Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1889 — Page 2

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A NEWSY MELANGE.

DOINGS OF OCRNEIGHBORS AT HOME AND ABROAD. Events of Interest and Importance In Every Quarter of the Globe, Religious Intelligence, Crimes and Casualties, Industrial Notes, Personal Mention. • DISASTERS IN CHINA. Thousands of Lives Lost in the Oriental Kingdom. A San Francisco dispatch says: The steamer Oceanic has arrived irom Hong Kong and Yokohama, bringing advices up to Aug. 10. Further details of the bursting of the Yellow River embankments, in the province of Shantung, July 22. state that the d struc-tion is widespread. The breach in the river is over 2,000 feet in length, and a swift current swept through. Hooding to the depth of twelve feet a large extent of country lying adjacent. Many houses were washed away, and a dispatch from Chefoo states that the number of persons drowned is too great to be counted. Ten districts are already submerged, and it is feared that many more in the low-lying country south will suiter a similar fate. Latest advices concerning the earthquake at Kumamota July 28 place the number of the killed at eighteen ar.l the wounded at nineteen. Fifty-two dwellings were demolished. A telegram on the 30th of July states that fifty-three shocks have been experienced and that they continue to be felt. The inhabitants were sleeping in the open air. The same earthquake ■was felt in the province of Clukugo. Considerable loss of life is reported, but no particulars have been received.

GATHERING THE HARVEST. Tile Weather Favorable for the Operations of the Fanners. The weather crop bulletin says: The weather has been favorable for harvesting in Minnesota, where an unusually large wheat crop has been secured. Late crops have been injured in Dakota by drought. For Pennsylvania, lowa, and Illinois the weather is especially favorable for corn, which is maturing rapidly. In Michigan it has been unfavorable for corn, potatoes, and pastures. Over the greater portion of Kansas and the western half of Missouri the corn crop is excellent, but in eastern Missouri the crop has been Injured by drought. Numerous reports from the corn belt indicate that the crop will be secure from frost on Sept. 15. In the western Gulf States staple crops are much improved. The weather of the week has been generally favorable in New England and the Middle States.

BASE-BALL BATTERS. Standing of the Clubs That Are Contending for First Place. The relative position of the various clubs that are contending for the pennant is shown by the annexed table: National. W. L. £c| American. W. L. » 0 Boston6o 33 .645 St. Louis... .70 33 .679 New Y0rk...58 36 .617 Brooklyn... .67 34 .663 Philadas2 44 .541 Baltimore.. .57 42 .575 Chicagoso 19 .505 Athleticss 43 .561 Cleveland... 49 49 .500 Cincinnati...ss 48 .£l3 Pittsburg... .44 55 .444.K’ns’s City.. 42 60 . 411 Indianap ...41 58 .414 Columbus.. .39 66 .371 Wash’gt’n..,3l 61 ,337|Louisville.. .22 81 .213 I » Western. W. L. sc.| Interstate. W. L. sc. Omaha 64 28 .695 Davenport... 50 39 .561 St. Paul6o 35 .625[Burlington. .42 50 .543 Minneapolis 46 46 .500 Quincy4s 44 .505 Sioux City..4s 48 .483 Peoria4s 46 .494 Denver 42 49 461 Springfield .49 43 .480 St. Joseph.. 39 47 .453 Evansville. .42 51 .451 Milwaukee. .38 53 . 417 Des Moines..3l 59 .344 FAILED FOR $400,000. The J. H. Mahler Carriage Company of St. Paul Makes an Assignment. The J. H. Mahler Carriage Company, of St. Paul Minn., has assigned to John L. McDonald. Mr. J. H. Mahler, the president of the company, admits that the liabilities will probably largely exceed the assets. It is believed that the liabilities will not be less than s4oo,ooo,and they may reach nearly twice that amount. Mr. Mahler says the assignment was precipitated by an action brought in the district court by F. L. Elms, a Michigan carriage manufacturer, to recover $2,450.

Gov. Wilson’s Serious Accident. Gov. E. W. Wilson, of West Virginia, and his aged father-in-law, Dr. J. F. Cotton, met with a sarious accident while out driving. The horse, a fiery animal, took fright at a point where the road ran along the edge of a thirty-five foot bank and finally fell over the edge, carrying Dr« Cotton with him. Gov. Wilson was thrown out, falling on the edge of the bank, where he made a desperate effort to save the horse from going over, but was unsuccessful. Dr. Cotton had his left shoulder broken, and the Governor was painfully hurt about the legs and is confined to his be-i. After Our Gas Plants. British capital, having largely absorbed the beer industry of America, is now looking at the gas plants of this country. A distinguished London engineer is on his way to the United States with the object of closing some deals if investigation assures their profitableness. Suicide of a Well-Known Salesman. Samuel Rosenbaum, a well-known salesman for James H. Walker & Co., of Chicago, made insane by the death of his wife and daughter, killed himself. The American Bar Association. The American Bar Association is holding its annual meeting in Chicago. It is the first time the association has met away from Saratoga.

VICTIMS of the torch. Nine Persons Perish In a New York Tenement House. Nine persons were either burned to death or smothered by an early morning fire which broke out in the kitchen of Snyder’s restaurant, on the store floor of a flvostory tenement building at 305 West Seventh avenue. New York City, and several others we e injured. Snyder, the keeper of the restaurant, has been arrested on suspicion of causing the fire. A policy of insurance for SI,OOO on his stock was found in his possession, and one of the employes states that he found fat scattered over the floor of the restaurant. The tenement was occupied "by sixty people, and all were sound asleep when the fire broke out The building was damaged SIO,OOO. The dead are: William Glennon, aged 60 years, burned to dtalh; Nellie McGeoghau, aged 29 years, smothered to death; Mary Wells, aged 31 years, smothered; Jaue Wells, aged 4 years, smothered ; Thomas Wells, aged 2 years, smothered ; Bertha Lustig, aged 40 years, burned to death ; William McKee, aged ii years, burned to death; Jane Jeffrey, aged6s years, smothered ; Annie Lyons, aged 45 years, smothered. The list of injured is : William Glennon, aged 18 years, badly burned; John Glennon, badly burned and Injured. Snyder has been arraigned with William Brooks, his colored cook, be'ore the Coroner. SnyJer was committed to the Tombs without bail and Brooks was sent to the House of Detention as a witness. The police say they have a good case.

THE TRADE OUTLOOK. An Active Fuß Business Indicated byPresent Prospects. Bradstreet’s review of the state of trade says: Special telegrams indicate no noteworthy change in the volume of general merchandise being distributed, except that moderate increases are reported at Philadelphia, St. Louis, New Orleans, St. Joseph, and Omaha. There is an average movement at most other points, and at almost all general belief favecs an active fall trade. The unfavorable feature of the week is found in fears of stringment money, more particularly at New York City. Mercantile collections) South, West, aud Northwest are easier, aud interior merchants feel encouraged by generally favorable crop prospects. Breadstuffs markets have been depressed and prices lower all around. This is caused by a decreased demand for flour, wheat and corn, both for home use and for export. Western deliveries of wheat are restricted, but Eastern offerings are freer. The latter is true of corn East aud West, and of oats. Exports of wheat (and flour as wheat) aggregate 2,703,145 bushels (both coasts), against 1,914,412 bushels the previous week and 2.336,620 bushels one year ago. The aggregate exported from July I to date is 13,593,296, against 15,990,6C0 bushels In the! like period of 1&88. Dealings in hog products have been of fair proportions, but prices are lower in sympathy with the West. Business failures reported number 218 in the United States, against 177 the previous week and 157 the corresponding week last year. The total failures in the United States from Jan. 1 to date is 7,427, against 6 585 in 1888.

GIVEN GOOD OFFICES. A Few Successful Applicants for Places. The following appointments have been made: Dr. M. 8. Jower, a member of the Pension Board at Antigo, Wis. Drs. C. C. Watson, J. W. Grosbeck, and D. C. Greene were appointed members of the board at Woodstock, 111. In the revenue service : J. J. Winsted, Storekeeper and Gauger in the Fifth Tennessee District; William Totten, Storekeeper and Gauger in the Eighth Kentucky; Andrew T. Deininger, Storekeeper in the First Ohio. James JUlingslyof California, Pa., has been reappointed Postoffice Inspector under rule 10 of the Civil Service Commission. Charles E. Taft, of Little Rock, Ark., a special agent of the census bureau on shipbuilding ; R. M. Moore, of San Antonio, Texas, Frank M. Wicker, of Key West, Fla., and Samuel W. Mo. Kinlay, of Charleston, S. C., inspectors of customs for temporary-duty at $4 per diem ; James 8. Rittenhouse, storekeeper and gaugar in the Fifth District of Illinois, and Andrew J. Pickerell, storekeeper in the Thirteenth District of Illinois. Gaugers—Ralph S. Green, Fifth Illinois ; John M. Faulkner, Fifth Kentucky. Storekeepers— G. H. Kirkpatrick, Cad Burba, and James O. Hagan, Fifth Kentucky; James A. Kerr, in Eleventh Ohio.

HONORED BY THEIR PARTIES. The Successful Candidates Before Several State Conventions. The conventions held in several States by various political parties have selected for candidates the following: Virginia Republicans Governor, Gen. William Mahone; Lieutenant-Governor, Col. Campbell C. Slemp; Attorney-General, Capt. Warren 8. Lurty. North Dakota Republicans—Governor, John Miller; Lieutenant-Governor, Alfred Dickey; Secretary of State, John Flittie; Supreme Judges, G. C. H. Corliss, Alfred Wattin, Judge Bartholomew; Auditor. John O. Bray; member of Congress, L. C. Hansborough. Nebraska Prohibitionists—Supreme Judge, S. P. Wigton, of Norfolk; University Regents, Mrs. Jennie F. Holmes of Tecumseh, C. B. Palmer of Hastings. Montana Republicans—Governor, T. C. Power, of Helena; Lieutenant-Governor, J. E. Richards, of Butte; member of Congress, T. H. Carter, of Helena.

THREE MI'RLEI) INTO ETERNITY. Frightful Collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad —Several Injured. An east-bound special train with officers of the Baltimore and Ohio Ra lroad on board ran into an express train at Petrolia, W. Va. The fast express had been ordered to stop at Petrolia and the pay-car, with the officials of the road, had been ordered to stop at Silver Run. Each tried to make the point and collided. At the time of the collision both trains were going thirty-five miles an hour. They met on a sharp curve, and, without a moment’s warning, dashed into each other, wrecking both engines and the baggage-car. Three persons were instantly killed, one fatally and fifteen slightly injured. The killed are: Engineer Layman. Fireman John Fletcher, Fireman John Bailey. Engineer George Lowland was fatally injured. One of the officials, named Hunter, was perhaps fatally injured. Mrs. Manlev, of Central, W. Va., was badly injured. Councilman Robert Molloy, of Parkersburg, was cut and bruised. Baggagemaster Ross was cut. The colored porter on the special was thrown through a glass door ana probably fatally injured.

MRS. MAYBRICK SAVED.

Her Sentence Has Been Commuted to Else Imprisonment. The work of erecting the scaffold for the execution of Mrs, Maybrick, at Liverpool, had already begun when it was announced officially that Home Secretary Matthews had commuted the sentence of the condemned woman to penal servitude for life. The decision was based on the conflict of medical testimony as to whether the iJoison found in Mr. Maybrick’s stomach

was sufficient to produce death. After a prolonged consultation between eminent lawyers and Mr. Matthews the unanimous opinion was arrived at that Mrs. Maybrick had administered poison to her husband with Intent to kill. No further appeal, either for a release from pri -on or for mitigation oi the sentence to life imprisonment. will be entertained. This decision is in accord with public sentiment and the liveliest satisfaction is manifested on all sides. THBEE TRAINS IN A SMASH-UP. Two Freights and a Passenger Badly Damaged on the Erie. A Lehigh Valley freight tra n was backing into a switch at Big Flats, N. Y., when the Erie express, with the rightof way. crashed into the caboose, tearing through it and two other cars, the whole mass of wreckage toppling over and rolling down the embankment. Andrew Wallace, a passenger, was buried under the wreck and scalded, besides sustaining other injuries, from which he will die. Charles Kimball's arm was broken. The express car, which followed its engine down the track, was also wrecked, and both messengers were injured. The wreck took tire, burning freight and passenger cars, but most of the baggage was saved by the passengers. GOOD FOR THE ORCHARDMEN. A Remedy Discovered for Pear-Leaf Blight and Apple Mildew. Prof. T. B. Galloway, chief of the section of vegetable pathology. Department of Agriculture, has recently succeeded as the result of practical experiments in producing a remedy for the disease called pear-leaf blight and apple mildew, which annually causes great destruction to these trees. As a result of practical experiments he feels justified in recommending it to the farmers and fruit-prowers as both efficacious and economical. The remedy consists of the application of a fungicide, with an appliance by which 50,000 plants were sprayed in a day and a half at a cost, not including labor, of $4.75 for each application, five being required to secure good results.

TO OPEN RED LAKE RESERVATION. Probability That 3,000,000 Acres of Good Land Will Soon Be Open. The outlook for the opening of the great Red Lake reservation in Minnesota is better. Up io the 17th inst. no signatures had been obtained and the Indians were plotting a massacre. The ringloader of the opposition was arrested and placed in jail, and his followers practically surrendered. Commissioner Rice explained at a council that the whites only wanted to treat by peaceful methods, and the Leech Lake red men began signing The commissioners assert that they will have sufficient signatures in another week to secure the opening of the 3.000,000 acies. BUSSEY OVERRULES BLACK. Dishonorably Discharged Soldiers Entitled to Pensions. Assistant Secretary Bussey, in a decision in the appeal of Daniel B. Kaufman, a pension claimant, has rescinded rule 135. made by Commissioner Black, and has overruled the opinion of ex-Assistant Secretary Hawkins in the same case, that a “dishonorable discharge” from the service operates as' a “bar to pension.” The opinion re-estab-lishes the ruling of the Department which prevailed through all administrations antedating the issuance of rule No. 135 by Gen. Black.

TWO MORE SEALERS CAPTURED. The Schooners Pathfinder and Minnie Taken In Behring Sea by the Rush. At Victoria, B. C., news has been received ■of the capture of two more Victoria sealing schooners in Behring Sea. The vessels are the Pathfinder and the Minnie. At the time of the capture by the Rush the Pathfinder had BJO skins. The American schooners Ariel and Tetjsa Are also reported to have been boarded but allowed to proceed, although they had seals on board, on condition that they at once leave Behring Sea.

TANNER’S LATEST ORDER. He Makes an Easier Rule In Regard to Proving Pension Claims. Pension Commissioner Tanner has issued the following order: To Chiefs of Divisions : The rule which has hitherto maintained in this office regarding proof of origin of disability, under which the evidence of one commissioned officer or one orderly sergeant was accepted, while, in the absence of that evidence the testimony of two private soldiers has been required, is hereby se far modified that, in the absence of the evidence of the commissioned officer or the orderly sergeant, the origin shall be -held to lie proved on the evidence of the claimant and one private soldier; provided always, that said claimant and said private be men of character. A National Chrysanthemum Society. At the session of the American Society of Florists at Buffalo, N. ¥., a National Chrysanthemum society was organized with the following officers: President, John Thorpe, Pearl River, N. Y.; Treasurer. John Lane, Chicago: Executive Committee, W. J. Bettermann, Indianapolis; J. T. Anthony, Chicago; Robert Craig, Philadelphia; Alex Murdox, Pittsburg; B. 1. Critchel, Cincinnati.

North Dakota’s Cattle Plague. Territorial Veterinarian Collins has completed his investigation of the cattle plague which is decimating the herds in Yankton County, Dakota. Mr. Collins claims that the epidemic is splenic apoplexy caused by drinking impure water. About 300 cattle have died so far, besides a large number of hogs that were fed on the carcasses of the cattle. A Chicago Blaze. The old Post and Mail Building. Nos. 84 to 88 Dearborn street, Chicago, has been badly damaged by fire. The damage to the structure is estimated at from §lo,ooojto $12,000, and to the stocks of the several tenants the loss is thought to be about SIOO,OOO, only partially covered by insurance. Geo. E. Cole & Co., printers, are the heaviest losers. Mexican Mine-Owners Make a Move. Mexican mine-owners have resolved to erect a smelter as a protection against the

increased duty on ores imposed by the United States Government. A prominent buyer of ore says that his business has been damaged to the extent of 35 per cent, since the order for the collection of the increased duty was issued.

Father an<l Daughter Fatally Burned. At Tecumseh, Ont., a fire broke out in Rector Robinet's house and destroyed it and two adjoining buildings. Mrs. Robinet and her father were hemmed in by the flames and fatally burned. Mr. Robinet threw his three children from an up-stairs window, but they were caught by the crowd aud escaped serious injury. Bogus Money Shovers in Missouri. J. D. Robinson has been arrested at Union Star, Mo., on the charge of passing counterfeit money, a considerable amount of which was found on his person. The bogus money is the bill known as the $lO “Webster head,” manufactured by the Dayton, Ohio, gang, which was broken up some time ago. A British Bark Lost at Sea. The British bark Onaway, which sailed from Philadelphia June 5 for Bilboa, with a crew of fifteen men and 124,234 gallons of crude petroleum, valued at $8,956, is believed to have been lost, as nothing has been heard of her since she passed out the Delaware Bay. The captain’s wife and two children accompanied him. Axtell Beats His Record. At the racing meeting of the Northwestern Breeders’ Association, at Washington Park. Chicago, Axtell, in a stallion race, lowered the world’s three-year-old record of 2:14% by making a mile in 2:14. Allerton also made a mile in 2:18%, which is very fast for a three-year-old. Special Census Agents. Superintendent of Census Porter has appointed Dr. William C. Day a special agent to collect the statistics relating to structural materials. The Superintendent has also appointed John W. Collins and Charles W. Smiley as special; agents to collect the fishery statistics.

The Behring Sea Controversy Sir James Fergusson, British Under Foreign S cretary, Informed Mr. Courier in the House of Commons the other day that communications are passing between the British and United States Governments in regard to the seizure of sealers in Behring Sea. Linked Missouri and Kanias. The pontoon bridge aeross the Missouri River at Leavenworth, Kan., built at a cost of $85,000, has been completed. The bridge connects the Kansas and Missouri shores, and already land on the Missouri side has found quick sale, and a village of saloons is predicted. Spain Doesn’t Want the Pope. The Spanish Government has sent a circular note to the governors of provinces throughout Spain instructing them nbt to take part in the movement to induce the Pope to reside in Spain, and to do everything possible to discourage the project. Boiler-Shops Burned. The boiler-shops of the Bigelow Company at New Haven, Conn., manuacturers of boilers, engines and plate-iron were totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000; partially insured. Determined to Kill the Jute Trust. The State Farmers’ Alliance of Alabama has consolidated with the Farmers’ Wheel. Both orders have united against the jute bagging trust and will fight it to the death.

Proposed Northern Pacific Extension. A Winnipeg. Man., dispatch says: The Northern Pacific Railroad has decided to build into the Souris district at once. About foity-five miles will be built this year. Threatened Famine in Montenegro. A dispatch from Montenegro says that a famine is threatened, owing to the failure of the crops, and that endemic disease is now extensively prevalent. Eloped with a Priest. The wife of “Mike” McDonald, the millionaire politician and ex-gambler, of Chicago, has eloped with a Catholic priest.

LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Primes4.so @5.00 Good 3.50 & 4.50 Common 2.50 @ 3.50 Hogs —Packing Grades 4.00 @4.75 Sheep 3.50 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 @ .78 Corn—No. 235 @ .35% Oats—No. 220 @ .20% Rye—No. 242%@ .43% Butter —Choice Creameryl7 @ .18 “ Cheese—Full Cream, flatso7%@ .08% Eggs—Fresh.l4%@ .15% Potatoes—Choice new, per brl.. .80 @ .90 ” Pork—Mess 9.50 @IO.OO MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash7s @ .75% Corn—No. 335 @ .36 Oats—No. 2 White 24 @ .25 Rye—No. 142%@ .43% Barley—No. 258 .60 Pork—Mess 9.50 @IO.OO DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.25 Hogs <25 @ 4.75 Sheep 3.50 @ <25 Wheat—No. 2 Red .80 @ .81 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 37 %@ .38% Oats—No. 2 White 24 @ .25 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Redßo @ .80% Corn—Cash37%@ .38 Oats—No. 2 White2o%@ .21 NEW YORK. Cattle. 3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs 4.50 @ 5.09 Sheep 3.50 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Redßs @ .86% Corn—No. 244 @ .45 Oats—Mixed Western2s @ .29 Pork—Mess U. 75 @12.25 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4.00 @ 4.75 Hogs <OO @<7s Wheat—No. 2 Red 74 @ .75 Corn—No. 232%@ .33% Oats 18 *@ .19 Rye—No. 2 @ .38% INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle 3.75 @ <25 Hogs <25 @ 4.75 Sheep <OO @ <SO Lambs <OO @ 5.50 CINCINNATI. Hogs 4.00 @ <75 Wheat —No. 2 Red 75 @ .76 Corn—No. 2 .38 @ .38% Oats—No. 2 Mixed 20 @ 21 Rye—No. 2 40 @ .42 Pork—Mess 10.59 @lO 75 KANSAS CITY, Cattle—Good <OO @ <25 Medium 3.00 @ 3.75 Butchers' 2.00 @ 3.00 2.50 @ 4.00

NOOSES FOR FOUR NECKS

A QUARTET OF MURDERERS HANGED IN THE NEW YORK TOMBS. The Quadruple Execution Carried Out in Accordance with the Law —Sensational Scene on the Gallows—One of the Condemned Dies Asserting His Innocence. At New York, four condemned murderers—Patrick Packenham, Jack Lew is (colored), James Noiar, and Ferdinand Carolin—were hanged in the yard of the Tombs prison Friday morning. There were two scaffolds and two men were hanged on each. Peckenham and Nolan were first executed on the scaffold, which had been erected on the Franklin street side of the prison. The di*op fell at 6:55 o'clock. Eight minutes later Lewis and Carolin were hanged from the gallows, near Leonard street. Sheriff Flack and Under Sheriff Sexton entered the prison at 6:32 o’clock. They wera followed by twenty deputy sheriffs. At 6:46 Carolin and Lewis were removed to the boys’ jail, on the Leonard street side. The last rites of the church were then, administered. At 6:40 two of the condemned men, Packenham and Nolan, emerged from the jail. Father Pendergast supported Packenham and Father Gelinas walked by Nolan’s side. Father Van Rensellear followed. Packenham’s face was ghastly pale, but his step was firm. Nolan hardly appeared to realize his position. Reaching their places under the ropes both men turned and grasped the priests by the hands. In a twinkling the black caps were adjusted, and Atkinson rapped three times in rapid succession on the side of the box, wherein a third assistant stood with a hatchet. The third rap had hardly been given when the bodies of the murderers were swinging in the air. At the expiration of four minutes a mighty throe passed through both of the suspended men. At 7:10 o’clock both men were pronounced dead, but were permitted to hang fifteen minutes longer.

While this scene was being enacted preparations were being macle for what proved to be the most shocking spectacle that has ever been witnessed within the walls of the Tombs prison. At 6:45 the two murderers received their last spiritual consolation. At 7:02 Carolin and Lewis, accompanied by the priests, came through the door. Lewis walked unsteadily for the first do<en paces, but quickly recovered himself. He was smiling and looked fearlessly around him. Carolin’s face was pale and the scowl upon it almost demonaical. He glared at tne priests as he turned around and felt the rope touch his shoulder. Then he broke out into blasphemy that horrified the spectators. Looking sullenly at rhe priests the doomed man suddenly exclaimed: “I die an innocent man, ; I didn’t do this thing.” Lewis half-turned his head and said: “What’s the matter with you, anyway? Why don’t you die like a man?” “I will die like a man,” shrieked Carolin, his face turning perfectly livid. “I will die like a man—an innocent man.” The words were scarcely out of his mouth when the black cap was clapped over the murderer’s face, the signal was given and the weight fell. Instead of bounding upward as Packenham and Nolan had done, the wretched men went into the air with such little force that there was scarcely any spring at all. Lewis immediately began to struggle in the most sickening manner. He threw his legs about so violently as to kick off his slippers. Then he began to gurgle and choke. The rasping, wheezy sound came from under the cap for fully ten seconds. His body turned and swayed, and the contortions were so painful that the spectators turned away their head?. The man was slowly strangled. Carolin’s body also underwent violent contortions, but he uttered no sound. The weight fell at 7:03 o’clock and at 7:10 both men were dead.

IOWA’S BLUE GRASS PALACE.

The Unique Exhibition Formally Opened, at Creston. Creston, lowa, Aug. 23.—The Blue Grass Palace was formally opened Thursday by Gov. Larrabee in the presence of an immense crowd. An appropriate program of music and speeches was rendered. The palace is the outcome of the formation of the “Blue Grass Legion,” f —med of the seventeen counties of Southwestern

THE BLUE GRASS PALACE.

lowa to bring this special product into prominence. It is 100 by 100 feet on the ground and 120 feet high. The roof is thached with native grasses and all the entrances and projections are constructed of baled hay. The decorations are artistic and elaborate. The interious of the palate is divided into sections occupied by the exhibits of each of the counties in the region as well as contributions from Montana, the two Dakotas and Washington. In size, design, extent and decoration and value of exhibits the palace compares favorably wit h the many ice, corn and spring palaces that have graced the Republic.

PROTECTING THE NEW DOMAIN.

Troops to Keep Boomers Out of the Sioux Reservation Lands. Pierre, Dak., dispatch: Brig.-Gen. T. H. Huger of St. Paul arrived and went to Fort Sully to-day to make arrangements for holding troops in readiness to keep all intending settlers off tho Sioux reservation until the President opens the tract by proclamation. The Government fears a rush equal to that into Oklahoma.