shipping, s3@ I 5,75; hogs, choice light, [email protected]: sheep, ■ common to prime, $2(113; wheat, No. 1 2 red, 52@03c; corn, No. 1 white. 42@ 42R.c: oats, No. 2 white, 33(<£34. St. Louis—Cattle. $3@G; bogs, $3'<i4.75; , wheat. No. 2 red, 52@53e; corn, No. 2, t 45@4Gc: oats. No. 2, 30@31c; rye, No. 2, 53@55c. I Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50655.50; hogs, . s4@s; sheep. sl@3; wheat, No. 2 red, 54 ( (855 c corn, No. 2 mixed, 44'ri 15c: oats, ( No. 2 mixed, 32@33c; rye, No. 2. 556i.">Ge. Detroit—Cattle. [email protected]; hogs, s4@ j ' 4.75: sheep. [email protected]; wheat, No. 1 white, j ! 55@56c; corn. Ne 2 yellow, 446145 c; I oats. No. 2 white, 34@34%c; rye, No. 2, ' 50@51c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. i corn. No. 2 mixed, 4G@47c; oats, No. 2 j white, 33@33V 2 c; rye. No. 2. 50@52c. 3 Buffalo—Cattle, [email protected]; hogs. s4@ 15; sheep. s2@3; wheat. No. 2 red. o'stb© 8 s#%e; corn. No. 2 yellow, 4S@49c; 1 oats. No. 2 white. 3C/0.'17c. I Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. 58@ e 58%c; corn, No. 3, 45tji46c; oats, .No. 2 L white. 32@33c; barley. No. 2, 526i54 < ” rye. No. 1, 49@51e; pork, mess, slL7s@ 12.25. New York—Cattle. s3@«; hogs, $3.50® e 5.25; sheep. [email protected]; wheat. No. 2 red. 62 •, @63c; corn. No. 2, 58fir58%c; oats, whited , Western, 37@43c; batter, creamery. 24 i, @2sc; eggs, Western, 22@25c.

M’BRIDE IS ELECTED. CHOSEN PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERATION OF LABOR. Mr. Gompers Faile Through Hie Refusal to Order a General Strike Last Summer— Congratulates Hie Successor— Indianapolis Headquarters. Miners' Leader Wins. The delegates to the labor convention in Denver were nearly all in their seats when the roll was called Monday. Ine first business was to determine the ' oca ‘ tion of the headquarters of the federation. On Saturday the cities of Indianapoli. Detroit, Washington. Brooklyn, and Louisville had been placed in nomination. Indianapolis and Washington were .he only contestants. The vote resuhed- Indianapolis, 1,290; Washington, 9-6. A resolution to make Indianapolis the location for three years was amended to make PRESIDENT JOHN M’BRIDE. it five years and referred to the committee on laws. The election of officers was then taken up. Mr. Gompers and John Mcßride, president of the 1 nited Mint-Workers, were the only candidates for president. The vote resulted: Mcßride, 1,162; Gom-

“I - r - 'HISTORIC VIENNA,* TO BE BUILT IN CHICAGO.

pcrs, 937. Mr. Gompers was nominated by Mr. Eickhoff. The nomination v seconded by Messrs. Cohen, Daily, uud McCraith. Mcßride was nominated by Mr. Penna and seconded by Mr. Allen. The vote proceeded without incident except that several delegates announced that they would vote against Gompers by instruction from various unions. President Gompers moved to make the vote unanimous for Mcßride, but objection was made. Mr. Gompers at once wrote and dispatched a message of congratulation to Mr. Mcßride, who is ill at his home. Mr. Gompers is a member of the Cigarmakers' union, and has held the position of president of the American Federation of Labor since 1882. From then until 1886 there was no salary attached to the office. That year it was decider! to make the office a permanent one, and the salary was fixed nt $1,200. This was raised to SI,SOO in 1892. The first vice president of the federation was Richard Powers, elected in 1880: the second was John Jarrett, elected in 1881. Gompers had felt sure of re-election, but the dissatisfaction v> "h his course during the last few nionths has been growing steadily, and the ballot showed that a majority of the delegates were against him. There were many causes leading to his defeat. His refusal to order a general strike last summer was not well received by many of the strongest unions. It was claimed' by the friends of Mr. Debs that the assistance of Gompers at the critical moment would have brought victory to the strikers. They thought that the head of the .American Federation had grown too conservative. For first vice president Mrs. T. J. Morgan, of Chicago, and Dr. McGuire, of Philadelphia, were nominated. The vote was 1,865 for McGuire, 226 for Mrs. Morgan. The election was made unanimous. AUTOMATIC GALLOWS USED. “Jack” Cronin Executed at Hartford, Conn., for Killing Albert Skinner. John Cronin, murderer of Albert Skinner, was banged at Wethersfield, Conn., on the new automatic gailows, now legal in that State. This was the first test of the contrivance and it worked to the satisfaction of Warden Woodbridge. who is chiefly responsible for its adoption and after whom it is named. Cronin's neck 1., . « — n > '■* AUTOMATIC CALLOWS. drop instantly and apparently painless. The gallows upon which Cronin was executed is, perhaps, the most remarkable machine ever made f or taking human Use. It would send a thrill of horror

throngh su.h sr. orthodox he«4ohcnped as Deibler, the French executioner. It has been called the suicide gallows. By a most ingenious contrivance the malefactor is indirectly compelled to execute himself. This extraordinary Connecticut ~ibbet is connected with a concealed Xinekwork apparatus that operates it. It is a hydraulic, automatic a Hair, with wheels and cogs, and springs and catches, and the whole sinister aud stealthily working machinery is invisible not only to the condemm-d man on the scaffold, but also to the officials and apectaton. Its operating machinery is so contrived that the murderer in stepping on the drop eprin -s a catch that puts in motion an apparatus that in a carolnily regulated period of time, which may be lengthened or shortened as the hangman desires, springs the trap and launchee him into eternity just as the old gibbet was wont to do. The condemned man was marched to the gallows stairs and Jed up on the drop, his arms and legs strapped, the noose adjusted, and the black cap drawn over his face. In an instant, then, without warning, without a signal on the part of anybody, without an aggressive movement from the hangman or others, without preliminary noise whatever on the part of the concealed machinery, the body of the criminal was shot into the * U Crouin had been a hired man for Albert Skinner, a thrifty South Windsor farmer, for several months, and did good service for him He went on a prolonged spree, had a quarrel, and then a tight with Skinner and the latter threw him out of the house. Cronin went away muttering veti-eanec against his employer, and two hours later returned with a double-bar-reled shotgun and killed Skinner with a charge of heavy shot. HISTORIC VIENNA. Midway Attraction to Be Reproduced Oil a Gigantic Scale. Visitors to the World's Fair will recall with vivid pleasure Old Vienna, one of the most interesting attractions of the Midvvav I’laisauce. Its unique atruc-c-iginnl interior, charming music and attractive environments made an impression on the mind of those w ho saw it that can only be effaced when the

memories of the White City are no more. B it this one attraction at least is to be - .mething i re than a men, ry. for if the plans of several Chicago's most prominent citizens are carried out, it will be preserved in enduring form. It is projiosed to erect a mammoth structure, somewhat similar in design te Old Vienna, but far surpassing it in grandeur and the immensity of its proportions. The plans have all been drawa by the architect and designers of the World's Fair and if their ideas are carried out Chicago will have the moat unique structure in the world. It will be known as Historic Vienna, and will be located on North Clark and Locust streets, having a frot "age of 277 feet on the former and 171 feet on the latter. The architecture will be the renaissance, mingled with the old German, as in vogue in Vienna and along the Danube. The greatest feature of the new project will be an immense auditorium, capable of seating 12.000 people. It will resemble the Royal Albert Hall. London, but will seat 4,000 more persons. It will easily be the biggest and grandest auditorium in the world. Ihe other parts of the building will contain, among other things, 13 stores, a model liotei, with Igo apartments and 40 single rooms; library and reading-room, having the leading dailies of the world; billiard rooms, bowling alleys: a veritable Vienna case in all its details; restaurants, with a celebrated European chef in charge of the cuisine: a typical "Old German Wein Keller" and "Bier Stube.” In addition there will be baaars of different nations, museums. panopticum, •laughing-room,” ball-r oms. banquet bans private sup: , -a;... , hallg for lodges ami meetings. En d i ast , b ut not least the entree to the b.,xes will lead 1 L " "-' through a permanent winter palm garden. Music and that of the very highest w ! ’ <’.nstitti the prime attraction 1 Vien:ia -" Jn its wails will be rendered daily music a la Theo'"ru vhomas, div, . 1 by that of ■ trams. In connect; tin n with a consen.Tory of ni»- will |. ■ established. Arrangements will be consummated to ! tree Sunday sermons by the most eminent dirim-s that can be secured, making "ilistorio Vienna" a veritable peoples church. Education will be fostered. 1.0, Hires Will be delivered on general education, history, civil government, manual training, kindergarten work and kindred subjects, all by men of national and international fame. This work will be exemplified, pictorially, at festivals. A special feature wil. be to make ■ Historic tienna ihe favorite resort of the children and the student world of Chicago. where education can be obtained iu its truest sense. Ladies will find much to attract them. I asstng through a palm garden of choicest plants and flowers, they will find bazars containing th. ■ work of women of every nation. At regular intervals grand balls, concerts. lln d festivals will ba gi' eg fvr sweet, charity. It will make Chicago t io permanent city of national conven.ions and international congresses, as no ether structure in the country can compare with >t is a place for holding assemblages. It will also aid in making the Mindy City the leading eenL’nited States. EQd education in th ®