Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 40, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 June 1897 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

JUNE .37. t"

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SrxsToK Siirn.f New Jersey, on the 1st. made emphatic denial. n the foor of tin- senate, of the newspaper report thai he had speculated in ugar stocks, which ww repeated ly Senator Tillman.

Tmk supreme court of Ohio, on the Sd. dec'arcd unconstitutional the law passe.t ast winter w bich euilsidicd tinTor reus system of recording land t.t.s. Th law It similar to that of Illinois.

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Faimkk throughout the Tnitcd States during the week ended n the ttth,M reported by R.CL Hun .v ftt.ntn '.'14. against ".. for the corresponding n u lust yt-itr. Kor Canada the failares were Ml against H last year.

I UK HEXT TOI'ICS. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

AN application was made. on the -th. to Judge 1 learwater. at Kingston H . to commit Ja. Myer to an insane asvlum. Myer s delusion is that he is the homeliest man in the world, and he threatens suicide in consequence.

ipsrU.I ulon. Is the senate-, on the SWti. Mr Mills Tx secured t. niilorati.n f joint resolution u-u:-:lie secretary of war to issue ration for li.e r-!i.-f i f 1t1M1i .tr rv.n m the districts eWTBtiwed by the Ki- i.mn.le near Kl 1'" Tt- an I alr. pri.c in,- l"lo for the purpose, Wim h was passed. The tariff HH was then t uken up and its eonside ration occutatwl the reuiain.l-r of the -ssioD Th- house was nut in session.

: la the senate, on the Slt no l:wn-' in Till: general situation in Manchester, t.,;.,a . adjournment being ukea

Lngiand. continues ren- tu l.with very

litt.e doing and price ruinous in all directions. Machinery will he stopped universally during the Whitsuntide holidays, which will be protracted a long as possible. ilOTIU killing frost was experienced throughout the state of Wisconsin, t in Um night of the :Ust, and sniail fruits and vegetables buffered se vercly. Suow fell in the extreme northern p rtioti .f the state aud iu northern Michigan.

lr was semi officially announced, on the ,'d. that the republicans had decided, in accordance with the wishes 0f the administration, tliat they wouid attempt to pass a currency reform measure as soon as the tariff question asus out of the way.

KT. W, l'i:.tE, who foumlcd the first aaiaaloa at live Points. New York city. aiKut 18 years ago, died in Ashevilie. X. C. on the .1st. aged It, He wa always active in philanthropic work, and had established a nutuU-r of achoois for white aud colored children in the south.

oat at ri'-iie. : for IVe..rat. n tin In the hoie. ifl-r a K-miuute in the tiouv li journ-d to aüovw :t m rut-T U vjr: . .pate in ! Mriiiurial day exereiae. ja the aaaatav m the tr. J..hn L Meljiurin. who sun et. Is the late Senator Karle, of South I t'arolina. was sworn in. The tariff tuH was ; Ukea up anil its cons'.. l.-ruuou occupied i the remain 1' r of the .p n s s.ou A hört I executive seM n wa- h.-ii. s4Kn aftr which i the senate al, unnst In the b use the , adopt ton of the conteren je report on the sundrjr en ll appr pr;.i-. 'iii d a w U: principal bus.ae-.trausA.-t.sl th- ui-m of the w-iun twirnr taUen up by a lively discussion of the 1 policy of pvacr Kcd a ad the republican ma- : jonty. IX the senate, on the 3d. Mr. Tillman secured the adoption of a resolution direct lua the judiciary committee to inquire inu the resent dei ttaton atraiast the South t aroltua dts. a- ir law. with a view to PSfJOrttat such lr.-:-lation , as iaik.'ht be le-,rabie to u tue :he täte to j r'kulate the liquor traffic In its own way. The tar.rt biil a then taken up aud Us c nsiderai tion occupied the remainder of the session, i Much prvn--. was made. on--half of the lm- ! portaai UeUl st hedule b. int completed The house ki. Uot 1:1 -s t In the senate, on the 3rd. after the usual exI clteinn" debate precipitatevl by Senator Tillj man. eon-idoration of the tariff bUl was r ' suuied. and ten patres of the metal seheJuoWrre covered la tbe bouse set-ral bilN Wir-' passed by unanim-u consent amonr them on-t-mako tb' li.WU unexpended balance of the Mississippi flo.l- of ihesiill-r-rs fund avaii- ! able for the K'. l'i iTex i flood sufferers.

Thf. Pennsylvania railroad has issued an order that in future Aogl will be carried a passenirers' baijyatfe. Hitherto the expreas rumpanies having the contracts with the various railniad companies have claimed the rijfht to carry dijfs at express ratev tiiat ia, double the ordinary rates.

The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the iv-.-k eti-h'd on the U'.'th showed the folluwinjf changes: Kescrve. increase. $01T, lnf; loans, increase. t:'..V7,tlt; specie, iu-cn-ase. 8n: "O0, legal tender, increase. 0o. Odu. deposits, increase, H.b-ts.tjuo circulation, decrease. tTft.SOO.

SajoaTTLI after BOOt, m the 31st. aeismic disturbances were felt throughout many of the eastern and sjuthern atates. At many points the ah inks were very slight, but at others they were so severe as to drive people from their houses in fear. No serious daiuajrc was reported from any quarter.

PKr.HlUfcM I). I. WoopM sKF. atli. Secretary M. J. Howling have issucu a call for the tenth annual convention of tue National Kepuldiean league to me. tat m-troit. Mich.. July IS, Kah state and In i .torial leapueis ent itled to four delegates from each congressional district aud s, delegates at-large. Tmk sultan of Turkey has withdrawn his objection to the apiHiint me lit of James li. Angcll as envoy ex Inordinary an 1 minister pleitipotcu tiary of the l uited States at oiistantinople. Httcial word to that effect was received by able, on the Jd. by Soctetary heruian from Minister 'lerrelL m Civ 111 it At., just rct'trned to Mulrid from the island of uba. has had an int.-rview with the minister of war. Oca. A.cacarra, in the course of which the minister was told that the pmlaagatiou of the re In-, lion in tuba was only due to the assistance which the iti- iTv. nts r"- from tiie Lulled States.

A sin ia;. from Havana, on the :id aaiil. The food war has Ix-pun in Havana. In Anton Itecio street, on May Sil, four :;all shopkeepers were niurwlered most brutally, one being decapitated, and the skulls of the othcra crushed with a hau.ajier. The moneywas left in the tills. The crime were committed for food.

Or.. O. O. How ahI) presided at th isecotitl session of the Congregational lloiu' Missionary society's sevi-uty-lirst anniversary in Saratoga, N. Y.. on the M There was an extended general liscussion relative to the financial condition of the society. which bad Is en considerably affected by the business depression during the year.

Tiir. official report of the disaster at the cathedral in Pisa. Italy, on the Ria, upon the occasion of the unveiling of an image of the Virgin, when a caudle fell, setting tire to the building and causing a pani shows that nine jM-rson s wc-e killed and -M others aeriouslr injured. Most of the victim Were w mien and ail of them resident of I'l-a.

th- Utk Ambassador Porter, former Vice President Mevcuson Senator Woh-ott, (len. Paine, Retiring Coasul tieneral Mow Henry Viguauui and Theiwlore Manton, honorary secretary of the American Pnirersitv Dinner club of Paris, with a number of the club and embassy and consulate officials, went to the tvtnb of Lafayette and pi a- ! thereon a magniticeut wreath and other floral decorations.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Mi 'Kaie measures hare been las n to preserve order in Athens. Resides the police and gendarmes, a civil guard has been selected from tbe most trusted inhabitants. A PQUMDM ed at the I nioii house a Montpelier, Vt.. closed automatically, during the. uight of the Mfc, while Harry Kendall, aged A4, was asleep in iL lie was dead when taken out. either from asphyxiation or heart failure induced by fright. Memorial, services were held, on the 30th, at the cottage at Mount McGregor where tien. tirant did. There was a large gathering from Saratoga. N. Y.. and surrounding towns and a lavish display of flora! offerings. Maj.-I'Iv V - . A. Mil Ks arrived, on the t'nh, at Lamia, visited th tireek lines and subsequently lunched with frown Prince Constantine. Dlsi'AK Ii s from Lamia, oi the -Vth. report f'rwanl movements of a suspi. us character ty the Turks. W.TH fully MH pleasure seekers uu boa ru. the three-decked excursion steaint'tat Paul Kock drove on a shoal near Peutield lighthouse, in Long island sairid. on tin- :tOtb. and ttMk fire. Nt .tli rare presence of mind a passenger prevente.l a panic and led a small parwv of card players to tiht the flames, which were extinguished before the oxcursionista were aware of their danger. Kil l fnsi visited many portions of Iowa, on the i.ight of the Mtla. Tlir oue htm Ire. 1 and first utuiiver-

sary of the admiss;. n of fattataM lata ÜM Union was appropriately celebrated at the Teunevsee t eutenuial exposition on the lstUk. Jamkh II. on.u of Anu Arbor, "ich., says '1 urkey is now discussing his acceptability as American minister, j Dr. Angell has for years l-eU chairman of the American lxard of foreign missions, whose work in Turkey lias not been carried on to the satisfaction of t):e sultan. The Jarvis bill passed at the last session of the Tennessee state legislature, after oue of the hardest fought legal battles in th history of the state has U-en held to be constitutional by the state supreme court. This bill will save the people of the state about MyHMM a year in office-holders" fees. A mn named Rossi, a discharged

staoie nana in the Vatican at Koine, on the 1st. attempted to kill Commander Martiuucci. of the uiBjor domo's office, through whom he had lost his place. Thinking he had killed his victim at tbe first ahot, Rossi shot himself through the head and will die. 1 he commander will also die. A iMHi ATi h from Washington, on tha 1st. said that it was understood that Hi.- president had fully decided upon Ellis H. Roberts, of New York, for I ni ted stab s treasurer, and that his io. in. nation would kt wot to tbe senate in a day or two. Mr. Roberts at oue time was assistant treasurer at New York. Ja MF Ronr.KTft, wife and three children were killed by an Illinois Central passenger train at Alma 111., on tbe 1st. Thev were in a w agon, aud attempted to eriss the tra k. w ben tha wagon was struck by ti.e hssimotir and all the occupant were instantly killed. JlTMiK i.K'.ss, i i- of the federal court, on the 1st. upheld the liability of '.be city of Chicago for dam iges t,, railroad property by reason of the strike of s-.4. la l. LfrKiN. of Sa rainento. tab, aged T.. and Mrs. A. L Lufkin. 77. were married in Hartford, t onn, on the 1st. by Rev. W . W. Kanny I he bride was the widow of the bridegroom's brother.

Tur. house of representatives, on tha 1st .agreed to the conference re(.rt ou the sundry civil appropriations bill. lx th" case of John L s-arb v the sugar trust witness, on tr.a. .u Washington. Judu'e Rra ilex , on the IsL ordere! the jury to bring ia a verdict of aopiitlal. A tv.s percent. t-ut m wages, affecV ni' . men not under the amalgamated scale, w as ordered at Jones a Laughlin's American iron wort at Pittsburgh. Pa., on the 1st. As a result the open bear lb workers and some other employes iu all alsut Mt persons, refiiM'.l t. go to work. s,i i nit Hkaiii. one of the popular bathing rcsortsi n the tireat Salt lake. I th. aw as officially op ened on the 1st. Numerous trains wrre run from Salt Laket ity throughout the day, and thousands of people visited the beach. Ahokimv. to mail adriecs. retvieed on the -L another crisis is precipitated iu Coreati affairs by tbe action of Kussis in virtually forcing the acocptuu.-c of her officers as instructors after the cabinet had decided to attandou the proposal. All the ministers, who had opinis i ine scheme, tendered their resignations. KiHiAK H AKKis. an insane letter carrier at Raltimore. Md.. :-J ycarsof age. shot autl killed his '..'-year-old son ticorge ami his young daughter Ada wounded his daughter Klla. aged 14, on the 3d. and then turntd the pisUd on himself. He was taken, at the is.iut of death, to the Johns Hopkins hospital. The Princess Troubetkoy. formerly A me lie Kiv s i hauler, and known all over the world under her maiden name of Arne lie Rives, as the authoress ..1 "The tjuick or the IK-ad." is a patient in - 'orivate sanitarium in Philadelphia, suffering from nervous prostration. The statement of the eoudition id the tr. usury, on the 3d, showed: Avail able cash balance s -: .:' ir: gold txscrve. 8 144. Ms. U 4. The annua! meeting of the Ri-mctal-lic league was opened in Manchester England, on tiie .'d. There was a large attendance, including over fifty delegates from labr assH-iations. Th. lonl mayor of Manchester presided aud welcomed the delegates. WaUl the directors of the First na tionai bank of m.ver. DsL, were in scv sion. on the 1. exaimuiug tiie a'count! of Wm. N. lUn-'irs the paying teller, who had Wen in their employ for 1! years, they received a letter from him saying he was y.s.uoo short aud had left town. Tin. l.Vyear-old son of L. Schwartz of i reeii. Ia.. while attempting, on the 3d. to unload a gun. discharged the weapon, killing his two sisters. The bullet passed through the neck ot one sister and struck tbe other just alx.ve tbe heart. In the French chamber of deputies, on the ''. Karou des Rotours, pro tec tionist deputy, representing tbe Foartt district of Lille, submitted a motion to raise the duties on American producta if the I'nited States fixes prohibitive duties on F rench products. The legislative assembly of Caps Colony has unanimously adopted a proposal to contribute toward the maintenance of the imperial navy. The new armored cruiser Brooklyn sailed for Kngland. on the :td. U par ticipate in the queen's jubilee celebration to take place this month. smi Kl. L. Post died m the floor of the New York stock exchange on the ''I. He was seized with heart disease aud succumbed iu a few minutes. He had lieen a member of the exchange since lsf.:',. LATE NEWS ITEM& In the senate, ou the 4th. spceV

making occupied so much of the time , that but little progress was made oa tin tariff bill. Consideration of the Meta! ' schedule was completed and the first ' item of the wood schedule was taken up but not finished. Mr. Mantel V -it. made a plea for increased pr i- ! teetion for the woolgrower. and Mr Untier iN. GL) spoke in favor of an income tax The house was not in ) session. Notwithüt tMiiüo their first Uaadt v pulse by the militia, the mob at l"rbana. Q., rallied, on the 4th. Ieat dow n the doors of the jail and took the asant of Mr. tiaumer from his cell ; ami handed him to a tree in the jail j yard. Owing to the angry fee. ine "f the populace, the sherif and the captain of the militia comoanv which did the shooting fled the town for safety. Cham es II. Ja k n. a room matf Teller .si ban of tbe tiemian-Amer-

MH tiank of st. I'au.. Minn., has explained the disappea ranee of !'.. ton from the bank. He says schau passes! the money to him in a lot of scrap paper, schau has also confessed to the theft of a large additional amount of money from the bank. The federal grand jury at Seattle. Wash., brought in a batch of 1 indictments, on the 4th. against men accus.-.) j of selling liquor to the Indians of the Yakimo reservation. All save three ; pleaded truilty and were sentenced to the penitentiary for terms ranging I from w days to one year. M ii ii so STALKY, a w.-a'.thy stockman of Kansas City. Mo., aired .V. died, on the night of the :Ul. from injuries received in Wing run dow n by a bicycle ridden by Nelson J. Stevens, an insurance agent. Mr. Stevens surrendered to the . '.ice. but was released. Ex-Pkf.iiu n r i :vn.Nn has de dined to tt arbitrator for the Vene1 r.uelan Uiundary dispute. Mr. Cleveland wrote an aubvraphic letter to Pres. dent Crespo, declining on the

? round that his xwsition as ex-presi dent made it unwise for him to accept. A l the morning session of the Aracr ican Medical association in Philadelphia, on the 4th.. Ik-nver. t"il was sc lected as the next place of meeting, an 1 lb lieorge M. St. inlsojf. (f Wash iugton. w as . hoso- nr. sntent of the as ssiation Jons . Fostkr. forrmrly secretary if state, and now ambriasador on a . , f f . . i a .

sts-cisi mission o r,n;sni an.i mis sis. has received and declined an offer of appointment as ambassador to I Spin.

LN1HAYA STATK NKWS.

An; Ba-sa a.. msters arc pleading fm t curfew ordinance. Loa B ai ix. aged 15 years, lost both arms under a freight tra.n at A uderson Thr corner stone of tbe new Catho lic ciiurcn st Rushviila was laid tbe Other day. 1 iMM a is being bought at Kokomo for shipment to Kngland, to be used in construction of navy vessels Hkskv Caktek, a reckless young man. fell down a stairway in a qui st.. nable bou t at Indianapolis and was killed. W L- PtNrinn. ju-lge of tha He Kalb circuit c urt. has accepted the tender of the ffice of solicitor for the stste department at Washington made by the president through Senator Fairbanks. The position pays $S öoo year. Judge Pen field nas five years to s, rve on the bench, snd was not know n to be an applicant for any federal of. fice. Gov. Mount will appoint h.s successor soon. Jiih.e Chase. Logansport, haa declared the new garnishee law invalid. Levy Finn. Weilsboro business man. poisoned himself through de spondency. CiEokok W. Yonia the Craw fords viile man who refused a pension, has been adjudgoi iusane. 1 he other afternoon L H Wagoner rushed into his bouse at Twenty-second street. Marion, and without warnn' opened fire on his wife. He fired two shots at her. one taking effect in her left breast and the otuer in her le:t upper arm. Wagoner tnen hatd the revolver to bis right ear and blazed away, and the second bullet fired lodged iu bis jsw. W agoner was taken to jail and his wife to the hospital. W agoner's injuries arc not considered dangerous, but his wife may die. Jealousy was the cause of the act. lseitber would make any statement. Daisy ü flimiim is under arrest at Shelbyville for marrying without getting a divorce from her lirat husband. Anne Hklmc. aged 20. an inmate of the Home for the Friendless at Richmond, set fire to her c'.o'.bing aud was fatally burned 1 He State national bank at Igansport looted of $1.0,000 by John J. Johnson, now in the Columbus i penitentiary, will be reorganized. Two young women secured a parole for John Russell, a convict in the state prison. His father was dying. The young women pledged themselves that tbey would return Russell to prison. Pastor E. s. (iarmnkk. of the First Ilaptist church. Franklin, has been exonerated by a ministerial committee, composed of Rev C. A. Hare. Ree. C W. Dobbs. Rct. R. E. Neighbor, Ik-scon Alexander snallcuberger and Ivacon W. S. lhompson. Jacob MtsiiRt sh agel V5. was fatally hurt at tbe Chicago sewer pipe works, in Rrazil, the other day. He was oiling the shsfting when bis cloth ing caught in the machinery and he was hurled to the ground, injuring him internally Jt hoe Rlack, of Indianapolis, delivered the Memorial day address at Hartford City. Ki.mer PiiK f. of brazil, won tbe time-prize bicycle race at Indianapolis, doing tbe course. 13 35 miles, in 36:M. The race won by Harry o-don in S7:5V from five men start he road was bad. and the time-prize winner performed a great feat Too M ant green gooseberries caused the death of Can it Lay. 11 years old, son of Robert Lay. in south Franklin. His death was due to acute appendicitis The plants hail been sprinkled with parts gfaaa; but it is not thoaght death was due to the effect of the poison. The Memorial day address at tireenlawn cemetery, in Franklin, was by Rev. (ieo. Smih. C Y. W ii r i . a Muncie carpenter, the other night fell from a new bui.ding being erected for the Muncie Wheel Co. and received injuries that will prove fatal. At Spencer. Milton R'.edsoe. a saloon-keeper, committed suicide the other morn in tr by shoot. ng h' nisei f. At Muncie the big factories and mi. Is closed and business was suspend el from noon until 6 o'clock during the Memorisl day exercises. Addresses were made at the Walnut Street Opera house by Hon. Joseph ii. Leffler and Rev. W. H. xtoby. In the rnarrn to tha cemetery J0o old soldiers took part. Li hanoV" a.inual horse show was held a few days ago. Ten thousand

penp.e were in attendance. In 15 classes there were nearly 300 entries Horses were entered from six counties About 8400 ia prizes was awarded. Prof G F. Kenastox. of Mankato, Mich , has been elected super :- tendent of the public schools at Craw fordsville at a salary of 81.500 Job? J. Jonxsow. late rresident and cashier of the State National bank of Logansport, was sentenced to ten years in the Ohio state penitentiary at 10 o'clock the other morning, by Judge Baker, of the United States sonrt for the district of Indiana. There was no sensation, and Johnson received the words of the judge with out a tremor, snd Mrs. Johnson who was present in the court room, listened to tbe evidence without emotion Ry counting off good time Johnson will have to serve about aeven yesrv Johnson pleaded guilty to indictments charging him with wrecking tbe Locans'inrt bank. The post office at Tacoroa, Orant county, will be discontinued after May 3L I hi sinrvT JoiixsTojf. of the wrecked State national lank of lagans port, squandered the stolen fnads in speculation, losing large sums in phosphates, in gas and oil leases, in wheat deals and in Colorado and Wyoming mines Rktce SsTi.rR. living with his pa rents in Steuben county, w as drowned In Hamilton lake, northwest of W aterloo Young Styder. with companions, wss rowing on the Iske. snd while eating a boiled egg he sudden lr choked aad fell overboard.

MOB LAW IN OHIO.

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The W.ooi.le.l. John Wank of frtisna shot In the hip: fs ! tab.T "ni.'.' Ir Mi Th uips..!. of North Uvl Suru. I shot in the hel. IS-nnis i.ranrw. of Crtsoia tet In the rirht ft ..' aststaa s PaataM artaWealtM attorney of i Crtsuia shot in the bin tins W.-s;e- of I'ro.iu shot ih th'- face. Win Elliot! superintendent of the electric llirht plant of Cristas, fc.it In the fa.-e Kay lu kers..n of Cah.e shot in lh' sboul der Wm Nis'lure. .f I'rliana i :. ;(.. .hiu. Jani.-s lb. wen of t'at.Ie shot m th.- left tna

1... i irjn. ofl'ri.n.,1 shot in the irroia I m vn v. O. June 4. W ith threaten

ing vt'lieson the street, and about the public s4tiare ail night it i:ts 1:M a. uu whea the first attack of the citizen was made on the jail and tiie military began tiring Over It shots were ' poured into tiie crowd and the mob w as repulsed with deadly results, leaving two killed and ten woiiud-d. Most of the wounded persons were iuuoceut spectators, beyond the lines of the mob. kil ami Raker were killed instantly aud when their bodies were picked up in the courthouse s.iiari' it made the crowd furious. After the dead and w ounde 1 were cared for the .row d rallied. It was daylight soon after 4 a. in. nl the streets were crowded with workiug men au.t others long before x. m. Kvervlxslv in the city was out when the I i iii hi ni; in riimiil.atad in the bright day liirht no masks were worn. The local militia had tieen on duty twre nig'.ts. and they did the shooting. Dev. Hush nc 11 had been asked for more troops durinif tbe night, and iK-fon- 7 i m. a isnupauy frmu Jspringtield arrived. Just then the local company was withdrawn from tbe jail. ! Mayor l.anaon met the Sprintield ompauy w-n route from the depot and sent thes troops back, saying they w c re not wanted. The mob. seeing the way open, then secured a large sledge hammer and broke for the jail. The hammer was not needed, as sheriff McLain delivered the kers and

the crowd soon found Mitchell's eel 1. Throwing a rope over Mitchell's head, he was il ragged out, receiving some kicks and blows. When the outer loor was resched the noose slipped off. and Jsyivester Zimmermen tied it so securely as to receive the cheers of the ' crowd. The rope was thrown over one of the ' limbs of a tree in the courthouse yard, Mitchell w a jerked up until bis bead , struck the limb and his neck was broken, and then his Imdy dropped U. the ground. 1 be crowd repeated the jerking several times until they were sure he nan dead. While the body of I Mitchell was lying on the ground bun , ireds crowded aliotit to see it. The colored people weie greatly et- ' cited. They had previously met and adopted resolutions for the punishment of Mitchell, but many of them talked about him being not guilty. Women and children, as well as a nultitude of men. witnevsed the lynching. There was no attempt at disguise or secrecy. Tbe asseinblatre in the public vpiarc j was as open as any public meeting that ' had ever lieen held in that place. The local militia company feeling the overwhelming public feeling ngainst thciu. J offered no resistance when the mob entered the jail or when the lynching was g mi on. aud the Springfield ! company had lieen countermarched to ' the depoL An hour or more after the lynching Mitchell's hatte was pi.ke.t up and : placed in a roasjfk coffin, but still left underfill- tree, when hundreds of peo- ( pie continued to view it. The wretch died without a struggle, ss his neck was evidently broken by the first jerk. 4iov. Itushnell arrived here to-night to investigate the troubles and especially the action of the troops. While tile I'rbana . ...np.iny is owrw helui. d with local sentiment atrainst their action, they an- also liable for abandoning their jiost of duty. apt. Leonard withdrew the guards about 7 a. m. and the Springfield company Uxik order from the mayor instead of the sheriff when tbey turned back from the court ' house. 0M itushnell was attending an en encampment at Wooster last night, and was met by a delegation from here on his return to Columbus this after

noon. I hese citizens irout t rnana asked for the protection by troops of Sheriff McLain. against whose life throats have been fn-ely made during the afternoon, and if be were here tonight it is believed that there would

be trouble again. It is learned to-night that Sheriff i McLain and t apt, Leonard left this I afternoon st the request of citizens ! who feared thev were iu danger of vio

lenee to-nigliL They took supper at Jspringtield snd left st 7::0 on the Rig Four es press for Cincinnati, but would not tell where they were going. After the fatalities of the night it is known that Sheriff McLain and ( apt. Leonard decided br daylight Hier need he no more shooting. AN IMPORTANT DtCISlON. sulno. r. .1 Lands the Property of Ihw siatw. t iit ak. June -.lu ige tiibbons yesterday decided the rav of the attorney-general f Illinois against Ales. IT U v.dl. involving the right of the owner of pmperty on the lake shore to -ec aim subi u rged land. Judge Si'abojs decide I that the submerged Is i Is ne the property of the state, and hf sustains the act of the legislatur of !"'.- giving the Lincoln I'ark com m ssioners control of such lands for park purposes.

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DUN'S COMMERCIAL REPqrt

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i o. s weekly review of trade, isN,, lay. says:

T he stutciiicut of failures ,i, brannhea of business gives mn couragciiient. iu amount of defa , . liabilities the mouth wus tin- vN, since Si-pteinbcr. ls;:,; i Baauufa ing liabilities the sinuliesi , N veinbcr. lsö, rid in truding ti s. the smallest since BepteBBtM . , -np the last month, since (flat, ures of general stores have uH . small iu any month as Ma. In only two mouths out nj have there Ih-cu sinaller fa ii Ixioks and hats. oni, in groceries and not one tradn, , in that mouth has reported f.,; larger than in the half the prx months, though in furniture, f.. are rather numerous. In , manufacture the failures wen f, ing less than ail but four mouths ..in ,,f thirty-six. less than but five iu chemicals six in woolell goods, s. v. n nun liinery, lumber and mis, . IsHcoui lliaiiufa.-turcs.lllld ece-ied the HI only ituroii and cot ton gMds a n. : . , ciiware, owing to a few (ailnrvw .,i exceptional siz-. Nobody cm miatalra tin oseauii i such returns. The statement that, except for the

temporary depression in pri volume of business transacte I

larger than it was iu ly-;, the ,. nr ..f greatest prospi-rity. has been ti.uud by some. I tut u coinparis.il ,,f prices this week in the leodituj branches of ma B u f act u re not Ofllj tirms the view, but shows r.--murkable similarity to the i-cn . .,f prices in the earlier months of !;.!, when tlw most wonderful a lv a-,. , u production and prices ever Uii..h in this or any other cou w as close at hand. The tt j the situation is the exci prmluction of some ginnls in a.: , of an exM-cted increase- in .Ionian ; - , in Is7'.'. cousiimpt ion gradiiallv gl netl in. .nth by mouth, until saddenl in found that the demand was gn r i than the possible supply. All kuua how prices tiien lidyiuiccd an I most marvelous progress in tin- hi of any country resulted within v. ars. Reports from all parts ol ' country now show that retail d is tri ha

tion of products is unusually larg.- a:, increasing. There is no improv. no it

in the market for farm producta t ottou is not higher: und tht tielief that the next crop will be I .ii spite of the floods, is general eh the demand for goods does not cht althougii in this country it is inrg enough to keep the market for BoS goods steady. Nor is there an. factory demand for woolen g Is. aiu: the sales of wiKil for the wees 1 1 ,t v . been only l,ltlwMI pounds and for Its. weeks v4. till. 400. against M,S0O,1M il the Corresponding weeks of lsy. I . transactions greatly exceed the demand of the mills, alt hough thev art larger of late, because miiiuifactureri of woolen go. .. Is have steadily increasing orders. The iron industry is apparentlv e paudiug production, und is ecrt.i.na getting larger contracts, in part be cause of very low prioes. one cent i.e ing made for lieaius. Hesse m'r pig ii stronger, and gray forge a kl weaker under pressure of southed anxiety to sell. The rail mills nr. all full, the Illinois steel ! orders for a railway and in I urea; and there is better demand for plates and aheeti m from makers of agriculture men is at Chicago for bars. (Miiputenfi of iron ore from luluth far v those of any previous year. Itn Minnesota Iron Coiiipuny and the 1 U aegis mines shipping over 100,410. each week. W bile the rod COO ' tion h.is not v t In ch formed, tat ion of it with a large demand hat

inlvaiiced prices of nails live en!

keg. Tin is very firm in spite of a v. supply of 14,491 Umsat tll.Maad th are Innre dealings iu cornier not a'-

1 1 cents for lake. Lead is in fan

maud at s. and tin plates un selling at "'. -o for full weight Am '' can. Crop prospects are so goo I that 111 rumors customary at this season i. no attention. It was stated a ago that along the northwestern road prospects were remarkably bright, highly favorable reports have ainci apH-arvd from Kansas and from I e Tailur. s for the week have MCC 1 in the I'uiUd States, against M lust year, and II in Canada against II iaa( year.

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A GRAND JURY'S DILEMMA. Kefuned (rru to KflMirll Nrees.srv Ml Ihr Performance "f Their IHily. Minni urd is. Minn.. WM TT grand jury's investigation of the affairs of the failed banks with a view to indicting derelict officials has led t a very unusual dilemma. The jury found it needed the reports of thstale bank examiner U the governor and sent to tMW. lough asking f'-r them. He refused to give tlicni up The jury then subpuMiacd him. H responded, but came without At reports and refused to furnish them. Yesterday the jury reported .Udtjcnma to the district court, w here the attttCI w ill h argucil cn banc. OREGON SEN A T0RSHIP. I fT.irt to IM-lM-e f th' " Senat r 4'oni mil I ' ' WASIMN..TOM. June :. The senate committee on privileges '"1 elections made an effort yesterdav In diP"se of the claim of Hon. II. W. Dorkt M ' acant senatorial seat from Oregon. .Senator Hoar moved a resolution the committee favorable to seating l OorbitX but Senator I Vitus called t tention to the 11 1 s. 1 1 . '. ' of d. .. senator, and ssked tl.nt I ht I .. aoaed until thci.-Nt aweU-P ibe co.i'mittcc. which was done.