Ligonier Banner., Volume 30, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 January 1896 — Page 2

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, Two cuss have been born to Jennie, the lioness, at Lincoln park, Chicago. The little pets are seven inches long, and weigh only two pounds. They are healthy and playful. -

CoAL dust is successfully used as fuel for boilers by a process invented by a German named Wegener. It is fed to the furnace automatically, and only ordinary chimney draught is needed.

A VENEZUELA elementary education s well provided for under the law. ‘There are two universities, nineteen federal colleges and various other public and private institutions for higher education. : :

Pror. J. Mclvor Ty~NDALL, of Los Angeles, Cal., is making preparations to be buried alive on January 7. - He says he will remain entombed for 30 days and thenreturn alive to daylight.’ This is a tolerably common feat of the East Indian fakirs.

.THE new governor of New Jersey an= nounces that he does not propose to appoint to office men who have madea failure in business. His theory is that men who can not successfully conduct their own private business are certainly but ill-equipped to conduct affairs for the public. .

THE late official report shows that, coutrary to the common belief, cases of religious mania are rare in the British isles. It also discloses the strange fact that more mental abberation is developed among the tribe of peddlers than among any othe class, physicians and druggists coming next.

Mgrs. P. K. W. SHIMER, of Mount Carroll, 111., has signified her intention of turning over to the University of Chicago the Mount Carroll seminary for females with 200 students and property valued at $lOO,OOO. :In addfition, she promises to endow the university with at least $155,000 in cash.

ACCORDING to the latest census there are in Michigan 651,920 persons of voting age, and that of this number 34,545 can not read or write. This shows the per cent. of illiteracy to be 5.30. Itis further shown that the proportion of mative born illiteracy i 5.2.77 per cent. and of foreign born 9.15 per cent.. Pror. DEWAR, of London, whose experiments in the liquefaction of gases are well known, has at last solved the problem of producing liquid air cheaply. His device consists of a spiral pipe in.a vacuum through which air under 3,000 pounds pressure passes, escaping through a tiny aperture into the vacuum chamber. " ENGLAND expects that its census to be taken mnext year will show that Great Britain has at last passed France in population, though its area is.but little more than half as great. The population of France in 1891 was 38,343,192 and of Great Britain 37,888,153. The birth rate in France has 'been uns satisfactory for years, while that in Great Britain is comparatively large and increasing.

THEODOR MOMMSEN, the historian, has resigned the office of permanent secretary of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, which he had held 21 years. The professor celebrated his 78th anniversary of his birth a few weeks ago, and has found that, with the increas- ) ing infirmities of old age, he is unable to attend to his duties as secretary. Mommsen is now hard at work on a volume of his Roman history. @

HUNTERS returning from the Okefenokee swamp, in Georgia, where comparatively few hunters go, say that it abounds with game of all sorts—deer, bears, alligators, turkeys, wild fowl, and fish. The people who live in the swamp district know little or nothing of the world outside, and apparently care nothing. They supply all their wants from the products of the swamp region, and though by no means wealthy are exceedingly independent.

AN Illinois genius has discovered that a fine quality of sirup can be made from corn cobs. His process is not a secret, either. He demonstrated it a day or two ago by boiling 12 clean corn cobs in a gallon of water until the cobs were soft. The juice was then strained off, and a gallon of dark brown sugar solution was added. This was bailed a little while, resulting ina sirup which experienced grocers prononnced to be as fine in flavor as genuuine maple sirup. v o

IN 1890 the number of prisoners in Russian jails was 764,373, and for the next three years 817,945, 855,356 and 842,729. 'The unfortunates in military prisons, the peasants in village houses of correction, and the prisoners in the Trans-Caspian district would make up a total of 1,000,000 who are under lock and key. 'These figures do not include those transported to Siberia, who in the years named numbered 18,363, 20,106, 20,727, 17,160—a total of 76,356. Nor do they include 5,328 convicts sent within the same period from Odessa to the penal stations of the Island of Saghalien, : i

Curious carboniferous fossils were discovered in the Dodge mine of Scranton, Pa., recently by John B. Davis. It walgthe head and neck of a woman’s figure, the features being regular and clearly defined. The fossil weighs 65 ‘pounds and is comvosed of fire clay. It is 24 inches high, 14 inches from the tip of the nose to the back of the head, and the neck is nine inches in diame%r. The convolutions on the top of the head resembie curls of hair, and ‘they end in a knot such asis worn at present. It was found in a solid piece of fire elay, and it dropped out entire when the chunk was broken. . Tug report that Japan has subdued Formosa, it may séem strange to say, ‘should interest the housewife above all; for, as a matter of fact, the ome way in which Japan’s supremacy in the east will make itself felt in the United States is through the camphor chest. Camphor is practically a monopoly of %&e, and, as the acquisition ~ of Formosa has made the control of the ~erude w&w market more complete, gn m hss itwmmd in O R B¢t 80 The insrosse is

Epitom¥® of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION, ‘ FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. The Proceedings of the First Session. Washingtg Dec. 23.—1 n the senate on Saturday the president’s message on the financial situation was discusscd, but no action was taken. Adjourned to the 24th. In the house Speaker Reed announced # standing committees. The president’s financial message was read and reférred to the committee on ways and means. Washingtasy, Dec. 24.—The senate was not in @ession yesterday.’ In the Liouse Mr. Dingley, chairman of the ways and means committee, stated that he hoped to be able on Thursday next to present to the house some measure locijng to the relief of the treasury as suiggested by the president. Bills were introduced to levy and collect duties on wool and cotton; for the protection of agricultural staples and American ships in the foreign trade, andtorelieve the United Statestreasury and to familiarize the people of this country with the advantage of a silver coinage. *ﬁ» e

Washingtofly Dec. 2¢.—The senate on Tuesday repggled the proscriptive disabilities bill passed at the close of the war against the services of ex-confed-erates in the United States army and navy. A resolution was introduced to coin the silver in the treasury and another urging the Latin-American union, in which all the republics of the western hemisphere would make common cause against European encroachments. In the house a bill was introduced providing for a duty on certain grades of sugar. : :

Washington, Dec. 27.—There was no session of the senate yesterday. In the house a revenue bill was passedthe operation of which is limited to 21, years, and which is designed to raise $40,000,000 for the relief of the treasury. The vote was yeas, 205, nays, 81, and was on strictly party lines, ths populists voting with the democrats against the bill.

FROM WASHINGTON.

The Venezuelan commission resolution was signed by the president and it is now a law.

It was decided at a cabinet meeting to make arrangements for another sale of bonds for gold at the earliest practicable moment. President’ Cleveland will issue a proclamation January 4 next, declaring Utah a state of the union. The Unfted States supreme court adjourned until January 6. ‘ In the United States the visible supply of grain on the 23d was: Wheat, ¢9,398,000 bushels; corn, 5,789,000 bushels; oats, 6,408,000 bushels; rye, 1,156,000 bushels; barley, 4,204,000 bushels.

President Cleveland tendered places on the Venezuela high commission to Edward J. Phelps, of Vermont, and Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois, both exministers to England. :

THE EAST.

. An agreement by which the trolley strike was declared off in Philadelphia fell through and the strike was resumed. : :

In Philadelphia Andrew Johnson and his three children were burned to Jdeath in their bome. ;

The postal clerk’s dog, “Owney,” arrived in New York from China, having completed the circuit of the globe since August 12 last. . In Philadelphia the street railway strike was finally ended through the efforts of John Wanamaker, who was aided by the members of the Christian league. :

The firm of Whittle, Hanrahan & Co., dyers and bleachers at Providence, R. 1., failed for $315.000. Mrs. Joseph Fagnant presented her husband with a pair of daughters at Greenville, N. H., and with this Christmas present Fagnant is the father of 27 children. :

Mrs. Sarah Lovett died at Nashua, N. H., aged 106 years. A brotherdieda few years ago, aged 105, and of 11 brothers and sisters all but one lived to be over 90. | . Lord Dunraven arrived in New York to make good his allegations of fraud in the Valkyrie-Defender races of last September. : ;

WEST AND SOUTH.

A railway collision at Cardiff, Tenn., killed J. S. Brewer, a brakeman, and three unknown tramps. - ' The state mine inspector in his annual report to the goverpor places the output of gold for South wakota at $3,500,000 for 1894; $5,000,000 for 1895, and gives an estimate of $7,000,000 for 1896. e

The doors of the bank of Farmington, located at Farmington, 111., were closed. - Advices say that Mustafa Pasha, commanding a Turkish force, captured the town of Zeitoun and murdered the 12,000 Armenian residents.

In the La Marsh dike near Pekin, 111., a break flooded thousands of acres and thousands of dollars’ worth of damage was done.

At Columbus, 0., the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ national bank was authorized to begin business with a capital -of $350,000. Daniel McAllister and John MeKnight were killed "and seven other men severely injured by a dynamite explosion on the drainage canal near Romeoville, 111. ‘

In the Presbyterian church at Findlay, 0., Mrs. Mary Murch dropped dead wkhile addressing a missionary meeting. 2

~The 1896 Indianapolis directory placesthe population of the city at 154, 000, a gain of 49,000 since 1890.

At New Orleans Peter Gerlo took 1 2-sth seconds from the world’s bicycle record for a mile, placing the record at 1:40 3-5. instead of 1:42 2-5. . - I'he covercd bridge over the Scotio river at Chillicothe, 0., was burved by incendiaries, entailing a loss of $109,000. : i

Lena Thomas and Ella Scott fougnt at Puerta Gorda, Fla., with a pistol and a dagger over Henry Cassidy, whom both loved, and both were faially wounded. The homz of William Jones was washed away by high waters at Eldorado Springs, Mo., and he and his wife and three children were drowned, In many cities, towns and hamiets in Utah the 90th anniversary of the birthdsay of the Mormon propbhet, Joseph Smith, was celebrated, : At Ureensburg, Ind.,, Mrs. Margaret Ring celebrated her 109th birthday anniversary Christmas day by giving a dinner to 100 of her descendants. In o fit of jealousy John Winninger, a laborer, shot his wife probubly fatally at Ottumwa, [a.,, and then blew

The doors of the Exchange bank at Ewen, Mich.. were closed. ; At Des Moines, la., the Lewis Investment company made an assignment, ‘with liabilities of $420,000. In the Usage river in Missouri a rise of 35 feet made the entire;Osage valley for 400 miles a scene of desolation and ruin, hundreds of families losing everything. ' ; “ At Akron, 0., Frank Mitchell (colored) celebrated his ilo2d birthday. - A. R. Strickland’s livery harn with 40 head of horses and 200 vehicles was burned at Burlington, la. Fire destroyed the Lawrence reduction works at Victlor, Col.; loss, $125,000. From the effects of coal gas John H Baulsbaugh and his wife, who reside near Swatﬁra, Pa., were found dead in their room.

Fire destroyed the building in Baltimore occupied by the firm of Oeliim & Co., as a clothing store, the loss being $300,000.

In a freshet near Sterling City, Tex., seven persons were drowned.

- The remains of Harry T. Hayward, who was executed December 11 at Minneapolisfor the murderof Catherine Ging, were shipped to Chicago for cremation. : .

Nearly all the business portiov. and many residences at Ryan, I. T., were destroyed by fire. , In Denver John H. Husted, worth $500,000, committed suicide through an insane fear that he was about to lcse his fortune. ;i

Lillie Baptiste and Mable Harris wer2 drowned at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., while skating. : Five Indians, driven to desperation by hunger, ambushed and killed threz Americans who were working in the gold fields in the state of Sonora, N. M., and cooked and ate their bodies.

At Youngstown, 0., Charles - Dunn confessed to robbing and burning four schoolhouses. In San Francisco the Porter Bros.com pany, the largest dealers in dried fruits on the Pacific coast, failed for over §sl,000,000. 5 William and John Noonan anéd Edward Mulcahy lost their lives in a plan-ing-mill fire at Ashland, Wis.

For 24 hours the entire Ohio valley was swept by storms of rain and sleect, and the telegraph service to the east, south and southeast was badly crippled. The downfall extended from Vickshurg, Miss., to Montreal, Can., and as fac east as Washington and New York. s The warden of the state penitentiary at Frankfort, Ky., discovered a nest of counterfeitersin the prison. -

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

. During a hurricane a large number of boats sank at Hankow, China, and over 200 persons were drowned. Panama advices say that the city of Santa Marta was nearly destroyed by a tidal wave and that many lives were lost.

‘Eddie and Willie, sons of Mrs. P. Lauerman, and Jimmie, son of Lawrence Kinney, were drowned at Morris, 1111., while skating. L

Near the island of Aruba-the steamship Nansemond collided with the Spanish steamship Mexico. The Nansemond sank and Capt. Lasky and seven persons were drowned. Near Dungarven, Ireland, the British ship Moresby tas stranded and Capt. Coomber and his wife and son and 35 sailors were drowned.

. .'The Venezuelan government ordered that the national militia be recruited from all classes of citizens. :

Oft Cabot island, N. F., the coasting schooner Victory foundered and 27 persons perished. Dispatches from San Salvador say that soldiers, who were dissatisfied with their treatment, shot and killed 2% officers. : At the entrance of the harbor at Algiers the British steamer Bellerophor: collided with and sunk the French steamer Emile selsise and 30 passergers of the Emile Selsise were drowned. The government of Manitoba positive - ly refused the proposal of the Canudiau government to establish a systém of separate schools in any form. . The cruiser Kwan-Ping was wrecked cn the Pescadore islands and nearly all her deck officers and 60 men were missing. ,

LATER NEWS.

~ Leslie Combs, the largest tobacco grower in the world, and his father-in-law, Daniel Swigert, the most successful retired breeder of thoroughbreds in America, failed in Lexington, Ky., for $£300,000. : ; ] The last saloon in St. Joe, Ind., was wreeked by unknown persons. Prof. Charles li. Thompson, princiral of the colored schools at East St. Louis, 111., shot his wife because she would not iive with him and then killed himself. :

Efforts to enforce the Sunday-clos-ing laws at Niagara Falls, N. Y., failed, the juries releasing all prisoners. The schooner Edna M. Champion, which sailed from Philadelphia on October 12 for Port Tampa, Fla., with a crew cf nine men. wa.; given up as lost.

H. B. Nims & Co., cne of the oldest book concerns in Troy, N. Y., made an assignment.

Bart Tormey, Andrew Lawrence and William Girard were instantly killed by an explosion of dynamite at the Milnesville (Pa.) colliery. Judge Jackson, of the United States court at Parkersburg, W. Va., held that pension money could not be attached or levied on for debt. ; The fourth earthquake shock since October 31 last was felt at Charleston, Mo., and vicinity. : Twenty-four personswere smoifhered and trampled to death in a panie caused by a false alarm of fire in the Front Street theater in Baltimore, Tw» others were fatally hurt and ten more were seriously injured. , Samuel Friedman, of Dayton, O, a wholesale fruit dealer, was robbed by highwaymen of $7OO. Washington, Dec. 28.—-I'he tariff Lill was received in the senate yesterday and referred to the flnance committee after a long debate. Mr. Quay (Pa.) iutroduced a bill to increase the duty on leaf tobacco. Mr. Hill (N. Y.) introduced a resolution providing that any bonds hereafter issued may, in the discretion of the secretary of the treasury, be made payable in United States gold coin or in standard silver dollars, at the option of the holders. Without ‘action the senate adjourned to the 30th. In the house Mr. Barrett (Mags.) introduced o joint resolution authorizing the president to arrange a conference between the United States aud nations possessing territory on the American continent for the settlement ~of boundary disputes. The bond bill| ‘was discussed, but no actien was talken. '

PANIC AND DEATH.

Ory of “Fire” Stampedes Audience in a Baltimore Theater.

In the Frantic Rush for Exits TwentyFour Persons Are Killed and a : Dozen Others Are Injured.

Baltimore, Md., Deec. 28. — Twentyfour people were killed, two fata!ly injured and ten more seriously hurt Friday night in a senseless panic at the old Front Street theater. A defective gas burner burst in a blaze, a woman cried “fire!” and the tragedy followed Most of the victims were Poles. Only four of the dead had been identified at midnight. : : f The United Oriental Opera and Dramatic company, of Boston, under the management of A. Schongold and Abram Tansman, was billed to present the Jewish opera “Alexander” and the theater was filled with a motley throng. (About 2,500 persons were in the house when the orchestra began playing the introductory. ' A strong odor of gas was noticed in the second gallery of the theater and one of the attaches of the place was seen hunting for the leak with a lighted torch. Suddenly a jet of lame flashed out as the torch came in contact with the punctured gas pipe. Cries of “Fire” were heard in the upper galleries and in an instant the excitement became intense. Some oOne rushed to the gas meter and turned off the supply, plunging the main body of the house into darkness. The stage jets alone remained lighted, being fed through another meter. : . Instead of allaying the excitiment caused by the sheet of flame from the leaking pipe, the turning off of the gas and consequent darkness only served to add to the confusion. The sudience arose en masse and made a rush for the exits. The actors ran down to the footlights and shouted: “Sit down! there’s no danger!” bnt tha excited throng paid no heed to tihe advicé, but continued their wild scramble for the doors

The gas was quickly turned on at the meter, and as the theater again became illuminated an indescribable scene of horror was presented. Men, women and children, crazed by fear, were fighting and struggling in the aisles and on the stairways in their efforts to reach the open air. The actors on the stage and a few cool heads in'the audience added to the turmoil by shouting their commards to “Sit down” and cursing those who were most vigorous in their efforts to get out. The struggling mass of humanity made little or no headway for, a few minutes; every aisle was congesied and every doorway jammed with the frantic Poles and Russian Jews, who mainly comprised the #udience. i "

The strong men in the rear of the panic-stricken mob climbed upon *he shouiders of those in front, crushiug the weaker men, women and little children to the floor to be trampled to death by those still further in the rear. For several minutes the wild fright continued. Then a few policemen forced a. passage-way to the main entrance and began dragging forth those who were jammed in the doors. A rushing stream of humanity flowed cut on Front street until all those who were able to move reached the open air. A hurry call for policemen had brought a large squad to the theater by this time, and a fire alarm had also been sent in, bringing some engines to the scene. The excitement in the street was almost as great as in the theater, as relatives began searching for those from whom they had become separated during the mad rush. Fathers and mothers rushed about looking for their children and atiemp: ed to reenter the theaterin their searca for missing ones. The crowd grew so great that the police, fearing ‘a iriot, caused the fire engine hose to be virne.d on,and in that way the struggling mass was driven back from the theater entrance. : :

Meanwhile officers had entered the theater and encountered a sickening sight. In every direction were found bodies from which life had been crushed and trampled. A majecrity of the victims were young men, gir's and children. They were tenderly carried to the front of the house and taken to the city hospital and the morgue. as fast as the ambulances and patrol wagons could make the trips. Great crowds followed the ambulances and patrol wagons and stormed the entrances to the hospital and morgue in their anxiety to learn if their relatives or friends were among the injured or dead. ] e

The majority of the victims of the disaster, however, were not killed in the struggle at the entrances, but at the foot of the stairs leading down from the second and third galleries. The bodies of five children and two women were found just inside the doorway below the second gallery stairs. Nine bodies were taken to the morgue —all of them dead from suffocation. Of those taken to the city hospiial 13 died. Two more will probably die, and 20 are desperately hurt. The confugion at both places was indescribable. . One heroic mother in trying to save her babe in arms and a two-year-old boy was crushed to death, but the chil dren escaped serious injury. : When the mass on the landing had been cleared the frightened mob inside quieted down sufficiently to enable the police to clear the theater. Then it was found that there had been no danger, and that not a soul would hawve been injured had the audience but re: mained seated. [The Front Street theater is an old. tum-b'e-down affair, on the west side of Front street; between Front and L.ow. Tt hasnot been used for theatricai purposcs for sev?al yvears, but has recently been the scene f many glove contests under tne auspices of the Eureka Athletic club. The theater was first opened to the public in 182§, but nine years later was burned, and the presen: structure took its place. Jannie Lind, Macready, Charlotte Cushman and many other notables performed there, and in 1864 it was the scene of the republican national convention, which renominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency and Andrew Jonnson for the second place ox the ticket. The conventfon in which the demoerats nominated Stephen A. Douglas. after adjourning from Charleston, 8. C.. in 1860, was also held in the old building. and during its session a panic was started by the giving away of the flooring which had besn laid over the pit. Luckily, however, no one ‘wus seriously injured. Soon after this a %crfLonvM. the delegates withdrew from the Front Street theater, and, repairing to the ‘ gnmmmﬂw :a;r:inmslfg‘?hn vocklnﬂ&g ckinridge and Joseph Lansz for presi_dent and vice president of tbe LW‘

NEITHER SUITS HIM.

Secretary Carlisle on the Tariff and Bond

Measures.

Washington, Dec. 28.—Secretary Carlisle gave tc 2 reporter his views on the tariff measure now pending in congress. He said: :

- ‘I had supposed that very few could now be found who believe that our finan-ci-1 difficulties were caused by a deficiency in the ordinary revenues of the government, or that they can be relieved by increasing tages upon the commo2ities consumed by the people. These difficulties are the necessary results of our financial legislation, and they cannot be removed, even temmporarily, by tariff laws nor by any other measures which do not directly enable the government to procure the means necessary for the mairitéenance of gold payments.” -

“Do yos think then that the bend bill reported in she house will furnish any relief to the treasury?”’ -

“I am satisfied that there is but one permanent remedy for our financial embarrassments, and that is legislation providing for the retirement and cancellation of the legal tender notes, but, recognizing the fact that such a measure would require time for its consideration, and for its complete execution if adopted, I had hoped that congress would immediately take the necessary steps to assist the government in its efforts to procure and maintain such a gold reserve as may be requider to remove the distrust and apprehension which have precipitated the present emergency. The bill reported by the committee on ways and means falls very far short of the requirements of the situation, and its passage will not beneficially affect the situation with which we now have to deal.

*“Qur difficulties were produced and have been prolonged and aggravated by the fear that, notwithstanding all the efforts of the administration, we may ultimateiy be unable to procure gold for the purpose of rede2ming our notes, and consequently be forced to a silver basis, and this fear cannot be whelly removed until some action is taken by congress clearly indicating a purpose to pay all our obligations in gold when demanded by the holders. Although there is no substantial reason to distrust the character of our notes or other securities, or to doubtfthe, purpose of the government to maintain gold payment, the fact that there has been no legislative declaration upon:the subject and that no legal authority exists to make them expressly payable in gold, not only prevents the salec of our bonds for the replenishment of the reserve upon the most advantageous terms, but increases the demands for gold by the presentation of notes at the very times when we are least able to meet them without injury to our credit. i

“If it was not generally expected that the three classes of bonds already authorized by law will Ee paid in gold at maturity, if demanded, they could not be sold except at an enormous sacrifice, but even this generdl expectation is not sufficient to altogether satisfy investors especially in times o? financial disturbance About $16,000,000 in interest could have been saved to the p~ople cn the last issue of bondsif congress had consented to make them expressly payable in gold, instead of coin. This condition is not at all improved by'the pending bill, which still requires all Eb?o‘nds to be payable ‘in coin’ as heretofore, and confers no new authority except the power to issue anil sell three per cent. bonds, also payable in coin, after five years, with interest payalle in coin semi-annually. At the preseut time our 30 year four pér cent. bonds, with interest payable quarterly, are selling in the markets at ratés which yield investors more than three per cent. per annum, and this fact should nct be overlooked in determining whéther or not a five-year three-per cent. coin bond could now be sold at par, as the pending bill requires.” Speaking of the second section of the hill, which authorizes the issue of certificates to meet deficiencies in the revenue, Secretary Carlisle said: “While there is no necessity at the present time for resorting to the exercise of the power which that section confers, and may not be in future, the secretary of the treasury ought always to have the authority to issue and sell or use in the payment of expenses, short-time certificates, or bonds, of the character described in the bill. Such authority ought to have been conferred upon him a long time ago and ‘it ought to be made germanent instead of being limited to $50,000,000 as it is by the hill. Except as to this limitation, the second section of the bill is a good one.”’

REDUCED TO ASHES.

Mortal Remains of Harry Hayward, the Murderer, Incinerated at Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 28.—The remains of Harry Hayward, the Minneapolis murderer, were incinerated shortly af:er noon Friday in the crematory of Graceland cemetery. Only Dr. Thaddeus Hayward, his brother, Hasty Goodsell, his cousin, N. F. Warner, all of Minneapolis, and two attaches of the cemetery company were present, the rules of the corporation forbidding the admission of more than five persons at one time. :

The incineration was pronouficed complete in a little more than threo hours after the body was placed :n the furnace. The ashes will be interred in Lakewood cemetery, Minneap-lis.

LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE.

Two Thousand Pounds of Dynamite Ex. ~ plode at Drainage Canal. !

Lockport, 111., Dec. 28.—The powder magazine at Smith & Eastman’s section of the drainage canal near here, cdn‘gaining 2,000 pounds of dynamite, blew up at four o’clock Friday morning. No one was injured. The watchman had left the magdZzine, and supposedly an ember from the stove fell upon the floor. The shock was the severest ever felt here, and reports state that it was felt at a distance of 30 miles. Many of the buildings at the works were badly shattered.

THREE BLOWN TO PIECES.

Deadly Work of Dynamite Explosion in a Pennsylvania Colliery.

Hazleton Pa,, Dec.2B.-—Bart Tormey, a miner; Andrew Lawrence. laborer, and William Girard, fireman. were instantly killed by an explosion of dynamite at Milnesville colliery Friday afternoon. There was no other person in the vicinity at the time and the cause of the explosion will never be known. 4 - A Woman’s Awful Death. Findlay, 0., Dec. 28.—A can of crude oil which Mrs. Frank Strine was pouring upon a fire exploded, covering the woman with a mass of flames. She ran and rolled in the snow, but every stitch of clothing she had on except her shoes and stockings were consumed. She died in a few hours. | Rallway Construction in 1895. Chicago, Dec. 28.—Railway building, according to the Railway Age, reached in the United States this year a lower point than in any of the last 20 years, the record for 1895 showing only 1,782 miles of track laid. - : Russia Tenders Aid. Vienna, Dec. 28.—A dispatch to the Tageblatt from Bt. | Petersburg says that Russia will s\lpport President Cleveland in the difficulty be‘ween America and Great Britain diplomat-1 ically, and is also ready to afford finan- ‘ cial assistance to the United Btates if ‘necessary. e R ' Manitoba Makes Flat Refusal. 1 Winnipeg, Man,, Dee. : 28.—Mani- : toba’s reply to the dominion government mtgeﬁwﬁmmq%e%] is out. Manitoba positively refuses to Somsider any Piopesst to mstabiish T St e Rl S SR A R e e

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THE John A. Salzer Seed Co. have recently purchased the catalogue seed business of the Northrup, K Braslan, Goodwin Co. of Minneapolis and Chicago and have. added this to their already large business. This gives to this wide-awake firm the largest catalogue trade in America. The firm is in magnificent .shape to take care of all seed orders as they are large growers of farm and vegetable seeds, own their own lands and have recently added a large and commodious seed store to their alréeady mammoth building at La Crosse, Wis. If yjou are in want of choice seeds, this is the firm to write to. They mail their new catalogue upon receipt of but 5¢ postage.

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StATE oF OHro, CiTY OF TOLEDO, ] Lucas COUNTY. R (88 1 FraNK J. CHENEY makes oath that he isthe senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL+ LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HaLL’s CATARRH CURE. . | FrANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1386. . — . SHEs. A. W. GLEASON, _ i ‘ Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, frees | “ . F.J.Cuexey & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. : Hall’s Family Pills are the best. MEeN are won, not so much by being blamed, as by being encompassed with love.——éhauning. . IN the year 1894, the De Kalb Fence C 0.,. of De Kalb, 111.,, doubled the capacity for producing their lines over 1893 which gave them an output of 20 miles. %er day. The demand for their goods has been so great the past season, that in order to be able to supply their trade, they have been compelledY this year to double the capacity of 1894, which now gives them an output of 40 miles per day. This in itself speaks well for their product and merits the attention and inspection of readers and all that arein need of smooth wire fencing of any kind. Itwillbe to your interest to write for their catalogue, which describes iu detail their goods, comprising ‘the largest and most complete lines of smooth wire fencing now produced by any one plant in the country. See their ad. elsewhere in this paper.

To California.

Studfv all time cards and you will find no railroad carrying tourist cars make as %uick time as the Phillips Rock I[sland xcursions. One hour and thirty minutes quicker time than any other route Chicago to Los Angeles. . A. Phillips & Co. have carried over 125,000 Batrons to and from California. Why? ecause every well-posted California traveler understands Phillips has the best regulated tourist system. : JNO, SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., = ! Chicago, 111.

Half fFare Excursion to Virginia and the

Carolinas.

January 14th and 28th, 1896, round trip tickets will be sold from the northwestover the Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. to points in Virginia and North and South Carolina at one fare with two dollars added. For particulars and free Samph]et descriptive of Virginia lands adress U. L. Truirt, N. W. P. A, 234 Clark St., Chicago. ;

Low Rates to the South.

On the first Tuesda{ of each month, the Chitago & Eastern Illinois R. R. will sell one way tickets to all points in the South at greatly reduced rates. The fast train over this route now leaves Chicago daily at 8:25 P. M. and runs through solid to Nashville, making connection there with all trains for the South and Southeast. City Ticket Office 230 Clark St., Chicago. ]

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Plso’s Cure cured me of a, Throat and Lung trouble of -three years’ standing.—E. Capny, Huntington, Ind., Nov. 12, 1894.

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