Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 41, Ligonier, Noble County, 13 January 1898 — Page 2

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LIGONIER. : @ : INDIANA.

- The Cramps, the leading firm of American shipbuilders, propose to spend several millions on a shipbuilding plant at Seattle. A new era for the Pacific opens rapidly. A ; .

Samuel Jason, of New York, taunted his wife about “mother’s cooking,” and now he is in a hospital. He thinks that mother’s cooking is not now to be mentioned with wife’s basting. r :

- Now that it has been discovered that the stomach is not a necessity it must not be inferred that it will go out of fashion altogether. Some people may insist on retaining it as a luxury.

A writer on Indian songs-says they

~contain “explosive sounds for warlike sentiment®’ They have faded out _from the ancestral vales and hills where once they echoed, but:the college yell is a fair substitute. - . P

. Don Eugenio de Faria y Goncoles de Tiexerra has just received a divorce from a North Dakota court. One would J think that it would take more than one divorce; to loosen anyone who got tangled up in that name. : :

Kilgoorlié is the.name of the new placer gold mining @istrict in West Aus--tralia. The gold is found on the bedrock underneath 25 to 75 feet of soil. ‘But in spite of the extreme hardships Americans will prefer Alaska. - Russia’s census, lately completed, gives a total population of 129,211,114, of whom 94,188,750 live in European Russia. There are 19 cities in Russia with a population of over 100,000, against 28 of that size in the United States by the census of 1890 y - : 1 g | ————————— The latest news from Andree was received from the third pigeon sent out, two days after the balloon cut loose. A? that time the balloon-was. sailing weastward instead of north. sThe- date of the dispatch is July 13. If Andreeis still alive he'is probably:wintering'in some remote arctic waste. <

Col. John Jameson, who died in Brooklyn, N. Y., the other day was.pres: ent at Ford's theater the night that Booth shot Lincoln, and was in the Baltimore & Potomac -station when Guiteau shot Garfield. , Col. Jameson was formerly superintendent of the railway mail service. He was but 56 years old at the time of his death.

Secretary Long writes that “the navy is by no means a mere war function of government. - It is really one of the great functions of the affairs of state.” The fact is well stated. A navy is a civilizing force, an adjunct of commerce, exploration, navigation and science, bringing. nations and races closer together in times of peace. -

- Tt is a close season again in Maine, and the good people are taking stock. We have seen no estimate of the moose

| and deer sealps taken, but 14 citizens -and hunters were “killed by mistake” ; and a large number of others wounded. With the modern gumn that kills a mile away there is no security for human life in the woods in' favorite hunting . grounds. . | : R i

The embezzlements im* the. United States increased from $9,465,921 to $ll,248,084 in 1897, while the donations to educational and charitable purposesremained nearly stationary.” The aggregate of the latter for the year was $33,612,814, of which $10,203,450 was for colleges, $14,785,626- for charities. $5,023,738 for churches, and $1,218,000 for museums and public galleries.” *

France, Germany and Russia have no trade with China. worth mentioning, and they propose to force themselves into it. The foreign trade of China amounts to about $258,000,000 annually. Great Britain controls $172,000,000, Japan $25,000,000, and the United States $16,000,000. This leaves $25,000,000 trade to be distributed among all other nations. It is easy to see where the shoe pinches. e 5

In th€ United States court at Pawnee the other day four Pawnee chiefs were rgranted divorces from their wives on . the ground of neglect. Pipe Chief testified that his wife wanted to spend all his money on fine dresses and that she sought to ignore all of the Indian customs. The final straw was laid when she \refused to attend the sun dance on the ground Kl‘]at she wouldn’t associate with squaws who were dirty. Evidently the new woman has appeared among the red men. 8 ¢

The combining of municipalities under the name of the city of New York is an event of much importance in the history of the country. The enlarged city. is composed of the five boroughs of Manhattan, Brenx, Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond, with a population of 3,350, 000, which is 850,000 more than that of Paris and deuble that of Berlin. The ~ world’s second city has a, much larger population than. that of Denmark, ‘ Switzerland, Greece or Venezuela and “zontains nearly as many inhabitants as made up {he 13 colonies when they won _their independence. i

During 1898 eight rear admirals of the navy and fivé brigadier generals will be -retired on age: Rear Admirals L. A. Beardslee, February 1; T. O. Selfridge, February 6; W. A. Kirkland, July 3; ~C. 8. Norten, August 10; M. Sicard, September 30; E. O. Matthews, October 24; 4 N. Miller, November 22, and F. M. DBunce, December 25, and Brig. Gens. W. H. Bell, commissary genergal of snbsistence,on January 28; G. H.Weeks, quartermaster general, February 3; ‘Sam Breck, Adjutant general, February 25; W. H. Graham, September 28; -and J. J. Coppinger, October 11. : A A P R RS ST 3 4 The Chinese minister is right in saying that “Chinese civilization is the oldest -kniown.” -China is the only nation which spans the gulf between ancient times and the modern age. No other nation which stood. when the empire of Rome fell stands now. China was old before the Roman empire was founded, -or before the cwrtain first rose on the ~stage of history."The trouble with Chinese civilizatiow is that it is moss.grown. In theme days, wbenem roam the earth seeking for continents ‘lo confiscate, a nation needs something

The Important Happenings of a - Week Briefly Told. ’ IN ALL PARTS OF THE U’/NION Al the Latest News of Interest from ‘Washington, From the East, the! West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Proceedings of First Regular Session. ~ Senator Masen (Ill.) introduced a bill in the United States senate on the sth fixing a special tax of $lOO ‘upou the manufacture of mixed flour. Senator Teller introduced a concurrent resolution declaring the bonds of the United States payable in silver doilars. Senator Davis gave notice that he would call up the Hawaiian annexation treaty in éxecutive session on Monday next. The civil service law was discussed. In the house & bill was introduced appropriating $250,000 for a gunboat on the.upper lakes. The legislative appropriation’ bill was taken up and the item covering the expenses of the civil service commission led to general debate onh the question of civil service. . A favorable report on the billincreasing the military force of this country to the extent of two regiments of artillery was made in the United States senate onthe 6th. In the house bills were introduced to amend the patent laws of the United States; to attach the Indian territory to the territory of Oklahoma and make the two territories into one, and a bill for carrying out the plan of the monetary commission for the reform of the currency. A joint resolution providing for the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people ‘was favorably reported. Mr. Grosvenor (0.) spoke in.favor of a modification of the civil service law and Mr. Johnson (Ind.) replied in defense of the law.

FROM WASHINGTON.

The statement of the public debfissued on tbe 3d shows that the debt decreased $10,114,899 during the month of December. The cash balance in the treasury was $861,391,370. The total debt, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to $999,111,507.

In December the government receipts were $59,646,968 and the ~expenditures $27,634,092. ' T

One of the most dangerous bogus money schemes ever floated has,been unearthed, and as a result Secretary Gage has decided to call in all the notes of $lOO denhomination.

Nearly 1,100 post offices throughout the country have been assigned to the money' order class, making approximately 25,000 post offices at which money orders may now be obtained or cashed. ) . .

William R. Morrison, retiring member of the interstate commerce commission, has been-admitted to practice in the United States supreme court. The president sent to the senate the nomination jof Jonathan Merriam for pension agent at Chicago. . - A plan proposed for publishing thel list of pernsions is causing many holding illegal claims to have their names dropped. = 7

i : THE EAST. . At the age of 50 years %h‘arles H. Byrne, president of the Brooklyn baseball club, died in New York city. many Hall to make a separate state out of the territory embraced in Greater New York. . -

The well-known evangelical singer and author of songs, Ira D. Sankey, sailed from New York for a tour of the Holy Land. . For his second term Roger Wolcott took the oath of office as governor of Massachusetts. . : ;

In New York the American Express company ' was robbed of $10,582, and Clark Braden, Jr., a trusted employe, was missing.

, In New York the Anti-British Alliance association held a meeting and decided to establish branches throughout the country. * 2 »

WEST AND SOUTH.

Fire destroyed two warehouses of the Farmers’ Union and Milling company in Stockton, Cal., containing 10,000 tons of wheat, the loss being $500,000. In the Virginia legislature a bill was introduced to tax each unmarried male person over 30 years of age in the state one dollar a year.

'Flames in the luniber yard of the Saginaw Lumber and Salt company at Crow Island, near Saginaw, Mich., caused a loss of over $150,000. L At Elwood, Ind.; Alonzo Hind’s four-Fyear-old daughter poured carbolic acid in the baby’s eyes, destroying the sight. In Market township, near Defiance. 0., a. monster oil well was struck and there was a stampede of speculators to securé leases, b :

In Wyoming the work of survéying the old Fort McKinney military reservation has been completed and the reservation is offered for sale.

'Austin, Tex., was flooded with bad silver dollars. :

In Louisiana the sugar-grinding season has closed, the yield of sugar being 340,000 tonsiand the yield of molasses 27,000,000 barrels. ks

A combination of nearly all the strees railway companies in the state of Illinois was formed in Chicago, with W. H. Patterson, of Bloomington, as president. :

Fire wiped out the main business part of the village of Potka, 111. Alexander Carter while insane killed his wife and 19-year-old daughter Montie at Greenville, Tenn., and then killed himself. ¢ S

In Uvalde county, Tex., a large vein of gold that assayed $1,200 to the ton was struck. i

Near Hamburg, Mich., a big ice house collapsed and Albert Morey and Oscar O'Connor were killed and five other men were badly injured. Fire destroyed the Columbia theater in San Francisco. 3

With the use of a long-distance telephone Charles J. Glidden, president of the Traders’ national bank of Lowell, Mass., who is in Minneapolis, presided over the regular meeting of the bank directors in Lowell.

A sentence of 20 years imposed on éx-State Treasurer Bartley, of Nebraska, for embezzlement, has been coufirmed by the supreme courts g

- Near Sheridan, Mo., Samuel Taylor, aged 70 years, and nine members of his family have been arrested, charged with circulating counterfeit mnickels and dimes; | ; In a joint democratic cancus of the Mississippi legislature H. D. Money was rominated for United States senator. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. By a powder explosion at Oviedo, Spain, seven men were killed. : A Havana reformist paper editorially states that over 500,000 people have died in Cuba of hunger, most of them being women and children. One by one British war ships are rendezvousing in the Corean gulf and in a few weeks England will have a huge squadron in the Yellow sea. , v ' In his message to the Nicaraguan congress President Zelaya declared that the Nicaraguan canal when constructed would transform Central America and lead to its being brought under the United States flag. 1 | In Madrid the supreme military court decided that there is no ground for prosecuting Gen. Weyler in connection with his protest against the language employed by President MéKinley in his message 1o congress. On exports of tobacco from Cuba the embargo has been removed. Dispatches from Peking say that Germany has taken a lease of KiaoChau bay for 50 years. { | Great Britain in the event of guaranteeing the new Chinese loan will require that concessions be made for opening new treaty ports to all nations alike. .

Advices of the dreadful condition of the surviving inhabitants of rural Cuba continue to reach Washington through channels which cannot be discredited.

LATER NEWS.

In the United States senateon the 7th a joint resolution ‘was offered for-an amendment to the constitution providing for the election of the federal judiciary by the people. Senator Allen introduced a resolution declaring that the United States should begin the free coinage of silverat the ratio of sixteen te one. In the house the c¢ivil service debate occupied the time. L

The United States senate was not in session on the Bth. In the house bills were introduced to protect war veterans in the government service, and to increase and make flexible the national bank currency. A favorablereportwas made on the bill appropriating $50,000 for a statue to Abraham Lincoln on the Gettbsburg battlefield. The civil service debate occupied two hours. . At Fort Scott, Kan., Walter Catt shot ‘his young wife, of whom he was jealous, twice, and then killed himself. William , Henry Theodore Durrant died on the gallowsat San Quentin, Cal,, for the murder of Blanche Lamont on April 3, 1895. He protested his innocence to the last. ot

Jim Watts and Sam Cole. (colored) were lynched in Pea Ridge, Miss., for insulting women. There were 322 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 7th, against 395,the week previous and 471 in the corresponding period of 1897. ' : During @ fire in chemical works in Glasgow, Scotland, four firemen«were killed and property worth $25C,000 destroyed. ’_ - Burglars stole $lOO,OOO in negotiable mining stock from the sleeping apartment of W, W. Jacobs, a Chicago real estate and insurance agent. - Japan has joined Great Britain in efforts to compel Russia to respeect their interests in China. : ‘The president h#s appointed Henry K. Boyer, of Pennsylvania, to bé superintendent of the mint at’Philadelphia. An explosion of nitroglycerine near Toledo, 0., blew to atoms Stephen Wilson and a team of horses. Judge J. N. Scott, special agent of the interior department on Indian depredation claims, died in Las Vegas, N. M. A corpse cut into- small pieces was found in a box in -the express office at Chariton, la. °

‘The central Cuban relief committee appointed by President McKinley has issued an appeal for contributions in aid of the suffering people of Cuba. of whom there are estimated to be 200,000 in actual danger of death from starvation. ;

A severe earthquake shock was felt at Malone, N. Y. Buildings trembled so that the occupants were startled. 'Condemned murderers were hanged as follows: At Greenfield, Mass., John O’Neill, Jr.; at Atlanta, Ga.. Thomas Cyrus; at Bainbridge, Ga., Simon Hopkins; at Hahnville, La., Louis Richards, George Washington and Foxli Morris. In a fight in Juarez, Mexico, Seth Burrows, a cowboy, shot and killed four men and was killed himself. t

Jennings Judah and his two daughters, aged 18 and 14. years, wére run down and killed by a train near Atchison, Kan. :

The Spanish cabinet has decided to submit the case of Gen. Weyler to a fresh -inquiry. ) Mrs. John Ripke was instantly killed in a runaway while going to church in Cedar Rapids, Ta., and Mrs. Christine Eichert died in her pew in ¢hurch in Eau Claire, Wis. i

| The British steamer Clarissa Radcliffe was wrecked at sea and 15 of the crew perished. .

John R. McCoun, a lawyer. whose wife had secured a diverce from Him. shot and killed her at Bedford, la., and then fatally shot himself. Thé. French steamer Louis was wrecked off the coast of Baudue, France,-and 15 of her crew were lost.

Marshal Chadwick, an alleged murderer confined in jail at Colfax, Wash.: was taken from jail by a mob and lynched. '

The boiler of the towboat Percy Kelsey exploded near Glenfield. Pa.. and five of the crew were killed and four others were injured. A tornado at Morganfield, Ky., wrecked a church and several other buildings and killed Harvey Sellers, the city marshal, W Three counterfeit $lO gold pieces of excellent workmanship were.discovered in Washington. ~ !

Maj. Moses,P. Handy, of Chicago, special United States commissioner to the Paris exposition, and chief qf the editorial staff of the Times-Herald, died at the Bon Air hotel, n winter resort near Augista, Ga., aged 54 years. ' Fire destroyed the tobacco warehouse of Christian Pepers in St. Louis, the loss being over $lOO,OOO. : A A mob captured Markus McGei.ey and Palmer Simpson, Seminole Indians, and burned them at the stake. They were charged with having outraged and murdered Mrs. Jane Simmons, wife of a farmer in Oklahoma, near Wewoka.

AT END OF HIS ROPE.

Durrant Hangs at Last for Murder

of Blanche Liamont.

He Dies Protesting His Innocence— Embraces €atholic Faith at Almost Last Moment — His Crime and Fight for Life.

San Quentin, Cal., Jan. B.—When William Henry Theodore Durrant died on the gallows Friday morning for the murder of Blanche Lamont he gave such an exhibition of ccolness and nerve as has seldom been seen under similar circumstahces. Hopeful almost to the very last minute that something or scme one would intervene to save him he walked to the scaffold and made his speech protesting his innocence as calmly and with as distinet enuneciation as if he had been addressing an assemblage of friends upon some ordinary topic of the day. His face was pale, his eyes were red, but his'voice was firm and he stood as solidly as a rock while he proclaimed his innocence and professed forgiveness to those who, he said, had hounded him to death. There was not a hitch or acci-

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Embraces the Catholic Faith.

Consistent to the last, Durrant. died professing religion. But he died, accepting at the last moment, the comforts of the Catholic church instead of those of the Baptist faith in which he was reared. Rev. Rader, a Protestant minister, had arranged to ascend the scaffold with Durrant, but the minister would not say that he thought Durrant innocent, and the condemned man declined to accept his services unless Rader professed belief in his innocence. Then it was that the once ardent Baptist turned to the Catholic church for consolation, and called upon Father Tagan, a priest whohad frequently visited him in prison, to attend hini.

DURRANT'S CRIME.

Atrecious Murders of Two Young Women in a Baptist Church.

William Henry Theodore Durrant, who was hanged at the state prison at San Quentin Friday, gave his life in exchange for the lives of two young women, who were members of the church to which he belonged. While Durrant was convicted of but one murdér under the law, he was held responsible By public opinion for the murder of both ABlanche ILamont and Minnie Williams, and it is felt that his death expiates one crime as much/as the other. Blanche L.amont disappeared on April 3, 1895, and was never seen alive afterwards. She left the home of her aunt, Mrs. C. G. Noble, on that day to ge to school, and for ten days no trace of her could be found. Many members of Emanuel church assist-

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The trial, which began cn July 22 and lasted until November 1, was one of the most celebrated in criminal jurisprudence. Nearly 1,200 talesmen were examined before a jury was secured, and six weeks passed before the taking of testimony was begun. The evidence throughout was circumstantial, but when taken together formed a chain so strong as to admit of no reasonable doubt. S Y

The case was submitted to the jury on the afternoon of November 1, 1895, after having been on trial over three months. Twenty minutes after they left the gourtroom the jurors returned and rendered a verdict of guilty in the first degree. The California law gives the jury power to fix the punishment of the criminal, but as no recommendation of mercy was made, Judge Murphy, a few days later, sentenced Durrant to be hanged on February 21, 1896. Then began a fight for delay, vigorously maintained for almost two years, not even ceasing with the execution of the death sentence. EF :

Banker Goes to Prison.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. B.—B. D. Mills, of this city, late president of the défunct national bank in Harlan county, was on Friday night taken to the penitentiary to serve a sentence of five years. Mills was an aged soldier and was once wealthy. He was convicted with Ezra Whitney, treasurer. of Harlan county, of embezzling $ll,OOO county funds, and the supreme court affirmed the sentence. : - 0

Emperor Will Be There,

Berlin, Jan, 7.—~Emperor William will attend the coronation of Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands, next September. The German legation at The Hague has rented a palace for his accommodation. i

Lady Somerset Resigns,

London, Jan. B.—Lady Henry Somerset has again tendered her resignation of the presidency.of the British Wom-. en's Temperance association, on aeceount of prolonged ill-health.

RUSSIA WANTS A LEASE.

Demands from China Similar Treatment to That Accorded Germany.

London, Jan. 7.—According to a special dispatch from Shanghai Russia is eéndeavoring to obtain terms similar %o Germany’s for the occupation of Port Arthur and the Kiao-Tong peninsulad from a’ point considerably north of Talien-Wan. :

The Hong-Kong correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says: The Russian occupation of Port Arthur completely blocks the entrance to Peking, and it is imperative that the court should be transferred to Nankin, the southern capital. : ; o

It is learned on excellent authority that in the event of Great Britain guaranteeing the new Chinese loan the-con-cessions required will be the opening of new treaty ports, open to all nations alike. : : :

The Tithes says that it understands the terms of Germany’s lease of KiaoChou to be 90 instead of 50 years. A dispatch fo the Times from Peking, dated Thursday, says: Under the agreement between Baron Heyking, German ambassadcr to China, and Prince Kung, president of the tsung-li-yamen, Germany will pay 2 nominal annual rental for Kiao-Chou. She acquires the right to begin forthwith the construction of a dock and a fortified coaling station. Washington, Jan. B.—At the cabinet meeting on Friday the most important matter considered was the eastern situation, which was-discussed at some length. It appears to be the opinion of the secretary of state and other members g‘fenerally that the gravity of the situation was overestimated. Germany’s action, it was thought. had no other purpose than the acquisition of a naval station, and did not indicate that she: had any ulterior designs wupon Chinese territory other than for the purpose stated. Great Britain and the other powers, it was thought, would be granted the same concessions Germany had acquired, but beyond this, the European nations would not seek to go. The opinion was also expressed that the interests of the United Statesin China were not at present in any sense involved, nor were they likely to be.

BUSINESS LOOKS UP.

Tone of Quiet Confidence Pervades

Nearly All ‘Branches.

New York,Jan. 8.-—Bradstreet’s says:

‘““The year opens with a tone of quiet confidence pervading nearly all branches of business, with encouraging activity in the iron trade, a resumption of work by many thousands of industrial employes in the western glass industry, a largely reduced volume of business failures, as compared with corre“sponding periods in preceding yvears, and ja general outlook certainly not inferior to lany previous year at this time. Distributive trade has naturally been rather slow pending stock taking, and the return of salesmen to the field. While the volume of distributive business is no larger, industrial activity is a special feature unconfined to any one section, but specially notable in the west. Resumption of work after the -holidays has been generally en=~ couraging in that section. Autumn weather in the northwest checks distribution, but collections are reported good. Sales of southern iron are large.- Louisiana sugar crop returns have been very satisfactory. Nine-tenths of Florida’s orange crop was gathered before the late freeze, and cotton is steady and in good export demand. Wool has opened up actively in some eastern markets, and lower prices for cotton goods have stimulated some demand. i ‘““The holidays have exercised their expected effect on export trade in leading cereals. Wheat exports from the United States and Canada for the first week in January amount to 3,481,576 bushels, against 5,495,000 bushels last week, 3,381,000 bushels in this week a year ago, and 3,471,000 bushels in the corresponding week in 1836. Corn exports also show a sensible diminution, amounting to 4,086,000 bushels last week, 4,819,000 in this week a year ago and 2,626,000 bushels in the corresponding week of 1896.”’ ’

Betrayed His Trust.

New York, Jan. 6.—The American Express company was robbed Thursday of $10,582, ahd Clark Braden, Jr., a trusted employe, is missing. Three days-ago the night manager in charge of the office at Forty-seventh street and Madison avenue was taken ill, and Braden—a clerk of the company for more than ten Yyears—was temporarily substituted. Among the parcels to be sent on the 6:30 o’clock train on the Hudson river road Thursday morning were several containing cash to the amount of $5,582 and one containing five $l,OOO Chicago gas bonds. It was Braden’s place to take these packages to the train, returning to the office and remaining on duty until seven o’cléck. When the day employes arrived Braden was not in the office. There were no‘receipts for valuable packages by the morning train, although the books showed that several such parcels had been received at the office. The leather bags which had contained the packages-were found under some other freight. They had been cut open and .the money and bonds taken. ' '

Shot by a Widow.

Memphis, Tenn., Jan. B.—A deplorable tragedy occurred in the outskirts of Memphis Friday afternoon. Dr.S. A. Rogers, professor of anatomy at the Memphis medical college, ex-president, of the board of health and one-of the most prominent physicians of this city, was shot by Mrs. Mary Sanbrink, a widow, and lies in a dying condition at, St. Joseph’s hospital. After shooting Dr. Rogers the woman turned the revelver to her breast and sent a bullet through her heart. The shooting occurred seven miles from Memphis on the banks of the Nonconnah creek. Dr.Rogersregained consciousness for a few minutes Friday night. e made the statement that Mrs. Sanbrink decoyed him to the fatal spot by writing him a note. He saysthe woman had greatly annoyed him with her attentions and threatened to shoot him on several occasions."

To Unite Methodist Foreces.

Washington, Jan. B.—An assembly of 18 representatives of the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States is now in sesion at Foundry Methodist Episcopal church in this city for the purpose of effecting a union of forces between the two branches of the church north and south. Thisassembly consists of three bishops,three ministers and three laymen from each branch of the church. -

Memphis Elects a Maydr.

Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 7.—Joseph J. Williams, independent democrat, was on Thursday elected mayor of Memphis over Hon. Lucas Clapp, the present incumbent, by a majority of about 500 votes. The entire independent ticket was also carried by reduced majorities.

‘The Plague in India.

Bombay, Jan. 7.—The plague returns for the past 48 hours record 142 new cases and 105 deaths. There is a general exodus of the population and a suspension of business is threatened.

: A MAN HUNT. - Nebraska Murderer, Chuéd by a Mob, " Kills Himself. Fairbury, Neb.,, Jan. 6:—A mob of several hundred men traced an assassin to His hiding place Wednesday and forced him to commit suicide. The murderer was William Baker, who on Tuesday killed his brother and his brother’s wife., The man hunt was an exciting affair. Tuesday the remains of the murdered couple were found in their residence near town. They had been shot by an assassin, who fired through the window. - Not a clew was left, except the footprints of the supposed murderer in a near-by field. The prominence of the dead couple brought out several hundred persons, who formed into posses and hunted the whole county. The tracks.of the supposed murderer were guarded until & midnight Tuesday night, when'bloodhounds were secured and put to work. They took the trail at once, followed by the man hunters armed with all kinds of weapons. Some were mounted, but many were afoot. TR :

The coroner’s jury, hastily impaneled, returned a verdict that William Baker came to his death by hisown hand after murdering his brother and sister-in-law. s i L.

George and William Baker a few years ago loved Jane Moles; a pretty girl. George married her and thereby earned the hatred of Kis brother. William . repeatedly swore he would kill them and all the rest of the Baker {family. ' : .

LABOR’'S APPEAL.

Committee of the American Federa- ~ tion Issues an Address,

‘Washington, Jan. B.—The legislative committee of the Federation of Labor, by direction of the seventeenth annual convention of the federation, held in Nashville in December last, has issued an address to the members of the Fiftyfifth congress. After calling attention to the introduction of .modern machinery and new business methods and the competition of convict labor,” by which wage-workers are forced Into idleness and want, the committee says they feel that they have aright to bring their grievances to the attention of the law-making power. - The address says:|

“We therefore urge your earnest consideration of and your best‘eljfo?s ig enacting into law the following meaSures: . s

“1., An eight-hour workday on all public® works. Such law to provide that all contracts or sub-contracts for materials furnished or work done must contain a proviso that eight hours-shall be the maximum labor of any one individual in any one calendar day. Further, that it shall be the duty of officials vested with the power of signing such contract to withhold their signatures until’ such proviso is inserted therein. ) ) o ¢2. In order to stop the indiscriminate and dangerous use of the writ of injunction, we urge the adoption of senate bill 35. 7 ‘3. In order in some degree to lessen the competition of-convict labor, we urge the adoption of a law to.prohibit the transportation of prison-made goods from one state into any other state or territory. ; ‘4, We urge the adoption of a reasonable law to restrict undesirable immigration such law to be based upon an educationa{ qualification.” i C

Teller Attacks Republican. Party.

"~ Washington, Jan. B.—The feature of the senate session was a speech delivered by Senator Teller (silver rep., Col.) regarding press reports that the recent efforts to. make it appear that Secretary Gage had tendered his resignation as a ;neniber of the cabinet to President McKinley were a part of a conspiracy of the silver men to disrupt the cabinet and create dissension between the president and his advisers. Senator Teller branded the publication as an insult to the advocates of the free coinage of silver. He was satisfied that the president and Secretary Gage were in full aceord upon the financial question.. He attacked the republican party because it was a party advocating the gold standard, and expressed his intention of doing all in his power to defeat the party in 1900,.and to drag the pres-ent-administration from power, because the policy of the party wag, in his opinjon, inimical to the best and highestinterests of the people of the United States. e -

Long Distance /Telephone.

Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 7.—A practical test of the wonders of the longdistance telephone was made Thursday between the Minneapolis “office and Lowell, Mass. Charles J. Glidden, president of the Traders’ national bank of Lowell, was in Minneapolis and presided over the regular meeting of the bank directors in Lowell. The diréctors assembled at four o’clock, eastern time, and Mr. Glidden called the meeting to order and the business was transacted in the usual manner., Mr. Glidden readily ‘recognized the voice of each director as they spoke into the longdistance instrument. The line was made up of eight copper metallic circuits, and was over 1,500 miles in length. This is believed to be the first business meeting ever held by use of the telephone over so great a distance.

Millionaire Merchant Kills Himself.

New York, Jan. 7.—William T. Buckley, who, until January 1, was a member of the dry goods firm of Dunham, Buckley & Co., shot and kilied himself in a little boathouse adjoining his residence in Wave Crest, L. 1., Thursday morning. Plaeing a pistol close to his left temple, he fired a bullet entirely through his head. He died almost instantly. Mr. Buckley was about. 55 years old and was well known in New York business and social circles. Itis reported that Mr. Buckley had a misunderstanding with his partner, James H. Dunham, which resulted in his being practically forced to retire. e

Awarded Six Cents.

New York, Jan. 7~A jury in the United States court awarded Anthony Comstock a verdict of six cents in his suit for $50,000 damages -brought against Dr. Montague R. d.everson. Mr. Comstock claimed that his charaeter had been damaged to the extent of his claim by the following assertion, publicly made by Dr: Leverson at Al bany (N. Y.) railroad station: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, this man is Anthony Comstock, a notorious blackmailer, wha never earned an honest dollar‘in his life.” : o ok ‘ Corn Is King in Kansas. ; Topeka, Kan., Jan. B.—Secretary Coburn, of the state board of agriculture, has eompleted a tabulation of ‘the values of farm products and live stock marketed in Kansas during the past ten years. The figures show that Kansas farmers realized over $1,300,000,000 for these products. Contrary to the general impression, wheat is not king in Kansas. Corn outranks it. -In the ten years the iotal value of corn bas

THE HOSTETTER CO. WINS ANOvHER o A 2 A P Infringements on Their Bitters Not - Tolerated by United States Court. ‘The United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New. York, Judge Townsend presiding, handed down an opinion December 23d, 1897, granting 3’xil£“unctwn and accounting, in the suit of The Hostetter Company against.lsaac Sommers and Louis Joseph, for infringement of its Trade Mark. The jurist states, 1n bold and clear language, the rights accruing to.the Hostetter Company, and the liability incurred by all who wou{a rob them, by fraud or misrepresentation, of the well-earned reputation and profits of a business built up by the efforts of half a century. The judge say&s, in part: - “The complainant is entitled )tc_) protection against the appropriation of its trade mark, %y any and all unfair and dishonorable means, and a court of equity has power to grant such protection whenever it is satisfied that an attempt bas been made by ingenious subterfuges, to invade the rights of an owner of a trade mark. * * In the sharp contest between the individual manufacturer, who strives to ag¢quire and retain the fruits of industry land honesty, and the field of keen rivafls, seeking to wrest from him the prize of the publie goodwill, the inventive ingenuity of the infringer has conceived a great variety of devices for evading the estglishéd rules of fair dealing. * * Courts of equity finding that their ultimate object :nd effect were to enable and induce the retail seller of a fraudulent imitation to palm it off on an unsusgecting public for the genuine article, and thus to contribute to the infringement upon the rights of the original owner, have not hesitated to apply the remedy.” A pompous bishop was having his Eortrqntpamted, and, after eitting for an our in silence he thought he w u%d break the monotony. “How are you etting along?”’ he inquired. To his astoSnis%)ment the artist, absorbed in his work, replied: “Move your head a little to the right, and shut your mouth.” Not being accustomed to such a form ‘of address, his lordship asked: “May. I ask why you address me in that manner?” The Artist (still absorbed in his work)—“T want to take off a little of your cheek.”—Tit-Bits.

The Cuban Scare. |

. Although the diplomatic entanglement ‘with Spain over Cuba to some extent influencing the stock market, Wall street exi)ects no serious complications. (L\'evertheess serious -complication with other maladies may be expected to followan attack of ‘biliousness which is not checked at the outset. The most effectual means to this end is Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, an_admirable remedy, moreover, for dyspepsia, malaria, kidney trouble, constipation and nervousLEsSs. . |

It Has a Foreign Sound.

“Mrs. -White—Does your daughter speak French fluently now? -~ Mrs. Brown—Well, she speaks something fluently, and it doesn’t sound at all like English, so perhaps it may be French.—Somerville Journal. -

The Modern Way

Commends itself to the well-informed, to do Pleasa,ntly and effectually what was former-y-done in the crudest manner and disagreeably as well. To cleanse the system and break up colds, headaches, and fevers without unpleasant after effects, use the delightful hguid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Made by California Fig Syrup Co.

“Love never dieth.” We learn this asa promise. We get, after such suffering as involves as it were a new birth and other faculties, to know it as experience.—George S, ‘Merriam. ~ i

Lane’s Family Medicine.

Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Actsgentlyon the liver and-kidneys. Curessick headache. Price 25 and 50c. ¢

Justice may be blind, but there is no question as to the blindness of the man who goes to law feeling certain that he will get justice.—Chicago Daily News. , .

.- MeVicker’s Theater, Chicago, Always plays the leading attractions. “The Sporting Duchess,”” with an all star cast and sumptuous scenic settings.

It is one of fate’s decrees that lovers must fall in léve before they can fall out.—Chicago Daily*News. - ,

To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c¢.

The more- the boy is like his father the less the two get along. - -

Be sure; neuralgia will cease. St. Jacobs Oil the cure. Get ease. ,

A wonderful talisman is the relic of a good mother. - , . Y

The same—old or new rheumatic pains St. Jacobs Qil will cure.

The man in the hon'eymoox; is not a myth. —Chicago Daily News.

Look out for colds ‘ - At this season. Keep" - Your blood pure and ' Rich and your system ~ Toned up by taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla. - Then ~You will be able to - Resist exposure to which . A debilitated system Would quickly yield.

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