Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 August 1896 — Page 1
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|[I. PRICE THREE CENIi,
BREENCA8TLE INDIANA. fUESDAY AUGUST41896.
TEN CENTS PEE WEEK. NO. 2 W
A THIRD TICKET
CLEVELAND STRIKE.
BIG CHICAGO FAILURE
M03 AFTER A MURDERER.
Diamond Match and New York Biscuit
Stock Comes to an End.
STOCK EXCHANGE ADJOURNED.
Authorities Prepared I'or Tronble ond Militia Stationed to Prevent Trouble.g]
L tekmn E-presses Himself
porously In an Interview. threatonod cvor since the strike at the * Brown company's works, began 11
weeks ago, began yesterday. Eighty-
|[XPLAINS PREVIOUS TALK, seven men employed by the Van Wago-
n, ' r & Williams company, hardware 1 | manufactures, laid down their tools and
UUapprehenstan of Some New.- wa l)t 0( l out ()f t ij p worka Th( . m( , n L > - Krroneotw A.«mnption Thai their only grievance was their sympathy h'lsD ton ten. plate* Merely A.»em- for the Brown Hoisting company’s men, I of Oonv.-ntlon, Adoption of mat- and that employ. - of other concerns )UU ,| Nomination of McKinley 1'lee- ; Would soon foil iw thejr lead. Commit-
I tees were sent out to other factories 1
„ tj i ' “long the lake shore to uotifv the men
Yoatt, Aug. -A- li'di. 13.mrlte tiii,! they w re called out on strike.
W *** u ' k, ' J y0S 1 t, rd ‘‘ y ,f ,U ' ' 1 f e Str ?oV " Kt ? f s - v . l “i Biscuit .tock h'as come to an end
1 support a third ticket if one were P‘ ltil > with the Brown strikers decided
I i\d. m.twithstanding the vie,vs ia his interview published fcav He said: ‘ If a convention 1,1 ’id which all Democrats can be
k'Oted. who, till vtug^ ‘ toi-Workman Jam"' O’CentnU made a 10 o’clock this morning f r an indetinit*
speech, in wiiich he declared that tht
to return to work today and it is not be lieved the strike will spread unless tinCentral Labor union takesu hand in the
trouble.
A meeting of the Brown strikers was n. , v, ,
held yesterday afternoon at which Mas- i e ' ,llia K° b ‘ook Exchange adjourned at
Greatest Speculation Ever Known In Chicago Ends In the Failure of the Men Behind It —Meeting Held Lust Evening to DIhcimo Mean* of oriitt* i’onii-
dence In Speculative Circles.
Chicago, Aug. 4.—The speculntive deal in Diamond Match and New Y r'i
Thtf
Moore Brothers have failed. Th, greatest speculation ever known in Chicago has culminated in the failure of the people who were behind the deal The
FIEND LODGED IN JAIL
UUH MANUSAUI UKtHS’ ARAIHY.
:.as been betrayed at Chicago, are
period. This action was decided upon
pit l that Its princlplee shaU not | agreement between thi Browi mpanj at a meeting held last evening, at which
i (or lack of efficient organization, ” “
were present the members of the Stock
, al11 ^ the strikers had been misuader-
|[a free mterchange of opuiinu Is' b th ^ C(l mp. u ^.' U aI1 )“ a differeat'yvuy i'v Exchange governing committee and a its members, I should be n i.. j ^ ■ I - • - • ...
fcmoug
Tins
members, I should be tfie men. Ho {s reported to have said number of prominent capitalists. L.y inclined to accept its decision, that the battle now on would be watched mooting was assembled informally after Cverit might bo. I think it more I ^th interest by the labor world “The o nT1 ,
the announcement, which v as made late in the afternoon by James H. Mooro, that margin calls no longer could be met. Those who assembled discussed
r , “ , n *' * “ mayor, police and tin soldi rs,''he dorunt that the Democrat.- oppou- armed to crash us Wo bf Mr. Bryan should be united in have a duty to perform—that ofself
Lvement,than that any pirticnlar- preservation.”
[.ij ro-cpposition should be adopted. The anti ton ties are fully prepared for the b( . rt f restoring conlldeuce.
rthe way,” said Mr. Cockran, “in Jr <,u, ’i'‘ a,lf l squads of militia were stanm, nts on my interview pul ,. ' m yitrions parts ot the city yes
. terday afternoon to prevent trouble
I Monday morning, I notice a sin- w hen the nonunion men were taken to
misapprehension on the part of then- homes.
J ii.w.-; apers. It is assumed that
■an suggested by mo contemplated SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
after the shock which would be given speculative circles by the announcement of the failure. It was the general opinion that it would bo the wisest possible move to close the Stock Exchange for a
period.
The points were made that nearly th
One Killed an.l Eight Injured Near Dean I , )ntiri . business at the Stock Exchange
for a number of w eka has b ten in I>ii»-
Topeka, Aug. 4.—Santa Fe jmssenger mond Match and New York Biscuit: train No. 1, due in tnis citj losteveu- that the closing of the exchange would ing, collided with eu*tbouud local jias- hiterfere only in the slighest degree
,, , , with general financial ullair and that
senger train No. I 1 - near Dean Lake. tii e present was a particularly opportune
Mo., yesterday. One person was killed
and eight injured. Dead
JIFred lIl ALV, Topeka, engineer on train
No. 1.
Injured: Jolm McConnell, Hosworth, Mo., slight- i
iy-
Joan W. Mudeo, Ungers, Kan., notsor.-
t Iilattonn nomiunte McKinley Lr- tail stop there. When I s ad Ibcmocrats, meeting in j-Ui,h A #ou1:, ■ ! sujr^ested, ‘while nominut-
I .
I ously-
'ire Smith, Oklahoma, head badly iu-
! jurod.
1 \V J. Morgan, Emporia. Kan . seriously
injured'
Leads Budway, Wells Fargo messenger,
‘ senou-iy.
Curtis Barber, Pullman porter, Chicago,
sliebtly.
James Hickey, San Jose, Cub, fatally.
time, owing to the fact that the settb meats in the July account had just been completed and there had bt u ns yet comparatively little trading in the August account. The coverning committee of the Stock Excf :uue discussed the situation at length and pa.', dl A a resolution to adjourn the exchange at JO o'clock tnU liiOTiuiig iudt finitely. It is thought dhe adjounuueut will last
but a few days.
fAr As the banks ai\ concerned they ar ■ indifferent personally as *to wliothtr Hu' exchange slnmid bo closed of not. The sfocks held by them ar** margined to a txi:et which leaves them
secure in any evofit,
John McCabe, M treeline, slightly. Train No. 1 was ordered to wait at
U luuley inoctors, would provide Doan L ike for tin Kansas City b •cal, i really Democratic opposition to hut instead, proceedetl toward B' , J'‘ d Xiuley uihnluistration daring thi“ worth, i iie coDisi' >11 occurred about lnd£
4 nf its oxistehco,’ I thought it way laitweeu the two places. The dead ihtX) clear that 1 meant a substantial And injured were brought to Jopeku
last night.
GOVERNOR STONE HONORED.
Hryan of
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i
Iv
■f.! giv ■ (ipiHisitlon. Such an opion could Una an expression noj but in congress and it could •re be maintained only by bringnose Democrats, who in face of cm and cowardice remain uuyicldBil nuterrified, into a new orgunin (\ inch would nominate candidates dtj officers, for congress and for ate legislature Ui every state the existing organisation hud deed the ancient creed of the party dming the Populist platform and S'late. Every Democrat who rote support tho Chicago platform is the lb feat of the absurd propofur which Mr. Bryan stands as wrainount issue of the campaign, lacv the simplest and most effectm'tin id of accomplishing that re
nominate McKiule;
eve in following that course. In a ■d of this character I believe the Hi would prefer a direct to un indiItncthod of expressing their ubhor- ( f eonuimnism, Populism and anWith Mr Bryan and bis socialI'Cgr.unme disposed of, opposition “Kmley and McKinleyism would « the duty of the Democratic No organization which had in- ■ hryan could ever after becousid-
ratio. If we Me to have a organized th. I nit d Ass •Inri'-h its 1 " prinoip es nn^'b^or^ tiou of Theatrical Managers, the object Z(l( j v principles inupi y nr t \ %e% hiMin/ mutual urorec*
n f y
He Irt ChoM*i» to Notify W. »I.
Illri Nomination.
Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. -l
tor White of California tendered Governor Stone of Missouri the honor of notifying W J Bryan of his no mi nation for the president of the U iltod States at Madison Square garden oa noxtTues- ' day. Governor Stone received a telegram from Senator Stej neu White of ^ California yesterday stating that it I would be impossible for him to make j the nominating speech, and asking the governor to accept the honor. Gover- , nor Stone replied tha* he was not a
doctors, member of the notiflcuting committee
and suggested that sume member of the committee be delegated. Later in the day another telegram came from Senator White insisting that Governor Stone
accept. This he did.
A .aoclatlon of Tlirul ricul MaungorH. New York, Aug. 4.—A meeting at Hoyt’s theater yesterday, attended by j all the local managers and most of the ' traveling managers of theatrical com-
InfUrlatml Ohh> Cittrem In Pnrault of Amos Near FlndJay. FindeaT, O., Aug. 4.—During a quarrel over a girl last evening Ann's Decker shot and killed George Milos. The murderer flod from town and was followed by a mob of citizens armed with shot guns, revolvers and ropes. Tho entire police force, augmented by a number of deputies, also went in pursuit of tho murderer, he having a short start of the mob. Dicker is a young man of bad reputation and if the police do not capture him he will undoubtedly be lynched. So intense was the feeling against him that ,1111 effort wits made to hang his father and two brothers, but they were rescued and taken to the city prison forsafe keeping. SINGULAR COINCIDENCE. Saltt of it Koiul Ih fVotfMl by tho Same Number of Vote* As It In Milos Long. Cincinnati, Aug. 4 —The Cincinnati Southern railway, running from thi.city to Chattanooga, a distance of Hiri miles, is owned by this city. It i> part of the Queen and Crescent system, and has been leased to the Cincinnati. New Orleans and Texas Pacific railway, the latter company being in the hands of a receiver. A proposition from Andrews uud Taylor, representing the Chicago, Hamilton and Dayton Kailway company, was recently made to buy the road from Cincinnati to (Jliuttamiogu with its terminals, etc., for $19,000,000. The proposition had been favorably passed ujKm by tho board of administration and the sinking fund commission and was yesterday submitted to the people for final action. The vote resulted: Yeas, 15,998: nays, 15,790. The proposition to sell the road was lost by f!9\ just one vote for each mile of the
road.
YANKEE SAILORS BANUUETTED. OflicerB of the Crulner .Mium :ii><>Hs Enter* tnlned by the City uf Edinburgh. EniNBCRou, Aug. 4.—The captain and officers of the United States cruiser Minneapolis wore entertained at dinner yesterday by tTio eorjioraiUiu of the city of Edinburgh. Bailee Steel, in the absence of the provost, presided at the dinner and warmly welcomed the citv’s guest. In his speech he dwelt upon Clio affinities between tho two nations and referred to the visit to them of General Grant fb l s ~7 when the freedom of the
! £lty was conferred upon him. Captain
George H. Wadleigh in command of the
! Minneapolis and in the absence of Hear J Admiral Thomas O. SGfridge, whose
flag the
Enraged Residents of Butler Calm
Down Upon Advice.
Rome Pertinent ^ugKettions Prom Com-
mercial Agent Carpenter.
Washington, Aug. 4.—Henry C, Carpenter, commercial agent of the department of state, in a report on the American manufacturer and the German market, says that if the American manufacturer < r merchant would make the same effort to introduce his goods into Germany that tlie German does to put | his goods upon our market, they would ! find a much larger sale for their product. In throe years not a single representative of an American industry has called at his office asking for information in an effort to introduce his goods
_ . _ Correspondence with American mannButleh, Ind., Aug. 4.-*ow persons , f;loturer8 hag M t(i a<4hil ^ Cata . here knew of the arrival of Duane loguon, circulars and all the other adver-
tising matter sent to Germany, he says, is a clear waste of money. Since the German will not buy without first seeing thegixids themselvos. tjeruiiinmauu-
MINING OUTLOOK STILL BAD.
More or I.ohh Excitement In ami Around the Coal Fields — lllttle Pleadu Not Guilty of stealing Ulmkc’n Diauiondti. 8tone Worhera Strike Against a de-
duction—Indiana News Notes.
Webster, who attempted to murder his father and mother Thursday night. | While there Is still talk that he should j be lynched, the wiser heads have pre- ; vailed on the hotheads that nothing should be done until it is known just what tho result of his attempts at inur- i dor will bo. At the present time his
mother’s condition is improving, and 1 , , the phvsieians ill attendance t xpr'.srt I “J’” 11 our "oi'k'eanshii' . ... . o . ... 1. .-,. , after it. The word “
hojies of her recovery in spite of Iut !’)() odd years. Mr. Webster is able to be around, an 1 conversed frei ly yesterday With the crowds Of curious people who were drawn to tho scene of the tragedy. Sheriff Stroll is taking every precaution to protect the life of his prisoner, but does not anticipate any trouble unless Mrs. Webster’s condition should change
for the worse.
MINING nrTI.OOK IS HAD. More nr Lass Exultemeut Prevailing la the liituminong Coal Fields. SrLLiVAN, Ind., Aug. 4.—The coal miners’ strike still continues and there is more or less excitement. At Alum Gave, Star City and other points tho strikers have held secret meetings, and what the outcome will be it is hard to determine. Deputy sheriffs are now at Alum Cave and Star City. The miners who ore out of work at Hymera, caused by the burning of the mines, are waiting for orders to go to Star t’ity to begin work although they have been warned to stay away. Star City is working ’35 men. Suspicion i>oints to “carpet baggers” coming hero to do devilment. Citizens of till classes denounced the destruction of nn■lici tv Woui.l Not Allow a Negro to Wash. Liqoniek, Ind., Aug. 4.—An unnsu: 1 suit has been brought in the Elkhart circuit court against Eliza Nusbaum and John Foster, who conduct a Turkish bathhouse, by John F. Nerguson,
faeturers of glassware travel from one end of America to the i tfier in advertising their goods, and Mr Carpenter fails to see why the Americai. producer should not also put forth some individual effort. Tlie Geimans look with fax or
and pattern
American” upon
ATLANTIC
CITY HORROR.
! ‘’J to take up the defense of them 7. state and nation the moment •fal, 9 regular organizations join
'pulistie forces.
to’se are my individual views and I ** tn no reason to modify them; fia iess, I have no doubt that if a putative Democratic convention be n'l’ri, whatever course it may deJo adopt will prove to bo the wisest ,, sf method of dealing with this
PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
of tlie association being mutual protocj tiou. Frank McKee was s.dccted as 1 temporary chairman, A. J Spencer, seej retary, A. A. McCormick ‘reusurer, and
j Jack Hirst h repretx ntative. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Tbe laniisiaiia Farmers’ alliance conI veutioii convened In Alexandria today •flie Merchants’ bank of t an.ula 1ms withdrawn *190,000 in gold from the New York subtreasury for shiimieat to Canada Li Hung Chang’s first day in F.iiul.in I was quiet and his occupation was conlinei to a drive iiround Hyde park and I’ua
Mall.
Justice Calvin E. Pratt of the appallat division of the New York supreme court died suddenly yesterday at Rochester,
Mass., aged IW years
H O Young, a well known broker and former city official of Chattanooga, com
A Town In Morning For Victims of tho Hailroful Wreck. Ehid( : ton, N. J., Aug. 4.—Yesterday was observed as a day of genoral mourning for victims of the Atlantic City railroad horror. Tho whole town was draped xvith emblems of grief and business places wore closed. Gr< at crowds were on tho streets watching the funeral processions Tho servi ■< > were attended by larger throngs than were ever seen here on a similar occasion Eight more victims wore buried, making a total of 85 in this vicinity. There will he more funerals today Services included a triple Interment, that of W. 0 Lopor and his wife and their littio nephew, who had filled the place of their dead child. The First Methodist church was packed, hundreds being unable to gain admission. 1’astor William Ij. Stultz officiated, assisted by three other clergymen. Such a sight throe hearses leading a long funeral procession had never l>een seen here before Mr. Loper was a member of the Cumberland Glass Manufacturing company, president of the Citizens' Municipal league and a highly esteemed citizen.
colored, who avers that he was refused
Minneapolis carries, replied to i the privilege of tu .wing a lath foi the
Bailee Steel in a happy speech He U^onkej him for then hearty reception anil snifl that Scotland always had a warm place iy iL'-'.r hearts. He then
“•*1 Cantoiniiuiit Will Open In llnf-
fuln Tomorrow Night.
11 \U). Aug 4.—It in expected that ’ w ffl be fully 5,000 swords at the '“anient of the Patriarchs militant, ’ ^ ■ which will convene in this
* \x '.ek. 1 he national cuntrtn- former city oiRan u« "nl not r ,, u iiy bt ^j u be f oru tlrtuor . Ulllu . ( j (.iiictdu yesterday on Lookout ai Kht, but the hotels are already mountain near the Ian, by shooting him
'' Nearly all of Thursday will | ^jf. Tbe body of Adolph Trnttner of Cleve land, who died it. Germany, wa» mi hoard
, the Saule, which reached New * ork yesI terday. Mrs Trattner accompanied the
i l)()(ly-
I At the bicycle* meet In Grand Rapids I yesterday W. C. Sanger of Milwaukee won Ui,. two-thirds utile open professiona
. — Percy Patterson of Detroff, secoud; J. J. burned 900 Christians houses in J Blouln of Detroit, third rttno. t:Lo • ‘hug,, of Kakodiko in the province The races of tbe Trotting Horses ’ r "'' S uw ' island of Crete, and it is association, to have 'j^ it *“
factorlly
leu n P in competitive dnlls, for Pnzos are offered and for the ' •nijod chevalier or officer in each “two elasses. The prize money ng- | over $1,700. The local Cantons
open house oil tho week. “urnlug Houses of Christians. Aug. 4.—The Mussulmans
■ ‘.a 1 (,
t * 10 Mussulman villages.
J , - javo been resumed In various
Vermont Will Seinl Delegates to In(llano. MontfeU'.R, Vt., Aug. 4.—Loading Democrats from all over the state xvho represent the gold standard sentiment are here for the state convention which diet today. Tho convention will probably issue an address t > tV Doin'K-ruts of the state giving reasons for bolting the Chicago ticket uud nominee-. It will send four delegates to tiu national zouforeuce at Indianapolis. Severe Storm In Minnesota. Winona, Minn., Aug. 4.—Tho tier trie.il storm which visited Winona yesterday was one of the severest experienced' hero this season and was accompanied by a very heavy fall of rain. In the vicinity of Beth an'- com; P'robb' damage was done to Has by hail. Telephone connections with that place was destroyed by the storm. Condition of ttio Treasury, Washington, Aug. 4. — The gold withdrawals yesterday amounted to $465,400 in coin and $13,500 in b .rs, leaving tho actual gold reserve in the treasury $110,065,800. Tbe total cash bub m ’eo at the close of tho business was $265,967,687. Wool on mills Start Up. Lowell, Mass., Aug. 4.—The Collins woolen mill in Collinsville, giving employment to about 250 hands, xxas reopened for work yesterday. The mill has been idle for over two months an I for the present will be operated only five days in a week. Carpctuilll* liaounie Operations. Philadelphia. Ang. 4.—The John & James Dobson curpot and plush mills at tfai falls of the Schuylkill, which have been idle for a mouth, st irted up yesterday. It is not known how long they will be kep - running. The mills fur jish employment to 1,500 persons.
toasted tho provost and the corporation. Enifltsjtniun Heat, the TYLc n< cord. £,?.&<«, .Vdg. 4.—At tho Woodgreen cycle meeting yesterday the Englishman, J. Platts-Betts, with a standing start, did a mile on his Like in I minute 4b seconds, thus beating tho record by 2 2-5 seconds. J. tf. Johnson did a in lie with a standing start, 1 aci 1:50 1-5, at Louisville on Nov. 7, bS!r.">. The record unde by Platts Betts, xvhieh xx.1-of 1 arse paced, was only 3 1*5 sec-
onds better than this recard. Filibustering fttcAiiier ?<>ld.
IOiila©EL^HIa, Aug. 4. — The announcement of the sale of the famous filibustering steamship Lauredaof the John 1). Hart line was made yesb rday. The ship was purchased by Antonio Reubens of Wilmington, Del., who 1the reputed attorney for the Cubans, and she will leave at once for her nexv lialling port to be overhauled and re-
p.iirod. General Miles Reviews Troops.
1 '1: \ el .no. Ang i j'r- op A Third United States cavalry; Light Battery E. First United States artillery, and the Seventeenth regiment. United States ii - fautry, were officially reviewed at Camp Moses Cleveland, hy General Miles, commander of the army, and ins aides, Captain Francis Michlerand Captain B.
L. Teucyck. BASEBALL.
reason that lie was a negro. Ho demands judgment for $5,000. It is the first ease of tlie kind brought in tho his-
tory of state litigation.
Stamlhitt of tiu* Clubs. WESTERN LEAGUE.
Por
W. I*. Cl. Petrolt 4$ iiw Milwaukee. .4' 'tl .i.V: 4r,in«l Rapid ^31 00 .H4I Jolumbua ifi 02
Per
W. U n 8t. Paul V> Tl .02A Indianapolis..5b 32 .01* Minneapolis...f»d 35 .5H Kansas City 47 .a 1 '
Ilittle Gives IIims«‘lf ITp.
Indianapolis, Aug. 4.—J. T. Hittle, the Greensburg man in whose possession xvas found (ho diauondsstolen some weeks ago from Gus Rhako, came to toxvu yesterday and surrendered himself on his bond. Hittle xvas arraigned on a charge of grand larceny anJ pleaded nor guilty. His case was sd for next Thursday. He says that hi
bought the diamonds.
Hornes »ii<l W-Ti In a Wreck.
InihanapoLTS, Aug. 4.- A wreck yesterday at North Indianapolis on the Big Four road caused a parlor-ar for In rs. containing the string belonging to J. E. Bush of Louisville, to upset, and every horse xvas so much injured that it is thought none will ever race again. Tbe value of th ■ stable is said to have been $60,000. F( ur m-n were slightly in-
jiu'ed in the wreck.
Stone Workers Quit Work. Bloomington, Ind, Ang. 4.— The employes of the Star Stone company struck yesterday against u cut of 10
Cincinnati TOC l In;, tv ('l.'xel ind . (’llt' Hl o Pitlsbu i«
NATIONAL LLAGL'E.
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Philadelphia..aa to .4.'.' lire iklrn .. - 3» if i - XVashiagton. 11 is .41' New York... :C> Su .41 j>t. Louis 2s (K) jjjs t/'llisvllls T! 88
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Western League. k H » Indianapolis.. 0 1 0 1 0 y u 0 0— 2 s ; Milwaukee.... 2 1 0 II 0 3 2 0 •-7 14 I Baltaries- Cross and Buckley; Barnes ami
hpeur. a It i
Columbus 901 000000-1 7 1 Kansas City.. 0200 0 800 •-59i Batteries—Danlsls and Wilson; Barnettnnc'
Lake.
R 11 2 Detroit 10 2 8 0 1 0 0 0-10 IS : Ht. Paul 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0- ! s t Batteries—Fifleld and Twlnehau: Mullam and Rjiies.
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Grand Rapids. Q 0 0 0 0 1 ll 0 o-1 T ( Minneapolis....0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1- 7 0 1 Batteries-tloar and Hodge; Hutchison and Schrlver.
Nafion:-l League.
Washfmrton—Me James and McOuin*. i runs, 5 hits. 1 error Baltimore—Hem m ng and Clarke, 7 runs, 11 hits, 1 error.
Louisville—Frazer and Friend, 10 runs, — --- II hits, 1 errors, pittsbuni - Huxvley yot discovered in Indiana
Killenand Merritt.il runs, 14 hits, 4 er I Edward Haller of Danville, Ills., fell rors. while trying to alight from a moving train Brooklyn—Daub aud Brim, 6 runs, 1 ! at Lafayette and sustained a severe fruebits, 1 error. New York—Sullivan, Clai k i ture of the backbone and other iujuries.
aud Warner. 10 runs. 16 runs 0 error*. ^ Re cannot recover.
per cent in wages, and they 'Lptr' to compel th xx orkiqeu employed tiy the con* lidattw companies to *tnke. Tailed to a call for tho tfiarshal and r iusUerable exeiteinefil, but trouble is not now apprehended. Burned hy Esnlnslon of ChurtXlcals. F xhmland, Did., Aug. 4.—Frank Bly^ a drug clerk, wus seriously burned yesterday by the explosion of chemicals which he was trying to mix Ho placed u large quantity bf sulphuric acid and turpentine in a bottle and began to agitate them, when tho explosion took place. His hands and face are badly burned. NOTES OF INDIANA. Tho Vincennes 1’uper company has been incorporated xvith a capital stock of $60,-
000.
John K. Carson of near iiising Sun lost about (1,000 by tbe burning of bis barn and corncrib. A valuable me.e of Elisha Carr’s died in Jeffersonville from the effects of the heat She was worth $1,000. The postoffice has been re-established at SpeicLer. the trouble being for a time that no one wanted the position of post-
master.
Preparations are being made at Martinsville for the fifth annual pow-wow of the Red Men of Indiana, to lie held ou the
18th inat
A W-yoar-old boy named Goodman was knocked down and bad his foot badly mashed by an engine in the Union station
at Indianapolis.
The 12-mile bicycle handicap road race from Rising Sun to Luwreuceburg was won by Howard Maltby, a 10-minute hand-
icap man from Aurora.
The Keystone Oil and Gas company lias a new gusher near Uroad Ripple which is thought to be tlie greatest producer of gas
an article is intended to convey the iib*a of superiority A comparison of prieo* is in favor of the Americans. Mr. Carpenter quotes the cost of several articles, among them a xvritingdesk made of inferior wood, which cost twice the amount of a rolliugtop oak desk in this country. The. same criticism is made* as to several sets of furniture, uud it is asked why there should not be a market for good furniture, likewise for m deru
agricultural pilodriviug tools. ARGENTINA GETS THE CRUISER.
S^puin Will llfivv to Kook Kl4<*wht?r<* For
Her IronrliKl*.
Madrid, Aug. I.—The shipbuilders at Genoa, with xvhom the Spanish government has been ueg 'tiating for tho purchase of two ironclads, have finally declined to sell to Spain the cruiser Garibaldi on the ground that Argentina has
a prior right.
Admiral Beranger, the minister of marine, will in consequence send acontmission of naval officers to Glusgoxv to negotiate for the purchase of txvo iron-
clads.
1 he Spanish government apparently has not known before that Argentina was the bidder against them for the txvo Genoa ironclads, and a rumor which gained currency in Spain that the United States xvas tho competitor of Spain for tho ships caused considerable excitement there. IIookiiiK Valley Suit Munt Stuml. Oolcmhi's, (>., Ang. 4.—Judge Pugh in the common pleas court declined to permit the Central Trust company to xvith draw from its $9,000,006 Hocking Valley suit ugtiiiist Judge Burke and others. Judge Pugh held that having entered into an agreement with the bondholders that it would bring this suit, aud having ended suc h agreement, tin Trust company could not dismiss the ease without the consent of the bi mdholders. Detroit Ruuoinff Meet tuff. Detroit, Aur. 4. —* Tho Detroit Jockey Club’s running meeting opened today and o ntiuues to Ang. 22. The international derby xvill be run today and s une i f the best 8-year-elds in the west are entered. It Is a race oi liberal conditions and it is expected that six horses xvill go to the post on the event. About 000 horses have arrived including a maj' rity of the western aud Cunadi n «fv*V»1pQ inntf* M 1. til Villi Doe line s au later’ _ . Lincoln, Neb., Aug -1- ..jtfv Bryan 1 i.-t night declined to be^ (nterviewed on the tumor that le^ would decline the ]'. jinli; t uomi’jatfon. “I have nothing to add.” nf said, “to tho statement w“ ,or 1 gave out at tho close of th. con-
I Mention.’
MARKET QUOTATIONS. I’rcvailinR Frirfi Fo' jjmi,,, Cattle and Ftoviiqt.-;, ori a „ k . 3.
I inli.'i niipnlls.
WiinAY- (Jitiet; No. i red, 58(1. CORN—Steady; No. 2 mixed, 23c Oats—Strong: No. 2 mixed, 90o. CATTLE Ite ivy dry fed steers M 15 / 4.46; shipping and export steer'*. ^ 4.tiO; common to fair steers, fa.2.3 ;8 50. feeding steers, $8.8o@8 80; medium to choice heifers. #t2Ji(t9.80; medium to cheice cow*. $0.88(g3.23; veal calves, $9.00
35 25. Maaket fair
Hour — Packing and good to choice. $9. in®8.83: lightxveights, f-3,23(83.42V4. pig* and roughs, $3.56ijl2.T5. Market active. isiiKKr—Common to choice lutuos, $3 5o (82 73; export ewes and xxethers f l 00(3 3.45. common to choice sheep, $l.00<$8.35; bucks, per head, *9.06(84.00. Marketquiet.
<'hican«» <}ra!n aimI FrovlHioDM.
Win AT—Sept opened 5sVc, closed 58)^0.
Dec opened 00q'c, ised
Cons—Sent, opened 24^c, dosed 24>»(
U"
May opened 8714C, closed js'g'c. OATS—Sept, opened 13c, dosed
WXc.
May opened 20$^c, closed ad%c.
PoltK—Sept, opened $6 £7, closed f6 .95
Jan. opened $6.95, closed $7.03.
Laud- Sept, opened $r..C7 closed $3 30.
Jan. opened$.3.60, closed #3,02
Ribs—Sent, opened $3.85. dosed $3.40.
Jan. opened $3.50, closed $3.35
Closlug cash markets: Wheat 5SX<o corn 24i><c, oats, 17%c, pork #6.30, lard #.1 85, ribs
(3.44).
Cincinnati Oraln amt Stoek. WHEAT Easier; No. 2 red, 02o. Cohn—Week, No. 2 mixed. 2>i^o. Oats—Easy; No. 2 mixed, 81c. Z. CATfLE—Active at i2.75(it4.23. Hoos—Active at (2 25(2 3 50. Hheep—Dull at fl.25(g)9.35; lambs, weak at $2.5o(2a.35. Tuledo Grain. Wheat—Higher, No. 3 cash, 64,'ia Cohn—Dull; No. 2 mixed, HTc. Oats—Active; No. 3 mixed, 20c.
East Liberty Live Stoota.
Cattle—Active at fa.60(21.40.
Active at |8.»VS8.80.
Boos SHU!
i steady at |4.20i^5.25.
f2.33<28. 1
SHKfcf — Dull at $23JO <g 8.00; lamba,
