Democratic Press, Volume 2, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1896 — Page 2

Democratic Press. decatvb, INDB—wreU* rr~» I*. ■ ISM APRIL 1 _Bu M« Tu We Th Fr Sa • •i • ! I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 !0 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 • • • •••••• /T I* Q M. F. Q. - i F. M. V ’■ '■ \1 ■ P-'th. - .’7th. HISTORY OF A WEEK. PEOPLE. PLACES. AND THINGS OF THE WORLD. Five Men Carried Down to Heath in a Railway Accident-Awful Peed of a Girl Maniacal Elgin. IlLSeriou* Mine Ex|>lo*ion-A Shower of Mad. A SHOCKING TBAOEDT. A Girl Maniac Shoots and Kills Her Former Attendant and Then suicides. Elgin (DI.) (pedal: Mary Linnet <»f C North Campbell avenue, Chicago. shut and instantly killed Elizabeth Trowbridge, a prominent young lady of this city, and then killed herself. The double tragedy occurred on NHith Mate street,*** M Um* principal residence streets of the city. The murderess was a former patient at the insane asylum, and was discharged as cured in December. Mis* Trowbridge was her attendant, and she tad conceived a passionate affection for her. bhe cam* here to induce Miss Trow. . bridge to return to Chicago to live j with ber. Miss Trowbridge could not be induced to da this, and tbejtirl determined to kill herself and her fnendjratber than Io be separated. Miss Linnet was IS years o.d, and about tw<£year* ago tried to kill a girl friend m Chicago, for whom she : bad conceived an unnatural affect.*n. Miss Trowbridge was S$ years old and a niece of Judge David Sherwood, of this ! city, and a member of one of the most prominent families here. The two girts, accompanied by Alice Trowbridge, sister of the murdered girl, were going to the 1 depot when the tragedy occurred. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. A Stowe Train Break* Through a Trestle and Fall* three Seventy-Five Feet. Mitebell (Ky.) special: Five men were instantly killed aad two others so baHy Jnjured that tbqy will die. in a bridge accident. It happened half a mile from B diord Junction, on the Beit railroad, ce which ’he stone from the Bedford quarries is transferred from one road to another. The train consisted of an engine and two gravel ears and was running at a Ligh : rate of speed at the time of the ace-lent. While phasing over what is known as the trestle, the last span from toe iLreeUcn of Bedford collapsed. The locomutive was at that time beyond the tree- i tie. and bad it not been pulled from .be track by the weight of the cars behind I the men on the engine would have eeeaped. As it was. the two ears went down with the trestle into a ditch seventy-five feet deep, and the engine pulled back ward in spite of the momentum of the tra-n. roiled over and plunged down an embankMM seveaty-’ie feet Knocked from a Train. John McHugh, a prominent stockman •f near Carre..ton. Ohio, met his death under ar ireumstaneea, at Bowerst own. a I‘an-t.md.e (hipping point fourteen mile* south of Carlo.; too, Ohio, where be was shipping horses. Boarding the stock tram at the yards. McHugh ' rode toward the station, bat alighted near the bridge. In an attempt to board the I moving tram he »a* knocked off th* bridge into the Conaotton. a d.stance <d twenty feet, where he was founi. K. Thompson. of that place, jumped in to save McHugti. brexk-tig ta arm ani narrow./ escap.ij being drowned. Hotel Dynamited. A dynamite bomb was exploded tader a fcotei at Litt-c.x. Go. where noa-utuoa laborers were stopping. The boiMing was bml.y wrecked bat m one wo* fatally tn- I Jared. The thrower of the tomb is aaapeered to be a sax* quarry workman and Is the sequel of a conspiracy «n the port of the uax» men to kill tbe Boa-umon men, who made their bxixtaDoa exe.usively to tbe wrecked boiMing. ■ertaoa Mine Expiooioa. A serous espimfaa of deadly mine gas ser-arred at tie Woud»a.-i mm* of the De-* ware. Lackawanna and Western Company, new Wilkesbarre. F».. where y five men were bod.y burned ar.4 otherwise ( ■attaining *erfeu injury. Their nan*.* are W.i.ia-a Morgan. John Evans. Arthur I <«ol.gttly. James Lewis, and William Powell. The exact eaas: of the explosive , has not been tearo-M Hoosier* for Cub*. Cape. Jas. Watts, a prom Bent etrzeu of Letonor.. lnd_ and veteran of the .axe | war, is organ iiing a company for the par- . pure of going to Cut* to assist the insur- - gents. Capt. Watts expects u> have at feast a hundred assn in ha company when be lands os Cuban soiL They will probably leave tie last of this month. Haytian* Accept Amnesty. A special from Kingston Jamaica > says: Bvytians who ecame refugees during the f it.- I- V"-. I ’ - - aesty offered by the new President. T B - mon bam. and are max .ng preparations to return to Hayti. Masonic Temple Theater. Ft. Ways*, Indiana. April 38 — “Trip to Chinatown. ~ Apni X! rod 3.— >de Tracked. - * Shower of Mod. A singular phenomenon was a shower tn Immrer. Wyo.. the other right. First . re-1 and then yeiiow elay fell, tUiowed a ■ irttie later by almost bi«ek mod. People | who were out in Use stem looked as j though they Lzd been chune-a in a tub ful. of mad. An Important Appointment. The Prestdent has sent to the Senate the appo>utxaeat of Fitzhugh Lee of Virginva, to be Ccarul General of tie L’nited bca • at Havana. Cube, vice JUmoa O. W lUyass. resigned.

CL HAN AFFAIRn. President Cleveland Brings toa Crisis th* Relation* Between the Vailed State* and Hpain. A special to the Chicago Times-Herald frvtn Washington says: At last President Cleveland fas* taken action in behalf of Cuba. Ho ha* made to Spain a fotmal otupoMtion that the good umce* of the l ulled Mates be acrepud mwdiotton bet Seen that country aud her rebellious rolony tn the West indie*. Th.* proposal was made m a cablegram <4 insirucUon* to our Minuter at Madrid. Mr. Taylor, which was dispatched Saturday. Tbi» • bring* to a cru>» the relations between the l aitro Mate* and r-pom, which have born unsettled since the outbreak of the Cuban rebellion. The note thoroughly explain* the altitude of the I nited Mate* and the reason* which led to tht* action. A Woman Fiend. London special: A Sensational arres’ t>a* been msde at Reading ot a woman of the name of Dyer and her son-in-law. Palmer, charged w ith murdering a number ot infanta. The bodies of six children, j who bad apparently been strangled to death, have been recovered from the Thame*, into which they were thrown, weighted down with rocks, Ac. It is added that letter* were found at the woman'* house showing that many of the parent* with whom *be and ber suppoeed accomplioe had dealing* were aware of the fate intended for the infant*. These ■ letters, it appear*, were from person* tn all classes of society. Twenty children have disappeared. A Fatal Accident. A ponderous steam excavator. pushe>l along by a light engine, jumped the track • hue crossing the Wheel ng and Lake Erie Railway bridge over the Maumee j River at Toledo, and. tear.ng through the iron work of the structure, carried the whole of an eighty foot spaa into the nver with it The engine remained ou the track. James Marshall of ironville. a switchman, tiding on the excavator,was samed down by it and drowned. H_» I »dy ha* not been recovered. He leave* | knife and four children. The property os* i* estimated at K.O®. The bridge was erected in IsX! at a coat of SBSO.W). The traffic of the road will not be inter- | I lered with. Cuban War New*. Havana special: The insurgents have I ' burned the cane field* and 1.7 W too* of ! sugar at the plantation of banta Rita De | Baro. prov.nce of Matanraa. Near Jove- i Utios the insurgents are reported to have killed four lataxvrs w.th their maebette* and at Takaste they are announced to have hanged a local guerrilla. A dispatch from Trinidad says that Manuel Gunzale*. the , insurgent leader, has been killed and a | telegram from Oliver say* that four m- • have been captured there and j I that in addition the authorities have made • a prisoner of tie mistress ot the well I known insurgent leader. Bias Hernandez. Entire Family Crcamated. Wheeling special: Word ha* just been reeived in this city trona Whetstone. Mar- i shall County, about fifteen miles from this ‘ i idty, that an entire family was cremated I m a fire which destroyed the dwelling : Louse of Jackson Martin. The dead are: J Jackson Martin, hi* wife and child. Mme neighbors returning from church saw the toasting bodies in the fire, but were too late to give any relief. It is supposed that Mart.n woke up and the smoke being so dense prevented him frvtr finding the door and be had torn a piank off the wall, as the body was found in this opening made. A Boiler Explosion. An explosion occurred ax the saw-mill : of Dennis Boyd, sruated at North Mountain. nint miles north of Newville, Penn.. * which resulted tn the death of two men ' and the injury of fvor penoos, two ot I whom were girls. The explosion occurred I shortly alter the men had finished their dinner*. The men with a number of other employe* of the mill were sitting near the huge boiler, while several workmen were engaged in repairing a belt Suddenly. and without aay warning, the boiler blew up, wrecking pan of the build.ng. ' The cause of the ex plosion is a my stery. Fatal Flange. *ln anteipatioa of beotg released next 1 day. when his term cd imprisonment ! would expire, Jou a Thoma* sang and I daaeed ia tte ADtffbeßy County Jail Fr.- ! day. He was standing on a scaffold forty feet high, and was wh.tewashing down a wail, when be turned sudden.y to joke with other prisoners. He lost hi* balance aod pitched headforemost to the ground, forty feet below. He a..ghted oa bi* bead, , erush.ng t.» skull and breaking hj spinal 1 column. He died in three minutes. Us i hose was in Youngstown, vljo. Another Explowion nt Butte, Montana An explosion ot KM pounds of giant powder by wsuch six men were biown to pieces oeurred at the LMfi foot level of M. Lawrence m.ne sear Butte, MonL The nax-s ot the k .ed are: Con. G. Lowney, John Quinlan. Ed s&seids. James Dwyer, John McVeigh. Patrick O’Rourke. The cause of the explosxm s unknown as the six men killed were the only ones in the part of the mine where the disaster oe- • mrred. Owing to fail ot debn* in the i evei just after the explosion, the bodies anil not be reached until late. Thawins Ont Dynnmite. A terrific exp-lusion occurred at the new Radebaugb tunnel near Green*burgJ*enn., ■ wtneh may cost three lives, at Seas'. Frank Grannell was instantly killed. W. L. Marshall aad a man nsneed Parker were fatally hurt and a young mxn named (kingsware was badly injured. The um-u were thawing out dynamite, when a large \ quantity of the stuff exploded. Grannell : was bomoiy mangled, xs be was stand- I :ng directly over the explosion. One ul Parker's eye* was blown out. Ordered Out Militia. Seattle Was.i. special: Gov. McGraw tas ordered out a portion of the Mate militia because of rioting and threatened senous trouble between Washington ami Oregon fishermen on the Columbia River. < He did so at the requst of the hhenff and I the Prosecuting Attorney of Pacific i County. Gov. McGraw *a>d his instructions were for ine militia to assist the civil authorities of Pacific County in preserv- ■ log order and resisting the attacks ot belligerent Oregon fishermen. Blah Treason. Cape Town special: Gardner Williams. ' the American engineer who is manager of the Deebeer* mine*, is among the mem--1 tier* of the reform committee who have been committed tor trial at the next session of the High Court of Pretoria on the eharae of high treason in participating in The uprising at Johannesburg. Before Hi* Bride** Eve*. At Elixabetb. N. J.. Frank McGInMM employed by the Singer Manufacturing Company, was killed, by a .Pennsylvania

Rai:wav trai.i M. .e» bad been mard I I red !••• lha ’ which caused hi* death. Hi* bride *** with him when be was killed. Fir* at Cbicau«. The four-story building at STW M«di*o«. street. Chicago, wa* badlv damaged by lire ot unknown origin A. Ellmger A C<k. manufacturer*, occupying the three tipper Soars, were the neavi-wt losers, their Stock and fixture* bring damaged to tf.4 evteut of »to0.otB; fully covered by insurance. Tin- loswm of ibe other occupento ' of the building are small, the principal damage being csusol b> water. The total lo*s i» eslimaled at »IX'.«»; fully csivcre ( by insurance. Made Wholesale Arrests. Grand Haven < Mich. > special: Deputy Game Warden Brewster of Grand Rapid-. has ts-gun wholesale arrest* ot fishermen and seizure of their net*, upon the ctianre that th* meshes used are smaller than the lawful size. Nearly every fishing nrm m Grand Haven is complained against. The men are arrested with th* aid of the Sheriff a* fast as they eome ia off the lake. Th* Bar Iron Consbior Abandoned Th* Merchants’ Bar Iron Association of the United Mate* is ne more. After J* stormy session at the Weddell house. Cleveland. Ohio, the member*unanimousagreed that it would be impoeaiWe for them to ever come to an agreement and the association wa* formally dissolved. The death of the association was due to the fact that it could no< control the outj P«tSerio** Casualty nt Mt. Clemen*. The steel bridge spanning the Clinton river of Mt. Clemens, Mn'b.. oier which the cars ot the rapid railway, an electric i line. run. gave way while a motor car and i three loaded gravel car* were crossing. The tram was precipitated into the river. Motonnan Spencer was seriously injured.' Four other men who were on the gravel cars escaped by jumping. An Ohio Vdllac* * iped Ont. A special from W aascon, Ohio, says: The village of Lyon*, about fifteen m.les north of here, was almost entirely consumed by fire. The business portion was i entirely wiped out. The loss » SS.iMO. j alout half insured. The games were I started by an incendiary, who is said to te [ f under surveillance. Box* to Hsng. Duluth special: William Verill and Joseph Mmlar were sentenced to t»- hanged fur the murder of bamuel DvMara. at Bewabik. on Jan. 11 Verill bIS years of age. and Smlar 17. The murder was deliberately planned. The Governor will fix the date for the tanging. Good Thing for W'idow*. See a toe Allen La- introduced a bill prof riding fur the restoratMMi of the names of widow* of soldiers to the pension roll* ; alter the death of the second husbands who by reason of a second marriage bav* been dropped from the pension roils. Favor Women for Lay Delegate*. speingfieod Mass.* special: Resolu-1 tions asking the general conference of the I Methodist Episcopal church tn accept women delegates, were accepted by the lay electoral delegates of the district conference in session tn this eity. — Child Burned to Death. At Bluefield*. W. Va_ Mrs. George Chambers went to the barnyard to milk the eows. When she gut tack to toe house she found the clothing of ber 5-year-oid on fire. The child was so badly burned that w... L-. Dutch Soldier* Killed. A special from Batavia, Island of Java, says: The garrisons which were be- j ieagured by the Chinese insurgents have i been relieved. Forty Dutch soldier* were I killed or wounded. Governor Jone* DeadSan Fran cisco special: Gov. Jones of J Nev ada. died at the Paiaoe Hotel in this : city. Mr. Joms has been ill for several , months, and came to thm city for medical , treatment. Will Meet at Pat-in Bay. The officer* of the Ohio State Electric | Medical Aaweiaitoe met at Springfield i and drc.dvl to bold the thirty-second | annual meeting July 7to» at Put-in Bay. I Indian* Again*! High Taxes. The Indians in some parts of the Mat' I of < laxaea. Mexico, bare risen in protesi I against the increase t state taxes and th* I 1 vurtn bataiuon tas left for that State. Six Drowned. During a squall on the bay at San Fran- I cisco, the Brush ship Blainnore was cap- | sited aad s.x of ber crew drowned. MARKET QCOTATIOXS. Chicago—Cattle, -otnt&a to prime. 53.-o' to >.■•■>. hogs, shipping grades. Ki t* M >•(. she*- [c fair to cKmc*. KL.'» to 9L0O; wheat. No. 2 red. to ®6c; , corn. No. 2. 2> t« M»e: cats. No. 2. Iht , to Mtc; rye. Na. 2. 3bc to 3be; baiter. I choice creamety. 17e to Ibe. eggs, fresh. ‘ 10e to 11c; patatean, per boabeL Luc to ; 3Se; tooom com. »J? tu *45 per toa tor ; . common to choice. Indianapofi*—Cattle, shipping. *3.00 to I bog*, choke i.ght. *:.••» to *4«»>. . aoryp. common tu pnme. *240 to *3.75: I wheat. No. 2. fiSe to "1c; corn. No. 1 white. 2bc to 31c; oata. No. 2 white. 23c to 24c. St. Louia—Cattle. ff 3.00 to *4 73; bog*. £ • *4*i. wkeot, > 2Md 74e to 7> - cum. Na 2 yeOow. 27c to 2Sc; oats. ! No. 2 white, Ibc to 3Uc. rye. No. X 3Ge I , to .'b* . Cincinnati—Cattle. C-V» to *4.7»: br<*. K’.'»i to M 25 abeep. *250 to *4 j wheat. No. 174 cto 73e; core. No. 2 I mixed. 31c to 33c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 21c I to 23c: rye. No. X 40c to 42< Detroit—Cattie. *2su to *4.75: h--c». • I 23.00 to *4.25. sheep. *2'«> to *4.<M; ■ | wheat. N**. 2 red. 73c to 7tic; core. No. 2 | w. 2Hc to 31c: oat*. N . ; to 24c; rye. 37c to 3be. Toledo— Wbeat.No. 2 red. 73c to 74c; I core. No. 2 yellow. «)e to 31c; oats. No. I . 2 white. 21c to 22c: rye. No. X 37c to 3Bc; I Hover need. *4 43 to *4.3.3. •M Iwaukie—Wheat. No. 2 spring. C<c I to G7c; Corn. No. X 2Gc to 31c; cat*. No. * 2 white. 21c to 22c; barley. Nm X 31e to j 33e: rye. No. 1.39 cto dOc; pork, mrw . ;* .-*> t« *».<*• Buffalo—Cattle. *230 to 13.00: bog*, i Rvlfii to *4.50. sb-yp, *230 to *4J*>; wheat. No. 2 red, 7sc to X»e: core. No. 2 yellow. 33e to 30c; oats. No 2 white. 23c to XV New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5 00; hog*. $3.00 tn *4..’0; strep, sX<*> to *4.73; wheat. No. 1 hard. TSc to 7uc; core. No X 38c to 40c: oat*. No. 2 white. 25c to 3Ge; butter creansery 17c to Ibc egg*. West-

A MICHIGAN TR AGEDY MILLIONAIRE LUMBERMAN AND A FAMILY KILLED. Bloody Deed by K B. Minchell at P*«” *.t*r Aaaa**ln Allege* tSpproaoton by th* Millionaire.aud Fear that Hia Family Would Lie* in Poverty. •tory of th* Crime. Th* m«ot apjalling ***topla crime lithe history of Wreterti Michigan occurred at Pent water Th are!ay night. A* are •nit William B. O. Baud* lie* dead, with hi* right arm miming, and S. B Minch**., hl* wife and three childrec ar* dead at their home , Th* w bote to the work of MincbelL who made an attempt to a**a**ir.*:e Sand* and i then returned home and shot every memtier of hto family deed. Aft** cotnpteua* hi* bloody work be turned tb* weapon upon himrelf and **at a bultet into hto bntin Mr ftanda. who had been at work m th* office of th* Sand* A Maxwell Lumber Comp<Ay. •tarir«! for busnt st 9 »' within a few rmte of hto hoaon a “an began firing at him with a riff* Band* •tarted for the neareat houa* The area* •in followed and fired a* be ran. Mr Rand* ran into the yard, and wa* .bared around the building untU fire *b"» »a bad been rent after him. Then the a* tailant dtoappeared In the darkneaa Saute <ra» found a moment later. Three out of he fire *hot* bad penetrated hi* ngbt trm apd tb* fourth had inflicted a flreh wound in hto leg The arm wa* re b*: y ihattered amputation wa* decided upon, ibough the phy*K:an informed the family that the operation would probably prove fatal. Sand* wa* 05 year* old aad h.» rerorery w-a* unlocked for. He died Friday treeing. Not until morning wa* the identity of j the a*aa**in known. S. B Mincb«!L as .uaurenc* agent and attorney, who made a specialty of collecting bad debt*, had bad some wop!* with Sand* over a bsiaities* transaction, and »u*picion( were eni lertained that be might be the man. OffiI -ere called at hi* home to make an inve*I .igation. but were unable to gain admis- ! tion. They concluded the family waa (way from home, and did not try to force I an entrance then. With th* cirenmatan-,-e* pointing more toward tb* theory that Mincbell wa* the areatoin. it wa* decided to place him under arrest. Then, a* before. no one answered the rapping*, and th* front door wa* broken down. Th* tight that presented itrelf almoot froze the jitruder*’ blood. Mr*. Mincbell and ber busband aud daughter. Ruby, were found lead in the »itting room. The two little I boy t-ibies lay dead in their bed, all pierc- i ed with buUetn 1 Minchel! three years ago lived in Chi- < •ago. Hi* family were well knows aad - popular. Hi* daughter. Ruby, had a ! ria** in music, and wa* o-tisidered a com* J pet ent instructor. Mmebell wa* a lay i reader of the Ej-ireopol Church. He wa* * devout can. but of quarretootne d.vpwitk*n and several times had trouble with aeighbors and busine** client*. Some time ago in an altercation with the po*tsaster be to said to have threatened that I sScial’* life. Temporary insanity wa* at first gore 1 peeted. but it now appears the crime wa* premeditated aad deliberate. From a tetter written by Mincbell it is proved that Minchell contemplated the tragedy two month* ago Fear of want and poverty for hi* family to the excure offered. In the letter be told a (’Xicago friend should hi* family »urvive him he hoped he friend wouid loo* after them. ahowiEg that at the time of renting be rea* yet un-lee-.led a* to whether or not be abould murder the family. Mmebell left another long tetter, th* i gist of which wa* that Sand* had prom*ed him all of the company’* bssinesa and now demanded one-third of the commto•ion. Mincbell wa* badly involved and txtretne love for hi* family prompted him to kill th«m rather than ree them coffer. Mr. Sands wa* 33 years of age. It wa* txpected be would hare been ehosen a ietegate to the Republican national eon . renbon had be lived. In a tetter addresred to A. William*. Rookery bmldmg. Chicago. Mincbell said j be had allowed himself to be elbowed ost sf the swim and had bee<?me a detriment to hi* friend* and wa* tocapsble of helping his family. He referred in detail tc , the good qualities of member* of hi* fam . : Jy and declares that their home relations I were moct happy, although he was th* , , victim of overmastering bust*** trou- ‘ btes and anxtetie*. He felt, be *aid. that the resolution which ted pauper father* to kill their pauper children was SportanLxe and that no one not ao situated could realize the situation. Samuel B Minebell eame to Chicago about ten rear* ago. He bad prevjotmly , been a justice of the peace ia Colorado. ' He had little aueces* a* a lawyer beyond the saianed attorney of the Woman’* Protective Amoeiatioa. He oerepted an office with Attorney C. C. Bowsreock to: two or three years and wa* a > , partner of County Attorney Robert 8. lie* for abotu six month* in 189 L H« sad Mr. Ite* disagreed about money mat ; ter*, and he had a desk for a white with C*re A H'-gan. He left for Michigan in Ih£t2 and wa* not known to have returood to Chicago since then. Miacheil owned a home at Argyle Park. He rented one floor to another family. The two faglilies quart-.ted and Mincbell eneted hi* teaaat*. The rebate aeigbbotbwd | became involved I* the squabble, and i Mincbei! wa* repeatedly arrested on a*- ; exult sod battery warrant*. Every case against him wa* dismisred ; by the justice of the peace at Argyle, but MincbeU'i enemies persisted ia prooeeuting him until be filed an injunctiou ball to stop them. Judge Tutey granted a temporary injunction and the matter was j adjusted. ——————— T.m Sheebxm discharged from the seevice of the Ciaemnat. Southera Railway 1 becanae of color bliodaeaa killed a.-rweif with a raa-r at Lansing. Team — Anaoa B. Strong wa* arrested at Ra(Mkna. Portage County. Ofaso. charged : with the murder of Mr*. Alvis N. Stone *a: Tallmadge. Tte evidence cn wMA th* charge to based is largely ercuanmanhah Daatei Kern, for twenty-three years eunaected with the norther* Indiana normal *cb<->l. died anddenly at Vajporatoi aged 44 years. New York lithographer* will return to W>rk pending the dccMboa of the earn ng ttee aa arbttraboa. I

FULL TICKET NAMED. * THE ILLINOIS PROHIBITIONISTS CHOOSE CANDIDATES. Rale Johaaoa th* Nomin** for Gov-•rnor-ltecoed Place Goe* to Windl* -Aloaao E. Wil*on. ot Chtoego. »*c* rotary of e*al*l A. J. Barrett. Asdlto* Declare foe Free Mlver. The ProbiUtteutot* of lUiuote in Stat* 'onrectkoo Mocmbled •< MprUiftivw aJupio! ■ platform d«* tonng for the proUibiUon us the liquor traffic; gre'M right to vote to women and men; eaten? lion of th* Hvil ». rvire *y*t*m to all rr»de* of public •rnicv; free *choul» to rbildren; «.b*ervance of Sunday; a tariff ' rommiaalou representing all political partie*. election of United State* Senator* by direct vote ot th* people and free coinage of ttlrer A lively fight wa* precipitated on ti»* adoption of the financial plant of the platform The majority report wa* ia favor of “toouiag g id. *ilver and paper ay the Government only in »uffleient quantity to meet the demand* of buaineo* and give full opportunity f-w tbe employment 4 labor aad to be full legal tender for all debta. public and private." Tbe minority added tbe word* "That tb* Go*►rtmetit »botild not discriminate in faroc of gold a* against silver, and that .to miito should be open upon equal term* te both at the ratx> now e«tat>Lah*d b? law.” After a bested dtoewaaten. ia which about 1<» detegate* participated, tbe mi nonty report wa* finally adopted by a vote of 212 to D». Dr. Evan*, of lieddwg College, wa* *etected to take cbarg* of tbe campaign fund, an*! SX'S” »a* •übreribed by the delegate* prreent a* a . starter After the adoption of the platform the convention adjourned until the following morning, when a full State ticket wa* nominated a* follow*: Governor Hate Johnron i Lieutenant GovernorC. A. At mdte Secretary of State .. . .Alonzo E. AViteon Auditor A. J. Bawwtt i Trerenrer E- K- Hayt Attorney General ... Robert 11. Pattoe ‘ University Trustees— Mi** Lucy P Groton. Mr*. Carrie L» Grout. Mr*. Ella M. Orr. i United States Senator ... .Dan R. Sheen A resolution w*» adopted requesting Congre** to pan* a law to prohibit the I manufacture. »ate or importation of liq- i uor into the District of Columbia, the Territories «nd military reservation* of the ' United State* and tu repeal all tax and * Lcense law*. THE SAILORS' FRIEND. Aamael Plimroll. Who Ha* Spent Hi* Life for Seafaring Men. Samuel PLmnon. who to m* *eriou»!y (B in D>nd--n. ha* *pent most of hm life .a trying to help the seafaring man. For many year* he bro been called the •mines’ frtead. He 1* the fourth ron of Thoena* and PrtocOla Pkm*ol*. and wa* < born at Bnst*4 In 1524. When he wa* but ; a sma.: <MM he ren»ved with hi* parent* to Penrith, and it wro here be was givon hto esrfy education by tbe curate of the pariah. He wa* later »ent to Sheffield to attend a private »cbool at that place. He started oat in life a* a clerk in a ao- ' bcitor'* office, then tried clerking m • brewery and was promoted to th* position ■of manager In that capacity be remainad unsl I<2. when be wen: to London and opened a buc.ne«* for himself. H* i (oceroafuEy contested Dertiy m the lib-

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sral interest ta IMB and Mt for that ' town in URO. when he gave op h>a seat to Sir Wiliam Vernon Harcourt. This > was an art es great unseifab.neae on the | port of the sum. He had gone into Pariiatnent for the erprvas purpose of helping | the saUvis and care op hs seat from the ux« motive. He was convinced that a cabinet minister woold he able to render better service to the caase of the aaiiora than a private member. and hence made i waj for Harcourt. His career in Parlra--1 meet was useful. and be was instrumental tn pawing arts for rhe amendment of she shipping laws .a 1871. 1873. 1875 and 1874 In 1877 Mr. PUaasuU putwshed “Oar SeasMß.** and a.nee rhea wrote and ;<*shed a sequel to it In 18Ki be pub-shed a work on “Cattle Ships." , When the National Amalgamated Sailors' and foremen's Volos of Great Britain * and Ireland was organised in 1880 Mr. I PkmwX. accepted the presidency of the ■ sx t. bst afterward retired. Sparks from the Wires. Newel! Ihatche and Frank Moore wort drowned by the caps.ring of the oyster . U>a: Matlie I* Ford at Bridgeton. N. J. George E I>»wl.ng. aged 54 a wealthy banker and lumberman and par gn.ii master Mason of the State, died at Mon tagtie, Mich. hope of Mr.ng the sixty m.ners wh< were entitnbed in a m.ne at Bmnnerton New Zealand, by an explosion of fire •lamp. which killed fire men oatright, has , been abandoned. lodge Gibbons, at Chicago, declined U appoint a receiver for the National I.ii» seed Oil Company and dismissed for wan: of eqaity the bill Sled by Louis A. Co gnard asking for the rece.ver. John Meßoberts and wife and their 7 year- id daughter were rnn over be i | switch engtne at Topeka. Kan. Mcßob erts and wife were instantly k-.lied. Th. daughter was severely injured. Tie grand national steeplechase o 2-s*A> •jvere.gus was run over tne Atn tree -ourse and was won by D. G. 'I Campbell's The Soarer; Fa'lher O'Flyai was second and B.s<ait was third.

[SEXATE AND HOCSK —— — ♦JORK OF OUR NATIONAL law MAKERS. A « eekte Pro**edlng. In the rf.tl* of j Coagrooa Important Me*. ur e. C«***4 and Acted Upon An lm Mr . list Reau me of the Buaineaa. The N*tio«*) Aolona. The Senate »pent the entire day fia boatoffi--* appropriation bill, but l.<- a romptete It. After a brtef but very •d debate the Hom* paaae • tb* rre- aa u >*rbor appropriation bUL a ti ,i taken under *u*p*n*.on of rhe rote*, ,* •pl:* of tb* vigorous protest* ot th* tnio**. ty again*: the con: . ’em. The opposition «v*» nnab eto as*. •ot vote* enough, however, to call he yea* and nay* oa tbe *u*peu*to( of ha rote*. Th* Senate did but Uttte Tuesday, ei. -*pt to paes tbe pootoffte* appr pnation mH The conference report on tbe agri, •ultural bill wa* agreed tn. h earn** P.38X70X Th* Hoow spent rhe day iebating • bill to fix tb* standard es weight* and measure* by the adoption ot the metric *y*tem ou *nd after Joly L ISM. and a proproition that tb* Gerer®. a*nt abare with the District of <’ imtn* tbe expense of creating and maintaining a public library ia tbe eity of Washing, ton. The latter wa* defea'ed. 113 t> 127. and the fate of the metric *y*tem bill Hili aang* ia tbe bnlanre. Quite a breezy diacuMion a roe* the : Senate Wednesday over tbe national reserve question. Senator Telter made a spirited attack on tbe present sr-tra u ietrimental to tbe interest* of th- Wen. Tbe dtecuasioa arose on bi* requ**t to | tend a bill requiring bank* to keep tteir reserve* in their own vault* to tbe FY * nance Committee Much of the day w u | given to tbe Indian appropriation bill. | which wa* not completed Unanunou ; ronaent wa* secured for taking up the resolution for a Senate inquiry r.-« recent bond i**i>es Tuesday. The bill to adopt the metric system of weigh'* and me**- : ores wa* sent bock by tbe H -ise t» the : Committee on Coinage. Weight* and Measure* for further consider*', n. <•* tbe first vote it bad a ma; r.ry of X tat ■ tbe opposition wa* aggressive, and after I « serie* of votes it was recommitted by a j vote of 130 to 30. Tbe ren .- .i lee f the i lay wro devoted to debate on the bill to I exempt sailing vecael* engag'd to the ' coastwise trade from cMnpulaory plvttgp law*. Th* tariff-silver bill and a fivriy tariff ! Itoeusaion occupied the Senate Tt. .relay. I In the House tbe WU to abolish lompul- ; nory pilotage on soiling vv-srls engaged in tbe rorotwiae tm te was defeated—nay*. 117; yea*. 37. Tbe H :*e toaconcurred in tbe Senate am- idt ■ t* tbe pool office appropnation bill aud agreed to a conference M*s»re Lrud <Rep-> of California. Smith R r 'f Lfinote, aud Kyte 'Dem-.i of-M -- - sere appointed conferee*. After two day*’ debate the H •.«- Sa: nrday by a rote of 100 to S' .*-<■: tte ■ Grosvenor "filled-cheese ” HR. Practical I ly tbe only amendment adapted was *M 1 reducing tbe tax on reta.i dealer* fn« s♦• to SIX Tbe bill req ..r • tie manu : facturers of filled ri>«—to pay a tax ot s4**) annually, the wbote»a'r dea>r* fir [ sad the retail dealers SIX an.; t >r f-...r» ■ to pay such tax imposed upon manufac tutors • fine of from s'.<•> • $ ipw ! wbotesale deab-rs from s27«* t $! >••■ and ' upon retail dealer* fror« !4" • K'*‘ It ' *l»o requires the brasdinz of "filled j cbeeee*' and it* state only from r ■' package*. Nhe Sell* Her Skin Apreqio* tot wixnrn *upport:ns thetaselves, tbe nxast novel methtoi yet j beard at wa* reported to by a young , woman out in Son Fran ■< wb» I bad the dmrire to make money. Lu: not ' tbe ability—until a year as >, tbe way ' wa* *b<vwn ber through ber giving ' a Mt of ber akin to a friend rbo sas ; obHgml to undergo tbe opera:, n et I grafting. Finding that *be ; 1 stand I tbe pain, and that ber skin wa* par i ti'-ularfv heeltby. she cunelu i d t< profit by it. She sent a tetter to every p..y- m and *urgv<*u <in tbe city. call.ng '■■■•*'■ attention to the fart that *ie ha« ' healthy akin for sale! Since tl.'-u ’ ■ enterprising young woman ha* had . ay tbe order* she could fill a: reas a- ' »We price*. She charges $1 a aqnare in’-h. anl ' usually part* with twenty or tbiry : square inebw at a time. Altoc-'ber »:■ La* had seven square feet of her sk.ti ' removed from ber body and ba* n«s begun on a second growth. Bbe to quite proud of the di*’ n.tica of being probably the only w,>man <■! Mirth who ha* been flayed aLve. Hi* Lost Coll. Lieut F. G. Fiaber, who took part In tbe Chitral campaign, nay* ’aa: st Malakaland there wa* a man with the enemy who bad Iwen a marker in a Dative regiment. When the atu k derG oped be stood on tbe top of a sungat ' with a red flag In bi* hand. Every one. ' if course, took pot-»bote at bins, and rothe ballets whistled pas: be « gnai-L "Mto*. by tbe right!" or "by tbe left! until one caught him full in tbe cber He staggered for a moment, signaled 3uH’*-eye," and then dropped dead. Grant in Bronze. A heroic bronze statue of Gen. Grant te being constructed at CMcopee. Ma*». Tbe Union League Cub of Provlden has ordered tbe ctatue. which it w.ll place n front of It* club house. Tl>total cost will be about s»M*<o when ronstructed. The piece w.U be :.. r:y- --! two feet high, and will have a pedestal j >f Quincy granite. Tbe figure of Gea. j Grant will be about aixteen feet high Farmer* kill the Bird*. A woman who te an enthusiastic nataraltet suggest* that tlie diminution .a tbe numlier us song birds of New England to due not to the hostility cf the English sparrow of tbe (tual) dwy >*r the fashion of wearing dead Mrds in wnnets, but to the general use by ■’artner* of pari* green and other poi* - >n* a* Insect exterminators. You cannot have laying ben* ia cold bouses.