Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 25, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 September 1897 — Page 2

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Some of the miners who are throwing away provisions to reach the Klondike will have to be satisfied later on with the aurora borealis for a light supper.

It is stated that the new German ambassador to this country is a doctor of philosophy, a diplomat and a duelist; He is certainly entitled to the distinctionof D.D.D.

A monument is to be erected in ftaly to the discoverer of the yellow fever microbe. It is something to have identified the little pest, but more to know that it avoids a clean town.

Alaska’s gold-bearing soil must be thawed out before it can be washed. Some Yankee will be starting a company to establish a pneumatic tube between the mines and the equator.

The duty collected on the personal baggage of passengers returning from Europe during the month of August, in excess of $lOO each, amounted to $46,892. It shows the extent to which foreign clothing has been imported in this way. o

Apropos of the threatened invasion of this country of a foreign prince in search of an American wife, the experience of the girl who married a Braziljan duke and is now residing in a London jail in default of sundry unpaid board bills is commended to those most interested. s

The czar’s promise to abolish the horrors of the Siberian exile system is giving him a better advertisement even than the French alliance. The alliance is caused by ambitious considerations, and the fact that France is a republic had, of course, nothing to do with the matter The Siberian reforms, on the other hand, are dictated by humanity.

An insurance publication in the east has issued “Fire Tables for 1897.” From this series-of figures it is seen that in 1896 the losses were $118,000,000, a decrease of $24,000,000 from the losses of 1895, $22,000,000 under those of 1894, $50,000,000 less: than 1893 and $34,000,000 lower than 1892. - Unfortunately there is no text with the figures showing the cause of the encouraging decrease.

Mexico claims to have discovered rich gold mines in the Yaqui country. This river, which fléws into the Gulf of California, until recently has been unknown to the prospectors, because of the hostility of the savages. But peace is now assured, and the gold region is open, and a great exodus from the cities and towns is expected. A trip to rich gold fields in Mexico would be more pleasing than one to the Klondile.

England, as well as the United States, complains of an oversupply of doctors. More are annually graduated than there is room for, and the same is true in other countries. What to do with the surplus is a problem of which no solution has yet beén found. If the young sawbones ‘could he set to ‘doctoring each other ‘for a‘&.te'r‘m" before trying their bands on the ‘p.libiic their ranks would thin out with gréat rapidity, but such a course would probably be against the ethics of the profession.

"~ A tariff of 50 cents a head has been placed by % new,law in New Jersey upon every scouple from outside that comes into the stateto be married. This was a consequent inquisitorial feature created as a preliminary to marriage which brought on a perfect stampede of young persons to rtharry before the act went into effect. It is estimated that 1,100 marriages were solemnized in the state as a result of this, and it is hinted that many of these had been a long time in contemplation.

The electric third rail system which has been in operation for months between Hartford and New Britain, Conn., has not killed any person, though several dogs and snakes have been electrocuted by touching two of the rails at the same time. Even when the.track is submerged the current performs its work, and it is believed that a speed of 70 miles an hour can be obtained. It is certainly not safe to walk on the track where the third rail is laid, but it is no place for walking under any circumstances. As far as it has been tested the third-rail system gives complete eatisfaction. g @ :

It is in order to ask what has become of the Russian thistle which a few years ago was said to threaten the annihilation of American agriculture, Its rapid decline in interest dates from its failure to serve as a basis for appropriations. On the other hand the gypsy moth, which was successfully used to raid the state treasury in Massachusetts, is in a highly flourishing condition, and was good this year for a $1060,000 pull at he public funds. A brave start was made with the Russian thistle, but legislatures declined to go into the business of killing weeds and the country has survived in good shape. ‘

If the people who are trying to stop the insane rush to the Klondike would recull the history of the race they might spare themselves much labor and worry. Humanity has ever been seexing madly the source of wealth since Adam began to wear clothes, and will doubtless continue to do go until the last of the coming race of toothless and hairless men vanish from the earth. And the further away the reputed treasure is and the more danger, 11;: more eager e ene el S

Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION, : FROM WASHINGTON. ‘lnvestigation made by Commissioner Jones, of the Indian bbureau, shows that there are only 68 insane Indians in the country. The postmaster-general is devoting considerable attention to an investigation of the wisdom of establishing postal savings banks. : For the eight months ended August 31 last domestic exports amounted to $629,434,371, an increase of $062,217,387 over last year. During August the amount of gold imported amounted to $4,374,175, and the exports to $1,983,588. The silver imports amounted to $1,491,752 and-the exports to $5,313,277. Mr. Powderl§, commissioner of the immigration bureau, has directed the deportation of 16 contract laborers recently arrived at San Francisco from Japan. ! President McKinley has appointed Thomas Smith, of New Jersey, to be consul at Moscow, Russia.

The desire of Secretary Gage that postage stamps shall hereafter be green has met with defeat by the discovery that the rules of the international postal eongress forbid any change in the color of stamps.

THE EAST.

.Electrician Edison has taken up the study of air ships.. He says those already invented are wrong in principle. At Coxe Brothers’ colliery at Eckley, Pa., trouble broke out, and troops were sent to the scene. : L

The resignation of E. Benjamin Andirews as president of Brown university at Providemnce, R. 1.,, has been withdrawn. : : :

In Pennsylvania and Ohio large numbers of coal miners were returning to work. : Aoy :

In Rhode Island the mill situation is better tham it has been for-five years. Mills are running on full time. <« At Springfield, Mass., Michael broke the world’s 20-mile bicycle record, going the distance in 38:11. : A circular was sent out by President Ratchford to the miners declaring the great strike off. . In a mine at Nanticoke, Pa., four men were fatally injured and eight others seriously hurt by the fall of a cage.

In New York Alton B. Parker has been nominated by the democratic state committee for chief justice of the court of appeals. Because convicted of a felony Louise Michel, the French anarchist who contemplates coming to America, will be barred out.

‘ln New York Seymour Bros., stock brokers, with offices in various-cities in the country, failed for $1,Q00,000.

.Between 15,000 and 18,000 coal miners in the Pittsburgh district returned to work. ; .

In session' at Boston the National Laundrymen’s association defeated a resolution looking for a boycott of the Chinese laundries.

WEST AND SOUTH.

At Lincoln the nineteenth amnual reunion of the Nebraska G. A. R. began with a large attendance. The Society of the Army of the Tennessee will hold its twenty-ninth meeting in Milwaukee October 27 and 2S.

Near Waverly, la., Rev. Scott Hyatt and wife, Royal McQueen and Miss Mae Tibbetts were drowned in the Cedar river. :

A hurricane visited the towns of Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, Tex., and blew dowm many buildings and killed some 20 people. G. F. B. Howard, a noted federal convict, escaped from the prison at Columbus, O. !

.The paper mills at Appleton, Wis., received orders from Japan for 2,000 tons of print paper. This opens up a market new to American paper manufacturers. . Flames at Iron Mountain, Cal., destroyed property belonging to the Mountain Copper company valued at nearly $200,000. i Reports as to the condition of the crops thtoughout the country say that hot weather has given corn a big boost.

At Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, Tex., ten dead and many injured and the destruction of gproperty and erops worth $250,000 sipm up the losses by the hurricane. : ’

In Kansas City, Mo., the Midland national bank went into voluntary liquidation by resolutjon of its stdckholders. Senator George L. Wellington has resigned the chairmanship of the republican state central committee of Maryland. In the northwest the salmon catch of the past season has been the largest ever known. .

In New Orleans and other southern cities yellow fever was said to be spreading. : - In Baltimore Miss Sarah Randall died on the one hundred and third anniversary of her birth. -

The recent hailstorm in the vicinity of Washington, la. caused a damage of $300,000. , At Versailles, Ind., a mob of 400 men Iynched Lyle Levi, Bert Andrews, Clifford Gordon, William Jenkins. and Hiney Shuler. The men had been arrested for burglary. : ‘

From Alaska the steamer Excelsior arrived in San Francisco with. 63 passengers and about $2,500,000 in gold. Farmers along Taylor’s bayou in Jefferson county, Tex., lost $150,000 by the destruction of the rice erop in the recent hurricane. i Ex-Postmaster-General Wilson has been installed into the office of president of Washington and I,ee university at Lexington, €a. ‘

Advices say that the Great Dismal swamp of Virginia and North Carolina, covering an area of perhaps 400 square miles, was on fire from one end to the other. an Dubd’que, Ta., several buildings were unroofed and many shade trees torn up by a storm. : _ Flames at Youngsiown, 0., destroyed the stock farm of John A. Logan, Jr., and 80 finely-bred horses and many elegant equipages were burned. Near Butte, Mont.,, Tom Lane, a miner, killed Jim Shea, a shift boss, and then committed suicide. An old grudge was the cause, Michael Welsh and Thomas ILucas were killed and James Cody and John Lyons were fatally hurt in a railway collision near Basalt, Col. =~ . In session at Bloomington M. G. ?fimmmwgflmdm o teai ke,

- At Moorhead, Minn., tramps caused an $BO,OOO fire. By a railway collision at Keytesviiie, Mo., William Gaines, a postal clerk, and W. B. Smith, a fireman, and W. Clark and Paul Street were killed. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE., - Moses P. Handy, the special commissioner of the United States to the Paris exposition of 1900, has arrived in Paris. It is said that the sultan of Turkey and the council of ministers of the Ottoman empire have accepted the powers’ conditions of peace with Greece, and the preliminaries of the treaty would be signed at once. : - Mr. Paternotre, the French ambassador at Washington, has been transferred to Madrid, and Count Montholon, the French minister at Brussels, will ’ucceed him at Washington. " President Diaz said at the opening of the Mexican congress that there was every reason for congratulation over the state of the country. Sy Off Manilla, Philippine islands, the Spanish coasting steamer Taal was lost and'several of her passengers were drowned. New gold discoveries have been made in the Carabaya district in Peru. - In the province of Santiago de Cuba Gen. Weyler has utterly destroyed 1,500 farms. 3 Russian steamers collided near Astrakhan' and 40 persons were drowned. : Near Gonzales, Mexico, five persons were struck by lightning and two were fatally injured. ’ In the City of Mexico an attempt was made by a supposed anarchist named Anulfua te assassinate President Diaz, but the assailant was captured before any injury was done.

LATER NEWS.

Arnulfo Arroyo, who attempted to kill president Diaz in the City of Mexico, was taken from officers by a mob and lynched. : The lamp chimney manufacturers of the United States have signed the wage scale demanded by the workers. Emanuel Sands, of Jersey City, N. J., commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in the state, was killed while jumping from a trolley car. The Minneapolis Building & Loan association has gone into voluntary liquidation.

A dispatch from Rome says the Italian cabinet crisis has ended.'

At the Dominion trades eongress at Hamilton, Ont., a resolution was adopted urging members to continue their warfare against Sunday work. Postal cards supposed to be counterfeit were found in the mails at Denver.

A fire which began in a bazar of Cabul, the capital of Afghanistan, destroyed 150 stores and four persons were burned to death.

Henry George will be asked to accept the nomination for mayor of New York on a free silver platform. Snow to the depth of six inches fell at Cripple Creek and at Central City, Col.

Thirty-two miles east pof Sumas, Wash., an extensive quartz ledge, samples of which assay $9,300 of gold to the ton, has been developed. Louise Michel, the French anarchist, has been expelled from Brussels.

In a wreck on the Wisconsin Central road near Chippewa Falls, Wis., five men were killed and four others injured. . : Three young daughters of Preston Howard were burned to death in their home at Port Alma, Ont. There were 204 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 17th, against 215 the week previous and 317 in the corresponding period of 1896. e Yellow fever was said to be increasing in New Orleans and other portions of the south. :

Fire at Teetersville, Ont., destroyed 16 buildings, iuncluding the Free Methodist church, the Jackson hotel and Gorham hotel.

After many months of effort and repeated .experiments a cure for cattle fever has been found, it is claimed, by Dr. V. A. Norgaard, of Denver. . At Spiritwood, N. D., a threshing machine exploded and killed Engineer Robert Orange, Fireman Fred Sisson and Daniel Orange. ‘ Capt. Gen. Weyler says that he is perfectly confident of being able to pacify Cuba in four months, while Gen. Gareia announces his intention of driving the Spaniards out of eastern Cuba in a short time.

~ Freight trains collided at Helpers Station, 0., and Engineer Cahill and three unknown tramps were killed. With the exception of the store of Joplin & Co., the entire business portion of the town of Wilmore, Ky., was destroyed by fire. During a dense fog two steamers were lost between St. Johns, N. F., and Cape Race and several lives were lost. The 125 Spanish guerrillas who murdered the family of Lieut. Doraz near Pclacios, Cuba, were captured by insurgents and all were killed. ' Bhe treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece has been signed. President McKinley has requested Gen. Fitzhugh Lee to return to Cuba and continue to serve as consul general for a few months.. :

Five persons were injured in a railway wreck in St. Louis, two probably fatally. : : Jimmy Michael broke the world’s 25mile bicycle record at Boston, making the distance 4n 45 minutes 58 4-5 seconds. Every world’s record from three to twenty-five miles inclusive is now credited to Michael. ;

Three fine business blocks were gutted by fire at Creston, Ja. Y Efforts to stamp out the yellow fever in New Orleans, Mobile, Biloxi, Jackson and other southern cities were being redoubled. ' .The treaty of peace between Uruguay and the insurgents hhs been signed. The world’s pacing race record was broken at Indianapolis by Star Pointer in a match race with Joe Patchen, the former covering the mile in 2:01, The First national bank of Benton Harbor, Mich., closed its doors with liabilities of $90,000. :

Two cattle thieves were lynched at the head of Moreau river in South Dakota.

A kite was sent to the height of 10,016 feet at Blue Hill observatory, Mass., breaking all previous kite records. ‘The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 18th were: Baltimore, J 717; Boston, .707; New York, .636; Cincinnati, .562; Cleveland, .512; Washington, .467; Brooklyn, .455; Pittsburgh, .455; Chicago, .447; -Bhilad;;ghi;;, 423 uisville, .408; St. Louis, .220. L‘m 'fi”'”sf%m,gmm%a

MINERS RESUME WORK.

Song of the Pick Heard Again in the Pittsburgh District.

Idleness of Two Months Ended—Per= plexing Situation nt Hazleton, Pa. /' —Women, Armed with Sticks and Stones, Make Treuble. '

Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 17.—After over two months of idleness between 15,000 and 18,000 coal miners in the Pittsburgh district returned to work in accordance with the action taken at Wednesday’s convention ~authorizing the men to resume work in all the mines complying with the provisions of the scate of 65 cents adopted at Columbus.. The remainder of the 33,000 miners of the district will be at work before the close of the week. It is estimated that the strike, which lasted 65 working days, cost the people of the Pittsburgh district from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. Of this amount the miners lost about $2,250,000 in wages.

Unorganized Miners Go Out.

Philadelphia, Sept. 17.—A special to the Record from Hazleton says: Originating as it did in the petty disagreement’ between the Lebigh & Wilkesbarre company mule drivers and their employers and having spread until it now affects nearly 10,000 men and most of the principal operators of the middle coal fields, this strike has been one of the most peculiar ever inaugurated in the region. - The miners have no organization. In many instances they do not know exactly for what they struck, except that they feel that they have been unfairly treated, and that they want more pay. In 50 per cent. of the collieries they -are at a loss to say how much they want, and in such cases they have quit, work without even asking for an in-, crease. : "Women Force Men to Quit. Hazleton, Sept. 17.—Two hundred and fifty women made more trouble Thursday morning than = the ' 10,000 striking miners have caused sjnce last Friday’s shooting. : They were the foreign women’of the McAdoo and Audenried district. Armed with clubs, rolling pins, pokers and any weapon they could find, they invaded the washeries which have hither- ‘ to*been working and forced the men, about 300 in number, to quit work. As the men were husbands, sons or brothers of the women, in most instances, they made no resistance, although this is the first successful movement to get them out. In every other part of the region quiet prevailed. The strike may now be said to be general, as there is not a colliery of importance in operation. Women n Perplexing Problem. Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 18. — Friday opened with commotion at the headquarters of the Third brigade and in the various camps. At an early hour in the morning a message reached Gen. Gobin that there was more trouble at Audenried. The attack made by the women Thursday, which resulted in driving the miners at these collieries out, was repeated when another attempt to start up the collieries was made Friday. : : Over 100 men reported for work at the Monarch washery, when the band of Amazons armed with sticks and stones swooped down upon them. Some of their number again stationed themselves on top of a culm bank, ready to pelt the men with their weapons, but violence was avoided by the men promptly going out. _ - As soon as the reports of this disturbance reached Gen. Gobin he sent a suad of the governor’s troops to the scene. When the cavalry reached there all attempts of violence had ceased, but the women followed the troops about the street hooting and cursing them. :

Gen. Gobin is in a quandary over the raids made by infuriated foreigm women. He says he canmot order his soldiers to fire upon them, even in.the event of greater trouble, and he is seeking more patient means of keeping them in subjection. * No Prospect of Settlement. Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 18.—The strike situation may be summarized thus: Over 10,000 men: are still out, with no apparent prospect of settlement; sporadic outbreaks of violence are oceurring near the outlying collieries, and the withdrawal of troops is not only without consideration, but the guard lines of several of the camps are being constantly strengthened. » " Another DBad Wreck. : Chippewa Falls, sWis., Sept. 18. — A disastrous wreck occurred on the Wisconsin Central railroad six miles west of this city at four o’clock Friday morning, resulting in the death of five people and the serious injury of four others. Two freight trains, through a mistake in orders, while going 40 miles an hour, et onia curve, and not even giving the engineers and firemen time to jump, -came together with térrible force. Austrian Will Aect. London, Sept. 15.—The Vienna correspondent of the Daily News says: *I learn that the imperial government will demand full satisfaction for injuries to Austro-Hungarian subjects at Lattimer, and the severe punishment of those who are culpable in that affair, according to the sentence of the American tribunals.” ' File a Big Mortgage. : Chicago, Sept. 16. — A refunding five per cent. gold bond mortgage for $40,000,000, given to the Farmers’ Loan and Trust company of New York, was filed 'at the county recorder’s office by the People’s Gas Light and Coke company. The mortgage is to run for 50 years. o Jicis - Russian Steamers Collide. St. Peterburg, Sept. 17.—Two steam--ers, the Tzarevitch and Malpitka, collided in the Volga, near Astrakhan. The former sank., Her passfingers, panic-stricken, jumped into the river. Many reached the shore, but 40 were drowned. S ‘ , Heel and Toe. i . Port Henry, N. Y., Sept. 17.—M. H. Donovan, at the Westport track, beat the world's record for two-fifths of a mile heel and toe walk, making the distance in 2:26 3-5 seconds. The previous record wag 2:391-5. . ~ Negro Postmaster Shot. ; Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 17. — News comes Atow Regeants of s csiention there of Isaac H. Loftin, a well-known S

v GAINS IN FURY. The Yellow Feyer Epidemic Is Growing in Virulence. New Orleans, Sept. 18.—Dr. Purnell reported to the state board of health Friday night 15 new cases of yellow fever for the day, including one convalescent at Edwards, the worst report yet. Four trained nurses have been sent to Edwards by special train from Vieksburg. At six o’clock in the evening the board of health officially announced the appearance of eight new cases, and of these one death, that of Zena Brauner.

Secretary Patton, of the board, said that the appearance of the eight cases was not necessarily alarming. *“We have now had,” he said, “28 cases and two deaths. The majority of the remaining cases are improving. It is still quite likely that there will appear numerous cases in New Orleans, but the situation is not distressing, and the ckances of a disastrous epidemic are remote.”

In the meantime there has been no relaxation of efforts_on the part of the health authorities to control the disease. They realize that they are grappling with a dangerous and insidious foe, and neither time nor money is being spared in fighting it. The forece of inspectors and police officers is being steadily increased, and quarantine measures are becoming more and more rigorous. People continue to leave in small parties, but there is nothing like the wild exodus that depopulated Mobile, Jackson and other cities. .

The situation was somewhat quieter at Ocean Springs. Three cases, however, were reported. ; TR The report of the board of health at Diloxi shows that there are 19 cases ot actual vellow fever under treatment.

Jackson, Miss.,, Sept. 17.—N0 more people are leaving the city. There are very few left here, and none of these ean get out on account of the rigid quarantine thrown around the town. Pyusiness is dead. , i Mobile, Ala., Sept. 17.—Aonotone Hagan, the first yellow fever case, is dead. One new case is “re_porte'd, making five declared ‘cases in all. 7 . Montgomery, Ala., Sept.l7.—The city of 'Montgomery- has quarantined all points in the state of Mississippi. . Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. #7.—~Knoxville has quarangined against #ll'southern fever-infected points. -

LYNCHED IN INDIANA.

Five Prisoners at Versailles Taken by a Mob and Hanged. .

Osgood, Ind., Sept. 16.—Incensed by numerous depredations, repeated burglaries and daylight robberies, the people of Ripley couxl‘ty, Ind., have taken the law into their own hands, and meted out to the perpetrators a punishment greater than provided by the law. Five men, who have long beena terror to the citizens of this county, met their death at the hands of the enraged populace, and when the citizens,of Versailles, the county seat, arose Wednesday it was to find the bodies of five men dangling from as many limbs of an elm tree in the center of the publie square. Versailles is a town of some 800 people. It is oneof the oldest in the state, and, although it is five miles from a railroad station and has no telegraphic communication with the outside world, as have more pretentious towns of tle county, it is still the county seat. For four or five years, and even longer, the farmers®of the county have been the victims of a lawless gang, who, apparently lacking in fear, have plied their vocation to the terror of the people, fér they seemingly have had no visible means of earning a living. ° ‘ During the past week robberies had increased alarmingly. On last Saturday word was received by the sheriff that the store of Wooley Brothers at Correct, Ind., ten miles from here; was to be entered. The information was given by one of the gang’s confederates, who had been under suspicion. Sheritt Henry .Bushing arranged that his informant should accompany them, and securing five deputies they went to the place and captured, after a severe struggle in which the sheriff was shot in the hand, Clifford Gordon, Henry Shulter, William Jenkins, Lyle Levi and Bert Andrews, and placed them in jail at Versailles. e . While the citizens have not lbeen able to fix the various robberies upon these men, they were thought to be part of a gang that had committed a host of them. When it became known that they were in: jail, it was quietly suggested by the victims and sympathizers that “justice” be summarily dealt the prisoners. '

Andrews Decides to Stay. - Providence, R. 1., Sept. 15.—E. Benjamin Andrews has withdrawn his resignation. as president of Brown university, the students have celebrated the event, and the university will reopen to-day with renewed activity and vigor. President Andrews’ letter to the officials is as follows: ‘“Brown University, Sept. 14, 1897.—T0 W. V. Killen, J. H. Stines and R. G. Hazard, Committee.—Gentlemen: The resolution of the corporation of Brown university on the Ist inst., com'municated to me by you, has been carefully considered. I take pleasure in assuring you that the action referred to entirely does away with the scruple which led to my resignation. At the date, however, when you laid the communication before me I had undertaken to perform the cominig .year certain work, which, after learning the judgment of the corporation om the subject, I came to regard as incompatible with' the dntiesof the presidency. I therefore felt obliged at first to adhere to my resignation. But being now free to give to the university my undivided service, I have withdrawn my ressignation and have notified the secretary of the corporation to that effect. I am, gentkamen, yours with sincere esteem, “E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS.” " British in Hot Battle. Camp Anayat, via Pankajora, Sept.lB. —DBritish troops suffered severe losses Thursday in a battle with the rebellious Mohmands. Omne hundred and forty in the second brigade of Gen. Sir Bindon Blood’s division have been either killed or wounded. The Mohmand loss was also heavy. ii:xtendq Pauncefote’s Term. London, Sept. 16.—A great honor is reserved for Sir Julian Pauuncefote, which was noticonferred on aiy of his dplomatic colleagues. According ‘to the regulations he would retire in 1898, but Lord Salisbury has extended his term of office at Washington for 12 months. i : . o Tandem Records Broken, Springfield, Mass., Sept. 17. — At Hampden park Casey and Ekberg ‘broke the tandem bicycle records for the quarter, third and half mile. Their Hoe gL une 24 4-5; former reeord, 26. Third, 35; former, 3. Half, Bt former 88 e

PRESIDENT DIAZ' PERIL. Attempted Assassination of Mexico’s Chief Executive. : City of Mexico, Sept. 17.—President ' Diaz was assaulted with deadly intent during the ceremonies attending the celebration of the declaration of independence. Ignacio Arnulfo, a violent anarchist, broke through the line of soldiers that marked the line of the procession to the Alameda and attempted to brain the president with a heavy cane as he was walking to the national palace. The blow which he aimed at the president’s head fell short and the would-be murderer was immediately seized and handed over to the police. . Intense excitement prevailed when it became known that an attempt had been made upon the life of President Diaz. In a thousand ways the deep hold -he has upon the affections of the Mexican people was manifested when the fact became known that he had escaped without injury. The city is ringing with cheers for the president, and ‘prayers of thanksgiving are being offerd in many of the churches. . City of Mexico, Sept. 18.—A most sensational ending of the attempt on the life of President Diaz occurred Friday morning. Arnulfo Arroyo was lynched by a band of the common people who were determined to revenge this dastardly attempt on the life of the president. It wasan act unprecedented in the history of this country. The gensational attempt on the life of the president of the. republic had a more sensational ending than the quiet people of Mexico ever dreamed could be. At one o’clock in the morning a number of men belonging to the common peopie forced their way into the municipal palace, ascended the stairway, overcame the guards, made their way to the office of thc inspector general of police and killed Arnuifo Arroyo, whom they tound there. The killing was a wild and savage scene and wild and noisy was the retreat. :

The assistant chief of police, who was sleeping in the adjoining room, was awakened by the noise. He arose and ran to the balcony and fired his pistol as a signal for help. At the same time. he called to the policeman who was in sight that he make an attempt to detain the lynchers, who were making their escape. The firing of the pistol and the whistles of -the policemen brough't other policemen, who succeeded in capturing a score of persons. It was not long before the inspector general and Inspector Villavicencie arrived on horseback. When the police entered the room they found the body of the dead man lying in the middle of the floor. It was literally riddled and hacked with knife satbs. At his side were found a door bar and several knives and other steel instruments. An examination showed that the panes of the window were broken. The men who were captured would not say anything.

NO FEAR OF REACTION.,

Dusiness Shows Continuous and Gratifying Activity. New York, Sept. 18.—R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade, say:

“The end of the bituminous coal strike and the return of many thousand men to work at advanced wages adds to the purchasing power of the people, and the anthracite strike affects not a fifth as many workers. The starting of many mines and works, enormous exports of wheat and corn, the favorable news as to those crops and cotton, the fall in sterling exchange and the reports:showing that gold imports in August exceeded exports by $2,390.587, while merchandise exports exceeded imports by $40,953,753, have all contributed to forward the movement in business. The replenishment of stocks cannot be half finished, though some who could see no sign of improvement a few weeks ago are now finding it so vast and rapid that they fear rcaction. But eonsumers as well as dealers have also to supply themselves after years of enforced economy, and their power to purchase is increasing every day. When the tide rises after four years of depression it does not fall again after four weeks. “The wheat market has declined over five cents on account of crop reports which promise larger prosperity, and corn and cotton are both a little lower for like reasons. Yet estimates of the highest financial authorities regarding requirements from this country are not smaller, but larger than before. i ’ “The iron industry again shows increasing demand and an average of prices nearly one per cent. higher, due to purchasing by consumers. Textile mills are more fully emplcyed than at any time for vears, though new buying has diminished in amount, and while the number of orders received is still large, the amount is smaller. The demand is still good for the season and prices are firm throughout with some further advances. Actual buying of wool by mills is increasing at ail markets, with the belief that foreign supplies are short. “Failures for the week have been 204 in the United States, against 317 last year, and 40 in Canada, against 32 last year.”

\ Yellowstone Parlk. ‘ Washington, Sept. 15.—C01. 8. B. M. ' Young, acting superintendent of Yellowstone National park, in his annual report says there has been a rapid increase of black bear within the park limits,and he recommendsg that some of the bears be disposed o? to zoological gardens. He also says coyotes are nnumerous and bold, and kill many young antelopes. He asks:authority to reduce the number. He estimates the rumber of buffalo at 24, and says that they seem to be the only game which are not increasing under government protection. Col. Young estimates $250. 00C as necessary for next year’simprovements in the park. Wood Loses His Case. : Washington, Sept. 15. — Judge Cox, of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, Tuesday dismissed the bill of complaint of John G. Wood, superintendent of mails at’ Louisville, praying that Postmaster General Gary and Assistant Postmaster General Heath be cnjoined from removing him fromoffice. The case has been considered in the nature of a test of the power of removal, ‘ and the delivery of the opinion drew to ‘ the courtroom many public officials, including members of the civil service commission. - e » Cripple Creek Gold. : Colorado Springs, Col., Sept. 15.—C01. H. 8. Ervay has just brought from ‘ Cripple Creek a piece of ore weighing over 100 pounds which is literally alive’ with free gold, and which will carry . values aggregating fully $lOO,OOO to the ton. The ore was taken from a new find and is in many respects the most sensational ever made in Cripple Creck. Rhe rich rock was uncovered at a depth ‘ of only six feet. : S | Road Parliament Adjourns. - Nashville, Tenn., Sept, 18, — At the national road parliament resolutions. ~recommending state aid and aid by the general government and a restricted e of ouric labor esepllopted. en. Tih o) etk i i b

USE YOUR REASON And Profit by the Experience. of Other : : People. L There are thousands of people who have been cured of nervous trouble, scrofula sores, rheumatism, dyspepsia, catarrh and other diseases by purifying their blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla. This great medicine will do the same good work for you if you will give it the opportunity. It will tone up your system, create an appetite and give sweet, refreshing sleep. ST O ORe ST i s e ’ 3 are the only pills to take HOOd S pI"S with Hood's Sarsaparilla. A Question Ansvwered. The State Board of Nebraska recently sent out circulars to the farmers of the state, asking the question: “Does farming pay?”’ The following letter reproduced from the Se}atember number of “The Corn Belt” would seem to answer the question pretty efiectively: 2 Seward, Neb., A%. 25, 1897. I landed in Seward County Nov. 22, 1868, from Pennsylvania,'overlandy with a team and wagon and about $BOO in money. I now have 400 acres.of well improved land within sight of the county seat, unincumbered, worth $20,000. I afiso have 30 hetd of horses, 35 head of thoroughbred Hereford cattle, and 100 head of thoroughbred Poland-China hogs, some 8 or 10 o% them costing me $llO each. I also have city property to the amount of over $3,000, and some $3,000 or more of Eersonal property, besides several thousand bushels of corn and grain. I have made it a foint to feed all I raise. I do not believe I have solfi over a thousand bushels of corn since I have lived in the state. While we have had a few short crops, we have never had a total failure. I am well pleased with farming in Nebraska, and would advise all my friends to cast their lot with. us. . Yours very truly, S e CLEVI HOFER. et e e eeemaremien Struck a New Lead. - The professional beggar -is nothing if not ingenious in concocting an up-to-date story that is likely to touch the sympathy, and the pocket of anyone incautious enough to listen. The latest of these narratives was sprung in the cafe of a hotel in Chestnut street one evening recently. A man who was shabby, but neat, walked up to a group of gentlemen, and said: ‘“‘Gentlemen, I was on my way to the Klondike.with $5OO in my pocket, and it was stolen from me. In‘stead of having a prospect to gain a fortune, I now have no prospect of getting supper or ‘a place to sleep unless you assist me. I am going to work all winter and save enough to take me to the gold fields in the spring. I will not forget you if you assist me now, as I pro(s)ose to.keep a record of the names and addresses of al{)who aid me in m&' great misfortune.” He took out a soiled notebook and a pencil, as if he full expected to put down the names of af; present.. One of the men handed a dime to him, and told him to run away and get a drink, and to reflect that ‘“nose paint” costs 50 cents a glass in Alaska.—Philadelphia Press. : . The Canopied Ceiling. The canopied ceiling has been marred by vandal hands and -its stars are eclipsed by whitewash: The time was when the ceiling seemed like a summer night, a blending of starlight and the light of other days. A merchant prince in the days which old New Yorkers know so well had built the house. His bedroom was- finished with this wonderful ceiling, which arched up and drooped at the corners like the great sheet which the apostle saw. -An Italian artist came over the sea especially to paint this wondrous ceiling. He mixed his colors while his mind’s eye saw a night upon the Vesuvian bay. The color was of the blue of a summer’s day washed with darkness. The stars shone from out the field of blue like glittering clasps of the trailing garments of the night. Beneath such a sky a man might find repose. Then the evil day came to %he house of the canopied ceiling. ‘The neighborhood became no longer fashionable and the house became the home of tenement dwellers. The new tenants splashed the canopied ceiling with whitewash and blotted out the stars forever.—N. Y. Telegram. Last Month of the Tennessce Centennial and Industrial Exposition. The month of October closes this greatest of all Expositions ever held in the South,and next to the Columbian, the best ever held in this country. - ¥or the closing month, special attractions have been arranged, and the rates from all parts of the country have been made lower than ever before known. The location (Nashville, Tenn.) is on the main line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, directly on its through car route between the North and South, and the trip in either direction via that city can be made as cheaply, if not cheaper, than via any other route. Ask your ticket agent for rates, or write to C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for rates and information. =

After the Pulling. : “If any of my friends call,” said the candidate for congress, wearily, as he came down from_his ‘private parlor and walked up ' to the clerk’s desk, “tell them I’ve gone out for a walk.” . “Going to stretch your legs a bit?” asked the affable clerk. “Just the other one,” said the candidate sadly.—Detroit Free Press. McVicker’'s Theater, Chicago. Andrew Mack, the popular singing comedian, appears in “An Irish Gentleman’ for two weeks, beginning September 20. e e A Pretty Pair. : Cholly—Why do you wear bloomers? Carrye—Well, I have a perfect right. “How’s your left?”—N. Y. Journal. ——— Marriage induced by bumps on the head is much better than divorce rising from the same cause.—Chicago Record. —— e ; After physicians had given me up, I was saved by Piso’s Cure.—Ralph Erieg, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 22, 1893. . — We know of nothing that is as hard to find as a matchbox in the dark.—Washington Demoerat. e() i ) Hall’s Caterrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c. m : Mrs. Pinkham’s Advice Free. In this workaday world few women are so placed that physical exertion is not econstantly demanded of them in their daily life. : Mrs. Pinkham makes a special appeal to mothers of large families whose work is'never done, and many of whom suffer and suffer for lack of intelligent aid. . To women, young T S or old, rich or poor, AR Mrs. Pinkham, 4 T o of Lynn, Mass., - ~ % ~ extends . ey her invitaA tion of gy ‘ free ad- ; PO ==Y vice. Oh, ; ',:(é"\“‘;‘;;;fl.’!‘j»‘)’ & women! do lEE 7) re not let your ISB 17/ /W lives be sacJiz TR W A rifichwhena &\ P¥ word from Mrs. e MR ‘ Pinkham, at the first approach of weakness, may fill your future years with healthy joy. Mgs. A. C. BUBLER, 1123 North Albany avenue, near Humboldt Park, ‘Chica@@o, 111., says: “I am fifty-one yearsold and have had twelve ehil?un,f and my youngest is eight years old. I have been suffering for some time with a terrible weakness; that bearing-down feeling was dreadful, and I eould not. walk any distance. I began the use ol Jydin B SiEkands. Sefeltin Compoun fll,@« native Wash and they Bhoe daved m E"‘J @v@%%@ww%* e saough o