Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 21, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 August 1897 — Page 2

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- Mining for gold in California and Colorado has one great advantage over Alaska. Youcan get there, and can also get back, without calling upon the undertaker. ;

An Alabama poet has written over a thousand poems, and has never published any of them. That man certainly deserves a big monument from a grateful people.

A St. Louis girl 18 years old has been married twice, divorced twice and secured $5.000 damages from a railway company, all within three months. Nothing very slow about that.

‘Uncle Sam will have no trouble in enlisting soldiers to go to Alaska, but there is some danger that on their arrival there the orderly will feel lonesome when he calls the roll in the nrorning.

It is rather singular that so many people are turning up now who knew all along about the Klondike gold fields, but never thought the matter worth while before to say anything about it. :

German immigrants to the United States last year brought a per capita in cash of $4B, English immigrants $25, Irish $l3 and Italian $B. These figures are proof enough of the value of American opportunities.

When the students of Yale are absent from New Haven a number of the policemen of the city are given a vacation without pay. The subject of preserving order in college towns is a good one for a prize essay.

European countries are renewing their trick of shipping suspected anarchists to our country. The commissioner of immigration is on the lookout for them, however, and will ship them back as fast as he detects them.

*Tis love that makes the world go round, but: in the case of the negro of 104 who courted the damsel of 97 in Tennessee the little god had to be helped out with the extra inducement of a melon patch to the bride. .

The new census of Russia gives a total population of 129,211,113, against 67,380,645 in 1851. - Much of the increase is due to the acquisition of territory in Asia. Only three cities in the empire, St. Petersburg, Moscow and Warsaw, have a population of more than 500,000.

- Thirty years ago 70 employes of the United States senate were on the pay roll. To-day the number is 354. The large increase is in proportion not only to the size of the senate, but as well to the increase in public business, due to the enormous development of thacountry. Ittakesmore employes totransact this business. '

A young man in Philadelphia was arrested for “scorching.” He did not hire a lawyer, but made his own defense. He said in his plea it was growing very late and he was en route to see his girl, and that he stood upon the declaration of the constitution which guarantees every man “the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The judge remitted the usual fine, and advised the Yyoung man to start earlier next time.

The supreme court of Germany has decided that trusts and combines are perfectly legal on the ground that it is not for the public interest that prices should remain too low in industrial lines, and, therefore, a combine to prevent ruinous competition is a matter of self-preservation and for the good of the people, who would suffer if the industries are ruined by competition and over-production. That is a novel decision, and just the reverse of what the supreme court of the United States has decided on the same subject. ; e

The city of Niagara Falls has more factories making chemicals by electricity to-day than any other city in the world. The plant for manufacturing chlorate of potash is the first to introduce this industry into the United States. The uses for this product are continually increasing. From 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 pounds are annually imported, a large portion of which is used in calico dyeing as an oxidizer. It is also employed in the manufacture of parlor matches, blasting powder and some of the smokeless powders, and is also taken medicinally for various ailments.

Morris K. Jessup, of New York, has furnished funds to defray expenses of a systematic exploration of the coasts of Asia and North America from the Columbia to the Amoor river. It is hoped to settle the question whether Asiatics came to America by way of Kamchatka and the Aleutian islands. Between the Columbia river and Behring strait there are ten fundamentally different languages, having 37 dialects mutually unintelligible. On the side of Asia seven distinet languages and ten diatects. The study and investigation are to be carried on by the American museam of natural history.

When Daniel Webster said admiring1y of Massachusetts: “There she is,” he got the sex right. Statistics show that there are 70,000 more women than men in the state and 90,800 women are heads of families. There are 15,600 mothers-in-law to 5,000 fathers-in-law that swecten the life of the son-in-law by living with him. Of the 2,500,000 people in Massachusetts 58 per cent. live in homes of their own and a little more than half of the people were born in the state. There are 80 cases where the woman is the head of the family. On the whole, the spokes in the vicinity of the Hub seem to be of good timber.

The attention of investors is beiny turned more and more toward Alaska, There is no doubt that not only the Yu- _ kon country, but many other parts of the territory, are rich in mineral resources, and that when transportation has made the country more accessible there will be a vast flood of emigration in that direction. A rich corporation interested in Alaska has completed arrungements for the construction of 36 miles of rrilway through a new pass, which will make it easicr to reach the gold fields, The next century will see perfeet ruilway connection between the ‘:‘}y:’ ;‘«fii“:lfiflra,%”"”? p“wo'“t Mflhwut O !

Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION, - FROM WASHINGTON. . Justice Stephen J. Field, of the supreme court of the United States, broke the record for continuous service on the supreme bench, having served 34 years, 5 months and 6 days, or one day longer than former Chief Justice John Marshall. At the age of 63 years, David G. Swaim, U. 8. A, retired, judge advocate general, died in Washington. United States Commissioner of Education William T. Harris iny his report for the year ended July 1, 1896, shows a total enrollment in schools and colleges, both public and private, of 15,997,197 pupils, an increase of 308,575 over the previous year. An answer has been made by Secretary Sherman to the Japanese government’s last note relating to the annexation of Hawaii to the United States in which he reiterates the right of annexation and assures Japan that her interests in Hawaii will be safely guarded. : ‘

A statement of collections of internal revenue shows the total collections during July to have been $19,472,658, an increase over July, 1896, of $5,213,976,

; THE EAST. Numerous cotton mills in Massachusetts have resumed operations, giving employment to thousands of persons. J. M. Blyer, a New York physician, announces that he has discovered a new cure for consumption by electricity. L In New York H. C. Hansbrough, United States senator from North Dakota, and Miss Mary B. Chapman, of Washington, D. C., were married at the Hotel Burlington. ‘ The death of Johnson M. Mundy, a noted sculptor, occurred in a sanitarium at Geneva, N. Y., aged 64 years. The operalors of the Penmsylvania coal mines at a meeting in Cleveland, 0., decided to open the mines of the Pittsburgh district at once and operate them without further delay, forcibly if necessary.

In Boston the Massachusetts Benefit Life association went into a receiver’s hands with liabilities of $1,000,000.

In session at Coney Island, N. Y., the National Wholsale Liquor Dealers Associafion: of America elected as president E. L. Snyder, of New York. ~ Mrs. McKinley presented the Twentyfirst regiment with a new flag at Bludf Point: N. Y. ' Cresceus trotted a mile in 2:171, at Syracuse, N. Y., breaking the world’s record for three-year-olds on a halfmile track. : : In the last month or two five Cuban filibustering expeditions left Atlantic City, No J. : Margaret Ferris, the widow of George W. Ferris, builder of the Ferris wheel, was married in Pittsburgh, Pa., to Francis Schlatter, the “divine healer.” A preliminary injunction issued at Pittsburgh, Pa., restraining the strikers from camping, marching or in any manner interfering with the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal company’s miners has been made permanent and has had the effect of almost depleting the camps about those mines, and apparently a general demoralization among the campers existed. Steinway & Sons, piano manufacturers in New York, have, it is said, sold their business to an English syndicate for $6,000,000. .

WEST AND SOCUTH.

Reports as to the condition of the crops throughout the country were all favorable.

In Harper, Kan., the young women have pledged themselves to boycott men who drink, smoke or use profane language. - Burglars held up a Santa Fe -train near Edmond, O. T., but secured no booty. !

During a quarrel overa game of cards near Pineville, Ky., James Felt shot and killed Galeb Hatfield and Joe Mallard. .

The Towa republicans in convention at Cedar Rapids nominated L. M. Shaw for governor, J. C. Milliman for lieutenant governor, Charles M. Waterman for supreme court judge, C. L. Davidson for railroad commissioner and R. C: Barrett for superintendent of public instruetion. The . platform indorses the national and state administrations. At Wickliffe, Ind., Fritz Lane was killed by Jesse Bradley in a quarrel and Bradley was fatally wounded. They fought with knives.

- In the first 18 days of August there were 24 cases of suicide in Chicago.

The directors elected Samuel R. Calloway president of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railway to succeed the late D. W. Caldwell. .

Comptroller of the Currency Eckels spoke on the need of currency reform at the meeting in Detroit of the American Bankers’ association. Marked improvement in business conditions and indications for better things in the future were characteristic features of all the state reports as detailed by the delegates. : ' On the Louisville & Nashville road freight trains collided near Dahlgren, 111., and six men were killed, -

During a quarrel near Hyden, Ky., Mrs. Minerva Young killed Mrs. Jane Young, her sister-in-law.

In the jail at Memphis Harvey Deberry (colored) was hanged for attempting to rape a seven-year-old girl. This is the first legal hanging for this crime in Tennessee, iOn Stewart river and Henderson ¢reek, tributaries of the Yukon, several hundred miles above the Klondike river, strikes of gold rivaling those on the Klondike have been made.

The democrats opened the campaign in Towa by holding 11 meetings, one in each congressional district, Infuriated farmers of Leyden township, near Chicago, lynched an wunknown man for assaulting Mrs. Felina Fenske, the wife of Carl Fenske, a truck grower. .

In state convention in Des Moines, la.. the middle-of-the-road populists nominated the following ticket: For governor, Charles A, Lloyd; lieutenant governor, D. L. Perkins; judge of the supreme court, J. A. Lowenburg; superintendent of instruction, William: Blaine; railroad commissioner, L. H. Griffith. The resolutions reaffirm the platforms of the people’s party adopted at Omaha and Bt. Touis and declare in favor of the initiative and referendum. ~ In the glucose works at Davenport, la., an explosion of dust killed John Rapp. John Hamm, William Wolf and his daughter Paula, = .

Mrs. Lena Collinsworth died in Claiborne county, Tenn., after fasting 50 days. She-quarreled with her hLusband, they separated, and she vowed that she would fast until hereturaned to her.

In Deétroit the twenty-third annual convention of the American Bankers’ association came to an end after electing as presidemt Joseph C. Hendrix, of New York. :

Fire wiped out nine business buildings in Ortonville, Minn., the total loss being $250,000. ;

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A steamer capsized at Dresden, Germany, and seven persons were drowned. With the Gerleche expedition on board, the steamer Belgica sailed from Antwerp for the south pole. - Gen. Weyler, of Cuba, denies that he has resigned or that he has any present intention of resigning.

United States Minister Woodford will inform the Spanish government that autonomy for Cuba must be preceded by the withdrawal of Spanish troops from the island.

Spaniards attacked a Cuban hospital near Cumanayagua and killed 29 of the inmates, four of them being women and five children. In London Platts Betts covered a mile on a bicycle in 1:37 3-5, beating McDuyffee’s world’s record.

James B. Angell, the new TUnited States minister to Turkey, arrived in Constantinople. . Several exiled Spaniard anarchists who recently arrived in England left London for America.

Turks raided the district of Salmas, on the Turco-Persian frontier, and completely destroyed two Armrenian village and massocred 200 persons.

LATER NEWS. The twenty-eichth annual reunion of the Army of the Potomac took place in Troy, N. Y., President McKinley and Secretary Alger being in attendance. Gen. George Ruzgles, U.S. A, was elect-

ed president of the society. The prohibition state convention at Lynchburg, Va., nominated Rev. L. A. Cutler, of Louisa, for governor. A woolen mill operated by Henry C. White & Son at Chapachet, R. 1., was destroyed by fire, the loss being $200,000.

The private banking house of G. A. Rice at Eureka, Utah, closed its doors with liabilities of $30,000.

There were 223 business failures in the Unifed States in the. seven days ended on the 20th, against 239 the week previous and 280 in the corresponding period of 1896. In Illinois, Indiana and Michigan heavy frosts did some damage to growing crops. :

The national executive board of the United Mine Workers issued a call fora conference of organized labor in St Louis August 30. The board rejected the proposition of the Pittsburgh operators for a conference to arbitrate the wage dispute.

An excursion train was wrecked near Lima, 0., and 20 persons were injured, some seriously.

The People’s Savings bank at Mount Pleasant, Mich., closed its doors with liabilities of $90.000. ,

Michele Angiolli, who shot and killed Senor Canovas del Castillo, the prime minister of Spain, on the Bth inst., was executed at San Sebastian. )

Improvement in business in all portions of the country was reported.

Wheat sold for a dollar a bushel in New York, Philadelphia, Minneapolis and West Superior, Wis., and at 93 cents in Chicago. i TheForty-third Wisconsin legislature adjourned sine die after passing the bill revising the statutes of the state. The queen regent of Spain has conferred the premiership upon Gen. Azcarraga, who is also minister of war. The cabinet will not be modified.

H. O. Claughton, a well-known attorney of Washington, and Miss Villa Custis, a daughter of Dr. W. G. N. Custis, were killed by the carsat a crossing. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 20th aggregated $1,139,783,610, aguinst $1,153,070,835 the previous week. The inerease compared with the corresponding week of 1898 was 40.2. :

J. B. Rich shot and killed his wife at the home of her mother in Nashville, Tenn., killed his brother-in-law and then shot himself. Domestic trouble was the cause. :

Nine men were seriously injured in a riot among the. strikers at the Unity mires near Pittsburgh, Pa. ,

Elecany Sullivan, convicted of assaulting Sarah Lawson and sentenced to 20 years in prison, was taken from jail at Williamsburg, Ky., by a mob and kanged. - Five children were drowned in the harbor at Toronto, Ont., by the capsizing of a boat. , The main buildings of the J. P. Thomas & Sons company, fertilizer manufacturers, near Paulsboro, N. J., were burned, the loss being $250,000. At Washington park, Chicago, Star Pointer beat Joe Patchen three straight mile heats in 2:02, 2:041 and 2:04. While defending the funds of the Farmers’ bank at Shepherd, Mich., Elmer E. Struble, its cashier and the president of the village, was shot and killed by robbers. : : - Whitecaps horsewhipped three Mormon elders at Beulah, S. C., and drove them out of town.

Frank Webber, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Warren Bush and Charles Glasner, of Chicago, were carried ovefir:fiiagara. falls in a small boat and perished.

Curley Chief, one of the most noted of Pawnee Indians, died at his home near Perry, O. T., aged over 100 years. Mrs. Will G. Scarlet was instantly killed and Mrs. Josephine Kebler was fatally injured while out driving at Indianapolis.

Italy, Austria, Russia and Germany have accepted the . proposal of the Spanish governmént to adopt international measures against anarchy. George Sherburne, wife and young child were instantly killed by the cars at a crossing near Kinsey, Ind. ‘Mrs. J. C. McCabe, of Coloma, Mich., was killed instantly and Mrs. R. S. Bailey fatally injured in a rundaway accident at Niles. ;

Andrew Green (colored) was lynched by a mob at Lovett, Ga., for killing George Heath, a prominent white man, The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 21st were: Boston, 690; Baltimore, .667; Cinecinnati, .642; New York, .615; Cleveland, .536; Chicago, 489; Pittsburgh, .443; Louisville, 436; Philadelphia, .431; Washington, 4083 Brooklyn, .408; St, Louis, .260, aa Godne o o oe i

. MINEHKS SENT TO JAIL. Jadge Goff Punishes Twenty-Seven ' Strikers for Contempt. Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 23.—The courtroom was crowded here Saturday morning when Judge Nathan Goff ascended the bench to render his decision in the case of the 27 miners tried Friday for contempt of court. He found them guilty of having violated the injunction issued by Judge John Jay Jackson, of the United States court. He said he was determined to punish the offenders notwithstanding his earnest desire to show them every consideration which their unbhappy position warranted. He tempered justice with mercy when he sentenced the 27 prisoners to be confined in the county jail until this (Monday) morning. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 23.—There was a clash between the deputy sheriffs and strikers at Plum Creek at four a. m. Saturday, and five strikers were arrested for contempt of court in disobeying the injunction. There was no bloodshed, but -a battle between the deputies and the strikers may be fought at any time.

Spring Valley, 111., Aug. 23.—D. W. Ryan, of Braidwood, state secretary of the Mine Workers’ union of Illinois, has ordered the district board to notify the miners at the Matthiessen & Hegeler coal mine to cease coal digging and join the strikers. This is the only mine in the northern Illinois district of any kind that has been in operation since the general strike was inaugurated. The miners will refuse to obey the command, and the men are expected to march on the shaft and get them out. Spring Valley has now 800 families on the relief list and outside cities have contributed over $3,000 in cash and provisions for the destitute miners and their families. :

Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 23.—Religious services were held in the strikers’ several camps Sunday and all were largely attended, but notwithstanding the religious air pervading the camps a conflict between workers and strikers took place in the afternoon, during which three strikers were badly hurt, but nene are in a serious condition. Five of the men who are working for the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal company went to William Seamon’s boarding house, about 11, miles from Oak Hill tipple where a number of strikers are quartered, for-the purpose of persuadicg the strikers to go to work. The meeting was a stormy one and resulted in Antonio Podasky being shot near the heart, the bullet going almost through his body. Grongron Pimold was shot in'the eye and Botiste Dalmeso was cut with a razor. e

APPEAL TO QUEEN REGENT, Asked by Red Cross Women to Interpose for Senorita Cisneros. Washington, Aug. 23.—A cablegram has been sent to the queen regent of Spain asking her, in humanity’s name, to interpose for Senorita Cisneros in & NN\ DR Ay ) RS LAY Z 2) b 4 =X S S B s / ///,/;’”' e o Gl |\ === a /o\ W o / \ \ . ’/ | ) EVANGELINA COSSIO CISNEROS. (The Cuban girl who is being persecuted by Capt.' Gen. Weyler's agents. She is a relative of President Cisneros, of the Cuban republic.) Cuba. It is signed by Mrs. J. C. Burrows, president; Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, advocate-general, and Mrs. Emily C. Kilvert, secretary, for the National Relief Association fcr Cuba, in aid of the American Red Cross society. CARRIED OVER THE FALLS Three Young Men Lose Their Lives at Niagara. ; Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 23.—Frank Webber, of Buftfalo; Warren Bush, 21 years old, of Chicago, a former employe of the United States Express company, and Chrales Glasner, 29 years of age, of Chicago, employed by the United States Express company, who have been camping on the banks of the Niagara river for the past week, with several companions, on Sunday hired a small boat at La Salle, and started to row acyoss the Niagara river to the Canadian shore. In the heavy current their boat became unmanageable éand upset. The men were seen by a number of people on shore struggling in the water, but before assistance could reach them, all three were carried over the falls, on the. Canadian side. There is little prolwbility of the bodies being recovered for some weeks.

Want War Renewed. Athens, Aug. 23.—A meeting of over 3,000 people held here Sunday adopted an address to King George, urging him and the government to reject the proposed peace treaty between Greece and Turkey, and to resume the hostilities which were interrupted by the truce. The entire press, however, and a great majority of the public of Athens condemn the agitation for a resumption of the war. ' Killed a Burglar. : Canton, 0., Aug. 23.—Merchant Policeman Charles Hemminger surprised burglars in.the basement of the Isaac Harter & Sons savings bank early Sunday morning. The guard of the party opened fire on the officer and the latter shot one of the men who had been in the cellar. The burglar died at the hospital later without revealing his identity. : DBay State Republicans. l Boston, Aug. 23.—At a meeting of the | republican state committee it was de‘cided to hold the state convention here Wednesday, September 29. ° 6 Lyneched. ~ Williamsburg, Ky., Aug. 23.—Eleany Sullivan, convicted of the rape of Sarah Lawson and sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary, was takeu from jail by a mob and hung on the timbers of the eounty bridge across the Cumberland river, The lynching occurred at one p'clock Sunday morning. © Asphyxianted. : Milwaukee, Aug. 23.—Charles ‘Andrews, vice president of the C. E. An‘drews' company, dealers in ¢offee and spice, died very suddenly in this city, being suffocated by gas which was ‘turned on in his room accidentally, ; St SR ee e

" CAMPS ABANDONED. Court’s Decision Gives the Miners'’ : Strike a DBody Blow. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug.l9.—Wednesday was operators’ day and from present appearances they have made a most effective move and have nearly if net quite checkmated their opponents, the striking coal miners. The court’s decree in making permanent the preliminary injunction restraining thestrikers from camping, marching orin any manner interfering with the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company’s miners has had the effect of almost depleting the camps about those mines, and apparently a general demoralization among -the ‘campers exists. Judges Stoave and Collier handed down a decision in the injunction proceedings of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company against the United Mine ‘Workers of America, Patrick D(_)lan, William Warner and others. The preliminary injunction was made permanent and the plaintiff was ordered to file a bond of $5,000 to answer for such damages as may be sustained by the defendants by reason of the injunction. Uriah Billingham, in charge of the camp at Plum Creek, put a damper on the campers at that place Wednesday. He had just returned from the city, where he heard the court’s decision in the injunction case. He told the men there would be no more marching and no need of such a large number of men at the camp. Ile advised the men to disperse to their respective liomes and get work wherever they could. At this camp where Tuesday there were 800 men, there are now less than 100. Camp Determination, at Turtle Creek, was reduced in numbers from 200 to 50. The men who were told to go home gathered in an angry crowd and denounced the cfficials bitterly. Sunny Creek camp is practically abandoned, and it is not known whether it will be opened again or not. All told there are less than 150 men mow encamped about the three mines.

In order to follow up the advantage, the operators held a largely attended meeting Wednesday night at the Monongahela house and arranged for the starting of their mines with or without force. If force seems to be unavoidable, it is the intention to start a few mines at once under the protection of deputies, and whatever expense may result will be shared pro rata by the mine owners. This scheme to start the mines was adopted to break the national strike in 1894. President Dolan, of the miners’ organization, does not believe the movement will be a.success this time, as the strikers are more in earnest than in any former struggle.

ENCOURAGING. , Uniform Improvement in Trade in All Sections. New York, Aug. 21.—R. G. Dun & Co. in their weekly review of trade say: ‘“Not . for several years have the telegraphic reports from various cities in all parts of the country been as encouraging or shown as uniform improvement as this week. The markets are called crazy by gsome, but fairly represent the people whose confidence in the future is strong and increasing. Nothing appears to check £t Rumors of injury to crops are not sufficiently supported to have much influence. The only temporary hindrance i{s the strike of bituminous coal miners, which interferes as yet little with industries, and seems likely to terminate within a week. The demand for money improves, taking from New York to the interior about $500,000 more than was received during the week, and offerings of commercial loans are much larger, including considerable iron and steel paper, and the course of foreign exchange is generally interpreted as' an indication that specie imports cannot be long delayed. “The greatest gain has been for agriculture. Corn has advanced a little in price, but is moving very largely, so that the last vear’s surplus may soon be marketed unless the crop turns out better than many now expect. Cotton declined % cent, because of an estimate promising the largest crop .ever grown, but the goods market is decidedly improving, and some of the large mills, after a few weeks of suspension, have resumed work. Other farm products are doing well also, but wheat has advanced about 113 cents for the week on actual transactions, with heavy purchases for export. The official estimate of yield is entirely disregarded except as an admission that the crop will be larger than that of last year, and it is commonly assumed that the yield will be 550,000,000 bushels or more, though recent reports ot injury indicating the possibility of a somewhat smaller outcome have helped the advance in prices. It is well to notice that corn exports continue more than double last year’s, also in three weeks 8,516,544 bushels, against 4,119,241 last year. “Failures for the week have been 223 in the United States, against 280 last year, and 30 in Canada, against 27 last year.”

A MAN HUNT.

Infuriated Ct“)olflc County (I 11. Farmers Lynch a Tramp.

Chicago, Aug. 20.—Swift vengeance was meted out Thursday afternoon to a man who made a murderous assault upon Mrs. Paulina Fenske, wife of Carl Fenske, a poor German farmer living in Leyden township, one mile from the village of Franklin Park, and about 13 miles from the center of this city.

Early Thursday morning Carl Fenske left his wife and four children, whose ages range from one to four years, in their humble cottage and went to the farm of John Hansen, two miles west. Nearly all his neighbors were there, too, helping Hansen in threshing, as is customary in little farming communities. About noon a stranger stopped at the Fenske home, and, expleining that he had walked a long way and was weary, asked if he might come in and rest. Learning that Mrs. Fenske was alone, he assaulted her with the butt of a pistol and rendered her unconscious. The man then searched tlie house, evidently hoping to find money. Failing todoso, he struck the woman again on the head and then ran from the house. Mrs, Fenske was so badly beaten that she may not recover. She was able to crawl a quarter of a mile and give the alarm at a neighbor's house. A party of infuriated farmers, armed with,rifles, revolvers, pitchforks and other implements, started in pursuit of the man, who had fled from the lonely farmhouse into the: near-by cornfield. The man, who was a stranger in the locality and whose identity is still unknown, made a vicious fight for his life. He was armed with two huge revolvers and he fought his pursuers un. til his body was riddled.with shot and he fell helpless to the ground. ‘Slain by Their Crew. Boston, Aug. 19.—A cable received in this city from Buenos Ayres says that Capt.J. W. Whitman and Mate William Hansburgh, of the schooner Olive Pecker, which sailed from this port on June 27, have been murdered by the crew. The principal owners of the vessel are J. P. Ellicott & Co., of Boston, who also sent out the barkentine Herbert Fuller, on which Capt. Nash and his wife and Mate Bamberg wers ifiui'-‘-'*l Gt

‘ lOWA REPUBLICANS. L. M. Shaw Is Nominated for Governor —The Platform, ' Cedar Rapids, la., Aug. 19.—The great struggle which has waged ever since last Saturday, when the first candidates arrived on the field and established quartets, was practicully ernded at 4:30 We:lnesday afteruoon, when the 1,450 delegates which c¢:mposed the republican state convention selected as their candidate for governor Hon. L. M. Shaw, of Crawford county. The other contests, while spirited were soon over, and the report of the committee on resolutions was adopted without a dissenting vote. Shortly after six p. 1. the convention adjourned sine die. ' The convention was called to order promptly at 11 a. m. by Hon. John McMillan, chairman of the state central conmimittee, who, after reading the call which brought the convention together, introduced Rev. John Barkay, of Cedar Rapids, who invoked Divine blessing. He thanked God for evidences of prosperity and prayed that Cuba might be free. Hon. Charles M. Hart, of Council Bluffs, was then introduced as temporary chairman and made a short address. ' -

At the close of his speech the convention adjourned until two p. m., and on reassembling the report of the committee on permanent organization, naming Maj. Samuel Mahon, of Wapello county, as permanent chairman, was adopted. nThe committee also announced that all nominations would be made by call of districts and that no nomination speeches would be permitted. Maj. Mahon thanked the convention for the honor and attempted to make a speech. After talking about four minutes the convention compelled him to desist, all being anxious for the fray to commence. .

The convention at once proceeded to the nomination of a candidate for governor. Seven candidates were placed in the field. James Harlan, of Henry coaunty; Matt Parrott, of Blackhawk county; W. E. Fuller, ?f Fayette county; Thomas B. Harsh, of Union county; A.T. Flakinger, of Pottawattamie county; L. M. Shaw, of Crawford county; A. B. Funk, of Dickinson county. Byers withdrew from the contest Tuesday night and John Cownie, of lowa county, Wednesday morning.

The informal ballot developed what had been expected. Matt Parrott led with 333 votes, Funk was second with 298, and Shaw third with 244. Harsh, Fuller, Harlan and Flickinger followed in the order named. There was little change in the first and second formal ballots from the informal ballot, although Shaw gained slightly on both. At the second formal ballot Fleckinger withdrew. This started things going, and Shaw gained rapidly in the third formal ballot. Many counties passed ‘when roll was called, but before the end was reached it was evident that Shaw would be nominated. It was just 4:30 when Woodbury cast her 30 votes for ,Shaw. This was all that was necessary. The scene that followed beggars description. The great audience of 6,000 people went wild and cheered for several minutes. As fast as order could be restored counties began changing their votes. The chairman of the Blackhawk delegation, the home of Matt Parrott, who had led all the time until now, announced the withdrawal of Mr. Parrott, and moved that the nomination of Mr. Shaw be made by acclamation. This was carried unanimously. The convention then proceeded to complete the ticket, the following nominations being made: For lieutenant governor, Capt. J. C. Milliman, of Harrison county; for supreme judge, Judge Waterman, of Scott county; for railroad comptroller, C. L. Davidson, of Sioux county; for superintendent of instruction, H. H. Barrett, of Mitchell county. :

The report of the committee on resolutions was received and approved without a dissenting vote. A synopsis of the resolutions follows: They declare that the republicans ot lowa view with the utmost satisfaction the campaign of last year, and congratulate the whole nation upon the election of William McKinley; they highly commend his wisdom &nd energy in diracting the whole force of his administration toward an early and complete fulfillment of all pledges; they applaud congress for its prompt action, and refer with gratification to the part taken by the senators and representatives of Iowa; they reaffirm and adopt in every part the declaration of principles announced by the republican national convention of 1896, and again declare for protection and sound money; they demand rigid economy in ail departments of the government, to the effect ¢hat burdens may be lessened; demand a system of taxation which will ‘justly distribute among taxpayers the amount necessary for public expenditures, and insist that all individuals and corporations shall be so taxed that they shall not escape a fair and proportionate share of burdens; declare seltishness should be rebuked and avariciousness and power of combination restrained in order that .all may have equal opportunities; invoke the birth and history of the party as a guarantee of ti-e pledge that it exists only \:a?io Jjustice; they point with pride to the 18ng record of economical administration of state affairs by the republican party, to the benevolent institutions established on a rate of taxation uniformly below that of sister states, and commend the general assembly for its efforts to reduce taxation; the administration of Gov. Drzke is indorsed, and the farmers are congratulated upon the selection of James Wilson as secretary of agriculture. The platform closes with this paragraph* *“We believe in the justice of those laws heretofore enacted by republican legisiators securing to employes of rajlways the right of indemnity »r personalinjuries resulting from negligence, and we favor such legislation as may be found necessary to perfect such right and prevent its impasrment or nullification in letter or spirit.”

WITH THE STAGE FOLKS.

Ethel Barrymore is visiting Mrs. John Drew at Larchmont, but will soon return to London to join the Irving company. _

In imitation of Duse, many actresses are totally abandoning make-up on the stage. She never uses it. , Walter Damrosch will conduct a special season of opera in Philadelphia during the winter. Melba will be the star of the organization. Wilson Barrett and his eompany have accepted a good offer to tour Australia next January. This means that he will not come to America. : : Cissy. Fitzgerald is over from Europe with a wardrobe of brand new gowns which she intends to display to her audiences in America this winter. A movement has been started whereby all the actors and managers in this country who have taken part in the drama “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” shall contribute to a benefit for the daughters of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, who are in poverty and likely to lose their homestead. Mrs. Stowe never received a cent from the stage version of her famobilgsk. . 0 s S e e i s R L S i s e e

OUR CURRENCY. ! Its Needs Are Discussed by Comptrol- : ler Eckels. Detroit, Mich.,, Aug. 19. — The announcement that Comptroller of the Currency Eckels would makeanaddress drew to Wednesday morning’s session of the bankers’ convention an audience unusually larve. ; When: Comptroller Eckels came forward he wuas greeted with a most generous round of applause. Throughout the reading of his address the large audience gave him careful attention. Mr. Eckels’ topic was “The Need of Currency Legislation,” and he spoke in part as follows:

‘“That which we term cur currency system is one in name only. It lacks every e¢lement of what rightfully can be called a gystem. It violates in every essential feature what in all other departments of governmental affairs we denominate a system, It is not an orderly combination of parts into a whole, according to some rational principle or organic idea. Everywhere there is want of unity, and instead of presenting to the world financial completeness it exhibits itself as a work of shreds and patches. :

‘““Nowhere:in any nation of equal importance is there to be found a currency and financial system so inadequate for the purposes to be accomplished as here. It presents in its circulation feature the singular spectacle of nine different kinds of currency, all except two of which are directly or indirectly dependent upon the credit of the United States. The treasury department established by it is the greatest banking institution in the land, clothed with the least powers for self-preservation and beneficial action. One statute requires. the secretary of the treasury to redeem the legal tender notes in coin on presentation, and another compels him to pay them out that they may return aga’n and again for redemption. Upon every hand, the laws of the land make it an embarrassment to the profitable conduct of the business affairs of the country. ) _“ln the contemplation of a series of contradictions and inconsistencies so incongruous the business men of the nation may well decry currency laws so irrational and demand a speedy remedying of them at the hands of the enacting power. No stronger evidence could be had that the whole system is radically wrong and weakening to our financial world than the fact that here and everywhere, as it now stands, it is the one great subject of discussion and debate.

‘““Complete confidence cannot be restored by increasing the government inceme, but even if it could there would be no guarantee against future impairment of it through the same cause. That danger can only be eliminated by rendering it impossible to have the treasury the one source of gold supply for the people of every nation. It is not sufficient to have our currency good to-day, but an earnest must be given that it will be good to-morrow and throughout the future. That promise cannot be accepted unless legisrative action once for all establish beyend the peradventure of a aoubt that ours is a gold standard country, with laws establishing the fact so plain ‘that he who runs may read’ and with a treasury so equipped and resourceful as to be unmoved, no matter how strongly assaulted. - It will not be fully credited ag leng as it is but the policy of an executive officer, and not the uncontradicted expression of statutory law. “I am aware that all this cannot be brought about withcut a struggle. It rests with ‘the nationrn’s -law-making powers ‘to say whether the people shall be freed from this ‘body of death’ or whether they shall still continue to carry it. The people at the polls declared, after a campaign which knew no other issue, for complete emancipation., Bnt from those who stand within the inner circle of legislative action the announcement comes that nothing can be done unless concessions are made to interests, the harmful results of which no man can foretell.. If such be the truth, the duty is placed upon every citizen who has his country’s good at heart, and would put an end to the losses so long entailed upon his fellows, to raise his voice in protest against either inaction or concession and thus make the country’s declaration at the polls more than a barren victory.”

DOLLAR. WHEAT.

Coveted Price at Last Reached—Fur=ther Gains Expected.

New York, Aug. 21.—At 1:40 o’clock Friday September wheat in the local market reached the long-talked of goal of >one dollar per bushel. Naturally enough the incident created a tremendous sensation on the floor of the exchange and was greeted with prolonged ‘cheers from 500 throats, being reechoed from the crowded galleries. " Philadelphia, Aug. 21.—The wheat market Friday was the most exciting ever experienced in the history of the exchange. Quotations jumped up 43, cents and brought the price beyound the dollar mark. There were sales of No. 2 red at $l.Ol and No. 2 Pennsylvania red at one time was quoted at $1.02. This is the highest quotation here in many years. _ : Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 21.—Wheat sold for one dollar a bushel in Minneapolis I'riday. When the September option went to 96 cents Charles A. Pillsbury offered a-dollar spot for 1,200 bushels of old No. 1 northern, which is selling at a premium. The offer was accepted. James Marshall offered the same price for 5,000 bushels, but it has not yet been accepted. Chicago, Aug. 21. — September wheat had advanced six cents over Bhursday night’s closing price at 12:30 Friday, when it reached 9314 cents a bushel. “Wild excitement reigned in the wheat pit all day. The opening of wheat was 334 cents above Thursday’s close and ‘within a minute the price was 911, cents. After another slump it rose to 9314 cents without any materialdecline. December wheat also fluctuated wildly. The market closed strong at 93 cents, a falling off of only one-eighth of a cent from its high point. 'STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC. Coal Operators Define Their Position ; in the Strike.- : ; Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 21.—The coal operators in their meeting Friday night, after waiting in vain for an answer from President Ratchford {o their telegram asking for a conference here to-day to arbitrate the strike question, issued the following statement to the public: v :

‘““The operators have exhausted every effort to make amicable settlement, but the miners refuse either to attend in conference or arbitrate. The position taken by Mr. Ratchford occasions great surprise to the operators. He insists in bringing in all competitive states when he knows the operators of other states under no circumstances will attend a joint conference. In making this demand, Mr. Ratchford is seeking to, delay.a settlement in hope that he may bring to his aid all the labor organizations of the country and - assume such political influence as will frighten the politicians into in- : sisting upon a settlement of the strike without regard to the merits of the case. He has always insisted that the Pitts. burgh district is the key to the situation, and the operators hold out to him an olive branch from which is suspended the key he sought. Mr. Ratchford is using the Pittsburgh miners as a cat's-paw to scratch political chestnuts off the idle coa} tipples -in this district. He knows very well that delay in settlement will deprive Pittsburgh miners of work which will be done during the winter by miners of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and lowa regions. Mr. Ratchford must arrange & confereuce at once for the settlement or arbitration of the troubles in the Pittsburgh coal dis- . trict or -he must stand accused of inconsistency and vinsmce-rl,t}r;,i Public opinion will certainly hold him responsible for the déstitution which must inevitably prewvail in the district during th ;bhm&gwhQW i iTE R e R Goosiedl DD R