Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1894 — Page 1

nnnco i m o THULO s IU ü, i ESTABLISHED 1822. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2ß, 1891 TWELVE PAGES. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.

FIFTY-TWO DEATHS

In the Cyclone Which Swept Near Mason City. Scores Injured and Property in Ruins. Terrible Storm of "Wind, Hail and Rain. WORST IN MANY YEARS. Leroy, Spring Valiey,' Osage and Emmettsburg Visited. Miles of Wire Down and Telegraphic Service Stopped. The Fury of the Elements Wrought Up in the Night. Strip of Country -OO Miles LnnR I,nltl Wtf in Minnesota nnil People Killed The Cyclone tlie Mont Severe In the Vicinity of Mnmin City, In AVliere'Tcrlinpn Falljr Ilnlf u Handrrd Lout Their I.Ives The Reu'.t Something Appalling A n inter of Families Kntlrely "Wiped On t by the Dentu-Denling. Visitation Some of the Viotlm lind Jnst Itctarnrit to Their Home from the Connty Fnlr, "When They "Were Either Killed or Injured nnd Their Properly Destroyed The Storm In 3IInnesota. MASON. CITY, la., Sept. 22. The most devastating and life-destroying storm of wind, hail and torrents of rain known in years visited this section last night about 10 o'clock. In its destructive pa'h it touched only the south part of Lincoln township and then pass's eastward to JIanly Junction and into the south part of Worth county. In its way is swept not only valuable property out of existence, but a number of lives, approximated at this writing as at east fifty persons. This is a conservative figure, when it is taken into consideration the length over which the storn: traveled and the swath it made. Eliminating all apparent duplication of names of dead th; following is fairly accurate: Xear Algona, 13. , North of Wesley, 13. At Leroy, 3. . At Spring Valley, 3. Near Osage, 5. North of Mason City, 4. Total, 52. Owing to the fact that telegraphic communication has been shut off today by fallen wires in the vicinity of the sections through which the storm parsed, full details cannot be ascertained, but that the loss of life is appalling and the number of fatally and seriously In lured will go into the hundreds Is certa'n. A Territie Storm. It was a veritable cyclone, fierce and terrific. The lightning flashes were frequent and blinding, while the peals of thunder were deafening and fear-inspiring. The 5torm seems to have traveled from the southwest to the northeast. It appears that it gathered its forces south of Emmettsburg, then crossed the I. & D. division of the Milwaukee & Eastern Emmettsburg. It is next heard of north of Wesley, then in Lincoln township, crossing the I. & D. division a mile north of Grafton, ther.ee speeding straight north to Leroy and Spring Valley. Osage also fearfully felt Its terrific force. At Emmettsburg the ampitheater at the fair grounds was wrecked, also one residence. Several are reported Injured there. Fuur miles north of Wesley great destruction was wrought. The Milwaukee railroad wires have been In a Fadly disarranged condition all day and up to evening could not be worked to EmmettPburg. There are two miles of wire down between Emmettsburg and Whitemore, and all along the path of the Ftorm telegraphic service has been completely checked. At Cylinder the whole family of Alexander Goldman, consisting of himself, wife and two children, were killed. About ten other people are injured Six dwellings were demolished and a larg number of outbuildings. Rerort9 say there were nine killed In the vicinity of Emmettsburg. Three miles north of Wealey J. Bingham's house was overturned and set fire. The inmates hid a narrow escape. The killed in this vi-inlty are: M. CAS I Kit and wife. J. W. IIINCrMAN. Mr3. TWEED, mother of Thomas Tweed. Two children of Thomas Tweed. M. SCWEITE and two children. ' FRED FRENCH and two children. Infants of Mr. and Mrs. Eden and Mr. and Mrs. Rockow. This makes a total of fourteen killed here so far as heard from. The Injured. The injured are: Mrs. E, TWEED and for children. Mrs. Tweed had both arms broken and two of the children cannot live. THOMAS TWEED, wife and three children, two of them seriously. JOSTER CAMP, wife and children.' Mr. and Mrs. EDEN. It is variously estimate that from twenty-five to thirty were injured here. The storm struck near Crystal lake at Tiritt. Two persons are known to be killed there and there are several seriously Injured. The list of killed three to seven miles north of Brltt: Mrj. STUGGART and two children. Mrs. GRIGGS. Mrs. SIMILTON and one child. Mr. JACOBSON. Man and unknown child. The fatally injured are: CHRIS PAN'SON. Mr. iJIMIL.TO.VS CHILD. Injured slightly: Mr. SI MILTON. Mr. SMITH and three children. Mr. DANA, wife and three children. !Tr3. STUGGART. Mr. BINGHAM, wife and three chilP. DR.vf 'GHTMANN and wife. A DOCKMAN and wife. W. FOX and sister. , Mr. MUTZ, wife and child. Mr. ORTERCOURSE and wife and R. P. MADSON.. In this county Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Haddow, Eloy McKercher and John Te-

terson were killed and Mrs. D. Me-

Kerchey and Maggie Bailer fatally injured. The property loss will run hlgrh Into the thousands. The Injured are all beins cared for. AT .L,tiO"VA. Tu-enty-SlK Reported Killed nnd Twlre mn .tinny Injured. ALGONA. Ia.. Sept. 22. A cyclone passed through this county about 8 o'clock last night. So far aa reported twenty-six people are killed and thirtynine injured, several of them fatally. The little town of Cylinder, twenty miles west of thi3 place on the Milwaukee road, It Is reported, was literally swept from the face of the earth. About twnety-five miles north of that place a family named Goulden, four in number, were killed. The town of Whiiemore, twelve miles west of Algona was unharmed, but Robert Stevenson, living four miles north, was killed and his wife probably fataily injured. Eighteen people who sought shelter in the house of the Durant-plaee were more or less hurt, and one woman will probably die. They were going home from the county fair. A little farther on fourteen others were huddled Into the Begetmair house. Herbert Carriek was badly hurt and hJs wife waa probably fatally injured. Charles Lee and wife and live children were very badly hurt. The wife and children of Fred Pompe In Fenton township were in the house which wad completely wrecked, but they were covered up by the falling wall and not one of them was hurt. The hrse barn was completely blown away. Five h trse were unharmed. Oeorge W. Beavers, living three miles north of Alg na. had Just gotten home from the fair. He got into the hou-e with his wife and two children and an adopted son, and was Just getting down in the cellar tfnen the cyclone struck the house, completely demolishing it. The whole family were carried with the ruins about four rods into the road. Beavers had the baby In his arms and with it he nude his way north to the house of Chrstian lau, his father-in-law, for help. His wife was Just dying when he returned and his little girl gasprd '"Papa, papa," and expired. The wreck here was complete, nothing remaining of the handsome house and barn. The sight at Myron Schenck's was even a more complete picture of desolation. Two immense barns and two houses were made into kindling wood. His wife and chiid were carried 100 feet and when found were under a heavy oak beam. Roth were hurt and Mrs. Schenck was unconscious. Horace Schenck was covered up with some lumber. He had a severe scalp wound, was injured in the back and otherwise hurt. His condition is serious and a3 he Is seventy-three years oid his recovery is doubtful. The trees are all blown down. The kitchen clock was in a wreck with a sewing machine and the hands pointed to 8:10. A willow hedge . running north and south near the Schenck homestead was piled full of household goods, mattresses, bedding and milk cans, carried through it and from Beaver's place, a mile west. The Joe Thomas house was gutted and the walls are in a swaying condition. His barn went to pieces and five horses were buried in it. It took till 2 o'clock next morning to dig them out, but all were dug from the ruins without injury- East cf the river, in Plum Cre-tk county, th house of George Homan was carried thirty yards and dropped with such force as to wreck it. In it were Homan, wife and six children. One of the children was killed outright and four were injured, and Homan seriously hurt. An old man named Dingaman, a mile norm of Homan's, wa killed and seven more are killed northeast of this place. Including a man and wife, name not known; William Sweeper and two children and an infant child of Clauseden's. Orders are coming In for coffins. A relief committee has already been organized, but there is apparently no destitution. The country swept la a farming section with great barns filled to the rafters with hay. The packed condition of 'the barns saved the stock. There is hardly any lo.-s of stock. A report just received from Westley, twelve miles east, states that there were thirteen dead bodies found there. Seven of these are included in the foregoing report. ALGONIA. Ia.. Sept. 23. This has been a day of sorrow for Kossuth count. Nineteen, funerals were held, and others will come tomorow. The death-list in the county is as follows At Spring YaKev: Mr. and Mrs. NEIMAH DODGE. C. G. KINK. FRANK MOSHER'S child. Mrs. LOUISE ROSET, fatally hurt. At Leroy: HENRY FINLEY. CHARLES GILBERTSON, Mrs. DUNTON. JOHN NELSON. Vicinity of Algona, la.: Mrs. GEORGE BEAVER. MYRTLE REAVER, aged four years M. SWEPES and two chiidren. FRANK BECKLEM EYER. FRED FRENCH an.l two children. GEORGE HALLMAN'S two children. K. K. DINGMAN. CLOUSENDEN'S child. Mrs. SWAN PETERSON. ALBERT BAKER'S child. Mrs. TWEED and two children. KOCKEVKLL'S child. GOULDEN fainllv of four. ROBERT STEVENSON. UNKNOWN WOMAN. Mrs. CHRISTIAN DAU and two children. Near Emmettsburg, Ia.; Mrs. FOLEY. Miss FOLEY. North of Cerro Gordo. Ia.; t LOUIS ORONGVALT. D. T. HADDOW. Mrs. D. T. HADDOW. ELLERT M'KERCHER. JOHN PETERSON. Near Brltt. Ia.; ', Mrs. GRIGGS. Mr. JACOBSON. Mr. STUGGART. Two children of STUGGART. Mrs. SMILTON. Child of SMILTON. Unknown man. Unknown child. I ' Near Osage, Ia.: HENRY FIND LAY, aged thirteen. CHRIS GILBERSON, aged sixteen. JOSEPH NELSON, aged thirty-five. At Osasre. Ia.r HARRY HERBERT, aged eight. RUTH HERBERT, aged six months. Mr3. P. S. HERBERT. Mrs. P. LONEROAN. ONNIE PERRY. WILLIAM PERRY, aged twentyseven. JAMES M'CANN. Mrs. JAMES M'CANN, WILLIAM STANTON. Near Wesley, Ia: M. CASTER. Mrs. M. CASTER. Fatally injure! in Cerro Oordo county; Mrs. MAGGIE BAKER. - HAROLD M'KERCHER, ALICE M'KERCHER. Lowther. Ia: Mrs. PHIL ANDREWS. Mrs. GRUGER. R. HAMILTON. Niar Mason City. Ia: Mlfs EDITH BENTLEY. JAMES O'NEILL. Prof. A. J. Lilly of the Northern Iowa normal school came Irf from Garner, and report thirteen dead In Ellington township, north of Garner; twelva near Manly. Ellington township; sixteen north of Brltt. Coffins for the dead are piled up e.t

every station and scenes of the wi'des'o grief are being enacted. The storm, as witnessed from this place, was one of LndevKiriballe grandeur. A funnel-shaped cloud of Inky blackness swept along- to the northeast, illumintted by almost oorvUnuou. flashes of lightning and roars of thunder that was "deep and continuous. The opera house was packed with people to witners a popular play, ana a panic waJ almost occasioned by the warring elements. Robert Stevenson, living about four miles north cf Whittemcre. was the first victim. He was hit In several places and was fatally injured. His grove looked as 'though it had been mowed down by a sythe. Calvin Patrick's house, on the Henry Durant piace, was made into kindling wood in an instant, and all of the fourteen occupants but two children were injured. Mrs. Barrlck was hurt in the back by timber, and her fpine was so injured that her body and lower limbs were paralyzed. A six-year-cld boy named Charles Lee was hit on the head and will die. The house of Fred Pom.pt was completely demolished, but his wife and five children came out of the wreck unhurt. The force of the, wind was such that barbed wire was tripped from the pos-ts. At George Holman's the roof cf the house went, leaving the walls standing, and the whole family was eirried up from between the walls and away about thirty rods, one of the children being kiüled. G. W. Ft-rgusm's family was carried some distance through the air, and all but one landed In a willow hedge. The baby went a little f -tlu-r and wat found seated on a piece of the roof. The wife of Swan Peters -n had her scull cut In two places, and s'-me exposed parts of her head were literally packed with sand, plaster, hair and grass. Particulars nre coming in all the tine which Indicate that half of the terrors of the cyclone have not been told. The scene of demolition was visited all day by great crowds, every available conveyance being charters!. The destruction of property will not be less than $100,000. Most of the farmers were well-to-do. with snug bank accounts, and others were wealthy, but numbers of the victims who were renters lost everything, some of them their families. The permanently crippled will make a long and sorrowful list. The wires are down and news is hard to get.

III RRICANE IV MINNESOTA. The Country Laid Wnste nnd Many People Killed. ST. PAUL, Sept. 22. Between 8 and 11 o'clock last night a narrow strip of country 203 miles long was laid waste bv a hurricane which in many places developed into a regular cyclone. In the path of the 'twister" today are ruined town, devastated farms and several hundred-dead and Injured people. Starting about ten miles south ol Spencer, in northwest Iowa, the storm of wind at 8 o'clock began its work of destruction. Taking everything before it, it swept across the state JusT north of Emmettbburg and Algona, wiping out the little town of Cylinder, but mostly injuring the country' districts. After passing by Mason City anl ruining the country northwest of Osage, it bore off to the northeast, crossing the Minnesota line and Im after 10 o'clock wrecked the little town of Leroy, where a bad fire added to the destruction. Spring Valley was right in the path of the cyclone and suffered severely. Turning again ta the ea3t the little towns of . Homer and Lowther were badly damaged and at one time reported completely wiped off the face of the earth. After crossing the Mississippi and doing considerable damage to farm buildings near Marshland, Wis., the storm seemed to hive spent its fury. A smaller storm did pome damage at Dodge Center, which was not in the path of the main cyclone. The path of the storm was not wide, but It had all the characteristics of the deadly tornado and the dimensions of a cyclone. Ju9t how many lives have been lo?t la still uncertain, but the reports received up to 9 o'clock indicate that certainly not less than thirty-nine are dead. While some reports place the number at from sixty to 100. At Algona. Ia., twenty-six are dead; near Osage, la., five ait dead and one fatally injured; five are dead at Spring Valley, Minn.; three dead and one dying at Leroy, Minn., while other points also report fatalities, fome of which, however, are included in thU: summary. The towns damaged or destroyed arc: Cylinder, Burt. Forest City and Manly Junction in Iowa; Leroy, Spring Valley, Dodge Center, Homer aid Lowther, Minn., and Marshland, Wis. AT SPRING VALLEY. Three Killed nnil si Lnrjse Number Wounded 1 1 on we livnt rojed. SPRING VALLEY, Minn., Sept. 22 A disastrous cyclone visited the northwestern part of this city last night, killing three persons outright and severely injuring twenty more. Houses were turned into hospitals, and the doctors of the surrounding towns sunimonel. Twenty dwelling houses and the Southwestern railway depot were utterly destroyed. The dead are: Miss and Mrs. N. DODGE. Child of FRANK MAS1IEK. The wounded are: S. G. KING, fatally. Mrs. LOUIS ROSE, fatally. LENA ROSE, seriously. Mr. HARPER, face bruised. Mrs. HARPER, bvck injured. Mrs. FRANK MASIIEK. back injured. CHARLES DODGE, critically. NELLIE RUMSEY. broken arm. SALL1H WILLIAMS, seriously. Mrs. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, arm broken. JOHN NESS, arm broken. Mrs. JOHN NESS, scalp wound, will recover. JOHN NESS'S child, scalp wound, recovery doubtful. Mrs. C. G. KINK, slightly. .CLARK KINK, slightly. JESSIE HARRIS, slishtly. Mrs. WILLIAM BOVEE, seriously. LUCY BOVEE. slightly. LEROY PARTIALLY WRECKED. Poor Killed In the Eastern Tart of the Town. AUSTIN. Minn., Sept. 22. At 10:30 last evening the village of Leroy waa visited by a -mighty wind storm, developing Into a gonuina cyclone. A portion of tha business part of the town wu totally wrecked. The tempest swept, up from th3 eouthwest in a northeasterly direction. Houses, elevator3, 6toro buildings were a3 the chiff of a threshing floor before Its resistless power. The loss of life is small, owing f the fact that the residence portion was largely spired, but barn3 were blown away, cattle killed and ühada trees uprooted. The fast part of Leroy was also swept. The Milwaukee dpot was destroyed, together with other houses, and the following killed: HENRY WYLEY. GILBERTSON. a drummer boy. Mrj. DUNTON. v JOEL ELSON, a liborer. At Holmrä the barn of Mr. Ilira'son was dtroyed; .also one belonging to Mr. Watson; Peter Burns' hause was partly unroofed. The1 houses of Mr. Schmidt and Mrs. Allen w?r blown from their foundations. In Gilmore Valley,' at the west end of the city, a number of houses

and barn ar? reported to have been unroofed. The poor house barn was blown from its foundation.

STRHWX WITH "V It ECK AGE. Tlie Country In the Vicinity of I " in -luettnlinrK A Number Killed. EMMETTSBURG, Ia., Sept. 22.-Last night's storm struck this city about 8 p. m. No damage was done in the city, its center passing about a mile and a half south, destroying fences on the fair grounds and cemeteries, overturning many monuments in the latter, and annihilating hundreds of feet of stabling, the Judges' stand, amphitheater and several hundred feet of sheds on the fair grounds and adjoining it. anJ nearly wrecked a well-built abattoir. It next struck and wrecked the residence and farm buildings of Joseph Foley, injuring five members of the family, his sister possibly fatally. Going east, it played havoc with the larns of A. Treadgold. Gallagher Bro., John McCormlck and destroyed the farm house of John Peters. At a point five miles east and one north from this city it literally wiped out the houe and barns of A. Goulden and killed the family of four persons. The wreckage Is strewn for a mile or more in the track of the storm and the bodies were found about thirty rods east of where the buildings stood. House WreeUed nt Oiage. OSAGE. Ia., Sept. 22. A cyclone struck this place last night. Five houses were demolished and swept from their foundations. The residences of Loui3 Fonner, Patrick Lonegan, William Pry, William Herbert and Benjamin Kestern. with all outbuildings, barns and grain in stack and some stocks were destroyed. Valuable apple orchardä were uprooted. The roads are impassible. During the storm, which was by far the worst ever known in this section cf Iowa, hail fell for an hour. There is scarcely a house In the community with a whole window. A flood of rain fell and the streets were converted Into rivers. BISHOP SPAULDING REPLIES. The A. P. A. Article by IHwhop Keane In DIacuased. PEORIA, 111., Sept. 24. Bishop Spaulding today furnished the following written statement with reference to the severe criticisms passed upon his recent A. P. A. article in the North American Review by IMshop Keene and supposed to be Inspired by the .Vatican: "I havo read Bishop Keane's criticism on my article in the North American Review, and as it has not been disowned I must suppose it to be authentic. The important question is whether what I have published in the Review is true. A thing may be unfortunately true, and this is doubtless the bishop's meaning when he calls my article unfortunate. He says also that It Is untimely, but I fail to sue how this epithet can be applied in any right sense to the honest and dispassionate discussion of a subject which now attracts general attention, and i3 not without importance. If my very moderate expression of views on a question, which is actually before the public and which is of concern to both the church and the country is to be condemned as uu fortunate and til-timed, then natlonal discus-sion among cathoCics is no longer to be thought of and the catholic university Is but a pretense. If what is said of Cardinal Gibbons is true the least I can do, I suppose, is to regret that he should have to express his regret to the pope. Regrets, however, are idle and the manly and American thing to do is to confront me with arguments and not to attempt to frighten me with groaning?." A WIFE'S AFFECTIONS. Snlt I Drought to Recover $100,000 Dnmagrea. NEW YORK, Spt. 23. TheWorld will tomorrow say: "Otis S. Gage, formerly of Louisville, but now living in this city, is defendant in a suit to recover $100,000 damages for alienating the affections of Mrs. Cecil Flora McNeil. The plaintiff is George E. McNeil, who Is a conductor on the New York & New Haven railroad. Mr. McNeil is a railroad evangelist and is studying for the ministry. McNeill married Cecil Flora Courtwright of Oswego, Tioga county, eleven years ago. She was pretty, a graduate of Cornell university and her parents were wealthy. Mr. McNeill afterward settled In New York, where he met Col. Gage, and a strong friendship grew up between the Kentucklan and Mr. -Mc-NU, with the result that the colonel finally became a member of the McNeill household. Out of these relations grew a suit, begun si weeks ago in the court of common pleas by McNeill against Col. Ga.ge for JlöO.üüO for alienating his wife's affections. At the same time McNeill sur?d his wife for absolute divorce, naming Col. Gage as co-respondent. Co!. Gage and Mrs. McNeill have just served answers in the suits and 'both make general denials. LA PLATA GOLD DISTRICT. Milliona of Ton. of Vnlnnltle Ore in the nnker Contact. DENVER. Col., Sept. 24. J. II. Pender, who has just finished an examination of the La Plata gold district, near Durango, for an eastern syndicate, says the Baker contact, which is about to be worked on a large scale, is a body of gold bearing ore 700 feet thick and 2.000 feet long, with every indication of extending downward to a great depth. Mr. Pender says at a low estimate thexe are . in sight 7,000,000 or S.000,000 tons of ore that will average at least a ton. It is a free mill ore and the estimated cost of mining and milling is $1.40 a ton. This contact was discovered last fall by S. II. Baker, a lawyer, and is controlled by a company cf which D. II. Moffatt is president. Mr. Baker regards the La Plata region as the greatest mining district of the state. BRECKINRIDGE DEFEATED.. The Sllver-Tonsned Kenlneklnn Laid on the Shelf.

FRANKFORT, Ky., Sept. 22. Tha democratic committee of the Seventn Kentucky district met here today to canvass the vote of last Saturday's primary. Owens was declared the nominee by a plurality of 2Ö5. The committee read the certified vote of each county, as follows: BreckinCountles ridge. Owens. Settle. Woodford 6!'9 814 142 Bourbon 1,2Z 1.104 72 Fayette 1.974 1.769 475 Fr-mklln 1,002 1.518 Henry 8C3 3'JS C70 Oldham 24 40'J 2t!4 Owen 1,130 233 1,348 Scott 643 1,829 146 Total 7.819 8,074 3,406 Plurality f 255 .....

GARMENT WORKERS WIN.

IIOSTOV CONTRACTORS SIGN' THE STRIKERS AGREEMENT. The Victory an Important One for Lnlim The trlke Commlanlon to Meet In Washington Punishment for n Striker Other Labor Matters. BOSTON. Sept. 20. The ready-made clothing industry of this city was completely paralyzed today by a strike of operatives. At an early hour this morning a committee from the United garment workers' union, acting upon Instructions from the clothing trades district council No. 2, commenced th. war by calling out every operative, pressman and baster employed in the 250 shops here. By noon 2,000 were out and at the close of the day fully 3,500 clothing workers had Joined the strike. The issue of the strike is now clearly defined as being an endeavor to secure the abolition of the lumping and sweating system and the adoption of the week wage system and nine hours a day. Although the contractors favor the demands of the operators, they claim that a.s the wholesalers decline to grant anything their hands are tied. Both contractors and manufacturers are surprised at the completeness of the strike. It is expected by the trades council that in some shops a few operators would i'use to come out, but the do'ibtful ones were among, the first to leave and tonight It Is confidently asserted that not a contractor within a circuit of five miles can obtain an operator. Karly in the day a number of contractors had conferences with the committee of employes, and afterwards the contractors held a meeting lasting five hours. They decided that an effort should be made to Induce the manufacturers to increase thkir prices.and a committee wa3 appointed to draw a bill of prices in conformity with the demands of the employes and to present the same tomorrow morning. The strikers held a monster mass-meeting in Wells memorial hall this afternoon, and the sentiment of the meeting wis that no one should return to work under the old condition. This evening the clothing trades district council is drawing up agreements for the signatures of individual contractors, who have pledged themselves to accede to the demands of their employes, and who will also give bonds that they will abide by the agreement. A number of wholesale merchants were seen by the Associated Press reporter, and the general opinion was that the operators have struck Just at the right time, and the manufacturers will have to Increase their prices fully 40 per cent. BOSTON. Sept. 24. The striking garment workers gained their first victory this morning when eight s contractors signed the agreement proposed by the strikers and gave the requisite bonds. As a result nearly one thousand men and women returned to work. About twenty other contactors have signed the agreement. The clothing manufacturers held a full meeting this morning and discussed the situation. A resolution was adopted, the substance of Which was that the clothing manufacturers of this city stand ready and willing to pay prices equal to the wages paid in any city in the country. Strike of Cotton Worker. FALL RIVER. Mas3., Sept. 24. The strike situation is still practically unchanged. Tlie Durfee mills continue to run with a full complement of operatives, -while the Seaconnet is operating a few looms with non-union weavers. The strikers gather at the Seaconnet gates morning and night, but there has been no trouble. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 24. The sixth week of the strike of the cotton operatives in this city began, today with no chajaga in the situation. No signs of weakening are shown by either side. The Weavers' union has aided 700 families thus far. Severe runlahraent for Strtkera. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 24. Jdge Ros3 in the federal court this morning sentenced Galagher and Buchanan, American railway union strikers to eight months' imprisonment in the county jail and a fine of $500. The outcome of the trial has caused a sensation here. There are many other cases pending of similar nature. THE STHIKE COMMISSION-. It Will Meet In Washington Wednesday to Flulah Its Work. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. The United States strike commission, appointed by the president to investigate the recent Chicago labor troubles, adjourned its hearings from Chicago to Washington and the commission will meet In this city at the department of labor on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 11 o'clock, at which times, as announced at the close of the sessions in Chicago, the commission will be in readiness to receive In writing any suggestions whieh may be made relative to the solution of questions Involved in the late controversies. It will at that time also hear any parties who may desire to be heard relative to the facts involved, and the commission may, after a careful examination of the testimony which has already been taken, conclude to call further witnesses to supplement that which has been given on either side. BIG CAVE-IN IN KANSAS. tnrjie Portions of the Earth's Surface Are Sinking. WICHITA. Kas., Sept. 21. Land is caving in toward the center of the earth in the vlcnlty of the Junction of Hrvey, Butler and Marion counties in this state. Great excitement prevails among the people and many of them are getting away. There was no shock felt when the earth caved in, nor did it bear any resemblance to an earthquake. Near Whitewater, on the farm of Thomas Esslngton, an acrea of forty by ninety feet sunk to a depth of twenty-eight feet, and when a man was let down into the hola his weight alone sunk it nearly three fee; more. This occurred yesterday, and about the same moment an area of seventy-five feet pqua.re sunk at Plumgrave a depth of thirty-five feet. This was on the farm of Sid Jones, the sliding-in carrying in a threshing machina and separator with it. Water poured into the latter hole from under ground till it is filled nearly to the top; but the hole at Whitewater is still dry, though it is supposed that the eaved-in earth is resting upon a vast body of water. Both places are some seven or eight miles apart. At Anuelln. some miles from Whitewater, there were several small cave-ins, ranglng in depth from six to forty feet. The theories are various, but none of them bo far are scientific. Not Tong since a -man was digging a well In the vicinity of Plumgrave, and when he had reached a depth of twenty-six feet the drill shot into an apparent vacuum and could not be recovered. A1I the cave-Ins, great and small, extend in a crooked, stream-like course, a distance of about twenty-four miles.

FRIDAY PUNISHES THE ELKS.

Severn I. od icr-n So.prnilrcl for Holding Sunday Meetings. READING, Pa., Sept 24. As a result of a meeting: held here today by the grand officers of the Elks. Grand Exalted Ruler William II. Friday of Brooklyn this evening Issued a proclamation to all lodges In the United States reciting the dissensions in the order resulting In two grand lodge meetings in 1S94, at Jamestown. N. Y., and at Atlantic City. Exalted Ruler Friday says that by the decision of the courts the Jamo?trwn grand lodg? has been recognized a tne only legal body, and that in 1ST2 all lodges were directed to stop holding secular sessions, picnics, etc., on the Sablvath after Jan 1, 1S33. Certain lodges having refused to obey this order. Mr. Friday tonight suspended the charters of the following lodges: New York, No. 1; Philadelphia, No. 2: Baltimore, No. 7: Boston, No. 10; Washington. No. 15; Denver, Col., No. 17, and Norfolk, No. SS, for holding Sunday meetings, and the Baltimore lodge is susndid for ht.ldic.g a Sunday picnic which memlers o' the above lodges attended. This action is severely denounced by Mr. Friday and he orders that the above lodges be prohibited from meeting as Elks. Seven or more law-abiding members of the above lodges may reorganize, however, upon pro;er application. MORTON FOR GOVERNOR. The Ex-Vlce-PreIdent oniinnted by !Vew York Repnblicam, SARATOGA, N". Y., Sept. 18. The republican state convention met today and Warner Miller was permanent chairman. The edict of Thomas C. Piatt had one forth that ex-Vice-President Morton must be nominated for governor and his name was presented by (Jen. Ii. F. Tracy. Col. Baxter placed in nomination J. Sloat Fassett and the name of Stewart L. Woodford was also presented. The first and only ballot resulted: Morton, 632 Vi; Falsett, 69; Woodford, 40; Butterfiel J. 29; Russell. 20; Bliss. 404, and Arkell, 19. At 12:20 a, m. Charles T. Saxton was nominated for lieutenant-governor on the first ballot. At 1:55 a. m. Judge Halght was nominated for Judge of the court of -.ppoals on the second ballot. The convention adjourned sine die at 2:10 a, m. The platform denounces the state democratic administration for extravagance and arraigns the president and the chairman of the wavs and means committee for their alleged war on the protected industries of the country. The northern democratic congressmen are scored for permitting southern members to "rule" things. ' WILL COLLECT THE TAX, Cant. BlnekwcII Determined to Do or Die. STURGIS, Ky., Sept. 24. Affairs at Caseyvil'.e and Lind ell, the tax precinct.-, are drawing to a. crisis. The people are up in arms and ready for Capt. Blackwell, who is at Uniontown ready to march, having organized his forces and received his copy of the tax books. Great excitement prevails and blwdsh-l is expected in the first attempt made to collect the tax. Capt. Blackwell has been visited by several ministers of the Christian church urging him to desist, but he refuses on the ground that five other men offered to collect the tax. ANXIOUS T0"SH0VETHE QUEER." Arrest of Two Xnraerymen Who Reaponded tö Circulars. NEW YORK, Sept. 24. Leo Wedenreiter and Henry SchwJoman, two nurserymen of Danvers, 111., came here in response to a green-goods circular, and who were locked up in the house of detention a-s witnesses against Henry LMuementhal, the operator of the scheme, were released from custody today. When they were arrested they had about $1,000 in cash. They learned whlta detained that by depasiting J250 each they would be released, and today this amount was pla.eed in the hands of the city chamberlain. They will remain here until the case is tried.

Kfjj Dr. Price's Cream W iViM Baking Powder VW-l -feilest Honors Awarded M'JJ by the World's Colutn- ImJ tiara Exposition, Jl'jf '

World's Fair HIGHEST MEDAL avarded to Drc Price's Cream Baking; Powder J1 . The highest award tv.--i3 riven cn every claim, comprising superiority in leavening pccr, keeping properties, purity and excellence. This verdict has bet-j. given by the best jury ever assembled for such apurpore, backed by the recommendation of the Chief Chemist of the United States Department ei Agriculture, Washington, D. C, who made an elaborate examination and test cf all the baking powders. Thi3 r. pre-eminently the highest authority on such matters ia America. I c This verdict conclusively settles tlie question ancl proves that Dr. Price's , Cream Baking Povder is wiiperior ia every way to any other brand. Note. The Chief Chemist rejected the Aluia baking powders, staticg to the World's Fair jury that he considered them unwholesome.

E TO TRIAL, Secretary Myers Opens Hi3 Batteries at Auburn. Arrairjnmentof the Repub- , lican Party and Policy. STEP THIS WAY, MR. OWEN. That Peru Speech and th Salt Quastion. All the Issues of the Day Fully Discussed. The Itepnbllran Party nnd It Lnfl Record How It Bankrupted th Treaanry The Force Mill Over Lnulod Tariff Reform Free Lumber Free II Idea Free Wool The Oni look for Democratic Victory; 4 Xovember. AUBURN, Sept. 20. Special Capt. Wiilinm It. Myers, democratic candidate for secretary of state, began his canvasj of Indiana today in this city to a larg and attentive audienv. Upon being la trjductd Mr. Myers said: Fellow-Citizens The campaign In Indiana for 1804 is now on in earnest. The national democratic party as ever, defiant in its attitude, boastful or its history, proud of its principles, aggressive in its policy, seeking always to promote the prosperity of the masses, reviews its history without apology, and while makln no claim cf Infallibility, asserts with becoming positiveness that, from first ta last, Its patriotic purposes Lave received the unqualified indorsement of the American eople. It was a favorite remark of the lamented Lincoln thtt the American people wera given to "wabbling." but, however much they might "wabVie." they would eventually "wabble" right. Lincoln was a profound student of human nature and of the American people. He was in many regards a prophet. He believed in the final triumph of common sen.-e, and I d.-tm it worth while to refer to a few l.istorinl f u-ts conclusively demonstrating the pi--s. i--nce of the martyr president. I do tl,is because, from the center to the circumference of the republic, there are a large number of "billy g -ats" who (in previous campaigns hare demolished th-ir h'-tds and r.oma bp butting the democratic party) are now vigorously using their tails in the hope of winning the prize of power, and, from reports that are g lng the rounds of the republican press. I conclude that my distinguished competitor, the Hon. V.". D. Owen, is all aflame with the idei that his attacks up n the grand old democratic party are specially effective. In conducting the campaign now on and daily gathering imietus. our republican friends of stump and press deem it both strategic and tactical to play Chinaman and rmbard the democratic party with "stink pot?." which constitute tha principal part of their campaign ammunition. These republican exploiters of knowledge and of history are as boastful of their vision as was the potato when it said to the bug: "Just look at my eyes and see me wink." Glorying in the phosphorescent luminosity of their oratory, they emulate the iire-fiy when it asked the comet "to contemplate its tall." The republican stumpers flash their search lights and Imagine they have annihilated the democratic party. They have little conception of democratic principles and ignore the grandeur c-f the history of the democratic part . From time to time it becomes the duty.

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