Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press. DECATUR, IND. Democratic Press Co.. - Publishers. ABOUND,THE WORLD. INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE. Kc>ts from Foreign Shores—Domestic Happenings—Personal Pointers—Labor Notes — Political Occurrences—Fires, Accidents, Crimes, Etc. A Disgusting Sight. A ngiit occurred hear the court-house, Brazil, Ind., between Bud Acres and George Lazwell, two men employed on the new jail in course of erection. W. 11. Wilson appeared in the role ©[’peacemaker, when Lazwell swore he would be even with Wilson. He crept up behind Wilson as the latter was going home and felled him to the ground. Then he seized Wilson’s left hand and thrust the index finger into bis mouth, when he chewed the mutilated finger until it was torn from the hand. Taking the mutilated finger from his mouth he held it up before Wilson and laughed, after which he thrust it into his mouth and swallow it. The police arc looking for Lazwell, who has an unsavory reputation, at one time parading the streets of Harmony in a nude condition. Condition of the Crops. Ohio—The drought is effectually broken and all vegetation shows improvement, bm rains thought to be too late to materially benefit crops in districts most affected by drought. Fall seeding and eom cutting about to begin. Indiana—Cool and cloudy with numerous rains, very beneficial to growing crops. Corn still promises a large yield; much tobacco housed and that in the fields is in good condition; rye being sown and fields in good condition for sowing wheat. Michigan—Weather has been favorable to all growing crops; corn and potatoes have made good progress and pastures are greatly improved. Plowing and seeding well under way. Fruit, except apples, plentiful but small. K> plosion of Nitro Glycerine. One thousand pounds of nitro glycerine exploded near Shannopm station, Pa., on tlie Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad, nineteen miles from Pittsburg. The scene was the storage house where glycerine used in •hooting the oil wells in the Shannopin oil held is stored. Two employes had just left the building for dinner, but were yet near enough to be thrown violently to the ground by the concussion. Their escape, is little short of miraculous. The magazine was scattered to the winds, nothing remaining but a huge excavation in the earth. The shock was felt for miles surrounding the location of the building. The cause of the explosion will probably never be ascertained. The Massacre of Missionaries. Chester Holcomb, who has been connected with the United States legation at Peking for twenty-one yeaS, has just returned home. He attrilgiti s I of inisstonarii sto band*of soldiers, who, as the custom is in China, are dismissed from service as soon as the War is over an<l allow ed to find their way back to their homes as they may, robbing and beating their way as they like. Holcomb thinks it certain that war is pending between Russia ami Japan. He thinks the Bear is trying to tease Japan into the commencement oi hostilities. Little Colored Boy a Hero. While bias' in a well at Frazeysburg, ■Ohio, John Whyde was overcome by bad ■air. He called for help, and Eugene Patterson, a little colored boy, slipped down the rope to assist him into the bucket. He was insensible, however, by the time the boy reached him. The little fellow direction that the bucket be hauled up and that the rope be let down. He eooley remained in the well while this was done and tied the rope around Whyde’s body. Whyde was hoisted to the top, and later the boy followed. Cut Off His Head. William Strickler, a young man living near Grand Rapids, Mich., was killed while attempting to board a Clover Leaf freight train at Douglass, Ohio. He fell between the cars, and his head w as severed from his shoulders by the wheels. He was at Douglass on a visit when the accident happened. Only last week his eider brother was killed in a similar manner. Old Man Shoots a Tramp. An unknown tramp, about 19 years old, was shot and killed by Jack Carr, an old num who lives near the Baltimore and Ohio shopes, at Washington, Ind. Carr is now in jail, having given himself up immediately after the shooting, claiming the act was in self-defense. Carr shot a bov fur stealing melons about two weeks ago, but as the wound was not serious nothing was done. Self Torture. John M. Koch, a German, aged 80, died from self inflicted wounds, at Pittsburgh. After hacking himself horribly with an old razor, Koch ended the deed by firing a bullet through his head. His wife died eighteen months ago, since which time Koch bus given away to despondency. Struck By a Cyclone. Quincy (Hl. i special: It is reported here that a cyclone struck Kinderhook. Pike County, carrying away many boilings and killing three people. Kinderhook has neither telegraph or telephone communication and the report cannot be verified ax this time. Owned By the State. The Secretary of the Interior has decided that the title to the accretions along the shore of Lake Michigan adjacent to Chicago belongs to the State of Illinois, and that the United States lias no right or title therein. Russian Crops Reported Poor. An official report states that spring sown crops in Russia have suffered from the prolonged drought, only 72 per cent, of the whole area sown giving a yield above the average. Os the total area of winter sown crops only til per cent, gives a lair yield. Struck by a Train. At Elwood. Ind., ex-Semior S. W. Edaine, M. D,. while out driving, was run over by a Lake Erie & Western passenger tram, sustaining frightful injuries ironi which lie n ay die.

SIX COMPANIES DISRUPTED. Ch.ine»£ Minister at ash tag ton Takes u Hand in the Trouble. The factional fight that has been going on for some time in Chinatown, San Francisco, Detween the See Yup and the Sam Yup families has culminated in the disruption of the Six Companies, the most powerful organization ever instituted by the Chinese in this country. Ail the efforts of Consul General Li Y’ung Yew and other prominent Chinamen to bring about a settlement of the differences have resulted in failure, and the Chinese Minister at Washington has announced his intention of going to San Francisco and trying his powers as a peacemaker. The secession oi the See Yaps from the Six Companies leaves the latter with the small end of the organization and a depleted treasury. The boycott started by the See Yups has nearly ruined the Sam Yup merchants, and if not ended soon it will cause the retirement from business of a large number of firms. The boycott is not confined io Sail Francisco, but is being extended to every place in the U nited States where Chinese reside in any number. THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing r»f the Clubs In Their Race for the Pennant. The following is the standing of the chibs in the National League: Per P. W. L. cent. Baltimorelo4 67 37 .644 Cleveland .114 71 43 .623 Philadelphia ...106 61 45 .575 Boston 106 60 46 .566 BrooklynloS 61 47 .565 Pittsburglo9 59 50 .541 New Yorklo7 57 50 .533 Chicagolo9 57 52 .523 Cincinnatilo6 55 51 .519 Washington ....101 33 68 .327 St. Louislo9 35 74 .321 Louisvillelo7 27 80 .252 WESTERN' I I*AGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per P. W. L. cent. Indianapolis ....107 70 37 .654 Kansas City.... 110 64 46 .582 St. Paullo7 61 46 .570 Milwaukeello 53 57 .482 Terre Haute.... 11l 50 61 .<SO Minneapolis ... .111 49 62 .438 Detroitll7 50 67 .427 Grand Rapids. ..11l 36 75 .324 emigration increasing. British Wageworkers Flocking to the United States in Large Numbers. The official reports of emigration of the English Cove nin ‘nt lor the month and the seven months ending Aug. 1 show that the movement of wage workers toward the United States is on the increase. For the month of July departures for the new world from England, Ireland and Scotland aggregated 9.500. an increase of 3,000 over the same month of last year, while 6,600 emigrants from continental countries embarked at English ports. The total British emigration during the last seven months to the United States was 71.314, as against 40.791 for last year’s corresponding period. To Canada during July, the total British emigration amounted to 1.557. of wifi ch only one-tenth were Scotch and Irish. HOLMES WILL BE INDICTED. No Attempt Will Be Made to Take Him to Indianapolis. An Indianapolis dispatch says: Coroner Castor, of Marion County, is in possession of the premises on which the bones of young Howard Pitzel were found at Irvington. An examination of the bones by the coroner showed that the large bones which could not at first be classified are parts of the pelvis. Holmes will be indicted in this county for murder, but no effort will be made to bring him here, as evidence against him elsewhere is thought to be sufficient to convict him. Annexation Talk. Annexation will be a burning question in th*' next Congress, but the pivot upon which it will turn will be Cuba instead of Hawaii. Private advices received at the State Department indicate that the independent e of Cuba is but a question of a short time. The news has none of ihc features of a surprise to our diplomatists. The inability of Spain to quell the revolution has been apparent for some time and the reason was as plainly to be seen in the fact that Gen. Campos, the Spanish military leader, lacked the support of the conservative elements of the island. The commercial interests of Cuba have not been in full sympathy with the insurrectionists for the very good reason that the character of the latter rendered their triumph and consequent rule undesira-. ble to property-owners and the conservative and respectable element. But vrhU? witholding their sympathy from the insurrectionists the conservative residents of the island have given no support to Spain, hoping that by such non-action the Spanish Government might in time be forced by the incorrigibility t.f the insurgents to grant important concessions to the Cubans, These concessions were promised at the close of the last Cuban revolution, but were never carried out by Spain. They consist chiefly of a demand for a mare equitable and humane system of taxation and a fair representation for Cuba in the Spanish Cortes. It is not sufprising that the Cuban view’ of the case should cellist American sympathy in certain quarters, for it is only a reiteration of the old colonial doctrine: “No taxation without representation.” The next move, it is believed, will be an appeal to the I’nited States for annexation. Lives Lost by Storm. Wednesday afternoon terrific storms, accompanied by tremendous rainfall, swept over a wide area. At Bloomington. 111., a buggy was caught in a ravine, during a cloudburst, and two children drowned. Pawnee Bill’s Wild West tent collapsed, and 6.000 people were panicstricken. On the St. Clair River, off Port Huron, Mich., four young people were drowned. Through Wisconsin and lowa lightning caused many fires; and much damage was sustained by crops by wind and rain. Syracuse, N. Y., was also swept. Sugar Bounty Claims. Tho Secretary of the Treasury has extended the time for filing sugar bounty claims from Sept. 1 to Oct. 1. 1895. According to the regulations issued to govern the payment of the sugar bounty appropriation. all claims were to be filed by Sept. 1. but the time was found inadequate, and Secretary Carlisle therefore granted the extension of one month. Crushed by a Rock. A rolling rock struck a Colorado Midland passenger tjain near Fisher, Colo., wrecking th*' baggage and smoking cars. One man was killed and two injured.

GREAT BOOM IN IRON. ADVANCE HAS REACHED $8 PER TON. Eastern Towns Rocked by an Earth-quake-Trade Expands at an Abnormal Rate—Crazed Woman Cremates Herself— Inman Drowned, Bessemer pig iron was worth Friday SI7 a ton. The quotation marks a clear advance of nearly $8 a ton over the lowest figure reached during the recent depression. It is an advance of $3 within eight days. The gradual upward movement in iron and steel prices the last six months has developed into a boom of the first water. Iron and steel circles of Pittsburg are excited over the conditions and prospects. The largest concerns have orders hooked covering their capacity beyond Jan. 1, and there has been uv abatement in the rush of orders and inquiries for material. As things are now no combination w ill be necessary among the steel people to maintain prices. The demand is such that it is likely to continue drawing prices upward. DUN & CO’S REPORT. Warning Against Too Rapid Expansion in Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review* of trade says: Improvement in markets and prices continues, and whereas a few months ago everybody was nursing the faintest hopes of recovery, it has now come to be the only question in what branches, if any, the rise in prices and the increase of business may go too far. A strong conservative feeling is finding expression not yet controlling the markets or industries, but warning against too rapid expansion and rise. In some directions the advance in prices clearly checks future business, but encouraging features have great power. Exports of gold continue, but are met by syndicate deposits and are expected to cease soon. Anxieties about the monetary future no longer hinder. Crop prospects, except for cotton, have somewhat improved. Important steps towards {lie reorgamr-Dtmn of great railroads give hope to investors. Labor troubles are for the moment less threatening, and some of importance have been definitely settled. The industrials are not only doing better than anybody had expected, but are counting upon a great business for the rest of the year. ACADEMY AN OLD LANDMARK. Buffalo Theater, Burned Saturday Night, Was a Historic Pile. The Academy of Music at Buffalo, N. Y., burned Saturday night, was erected in 1852 by Henry T. Meech. who died in 1870, since which time it has been managed by his sons, John 11. and Henry L. Meech. It was originally known as the Metropolitan. It was remodeled in 1882. The sons owned the property until a year ago, when it was sold under foreclosure proceedings to a syndicate of creditors. The season had just opened. The property is worth about $250,000 and was heavily mortgaged and but half insured. It is unlikely the building will be rebuilt as a theater. ROBERT INMAN’S BODY FOUND. Cast Ashore by the Tide at South Beach, Staten Island. The body of Robert W. Inman, who was drowned from his yacht Adelaide after a collision with the steamer Perseus. w*as found on the beach at South Beach, S. L, Friday afternoon. There was no trouble about identification, as the clothing and jewelry were fully described in the circulars spread broadcast, and there were letters in the pockets addressed to Inman. The reward of SSUO is claimed by two young men named Deboise and Fisher, w. » are employed at a hotel on South Beach. They claim to have been the first to notice the body. Earthquake in the East. An earthquake shock lasting several seconds was felt in Philadelphia shortly after 6 o'clock Sunday morning. Buildings perceptibly swayed, windows clattered and banged and clocks and pictures toppled from their places. The shock was most severely felt in the suburban districts, and it is said that in one part of George’s Hill, in Fairmont Park, a fissure in the earth was opened permitting the entrance of a plummet which extended down over 100 feet without touching bottom. Now York and Brooklyn also felt three distinct shocks. A Frightful Death. The wife of Josiah Gess, a farmer Th- - north of Columbus, Ohio, committed suicide. Soon after her husband arose she secured a can of coal oil. thoroughly saturated the bedding and her clothing, got into, bed and set fin* to if. She was so badly burned when found that she lived only a few hours. She was evidently insane. Goss was afraid of banks and had in bills sewed up in the bed, which was burned. Gives an Advance to 20,000 Men. The window glass wage scale for the year, beginning Sept. 1. was settled at a conference of manufacturers and workmen at Pittsburg. Pa., the manufacturers conceding an advance over last year’s scale of 7L» per cent. The settlement, which is a compromise, affects about 20,000 men. Atlanta Will Hear the Bell. The city of Philadelphia received judicial consent to send the old Liberty Bell to the Atlanta Exposition. President Judge Thayer, of Common Pleas Court, delivered a decision dismissing the bill in equity recently filed by a number of prominent citizens. Kills His Wife and Himself. Hezekiah Roberts, a young farmer ; ‘ Butler. Ky., cut his wife's throat an then cut his own. He died instantly. His wife is fatally hurt. He is supposed to have been insane. The bloody deed was witnessed by their three children, aged from 1 to 4. James Getty la Killed. Janies Getty, an ex-Councilman of Pittsburg, was shot and killed by Alexander Hutchinson, formerly proprietor >f the Merchants’ Hotel. Getty was the owner of the Hotel Willey, and the murder was the result of a dispute over the lease. Fierce Fighting in Africa. There has been fierce fighting between the forces of lhe Congo State and the Mahdists district of Adda, Africa. Lieutenant Cassart and nineteen men were killed.

STOCK YAR DS INSPECTION. Texas Fever at Mt. Sterling Brought by Cattle from Southern Missouri. The Illinois State Board ot Live Slock Commissioners issued the following report of cattle inspection at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, during the last week: Number cattle inspected .17-» Passed in the yard5,...102 Held for post-mortem examination.. 73 Passed on post-mortem examination. 26 Condemned as being unfit for food and ordered tanked ■ 47 The board rei»orts that an official inspection of the outbreak of Texas fever at Mount Sterling. Brown County, shows the disease to have been brought into Illinois by cattle shipped from the stockyards at St. Louis, the cattle coming from the southern portion of Missouri. Those sent to Chicago were thoroughly examined and five head of cattle were condemned with the fever upon them. The disease is under control at Brown County and no further fear is felt. DEATH DIE TO GREED. Colorado Miners Drown Like Rat® lu a Trap. Thirteen miners in the Sleepy Hollow mine, Central City, Colo., were working Thursday afternoon in the drifts, when suddenly a torrent of water came streaming down the shaft, and, sweeping debris before it, choked up the entries and passageways, intombing the workmen. Two Italians working above were caught in the mighty rush of the flood, and, they, too were sacrificed. The season has been unprecedented in the amount of rainfall. The hills have been soaked to repletion, and the giant pumps of the big mines have had a difficult task to perform in beating down the waters. The disaster is due solely to greed of the operators. The danger was not unforeseen, but the mine is in litigation, and the operators would not spend money enough to properly equip the plant with pumping apparatus. Danger in Raising but One Staple. The recent trip of inspection of the agricultural stations in the West and Northwest, undertaken with a view to systematize methods and secure more heartj* co-operation with the department, is discussed in a review by Dr. A. C. True, the director of the experiment stations office. He says: “The low prices prevailing during the last year or two, combined with the drought and other causes that have reduced the yield, have led farmers in most of the region for the first time to appreciate the necessity of more diversified agriculture instead of depending almost exclusively on the great staple crops like wheat. The stations have been making experiments with various crops, which have shown what can be best grown in different localities. Throughout the West and Northwest irrigation problems are attracting increased attention among farmers and the Government stations aw making extended irrigation inquiries. There are many questions relating to the effect of irrigation on the soil and crops that remain to be solved, and some do not secure as much consideration as they deserve. Among these is the matter of using large quantities of water containing alkali salts where continued practice is very likely to seriously injure the vegetation.” Crushed by a Trolley Car. A 2-year-old child of Police Office! John Kelley, of Chicago, was struck by an Ogden avenue electric car and mortally injured. Witnesses of the accident say the motorman saw the child on the track and sounded the going, but made no effort to stop the car until it was too late. Singular Fatal Accident. At Cleveland Jame? Beckmeister fell five stories from the top of the World Building to the sidewalk and was instantly killed. The body of the falling man struck John Nickson, who was walking along the sidewalk. Nickson’s back and both legs were broken and he is dying. Whiteman Will Go to Jail, Alonzo J. Whiteman, formerly Mayor of Duluth, Minn., ex-member of th? Minnesota Legislature, ex-banker and millionaire, who has dissipated a fortune in a few yea: was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for forgery at San Francisco. Valuable Horses The breeding establishment at Castleton, Va., of James R. & F. I’. Keene was burned to the ground. A number of valuable horses, including the imported KalJicrates and Hyderabad, perished in the flames. Loss about $70,000. Indian Agent Murdered. It is reported that Capt. Baldwin, U. S. A., acting agent at the Kiowa, Cotnmanche and Apache agency at Anadarko, O. T., was murdered by Indians. MARKET QUOTATIONS. * Chicago—Cattle, common to prim?, $3.75 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.75: sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 62c to 6.3 c; corn. No. 2,36 cto 37c; oats. No. 2,19 c to 20c; rye, No. 2. 40c to 42c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, frosh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, per bushel, 30c to 35c; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 3c to sloc per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 tn $5.50; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2,61 cto 62c; corn. No. 1 wb:t<\ 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $.”,.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red. 63c to 64c; corn- No. 2 yellow. 34c t > 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; iye, No. 2. 38c to 40c. Cinciiiiiati —Cattle. $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2. 63c to 65c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c: oats. No. 2 mixed. 21c to 22c; rye. No. 2,41 cto 43c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.60; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 63c to 64c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 39c to 41c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, 41c to 43c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red. 64c to 66c; corn . No. 2 yellow. 38c to 39c: oats. No. 2 whit?, 19c to 21c; rye. No. 2. 43c to 44c. Buffalo—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.25: hogs, $3.00 to ss.s<‘: sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 68c to 68c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 42c t» 43e; outs. No. 2 white, 2(k- 3-) 2rc. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 61c to 62c; corn. No. 3, 35<- to 37c; oats. No. 2 white. 22c to 23c; barley. No. 2. 41c to 42<-; rye. No. 1,42 cto 43c: pork, mess, $8.75 to $9.25. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.25: hogs $4.00 to $5.75: sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2, 42c to 43c: oats. No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; butter creamery. 15c to 21c; eggs, Western, 14c to 16c.

01 K CATTLE THE BEST market for united states PRODUCTS IN ENGLAND. Reviewed in Detail in Recent Reports —lmports of Applet* from Europe Regulated by the Size of the Crop in This Country. American Consular Reports. The markets for United States predicts in Great Britain are reviewed in derail in r«Hvnt consular reports. Uattle from this country are reported from Liverpool as superior to the native cattle, the latter including many immature and young animals slaughtered for food and also a greater proportion of old animals. Consul Neal at Liveqiool rejxirta, however. that sheep from the Unital States and other countries do not compare favorably with the British, lacking tash- and tenderness, and it is suggested by experienced men that this might be greatly improved by shipping the sheep younger, say one to two years old. It is suggested by the trade in the Liverpool district that American tobacco be packed thoroughly dry when intended for consumption tiiere and altogether free from either heated or bulk-heated leaves. Large quantities of apples are received from various countries on the continent of Europe, but the importations appear to be regulated by the size of the apple crop in the United States. American apples command the highest prices. Fortyfive i>er cent, of the wheal and 90 jicr cent, of the flour in the Liverpool consular district come from the I nited States. American glucose and starch are not as valuable in the Liverpool district as the product from Germany ami Holland, though in good demand through low prices, and in some portions of the district the glucose importati<»n is exclusively from the United States. Consumers depend to a large extent on the importations of bacons and hams principally from the United States and Canada. The strongest objection made by the Liverpool trade to hog meats packed in the United States is that of insufficient cluing. The Provision Trade Association suggests absolute prohibition of expert of filled cheese from the United States ami greater cirre in the manufacture of the best, so as to equal the Canadian product. The consumption of American canned meats is falling off and that of Australia increasing, due largely to relatively high prices of American goods. Consul Neal recommends that the I nited States make more of the finest grades for export to compete with other supply sources. In the Hull district the American cigarettes are regarded as the best in the market. America furnishes the entire foreign cattle supply for the Glasgow district, and the condition in which the animals land is regarded as highly satisfactory, the only complaint being that they are “unduly fat.” necessitating waste in the shops. American horses are accused of being more* liable to catch fatal colds soon after landing, on account of the damp climate, and with being unable to stand the wear and tear sustained by Welsh or Irish horses. Consul Morse at Glasgow* reports that over 83 per cent, of the whole wheat supply there is imported from this country. The I’nited States also leads in the importation of Indian corn, flour, starch ami hams. Glasgow tobacco dealers charge deterioration of the American product on account of the producers aiming more at quantity than quality, and not giving as careful attention as formerly to picking and assorting. Tin* demand for American corn is very light nt Belfast, the Black Sea product being preferred. In canned meats for that consular district the United States has no competitor. The charge is made that American ham is too heavy and the meat too rich. The reputation of American lard is also at a discount, it being asserted that it is tampered with on both sides of the Atlantic. Merchants at Belfast bitterly complain of the alleged deception of American shippers of apples, and the Canadian apples are accordingly growing in popularity.

LABOR’S BIG JUBILEEGreat Demonstrations in Various Cities of the I’nited States. Organized labor throughout the United States observed its holiday with usual festivous demonstration. In Chicago the toilers took a day off and had a good time. Although there was a split in the ranks of organized labor and two rival parades were formed, there was no hint of trouble and everybody was good-natured. Each body turned out about 15,000 men. the marchers were splendidly arrayed, and both parades were memorable sights. When the parade passed the reviewing staud they were much as they have always been. The same horseshoere made the same horseshoes, the painters with the white caps and the bakers with the tools of their trade. They marched as well and as steadily as ever and exchanged greetings with friends on the curbstones as they always do. Th? rival parades were of about equal length and much similar in appearance. Congressman McGann. Mayor Pingree of Detroit, and others were at Ogden’s Grove to address the Building Trades’ Council, and they remained in the grove until long after the electric lights wen* turned on. The Labor Congress did not have a picnic, but instead a grand demonstration was given at the Auditorium in the evening. Keit Hardie and John Swinton were the speakers the occasion, and on immense crowd was in the big theater to hear the famous socialist and author. There was no general parade in New Y’ork City. The fact is considered significant of the general condition this year of New Y’ork working people; with but a few exceptions there are no questions to be agitated ami no victories to be celebrated. The various labor organizations decided some time ago that a parade was not necessary and that the various unions should spend the day as the individual members saw tit. As a result there was a sudden exodus from the city in every direction. Picnic parties great and small took advantage of the various pleasure grounds and parks about the city. An unusual number of ball games, races, tournaments, and other forms of sports were arranged for the day. The holiday was generally observed throughout the city. Labor day was celebrated at Terre Haute with a parade in the morning and exercises and amusements at the fair ground in lhe afternoon. There were 10,00(> at the grounds, many of whom listened to the speeches of Senator Voorhees and Colonel McLean, ex-deputy coin-

mi’sioner of fusions. Senator Voorhve* said: “I consulted with Debs' counsel when the < :»>»• was Iwfon* the Snpn iue Court sad I know that Delis is suffering a penalty that the Constitution does not warrant- A lawful conviction must preceded by an indictment and tnal by < jury. A ranker, grosser and bitterer piece of injustice never blotted the page of our Federal judiciary.” The Senator advised bis hearers that they must not violate the.laws, but should elect men to make laws that would be acceptable to them. Beautiful weather contributed to the success of the Labor day celebration in St. Louis. All the banks, exchange®, courts, and city offices were closed and many retail stores gave their clerks a holiday. The lal»or organizations united in a parade of the principal streets at noon and afterward assembled at Concordia Park, where the remainder of the day was spent in amusements of various descriptions. Cleveland, Ohio, saw th? biggest Labor day demonstration that th? city has ever known. Business houses were generally closed ami the city was in holiday dress. A parade in which every labor union in the city took part marched through the principal streets. In Buffalo. N. Y.. Laln>r day was celebrated by a Abrade of the trades unions, followed by a picnic at Germania Park. Two thousand union men paradtai in Indianapolis and in the afternoon several thousand people gathered at the State fair grounds ami were addressed by President John Mcßride of the American Federation of Labor. HELPS THE SEABOARD. Decision by the Supreme Court oi Georgia Favors This Famous Line. In the suit of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad against the Western and Atlantic and the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. D>uis railroads, a decision was handed down in the Supreme Court of Georgia at Atlanta which is decidedly in favor of the Seaboard* Air Line, and gives this noted litigation a new turn. This litigation was caused by the boycott whic h the Southern Railway and Steamship Association declar'd against the Seaboard Air Line, causing all the associated roads to refuse to allow the Seaboard prorating privileges on through shipments. There had been a contract made between the Seaboard and the Western ami Atlantic and Nashville. Chattanooga ami St. Louis railroads which guaranteed the Seaboard as advantageous rates as they should give to other connecting lines. The Seaboard therefore brought suit rgainst those roads to enjoin them from entering the boycott ordered by the Southern Railway and Steamship Association. The injunction was temporarily granle<l. but subsequently Jtulg*- Lumpkin rubai that the Western and Atlantic and the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis had a perfect right to enter the boycott in so far as through business was concerned, but on local business originating on the Western and Atlantic or destined to points on the road the defendants could not refuse to grant all concessions to the Sealkianl allowed the other connecting lines. The case was appealed by the Seaboard Air Line to the Supreme Court, and the latter tiled its opinion last Saturday. The decision in brief is as follows: “Where, upon a valuable consideration, a railway company contracted with a railroad company to ‘interchange business. ls>th through and local.’ with the latter ami its connecting lines for a specified term of years ‘upon terms as favorable and advantageous to said road and its connecting lines as those given to any other railroad entering’ a designated city, the railway company was bound by the terms of this contract, not only as to freight shipped from or to points upon its own line, but also as to freights destined to or coming from points beyond the same; and. therefore, could not, so long as it pursued a different and more favorable course as to other railroads entering the city in question, lawfully do anything to deprive the railroad company with which it had contracted, and its connections. of the benefits of •through rates and through proportions of rates and bills of lading founded thereupon’ as to freights of the latter class. “Under this contract, therefore, it was not. in view of the facts as found by the trial judge, lawful for the railway company, during the period therein stipulated, to voluntarily enter into contracts or maintain business relations with transjMirtation companies beyond its own line., with the intention or purpose of depriving the other party to the contract (the railroad company) of the benefits above indicated; nor. with such intention or purpose, to refuse to receive from such transliortation companies shipments of freight routed over the railroad company’s line upon bills of lading giving to it the benefit of ’through rates and through proportion of rates’ upon such shipments.” MANY INJURED IN A WRECK. Engine Dashes Into a Crowded Train on the Seabeach Road. Au appalling railroad accident occurred near Woodlawn station. New Y’ork. on the Seabeach Railroad, in which fifty people were injured. While train No. 3. drawing seventeen cars, which were crowded almost to suffocation with excursionists, was standing at the Woodlawn station a wildcat engine came thundering along the tracks, telescoping it. The car was full <>f passengers, most of whom came from New lork. Many people saw the engine tearing along and jumped from the train and thus saved their lives. Most of the injured were taken to the hospitals and several will die. A colored porter yelled to the passengers to jump. The runaway engine dashed in;o the rear car, smasbing it into kindling wood and burying men, women and children beneath it. There was a mad rush of humanity from the train. Scarcely half a dozen people kept their heads or were able to render assistance to the injured. Patrolman Kelly, who was on duty at the station, turned in several ambulance calls and five ambulances from the surrounding hospitals promptly responded. In the meantime the woodwork of the wrecked carriage caught fire and was soon in a blaze. Four cars were destroyed before the train hands were able to uncouple them and four cars were telescoped by the collision. The police, who have Engineer Frank Jason and Fireman Arthur Ross of the runaway engine under arrest, say that engine No. 6, the wildcat, while shunting on the track, was in danger, while going backwards, of colliding with another engine The engineer, thinking ft impossible to avoid this collision, reversed the lever and jumped from the engine, followed by his fireman. The engine, however. jumped forward almost immediately and started down the tracks at :* terrific rate of speed, resulting in the disaster.