Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1896 — Page 2

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STEAMER SCUTTLED.

PALATIAL STEAMER SINKS AT A DULUTH DOCK. Deliberate Act of Some Vandal—Famous Pugilists to Come Together— The Bridegroom Tarried at LimaMexican Outrage Upon Americans. Northland Goes Down. The steamship Northland, which completed her season in the Great Northern Line between Duluth and Buffalo a fortnight ago and was laid up at Duluth, Minn., for the winter, sank at her dock Monday night. The big steamer was raised Tuesday night, when it was found that the seacock hrnf been opened by some one and the boat deliberately scuttled. As she went down in but twenty feet of water, the damage to her expensive fittings will not be heavy, but everything up to the machinery deck has been soaked through, and the elaborate decorations of her passenger gangway and grand staircase will be well-night ruined. It is not known who opened the seacock, but it is thought it might have been done by discharged employes.

CORBETT ACCEPTS. He and Sharkey Will Meet at San Francisco. Saturday night last Manager Groom, who was slightly nettled because an offer of SIO,OOO telegraphed to Corbett and Sharkey a week previous had been treated with what savored of silent contempt, sped another couple of messages over the wires, warning the big bruisers that the San Francisco National Club’s offer would only remain open a week longer. Groom received a dispatch from Corbett stating that if the club would post the amount of the purse in responsible hands with the understanding that Corbett and Sharkey were to receive the full amount whether the fight took place or not, the offer would be accepted, and the fighters would come without delay. Corbett mentioned that Sharkey and himself had decided to box their ten rounds on some date between Nov. 20 and 30. Standing: of National League. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: W. L. W. LBaltimore .. :89 37New York !. .02 65 Cleveland i..7S IGPhiiadelphia ,«M> 66 Cincinnati ...77 ooßrooklyn ....56 71 Boston 72 56\Vashington .56 71 Chicago 71 57St. Louis ... .38 89 Pittsburg ...65 61 Louisville ...36 90

Western League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Minneapolis .89 46Kausas City .70 66 Indianapolis .75 54Milwaukee ..62 78 Detroit Stt tiOColumbus ...52 87 St. Paul 75 OlGr’d Rapids .47 91 Americans Mobbed. A mob attacked the American Presbyterian Church in Amusa, Culientvs, Mexico. The pastor is Rev. D. Sharp. The mob broke windows and doors with stones, and Mr. Sharp’s house was also attacked. A crowd attacked the Morelos College, in the same city, breaking every window in it. Several arrests have been mad . and the authorities are anxious to identify the leaders. United States Minister Ransom has been appealed to to use his best offices with the Government to secure the punishment of the offenders.

Gold Reserve Grows. Gold to the amount of SI.OOO.OttO, previously deposited with the New York subtreasury for examination, was released and added to the surplus reserve Tuesday, through the clearing house operations, the conditional receipts issued against it having been redeemed in legal tenders. In addition tothis no further amounts of gold were received by the Assistant Treasurer, hut the operations of the day. combined with those of Monday, augmented the gold reserve by $2,600,000. The reserve now stands at about $120,000,909. •4 Teaerts His Prospective Bride, Miss Mary Shay, of Middletown. Ohio, mourns the loss of her husband-to-be. and she is almost heart-broken. Charles Shay is her cousin, but they have been lovers for some time, and decided to get married. Accordingly, she went to Lima, and the marriage was to have been .solemnized Thursday evening. Charley had a house furnished and gave Mary $5 to procure the license, while he made all the other arrangements, but Charley failed to appear, and, instead, left for Red Key, Ind. Brutal Whitecaps. Whitecaps are terrorizing the farmers and residents of Holland station, fourteen miles from Toledo, Ohio. Farmer Huntsman, an old man, and his son were cruelly beaten by masked men and the old man was buried alive three times by his inhuman tormentors. Each time as he was dug up the men beat him with dubs and he may die as a result of the terrible injuries received at their bunds.

Qneen and Czar Meet. The Czar of all the Russias slept Tuesday night in royal Balmoral Castle, in Scotland. His trip from Leith, where he landed Tuesday, was practically a continuous ovation, and not a single sensational incident marred the progress of the Muscovite potentate from his yacht to the castellated towers of the Scottish palace of Queen Victoria. Keeping Them to Kill. The Turkish authorities have put a atop to the deportation of Armenians, which has been going on since the recent fatal riots in Constantinople. Laundry War Is Hot. The laundry war in Chicago is waging fiercely, and prices are being frightfully decimated. Tariffs for laundering shirts have gone down to 3 cents each, with other pieces as correspondingly low. Among laundry agents it is the opinion that the prices will go still lower. American Bidders Shut Out. The Toronto, Ontario, City Council has voted that tenders from United States concerns shall not be considered in the opening of bids for the plumbing and •teamfitting of the new court house. Saloon Wrecked by Dynamite. A heavy charge of dynamite w® exploded under the saloon of Mrs. Matty Weisbrodt, of Sardinia, Ohio, the building being totally wrecked. Several persons were injured. Anti-saloon workers are suspected, having failed to secure passage of a local option ordinace. Murder of Martha McCord. Martha McCord, a seamstress, was found dead in her; room at-? Lawrence, Kaa. Death had been canoed,from three wounds on the temple; inflicted with a hatchet that lay near by. It is undoubtedly a case of murder, with robbery the moWive.

! CHICAGO'S ALLEY L SOLD. George Adams and Leslie Carter Are the Pita-chasers. The Chicago and South Side Rapid Tranait Company, known to all World’s Fair visitors as the “Alley L” road, was sold Wednesday niorning by Perry Hull, acting on an order from the court. George E. Adams and Leslie Carter, representing the first mortgage bondholders, bid in the road at $4,000,100 and SIOO,OOO for 24 pieces of real estate. Before offering the road Mr. Hull stated that bo bid Would be considered unless a deposit of $200,000 as a guaranty of good faith had previously been made. At this juncture Sidney C. Eastman, representing G. E. Jones and other stockholders, announced a formal protest against the sale of the road, and stated that suit would be brought in the appellate court if the sale was consummated. The first thing offered was the railroad proper, the minimum bid which would be considered being placed at $4,000,000. Leslie Carter immediately stepped forward and offered $4,000,100, representing himself and George E. Adams. This was the only bid made, and the road was declared sold at that figure. Twenty-four pieces of real estate were then offered separately with no bidders. Then they were offered in groups, but no bids were made, and they were finally placed on. the block as a whole. The property was bid in at SIOO,OOO by Mr. Carter for himself and Mr. Adams, theirs being the only offer. This completed the sale, and the large crowd quickly dispersed, one hour and a half having elapsed during the sale of over $18,000,000 capitalized property-

MARCHING ORDERS. Western Regiments Get Their Quadrennial Shake-Up. Fort Sheridan's shaking up has come at last. The long expected transfer of the Fifteenth Infantry was ordered Friday by the Secretary of War, and Col. Crofton and his Indian fighters will go out West and give way to another band of men who have been on the plains for many a year and are considered entitled to a change. From scenes of sand and sun and alkali the bronzed warriors of the Fourth Infantry will come to civilization —Fort Sheridan. The fortune of war in this case is strange. The men of the Fifteenth, who have been enjoying all the luxuries of life near Chicago, including pleasant society affairs and jolly nights at the theater, must take up new quarters amid the dreariness of the plains of New Mexico and Arizona. Not a railroad, even, will be near them, and their life will contrast strangely with the whirl of the last few years at famous Fort Sheridan. On the other hand, the men of the Fourth are coming from the dreariness and desolation of the plains to take up the pleasant program of the Fifteenth, so rudely interrupted. Bronzed and a trifle awkward the men of the Fourth will seem at first, but both will wear off. Tailors will be in clover for a time, and civilization with all its delights, so dear even to men who fight, will take the place of sand hills, bare plains and Indian scares.

WILL NOT CUT HIS HAIR. Carrier's Locks Threaten His Postmaster’s Reason, Postmaster J. J. White, op Oakland, Cal., has been called upon to decide one of the weightiest questions so far submitted to him in his official capacity. He has searched through the postal laws, but has been unable to find a regulation to fit the case, and now he is seriously considering th- propriety of.submitting the mutter to the department at Washington. The question is whether Lyman P. Baare, a letter carrier, can be compelled to have his hair eut. Baare’s wind beguiling locks have been the cause of numerous complaints from ladies and gentlemen who have come in contact with the eccentric young man. Being a pianist, Baare two years ago decided to let bis hair grow, with the idea of emulating Paderewski. So conspicuous did Mr. Baare and his flowing locks become to the people of Oakland that the young man became involved in a street fight with a youth who whistled “Johnny Get Your Hair Cut” as the letter carrier passed by. In order to soothe the lacerated feelings of the public. Postmaster White placed Baare on the night shift. This move only made matters worse, for after scaring a doctor and several women more complaints were lodged. Baare positively refused to have his locks shorn and Postmaster White is sitting up nights considering the situation. SEW ALL IN TO STAY. Says He Will Not Withdraw Under Any Circumstances. Mr. Sewall, the free silver Democratic candidate for Vice President, said, Friday, at Bath, Me.: “There is absolutely nothing to this talk about my withdrawal. The thing, ist absurd. I shall not retire under any circumstances. As for the statement that Senator Gorman or any of the Democratic managers desire me to retire or that the party leaders are bringing influence to bear on me for that purpose, it is pure falsehood. On the contrary, all the pressure on me has been the other way. Of course I will not retire. There could be no surer way of making Mr. Bryan’s defeat certain, and our opponents understand it very well. Those who discuss the question of my retirement don’t know the man they are talking about. There is absolute harmony in the Democratic party. I am in constant correspondence with the leaders, and they are in perfect accord. I see very clearly that Mr. Bryan may be elected and that I may not be, but a change in the ticket now is out of the question.”

TALK WILL BE HIGH. Sixty Dollars a Minute by Atlantic Telephone Cable. “A cable could be constructed for use in telephoning across the Atlantic,” remarked F. A. I‘ickernell, chief engineer in charge of the long-distance telephone construction department of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company, “but all the ships of the British navy would not be able to’ carry it. It would be as big round as a hogshead, and the financial resources of any three of the great powers would be taxed to their utmost to pay for it. And if it were laid the cost of using it would discount its utility. On land, if we possibly can, we avoid passing telephone lines through a cable, because, for every mile of cable passed through the length of the line is increased fifty miles. The cost of one minute’s conversation over such a submarine telephone system would be close to $60.”

APPLY THE TORCH. Cuban Insurgents Burn Farms and Settlements Near Havana. The Cuban band of Juan Delgado i$ reported to have burned the farms of Gatero, Chinchai and Tiraboque, on the canal, and seven settlements near Santiago de Los Vegas. The insurgents burned several farms at Guira Molena, in'Havana province, because the’owners refus-, ed to pay the taSSs’Tbvtefl l»y the gents. Near Palos, in Mutonzas, insurgents have burned the tobacqo plantations of Herculago, aud Esperanza, cauifng a loss of $400,000. .In the latjf few days they have also ( burned a large Amount of property near Puerto Principe. Battleship on the Beach. The big battleship Texas, of the United States navy, went hard aground Wednesday off Goat Island, near Newport, R. L

The leviathan was abaolotely helpless and at the mercy of the wind. If a storm had arisen before she was released the chances are she would have been beaten to pieces. Thia magnificent bit of naval architecture, which cost the people of the United States something like S3,OQQ,QQO, was subject to the caprice of the weathef until the tide came in Thursday, when tugs hauled her back into deep water.

Sewage in Drinking Water.

Public schools of Chicago may be closed at any moment on the order of Commissioner of Health Kerr because the water supply afforded them by the Board of Education, , without filters, is impure. Monday’s rain of two and-one-quarter inches carried out to the intake pipes of the various cribs of the city all of the filth of the sewers. This, later, has been brought hack so the school children in the drinking water which is offered to them in the school buiMfags through faucets unprotected -from the contamination of lake water as it is. The Grand Jury has been so seriously Impressed by the apparent unconcern of the Board of Education that it will investigate all criminal neglect as to the character of the water supply now. coming to citizens. Typhoid fever, scarfet fever, diphtheria and other dineases which quickly attack the children of the schools are now seriously prevalent in all parts of the city. Scarlet fever has been in the normal school district, within 100 feet of the rented store buildings provided by the Board 'of Education for the overflow from the school proper, for several days without the health department being informed or the proper placards placed on the flat in which the fever is, warning Kill others of contagion.

New Gold Fields. U. M. Thomas, of St. Paul, with other parties, recently purchased gold property in the Little Manitou gold regions near Rainy Lake for $15,000. The discovery was made by a Swedish teamster, who was glad to sell out at that figure. The new owners immediately started a pit. and If is believed from the results already obtained that they have a bonanza. The vein of gold is twenty-six feet wide, in rotten brown quartz, and the gold is almost as plentiful as the quartz. The specimens shown are nearly 50 per cent, pure metal. The owners of this bonanza have called their mine the “Manitou,” and there is not a fragment of it for sale, except to purchasers of gold bullion. They estimate their property is worth several million dollars. Conditions Favor Improvement. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “There is still no distinct improvement in business, although conditions favor it. Confidence slowly rises, speculative buying of materials for future use continues, imports of gold do not cease and the Bank of England has not tried to check them by further advance in rates, as the weight of the demand now falls upon France. But an enormous business is held back until the future is more clear.” Riot at Leadville. A perfect fusillade of musketry began, apparently in the locality of the Coronado mine, Leadville, Col., at 1 o’clock a. m. Monday within a dozen blocks of the court house. Several hundred shots were fired. The strike has been in progress for thrqe months and trouble has been looked for for the last two weeks. The State troops have been held in readiness for a call to.arms ever since the strike began. To Coin British Gold. The steamship Mariposa brings from Australia the largest shipment of sovereigns ever received in San Francisco. They will go direct to the mint, being accepted as 916 2-3 fine and at the rate of $4.8638 per 100 sterling standard weight. The proceeds will be used in buying wheat and bills of exchange at from $4.81% to $4.82, thus realizing a profit of over 1 per cent, to the gold shippers.

English Hop Crop Injured. The unprecedented continuance of cold rains, which have now prevailed for nearly six weeks, is likely much to reduce the first estimates of the English hop crop. A month ago it was thought that the crop would be only a third less than that of 1895, but now, what with mold and wet rot, it is doubtful if even half a crop will be saved. Beheaded by an Elevator. Frederick Hoffman, a workman in the employ, of Samuel Bauman & Brother, New York, was caught by an electric elevator in such a manner that he was carried to the ceiling, between which and the elevator he was forced. His head was severed from his body in as clean a manner as a guillotine could have done it. Alleged Forger in Custody. Detroit detectives were in Toledo, Ohio, endeavoring to secure R. R. Bailey, alias O. Taylor, alias R. R. Taylor, but they were required to return empty-handed. Toledo has the man, and as he is believed to be one of the most talented check workers in the country, an effort will be made to put him away for a term of years. Called in Haste to Europe. Mrs. Demetrius Callias, formerly Mrs. P. T. Barnum, was summoned to Constantinople by a cablegram saying: “If you wish to see your husband alive come at once.” He is a Greek, and his marriage with the famous showman’s widow was one of the social sensations of last year.

MAKKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $3.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 61c to 62c; corn, No. 2,21 cto 22c; oats, No. 2,15 c to 17c; rye, No. 2,31 cto 32c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $25 to S6O per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2,58 cto 60c; corn, No. 2 •white, 20c to 22c; oats, No* 2-white, 19c to 20c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,62 cto 64c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 19c to 20c; oats, No. 2 white, 16c to 18c; rye, No. 2,28 c to 30c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2,64 cto 65c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2,34 cto 36c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 64c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 22c to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 19b to 21c; rye, 32c to 34c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 66e; corn. No. 2 yellow, 22e to 23c: oats, No. 2 mixed, 15c to 16c; rye, No. 2,32 cto 34c; clover seed, $4,45 to $4.50. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 58c ,'fd,{soc; corn, No. 2,20 cto 22c; oats’, No. 2 white, 20c to"22c;'barley, No. 2,30 cto 32c; rye. No. 1,33 ctb 34c; pork, mess, "$5:50 to $6.25. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat; No. 2 red, 67c to 69c; corn. No. Cfc-yellow. 27e’to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50;' wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c;i butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, Western. 14c to 17c.

COLD BLOODED CRIME

SORROWFUL CHAPTER OF IRISH HISTORY RECALLED. The Arrest of p, J. p. Tynan, of the Invincible Society, Brings to Mind the Murder* of Lord Cavendish and Secretary Burke. Vile Political Plot. The arrest of Patrick J. P. Tymgn, the nortorions “No. 1,” of the Irish Invincibles, makes interesting a review of the

bloody crime of this secret body which on ,■ May 6, 1882, put to death in Phoenix Park, Dublin, the new chief secretary of Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and the permanent under secretary, T. 11. Burke. Tynan was arrested at Boulogne, France, on a warrant issued

O’DONNELL.

in 1882. He was one of those who organized the Invincibles in Dublin and ever since the revelations consequent on the Phoenix Park assassinations the authorities had been endeavoring to capture him. The killing of Lord Cavendish and Mr. Burke was a cold-blooded crime. It was essentially political, as not one of those counseling or participating in the murders had the slightest private wrong against either of the victims. The details were carefully planned by the Invincibles and the place selected for the assassination was Phoenix Park, where Mr. Burke had his official residence. It has been said that the intention of the Invincibles was only to kill Mr. Burke, but this has been controverted and the counter assertion made that Lord Cavendish had also been marked out for death. Whatever be the right or wrong of this, the plan of the conspirators was well laid. On the afternoon of the fatal day. May 6, a car driven by Myles Kavanagh and carrying four men—Joe Brady, Tim Kelly. Pat Delany and Tom Caffrey—drove into Phoenix Park. Following the car was a cab driven by James Fitzharris and in which were seated Dan Curley, Michael Fagan and Joe Hanlon. These latter were armed with revolvers and their duty was to assist the others should there be any need of it. In plain view of the viceroyal lodge the two parties halted to await the coining of their victim or victims. Not one of eiiher party knew Mr. Burke by sight and Lord Cavendish had only arrived in Ireland that day, to be present at the forma! entry of the new viceroy of Ireland, Lord Spencer, so that he, too, was unknown to the conspirators. This, however, the latter had provided for. A short distance from them were two men, James Carey and Joseph Smith. Smith knew Burke, and his part in the tragedy was to point out Burke to Carey, whereupon the latter was to signal the conspirators. A little after 7 o'clock in the evening Mr. Burke alighted from a car just within the park gates ami recognizing Lord

Cavendish, who was going on foot to his now home in the park, proceeded to greet him. Instantly the signal was given by Carey to the conspirators, and Brady with his companions Kelly. Delaney and Caffrey advanced to their bloody work, while Smith and Carey conveniently

JAMES CAREY.

disappeared. When Brady had advanced almost to the point of meeting Burke and Lord Cavendish’he stopped as though to tie his shoe. Suddenly rising he seized Mr. Burke, swung him around and buried his knife in his body. Burke fell to the ground, whereupon Kelly bent over and gashed him across the throat. Lord Cavendish, who had sought to defend his companion, was seized by Brady and stabbed to death. The party then boarded the car and drove out of the park into the country, returning to the city by a roundabout way. The cab, too, disappeared. A bicyclist was the first to discover the dead bodies of .Burke and Lord Cavendish The news of tills’ double assassination

PHENIX PARK, DUBLIN, WHERE THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED.

swept through the city like wildfire and created intense excitement and horror. For tho first time in the history of the Irish press Sunday editions of the three leading Dublin papers were issued next morning. In all the churches announcements were made of the crime and in one of the churches a priest while denouncing the crime fell dead on the altar. Immediately the machinery of the law was put in motion to run down the murlerers. There was little clue at first to vork on and the labors of the police and

PHEXNIX PARK MURDERERS. CAFFREY. BRADY. KELLY FAGAN. CURLEY.

detectives seemed futile. Several arrests were made, some of the guilty ones being apprehended, but the prisoners were subsequently discharged for lack of evidence. A man, now prominent in the business life of Dublin, but who was never brought fo?th in connection with the case, gave the first important piece of information to the police. Soon other clues were picked up and when the police were satisfied that they might act openly they arrested twenty-six Invincibles-. This was on the night of January 13, 1883. For a time the men under arrest kept up a bold front, but day as they were

taken into court for examination one member was absent from the ranks. This man was Kavanagh, driver of the car, and he turned informer. Soon another man. named Farrell turned informer and then James Carey volunteered to become a State witness. This sealed the doom of the murderers and in quick succession .Toe Brady, Dan Curley, Michael Fagan. Tom Caffrey and Tim Kelly were tried and found guilty. May 14, 1883, Joe Brady was executed in Kilmainham jail and four days later Dan Curley was hanged. May 28 Michael Fagan was executed, June 2 Caffrey suffered death, and on the 9th Kelly was executed. Of those who were also tried for the ’ murders Pat Delaney was sentenced to death, but as he had turned State witness his sentence was commuted, first to penal servitude for life and subsequently to ten years’ imprisonment. Chairman Mullett, another Invincible, received ten years. Life sentences of penal servitude were meted out to Joe Mullett, Laurence Hanlon and Fitzharris. Of the informers, not all have been named and one of them has amassed a fortune in a quarter of the globe far re-

CAVENDISH. BURKE.

moved from Ireland. Carey, it may be recalled, was shot down by a fellow passenger on a Cape steamer. Kavanagh died in a lunatic asylum in London.

DONGOLA IS FALLEN.

British-Egyptian Expedition in Africa Occupies the Stronghold. Dongola has fallen, and the nominal objective point of the British-Egyptian expedition has been reached. The river forces of the British-Egyptian expedition, pushing up the Nile from El Hafir, landed a force at Dongola and occupied that place before the dervish forces, retreating from El Hafir, reached that point. El Hafir and Dongola are therefore both in the hands of the expedition, while the derviskpforces are somewhere between, seeking a refuge. Saturday afternoon the long-range firing continued between the dervishes on the west bank of the Nile, and the expeditionary force on east side. The Maxim guns, with their sweeping hail of fire, did

great execution in the dervish ranks, while the field and horse batteries never allowed the enemy to do anything with their batteries. After the gunboats of the expedition had forced their way past the forts at El Hafir and had proceeded southward toward Dongola the dervishes apparently perceived that El Hafir was no longer the place for them and they prepared to depart. They buried as many of their dead as they had time for. The rest were prepared with a stone around the neck and thrown into the Nile. As soon as the news of the evacuation of El Hafir was received the correspondent of the Associated Press proceeded to cross the river and make a survey of the enemy's late position. It was found that their mud defenses had been built with great care, but the rifle trenches only permitted the men a very short and straight front for protection. Mats were still strewn along and within the trenches, and in the straw shelters were the remains of the carcasses of sheep, which had been killed to supply food to the defenders. The dead had been buried or thrown into the river.

LEADVILLE IN TERROR.

Rioting Strikers Make an Attack on the Coronado Mine. Driven to desperation by starvation, Leadville’s locked-out miners, who have been threatening the peace for two months, attacked the Coronado mine with dynamite and guns at 1 o’clock Monday morning, arousing the city, and throwing its inhabitants into a panic. The miners were organized recently by the Western Federation of Miners, and almost, evdry mine worker was in the union when'{heir , demands were made. The miners 'k’sk $3 a day for all classes of workmen, includ- ■ surface and underground men. .IJJlie employers declared, at the beginning as the trouble, that they were willing S continue paying the wages which had prevailed in Leadville to that time. Under that scale surface workers were paid only $2.50. and practically the only change

THE QUESTION OF THE DAY.

the union proposes is the advance of the wages of this class of men to $3. The mine owners have refused to listen to any proposition from the employes. They insist the Governor, the courts and the newspapers are with the miners, and it would be impossible for them to manage their own property if they made any concessions. The mine owners explain that the sheriff holds the key to the situation, and he is in league with the strikers.

William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candidate for the presidency, spoke in Baltimore Saturday night to two of the largest crowds ever present at a political meeting in that city. The first speech was made in the open air, and conservative estimates place the number who heard it at 30,000. The second was held in Music Hall, the largest auditorium in Baltimore, and the house was packed until women fainted and many had to be removed before the speaking could proceed. Mr. Bryan reached the platform about 8 o’clock, and was greeted with a tremendous cheer from thousands who gathered there in anticipation of his coming. Just as he bared his head in acknowledgment of the greeting a slight rain began to fall, which increased to a brisk shower as he proceeded. His voice was not clear, the strain of the last few days having evidently told upon it. Pale of face, with great beads of perspiration standing upon his forehead, Mr. Bryan created the impression of a man who had tested his powers of endurance to their fullest capacity. His first address lasted' barely twenty minutes, after which he repaired to the Music Hall, whither as many of the crowd as could get in followed him. He was accompanied in the train and escorted to the platform by a committee, of which Senator Gorman was a member. At the conclusion of his speech at Music Hall Mr. Bryan returned to Washington.

A heavy wind and rain storm seriously interfered with the arrangements which had been made for a grand reception to Candidate Bryan at the Old Capitol baseball park in Washington. The crowd was considerably below the expectations of those having the arrangements in charge, but there was no lack of enthusiasm. For some time before his arrival dark rain and wind-laden clouds from the west gave certain promise of a downpour, and he had not spoken more than forty minutes when the rain came down in torrents, drenching every one exposed to it. After waiting some time, however, Mr. Bryan left the platform and drove to his hotel.

Big Bay at Canton. Canton, 0., Saturday was the scene of the biggest demonstration there since nomination day. There were ten visiting delegations of from 1,000 to 0,000 each and utilizing twenty-six special trains, and estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000 people. After the two receptions in the opera house in the forenoon, one to the visitors from Hulton, Verona, Oak Mount and other burroughs of Allegheny County, and the other to the employes of the Carnegie City mills of Pittsburg, the speech-making was transferred to the McKinley lawn, part of it being done in the rain. It was the big delegation of railroad men from Chicago, too large for any hall, who set the example of defying the elements. They, with the three or four hundred telegraphers who came with them, surrounded the little reviewing stand on the major’s lawn and listened to and cheered the assurances of support delivered by their spokesmen. Fights Gold with Gold Eagles. W. H. Harvey, author of “Coin’s Financial School,” used $2,500 in gold eagles as an object lesson in the course of his speech at the Chicago Auditorium Saturday night. Four thousand people heard Mr. Harvey’s speech, and applauded vigorously at frequent intervals. A large blackboard figured prominently in the speech, Mr. Harvey attempting to show with its assistance the evils of monometallism. He resurrected his argument that all the gold available for money in the world could be cast into a solid cube of twenty-two feet. Still working at the blackboard, he showed that the same amount—s4,ooo,ooo,ooo—in,' silver, all that is available for money, would, if cast into a solid block, make a cube thirtysix feet.

Answers Schurz and Cockran. Gov. Altgeld spoke at Central Music Hall, Chicago, Saturday night in reply to Carl Schurz and Bourke Cockran. He was greeted by a mass of humanity that filled every portion of the hall, and there were thousands outside who clamored for admission,' but had to content themselves with , hearing lesser orators at overflow meetings. The Governor dealt almost wholly wijh the money question, and his iiiMienee applauded him continuously. Senator Thurston Speaks. ' '"yVest.Side Republicans of Chicago were entertained-in a big tent at Loomis and West Harrison streets Saturday night. There were a good many thousands of them present, and they yelled and applauded the speakers as though they thoroughly enjoyed the sentiment.

Bryan in Baltimore.

SHIP TEXAS AGROUND.

Big Battle Ship Went Broadside on Newport Beach. The big battleship Texas, of the United States navy, went hard aground off Goat Island, near Newport, R. L The leviathan, so formidable when in her element, was absolutely helpless and at the mercy of the wind. If a storm had arisen before she was released the chances are she would have been beaten to pieces. This magnificent bit of naval architecture, which cost the people of the United States something Uke $3,000,000, was subject to the caprice of the weather until the tide came in, when tugs got her back into deep water. The Texas left the North Atlantic squadron for the purpose of getting a supply" of torpedoes. When she reached the harbor the tide was running out strongly and was at about half ebb. She steamed slowly to her anchorage ground, west of

BATTLE SHIP TEXAS.

the torpedo station, and dropped anchor in the usual place, a half-mile from shore. The order was given to stop the engines, but for some reason not explained the machinery continued to work, and the powerful twin screws dragged the anchor until the boat pushed her nose upon the sands. When the boat finally came to a stand her bow stood about two feet higher than. It should. Meanwhile the water continued to go out, rendering the great vessel more and more helpless. The tug Aquidneck came alongside in thirty minutes and began work, but it was soon discovered that; the Texas was stranded.

CORN IS SAFE FROM FROSTS.

Conditions Generally Favorable for Harvesting the Crop. Reports by States on the condition of crops show that the danger of frost has been generally passed. The general absence of rain in the Southern States has. been very favorable for cotton picking, in which has been made rapid progress. The continued dry Weather has impaired the outlook for top crop, which in many sections will be a complete failure. Continued cool and rainy weather has retarded the maturing of late corn in lowa and Northern Missouri, and in North Dakota the crop was injured by frosts on the 9th and 10th. Cutting has progressed favorably, and husking and cribbing are in progress in Nebraska and Illinois. In the States of the central valleys the week has been especially .favorable for plowing and seeding. Reports by States follow: . J lllno L s .“ Corn cuttln 5 has been pushed rapidly. The work will generally be finished tins week. The grain is drying quickly and much of the crop will be sate to husk and crib within two weeks. Plowing and seeding In the dryer portions of the State have been much delayed, or entirely stopped, and rain Is much needed, especially In southern counties. In the central section much uneasiness Is felt in regard to seeding, owing to the great numbers of chinch bugs. lowa—The general condition of crops Is very good. The bulk of the corn Is practically safe from frost. For the complete ripening of the fall crop of corn from ten days to two Weeks of dry weather Is needed. More than the usual area of fall plowing will be covered, the conditions being very favorable. Missouri—Corn Is beyond Injury by frost, and In some central and southern sections cutting is nearly completed. Potatoes will make an excellent crop. Pastures are In need of water. Kansas—All corn, except some very late. Is out of danger of frost. Haying has been retarded In some counties by rain, but the crop Is fine and abundant. Wisconsin—The rains of the past week have been well distributed and very beneficial, giving pastures a new start and putting the soil in good condition for fall seeding. Corn Is nearly all out of danger from frost, and about three-fourths of the crop la in the shock. Buckwheat Is maturing,.rapidly. The crop is only fair. Minnesota—Thrashing In progress, though dolayed by local rains. Corn generally safe and much cut already. Plowing is going on,, but most of the ground Is very dry. North Dakota—Thrashing progressing fairly well, being interruptedly rain last week. Wheat generally fair yield; some late sown wheat not yet ripe. Corn promises a good crop. Heavy frosts on 10th and 11th Injured corn and killed vines and garden crops. Oats light crop, owing to rust. Other crops fair. South Dakota—Temperature averaged below normal, with light to heavy frost In localities Friday morning, but no material damage. Showers scattered and mostly light. Most corn matured and the latest generally safe from Injury by frosts. Nebraska—All but the latest pieces of corn matured, with shucking commenced, with a large yield. Rains here placed ground In excellent condition for plowing and seeding. Some fields of fall-sown wheat up iu good shape. No damaging frosts. Indiana—Warm, dry weather. Buckwheat filling out well and safe from frost: corn; most all cut; plowing done; seeding delayed by dry weather; wheat and rye coming up nicely. Ohio—Corn ripened rapidly and is generally out of danger of frost—much of It In the shock. Crop is very fine and fully equal to previous estimates. Tobacco nearly all secured In good condition. Fall plowing well advanced, with some grain sown. All fruit abundant and winter apples about ready for picking. Michigan—Corn cutting and fall seeding have progressed rapidly. Bean harvest nearly completed. Buckwheat maturing nicely, and some has been cut. Late potatoes a light yield. Heavy rains are delaying farm work.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Bureau of Statistics Furnishes Its Monthly Comparative Statement. The monthly comparative statement of the imports and exports of merchandise, gold and silver during last August and during eight months ended Aug. 31 last, which has just been issued by the Bureau of Statistics, shows as follows: Domestic merchandise exported during August, 1896, $66,732,453; August, 1895, $54,821,159; for the last eight months, $567,259,457; for the same period in 1895, $489,360,551. Imports of merchandise during last August, $49,458,325, of which $20,644,871 was free of duty. Imports during August, 1895, $71,111,943, of which about one-half was free of duty; importations during the last eight months, $471,222,434, of •which $214,263,671 was duty free; for the same period in 1895 the total was $535,737,819, of which $254,469,427 was free of duty. The gold exports during last August amounted to $1,972,544, as compared with $16,667,261 during August, 1895. For the last eight months the exports of gold amounted to $55,511,811, which is almost the exact figure for August, 1895. The gold imports during last August aggregated $4,045,885, as compared with sl,534,086, for the sanie month last year. For the' last eight months the imports of gold exceeded those for the same period in 1895 by about $2,650,000. The. silver coin and bullion exported during last August amounted to $5,301,434 and the imports $929,422. During August, last year, the exports amounted to $4,553,698 and the imports $1,114,677. During the last eight months the silver exports' amounted to $40,932,418 and the imports $7,712,959. During the same period in, 1895 the exports aggregated $33,265,216;, ahfl 1 imports $6,199,471-