Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press. iJecatuh, IND. Democratic Press Co., - Publishers. AROUND THE WORLD. INTELLIGENCE FROM AL L PARTS OF THE GLOBE. Hen. from Foreign shore.—Domestic Happenings—Personal Pointer.—Labor Note. —Political Occurrences—Fires, Accidents. Crimes, Etc. A GRAND PAGEANT. The Knights Templar Parade Far Eclipse* Previous Efforts. Boston special: Seven hundred arid fifty thousand people saw the parade of over 26,1)00 Sir Knights Templar Tuesday, and with one accord pronounced it the grandest pageant ever witnessed in Boston. The lines of the parade were formed in thirteen divisions in a column of double sections. At 9 o’clock the commandehes of tint first division began to gather on the south side of Commonwealth avenue, near Berkeley street, and at about the same hour the other divisions began to take up their positions in the ffvenue of the Bay district. There was the usual delay consequent to the formation of great proevs-mns. but all was in readiness shortly after 10 o'clock and by 10:30 the long line was in motion, the signal for the start being greeted by the cheers and salutes of 10,000 people that gathered near the start. As the great body of knights moved down Commonwealth avenue, the spectate was an inspiring one. The music of a hundred bands and the applause of the thousands of people filled the air. Gaily bedecked horses praneed at the head of •ach division, while the contrast of the dignified black cloth of the uniforms, of the waving of the rich plumes, and the silver and gold emblems which are conspicuous in the Templar's uniform, combined to present a scene that was pleasing and ini pressive. The Long Search Over. Indianapolis special: In the chimney of a little frame cottage standing at some distance from the other residences of Irvington, a suburb of this city, detectives found tlie charred bones of little Howard Pietzel, one of the Holmes victims. The find was tfie reward of a long and persistent search by Detective Geyer of Philadelphia, who came here six weeks ago. and has been working ever since on the theory that young Pietzel had been killed here. He and Inspector Gary found the empty cottage at Irvington, w hich had been occupied by a man answering Holmes’ description, and a little stove and “the black trunk" in which it had been supposed that tlie body had been shipped away. Further search was rewarded by the finding of a number of charred bones in the chimney, together with the buttons from the boy’s overcoat. Evidently the child had been murdered in the house and his body cremated there. A Miser Loses His Savings. Ben Stillman, an old miser, living in the country, ten miles from Hamilton, Ala., lost the savings of a penurious lifetime by a curious accident the other night. He had opened his strong box. in which be kept his fortune, about $6,000 in greenbacks, and was counting out the money on a table intending to carry it to the bank, as «n attempt was made to roh him several night ago. While thus engaged he fancied he heard some one trying to enter, and, rising suddenly, upset the table. A kerosene lamp exploded, and. besides consuming the old man's house, burned all his money and severely scorched him in his attempt to save his fortune. The old man will scarcely survive the double shock. A Negro Lynched by Negroes. A special from Springfield, Ky„ says: A mob composed oialmnfja dozen men. all negroes, took Harrison Lewis, colored, from tie jail, and hung him to a tree in the court house yard. The crime for which Lewis was lynched was a most cowardly murder. He went to the house of Joe Brooks, also colored, looking for another negro who had been too intimate with bis, Lewis', paramour. Brooks told him that his man was not there, whereupon Lewis fired upon Brooks, killing him instantly. Hundred of Persons Made Sick at a Picnic. Three hundred out of 1,000 people were poisoned at a German Luthoran mission festival or picnic in a grove at Tracy, Ind. A picnic dinner w as served and it is thought some miscreant poisoned the potatoes or drinking water. The victims were attacked with frightful pains purging and vomiting and rolled and tumbled on the ground in agony until medical aid was secured. As yet none have died, but many are still very ill. Freight Train Wrecked. A bad freight wreck took place near Holmesville, Ohio, on the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad. While No. 1 fast freight was running 30 miles an hour going north one car jumped the track in a deep ent and in a lev seconds 11 were piled up, entirely filling the cut: some were reduced to kindling wood. The contents of the cars were ties, iron piping, hay and lumber, which was not much damage. Boys Fatally Burned. Fire caught in a bed at a Michigan avenue boarding house, at Menominee, Mich., kept by John Anderson, and his two Ix>ys,;john and Matthew, aged 7 and 5 years, who were asleep, were so badly burned that both will die. The father was severely burned in rescuing the children. The mother jumped from a second-story window with a little babe, and fractured one of her limbs. Oil Down. Findlay (O. i special: Owing to the two reductions made in the price of Ohio oil last week, the leading producers of this field have ordered the suspension of all drilling operations as soon as the wells now in progress are completed. It is claimed the present price of oil does not afford profit for continued operations. The Infernal Envelope Mailed in Paris, Paris special: The police havedefinitely ascertained that the letter containing the infernal machine which exploded in the office of Baron Alphone De Rothschild, s.’vc-ely injuring his confidential clerk, Al. Jodkowitz. v.a.. ; :~ted in this citv. Three Tots Cremated. Three children of Henry Johnson and wife, colored, living m the country, six miles from Mexia. were burned to death m their home w hile their parents were at chureh. 1

SHOT BY ROBBERS. Detective Power* Attacked on aO. R. A I. Train. Grand Rapid- • Mich.} special: Detect- ' ive Powers was shot in the head and | killed while arresting two of the train robbers who held up the Chicago and West Michigan passenger train Tuesday night near New Richmond, in a smoker of the north-bound Grand Rapids and Indiana train at this place. Word was sent to the police headquarters that two men got aboard a Lake Shore i train at Dorr station and came to this city. I The two strangers were spotted on the I outgoing train, for all the trains had been | under surveillance for the two suspects. As i the detective was going through the train, and as he entered the smoker he saw two men who tallied with the description ■ given. | He grabbed one. and at the same time , blew his w histle for aid, as other officers I were aboard going through other cars. The i moment he blew his w histle,one of the men I drew a revolver and shot him through the j head, and he fell to the car floor. As the I other officers rushed in. in response to his whistle, the tw o men tied and jumped from i the train, escaping in the darkness. The whole detective force was at once j called out and every available police was , detailed and the county is being scoured ■ for the two desperadoes. SHRINKING. Volume of Business for the Past Week , Does Not Show What It Should. IL G. Dun A Co., in their Weekly Review of Trade says: The volume of business shrinks, as is natural in August, and the shrinkage seems rather larger than usual because transactions in July were somewhat inflated for that month. The settlement of the wage question in the window-glass works foreshadows higher prices, and the carpet workers alxnit Philadelphia, by proposing to accept higher wages after September 16, broke the ranks of employers, so that nearly all consented to an advance of ,’ 2 percent. The strikes ol clothing workers progress every day toward better wages tor the employed. □The price of wheat has fallen 3’l cents during the week, recovering a fraction on Thursday, in spite of all effort to hold back supplies from farms and to encourage buying. Wheat ought to go abroad freely at present prices, but Atlantic exports, flour included, have only been 1.352.602 for the week, against 2,964,674 last year. | Impressive stories of short crops abroad have little weight in the presence of such a record., Corn has declined 4' 4 cents while pork and lard, with accustomed inconsistency, rise a shade as corn declines. NIAGARA IN HARNESS. After an Expenditure of Three Million Dollar* Power i* Sent Out Over Copper Wires. Niagara Falls (N. Y.) special: After almost five years of work and the expenditure of over 43.000,000. Niagara has been harnessed and the power generated by the monster s,<>'<o-horsc power dynamoes are now sending out the electricity for use. The first power was delivered to the works of the Pittsburg Reduction Company here Tuesday morning. At the company's works there were aliout a dozen men at work, and the posts used in making of aluminum are being tested by them. A larger force will be employed when the real work begins. The power is sent over copper cables laid in a conduit to the aluminum works. The current sent out is an alternating one, and before it can be used in the making of aluminum it must be transformed to a directone. This is dors? by passing through four of the largest transfer motors. These are 2,100-horse power each, and three of them are running. Everything was found to work perfectly and great satisfaction was expressed by the officers. SAILED FOR CUBA, With Men and Arms for the Insurgents. Carrabelle (Fla.) special: A steamer sailed from Ockloeknee Bay, a point near here, on the Gult, carry ing arms and men to Cuban insurgents. The steamer had been off the coast for a week. At night she would anchor in Ockloeknee Bay. and boats would come alongside, bringing the arms and men. Arms were shipped here from New Orleans. They were consigned to unknown parties, but were always promptly removed. They were taken to Ockloeknee Kivei and transported to the steamer by boat. Men who went on the expedition have been arriving for some time. They rendezvoused on the river, and at night put off to the vessel. Washington authorities learned of the expedition. but too late for Marshal Puleston. of the Northern District of Florida, lo detain the vessel, and. w hen he arrived here, was greatly disappointed to find her gone. It is said revenue cutters at Key West and Tampa have been ordered to intercept her. Help Needed to Protect Defenseless People in China. London special: A dispatch received here from Shanghai, says that many Chinese converts were butchered when the American mission outside of Foo Chow was attacked, and the chapel and sdliuol were w recked by an infuriated mob. Commander Newell, of the United states yruiser, Detroit, has gone to Cheng Tu to consult with J. C. Hixson, United states consul at Foo Chow, aliout landing marines for the protection of the people, and for the protection of the members of the commission investigating the massacres, as the latter are practically prisoners. Desperate Fight with Murderers, Ardmore il. T.j special: The noted Christian gang of murderers and outlaws have been surrounded by a cordon of deputy United Stales mar-I,als six miles west of Pureell. In an encounter between the outlaws and marshals. Bob Christian aid Deputy Marshal Hocker of Purcell, were both shot and badly wounded. Officers were finally forced to make a retreat and telegraphed to the sheriff for reinforcements . A special train bearing a strong posse of deputies left here and a desperate battle seems inevitable before long. She Did Well. Ed King, an ex-convict and notorious character, was shot by Miss Armstead at Gallipolis. Ohio. King was boisterous and thre tened to kill the girl, when she drew a revolver and fired, the bullet taking effect in the right thigh. Miss Armstead gave herself up, but was discharged on her plea of self-defense. King was arrested and jailed by Marshal Kuhn and Officer Martin for stealing a w atch last October from J. B. Lyon, of L<i, n, Ohio. The watch w as recovered. Train Ditched. The Great Northern overland passenger tram ran into a lam’slid ? seventeen miles from Richmond Beach, Wash. Tlie engine

and tender w ere ditched and the fore trucks of the baggage car left the track. Engineer McKintry was killed. The train had many passengeis and McK'ntry, in the face of danger, stood at his post and succeeded in sax ing the lives of those he piloted only to be horribly mangled himself. A Train Robber Killed. John Smalley. supi>osed to tie one of the Chicago & West Michigan train robbers, and the man who killed Detective Powers, in Grand Rapids, Mich., was shot and instantly killed by Officers Spafford and Mcßain, who attemped to arrest Smalley at the home of his btather-in-law, Charles Brown. Smalley, who tallied closely with the description of Powers' murderer, returned to Grand Rapids, after an abseio-a of several days. He acted in a suspicious manner and the officers deeid-d to plan* him under arrest. They called upon Ilina to throw up his hands, but instead <4 complying. Smalley reached for his revolver. w lien upon both officers fired, killing him instantly. The Attack on the American Mission* London special: A dispatch to the Times from Hong Kong confirms the attack upon the American mission near Foo Chow and a dangerous state of the populace of that city. According to the Times dispatch, the American school was situated just outside of tlie west gate of Foo Chow. Tlie dispatch adds: "The situation at Ku Cheng is unchanged. Capt. John S. Newell of the United states cruiser Detroit, and Dr. Hart have gone from Foo Chow. More anti-foreign placards and pamphlets are being distributed at Canton.” Collision in Maumee Bay. The passenger steamer Idlewild, Captain John Sloan, liound for Detroit, rar into and sank a small schooner, the Ferret, in Maumee Bay at Toledo. The captain of the latter. Young, of Bay City, was caught in the crash and quite seriously injured. With the two others of his crew, he was taken off his boat by the Idlewild. The latter is only slightly damaged. T‘>“ Ferret was bound out with eoal aim <s so seriously damaged that she is practically a wreck. Steamboats Collide. Six persons were injured, two probably fatally, in a collision in Maumee Bay, six miles from Toledo. Ohio, between the schooner Madeline T. Downing and the steel passenger steamer City of Toledo. The vessels are both badly wrecked, and the City of Toledo may be laid up fortlie balance of the season. The injured are principally excursionists from Ada. Ohio. Out on a Strike. Dundee, special: It is now estimates that 25,000 mill workers are out on strike. The manufacturers met the other day. and signed an agreement not to advance wages under the penalty of £SOO for a violation of this agreement. This is the place w here tfie men struck without waiting to see whether their demand for increase of wages would be granted. Shook the Bottle, At Francisville, Ind., a man named Hooker was killed by the explosion of what was supposed to lie a bott*. of liniment. His horse had been taken lame.and the accident happened while he was shaking the stuff preparatory to bathing the animal's affected parts. The bottle burst and a fragment of the glass severed one of the carotid arteries, and he bled to death. A Item pt to Blow Up a Train. An attempt was made tojblow up the east bound Northern Pacific passenger train by placing a stick of dynamitq in a "frog” at a junction half mile east of Butte, Mont. Nearly the whole train passed over the dynamite before it exploded. The last coach tilled with passengers was badly shattered, but no one was injured. Horrible Tragedy. At Pine Bluffs, Ark., Jesse Isberg, colored, became crazed by religion at a camp meeting and kept up his prayers all night, shot his landlay, named Mandy Walker, four limes a ■ breakfast table, fatally wounding her ..nd then blew his brains out. Fell Into a Pot of Lye. The little 18-months-old daughter of Rudolph Schneider, living a mile north of Wapakoneta, Ohio, climbed over and fell headlong into a kettle of lye. If she survives she will be totally blind. Mother’s Awful Mistake. Hattie Outlaw, colored, of Newbern, N. C.. killed l*-r two little children, aged 3 and S years, girl and boy respectively, by administering a dose of strychnine by mistake for quinine. Marion’s Big Fire, Fire completely destroyed the plant of the Marion Horseshoe Company at Marion, Ind., throwing out of employment 1.000 men and entailing a loss of $25,000, without any insurance. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.00: hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75: wheat. No. 2 red, 62c to 63e; corn. No. 2. 37c to 39c: oats. No. 2. 20e to 21e; rye. No. 2. 42c to 44c; butter, choice creamery. ISe to 20, : eggs, fresh, lie to 13c: potatoes, new, per bushel, 35c to 45c: bruin corn, common growth I to fine brush. 3c to o'xc I»T pound. i Indianapolis—Cattie. shipping. $3.00 to • $5.50, hogs, choice light. $3.00 to $5.00; . sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.50: wheat. No. 2. 61c to life; corn. No. 1 white. 36c to 3Se: oats. No. 2 white. 2>>c to 27c. Sr. Louis -Cattle. $3.00 to $6.00: hogs, $3.50 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2 red. 65c to 64c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 34e to 35c; oats. No. 2 white. ISc to 20c; rye. No. 2. 4Oe to 41c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $5.50: hogs, $3.00 to $5.00: sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2. <>6e to 67c: corn. No. 2 mixed. 36c to 3Se: oats. No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c: rye. No. 2. 44c to 46c. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.00: hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep. SJ.OO to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 64c to 66c: corn. No. 2 yellow. 39c to 41c: oats. No. 2 white. 24c to 25c; rye. 43c to 44c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red. 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 37c to 30c; oats. No. 2 w hite. 20c to 21c: rye. No. 2. 44c to 46c. Buffalo Cattle. $2.50 to $6.25: hogs, $3.00 to $5.25: sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 red. 69e to 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 43c to 44c; oats. No. 2 white, 26e to 2Se. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. 61c to 62. : corn. No. 3. 37c to 39,•; oats. No. 2 white. 22.- to 23c; barley. No. 2. 43c to 4.>c: rye. No, 1,44 cto 46c; jiork. mess, $9.25 to $9.75. _ New Y„rk -Cattle. $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50: sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; w heat. Jo . 2 red. 67c to 65.-; corn. No. 2. 44c to 45c: oats. No. 2 white, 25c to 27c; butter, crean: -ry. 15c to 21c; eggs. Western, 13c to 15c.

BOLD TRAIN ROBBERS. HOLD-UP ON THE CHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN. Train a« Running Light and the Villains Were Badly Fsoled—Got $7.50 and Two Watches — Paassugers liadly Bcurod but Not Molested* Bandits Near New Richmond. Fire desperate bandits dynamited the express car on the Chicage and West Michigan passenger train, due at Grand Rapids from Chicago at 10:30 p. in., near New Richmond. Tuesday night. The robbers secured only two watches and $7.. r »0 in money, but their inteations were good. The Allegan County officers were notified, and with daybreak the woods in the vicinity of hold-up were thoroughly ■coured, and liberal rewards offered for the apprehension of the Not only the Allegan County, but also the sheriffs of Ottawa, Van Buren. Kent, and Kalam&soo Counties have been notified, and the officers say that, unless the robbers have a boat and escaped across Lake Michigan, they will Im* caught. The train was bowling along at a rapid rate. When rounding a curve at a place in the road that is lined with forest growth Engineer Debbie caught the gleam of a white light waved across th*‘ track. He saw by the reflection that the track was obstructed and brought the train to a •top. As the train was stopped a volley was fired kite the eab f one shot narrowly missing the fireman, and the two men were ordered to come dowfi. They refused to comply with the demand, and the robbers, only two of them in sight, did not insist upon it The rear brakeman, Timothy Murphy, jumped off the train and ran back to flag any train that might be following. Thw robbers saw him jump anti fired at him, inflicting a flesh wound in the thigh. Conductor E. E. Rice stepped eut ujK)n the platform to inquire what was the matter aud was fired upon, but not touched. The passengers were not molested, but were dreadfully afraid they would be. Women were in hysterics. The men looked for places to hide their valuables. Even if the robbers had decided to work the train they would not have found much without a careful search. The passengers were mostly tourists bound for the northern resorts. Jam s Cannon, of Rock Island, and Herman I’ew, of Chicago, were on board, and they gave vivid descriptions of the wild scramble for places to hide valuables. Conductor Rice thinks tlie robbers were amateurs, as they were not disguised nor masked and made no effort at concealment. The leader ♦was a middle-aged man about five feet six inches, with a full beard. The other three were younger, and all wore roughly dresse d. Brakeman Murphy was taken to Grand Rapids and had his wounds dressed. He is not seriously hurt. The passengers were in a desperate panic. The women crawled in behind seat backs and the men got in as inaccessible places as they could. The brakeman hastily returned to the coaches and locked the door after him. With the decks clear for action, the robbers turned their attention to the baggage and express ear. Dynamite Is Used. The firing had alarmed Baggageman V. N. Vannetta and he had locked his door against tlie intruders. The robbers ordered him to open up. He refused. Then they applied a stick of dynamite to the side door and blew the bottom of the ear open. Mr. Vannetta concluded that he had done all that valor demanded and opened the door. The robber* immediately demanded the key to the strong box. and when Mr. Vannetta declared he did not have it they used up another dynamite cartridge and burst it open. The strong box was empty and did not even contain a cent The train did not carry any express. The robbers left the car in disgust and held a heated argument whether or nut to go through the passengers. They finally concluded not to do so, Conductor Rice representing that the passengers were mostly poor people who could not afford to lose what little money they had. The robbers relieved Mr. Rice of what small change he had. about $7.50, missing the well-lined pocket-book which Rice had thrown into the wood box. They also relieved the fireman and engineer of their watches and then with a pleasant farewell to the conductor they gave him per mission to move on and disappeared in the woods. This train is patronized every day by wealthy citizens of Grand Rapids and Northern and Western Michigan, whose business calls them frequently to Chicago. The express messenger went out with a **feint” car in the afternoon and was returning on a “dead” trip. There were forty-two passengers. To make sure of a halt ties had been piled on the track half ■ length ahead of where the engine stopped. The baggage car was not disabled and the train proceeded, arriving at Grand Rapids half an hour late. Albert Antisdell, of Chicago, superintendent of the American Express Company, said his company had lost nothing by .the hold-up. “We had no messenger on the train,” said he. “Our night nu s- . seiiiri-r w. nt out un the train that leaves at 11:45.” “Will you send any detectives to the scene of the robbery?” “Y’ee, well send some men over to help the officers In pursuit of the robbers.” Ehe train was composed of an engine, baggage car, two passenger coaches, and a parlor car. RAVAGES OF THE CHOLERA. Europe and Asia Have SuffercdAmerica Has Been Free. Through the energetic efforts of the health authorities in New York the choh-rn has not entered this country this summer and, as the season is so far ad-van.-cd. it probably will not do so. Though we hare been free from it in Europe Russia, Arabia, India, China, and Japan the disease raged. It is unfortunate tnat trustworthy statistics concerninit cannot be obtained from Russia, or from any of the other countries in which it exists, with the exception of Japan It ravaged several of the western Russian provinces last summer: it did not entirely disappear last winter, and it has be‘m epidemic since tlie early spring season The cholera appeared in Arabia, on the border of the Red Sea. early in the spring, brought there, as in other wars bv.the Mohammedan pilgrims from India to Mecca. Alarming accounts of its fatality were sent out in the spring months and up to June, but nothing has been heard of it for some weeks, and its ravages have doubtless been allayed

l« China the extent to which the ebolI er* has prevailed can only be guessed at, I but it is 1-lieved that the disease hM I been widespread. From the trustworthy : »t* .lb’s Se pt by thcJapai ' S. .aitn nt., * it is learned that tip to the close of July thwe had been 9.500 caaee of the disease in Japan, more than one-half of which had proved fatal. This fatality may L>e regarded as part of the price paid by Japan for her victory over the Chinese, but that price was greater yet, for many of the Japanese aoldicrs who are yet in China have fallen under the disease. It ha* recently been epidemic over a large part of the Japanese empire. In some other countries besides those here mentioned, including Me-n ■ and Cuba, there have been cases of < liol. ra during the year, but it has not been epidemic in any of them. It has been estimated by good authorities that the average yearly number of deaths trow .holer* the world over is close uisin a quarter of a million. It is n.it known that in Russia alone last year there were nearly 100.000 cases of the dis«,ise. alamt 45 Iter cent, of which proved fatal: but the ravages of the disease among the Russians are light as compared with that among Asiatics. N cry likely it has been as widely prevalent in Western Russia. Eastern Austria and Turkey thia year as it was last year. CONDITIONS IN NEBRASKA. Corn Promises a Large Yield, Except in the btate’e Garden Spot. A McCook. Nob., correspondent says: On crossing the Missouri River running to Lincoln, the Burlington land agents’ party found a prospect which, from an agricultural standpoint, could not be excelled. Corn is luxuriant and sturdy and every stalk shows large-sised ears sticking out from it. It is so far advanced that the uninitiated could be made to believe very readily that it is past all harm from any source. Notwithstanding its fine appearance, however, it is not yet out of danger of frost, and will not be for at least two weeks. A fine crop of oats has been reaped in this section. Much of it is still in the shock and n good deal of it has been stacked. It is thrashing out from thirty to fifty bushels to the acre and will average about forty. The wheat crop has all been harvested, and farmers are now busy plowing their land preparatory to putting in another crop of winter wheat. Leaving Lincoln the outlook is much less promising. Between Waverly and Fairmont, a distance of sixty miles, is a siretch of country which has usually been described as the garden spot of Nebraska. Crops have always been abundant here, however poorly they may have been in other parts of the 6tate. Last year and this year have lioen the oijly known exceptions to this rule. Somehow this belt has suffered severely this year. It has rained copiously on all sid< s of it and all around it, but the clouds refused to give it a drop of moisture until too late to save the corn < rop. For a stretch of country sixer miles long and sixty miles wide the co;n crop is a comparative failure. It will only run from a quarter to half a crop, averaging as a whole at>out one-third an ordinary crop. Oats have not fared so badly. They are thrashing out from thirty-five to forty bushels an acre*. Heavy rains fell over this section at the end of last ww k. They came too late, however, to save the bulk of the corn. Very much of it is wilted beyond redemption and a good deal of it has already been cut for fodder. Wheat in this section is thrashing out fifteen bushels to the acre. West of Fairmont the scene again changes and an o- ean of waving corn, strong and luxuriant, is to be seen as far as the eye can reach in every direction. The < rop from Hastings to the western boundary of the State is practically made, and nothing but a killing frost can now’ blight it. It will average not less than kixty bushels to the acre, and very many large fields will yield fifty bushels. Alfalfa is a new crop here with which the people are delighted. AH kinds of live stock cat it with relish, and it is proving to be fattening fodder. The first year it yields one ton to the acre, but after the third year it yields three crops a year, which foot up seven and oue-half tons w the acre. It is worth in the market $5 per ton, but to feed cattle the results have shown it to be worth S7O per acre. It is the coming crop all along the flats of the Republican valley. THE CUBAN WAR. The Insurgents Making Headway in the Struggle for Freedom. Recent reports from Cuba indicate that the insurgent army is gradually encroaching on Havana. It is now’ on the outskirts of the great sugar district and is increasing its ranks daily. According to a letter from the Marquis de Santa Lucia, who some time ago joined tlie insurgents, the two divisions of the army number 25,000 men and 10,000 of these are well armed and splendidly equipped. One division is under Gen. Antonio Maceo in I Y A. ' / ''' ' tb-'r / 7,7 ''i "■ -A M -t 7. W 7Ji GENERAL ANTONIO MACEO. Santiago, while Gen. Gomez commands another in Camaguey. Meantime the Spanish army is becoming daily more disheartened and there are numerous desertions to the ranks of the insurgent*. Gen. Campos who, when he rr-ached Cuba, announced that he would have the rebellion crushed m a couple of months has utterly failed to make any imon the insurants, althoush nearly 20.000 troops more than he asked for have been sent him. The cry is still for more troops—a proof in itself that the rebellion is scyious and that the Spanish forces to-day on the island are unable to cope with the plueky insurgents.

CAMPBELL IS NAMED. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for governor OF OHIO. AH the Nominations Are Made by Ac-clamation-Free Silver I* Beaten— Cleveland’* Administration Enthn- • lastically Indorsed—Brice on Top. Buckeye Democratic Ticket. Sovernor James E. Campbell Lieutenant Governor John B. Pestle, State Auditor James W. Kti .tt State Treasurer .William B. Sholer Supreme Judge -William T. Mooney Attorney General George A. Fairbank, Mends r Board Public Morks. .11. B Keefer Clerk of Supreme Court.. J. W. Crulksbank The Ohio Democratic State convention nominated James E. Campbell for Governor by acclamation. It was done with * whoop and a yell and while Mr. Camp, bell was on his feet trying to persuade the body to select Judge Peck, of Cincinnati. The convention also, by a vote of 525 to

270, reaffirmed the financial plank of the Democratic nat ion al convention of 1892 and indorsed the administration of President Cleveland and tho course in the Senate of Calvin S. Brice. The nomination of Campbell was made in spite of his most earnest protests. He

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had the floor when he was interrupted by Dr. James A. Norton, who presented * motion to suspend the rules and nominate James E. Campbell by acclamation. Mr. Campbell protested and raised points of order amid the wildest scenes of cheering and yelling for Campbell. Campbell said he had run for Congress three times in * Republican district and twice for Governor in a Republican State, till he was depleted financially aud otherwise unable to make the race. He insisted on the nomination of Judge Peck or some other good Democrat who could make a good race and afford to make it Seconds of the nomination of Campbell rolled in. Chairman Brice ruled that the F- a r • y/u ) i J A ME E. CAMPBELL. motion of Dr. Norton to suspend the rule# and nominate Mr. Campbell was in order. M. E. Ingalls, who had previously opposed Campbell, made a strong plea for him as the w inner. The motion of Dr. Norton was put and carried w ith a great whirl of enthusiasm and Chairman Brioe declared Mr. Campbell the fir Governor. The ticket was competed as above by acclamation. Platform Adf»pte»L The Democratic party of Ohio, in ’ nation assembled, points ’with sati-f. >a and pride to the wisdom of the av : that party in the last two years an . the results accomplished according to its promises, to-wit: The repeal of the Republican leg:-'-/‘on known as the Sherman Jaw. the •: can Federai election law, and the law, from which repeals has resulted returning prosperity to the country : —a extent that even the Republicans are - d to recognize the same. We congratulate President Cleveland thit his efforts in favor of the repea. >f these vicious laws and the upholding ‘ f - vfcdlt of tbe country have been suce* » We congratulate our Senator, ihe Hon. Calvin 8. Brice, for the earnest 1 <''• JIve support he has given to the I’. ■'• 13 these matters. When we consider the fact that r'. p Denecratle party received from the lb a# in 1K92 a bankrupt treasury, that it i'-her-ited from them the vicious curren y aii'l tariff laws which had prepared and b iy ; reduced the panic Os 1893, we Insist ti ' ' entitled to the thanks of the p«” i> r r courage with which it has attacked and repealed thes? laws. We reaffirm the following portion of tne seventh plank of the platform of the last National Democratic Convention. •’We hold to the use of both c> >1 :1: • ver as the standard money cf the ■ r-T---and to the coinage of botii gold an i < without discrimination against niutai or charge for mintage; but the dobnr nnit li coinage of both metals must be of « ’ : .’ trinsic and exchangeable value, r ■ a<l ' justed by international agreeme: ’. r such safeguards of legislation as s. the maintenance of the parity of metals aud the equal power of every fit ail times In the payment of d we demand that the paper curren ? - ■ ■ n’ XM r with and r* deemi “coin. We insist upon this policy :i- 1 ;ly necessary fur the protection of »* and the laboring classes, the first tr i f ’*- defenseless victims of unstable mo: .' aiia iflwctnating currency.’’ . Wo call the attention of the people * \ b® HiethodH and practices of by ", • The Republican party in this State i:a > •managed iu the last few years, and t amples point to its history in Hamih ty and io the final culmination of the in the Zanesville convention, and we ' ; u ., people by their votes thia fall to put tnei condemnation on such practices. We denounce the last legislature ns ' rupt and unworthy of the confidon • • - people, and we submit to the voters ' they wish to perpetuate this eon<! ' 1 • affairs by placing the Republicans again i f We view with alarm the large » ncr< indebtedness throughout the State by ties and municipalities, as authorized ' y / ' last Legislature, and the increase in th " few years in the tax rate, and wo economy In expenditure and consensus in the increase of debt. Harry Birdsell, at Greensburg. Ind-. - D a fit of anger stabbed his father. - k Birdsell. The wound may prove fata • There was no known trouble between them. It is thought the young man ha» been losing his mind for some time. Ex-Supreme Court Justice Strone - iaß had a stroke of paralysis which affbcti the left side of the body. He ha# al so a relapse of the catarrhal fever, is very weak and at present unconscious. He 11 at Lake Minnewauka, N. Y. Tom Wilbur, aged 91, committed suicide at Norwich. Conn., by severing his jugn* lar vein with a razor. He was a wellknown quarry man.