Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 27, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 October 1903 — Page 2

= . S ; €he Ligonicr Lanney LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. Some eastern scientists have figured ocut that all life began at the north pole. A good deal of it has ended in that vicinity lately. . s e e e e R Now that the X-ray has been credited with restoring gray hair to its natural color the problem remains how to bottle it for the barber shop. Eupatorium rebandium is the name of the new plant that is to supersedesugar cane and the sugar beet, being 20 or 30 limes as sweet as either. When used in connection with tabloid coffee and condensed milk it ought to be a great thing for picnies.+ In the attempted trial of Prof. Langley’s airship the only obstacle encountered was that it wouldn’t work. Of course, the result was a. great disappointment to the interested scientists, but it is believed that they will get used to this in ‘the course of a few more trials. % The bacterioiogists have discovered ihat the grip bacillus is the‘smallest microbe that affects man, which reminds us ihat the season for grip will soin e with us, and wé can once more while away the dreary winter hours experimenting with more various cures for it that don't cure. An agricultural fair has been held in Alaska, and the Yukon Horticultural Society points with pride to its garden products. Alaska can never rival southern California or Florida in the production of semi-tropical fruits, but it bids fair 1o become self-sustaining of a large population. = : * Germany is now exporting more bicyclss than the United States. American makers of wheels, who once commanded the markets of the world, have let tits irade get away from them by failure to study the requirements of other countries for heavier, stronger. and simpler machines. : ' ' 1t is a big wheat year in the Unijted States, though the world’s supply of crzain shows a large deficit. This announcement comes from the Hungarian minister of. agriculture, who is an authority on the subject. And it means that there will be a ready sale abroad at ccod prices for America’s surplus wheat. Utah was the appropriate place for holding the recent in'igat'ion COngress, That is where the irrigation movement first began in this-country. Sixty-six vears ago Brigham Young dug a ditch and- induced the clear waters of City creek to irrigate the alkaline soil of the l.and of Deseret, which now blecoms and blossoms like the rose. - : © Within a few days two, towns have had eminently typical American celebrations. Paterson, N. J., which was tried by fire; has been rebuilt and made more substantial and handsomer than it ever was before; so it took occasion to jollify over the fact. Galvestion, Tex., was less Phoenix like, as three vears ggo it was practically wiped out by a tidal wave. But a new and greater Galveston has arisen from the wreck. Apples are among the'_important agricultural products of the United States, which stands first in this specialty. The average annual yield in this country is abdut 176,000,000 bushels. Of course the total varies from time to time. This year promises to be a big one, as the irees in most apple producing localities are heavily laden. What is better, the fruit is said to be of exceptionalily fine qualitv. = : ; , : A Berlin dispatch says that Emperor William is fermulating a plan by which graduates of some of the leading German universities will come to this country for post-graduate work, in return for the large number of Americans who go to Germany for that purpose: Theideaisto formh a sort of educational alliance by which each country will get the benefit of the other’s methods. Emperor William is a very shrewd man. '

A report of the bureau of statistics at Washington shows that the value of the tropical and subtropical products brought into the United States in the fiscal year 1903 was $409,000,000, as compared with $298,000,000 in 1890, and $140,000,000 in 1870. This includes sugar, coffee, tea, rice and many sorts of fruits. In the ratio of consumption of some of these articles the United States stands at the head of the list among the couniries of the world. - G

The Maryland Society Yor the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has instituted 2 unique charity for animals in the shape of a home for aged horses. It consists of 50 acres of excellent pasture land about a mile from the city limits of Baltimore, well supplied with shade and water, where horses that have done good service but have become incapacitated for work by age are received and taken care of for anominal sum. The phraseabout “turning anold horse outto starve” has passed into a proverb. Humanity now cares for man’s best friend in the animal line in a proper manner. z

Whatever else may be said about automobiles, their sturdy qualities cannot be denied. They have crossed the American continent, traveling over every kind of road, and in fact at times running where there scarcely could be said-to be any road; they have climbed great altitudes, including Mount Washington in New Hampshire; they have journeyed to the polar region over pathless tracts of ice and snow; they have done pretty nearly everything except swim the ocean, and machines capable of such achievements as these have probably come to stay for all time. :

Promoters are not talking billions as much as they were. A day even passes cecasionally without their launching forth into hundreds of millions. New Jersey's corporation business hasshrunk immensely. The country is as prosperous as ever, but there is a steady squeezing out of water in extravagant schemes. Since January 1| 44 corporations organized under &I:y Jersey laws have been put into the hands of receivers. They were“éapitalized at $80,000,000. Their liabilities are $17,000,000 and their entire assets—poor little reality—are only $1,564,684. i :

A WEEICS 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

FROM WASHINGTON.

Ex-Congressman Edward Overton died at his home in Towanda, Pa., aged 67 years: o . A proposition of the Hawaiian territory to secure a loan of $1,229,000 for various public improvements is now before President Roosevelt for action, as required by the organic act. - In the United States there will be 85 fourth-class post offices advanced to the presidential class October 1. =

Go-vernm_efit crop report says that damage by frosts has not been serious. A majority of the corn is. considered safe. * ' - : The time limit for ratification having expired, the canal treaty ig dead. A new proposal is awaited by Washington. Secretary Shaw announces that, owing to the scarcity of two per cent. bonds, both for circulation and as security for government deposits, he will renew refunding operations to the extent of $2O;000,000. ' :

At a meeting in Washington the general executive board of the Knights of Labor adopted a resolution opposing the proposed war of union labor on President Roosevelt, and attributes the hostility to politicians who would disrupt the ranks of labor.

THIE EAST.

To aid the movement for the invasion of New York city by Zion hosts, John Alexander Dowie, of Zion City, 111., secured $20,000. : Miss ‘Annie R. Sharpley, who caused the post office authorities much trouble through her swindling operations in raising the figures on postal money orders in many cities, has been sentenced to the Eastern Pennéylvania penitentiary for two years. In session at Baltimore the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows unanimously ‘elected Gen. M. A. Raney, of Morengo, la.. commanding general of the patriarchs militant for a term of four years. On the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroadyfour section men were killed near Mount Morris, N. Y., by being struck by a train. ' Fire destroyed the industrial center of the village of Gardenville, N. Y. In Philadelphia William Macabee, of the United States naval home, celebrated his one hundredth birthday.

- Prince Alert, at the Empire City track near New York, went against the world’s pacing record of 1:59 held by Dan Patch and beat it most decisively, going the distance in 1:57. -

In New York city republicans and citizens' union conventions renominated the entire fusion city ticlet—Low for mayor, Grout for comptroller and Fornes for president of the board of aldermen. At Red Bank, N. J., Robert Allen, Jr., aged 70 years, a prominent lawyer, was found dead in a wagon house at his home with a bullet *‘wound in his head. He is- suppossd to have committed suicide because of business troubles. /

In the Wilkesbarre (Pa.) region orders for a restriction of the anthracite coal output have affected nearly all the collieries. Over 43,000,000 tons of coal have been mined since January 1. The two- hundred and third year of Ya}e university has begun.

In Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the president of the southern confederacy, is seriously ill.

WEST AND SOUTH.

At the age of 92 years Alson S. Sherman, who was mayor of Chicago in 1844, died at his home in Waukegan, 111. Near St. Joseph, Mo., four masked men held up a Burlington train, blew open the express safe, and are said to have secured from $5,000 to $lO.OOO. None of the passengers were molested. Burglars blew open the safe of the Baxter Springs (Mo.) post ofiice and secured $BOO worth of postage stamps and about $2OO in money. ' Flames destroyed nine business buildings at Ayreshire, la. At the age of 80 years Charles B. Farwell, former United States senator, merchant and public man who had been a resident of Chicago since 1844, died at his country home in Lake Forest. Flames destroyed F. B. Chase’s sav.mill at Morse, Wis., causing a loss of $300,000. Republicans of the Sixteenth Ohio district have nominated Caleb L. Weems for congress. :

In the shoe-string oil distriet of Texas fire destroyed 35 derricks, causing a total loss estimated at $125,000. .

While resisting arrest at Mount Vernon, Ind., William Wilkerson shot and killed City Marshal Schwake. Chased by a posse the murderer took his own life before he could be captured. At Monterey, Mex., yeliow fever has broken out. : The officials of the Burlington Raflway company and the Adams Express company have offered a reward of $4,000 for the arrest and conviction of the men who held up a train near St. Joseph, Mo. Gov. Dockery has offered a reward of $3OO for each robber. At Minneapolis 14 flour mills were closed because of a strike of employes, At Marion, Ind., three men were killed by a collision of trains. .

The date of the opening to settlement of the 250,000 acres of ceded Chippewa lands in Minnesota is November 10, At Converse,, Ind., Ernest Spitzel was instantly killed and Joseph Doddie was probably fatally injured by a Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville train.

At Burton, 0., a grand jury returned two indictments against George H. and P. N. Ford, bankers, who failed, with liabilities aggregating $1,125,000. They are said to have accepted deposits after knowing the bank was insolvent. Daisy, Dimple and Dot Redden, known as the prettiest triplets in the world, celebrated their twenty-first birthday at Buchanan, Mich. * The monuments erected by Illinois on the battlefield of Shiloh, which were to have been dedicated in October, will be dedicated April 6 and 7, 3

\ At Cripple Creek, Col., a writ of ha‘beas corpus issued by the court against officers in charge of militia was ignored by the military; and a clash between civil and military authorities was averted by prompt intervention of the gOVernor.

In Cincinnati, Joseph Munzer, a theatrical manager, tried to kill members of “Marked for Life” company by shooting at them. He wounded three, none seriously. 0 In Georgia the cotton crop of this season is 1,076,000 bales, against 1,470,000 last year. : : Burglars entered the state bank of Roberts, . Wis., and secured more than $3,000. ! ;

The Armour packing plant, which was destroyed by fire at Sioux City, la., last winter, is-to be rebuilt at once. - President Roosevelt has approved the Hawaiian bond issue of $1,229,100.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The authorities in Bulgaria believe the question of peace or war in the Balkans will be settled within a very short time. The feeling is more hopeful in Sofia and the Turkish ministers are said to be near an agreement on disputed points. :

England is made to realize that King Edward VII. is a ruler who means to rule by the. vigor with which he has taken hold of the cabinet situation and the African war and army scandals. The Bulgarians still anticipate war and little confidence is felt in the sincerity of propositions made by Turkey.: |

~ Ina fight at Kotchani, 600 Turks were killed. The Turkish force numbered 7.000: After the fight the troops. enraged at their losses, pillaged and burned a number of Bulgarian villages.

LATER NEWS,

The porie has expressed a wish for the withdrawal of the Américan warships' now off Beirut. It is thought in Constantinople that the United States will not consent.

Mayor Francis. M. Menke, of Mattoon, 111.,, was indicted by the grand jury upon 29 counts charging him with malfeasance and misfeasance in office. . ;

The national encampment of the Union Veterans’ Union and the national convention of the Woman'’s Veteran Relief Union will be held in Louisvilie, Ky., October 14 to 15, inclusive. 7

Fire destroyed an entire block- of business houses at South Haven,Kan., causing a loss estimated at $75,000. During a quarrel over 20 cents at Middlesboro, Ky., John Jones shot and killed Lawrence Dufiy. 5

An anti-Sunday baseball bill has been passed by both branches of the Alabama legislature. The bill prohibits the playing on Sunday of baseball, tennis, golf and football. Great Britain and Spain have agreed to the establishment of a French protectorate over Morocco.

The Farmers’ National congress adjourned at Niagara Falls, N. Y., after electing Harvie Jordan, Monticello, Ga., president. At the- Empire City track, near Yonkers, N. Y., Major Delmar trotted a mile in two minutes, equalling the record of Lou Dillon. : .

Lord Milner, the British high commissioner in South Africa, who is now at Carlsbad, has been offered and has declined the colonial secretaryship. A proposition to admit to membership persons of mixed blood, to join the order, was defeated by the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Father Callahan, the. pastor of the Cathedral parish, Denver, C 01.,, and in charge of the finances of the parish and for the building of a new cathedral, is short in his accounts to the amount of something like $20,000. A review of the week’s trade by Dun and Bradstreet’s agencies shows continued gains in railroad earnings; num-. ber of idle men diminished, jobbing trade good, demand for steel restricted.

The ironworkers’ convention at Kansas City was split by an attempt to seat a delegate friendly to President Buchanan. Parks lead the seceding delegates. :

MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Grover Cleveland, wife and five children have returned from Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., to Princeton, N. J. John Paul Jones, founder of the American navy, is buried in the tenement quarters of Paris and weeds grow-over his grave. . ; * President Roosevelt captured an uncommon species of mouse on his western trip, stuffed it himself, and has presented it to the Smithsonian institution.

Booker T. Washington has purchased 88 head of cattle in Rockland, N. Y., for shipment to Tuskegee. The empress dowager of China, one of the most remarkable women of the age, is ill, and the doctors say she cannot live a year. , With the object of aiding in procuring low rates to the world’s fair, St. Louis manufacturers have declared war on railway ticket speculators. . Otto Sarony, who for nearly 30 years has had an international reputation for his work in portrait photography, died in New York city. - : Harry Smith, 10 years old, of Jersey City, N. J., goes barefoot winter and summer because his feet are so perfect that his parents refuse to mar them with shoes.

- A uniform birth registration law has been drafted by the census bureau. Governors of states are asked to urge the passage. - Statistics are impossible now. .

The marriage of May Goelet to Roxburghe will transfer to English hands $40,000,000. American brides have contributed over $200,000,000 to foreign coffers.

The death mask of President McKinley, taken a few days after his death by Prof. William H. Holmes, of the bureau of ethnology, has been placed in the national museum. : Orders granting three years’ leave of absence to Commander Peary of the navy, beginning April 1, have been issued. He will start on his dash for the north pole Julyl. . Postmaster General Payne, in & statement declaring his policy on fourthclass postmasterships, holds that they are recognized as political appointments and are not subject to civil service rules. Stokers on the Old Dominion line steamer Princess Anne mutinied during a gale off the New Jersey coast and were forced to work at the pistol's point by the officers. -~

FROM ALL OVER THE STATE

WOMAN FOUGHT BRAVELY. Her Escort, Frank Wertz, Was Club--3 bed and Robbed. Anderson, Ind.,, Sept. 21.—While Frank Wertz and Miss Mollie Rhynearson were driving -inte town Sunday night they were held up and robbed and an attempt was made to assault Miss Rhynearson. They were in the extreme south end of Noble street, in a grove, It was almost pitch dark when an unknown man commanded them to stop. The next moment Wertz was knocked from the buggy by a terrific blow with a long club. Before Wertz could rally the highwayman robbed him of $6 and other valuables and then gave him a Kkick, pulled a gun and dared him to move. The robber then jerked Miss Rhynearson from the buggy and dragged her 100 yards-into the grove. George and William Berry drove up and Wertz appealed to them to help him rescue the woman. They rushed into the grove, but the brute, holding the woman, drove them back with a gun, The Berrys drove at breakneck speed for officers while Wertz recovered his rig and hurried to 2225 Pearl street, where he got Mrs. Robinson; a sister of Miss Rhynearson. :

Capt. Finnell, with a posse of officers, quickly responded, but it was a two mile run to the scene.

For a half hour the woman fought the man. Her clothing was torn to pieces, but she broke away from her assailant ‘'and reached another road where she was picked up by country people, to whom she gave her street address, and then fainted and has since been unconscious. : - Darkness aided her assailant to escape from the officers, who had no trail of him up to midnight. R Wertz has two bad wounds where he was beaten on the head. The bloody club was found at the roadside, and, also, parts of the woman’s dress.

Dr. Long at midnight said Miss Rhynearson may die before morning. Mr. Wertz and Miss Rhynearson, it is said, were to be married soon. They had been going together about a year. Wertz is a well-known farmer. Miss Rhynearson was living-with her relatives in this city. o

CLEVELAND TO CHICAGO

Negotiations For the Purpose of Purchasing Connecting Lines.

South Bend, Ind., Sept. 23.—Reports that the McCulloch traction interests are negotiating for the Niles extension of the Indiana Railway Co. and the franchises and right of way of the Indiana Western, another branch, are not denied by Vice President J. M. Smith, who says he has no inforn:ation to give at present. McCulloch interests are said to be seeking to acquire all the interests of the Indiana Railway Co. from South Bend to Goshen to form a connecting link for a line from Cleveland to Chicago.

NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL TEAM.

The Schedule of Games to Be'Plaved ; This Season.

South Bend, Ind., Sept. 23.—The Notre Dame football schedule was issued Tuesday as follows: October 3, Michigan agricultural, at Notre Dame; October 10, Lake Forest, at Notre Dame; October 17, Depauw, at Notre Dame; October 24, Wabash, at Notre Dame; October 28, Chicago P. & S. at Notre Dame; November 7, Beloit, at Notre Dame; November 14, Northwestern, at Evanston, Il1l.; November 21, Ohio M. U. (probably), at Toledo; November 26, Purdue, at Lafayette,

Ora Robertson Walked in His Sleep. Nashville, Ind., Sept. 22.—Ora Robertson, a farmer, living west of here, aros2 in his sleep Sunday night and walked to Needmore, a distance of two miles. There he called at Dr. Fleener's office and requested the doctor to come at once to his home. He then strated for his home, and was soon overtaken by the doctor. He woke him up and hurried him to his home in -his buggy. :

Killed By a Falling Tree.

Bloomfield, Ind., Sept. 21.—Flater Ohaver, the 13-year:old- son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Ohaver, residing three miles southwest of here, was instantly killed by being caught and ecrushed under the falling trunk of a dead tree on a farm near Plummer, where he had gone with his father to do some clearing. :

A Pioneer Fatally Hurt.

Mishawaka, Ind., Sept. 22.—Nicholas Kroneweitter, aged 80, a pioneer of this county, while wandering about Tuesday night, was struck by a trolley car on a culvert and hurled down to the river bank. His left side was crushed in and his skull fractured. He will die.

Merchant Asks For a Divorce.

Shelbyville, Ind., Sept. 23.—Sylvan H. Morris, a prominent dry goods merchan,' St. Paul, Shelby county, has appli for a divorce from his wife, Sarah C. Morris. The parties are well known in Central Indiana among society people.

Venue to Gibson County.

Evansville, Ind., Sept. 23.—The ca-e of William F. H. Kroener, alleged to have taken part in the riot here last July, was venued to Gibson, the defendant contending he could not get a fair trial here.

Boilermakers on a Strike.

Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 22 —Fifty boilermakers of the Big Four struck Monday evening. They are asking an increase of from 30 to 35 cents an hour. The 15 boilermakers of the road at Wabash also walked out in responsge to the general order.

Dr. Hugh M. Lash,

Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 21.—Dr. Hugh Morrison Lash, one of the oldest physicians in Indianapolis, died of heart failure. He was born at Athens, 0., where he practiced medicine many years.

A COURTSHIP ON THE SEA. It Will Culminate in a Wedding ai A Mishawaka, Mishawaka, Ind., Sept. 22.—A marriage that will take place here Wednesday will be the culmination of an ocean courtship between John Eberlein, of this city, and Anna Engler, a prominent and wealthy German woman of St. Louis. ,The tour was made on the Atlantic liner Barbarossa three weeks ago, both being homeward bound from Bremen, after visits to their old homes in Germany. Eberlein returned to Mishawaka and the woman went to her home in St. Louis. The former did not reveal his secret until. Miss Engler arrived here Sunday. After a 12 days’ courtship on the restless waters they became engage.l, and September 25 was fixed as the date for their wedding. Everlein is over 70 and his fiancee has not yet reached 50.

IN ANNUAL SESSION,

The Indiana Federation of L.ébqr.Meets at South Bend..

South 'Bend, Ind., Sept. 23.—The Indiana Federation .of Labor, which began its annual session Tuesday, adopted a resolution' that “by reason of the encroachment of antagonistic elements and the changed industrial situation in the state it is necessary that labor present a united front in the comirg struggle. It is therefore imperative that the organization will be placed on a substantial basis to successfully advance its principles.” The secretary’s report showed there are 188 organizations in the state affiliated with the organization anc that there has been an increase of over 2,000 members in the last year, yhich brings the total membership to over 14,006. Over 1,400 unions in the state are affiliated with the federation.

IF THEY GO TO WORK.

Threats of Separations Made By Hus:

bands of. Kokomo Women

Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 22.—Divorces and all other sorts of dire marital caJamities are threatened in the social set of this community. A few days ago a number of the leading ladies of the place decided to ddn . working dresses and go to work in the local canning factories, the wages they earned to be turned over to the treasurer of a Methodist church. The announcement was no sooner made than their husbands issued a prohibitive order. The order carried a penalty. If the wives went into the factories against their husbands’ will, the ultimatum declared, the action would be followed by separations or applications for divorces.

ONE OF PARRY’'S WORKMEN.

Was Fatally Assaulted on the Street at Indianapolis._

Indianapolis, Ind.,, Sept. 22.—William H. Collins, an employe of the Parry Manufacturing Co., and a nonunion man, was fatally assaulted on the street Sunday night by a man supposed to be a }mion hodcarrier. Collins refused, it is said, to discuss the respective merits of unionism and nonunionism with his assailant. The latter struck Collins a vicious blow on the head. The blow and resultant fall caused concussion of the brain, from which Collins died Monday.

Barn Burned By An Incendiary.

Mt. Vernon, Ind., Sept. 23.—A barn on the farm of Elisha Phillips, near this city, was burned, several tons of hay, as well as farm machinery, were destroyed. It was the work of an incendiary, as a man was seen to leave the barn about the time smoke was noticed in the second story. Chase was given, but he escaped. .

Kicked By a Mob

Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 21.—A man was seen trying to assault a 6-year-old girl and he was chased several blocks by a crowd that was kicking him when the patrol wagon arrived. He gave the name of Omar Gardner, aged 26, and said his home is in Indianapolisc. He had a loaded revolver in his pocket.

Aged Pioneer Passes Away.

Shelbyville, Ind., Sept. 23 —Mrs. Elijah Victor, 80, and one of the oldest residents of this city, ‘died here at the home of her daughter. Besides a husband, two children survive her—Alecnzo Victor, of Erlanger, Ky., and Mrs. John Randall, of this city. . :

Poor Woman Left a Fortune.

Valparaiso, Ind., Sept. 23.—Mrs. Edward Ryan, a poor woman, of this city, has been notified that she was one of four heirs to an estate valued at $460,000 left by her brother, John Sullivan, of Seattle. - . .

Forsythe Guilty of Assault.

Evansville, Ind., Sept. 23.—Jas. Forsythe, the saloonkeeper, who assaulted Capt. I. Esslinger, the aged deputy revenue collector, was found guilty of assault and battery, and sentenced to a hundred days in jail and fined $lOO and costs. ~

The Plaintiff Collapsed.

Rushville, Ind., Sept. 23.—Blanche Culver, of Jersey City, N. J., plaintiff in a $15,000 breach of promise case here, collapsed in the court room at the conclusion of her evidence at-the first day’s session.

Mrs. Amy Beck’s Story,

Indianapolis, Ind:, Sept. 22.—Amy M, Beck says her husband, George Beck, wanted to kill her to celebrate his birthday. She forgot the date, and he proposed to celebrate it by killing her for negligence. She escaped and now asks for divorce.

Died From Lockjaw. Marion, Ind., Sept. 22.—John Stoebel, a former player in the Evansvillé baseball team, of the Central league, died Monday of lockjaw. He broke a finger while playing two weeks ago and tetanus followed. ¢

SLAY WITH DYNANMITE. Robbers Kill Pennsylvania Pay= master. and Secure a :Large ; , Sam of ¥Money, Washington, Pa., Sept. 26.—One of the most fiendish and bloodthirsty murders and robbery in the history of Washington county occurred Friday afternoon on the Middletown road, about 15 miles from here. Samuel T. Ferguson, of the Ferguson Construction company, of Pittsburg, was instantly killed and his secretary, Charles L. Martin, of Cincinnati, was fatally injured. The two men were driving along the road in a buggy, carrying $3,600 in cash, with which to pay off some of their men employed on construction work along the line of the Wabash railroad, when suddenly an explosion of dynamite in the roadway literally tore the rig to pieces, killed Ferguson outright and threw Martin 200 feet and tearing his left arm almost from the socket. ; The scene of the crime is a ravine flanked on one side by a eclump of small trees and on the other by a sloping field. The dynamite in the middle of the road was connected by means of a small insulated copper wire to a battery in the trees. ; Early Friday morning Ferguson and Martin came to Washington en route to camp to pay their men. They placed the money, $3,600, in a large satchel, which they lodged firmly between them in the front of a buggy drawn by two horses. Both men were armed. Evidently as the vehicle containing Ferguson and Martin came upon a small culvert the highwaymen pushed the button and the explosive was set off, the money was taken and the robbers escaped. ¢ The work of the men evidently was well planned and carried out carefully. A score of sticks of dynamite ‘must have been imbedded beneath the culvert. Leading from the dynamite directly in the center of ‘the highway was 60 feet of fine copper wire carefully insulated. This wire connected with the battery found in the trees. Just prior to the approach of Ferguson and Martin several vehicles had passed over the dynamite, but the occupants were not molested. Besides. the battery 'in the bushes was a double barreled shotgun, loaded. : : Two men who had been employed at the camp at various times and discharged repeatedly came into camp Friday night and were arrested by Camp Boss Isaac Smith. Smith believes he has the guilty men, but will not divulge their names until they are turned over to the proper authorities. For fear of Iynching, Smith will keep his prisoners heavily guarded until morning.

In an abandoned coal mine on the farm of John Patterson, about a quarter of a mile from the scene of the killing, fresh foot tracks were discovered leading into the mine, and the farmers believe they have one of the men located inside.

SERIOUS CHARGES.

Indictments for Malfeasance in Office Found Against Ex-City Of-

ficials of Detroit.

Detroit, Mich., Sept. 26.—Six indictments by the grand jury, which has been investigating municipal affairs and particularly the department of public works, for the last two months. Five of them were made public in court late in the afternoon, and they name the following persons: D. W. H. Moreland, former commissioner of public works, recently removed from office by the council; Herman Wartell and T. J. White, former employes of the public works department under Moreland; John Hock, a former department of works employe and contractor; Heénry Merdian, a contractor, and his associate, Robert Conway. Moreland i 3 named in each of the.five indictments read in court. Two of the indictments charge him with conspiracy to defraud, and ‘the other three with misappropriation and converting property of the city to the use of others.

Mr, Moreland came into court Friday evening, and when asked to plead, stood mute on advice of his attorney. The judge accordingly entered a plea of not guilty, and fixed Mr. Moreland’s bail on all five indictments at $6,600. It wasg given. John Hock was also in court, and gave bail in the sum of $l,BOO. Warrants for the arrest of the other indicted .men were issued and placed in the hands of the sheriff.

THE DAY IS SET.

Judge Osborne Says Curtis Jett Musi{ Be Hanged on December 18— A New Trial,

Cynthiana, Ky., Sept. 26.—Curtis Jett was brought into court Friday, when Judge Osborne decreed that he be hanged ‘‘between sunrise and sunset, December 18, for killing James Cockrill at Jackson, Ky., July 21, 1902.” Judge Blanton, attorney for Jett, repliéd: ‘“Well, judge, there will be many sunrises and sunsets before he has been hanged.” Jett himself said to the court:

“There are people in this county whc will be grieved if I am not hung. But, judge, Ido not think you ,would be grieved, as you have given me a fair trial in this case.”

Chicago Celebrates.

Chicago, Sept. 26.—Celebration of Chicago’'s centennial began Friday with the arrival of Indians at Lincoln park, and will continue until next Thursday. Thousands of visitors, it is expected, will come to the city to enjoy the features of centennial week,

Baseball.

American league games on Friday: At Philadelphia—Philadelphia, 10, 9,2: Chicago, & 11, 4. At Washington— Cleveland, 14, 19, 5; Washington, 5,8, 3. At Boston—Boston, 6; Detroit, 6 (11 innings, darkness). At New -York— New York, 8,7, 2; St. Louis, 2,9,6, .

Fatal Hotel Fire.

Rochester, N. H., Sept. 26.—Two lives were lost and several persons were injured in a fire that destroyed the Hotel Brunswick early Friday. There wera many narrow escapes and it was at first pelieved that a number of persons had perished in the building. The monetary loss is about $14,000.

Defaulter Sentenced.

Manila, Sept. 26.—Dean Tomkins, the defaulting treaseurer at San Fernando, convicted recently for forgery, has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment. His trial on the other charges filed against him has been set for December 1.

- TRADE REVIEW. Volume of Business Continnues Large ;in Spite. of Some Unsatisfac- - tory Features. . New York, Sept. 26.—R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Notwithstanding several unsatisfactery features the volume of trade continues large and the distribution of merchandise taxes shipping facilities. -Announcement of a concerted effort to restrict production of pig iron indicates that supplies have.begun to accumulate. Railway earnings continue to show gains, for September thus far, exceeding last year's by 8.7 per cent. and those of 1901 by 17.2 per cent. Traffic blockade occurred to some extent, although the movement of farm prodticts is still unseasonably small. New ‘labor controversies -have begun, but a number cf serious troubles have been averted, and on the wholé the number of men idle voluntarily has diminished. Enforced idleness in the iron and steel industry is more than offset by the resumption of spindles ‘at cotton mills, and there is great activity at footwear factories, although the margin of profit is narrow. Lower prices for the leading agricuitural staples Indicate a general belief in improved c¢rop prospects. Failures this week numbered 232 in the Uniterd States, against 207 last year. and 19 in Canada compared with 32 a year ago. '

Bradstreet's says: “Reports of conservatism and even caution in fall and winter trade testify to the absence of the spur of insistent demand which a year ago gave the selling side suchan advantage. The fewness of car shortage complaints is evidence alike of the later movement of crops and of discrimination in orders by consumers. The quieting down of demand has become more manifest in iron and steel where plans for restriction of furnace output are being discuszed and finished products lag, and in anthracite coal where a number of collieries have been put on sherter time. Relatively the best reports come from paris of the northwest, due to beiter weather and crop conditions; the southwest, which has escaped crop injury and the south, where despite crop deterioration and declining cotton prices the general outlook is still gond. Eastern advices are of fair trade, but quietness in general business is noted.in New York.STORMED THE JAIL. Tennessee YMob Lynches Negro in Spite of Heroie Defense = - . Made by Sherify. ) Lynchburg, Tenn., Sept. 26.—Sher'iff George R. Davidson, in attempting to save the life of a negro early Friday morning, fired into a mob which was assailing the jail, wounding a man whose name is unknown. The sheiff summoned assistance, but he and his aides were overpowered, the jail entered and the much-wanted negro, Allen - Small, shot to death in the corridor. The mobh was composed of abocut 25 people. Sheriff Davidson was alone at the time. He refused to give up the keys and opened fire from a window. He wounded one of the mob, but his identity is not known. The sheriff then called for t3e police. Two officers and several citizens rushed to the jail, but despite their presence the mob battered down the wooden door at the foot of the stairs leading to the corridor. The sheriff and posse made a stout resistance, but were unable to prevent the mob from breaking in the iron door at the head of the stairs and entering the cell occupied by the negro about whose neck they placed a rope. As soon as the mob emerged from the cell it became apparent that the negro could not be taken from the jail and hung for fear of being fired on, and he was shot to death. . : :

LOU DILLON HAS A RIVAL.

The Gelding, Major Delmar, Efjnhln Famous Mare's Record, Trotting a Mile in Two Minutes.

New York, Sept. 26.—The big event Friday at the Empire City track wasthe effort of the champion gelding, Major Delmar, to bear his own record of 2: 001, and to beat the world’s record of 2:00 held by Lou Dillon. He trotted a most wonderful mile, and in a game, but tiring finish, shot under the wire in the record time. After a preliminary warming up the gelding champion came out for his great trial at 4:30. He went round the first turn, broke and came back. At the seeond attempt he went away as steady as a clock and got to the quarter in 3015 seconds. Up the back stretch he shot with such lightning rapidity that he flashed by the half-mile pole in 59 seconds. Then the grand stand rose and cheered as the gallant son of Delmar flew round the tup turn to the threequarter pole in 1:29, and came home to the wire in 2:00, tbus equalling the time of Lou Dillon. It was & splendid performance by the animal, which snly this week changed owners at the highest price—s4o,ooo—ever paid for a gelding. Major Delmar is a Nezw York animal bred and foaled, trained and owned in the Empire state. )

Quarreled Over Small Sum. .Middlesboro, Ky., Sept. 26.—John Jones shot and killed Lawrence Duffy on one of the principal streets of Middlesboro, Ky., Friday. Duffy was shot five times. The men quarreled over 20 cents.

May Build Big Temple, X Baltimore, Sept. 26.—At Thursday evening’s session of the soverign grand lodge of odd fellows the project to erect a $1,000,000 temple in Baltimore as a memorial to Washington Lodge, No. 1, the mother lodge in this country, was favorably reported. The report, it is thought, will be adopted. . Mother and Daughter Drowned. - Dundee, Minn., Sept. 26.—Mrs. Perkins and daughter were drowned while trying to cross the Desplainesriver near here. Their team of horses was also drowned. A boy, aged 12, who was with them, was rescued. ; : A Novel Will. Des Moines, la., Sept. 26.—Frederi¢ck M. Hubbell, a multimillionaire of lowa, has put his great estate into trust form, providing that drunkards and spendthrifts shall be disinherited, and in the event of the family line dying out the entire property shall revert to lowa for the establshment and mainteyance of a university at Des Moines. . Bad Fire in Toronto. - Toronto, Sept. 26.—Fire on the island Friday destroyed the power house and machinery, the wharves and shelter. Thehotel Hanlon was saved from flameos, Loss, $70,000. . ‘

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