Ligonier Banner., Volume 24, Number 8, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 June 1889 — Page 2

Che Ligonier Danner, LIGONIER, : : INDIANA. DR. AGNEW says a healthy woman can kill' herself in about a year by horseback riding. , sl

- Brrva A. LockwooD says: “We will inaugurate a woman ‘as President twenty-five years hence.” )

Tue death of General Harney leaves Colonel Hannibal Day, who entered the service as a cadet in 1819, at the head of the longevity list of the army.

Mrs. PERCY, wife of the captain of the American ship Standard, of Bath, Me,, is now making her twelfth voyage around Cape Horn on her husband’s vessel. e i

TrE Brooklyn bridge was six years old the other day. Since its opening 21,596,935 persons have walked across the structure and 125,138,694 -passengers have gone over on the cars. The total receipts have been $4,287,497.90. : ‘

THE old-fashioned summer games of “bull pen,” .“cat’” and ‘‘quoits’’ did not produce so many dislocated fingers and bunged eyes as the modern baseball, but the boys of the century got lots of fun out of them: They are all good, healthful games, and it might not be amiss to reintroduce them. |

Miss SUSANNA M. DUNKLEE, of Newton, Mass., the first woman to be a baitrk treasurer in the United States, with the help of a clerk now handles about $500,000 in money each year. In the fifteen years of her experience she has but twice taken in a counterteit bill—in each case a ten-dollar one.

THE mosaic memorial window for the Yale Library at New Haven, the gift of the late Simeon B. Chittenden, has been finished by Louis C. Tiffany. 1t is the largest piece of mosaic glass in the country. It will occupy the space between three windows and is 23 feet 4 inches wide by 5 feet 3 inches in height, and will be'9 feet above the floor. )

WASHINGTON received the degree of LI.D. from Harvard in 1776, from Yale in 1781, from the University of Pennsylvania and .from Brown in 1781. A greater scholastic distinction Btill was bestowed upon him in 1788, when, by a unanimous vote, he was designated the chancellor of the college of William and Mary, an office which he bore with pride until the day of his death. ] - e

Miss HELEN GLADSTONE, the daughter of the “Grand Old Man,” who has been at the head of the movement for the higher education of women for many years, and is the president of Wennham College, Cambridge, says that she is convinced that the ‘‘full cultivation of woman’s intellectual powers has no tendency to prevent them from properly discharging domestic duties.” - :

IN the criminal court at Birmingham, Ala., the other day Judge Greene sentenced Minnie Moses, a woman twenty-five years of age, to be hanged for highway robbery and attempt to murder an old woman peddler. The sentence of the judge was based on the verdict of the jury, who decided upon death. The remarkable part of the verdict is that the woman assaulted never died, but is living and. doing business in that city. ;

WHEN old men of this day were boys there were occasional complaints of missing fruit from the orchard, but they are beating that record these days down East, and will soon have to adopt the plan of bringing in the orchard at night. At Farmingdale, N. J., a man had a thrifty orchard entirely removed in a single night recently. He, however, took up the trail, and found his trees snugly cared for upon a farm many miles distant.

In 1849 Allen Hawks, of Cherrj; Creek, N. Y., left his wife and children to go to the California gold fields. Little was heard of him, and finally his wife died and his children e:ther died or were married. A few days ago Mrs. Joseph Brand, of Kingsbury, Ind.. Hawks’ only surviving heir, received word that her father was Gying in California, and was looking for an heir for his fortune of $1060.000. Mr. Brand left for Cali{ornia. ;

- TuE military preparations throughout Russia are more extensive now than at any time within the past seven years, being on a scale to suggest a belief that war is imminent. The military party profess to believe that peace will be maintained till the end of the year, although it is admitted that Russia is watching with jealous concern the development of the triple alliance, and it is even asserted that commanders have already been designated for service in the event of war. ;

Sixty war-ships were launched by the great naval powers of the world in 1888, and more than one hundred were in various stages of construction at the close of the year. England was in the lead. with fifteen vessels launched and twenty-eight building; France launched nine and laid down fifteen; Germany launched six and began the construction of four, and the United States put six war-ships afloatand laid the keels of six more. This is hardly a poor showing for this country. We seem to be making progress in naval { construction. : - Tae Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars which met receutly in Chi- - cago is the largest international tem_perance organization in the world :f,;g%gmam principles are total abstimence and prohibition. It comprises - over one hundred grand lodges which bave jurisdiction over as many sepUnder thoso grand lodges are an ag*‘fi“w"‘?’% ort showed that the organi: stioh bk & mambarship of over 100,

Epitome of the Week.

INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.,

FROM WASHINGTON.

Ox the 28th Adjutanv-General Drum was formally retired from active army service, he having reached the age of sixty-four years e ' TEx President on the 20th appointed Orlow W. Chapman, of New York, to be Solic-itor-General, and John B. Cotton, of Maine, to be Assistant Attorney-General :

- O~ the 30th ult. the monument erected in Arlington Cemetery at Washington by Mrs. Sheridan in memory of her husband, General Philip Sheridan, was unvailed. There were no speeches or poems, only music and flowers. ¢ THERE were 215 business failures in the United States during the seven days ended on the 3lst ult. against 229 the previous seven days.

THE EAST.

TeE Legislature of Rhode Island met in joint session at Newport on the 28th and, there having beenno election by the people at the recent State election, chose the following Republican officers: H. W. Ladd, Governor; D. H. Littlefield, LieutenantGovernor; 8. H. Goss, Secretary of State, and Samuel Clark, Treasurer. AT New York on the 28th the Presbyterian General Assembly adopted a resolution condemning the liquor traffic, but xefused to indorse either prohibition or high-license as the better weapon. | ‘Tee Connecticut Legislature on the 28th passed the secret ballot act. THE death of John Hammond, an exCongressman, and Colonel of the Fifth New York Cavalry during the war, ,occurred on the 28th at his home in Crown Point, N. Y.

ON the 29th the First National Bank of Sharon, Pa., remained closed because the time lock on the safe had been set for fortyeight hours and could not be opened. BerTHA SCHREYER, a married woman twenty-five years of age, was shot and fatally wounded in New York on the 29th by John Berker, aged thirty-two years, who then killed himself.

THROUGHOUT the country Decoration Day was generally observed on ‘the 30th ult. President Harrison attended the ceremonies at Brooklyn. ; ; A TERRIBLE catastrophe occurredat Johnstown, Pa., a city of thirty-five thousand inhabitants; on the 3lst ult. A large reservoir gave way and inundated the entire town, and it was estimated that the loss of life would reach two thousand. Millions of dollars’ worth of property had been destroyed. § :

~ Freperick Aumy & Co., dry-goods commission merchants of New York, failed on the 31st ult.! Liabilities, $350,000; assets, 25 per cent. ; i !

WEST AND SOUTH.

Mzs. RANDOLPH BRADT became suddenly insane on the 28th at Brenham, Tex., and seizing a pistol killed two of her children. One was four years old and the other six. Movrrie CorwlN, whose marital experience beats the record, was granted a divorce at Shelbyville, Ind., on the 28th from Joseph Corwin, her seventh husband. All the men are living. ke

Dxr. CarLsoN, & druggist, Dr. Lathrop, a prominent physician, and Nelson Howells, a young man, committed suicide on the 28th at Denver, Col. No cause was known in either case. : : .

THE ex-treasurer of Newport, Ky., Louis Constans, was on the 28th indicted by the grand jury for embezzlement, the amount being fixed at $33,000. On the 28th Albert Wilson, a railroad man, fatally shot his young wife at Evansville, Ind., and then sent a bullet through his own brain. Jealousy caused the crime, In Chicago on the 28th the grand jury indicted Detective Daniel Coughlin, Patrick 0. Sullivan, the ice man, and Frank J. Black, alias Woodruff, for complicityin the murder of Dr. Cronin. 1%

ATt Clements, Kan., a cyclone on the 28th destroyed many houses and barns, and seven persons were killed. : fi i ON the 28th Daniel Murphy, employed in a cracker manufactory at Lima, 0., was caught: between two:. large rollers and crushed to death. 5.4 TrE Legislature of Illinois adjourned sine die on the 28th.

GREAT excitement prevailed on the 20th at Granite Falls, Minn., over reported gold discoveries. i

WaiTE CAPS took Samuel Mayberry, of Watson, Ind., from his home on the 29th and severely beat him for cruelty to his mother. : :

ONE man went through a train on the Milwaukee & Northern road on the 29th near:Ellis Junction, Wis., and stole about $1,500 from the passengers. ; - TueE Savannah (Mo.) savings bank made an assignment on the 29th. :

At Loyal Oak, 0., heavy beams fell and killed three men and seriously injured a dozen others at a barn raising on the 20th. JUDGE MORAN, of Chicago, decided on the 20th that no permit was required for street parades. If they make too much noise or create a nuisance they can be proceeded against. “ : Just south of McPherson, Kan.,, a cyclone formed on the 29th which lifted housessbodily from their foundations. One house was carried entirely away, not a vestige of it having been seen since. One hail-stone was picked up which measured thirteen inches in circumference. No lives were lost. : e

‘ON the 29th Captain Porter, chief of the United States Secret Service, returned to Chicago atter making a very important capture of counterfeiters aad moonshiners who had flooded the southern part of Illinois with counterfeit dollars and dimes, besides supplying saloon-keepers with sheir whisky. :

THE death of Mrs. Fanny Deweese occurred on the 29th at Louisville, Ky., at the age of one hundred and fifteen years. Her husband died twelve years ago, being then one hundred and seven years old. ‘ ON the ?29th Centigrade, a four-year-old trotter, the property of United States Treasurer Huston, died at Cambridge City, Ind. The animal was valued at $lO,OOO. TrE Grand Lodge of Masons of Indiana on the 29th revoked the charter of the Mount Vernon Lodge because it failed to discipline members who pleaded guilty to the charge of selling intoxicated liquors. THR death of H. Melville Fay, the wellknown spirit medium and husband of Anna Eva I'ay, occurred on the 29th in a hospital at Cleveland 0., of cancer of the tongue. He was forty-eight years old. ‘ . ON the 29th Philip Flood, formerly a private in the Forty-second Ohio Volunteers, was allowed arrears of pension amounting to $15,280. This was the largest first payment on record in the Pension Office. Ox the 29th William White .was arrested at Laporte City, la., for g)assing counterfeit money, and when searched $222.50 in bogus gold colns were found in his possession. - DuriNG a wind-storm at Danville, Va., on the 80th ult. a brick tobacco factory in coursd of construction was blown down. Five men were killed, six badly ixjured and several buried in the ruins.

Ox the 30th ult. Miss Bridget Gallagher, aged eighty years, who had lived alone for thirty-five years, was found dead im her cottage at Davenport, la,, having been suffocated by coal gas. e : THE death of Congressman Edward J. Gay, the millionaire .sugar-planter, occurred on the 80th ult. at: Thibodeaux, La. A winp-and rain-storm visited Marshall, Mo., und vicinity on the 30th wult.: Many bridges and culverts were washed away, and the damage was estimated at $50,000. IN Baltimore Joshua D. Grant and his wife were suffocated by gas on the night of the 30th ult. . A sEcTioN of counfry about five miles east of Martinsburg, W. Va., was struck by & tornado on the 30th ult., and after demolishing a vast amount of property ib passed down the Pofomac valloy,.fuprooflx:g trees and playing havoc generally with smla:é buildings. Several persons were In the Schooleraft, Flint and Portland districts ot Michigan snow to the depth of four or five inches fell on the 80th ult

ON the 80th ult. the police monument on Haymarket square in Chicago, which standa on the spot where the fatal bomb was thrown, was formally ‘dedicated in the presence of a great crowd. The monument was unvailed by Master Frank Deegan, and Mayor Cregier accepted the monument on behalf of the city. ¥ THREE men were instantly killed at Humboldt, Mich., on the 80th ult. by the caving in of a mine. :

ON the 30th ult. rich iron ore deposits were discovered near Guthrie, Oklahoma. Rurus Fospyck was shot and fatally wounded by Mrs. George Terry at Plymouth, 111., on the 81st ult , who claimed that Fosdyck had ruined her thirteen-year-old daughter. W. J. McGARIGLE, ex-warden of the Cook County (IlL) Hospital, who skipped off to Canada to evade punishment for his boodle transactions, returned to Chicago on the 31st ult. pursuant to arrangements entered into between his counsel and the State’s Attorney. He was fined $l,OOO, which he paid, and all-indictments against him were dismissed. i) Toe residence and barn of Michael Savage, near Fort Dodge, la., burned on the 31st ult. Loss, $4,000. ‘ Dr. 8. P. MooßrE, who was Surgeon-Gen-eral of the Confederate States during the late war, died at Richmond, W. Va., on the 81st ult.

THE ten-year-old son of D. Munson, of Hamilton, 111., was fatally shot through the head on the might of the 3lst ult. by a younger brother. The deed was an accident. -

. Ox the 3lst ult. Tommy Hughes, a six-year-old boy at Altoona, la., was sent to lead a cow to water. He tied the rope around his body and the cow ran away. When picked up he was dead. :

THE American House at Princeton, Ind., was destroyed by fire on the 3lst ult. - Loss, $7,000. ¢

Ox the 31st ult. Albert Anderson, seventeen years old, of Poland, Ind., hanged himself in his father’s barn. He was mentally deranged from an attack of typhoid fever.

Ix De Sota, La., on the 31st ult. wind blew down a large tree which fell on the cabin of Joe Raffael, crushing it. Raffael’s wife and four children were instantly killed. FlrE at Otho, la,, on the 3lstult. destroyed the post-oftice and store with all its contents. All the mail was destroyed. Loss, $3,000; insurance, $l,OOO. ' ON the 31st ult. Henry A. Coleman (colored) was hanged at Norfolk, Va., for the murder of James Grant last September. A mMAN named Hayden, who several years ago murdered Richmond Bramhall at ‘Red Oak, la., was captured at Nebraska City, Neb., on the 3lst ult. He was found living in a cave in the river bank.

TREES, crops, fences and houses in Washington County, Md., were leveled on the Slst ult. by a hwrricane that followed the course of the Potomac river,

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

ON the 28th the Russian police had discovered the existence of a number of societies the object of which was the assassination of the Uzar. Search was being made for similar organizations throughout Europe. -~ A caN of coal oil exploded on the 28th in Havana, Cuba, and a woman and her two daughters, aged respectively thirteen and two years, also a colored boy, were® burned to death.

DispATcHEs of the 28th say that a fire at Yakato Akita, Japan, destroyed over one thousand houses. Many lives were lost and nearly ten thousand persons were homeless. : ;

IN a gale on the 20th the schooner Bavaria was wrecked near Kingston, Ont., and her crew of eight persons perished. A HURRICANE prevailed at New South Wales on the 29th. Railway traffic was suspended, many land-slides occurred and many lives were lost. IN Vienna Prince Alois Schwarzenberg and a Lieutenant of hussars fought a duel on the 30th ult., and the formexgwas mortally wounded. TarovGcHOUT France severe storms prevailed on the 31st ult. and in some places the country was almost devastated.

THE Beaver line steamer Lake Ontario, Captain Campbell, which left Montreal on the 30th ult. for Liverpool with a full list of cabin passengers, including many of the leading residents of Montreal, was on the 30th ult. said to have gone down with all hands.

Onx the Channel Islands in England a prolonged shock of earthquake was felt on the 30th ult.

AT Huezulta, Mex., heavy storms of rain and hail had on the 30th ult. caused the river to inundate that town, drowning many persons and. cattle, washing away many houses and destroying crops i Mmr. VizeTrLEY, & well-known London book-seller, was on the 30th ult. sentenced to three months’ impPrisonment for publishing Zola’s novels. THE striking coal miners at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, agreed on the 30th ult. to resume work pending a definite settlement of their grievances, under a truce which is to extend two months.

LATER.

i LATE details on the 2d of the calamity in ‘Pennsylvania on the 31st ult. multiply many times the early estimates of the number of lives lost and the probable value of the property destroyed. The firstreports were oonfined mainly to the destruction wrought at Johnstown, but they have since ‘been extended to a dozen towns and villages and to cover a vast extent of territory. The catastrophe was caused by the bursting of what was ' known as the South Fork dam. Johnstown was almost totally destroyed in a few ‘minutes. Large factories, stores, public ‘buildings, palatial residences and modest .homes were swept away and their inmates crushed to death in the collapse of buildings ‘or drowned after heroic but vain efforts to reach places of safety. It was estimated that twelve thousand citizens of Johnstown and its immediate vicinity perished. The towns of South Fork, Mineral Point, Conemaugh, Woodvale, Cambria City and other places, having from omne to two thousand inhabitants, were completely devastated, and hundreds of their citizens carried down by the torrent to be tossed lifeless upon the banks and partly buried in debris. Such .fearful destruction as was occasioned within: thirty miles from the dam to the town of New Florence had never before been recorded. The financial loss by the great flood was estimated at §40,000,000. - :

THE principal portion of the village of Lynxville, Wis.,, was destroyed by fire on the 2d. .

OxE of the most furious rain-storms ever known deluged Cobourg and the townships of Hamilton, Haldimand and Alnwick, in Canada, on the 2d,.destroying property valued at over $500,000. ‘ IN Western New York the whole section of country between Elmira, Olean, Arlesville, Hornellsville, Anderson and Painted Post was flooded on the 2d, involving the serious doss of life and the destruction of millions of dollars’ worth of property. | THe stalement of the public debt issued on the Ist showed the total debt to be $1,658,608,248; cash in Treasury, $58119,672; debti less: cash in Treasury, #1,092 902,551, Decrease during ' May, $8,702877. Decrease gince June 30, 1888, $672,682,100. @ During o flood on the Ist at Williams~ port, Pa., a bridge gave away and twentyfive persons were drowned. : IN Washington on the Ist high water turned seyeral streets into lakes and did damage to the extent of $1,000,000. ; Berow will be found the percentage of ‘the base-ball clubs m the National League for the week ended on the Ist: Boston, .169; Philadelphia, .655; New York, .586; Ogvellaa:d‘ 567,82'Mg§0,wm, P!tubut& +400; Indianapo 3 Washington, .250. hmflmmmmm%m& .b 59 Kansas City, .512; Baltimore, .486; Coclation: 8t Paul, .821; Omaha, 665; Sioux

DECORATION DAY.

The Nation Pays Its Annual Tribate to Its Dead Defenders—Observances in Various Cities—A Monument to Sheridan Unvailed at Washington — Memorial Services at Grant’s Tomb.

WASHINGTON, May 81.—The Decoration Day holiday was general in Washington. Public buildings and school-houses were closed, and courts suspended their session. Ceremonies took place at Arlington, the Soldiers’ Home, the QCongressional Cemetery, Battle Cemetery and in most of the city cemeteries, Oak Hill, Mount Olivet and other graveyards where soldiers are buried. The Grand Army of the Republic of this district gave its principal attention to Arlington. A preliminary dirge was played

l l = S \4 A 7 S SH g/a ) = # .\.’fk‘,?__ /;T\vi}: + f NS e, / :/)’ 3 R = 74 -g/ % ~ - suznimag Ny i T s eR R A k 7 é:’:.' 2 u?;, —,4%%@:;2{’@;{,__/_3{2/44 :—;; G e THE SHERI DAN MONUMENT. /by the Marine Band before the hour of the regular exercises ‘at the graves of General Bheridan and of General Paul, and a salute was fired.. Hon. Eugene Ware, of Kansas, read an original poem and Hon. D. 8. Alexander, of Néw York, delivered the oration. The first ceremony of the day was that at the Sheridan monument. When the band had played a dirge Quartermaster-Sergeant A. W. Bogia, of the Old Guard, pulled therope that detached the fastenings, and the flags that covered the monument fell to the ground. Just at that moment the mem“bers of the Woman’s Relief Corps threw a shower of roses upon the grave. Thisended the sinyle ceremony. ! The monumentfis a plain, broad granite shaft of sharp and strong outline, upon the face of ‘which rests the bronze medallion of Sheridan. It is erected by Mrs. Sheridan in memory of her husband. BrooOKLYN, May 81.—The celebration of Memorial Day in Brooklyn was, as it hus been for many years, an unqualified success. President Harrison reviewed the parade. \

- NEw Yorx, May 81.—Though the early morning did not give promise of a fair day, yet it could not be said to be a very unpleasant prospect, for the rain fell only lightly and at irregular intervals. All the public buildings displayed their‘flags at half-mast, b&there was a very meager display of bumnting elsewhere except at the hotels and newspaper offices. ' ' A number of G. A. R. posts joined in decorating General Grant’s tomb. A number of beautiful floral tributes were sent by prominent admirers of the late General, including the Chinese Minister. General Howard and other officers took part in the exercises. Rev. J. M. Buckley was the orator. s :

CuicAco, May 31.—1 n spite of the cold, threatening and rainy weather,the veterans o! this city turned out in large numbers to do honor to the memory and to decorate the gravesg of their dead comrades, Dispatches from Aledo, Aurora, Duquoin, ‘Warren, Galena, Barrington, Hillsboro, Rock Island, Springfield, Shelbyville, Bentom, and almost every other city and town in Illinois show that the day was observed with the usual exercises. The same is true of lowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota cities and towns. &

PHILADELPHIA, May 38l.—General Meade Post, No. 1, G. A. R., of which General Grant was a member, after being reviewed Thursday by General W. T. Sherman, proceeded in. a body to Fairmount Park, where the statue of General George G. Meade was decorated. Services were held over the grave of General Meade. GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 31,.—Memorial Day was observed here in the usual manner. At 9 o'clock the colored school children decorated the graves of their soldiers with appropriate exercises. At the National Cemetery children walked in a body and strewed the green turf about the graves with flowers. .

CINCINNATI, May 31.—Despite the rain the Grand Army posts and the Sons of Veterans formed their parade and marched to the ‘depot, whence they rode to Spring Grove Cemetery. There, joined by a number of citizens, they strewed the graves of their dead comrades with flowers, using only the Grand Army ritual. There was no speechmaking. ' Dispatches from towns in Northern Ohic indicate that the day was generally observed. 7

RicemoNDp, Va.,, May 81.—The Stewart Horse Guards decorated the grave of General Stewart. The Pickett Division Association visited Hollywood with the flag presented by the Philadelphia brigade and beautifully decorated the monument of Pickett. |

BarTiMore, May 31.--The Sun’s special from Washington says: Memorial Day was appropriately celebrated on the battlefield of Antietam. Among the distinguished visitors were Congressmen Butterfield, ot Ohio; Bayne, of Pennsylvania; Harmann, of Oregon; Gear and Reed, of lowa, and Cheadle, of Indiana; ex-Representafives Goff of West Virginia and Thomas of Illinois. The graves were -decorated by the G. A. R. posts from Hagers. town, Sharpsburg, Md., and Martinsburg W. Va. ;

New OrLeaNs, May 31.—The G. A. R. posts, Confederate Association of the Army of the Tennessee, the Northern Virginia veterans and cavalry joined in decorating the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers. ;

BirMINGHAM, Ala, May 31.—The G. A. R. post and the Confederate veterans Thursday united in decorating the graves of Federal and Confederate dead. Rad. weather interfered somewhat with the ceremonies.

City or MExico, May 31.—Decoration Day was observed by American®ladies in this city who decorated the graves of Americans who fell in 1847, -

LIFE WAS A BURDEN.,

Two Young Girls in j]a German Hamlet, Disappointed in Love, Drown Them: selves. %

LoNDoN, May 31.—The littée town of Rudolstadt, on the river Saale, in Germany, was thrown into a fever of excitement by the discovery of the bodies of two beautiful girls who had drowned themselves in the river, Both belonged to prominent families in the place, one, Ida Brand, 18 years old, being the daughter of the burgomaster, ar.d the other, Miss Remschitz, aged 25, a student at the Wehrlisch Seminary. The two young ladies were intimate friends, and both having recently been disappointed in love, they determined todie together.

Five Men Killed. - DANvVILLE, Va., May 81.—An awful catsyd.:y occurred here Thursday. A force of men were engaged on a brick factory which J. G. Penn, tobacconist, was building, The building was an immense affair about 200 feet long and six stories high. The bricklayers had just completed the walls but there was mno roof on the building. The wind was blowing a gale and ond. of the walls got out of plumb. The force of hands weut to different parts of the building to brace the walls and were so en« gaged 'when the entire structure collapsed. Robert Pruitt, D. N. Collie, G. B. Jones, Willilam Young and Buck Hooper ‘were killed. Seven others were more or demaed. o 0 P

DEATH IN A CYCLONE.

Two Persons Known to Have Been Killed During a Storm at Clements, Kan., and the Death-List May Be Increased—Fears of Loss of Life on Lake Ontario.

EKansas Crty, Mo., May 29.—A special from Emporia, Kan., reports that a disastrous cyclone passed over Clements, Chase County, thirty-two miles west of there, about 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Captein Brown and his daughter were killed, his wife had a leg almost torn off, and hisson had an arm and a leg broken. It is reported that six or seven qther persons were killed, but the wires are all down and no reliable informa~ tion can be obtained. John Pantle, conductor of a stock train, who arrived. in Emporia at 9 o’clock Tuesday night, says he passed through Clements just after the cyclone and in plain sight of part of its destructive doings. The cloud looked sguare-ghaped, like a house, with its lower portion surrounded by a white cloud, looking like steam, which seemed to rise from all around the main dark cloud. As it came through the timber it cut a clean swath, apparently destroying every thing in its path, and when it struck the Cottonwood river it looked as if it were cutting paths through the river, piling up the water on both sides.

- Pantle saw Captain Brown’s stone house totally demolished, another with the roof and one side torn off, and still another lifted and carried from its foundations. He afterward learned that the people in the latter house took to the cellar aad escaped uninjured. ‘ : The storm crossed the railroad in three places and seemed to have made a partial circle, going over nearly the same patha second time. Pantle says its path was about fifty yards wide and that there is little doubt of much damage and more deaths having occurred farther from the road. He left word at Strong City, and trom there a special will be sent out with doctors and assistance. FUROUS GALE ON LAKE ONTARIO. PictoN, Ont, May 29.—A heavy gale swept over Lake Ontario Monday night, and it is expected much damage to shipping was done. The keeper of the Point Peter light reports three barges loaded with lumber ashore there and goirg to pieces. It is feared the crews will all be lost. The life-saving station at Wellington has sent asgistance. ] KingstoN, Can.,, May 29. — The lighthouse keeper at St. Peter wires that three barges. are ashore there and going to pieces. The crews are supposed to have been lost. It is feared they are the consorts of the propeller C. !Baldwin, of Detroit, with lumber from Bay City for Ogdensburg.

THE GOOD TEMPLARS.

The Right Worthy Grand Lodge Begins Its Session at Chicago—List of Delegates from Abroad—The Order Has Over 750, 000 Members, and Is In Good Shape Financially and Otherwise. CHICAGO, May 29.—The biennial association of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars opened yesterday morning in the First Methodist Episcopal Church. W. W. Turnbull, of Scotland, Right Grand Worthy Chief Templar, called the convention to order, and upon the call of the roll the following delegates from abroad responded: v .

- England, Hon. C. W. Watson, Member of Parliament; Joseph Ealins, Mes. Woods Guy Haylor, W. C. Amery, A. J. Osborne, Rev. H. M. C. Price, W. Williams, Samuel Insall, W. H. Brown, Mary Walshall, Miss Annie Shipman; Scotland, Gilbert Fisher, Rev. J. D. MecKinnon, James Hamilton, W. Y¥. Turnbull; Ireland, John S. Little; Denmark, Captain J. P. Jacobson; Sweden, Oskar Eklund, Johann Ahlen and B. E. Hockert; India, Waller E. ‘Webb; New South Wales, N. S, Collins, and from South Africa, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schreiner.

A round of applause was accorded each foreign delegate as the names were called and the lodge was then opened with the usual ritual. The annual report shows that the organization has a membership of over 750,000 scattered all over the globe, and it has accomplished great results in the matter of promoting temperance sinoe the last convention. Financially it isin excellent shape.

The order is the largest internmational temperance organization in the worlll. The main principles are total abstinence and prohibition. It comprises over 100 grand lodges. which have_ jurisdiction over as many separate countries, States and Terrf® tories. Under these grand lodges are an aggregate of 10,114 local lodges. At Tuesday’s session after the appointment of the various standing committees reports of officers were heard. :

FROST IN THE NORTHWEST.

Much Damage to Smuall Fruits and Vegetables. N .

Karamazoo, Mich, May 29.—A heavy frost visited this section Monday night, doing much injury to early vegetables and small fruit. In several places strawberry vines were frozen stiff and other small vines frozen. . Ice at South Haven is one-quarter of an inch, and from several localities come reports of great damage to wheat and corn. i

GRAND RAPmDS, Mich., May 29.—Heavy frost Monday night in thisvicinity damaged fruit, potatoes, corn and garden stuff, and wheat isreported badly injured. Ice formed in many places. ‘ BRAINERD, Minn.,, May 29.—There wag a tremendous freeze throughout Northern Minnesota Monday night Ice formed nearly half an inch thick Gardens generally are killed, early corn cut down, and grain can not but be badly hurt, as the frost is deep enough in the soil to reach the roots. All crops previously promised exceedingly well OsugosH, Wis,, May 28.—White frost did great damage to vegetables and small fruits. Market gardens suffered severely.

A GREAT CONFLAGRATION.

A Thousand Houses Burned at Yakato Akito-Kew, Japan—Ten Thousand FPeople Without Homes—Many Lives Lost. SAN FraNcisco, May 29.—A fire occurred on May 3 at Yakato Akito-Kew, Japan, which destroyed over 1,000 houses. It originated in the residence quarter ot the city about 10 o’clock at night and burned for sixteen hours. Many lives were lost. The Emperor subscribed over $l,OOO for the relief of sufierers. About 10,000 ‘people were left homeless. e B O e i “LITTLE RHODY'S’ OFFICIALS: There Having Been .No Election by the People, the Assembly Seats the Republican Candidates for State Offices. NEwPORT, R. L, May 29.—The Senate or. ganized with Eugene F. Warner as Clerk. The House elected Augustus L. Miller us ' Speaker. In joint assembly the houses appointed a committee to count the votes for general offices. The committee reported ; no election by the people except for At torney-General, and the assembly elected and inaugurated the following Republic~ans: Herbert W. Ladd, Governor; D. H. - Littlefield, Lieutenant-Governor; 8. H. Cross, Becretary of State; Ramuel Clark, UPOARORRE,. 0 o a 0 =

‘ Fatal Flames, : ViENnNA, May 20.—A disastrous fire hag swept the town of Podhajce, in Austrian Galacia. Bixty houses, 8 church and a synagogue have been destroyed and a large pumber of lives were lost.. Twelve bodies have been taken from the ruine and worlks men are excavating as rapidly as possible 10 reach others known to be buried. ———il— © i o General Drum Retired. ; WasHINGTON, May 20.—Adjutant-General Drum, having reached the age of 64 years, has been retired from active service in the army. General Kelton, who has been As. mg : 4Mt~a§lmu will mfiu ‘At ‘ Jutant-General until an appeintment . made tofill the office, -~

FINISHED HIS BATH:

McGarigle, the Escaped Chieago “Boodler,” Returns to Chicago from His Exile —He Gives Himself Up, Pleads Guilty to the Charge of Conspiracy to Rob the County, Is Fined 1,000 and Set Free— The Cases Against Ed McDonald Abandoned. ; : Curcaco, June 1. —W. J. McGarigle walked into Judge Shepacd’s court-room

‘afew xinutes before 12 o'clock and gave himself up. He ‘entered a plea of guilty to the charge of conspiracy to rob the colunty, under which he was convicted mnearly two Years ago, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $l,OOO. McGarigle’s appearance was a surprise to every body about the courtroom, with the ex-

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ception of Judge Shepard and the attaches of the State’s Attorney’s office, and it caused a ‘most profound .sensation. His surrender was the result of prolonged negotiations between the celebrated fugitive and the Cook County authorities, ending in an agreement to allow him to return te his home on the payment of a fine. - McGarigle came into the court-room accompanied -by State’s Attorney Longenecker, Franciss Adams, ex-corporation counsel, E. J. Lehmann and James Fitzsimmons, the two last named being his bondsmen. The whole party advanced to the bar, while bailiffs and court officials stared in astonishment, and policemen who were waiting to give evidence in criminal cases jumped to their feet in their amazement at the gight of the familiar face of the ex-chief. -

The court suspended proceedings in a robbery case that was on trial, and Mr. Adams said: ' < . “May it please the court, in the case of W. J. McGarigle an agreement has been inade between thé State’s Attorney and counsel for the defendant, in view of the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Edward MecDonald, granting the latter a new trigl. In view of that decision it has been agreed that anew trial shall be granted McGarigle, and that he shall enter a plea of guilty and pay a fine.”! ! - State’s Attorney-Longenecker said such an arrangement had been made, and he

desired that a fine of $l,OOO be imposed. He said that McDonald, the co-defendant of McGarigle, had been granted a new ; trial, but the State 7 did not desire to try 7him again. He , thought the arrangep ment with McGari- ¢ gle, who had escaped to Canada, was the best that could be done. As to McDon-

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&Id, he had served eighteen months in jail and had suffered more than McGarigle. He theretore moved that a nolle prosequi bs entered as to him. : The orders were made, the fine and|costs paid, and McGarigle and McDonald were free men once more. S

‘When McGarigle fled to Canada nearly twe years ago he was under sentence of two years in the penitentiary, but a petition for a new trial was pending in the courts. After his departure the petitions for a new trial in his case and that of Ed McDonald were denied. McDonald’s case went before the Supreme °*Court and the decision of the lower court was reversed. The action before Judge Shepard yesterday morning was simply the granting of a new and immediate trial to McGarigle, and the imposing of a fine on his plea of guilty. ’ g :

Francis Adams, ex-corporation counsel, acted as McGarigle’s agent in the negotia'tions with Btate’s Attorney Longenecker for the “boodler’s” return. The negotiations were completed between the attorneysthree weeks ago, but McGarigle had not agreed to plead guilty, and those were the only terms on which the State's Attorney would consent to his return. Last Wednesday Attorney. Adams left for London, Can., where he met McGarigle and laid ‘the State’s Attorney’s proposition before him. He advised McGarigle to accept the terms offered, and he concluded to do so. Judge Longenecker was asked his reason for making such an agreement. He said:

1t was my only way out of a bad hole. He was in Canada; we couldn’t get him, and we wouldn’t know what to do with him if we did bring him back. The ruling of the Supreme Court in McDonald’s case would hold good in the case of McGarigle, and we never could convict either of them on a second trial. To tell the truth, I didn’t expeet that Mac Wwould accept the terms offered. I was afraid he would refuse to plead guilty. Of course’ Mac was the general agent of the gang. and there were no more indictments against him than any of the others.” :

This was said in McGarigle’s hearing, and he entered a protest, saying that he had nothing whatever to do with the ‘‘boodle” business, although he had pleaded guilty before Judge Shepard a few minutes before.

[McGarigle’s arrest, conviction and escape two years ago form an interesting chapter of the “boodle prosecutions’” of 1887. He was, when indicted for complicity in the ‘‘boodle” operations of the old county board, warden of the Cook County hospital, and was tried and convicted with Ed McDonald, engineer of the same institution. An appeal was taken from the finding of the lower court, and while this was pending McGarigle made his famous escape from the custody of Sheriff Matson. Taken out to visit his wife and children the ‘‘boodler”’ persuaded the sheriff to allow him to go upstairs and ‘take a bath. A few moments later McGarigle made his escape through an upper window and was driven to the lake, where he boarded the schooner Blake. Two dags later he was on Canadian soil, where he has since remained.

In the meantime McDonald’'s sentence had been set aside by the Supreme Court of Illinois and his case remanded fortrial. McDonald’s good luck made McGarighe more than ever dissatisfidd with his life in Canada.] :

Earthquake Shocks.

LoxpoN, June I.—Dispatches show that earthquake shocks were not only felt in the Channel Islands Thursday, but also in the Isle of Wight. The disturbances were also experienced’ in. many towns on the main land of both England and France. Among the places included :are Portsmouth, Havant, Cherbourg, Havre, Rouen, Granville and Caen. No damage was done anywhere. o

Children Hurt.

New York, June I.—A heavy sign was blown from. the roof of a house in East Fourteenth street. A ehowerof bricks and a piece of coping was brought down with it. Four children who were gathering wood in front of the building were struck by the falling missiles and badly hurt, one receiving a fractured skull and the others severe scalp wounds, . 3

Hanged.

Norrorr, Va., June l.—Henry A. Coleman (colored) was hung in the Portsmouth jall yard Friday afternoon for murdering James Grant, a Norfolk County dairyman, on the afternoon of the 6th of September. About 200 people, witnessed the execution.

Floral Tribute from the President. g Inpranaponis, Indi, June I.—A large box of flowers was received here Friday addressed to George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., bearing directions to the express company for its immediate delivery. It was from the Executive Mansion and was sent by President Harrison to his old comrades sor the decoration of the graves of soldiers. ———— O —————————— . Iron Deposits Found in Oklahoma, 8. Louis, June L.—Dispatchesfrom Oklahoma report the finding of rich iron mines within a short distance of Guthrie. The ors is said to be fine and probably contains 65 per cent. of iron. A shaft will be sunk a* once and a thorough examination of the de. e o e S R B b S e e

‘A BOLD ROBBER. Single-Handed He Forces the Passengers on a Milwaukee & Northern Train to Give Up Their Valuables, Amounting to a Goodly Sum. ; Erris JuncrioN, Wis, May 30.—A bold robber held up the passengers on the Milwaukee & Northern night passenger train in fine Western style Wednesday night. As the train pulled out of Beaver, a small station fifty miles south of Iron Mountain, a man about five feet eight inches tall, dressed like' a lumberman and wearing a full dark beard, entered the ladies’ car. His entrance did not create any excitement, but when he reached the rear end of the coach he pulled out two revolvers and quickly requested the brakeman to hand over his cash. That individual, not having any about him, made for the nearest seat, but the robber told him to get up and march ahead of him. :

E. C. Allen, of Marinette, was the first passenger reached by the robber, and Mr. Allen handed over $l7 and a fine gold wateh and chain. A traveling man who sat in the next seat handed out a roll of bills .gaid to have contained $BOO. James Hughes, of Iron River, had only #3500 and a silver watch, which the highwayman appropriated. As each passenger paid the tax he was made to march ahead of the fellow until all the coaches had been gone through. . When the male “ passengers were huddled in the forward end of the smoking-car like alot of sheep he shoved his way through and backed out of the door and jumped off the train and escaped just 4s the train was pulling into the station. , Conductor Ellison was in charge of the train, and at the first alarm made for the bagguge-car and barred the door. Once safevwithin he did net show up again till he was informed that the robber had left the train.

There were several lady passengers on the train, but this follower of Jesse James, with true gallantry, did not molest them. A large crowd of men under the leaderthip of Deputy Sheriff Schlick, of Marinette County, have gone down the track to hunt ‘he fellow, but the chances of capturing um are slight owing to the country heretbouts being heavily covered with timber. The robber is supposed to be the same »me who has been holding up the mail stages in Oconto County, the county adloining this. The people of this little hamlet are very much excited over the robbery, md each family expects to receive a call {rom him before the dawn of day.

VICTIMS OF A WRECK.

A Canadian Schooner Caught in a Storm on Lake Ontario—Her Crew of Eight Liost—Driven Ashore in American Waters | Other Vessels Fear to Assist Her Because of the Wrecking Laws, KixesToN, Ont., May 30.—The worst disaster that has occurred on Lake Ontario in many years - took place Tuesday. The steam' barge 'D. D, Calvin, of Kingston, with a tow of three schooners with timber from 3t. Ignace, was struck by a gale off Long Point.: The tow line parted and the Norway, Valencia. and Bavaria were im the trough of the gea. The two former managed to come to anchor after being waterlogged, and were picked up by the Calvin and Armenia and brought here. The crews were perched on cabin tops for twentyfour hours, without food and with the waves washing over them, and suffered terribly. = The Bavaria went ashore on Galloo Island, sixty miles from here, and the crew were all lost. They were: Captain John Marshall, First Mate Felix Campau, Second Mate John Snell and Seaman William McGarrity, all of Garden Island: Archie Borley and Elias Borley, of St. Paul’s Bay: Sandy Berry, of Pittsburgh, and Bella Hartman, cook. Marshall leaves a wife and three children, Campau a wife and six chil~ dren. and Snell a widowed mother. i : The present furnishes an instance in which reciprocity in wrecking would have been a great advantage to a Canadian. The Bavaria is ashore on Gallop Island, which is in American water. The Armenia, one of. the Calvin’s boats, was alongside of her during the morning, and gould have begun the rescue but for the wrecking laws. Permission was given Wednesday night by the American Government for the Calvin Company’s steamer Armenia to go to the relief of the Bavaria, and she is now on her way there.

THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE. An Agrecment Reached and. Will Be Published as Soon as Ratified—lts Provisions. : Loxpox, May 30.—The Daily News’ Berlin special says that the newly-appointed subcommittee of the Samoan conference has reached a definite agreement which will be made public in about ten days. The Americans await a ratification of the agreement by cable and Sir Edward Mallett: will go to London to obtain that of his Government. NEw Yorg, May 30.—The World has a cablegram from Berlin giving the substance of the treaty agreed upon Wednesday by the SBamoan conference. Malietoa is to be yreinstated as King, and the status quo ante restored. Gerxmany accepts a nominal indemnity. The government of the islands is to be purely by natives, with an advisory council composed of one representative of Germany and one of the United States, with an English representative who will act only as arbiter or umpire when the other two can not agree. A land court to settle disputed land claims iBS established. The municipal government of.: Apia is to be mnative, with advisory provision similar to /the general government. The abselute autonomy of Samoa is guaranteed, with native predominance in all departments of the government. A tariff schedule 'is included in the treaty. Each of the three powers is aliotted the use of - & coaling station, with all privileges there~ in except sovereignty.

UNCLE SAM'S GRIP.

It Is Fastened Upon the Throats of a

Band of Counterfeiters and Moonshiners * in Southern Illinois. CHicAGo, May 30.—United States secret service ofticersreturned to the gity Wednesday from Southern Illincis, where they made an = importan} capture of counterfeiters and moonshiners. The men arrested are Harvey Fields, a property owner of Versailles, Louis MsFarland, and two brothers named Mose snd Zeb Rayvenscroft., They had been at work only a short time, but had flooded the section with counterfeit dollars and dimes and were selling quantities of illicit whisky.

GREAT SALE OF FLANNELS. Over a Million Dollars’ Worth Disposed of at Auction in New York—Good Prices ealized. : EW YORK, May 380. — Over $1,000,000 rth of flanne were auctioned off dnesday by J. C. Wilmerding at' No. 66 ite atreet. It was the second day of age, Faulkner & Co.’s sale, and the total amount realized was $2,000,000 for 307 lots. ©~ No - trade. sale since July, 1875, has footed up more than this last one, and the quantity of goods distributed was much greater this time because prices were much higher thirteen years ago. But there was an increase in prices amounting to 'R%per cent. over those: of la.stgea.r.“ Some grades were fully 11 per cent. higher. 5 o el )it ) : DIED A- POOR MAN. ‘Close of the Life of Nathan !Corwith ast | Chicago—Worth at One Time $1,500,~ 000, He Sunk It All in an Effort to Cor- : ‘!a;thouadmm& M - Cmicago, May 80.—Nathan Corwith, one of the most widely-known citizens of Chimmed»mmmw% gan avenue Wednesday evening. Mr. Corwith had &b one fime aocumplated about $1,500,000 and reYork, persuaded. ”‘Afi’%‘i%w%fi : WS;M”**‘#W‘W&W”’“#‘*a’*“«“ &,ijz@é& Septhenior, Sl o R ”3;1 oeR G e S