Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 4 July 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press. DECATUR, I.XD. Democratic Fre«M» to., - Publishers. EVENTS OF INTEREST that occurred during the PAST WEEK. The Cuban Insnrgent. Suffer a Defeat An Infernal Machine Kills a Man in Ireland — Bank Robbers Scared Off A Southern Pacific Passenger Train Held Up. Big Fortune A waited a Convict. lonia (Mich.) special: Two years age August Dahner was sent to the lonia Prison for two years for whipping a man who refused to pay him his wages. Dahner served his time and was released the other day. When he stepped out of prison he was met by attorneys, who infoimed him that a fortune of $±25,000 was waiting for him when he chose to claim it. It appears that Dalmer's uncle, on his mother's side, was one of the original forty-niners, and struck pay dirt in the Calieo mining district of San Barnadino County, California, years ago, and had since increased his wealth. When he died about 18 months ago be had hut six living heirs, and Dahnes, the man who was released, gets onesixth of the estate. Dahner will go back to his home and then to California to claim the fortune which is awaiting him. When he was sentenced to State Prison the sympathy of the neighborhood was with him from the fact that he worked for a man who was commonly called a skinflint and never paid anybody without a lawsuit. Dauber is young and unmarried. Insurgents Routed. Havana special; Capt. Hernando of the Civil guards, and Capt Mills, at the head of their respective detachments, haveengaged the insurgent forces twice at Caguairan, .Santiago de Cuba, The .-urm-iits wise commanded by Aldana and Sabo and lust eight killed. In addition there w ere more tiian eight insurgents wounded, including Chiefs Aldana and Juan Leon. The same opposing forces had another skirmish and the insurgents w ere dispersed after losing two more killed. Ten members of the insurgent baud ccmmanded by Pino have surrendered at Cartagena, province of Santa Clara. Scared Off. Princeton (ill.) special: Six burglars made an attempt to rob the Ohio City Bank, the postoffice, and the hardware store of Balcom A Wilson. The safe in the hardware store was drilled and blown oi>en. but no money was secured. A large quantity of tire arms and other articles were carried oft. At the postoffice much of the mail and fixtures were destroyed and a small amount of money and stamps secured. At the bank the robbers were frightened away after five shots were exchanged between them and citizens Sheriff Clark and a posse are on the trail of the men. Hanged to a Tree. Dento 1 Md.) special: Marshall E. Price, who was recently convicted of the murder of Sallie E. Dean, the 14-year-oldschool girl in February, and sentenced to be hanged, was taken from the jail here and hanged to a tree in the jail yard. Price begged piteously of the jail officers that they protect him when the crowd of strange men battered down the door of the prison, but the jailers, seeing that they were outnumbered fifty to one, could do nothing and offered little resistance. Laws in Force. Governor Matthews has issued his proclamation declaring the laws passed by the last Legislature of Indiana in force. One is excepted—the law taking the power to appoint the State House Custodian out of the hands of the Governor. In somejplaces in the State a disposition to ignore the Nicholson temperance law is reported, but the Brewers’ Association has advised saloonkeepers to observe the law until the Supreme Court has passed on it. Caught a Wild Xian. A wild man was captured in the northern part of Sandusky County, Ohio. He had been terrorizing the people several days, going about barefooted, his clothing in shreds and brandishing a large butcher knife. He is a little shriveled-up creature, with short, stubby beard, and says he has no home. All that can be got ouijof him is that he carne from Elmont. He will be kept in the County Jail until his domicile can be ascertained. Reservations Turned Over. Acting Secretary Doe, of the War Departmant, has issued orders turning over to the Interior Department two reservations heretofore set apart for military purposes. One is on the west side of Port Townsend bay, about three miles from Port Townsend. It contains 615 acres. The other is the military reservation of Fort Marcy, New Mexico, and contains something more than seventeen acres. Train Robbed. CSan Francisco special: A Southern Pacific passenger train was held up and robbed at a point known as Riddles, in the Cow Creek canyon, bet ween Ashland and Grant’s Pass. The robbers took jewelry, money and other valuables from the passengers and rifled the mail pouches, but failed in their effort to open the express car. Infernal Machine. A man named Patrick Redmond found a tin canister containing an infernal machine on Boyne street, Dublin, Ireland. Redmond, in attempting to open the canister, caused the machine to explode, which killed him on the spot. A Promise to Protestants. A letter received in this country recently from Cardinal Gibbons assures Protestants that they shall have religious liberty in South American countries. Found By- His Boy. Craw ford Gertin, aged 33 years, became intoxicated and started to walk on the Big Four track to his home, two miles east of Greencastle, Ind. He sat down on the end of a cross-tie and was killed by an eastbound passenger train. His little son started out to find Gertin. and discovered his remains within sight of his home. Watching U. S. Vessels. Spanish officials in Cuba k#ep thei r ey< - peeled for ships arriving from the L’nib d States.

Illi FIRE DEMON. San Francisco the Scene ot a Conflagration. The worst fire San Francisco has had in over thirty years started in the rear of the San Francisco box factory, located at Fifth and Harrison streets. Before the department reached the ground the flames were sweeping through a number of frame buildings on Fourth street which backed into the box factory and leaped across the street to the Southern Pacific hay barns. A second alarm was turned in only to be followed by the third and fourth in rapid succession. Chief Sullivan was one of the first to reach the scene and realized the danger at a glance. Before one-half of the department had connected their lines it was seen the fire was entirely beyond control. Word was telegraphed across the bay to Oakland and Alameda for assistance. The sister cities responded with two engines each. They were located along the water front and used as pumps to supply water from the bay. The Southern Pacific pump lines of hose were connected and dsi good service in bringing salt water to supply the fast weakening fresh water mams. A strong wind was blowing from the west and fanned the flames across the broad streets sweeping every thing in its path. Shortly after the second alarm was turned in a heavy explosion shook the city. Heavy embers were whirled through the air for blocks. They landed on the light frame buildings further east, and in a short time the firemen were practically hemmed in. For a time it looked as though the fire would be gotten under control. The wind gradually died down, but the suction of the now roaring acres of inflammable material continued to carry embers three and four feet long through the air, and the wind suddenly changing, drove the flames back over the burning district. The fire was finally gotten under control. The high briek wall of the deserted Southern Pacific offices at Fourth and Townsend streets acted as a barrier over which the flames could not work. The water furnished from the bay by the Oakland engines and Southern Pacific pumps soon had the outer edge of the fire subdued. A conservative estimate of the loss places it at one million and a half dollars, with about SBOO,OOO insurance. UR. Ml CHASAN Dies in the Chair at Sing Sing Prison, New York. Dr. Robert W. Buchanan, the wife poisoner, was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison. Monday. The current was turned on at 11:21 at 1.740 volts for four seconds, reduced to 400 volts, left on for thirty seconds, when it was turned on to 1.740 volts again and gradually reduced until it was turned off fifty-eight seconds after it was first applied. Buchanan entered the room with his eyes closed and did not open them at all. He walked along beside the attendant without assistance to the chair. His leg was slightly scorched and smoked during the last few seconds ot the execution. The body was perfectly motionless after the electricity was turned on. Buchanan was examined by the physicians, who discovered a slight pulsation of the heart. T(ie victim also gasped, and the doctors declared that life was not extinct, and the current was again, turned on full force of 1.71t> where it was held for twenty-three seconds, when it was agained turned off. Buekanan w as dead at 11:23 a. m. COCOPAH MOUNTAIN. Os Lower California. Again in a State of Eruption. Sandiego iCal.) special: The Cocopah mountain, in Lowe? California, is again in a state of eruption. George Neal, a mining man, who has just returned from Juarez Plaeer district, reports seeing a volcano in eruption. It was the central butte of the three isolated Pieacbos. about twenty miles southeast of Signal mountain, and not far from the mouth of New River. He was on Cantila mountain at the time twenty or thirty miles distant. Heavy smoke was seen to ascend, at first thought to be from a Colorado river steamer. Accompanying it were heavy sounds like cannon firing, and columns shot high at intervals. Indians working at the plaeer told Neal that the Cocopah Mountains were again shaking, and that Cocopah and Santa Catarina Indians had left the mountains to await a cessation of disturbances. Carl Browne and His Bride on a Tramp. Pittsburg special: Carl Browne, the Chief Lieutenant of the Coxey Commonweal Army, w ho aroused public attention a few weeks ago by marrying the daughter of his late commander, is in the city, accompanied by his bride. They are on their honeymoon trip, which Browne declares is a royal one. When the couple wore married they did not have a nickel between them. Coxey. who was entertaining Browne at his home near Canton, turned them out of doors. Browne borrowed 25 cents to take them to Canton. There 11. W. Kirch, Chairman of the People’s party, entertained them for three days. By easy stages they reached Pittsburg. stopping at all large towns along the route. Browne gives religious lectures,and at each town has managed to earn enough to take them to the next place. At .Salem the Mayor attempted to freeze the couple out of the town, but Browne secured the use of some private property, to which he attracked a crowd, and delivered his lecture. He seemed to be proud of Mamie, who evidently reciprocates the affections of her honey boy. Browne will join other commanders in IVashington, at least that is his intention. Flyiner Frnm Cuba. New York sp> cial: Tin- Ward T.ine steamer Santiago has arrived from Cuban ports. She brings fifty-eight passengers from SL Jago. Among these ale Several residents of St. Jago, who were compelled to flee for safety, owing to the disturbed condition of affairs in that vicinity. The news of the landing of re-enforcements for the insurgent cause was confirmed by one of the Santiago's passengers, who stated that the expedition from Florida succeeded in making a safe landing on June 21. Gen. Ckmpos is also reported as being in a verybad position, and Cienfuegos was almost entirely surrounded by the insurgents. Spanish war vessels patrol the Cuban coast on the south side night and day. Among the passengers who arrived by the Santiago from Nassau were Neville Chamberlain, son of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, and A. C. Greenwood, Secretary of Sir Ambrose Shea, Governor of the Bahamas. Heavy Loss. Fire burned the elevator of Breckenridge & Gougar. at Otterbein, Ind., together w ith the depot of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad. 17 box cars, mostly empties, spread to the livery barn of Timmins & Smith, which was destroyed, and partially burned the lumber-yards of the Taylor Company, of Lafayette. The total loss is roughly estimated at $30,000. insurance on elevator and machinery ir Liverpool,

I London and Globe. $1,000: Pennsyllama Fire and Traders', of Chicago, SSOO each; Insurance Company of North America and Caledonian. $1,500 each. Both tire last named companies have SSOO on grain. Liverpool, London and Globe, $1,500 on lumber yard; Springfield. GermanAmerican and Connecticut. SSOO each on lumber: Home and Hartford, each $l,OOl on livery stable. Dragged to Death. West Birney, a farmer near Cadiz, Ohio, left his 5-year-old boy to attend to his horse w hile he picked cherries. The boy tied a hitching strap about his waist and the horse ran aw ay. dragging the boy under his hoofs and through three fences. His body caught in the rails of one fence and pulled through, crushing it almost to a jelly. On reaching the barnyard, other horses gathered around the runway and the dead boy's body was secured with difficulty. A Lone ItiKhwHymwn, The third stage robliery in three months, was committed in the vicinity of Topsy Grade, Ore., where the other hold-ups occurred. This time both the north and south-bound stages, which pass each other near this place, were stopped by a lone highwayman, who held one stage two hours, pending the arrival of the other. He then rifled the mail pouches, taking onlyregistered matter. H.V. Gates, the only passenger, was relieved of $2 in cash. Fatal Mcaqnito Bite. Albany (Ga. i special: Miss Daisy Green died from blood poisoning, resulting from the sting of a mosquito or some other insect. Miss Green was bitten upon the lip w hile she slept. The next morning two small pimples appeared on the lip. Inflammation soon set in, producing blood poisoning, from which she died in great agony. Miss Green was a student at Wesleyan Female College at Macon and was a belle in Albany society. Fatal Fire. A most distastrous fire resulted in distraction and death at Minneapolis. Within an hour after an alarm, six firemen were killed and several others were seriously injured There may be still more dead who have not been extracted from under the ruins of the w alls which fell and I rushed them, one side ot the wall falling in, the other falling out uh the fireman. Total loss, $100,000; insurance, unknown. Disappointed Scholar. At Chicago. Minnie Lynch, the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy saloonkeeper, committed suicide because she failed to pass the final examinations at the town of Lake high school. The girl declared that her schoolmates and teachers were prejudiced against her because her father was a s.ilooukee|>er. and that she could not expect to receive fair treatment either at school or after she left it. Kun Down. While Michael Dayton, aged 28. and Michael Cominskey, aged 26. were walking on the Reading railroad tracks at Reading, Pa., they were struck by the Williamsport express and instantly killed. The men had stepped aside to allow a freight train to pass and then attempted to cross to the up track when the express came along They were hurled down a twenty-foot embankment. Cut Hi* Head Off. Wheeling (W. Va.) special: James Loveridge, who conies from some point in Ohio, while walking along the Ohio River Railroad trestle in the Eighth Ward, fell through lietwet n the ties. He climbed up again, and just as he put his head through between the rails a passing engine cut his head from his shoulders. Chloroformed the Inmate*. Burglars visited the home of George Scheafer. at Goodland, Ind., reaching the second floor by means of a step-ladder and an open window, and chloroforming the the inmates. The marauders secured $74 cash and some jewelry and other valuables. Time Limit Established. The Supreme Court of Ohio, made an entry giving the Pennsylvania system 120 days to settle with the State, or be subject to removed in Cincinnati from valuable railroad depot grounds regained by the State through legal action. Dried Apples. The German government not long ago laid an embargo on American dried apples because they were dried on zinc plates. Further investigation has shown that a large share of the German dried apples are prepared in the same way. Money Coined. The United State.*- mints coined $1,750,000 in gold and $440,000 in silver in the month of June. It also coined $244,000 in twenty cent pieces for Ecuador. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice. $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 69c to 70c; com. No. 2,47 cto 48c; oats. No. 2. 26c to 27c; rye. No. 2. 61c to 62c; butter, choice creamery. 17c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 12c: potatoes, new, per barrel. $2.50 to $3.25; broom com. S6O to $l2O per ton for poor to choice. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. s3.os) to $5.50; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $4.00: wheat. No. 2. 74< to 7<>« ; corn. No. 1 white. 49c to 51c; oats. No. 2 white, 31c to 33c. St. Louis (guttle. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $4.75: wheat. No. 2 red. 75c to i6c; corn. No. 2. 46c to 47c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 29c: rye. No. 2. 67c to 69c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $5.75: hogs. $3.00 to $5.00: sheep, $2.50 to $3.75: wheat. No. 2. 74c to 76c; corn. No. 2 mixed 45c to 47c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; rye. No. 2,61 cto 63c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep. $2.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2 red. 74c to 76c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 49c to 50c: oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 34c: rye. 60c to 62c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 45c tu 47c; oats. No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; rye. No. 2,61 c to 63c. Buffalo—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.00; hogs. $3.00 to $5.00; sheep. $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 1 hard. 75c to 76c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 51c to 53c; oats. No. 2 white, 34c to 35c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. 70c to 72c; corn, No 3,49 cto 50c; oats, No. 2 white. 30c to 31c; barley. No. 2, 50c to 51c: rye. No. 1.60 cto 62c; pork, mess. $11.50 to $12.00. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; shoep. s£.oo to $4.00; k heat. No. 2 red, 76c to “7c; corn, No. 2, 53c to 54c; oats. No. 2 white. 33c to 34c: butter, creamery. 14c to 19c; eggs. Western, J2c to 14c.

FIRE KILLS SIX MEN. WALL COLLAPSES IN A MINNEAPOLIS BLAZE. Worst in Many Years —Four Blocks in ’Frisco Destroyed — Valued at $2,000,000 Flumes Rage for Four Hour*, Fanned by a High Wind. Loan Placed at $260,000. Six men were killed and ten hurt Thursjay night in the most disastrous tire which has visited Minneapolis since the old Tribune building conflagration, when the five-story brick building at 240 and 242 First avenue south, in which was the MacDonald crockery store, was destroyed. The tire broke out at 11 o’clock and burst forth with a sudden violence which defied restraint. The building was full of straw used in packing the china and the flames fed upon this and swelled to gigantic proportions. They leaped above the walls and rolled in waves of tire over the roof. The entire tire department of the city was called out and heroic measures were used by the firemen to stay the terrible tide. First avenue and Third street were till' d with spectators, who watched the awful sight. Suddenly while they looked the south wall tottered out and fell with a sudden crash. A murmur of agony went up from the throng who had but a moment before seen a squad of firemen run into the alley with a quantity of hose and turn six streams of water on the walls and into the windows. Sixteen men wore under that wall. When they were dragged out six were dead and others seriously injured. The property loss consisted of the entire demolition of the building occupied by McDonald Brothers, dealers in crockery, chinaware, glassware, silverware and gas fixtures. The building was of five stories, briek walls and wooden interior framework, and was well stocked. The fire originated in the boxes and packing stored in the rear of the building and was beyond the power of the fire department to control. At a few minutes before midnight the walls fell, one side wall fallin Ind the other falling out into the alky, where Hie firemen were at work. The oss will aggregate over $260,000: insurance unknown. The first evidence of the coming disaster was the discovery of smoke from the •ear portion of the building at 10:40 ,"clock. Several alarms were turned in. >ne from the engine house only a few lundred feet from rhe fire. For nearly naif an hour Are burned within the walls ind roof of the building. It broke out irst on the alley nearest Third street, at :he door near the rear. The firemen could clearly see that the James were under full headway in the lack part of the building, near the elevator. All this while the front was still lark, only a slight escape of smoke from he doors and windows betraying the ierce conflict of the elements within. So ;he great store stood for fully twenty minites. a vortex of flame within nnd a <-old md dark exterior. The firemen themselves n their efforts to get their streams to play ipon the flames opened the building to nirrents of air that changed the suppresssi fierceness and sent its tongues through ibo roof and the windows, casting a lurid igbt on the surrounding scene. MILLIONS GO UP IN SMOKE. Fire in San Francisco Destroys Property Worth at Least $2,000,000 The manufacturing district of San Francisco was swept by a tire Thursday light that caused a total loss of at least >2,000,000. Shortly before 6 o'clock a ire broke out in the rear of the San Frandsco box factory, located on rhe corner >f Fifth and Bryant streets. The factory vas a two-story frame building filled with nflammable material. The flames spread ■apidly and it soon became evident that i serious conflagration was threatened. iVithin a few minutes the entire east end >f the block, bounded by Brannan and iryant streets, was a mass of flames. A rtrong southerly wind was blowing and it vas deemed necessary to turn in another ilarm. The flames soon spread all over he block, destroying in a few minutes lie yards of the Spring Valley water vorks and the furniture factory of H. Sueler, the box factory of Korbell Bros, it 723 Bryant street, also the stable of 11. iVashburn at 657 Bryant street. The tarriage factory of G. W. Helan and the loda factory of J. Horstmann were all lestroyed in short order. The high wind which fanned the flames •.nd swept them on drove the firemen baek •y degrees, and the situation became critical. By 6:45 the whole of the block •minded by Fourth. Fifth. Braunan and Bryant streets was destroyed with the exception of the machine shops on the cor<er of Fourth and Bryant. At that hour the fire was spreading toward Bluxom treet, sweeping on its way the lumber tard of Van Wart on the corner of Fourth md Brannan, the Meehan Lumber UomAny’a yard on Brannan street and var o i* imall machine shops and tenements. The ptense heat made it difficult to utilize to ts full capacity the water supply, which vas anything but sufficient, owing to the innsual number of hydrants caked into flay all over the district. The water towtr rendered most efficient service, furnishng a jet of water which could be rendered lerviceable where the other streams Ihrown upon the flames were turned into iteam when they had barely left the kozzle. At 8:30 p. m. the entire block funded by Fourth. Fifth, Bluxom and Irannan streets was a mass of ruins. The Ire bMI reached the Overland Transfer >tnpany’s brick freight warehouse and he hardware store of Baker & Hamilton. Dhese brick buildings temporarily checked he flames. The wind was blowing a gale md the sparks were carried for blocks, greatly increasing the spread of the fire. One death is reported. A Miss Gilroy, rhile attempting to save some of her beongings. was covered with burning oil md burned to death. A number of peole received injuries from the falling walls Ind the flying Umbers. The people in the ire district were terror stricken. Most of hem are of the poorer classes and were caking great efforts to save their small •elongings. Express wagons and drays vere at a premium and people were movng a few blocks away from the fire. Probibly 100,000 people were gathered at the ire, and the police were powerless to keep hem away. The fire was so hot, however, hat the unmanageable crowd did not get tear enough to be in serious danger. At a late hour the fire department got he fire under control. The wind shifted » the southwest, driving the flames back >ver the burned area. Over 100 families >ave lost their homes and all they possess.

and the big briek winerbs and the r a -- r arecove, v T " owing to th.- dangerous tU ' district, insurant rates hare been *• high as to be almost prohibitoryORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS. International Supreme Lodge Holds Its Biennial Session in Boston. The biennial sessions . f the J» ,ern> tional supreme to'.ge' of ,he *’ r '’ r “ Good Templars was held in Boston last

week with a large attendance. at least 5.U00 delegates being present. Th< Good Templars organization is by fai the largest temperance organization now in existence, hava total ship of 700.000, of whom 450.000 belong to the adult branch

.DR. D. H. MANX, of the order. OngiDating io Oneida County. New York, it 1851. with a band of young men. among whom was ex-P<wtmaster (Jenera! James, the movement had a marvelous growth. It has since extended to Africa, Asia and even Australia, where some of the best lodges of the order now exist At the last international grand lodge, held in Dei Moines, there was a spirited contest fol the honor of the grand lodge th> year be tween Sydney and Boston. There an now established no less than eighty-fivi grand lodges, with over 13,000 subordi* note lodges and temples, and the international supreme lodge is composed of representatives from these bodies. The rituals have been translated into sixteen different languages, and its strength i« shown by a membership of 246.346 adulti and 52,747 juveniles in the United Str.tet alone, while England, by the last reports, has 297.196 adults and 108.744 members of the juvenile branch, and British North America, a membership of 36.039. Even in frigid Iceland it has se. ured a foot hold, with over twenty lodge*. The pledge of the order is that a mem

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Iht will not take, buy, sell, furnish or cause to be furnished to others as a beverage, any spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider, and in all honorable ways will discountenance the use thereof in society. The doors of the lodges are open to persons of all races and nationalities, and

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effect banded together for mutual protection and co-ojieration in total abstinence work. The ritual is largely made up from Scriptural texts and has been translated into eleven different languages. The Good Templars’ organization was the first of all temperance bodies to recognize woman as fully the equal of man in the work of the order, and there is not tho slightest doubt that it is largely due to this that its growth was ho immediate and has been so constant. One of the most interesting of all Good Templars is Dr. Oronhyatekha, the Canadian Indian, who for some years was the world’s Good Templar, and was succeeded at the- last grand lodge by Dr. Delos IL Mann, nf Br.-.i<'.yn, ; . . umbvnt ot that high office. I®

Gen. Wade Hampton, in an interview at Portland, Ore., declared himself for sound money. Congressman C. A. Towne says he la considering the calling of a silver convention in Minnesota. The silverite conference at Topeka. Kan., appointed a committee to take steps tow.arria er,Hing a State convention. Replies to a circular letter sent out to 130 Democratic editors of Ohio show that 90 favor free silver and the other 40 are divided in their views. t-cnator Quay is unable to leave bi, room at a Harrisburg hotel, but is directing his campaign for chairman of the State committee from there. At the Oklahoma silver convention W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, scored the Republican National League for refusing to discuss silver at the Cleveland meeting. J. W. Farris, chairman of the Laclede (Mo.) Democratic committee, says if the State committee refuses to summon a monetary convention he will issue the call. Ex-Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, who may bo the standard bearer for the Democrats Ulis year, has come out for free silver and a literal interpretation of the Monroe doctrine. Gen. Warner, who has arrived at his home in Marietta, 0., says: “There is no trouble about the West Nobody but an out-and-out silver man can carry a State west of the Missouri next year. A canvass of the Republican pa[>ers of Kansas shows that out of 102, 17 are for free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1. while 85 stand on the money plank of the last Republican national platform. Senators Harris, Jones and Turpie, empowered by the recent free silver convention at Memphis to form a national bimetallic Democratic league, have issued a call for a national gathering to be held in M ashington Aug. 14. Thunder storms and lightning continue with fatal results in different parts of Austria-Hungary. Two persons wereklßcd near Funkerichen. and two girU killed and ten perrons and 135 head of (iak’. de ® troXed Bekea and On Donaldson creek, abouutwelre miles fr .°™ Incr ?'’ Ky„ two young brothers named Chapman killed James Rowe in a onarrel about Rowe's wife. Edmunii Griffith and~Thomas Davis M^^ aPrematUre

PRAY ON A MOI NTaix big EPWORTH LEAGUE SERVICE ABOVE THE CLOUDS International Convention at Chattanooga—Sacrament la AdminititerM to 10,000 People—Greet the Ki,i nf gun with I’raiae from Old Lookout Life of Mctbodiam Diacuaoed. The second international eouveiiti.. n „< the Epworth Ixvurue convened at i'Lit: a '. uooga in the big tent, capable of a . ,

modating ten t',. sand. The han tent was crowdwi at the o|H>uing service, and an inspiriu. song lead l.v chorus o f l.iap voices started the great convent’, :i . The opening remark, were made by J \ Patten, repn-. the Clnittanoiigz

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PHEI-IDKX r PATTEN, committee. 1: „ quent addresueu of welcome weredi-; v.-r.ft by Mayor George Ochs, repn-seutii.g ti.-e city of Chattanooga, and Rev. J. p Ferrin, representing the of that city. Fraternal resixmses wen -u/a a by Bishop Hendricks of Kansas City. np. resenting the .M. E. t 'hnrch Smith of that city: Bishop Merrill of Chicago, for the M. E. I'liurch, and Rev. Dr. John I'ott, of Canada, for the Canadian delecaten Following these speeches the conferene, was formally turned over to Dr. S:<vle, chairman of the general committee. Sacrament to 10.0 O People. At night Bishop I. W. Joyce prevled and Bishop Galloway delivered the inference sermon. A feature never liefort

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• this size occurred in the administration of the sacrament of the Lord's supper to fully 10.,iOO.i p l - ) > ( ,l<i At 2 o’clock Friday morning 3.000 to 5.000 of the delegates made a pilgrimage to the top of Ijookout Mountain for the purpose of holding a sunrise prayer

meeting above the clouds, on the ea« brow of the mountain directly in (mat of Lookout Inn. When the sun apn. above the neighboring ranges its rays fell Upon the faces of more than 2.5<«U -huegates, who had congregated in front of Ixiokout Inn to begin the day with prayer. The services were led by Rev. George IL Stewart, who is associah-d with Sam Jones, the evangelist. Following the prayer service tin to was a wonderful experience meeting and several of the delegates were so enthused by the fervor of the occasion that they shouted vigorously. The topic of the day was “Methodism, Its Life and Mode of Expression.” The conference assembled at ’*;3o u’vlut k. with

J udge Estes, o f Memphis, presiding. ’The great choir led a short service of m>ng, after which the morning topics were taken up in tenminute speeches by the delegates. “Life in the Local Church —lntellectual D u ties” was the first

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sec’y e. A. RCIIELI.. subject, by Rev. W. E. Ray, of Macon, Ga.. Rev. W. E. MePieman, of Berwyn, 111., delivered an address along this line, emphasizing the idea of what to read, under the head of “Educational Opportunities.’’ Biggest in the South. It is declared to have been the largest convention ever held in the South. It was certainly one of the most remarkable hi its character as well as in the numbers in attendance. Nearly 12.000 delegates were present. And they came from every part of the country—North and South. East and West. It was an intersections!. International convention of the Methodist

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young people's organizations known as the Epworth Leagues. Whatever be thought of its religions aspects, it was a convention which strikingly signalizes the wonderful change which bas come over our country since that “bat-

tie in the clouds” on BIsHOP FITZGEKAI j Lockout Mountain tliifty-two year” 1 - As has been well said, sectional ami >••*- tarian lines are best obliterated by the feet of those who cross them. The Epworth League is an organization, started only a few years ago, for the natural development of the religious, educational and social life of young people, and has already ov ” a million members. The convention at Chattanooga was for Methodists North and South alike. From this warm-hearted and enthusiastic minghnii of so many representatives from all parts of the country. North and South, as well as East and West. there is reason to ex peet a very considerable development of the finest sentiment of patriotic fellowship.

Told in h Few Tones. The reform wave has reached Saratv.aGambling and other sports will, it is said, be abolished this year. “The Official Railway List” for ISOo. with its complete roster of American railroad officials, has just been issued. A new trial of the Hullet will case at Duluth was denied and the common Bw wife of the millionaire will get the fortune. A posse had an encounter in the wood* with the Rainy Lake bank robbers. The latter finally escaped across the Canada border. The grand jury of Charleston. S. Chas refused to indict in six of the eases laid before it for violations of the dispensary law. Gov. Brown of Maryland has been left 1250,000 by .lanes Carroll, a cousin by marriage, who recently died at Atlantic City, N. J. After a fight of eighteen months the customs officers at Callao. Peru, have admitted cases containing Bibles there by the American Bible Society. The ecclesiastical party in Peru opposed the admission of the books, claiming that they I were of immoral tendency.