Ligonier Banner., Volume 33, Number 26, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 September 1898 — Page 2

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An inch of rain falling upon an area of one square mile is equivalent to nearly 17,560,000 gallons, weighing 145,250,000. pounds or 64,844 tons.

The island of Luzon is five times the size of Massachusetts and, with its area of 40,000 square miles, will be some offset to the cost of the war.

.The emperor of Japan, while encouraging horse racing at Tokio, is sternly opposed to betting. He is said to have about 3,000 horses in his various stables. e i ;

The net loss in the membership of the Grand Army of the Republic last year was 13,793. It is a host in itself and shows how fast the rolls of the veterams are diminishing. -

A score of vessels in the coastwise trade of the Philippines which formerly flew the Spanish flag are now sailing under the stars and stripes. This is another of Dewey’s doings.

One result of the war is to make the Nicaragua canal a live question of the day. A speedy passage from ocean to ocean is demanded by our commerce as well as our naval safety and convenience. S : -

° A seaman who landed in New York “loaded to the gunnels” with glory and large storiesclaimed that there-wasa gunner on the Texas who could kill a mosquito at four miles with-a 12-ihch gun. At half a mile he can knock the spots out of a five of hearts with aonepounder. Wonderful gunnery, wonderful! . -

The newest club is the Woman’s ¥Xlub of Klondike, whose colors are yellow and white,~typical of gold and snow, and whose motto is “Kulture in Koldest Klondike.” The badge of the elub is a gold pick on a fieldofice in white enamel. The club has issued a year book or manual, and is already eonsidering the question of joining the general federation.- :

~ The three -new battleships |to be built at Philadelphia]; Newport News and San Francisco will have a continuous speed of 18 knots. Each will have 2,000- tons more displacement than the Oregon, or a total of 12,500. One fea~ ture of the batteries will be 14 six-inch

rapid-fire guns. The ships will- be —ready in 1901, They will be named the Ohio; Maine and Missouri. et

The empress of Austria was in her sixty-second year at the time of her death, but all her portraits represent her s a very youthful woman. This, is accounted for by the explanation’ that she would have no photographs taken or portraits painted after her beauty began to fade. If she had studied the arts of the modern actress she might have acquired a make up that would deceive even a camera.

Every ninth person in France is a trained soldier, in Germdany there is one soldier for every sixth man, while the Austrian army is made up of every eleventh man, and the Italian army ‘comprisesone-seventhof the male population One man out of every 14. in Russia is a soldier, while in England it is but one in 55. In our own country before this war came we had a soldier for every 12,000 men.- That is the difference Dbetween living in a warlike monarchy and a peaceful republic. -

The death of Miss Winnie Davis, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, brings into sad prominence a family that has -borne a historic part in American affairs. Miss Davis was born at the most critical time in the life of the Ameriean people, when her father was - conspicucus as the leader of the most tremendous rebellion the world ever saw; and though her own life has been lived since those days of strife, her name and parentage instinctively asgociate her with that momentous struggle. : _

_#Admiral Dewey’s naval victory at Manila was as cheap from a money point of view as it was in casualties to his men or ships. So much has been said about the immense cost of ammunition for big guns of battleships that it was supposed his destruction of the Spanishfleet was a costly affair, but his official report of the number of ghots fired enabled the naval authorities to ascertain that only $47,000 worth of powder and shell were wused. - The United States could have afforded to pay for several maval victories at that rate, but at Manila one sufficed.

The treasury bureau of statistics has issued a series of interesting tables concerning the production and coirage of precious metals. The amount of money in circulation in the United States at various periods is shown. The amount in circulation in 1800 is - given at $4.99 per capita; in 1810, $7.60; in 1820, $6.96; in 1830, $6.69; in 1840, $10.91; in 1850, $12.02; in 1860, $13.85; in 1865, $20.57; in 1870, $17.50; in 1880, $19.41; in 1890, $22.82, and in 1898, $24.74. The gold production of the United States in 1897 is given at $57,363,000. Coinage of gold, 1897, $64,634,865. As the resvit of the introduction by Gen. Wood, military governor of Santiago de Cuba, of Ameri¢an methods of eonducting municipal affairs, this ancient and always unhealthy city presents a health record to-day which, is extraordinary, considering the con/ dition that existed.thecre. Under the present system Santiago is divided into five divisions, under five physieians, each division having inspectors of sewers, streets and houses with 100 #treet cleaners. Disinfectantsiare distributed everywhere and a fine is imposed for failure to comply with laws. AR ISR T TN SR ISR S A correspondent of the Birmingham (England) Post says that Admiral Dewey, of the United States navy, was a patient in 1883 in the royal navai hospital at Malta, when Inspector General of Hospitals J. N, Dick (late director general of the naval medical departmfmﬁ, was at the head of that in~stitution. Admiral Dewey (who was then in command of the United States corvétte Juniata) was suffering from ‘abscess of the liver, from which be _made a successful recovery after suro

A WEBKS HISTORY

The Important Happenings of a Week Briefly Told.

IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION

All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South.

THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES

WAR NEWS.

There is now entire confidence in the American governnient on the part of the insurgent leaders, as the result of thé meeting of the national assembly of Filipinos at Malolos: On the steamer City of Rome Admiral Cervera arrived at Santander, Spain, from the United States.: ; At Santiago nearly 1,200 of the American troops are on the sick list. Secretary of War Alger says there is no truth in the report that he has resigned. S ;

In Havana the American commission has established headquarters .at the Hotel Trotcha and hoisted the stars and stripes. At Manila 12 Spanish steamers and eight sailing vessels were transferred to the American flag.

The reenforcements ordered to Manila will be commanded by Gen, Miller, now in command at San Francisco. 5 :

The report of Gen. Lawton of the health conditiom of the American troops at Santiago indicates a distinet improvement. ' . A report that the last Spanish gar--lison-in the island of Luzon. had surrendered is premature.. The' -Spaniards still hold seven seaports in Albay province.- o Nicholas Senn, of Chicago, chief surgeon United States volunteers, has been honorably discharged from the service. . =

On his tour. of inspection Secretary Alger fixes the blame for the sickness in the different army camps throughout the country on the commanding officers. : ’ Admiral Cervera said in an interview _in Madrid he had a clear conscience regarding Santiago. Spain, he saidy had lived in a dream,andishe now had to face reality. : The plan of Maj. Gen: Miles for the reorganization of the volunteer forces into corps, divisions and brigades has been completed. ' From San Juan the Spanish steamship San Francisco sailed for Spain with 800 Spanish soldiers on board. " Instead of mustering out 50,000 volunteers wholesale within the next two or three weeks, it will be the ‘aim of. the military authorities to weed out the sickly, married and unfit volunteers gradually. , An appeal has been made by Aguinaldo to the powers for recognition of the independency of the Filipinos. FROM WASHINGTON. In Washington the Austrian legation will observe six weeks’ mourning in membry of the late Empress Elizabeth. ‘ - . In Washington Robinson Cherry & Co’s clothing and furnishing house was burned, the loss being $200,000. : | THE EAST. In Boston the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows met in annual session. ;g In session in Boston, Alfred S. Pinkérton, of Worcester, Mass., was unanimously elected grand sire of the sovereign ladge, I. 0. O. F. At the age of 82 years William-Eaton, United States senator ffom Connecticut from 1875 to 1881, died at Hartford. Connecticut democrats nominated. for governor ex-United States Treasurer Daniel N. Morgan, of Bridgeport. - The expedition sent by the University .of Pennsylvania to study northern Alaska was a failure as far as new discoveries went. ? While.conducting a fireworks display in Pittsburgh, Pa., Capt. George J. Adams and Capt. Charles Miller were instantly killed. . Emma Wilson, 40 years old, a widow, was shot and kilied in Brooklyn, N. Y..by het supposed lover, James O’Neil, who also killed himself. e The New Jersey republican ' state convention atTrenton nominated Foster M. Voorhees for governor. |

WEST AND SOUTH. : Colorado prohibitionists met in Denver and nominated Rev. C. B. Spencer for governor. The platform, besides the usual prohilition plank, declares in favor of the free coinage of silver. . ; Burglars robbed the Botna Valley state bank at Hastings, la., of $2,075. In copvention in Detroit Michigan republicans renominated Hazen S. Pin-) gree for governor by acclamation. The plotform inderses the gold standard and the present national administration. . 2T Conductor Themas Lowry, Engireer J. L. Popp, Fireraan Alex Werner and Brakeman Patrick Moriarity were killed in a freight train wreck near I Leipsice, O. : o The republicans in convention_ at Tacoma, Wagh., nominated Francis W, Cushman and William L. Jones for congress, and J. A. Anders and Mark Fullerton for supreme judges. ; I - William Edwards, a prominent wholesale grocer and honorary presi- ‘ dent ot the National Trotting associa- | tion, dropped dead at his home in Cleveland, 0., aged 66 years. | { Desperadoes: known ag the “long and short man,” who for weeks have | robbed Chicago saloon keepers, were 1 caught by the police and gave their names as George Rouse and Edward English. s : - Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, has become a republican, leaving the free silver people, with whom he previously affiliated. : : | ~ In Indianapolis William Bloom shot and killed Grace Harvey and th.enj killed himself. -Revenge prompted the | deed. ‘ : ; At‘(’i&rrett,’ Ind., Frank P. Meyers shot and killed John Lenhart, a con~ stable, and Michael Kerne, a bystander, while resisting eviction from a Bouse. | | - i S . The democrats of the Fifth Michi~gan district nominated George R. Per¥y forcongress,. .|

. Gen. Shafter attended the reunion at Constantine, Mich., of his cld regiment, the Nineteenth Michigan, of which he was colonel during the civil war. :

In a jealous rage Charles Cushenbery (colored), shot and instantly killed his wife and thegy committed suicide in Colorado Springs, Col.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

From all parts of Europe travelers are flocking to Naplesto see Vesuvius in eruption, the spectacle being one of indescribable grandeur. In Buda-Pesth the governér has resolved ‘to expel all anarchists who are not citizens of Hungary. ;

In the Baltic sea a number of fishing boats were wrecked and 20 fishermen were drowned. : : In session in Toronto the Brothererhood of Locomotive Firemen 4nnounced that it had paid out $4,161,147 on death or disability insurance this year. ' ’

At The Hague Queen Wilhelmina, accompanied by her mother, opened the parliament of the Netherlands. In Spain floods caused the loss of 80 lives in the village of Herrera? In China the empress dowager has ecovered her ascendancy over the gmperor, who is now, practically, in 4 state of tutelage. i By the wreck of the schooner C. C. unk, of San Francisco, on Flinder’s }‘sl‘andV Australia, ten of the crew were drowned. I ’ | Off- Fecamp the French vessel Ville e Fecamp foundered and her crew of 6 were drowned. : | Japan and China have been visited by ' thunderstorms and disastrous floods, in which many hundreds of people lost their lives. B

LATER NEWS,

| Charles A. Schaeffer, president of the University of lowa, died at his home in lowa City, aged 55 years. . Floods and typhoons along the eastern and northern shores of Formosa destroyed 5,000 buildings and 400 people were killed. . During heavy storms in-the Baltic sea 120 fishermen were drowned between Pclangen an#& Libau.

/Advices from the Barbadoes say that 20,000 persons were rendered homeless by the recent hurricane and 4,787 houses were destroyed. T

‘Two men were killed and three others fatally scalded in a sawmill explosion at Milan, Mo. - 'Everything regarding the evacuation of the Island of Puerto Rico by the Spanish troops is proceeding satisfactorily. :

A 1. Johnson and his son and Erick Bergman, fishermen, were drowned wear Millers, Ind. )

. The Cuban military commission has been notified by the authorities in Washington thdt further delay in the evacuation of Cuba will not be allowed.

' Capt. Gen. Blanco has ordered that the remains of Columbus, which are in the cathedral in Havana, be transvorted to Spain. {* ' George H. Morgan, John Shannon artd JohngA. Jones were killed by a fall of coal in a mine at Nanticoke, Pa. . The commission to investigate the conduct of the war department has been completed and will consist of nine members, = : ¥ | The funeral of Miss Winnie Davis took place at Richmond, Va., and was attended by a large crowd of people. A passenger train on the Missouri Pacific railroad was held up by masked men near Leeds, Mo., and the express car was robbed. :

| Eight men were killed by a gas explosion in a mine near Brownsville, Pa. : ;

About 500 applications for pensicns arising out of the war with Spain have been filed at the pension office in Wa'shington. . Y

The emperor and all the higher state officials in China have bowed to the dowager empress and everything was quiet. : ' - The Campania with the United States ‘peace commission on board arrived in Queenstown. An order has been issued by the war department to the effect that furloughed men are not entitled to transportation to' their-homes at government expense. ; :

By the foundering of the lighter Monitor in St. Marys river Joseph Prior.. William Corbier. John Robare and Emanuel Robare, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., and John Foley, of -Bay City, were drowned. -

- Joseph Terrell (colored) was hanged at Charlottsville, Va.. for the murder of hismother-in-law, Malinda Brown. A tornado swept over Lima, 0., and vicinity, doing an immense amount of damage. Elmer Baty was crushed to death and 50 other persons were injured, two fatally. : i Farest fires in Colorado threatened over half the timber in the state.

President McKinley has informed the American commissioners at Havana, that the evacuation of the island by the Spaniards must begin not later than October 15 and. be completed by December 31 next. The Oregon legislature convened in Salem to elect a United States serator. In Santiago Gen. Garcia denied the legality of the present Cuban government and said he did not recognize any government in Cuba save that of the United States. . : The Spanish cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa has been raised by Lieut. Hobsomn. ‘ . The American. commission in Havana received from the Spanish government a note claiming that Spain is still absolute in Cuba, despite the protocol. ‘ ’ At the races in Wichita, Kan., Martha B. broke thé reeord for two-year pacing by making g half mile in 1:04. Every state in the south has established a rigid quarantine against all portions of Mississippi-because of yellow fever. E: ~The Omaha exposition has in bank $50,000 above its liabilities. * The military investigating commission organized and began its work in Washington. : : President McKinley has -extended the jurisdiction of Military Governor Wood and it now embraces the whole province of Santiago de Cuba. : Corbett announces that his fighting match with MeCoy in Buffalo, N. Y., is off. - - The percentages of the baseball elubs in the National league for the week ended on the 25th were: Boston, .669; Baltimore, .647; Cincinnati, .611; Cleveland, .556; Chicago, .543; - New York, .523; Philadelphia, .519; Pitts‘burgh, .489; Louisville, 444; .Brook;b:ﬁ]‘i‘ .392; Washington, .323; St. Louis, +&00. S R

THE INQUIRY BEGINS.

War Investigation Commission Will ‘Try to Locate the Blame.

Meets and Organizes with Gen, Dodge . as Chalrman—Address/ot President McKinley Points Ouat e Its Duty. :

Washington, Sept. 26.—The commis--gion to investigate the conduct of the ‘war department during the recent conflict - with Spain held its- initial ‘meeting in the office of President MecKinley at the white hous;Saturday. There were eight members present and it was announced that the services of a ninth man were counted upon, though his name was not made public. The eight who were preslz‘dt were: Maij. Gen. Granville M. Dodge, of Jowa; Col. J. A, Sexton, bf Illinois; Capt. E. P. Howell, of Georgia; Mayj. Gen. J. M. Wilson, chief of engineers of the United States army H' n. Charles Denby, of Indiana, late ;I;inister to China; ex-Gov. Urban A. Woodbury, of Vermont; ex-Gov. James A: Beaver, of Pennsylvania, and Maj. Gien. H. MeD. Cook, of the army (retiredr. The appearance of ex-Gov. Beaver as a member of the commission was a surprise, ~as his selectioxz} was mnot known until he appeared"‘t the white house at the beginning of the sessicn.

Alger Requests the Investigation.

The commission spent an hour and a Half with the president aHd then proceeded to the room {ssigned it at the war department for the purpose of organizing and beginning work. The proceedings with the president consisted in the main of a general exchange of views as to the scope of the commission’s investigatio;n, in° which the president participatedquite freely. He told the memberns that the organization of the commission had been . undertaken at the request -of Secretary Alger, and read a letter from the secretary, in Wwhich he made the request. a [

Secretary, Alger’s reqqﬁefst.a!{as made in.the letter read by the president, was fora complete inqllir)*jntP the conduect of the war, especially on the lines of the charges published in the newspapers. He said-"these ¢harges had assumed such magnitude that he did not feel satisfied to have|/the department rest under them, angd that he dexired an investigation by men eminent in military and civil life. - * The President’s .(L(idress. In addressing the commission the president said, among other things: ‘“Gentlemen: Befm"e sug‘geshng the matters which shall come beforg you for investigation I desire to express my appreciation to each ,of you for your willingness to ‘accept the patridtic| service to which you have been invited, You are to perform one of the highest public duties that can fall to a citizen, and your unselfishness in undertakinglit makes me profoundly grateful.- |

“There has been in many quartersTsevere criticism of the conduct of the war with Spain. Charges of ‘criminal neglect of the soldiers in camp and field and hospital and in transports have| been so persistent that, whether true or false, they have madeia deep impression upon the country. It is my earnest desire that you shall thoroughly investigate these charges and make the fullest examination of the administration of the war department in all of its brane}}es, with tpe view to’establishing the truth or falsity of these accusations. I put upon you no limit to the scope of your investigation. Of all departments connected with tﬁe‘army linvite the closest scrutiny and examination, and shall afford every f’a(‘:ilit%for the most searching inquiry. The records of the war department and the assistance of its officers shall be subject to your call. *“I cannot impress upon you too strongly my wish that your investigation shall be so thorough and complete that your report: when made will fixithe responsibility for any failure cor fault by neason of neglect, incompetency or mala}minlstration upon the officers and bureaus responsible therefor—if it be found that the evils complained of have existed. “The people of the country are entitled ‘to know whether or not the citizens who so. promptly responded to the call of duty have been neglected or misused or maltreated by the government to which they so willingly gave their services. If there have been wrongs committed, the wrongdoers must not-escape convicrion and punishment.” . ! &

After the close of the conference at the white house the president ex- ' pressed his satisfaction with the personnel of the commission, adding that ‘ he believed their inyestigaticn would' be thorough and their report fair and impartial. ' " | The commission organized by electing Granville Mi Dodge chairman and ‘ Richard Weightman secretary. - Maj." Mills, of the inspector-gex‘}eral’s office, is to be military recorder. The commission adjourned about 1:30 to meet at ten o’clock to-day. ‘ The session was devoteLl to method of procedure, nothing dﬁﬁnite being reached. It was said that probably the investigation/ sp far ijs examination of witnesses would be open, but other proceedings in executive session. [ i

Turk Looks for Victims. . - New York, Sept. 26.—Abdul - Halli Adali, the champion wrestler -of Turkey, who has justtarriVJed here, has issued a sweeping challenge to Amercan wrestlers. He is wi'ﬂling to meet any man for the championship of America for a side stake of $5OO or $l,OOO, either Graeco-Roman or catch-as-catch-can style. He prefers Ernest Roeber, and says he will throw Casper Mauller four times within an hour’s time. ' ‘ L Want to Go Back to Spain. Madrid, Sept. 26,—1t is announced here that 10,000 Spaniards, residing in the island of Puerto Rico, have refused to live in the island under the American flag and have demanded that they be returned to Spain at the expense of the government. The question of the repatriation of the discontented Spaniards has been referred io the state council, - ! ‘ Vesuvius Becoming Violent, Naples, Sept. 26.—The eruption of Vesuvius is increasing in violence, and it is feared that it will assume the proportions of that of 1872. A F‘h‘xunclgﬁ~ Success. - ‘Omaha, Neb,, Sept. 26.—The total receipts of the exposition to date have been nearly $700,000. Its cash balance in the bank is $120,000, or more than $50,000 above its liabilities. ‘The total attendance for laét week was 189,615, or a daily average of 27,088. There:is no doubt that every premium will be paid promptly. . | £ : : ’Grnamned.» : : Moweaqua, 111, Sept. 26.—The elevator of C. A, Burk, located on the Wabash tracks at Be}tnent. 111., was totally destroyed by fire; loss, including graim, about $25,000, | . CERT e ] "" 7 } FRN PG

CYCLONE IN OHIO.

Great Destruction in the City of Lima ~—Buildings Torn to Pieces—A’ : ; Child Blown Away.

Lima, 0., Sept. 26.—A storm which passed over Lima Saturday afternoon at 1:50 o’clock did thousands of dollars’ worth of damage by wrecking buildings. A large number of people were injured and one child, the six-year-old son of Sidney Walthey, 374 South Scott street, cannot be found. The storm-came up from the west. When Mrs. Walthey saw the storm coming up she called to her son, who was in the yard, but just then the tor-’ nado struck, and the child was carried away in the flying debris. Hundreds have searched for him in vain ever since’ the storm. i o The wind and rain continued for fully an hour. The storm starting point was about‘three miles-east of the city. A number of farmers living in that part of the county were on their. road and many of them sought shelter in the big barn of Jacob Boze, which was leveled. *George Hadsell, aged 70 vears, had his leg broken at the knee and Jacob Boze ' had his shoulder broken. o

The cyclone struck the northeast part of the eity and twisted a mnew house belonging {0 William Harris from its foundations and left it in the street. Crossing-the Pennsylvania tracks it demolished two water tanks, unroofed the Quilnd brewery, Lima egg case faetory and a nwmber of adjacent buildings. It then struck the high school building, wrecking. the whole roof. tearing.out the west end and letting the roof and first and second floors into the cellar. Fortunately it was Saturday and there were no sessions of the schools or lpss of life would have resulted. Several schoolhousés cast of the cjty.were leveled, but no one was injured.

The storm continued southwest, unroofed- a portion of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad shops, and buried Harry Casewell under the debris. He was taken out with five ribs broken. The Hotel French lost part of its roof. The Colvin livery barn was unroofed. the West High street school building was unroofed, and 50 houses more or less damaged. The residence of Mrs. D. F. Andrews and John Burgoyne, south of the high school building. were badly wrecked by debris from the building. In the southern part of th# city there ‘were a number of houses unroofed. ' The residence of Torrey Kirk was struck by lightning and Mrs. Kirk stunned.: A-house occupied by Willis McKibben was picked from its foundation, .carried about 20 feet, and Mrs. McKibben badly injured by a stove falling on her. e ' * East of the city a house occupied by a family named Kohler was blown, down and several members injured, none seriously. The church at Westmingter, southeast of this city, was hlown down and completely wrecked. It was one of the finest churches in that part of the country. 'The Tileville schoothouse, west of the city about three miles. svas also blown down. |,

LIMIT IS FIXED.

Presi‘dex;t McKinley Says Spanish Must Get Out of Cuba by g December 31.

. Washington, Sept. 26.—The instructions sent the American evacuation commissioners at Havana, practically amounting to an ultimatum to Gen. ‘Blanco, insist that the evacuation of the island by the Spaniards begin not later than October 15, and that it be complete by December 31 next. What the result of this demand will be is not yet known, but it is said that the administration is determined to tolerate ne dilatory tactics gn the part of the Spanish forces in leaving the island, although dispcsed to permit reasonable indulgence. : It seems that the Spanish side of the ‘commission’ has taid that they could not begin the evacuation of the island until the Ist of November, and that it could not be completed before the 28th of February next. In view of the alarming state of the Cubans, who ‘are suffering from hunger, and the inability in the present uncertain con-. ditions for obtaining relief, President McKinley sent the instructions referred to in the; foregoing. - Notice has also been taken of the, expressed purpose of the Spanish captain general to removefrom the island the remains of Christopher Columbus, with part of the surmounting monument. If a monument is not a permanent fixture, then it is hard to decide what is, and it is possible that attention will be called to the infraction of the terms of the protocol, although this must be done with haste, in order to succeed in its object, as the removal is said to be fixed for next Tuesday.

Infamta Maria Teresa Floated. Playa del Este, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Sept. 26.—The wrecking company engaged under Lieut. Hobson in the work of saving the wrecked Spanish warships has'succeeded in floating the crusier Infanta Maria Teresa. The cruiser after being got afloat was taken in tow by the Potomac and convcyed by the -cruiser Newark, the Scorpion "'and the Alvarado, proceeded for Guantanamo bay. ' * To Honor La Fa;;efte. Chicago, Sept., 26.—Dispatches to the governors of all the statesin the union asking them to make public proelamation setting aside October 19 as La Fayette day were sent out from the Paris exposition office Saturday.. The telegrams were alike and were repetitions of a cablegram received from Commissioner-General Peck. : Tragedy in a Chicago Suburb, Chicago, Sept. 26.—Albert Danish shot and killed Joseph Pfaff.in Edison Park at 10:30 Sunday night. At midnight he committed suicide by shooting himself. - Anarchists Driven Out. London, Sept. 26.—A dispatch from Vienna says all the anarchists known to the police in Buda-Pésth have been arrested and expelled. Forty persons have been arrested in Vienna and all anarchist organizations have been suppressed.” The police are equally active in Trieste and in Prague, - Killed by Lightning. Stevens Point, Wis., Sept. 26.—The home of Bronislana Rogalski was struck by lightning Saturday morning and burned. Mrs. Rogalski was killed and the husband and three children wl}r'e rendered unconscious, = '

AN AUTUMN IDYL.

In Which Is Depicted Somewhat of the Sorrowfulness of the Ex- - piring Year. > :

A great wave of perspiration had swept up from the briny depths of the sea of humanity, and on its white-capped top the month of August had taken passage to the shoreless realms of eternity. ' Tip-tilted on the petals of the blooming melancholy days of poesy and song, ' September in her golden glory stood, and from "her harvest finger ends threw ripening kisses to the world. |

There was no sadness in her eyes, and in her voice was only the musie of rich; ripe fruit falling to the ground. i As she sweYt along on the crimson tide of her leafy glory, a simple Oyster crossed her path, ' , In his face was the shadow of Fate.

His requiem was sounding in the key of R. September saw him, but she wot not what he was.to her, nor she to him. She nodded at him smilingly. “Good morrow, Master Lowly,” she sang. f‘qugc upon me, I prithee. Am Inotindeed in it?” e g

.. The Oyster was amazed. ' L -“I beg your pardon,” he answered, though he knew full well what she had said. -

“Dearie me, Master Lowly,” she chirruped, “do but look at me. Am I notinit?’ . ‘“De you mean the soup?” lugubriously in--quired the Oyster. o ‘“No, indeed. Why should I?” laughed the warm September. “I mean the Autumn, of course, stupid.”. , Then the Oyster sighed as if -his ghell would break, and he wondered why one could be so heartless as to jest. upon such a serious subject.—Washington Star.

The Growth of Socialism.

It is argued by deeg thinkers that the growth of socialism is due to the large standing armies of the world, in which men are often made to enlist against their will, and thus become discontented with existing conditions. The growth of a stronger race of geople is due to the large sale of Hostetter’s tomach Bitters, which is the best medicine for costiveness, dyspe;ma, fever, a?ue and all dervous troubles. Try one bottle. ;

—_—— Two Different Vievws.

She was a charming young lady and naturally had many admirers of the so-called. stronger sex. One ‘evening one of them called and the conversation chanved)to drift toward another. : e

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