Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 15, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 July 1904 — Page 6

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An oflicial crop report recently issped raises the estimate of the wheat crop of Hungary 7,200,000 bushels over the estimate of-June, the revised total being 124,800,000 bushels, against e crop of 157,600,000 bushels last year. The report says further improvement is impossible while deterioration i 3 possible, =

There are many varieties of the bamboo plant, from the species which is woven into mats to the tall bamboo tree which the Chinaman uses for the mast of his large boat. One variety is cultivated as a vegetable, and the young shoots eaten like asparagus, or they may be salted, pickled or preserved. :

Here’'s a record that’s hard to beat:l‘ Willie Towne, of Sebec, Me., found a sparrow’s nest with eggs in it in April. © After one of the rainstorms during the month he visited the nest and fcund both mother and nest cov-‘ ered with snow. Nevertheless, on! May 1 the young birds had hatched and were about ready to fly. i

The work of creating a new outlet for the Hermus was done by Turkish engineers and Turkish capital. The new canal was cut through low-lying plains a distance of 12 miles, -and stands-as a most creditable monument to the progress of a country whith has fer many- centuries been almost constantly occupied with war.

A very interesting discovery has been made in the Etruscan necropolis of Tarquinia. It consists of a coronet of modern shape $,OOO years old. Two hundred tombs' containing helmets, a breastplate of gold, amulets, vases and other articles have been opened, showing that Etruscan civilization was fai superior to that of the Romans. :

Dredging for gold in the sands of Clear Creek, in the vicinity of Golden, Col., is one of the latest enterprises. to attract the attention of the mining world. Chicago capitalists have prepared to spend close to $1,000,000 in the development of their plans, and already have begun building the monster dredges required in the work.

The total number of persons employed in and about the mines of New South Wales during the year 1963 was 37,739, an increase of 4,044 over the previous year. The total value of the machinery erected at the mines (other than coal apd shale mines), inclusive cf dredging plants, is $10,208,505.71. -This does not include the value of the various smelting plants.

A statistician has been doirg some figuring in regard to last year’s Missouri corn crop. The crop was 204, 725,000 bushels: |Counting 100 ears to the bushel, there were 20,472,500,000 ears. 'l'he average length of an ear, the Statistician says, is one foot. Therefore, the Missouri crop of corn would have made one girdle 40 feet wide around the earth, or it would have made 40 one-foot girdles" around the earth. [ .

While the production -of Belgian coal shows an increase of 993,350 tons in 1903 against 1902, the home consumption shows an incredse of only 649,301 toms. |[This fact may be cgnsidered as very important when it is recalled that fin many of the glass works tlhiere |was for a long time scarcely any opfi)ut,.and in- nearly all the inaustriesconsuming large quantities of ccal manufacturing has been unusually restricted,

Maj. Rictizrdson, the well-known dog owner in farhaustic, in Forfarshira, has been irvited by the Russian’government to ‘ lot loose the dogs of war” in the most humane sense, says English Country Life. Maj. Richardson has made a specialty of training dogs for ambulance work and the like, and the Russian government has applied to their trainer to know how many dogs he can - supply for immediate service in the Far East- :

Sir Norman Lookyer, the British astronomer, has advanced a. remarkable new theoriy concerning the utility of sun spots.| Sir Norman contends that the disc;_d\fery and understanding of these phenbmena will prove one of the- most hepeficial additicas to the world in genpral. He believes that such knowledge, may enable astronomers to convert the sun into ax agent to enable the nations to cope with droughts and| famines.

A discovery of great archaeolygical interest has been made at Ched’lal, England. Inithe course of cutting a trench fcr drainage purposes through a bed of cave-earth the skeleton of a man of great.antiquity was excavated. Although the! skull could only be removed in pieces, it was possible to determine that it was that of a man of a period between the paleolithic and neolithic ages. The bones of the leg exhibit the |characteristic flattening peculiar to thcse of that period.

Perhaps the most remarkable bridges in the world are Kkettle bridges, of which Cossack soldiers are expert builders, The materials of which they are constructed are soldiers’ lances and cooking kettles. Seven cr eight lances are passed under the handles of a number of kettles and fastened together by means of ropes to form a raft. A sufficient numbher of these.rafts, each of which will bear a weight of half a ton, are fastened together; and in the: space of an hour-a bridge is formed on which an army may Cross. - NI . . The Cossacks of the Russian army are said to be a mixed race of Russian, Polish, Tartar and other elements, Their principal homes are the steppes of the Don and Ciscaucasia and a region ai the southern end of the Ural mountgns, on the borders of European Russia and Siberia. They are regarded by |the Russian government as a military division of the people, and the males eligible for service are organized in 11 voiskos or corps. For over a centiry the Cossack ‘soldiers have been the dread of all armies coming in contagt ‘with them.

PROHIBITIONISTS

SELECT LEADERS.

Convention Nominates Rev. Silas C. Swallow, of Pennsylvania, for President, and George W. Carroll, of Texas, : -~ for Vice President ;

Indianapolis, Ind., July I.—The prohibition party in national convention on Thursday nominated Silas C. Swallow, of Pennsylvania, for president, and George W. (arroll, of Texas, for vice president. %he platform was adopted without argument; after a long deadlock in the resolutions committee. d

Miles Declines.

Gen. Miles put an end to the movement to nominate him for president by sending to John G. Woolley a telegram from New York, which reached him shortly after noon, asking that his name be not presented. This was considered final, and the movement to Mr. Swallow was unanimous, no other name being considered. s Convention Ends. ST

Over $16,000 was raised by subscription:pledges from the floor of the convention, which, with $ll,OOO 'in tha treasury, will be ‘the nucleus of the campaign fund. National Chairman Stewart and National Secretary Tate were re-elected. The prohibtion editors organized for the campaign by electing Edward Clark, of Indianapolis, president. The convention programme closed at night with a massmeeting at which addresses were made by National .Chairman Stewart, John G. Woolley and others. Several hundred of the delegates left for St. Louis to visit the exposition.

Platform Adopted.

The resolutions committee reported the following platform to the convention, which was adopted. “The prohibition party in national convention assembled at’ Indianapolis June 30, 1904, recognizing that the chief end of all government is the establishment of those principles of righteousness and justice that have been revealed to man as the will of the ever living God and desiring His blessing upon our national life, and believing in the perpetuation of the high ideals of - government of the people, by the people and for the people, established by our fathers makes the following declaration of. principles and purposes:

“First—The widely prevailing system of the licensed and legalized sale of alcoholihl beverages is so ruinous to individual interests, so inimical to public welfare, so destructive to mnational wealth and so subversive ta the rights of great masses of our citizenship, that the destruction of the traffic is and for years has been the most important question in American politics. “Second—We denounce the lack of statesmanship exhibited by the leaders of the democratic and republican parties in their refusal to recagnize the paramount importance of this question and the cowardice with which the leaders of these parties have courted the favor of those whose selfish interests are advanced by the continuation and augmentation of the traffic, until to-day the influence of the liquor traffic practically dominates national, state and local government throughout t_he nation. The Liquor Traffic. . ;

“Third—We declare the truth, demonstrated by the experience of half a century, that all methods of dealing with the liquor traffic which recognize its right to exist, in any form, under any system of license or tax or regulation have proved powerless to remove its evils and useless as checks upon its grawth, while the insignificant public revenues which have accrued therefrom have seared the public conscience against a recognition of its iniquity. - +“Fourth—We call public attention to the fact, proved by the experience of more than 50 years, that to secure the enactment and enforcement of prohibitory- legislation in which alone lies ‘hope of the protection of the people from the liquor traffic, it is necessary that the legislative, executive and judi‘cial branches of the government should be in the hands of a political party in harmony with the prohibition principle and pledged to its embodiment in law and to the execution of those laws.

“Fifth—We pledge the prohibition party, wherever given power by the suffrage of the people, to the enactment and enforcement of laws prohibiting and abolishing the manufacture, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages. : : “Sixth—We declare that there is not only no other issue of equal importance before the American people to-day, but that the so-called issues upon which the democratic and republican parties seek to divide the electorate of the country are in large part subterfuges under the cover- of which they wrangle for the spoils of office.’ : ;

“Seventh—Recognizing that the intelligent voters of the country may properly ask our attitude upon other questions of public concern, we declare ourselves in favor of: : “The impartial enforcement of all law.

Quarrel Ends in Murder.

Fayetteville, Ga., - July I.—Steve Renfroe, an old man 79 years old, shot ‘his daughter-in-law through the head Thursday, killing her instantly. Mr. Renfroe and his daughter-in-law disagreed about a cabbage patch. : ~ Fatal Explosion. Kiel, July I.—Through the accidental explosion of a rocket on board the cruiser Juno, one of the English vessels escorting the royal yacht, two of the crew were killed. The Juno caught fire, but the flames were soop extinguished, ; Two Killed by Train. ~ Rochester, N. Y., June 30.—Two men were killed, a third is not expected to live and another is seriously injured as the result of a Charlotte train on the New York Central railroad running through a gang of track hands at Otis station in this city late Wednesday. Convention of Y. P. C. U. 3

St. Joseph, Mo., June 30.—The fifteenth annual national convention of the Young People’s Christian Union of the United Presbyterian church opened here Wednesday and will adjourn Sunday. - 3

“The safeguarding of the npeople’s rights by a rigid application of the principles of justice to all combinations and organizations of capital and labor. i |

“A more ’lntimate relation between the people and government by a wise adaptation of the principle of the initiative and referendum.

"“The safeguarding to every citizen in every place under the government of the people of the United States of all the rights guaranteed by the laws and the constitution.

‘V‘lnte;x:national arbitration; and declare thiat our nation should contribute in every manner, consistent with national dignity, to the permanent establishment of peace between all nations. “The reform of our divorce laws, the final extirpatioh of polygamy and the total overthrow of the present shamefui system of illegal sanction of the social evil, with its unspeakabie trafficin girls, by the municipal authorities of almost all ‘our cities.”

Minority Report Presented.

A niinority report on platform was presented by Joseph P. Tracy, of Illinois, chairman of the resolutions com+ mittee. Chairman Wolfenbarger called for the report of the resolutions committee. Chairman Tracy, of the committee, announced .that there was a majority and minority report ready, but he requested an adjournment of the convention until 1:30 that the committee might make another effort to agree. This was seconded by Secretary Amos, of the committee, who represented the majority report of the committee. The convention took a recess till 1:30 without either report being read. The resolutions committee again went into session. :

Additions Are Made.

At two o’clock, after the convention had waited 30 minutes for the resolutions committee to report, a modified report was submitted which it was announced had been agreed upon by the entire committtee. It- made a slight change in the verbiage of the majority report and added the following paragraphs: S “We declare ourselves’ in favor of recognition of the fact that the right of suffrage should depend upbdbn the ‘mental and moral qualifiactions of the citizens.

“We declare ourselves in favor of such changes in our laws as will place tariff schedules in the hands of an omnipartisan commission. “We declare ourselves in favor of the application of uniform laws for all our country and dependencies. -

“We declare ourselves- in favor of the extension and honest administration of the civil service laws. “We declare ourselves in favor of the election of United States senators by vote of the people.” : : May Decline the Honor.

Harrisburg, Pa., July I.—The Patriot says: Dr. Silas C. Swallow may decline the nomination after all. Last evening, in response to a congratulatory telegram, he sent the following to Chairman Stewart: o

“Harrisburg, Pa., June 30.—Hon. Oliver W. Stewart, Prohibition National Convention, Indianapolis, Ind.: If honor referred to.in your dispatch impli&s duties requiring my absence from home, while I highly appreciate any honor or duty the grandest party of the age can give me, yet unless Mrs. Swallow’s health greatly improves,. I would be compelled to decline. Tk fEen it “S. ¢ SWALLOW?”

Dr. Swallow said that he had nothing further to say as to whether he will accept the nomination. He also said that he did not think it advisable at this time to make any statement as to his plan of campaign if he should consent to remain a candidate. The First Session.

Four thousand delegates, alternates and visitors attended the first session.’ The hall was decorated with the national colors, many large flags being wused. Over the platform hung the pictures of Abraham Lincoln, Clinton B. Fiske and Frances Willard. Around the hall, suspended from the galleries, were pictures of Hale Johnson, 'Samuel B. Pearson, sheriff of Cumberland county, Maine, who gained a high place in the estimation of prohibitionists by his vigorous enforcement of the law. Mr. Stewart introduced’ Homer L. Castle, of Pittsburg, temporary chairman of the convention. Mr. Castle denounced the republican and democratic parties for their toleration of polygamy in the west. He also spoke of the trust question and denounced the liquor evil. The committee on permanent organization held a brief meeting and selected A. G. Wolfenberger, of Lincoln, Neb., for permanent chairman and W. G. Colderwood, of Minneapolis, for permanent secretary. ]

Uncle Sam’s Finances.

Washington, July I.—While the treasury books show a deficit of $41,000,000 for the year, Secretary Shaw reports there would have been a surplus of $13,000,000 but for the Panama canal payment and the loan to the St. Louis exposition. 5

Renominated.

Indiana, Pa., July I.—The republican congressional conference of the Thirty-seventh district nominated W, O. Smith, who is the present member from this district. -

Hanged.

Michigan City, Ind., July I.—Benjamin Springs, a negro who murdered Jesse Case, anothér . negro, at Terre Haute, last March, was hanged in the state prison here shortly . after midnight. Springs mounted the scaffold without flinching, and a minute later the trap was sprung. Twelve minutes later he was pronounced dead. -

Nominated for Governor.

Montpelier, Vt., July 1. — Charles J. Bell, of Walden, was nominated for governor on the first ballot by the republican state convention Thursday.

ROUTE RUSSIANS IN BATTLE

CZAR’S TROOPS ARE DRIVEN FROM FENSHUILING.

Japs Said to Have Lost 1,124 Killed and Wounded—Fierce Engagement Near Port Arthur.

London, July I.—The Japanese armies engaged in enveloping Gen. Kuropatkin’s forces have made material progress, with heavy loss of life. A Tokio dispatch, giving details of the capture of Fenshui pass, states that the Japanese lost 1,120 men in killed and wounded after a two days’ battle in- which they defeated 17 battalions and three regiments of infantry, six batteries of field artillery, 36 guns in all—and nine squadrons and one regis ment of cavalry. London, July I.—A dispatch to the Japanese legation from Tokie Thursday gave a few details of the operations at Fenshui pass. It says the Russians left 90 dead on the main road, while the number left elsewhere is not yet estimable. Six Russian officers and 82 men were captured. The total casualties of the Japanese are estimated at 170. ’

- The report, which was sent by the commander of the Takushan army, says the Japanese army, in three columns, commenced operations June 26 for the occupation of Fenshui pass where the Russians had constructed semi-permanent fortifications, with forts, entrenchments, wire entanglements and abatis. The Russians stubbornly resisted, but after a fierce engagement the Japanese succeeded in ’surrounding the Russians and finally captured the pass June 27. ‘ Shanghai, July I.—A desperate bat'tle has taken place about ten miles 'north of Port Arthur, and the Japanese have occupied the Wolf mountains. - The Russians were driven back with fearful loss, one entire regiment being “annihilated in a dashing charge by Japanese infantry. The strong line of defense was abandoned by the Russians in their retreat. The next line of defense which they fell back upon is close to Port Arthur. By the occupation of the mountains, which -were strongly fortified, the Japanese will be rable to command the road practically to the fortress with their heavy siege guns, which are being carried along with the advancing army. . Chefoo, July I.—The Japanese land forces now are within striking distance of the forts of Port Arthur and have begun to bombard them, the Russians replying vigorously. The opposing armies see each other plainly. Two Russian officers tried to break through the Japanese lines and were - captured. : '~ Rome; June 27.—A dispatch from - Tokio to the Giornale d’ltalia says the Russian Admiral Prince Uhtomsky -and 750 men were drowned when the bat}tleship' Peresviet was torpedced and sunk. - ;

Tokio, June 27.—1 n a supplementary report of the naval battie at Port Arthur Admiral Togo says: ] “On June 23 my combined fleet attacked ‘the enemy off Port Arthur. Early in the morning the fact that the battleships Peresviet, Poltava and Sevastopcl, with the .cruisers Bayan, Pallada, Diana, Novik and Askold, preceded by several mine dragging steamers, were emerging from the harbor entrance was reported to me by wireless telegraphy from the scouting ship. Then, according to arrangements previously made to provide against the enemy’s egress, I hastened‘ to the appointed rendezvous, sending my fourth and fourteenth destroyer flotillas to watch, the enemy’s movements. “At 11 o’clock the battleships Czarevitch, Retvizan and Pobieda joined the dragging steamers, which commenced cruising about in the mines section, and attempted to make a fairway. We kept troubling them. At three o’clock p. m. my fourth and fourteenth flotillas engaged seven of the enemy’s destroyers which were covering the dragging operations and defeated them. One of the Russian vessels, catching fire, fled into the harbor.

“The enemy having cleared a fairway with the aid of their dragging steamers the Novik steamed out to sea. Our third fighting squadron, keeping in contact, drew the enemy southward on a southeasterly course. Our first squadron, hidden south of Sugan island, waited for the enemy and concentrated all its destroyers. At 6:15 p. m.- our first squadron sighted the enemy eight miles morthwest of Sugan island. The Czarevitch was leading. “The enemy was thrown into disorder and could not make port, so they anchored at 10:30 p. m. in the roadstead, where we attacked them eight times before dawn. At 10:30 p. m. our sixteenth flotilla dashed from Shoosen point and launched two torpedoes into the bows of a battleship resembling the Peresviet, which immediately sank. We could ascertain no other results ’till morning, when we saw that one ‘battleship was missing and two vessels of the Sevastopol and Diana class unable to use their engines. On the twen-ty-fourth (Friday) the enemy’s fleet entered the harbor, some being towed and-others under their own steam, the last getting in at four o’clock p. m.”

Will Lie in State.

Manila, June 30.—The remains of Archbishop Guidi, the apostolic delegate in the Philippine islands, who died June 26 of heart disease, were Wednesday taken from the papal legation to the cathedral, where the body will lie in state. :

Noted Burglar Captured.

Chicago, June 30.—1 n a running fight with policemen early Wednesday morning a man believed to be Thomas Barry, the ngtorious safe blower, was shot. He is dying at the Englewood Union hospital. -

Porto Rican Teachers Coming.

San Juan, P. R., June 27.—The transport Kilpatrick having on board 400 Porto Ricans, sailed for Boston, and the Sumner, with 200 teachers, sailed for New York. The teachers will spend two months in educational institutions in the United States.

Helen Keller Breaks Down.

Boston, June 27.—Miss Helen Keller, the gifted deaf, dumb and blind student at Radcliffe college, has broken down -andisreportedtobe on the verge of nervous prostration. !

DEATH OF JOHN MITCHELL. Former Wisconsin United States Senator and Noted Business Man and Financier Passes Away. | Milwaukee, July 1.-—John L. Mitchell, former United States senator, is dead at lis home, Meadowmere, in the town of Greenfield. The end, which was not unexpected, came Wednesday after 48 hours of unconsciousness. Death was due to intestinal trouble, Senator Mitchell was ill since January and in March underwent an operation. He rallied from this, but experienced a sudden relapse on Friday, heart failure complicating the original trouble. Hisfamily was at the deathbed. Besides the widow, ‘there are Capt. William Mitchell, U. S. "A.; David Ferguson Mitchell, John L. Mitchell, Jr., and the Misses Martha, Janet, Harriet, Ruth and Catherine Mitchell. : Senator Mtichell was the son of Alexander Mitchell and was born in Milwaukee in 1842. After graduating from college he spent six years abroad, but hur-

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MICHICAN REPUBLICANS.

State Convention Nominates Warner for Governor and Select a , | Full Ticket.

Detroit, July I.—But two contests worthy of the name marked Thursday’s state republican nominating convention in Light Guard armory. One of these was the fight in the resolutions committee and in the convention, by Congressman William Alden Smith, of Grand Rapids, and State Senator Charles Simons, of Detroit, for a broader declaration in the platform in favor of primary reform, than the county local option declaration favored by the so-called machine element of the party and the other was on the nomination for auditor general. In addition to the name of Fred M. Warner, of Farmington, who was nominated for governor, Homer Warren, of Detroit, and George B. Horton, of Fruit Ridge, were placed in nomination. Before the first ballot was finished, however, it was evident that Mr. Warner had received a large majority, and Mr. Horton moved that the rules be suspended and the unanimous vote cast for Mr. Warner, which was done amidst much enthusiasm. :

The remainder of the ticket nominated is as follows: For lieutenant governor, Alexander Maitland, of Negaunee; state treasurer, Frank P. Glazier, of Cheisea; secretary of, state, George A. Prescott, of Tawas City; auditor general, Dr. J. B. Bradley, of Eaton Rapids; attorney zeneral, Charles A. Blair, of Jackson: superintendent of public instruction, P. H. Kelley, of Detroit; member of the state' board of education, L. L. Wright, of Ironwood; land commissioner, W. H. Rose, of Clinton. - The amendment to the resolutions prepared by Congressman Smith and Senator Simons, pledging the party to the nomination of governor by dirett vote was defeated by a vote of 774 to 304.

The platform, which was very short, indorses the platform adopted by the national convention at Chicago; indorses Roosevelt and Fairbanks and exe presses confidence in a memorable vicory for the state ticket and “our fearless leader and typical republican, Theodore Roosevelt.”

Chairman Resigns.

Washington, July I.—Ex-Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, announces his resignation as chairman of the executive committee of the people’s part'f; and has designated J. A. Edmiston of Nebraska, the vice chairman, to act in his stead and to reopen the populist national convention that assembles at Springfield, 111, next Monday. Mr. Butler says he is unabls to attend:the convention at Springfield. Four years ago Mr. Butler says he was elected chairman against his protest, and now he feels that he must put the work which he cannot do himself upon the vice chairman.’

Affects 30,000 Men.

Philadelphia, July I.—The working force of the Pennsylvania railroad’'s operating department has been decreased 11 per cent., and all other departments have undergone a five per cent. reduction. A statement to this effect was officially made yesterday at the company’s general offices. It was also announced that, beginning to-day, the reduction will be enforced throughout the entire system, both east and west of Pittsburg. This affects more than 30,000 men, and it is the greatest cut made in years.

Banks to Consolidate.

Cleveland, July I.—The stockholders of the State National bank and of the Euclid Park National bank voted to consolidate the two concerns. The :gx(x):ggneg caxgtalization amounts to ,000,000. he deposits $12,000,000. : ? . -

Banker Convicted.

Glencoe, Minn., July I.—H. Bprton Strait, proprietor of a bank at Jordan, Scott county, was convicted here Thurs= day of having received a deposit when he knew his bank was insolvent,

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HER INDIAN LOVER. : Tears Rolled Down Her Cheeks But Her Mother Took Her Away, Rushville, Ind., June 28.—Pretty Miss Sylvia Prises, 16, while madly in love with Joe Mitchell, better known as Short Bull, an Indian ball player, with whom 'she eloped from her home in Dayton, 0., last Thursday, was apprchended here Monday night and returned home to her mother, .Mras. Sarah Priser, of 30 New street, Dayton.

The discovery of the whereabouts of the missing girl was made by Chief of Police Whittaker, of Dayton, aided by Officers Ross and Gordon, or this ‘city. Mitchell and Miss Priser had ali arrangements made for their marriage on next Wednesday, but Mrs. Priser had the girl in her care and on her way home to Dayton before Mitchell knew that their plans had miscarried. Mitchell and Miss Priser met for the first time in a street car in Dayton June 12, when the Nebraska Indian ball team, with which he was connected, played there. (They began a correspondence which ripened into affection. -

Mitchell in-the mean time severed his connection with the Nebraska Indians and signed as a catcher with the Rush¥Ville ball club. Last Wednesday he went to Dayton to see Miss Priser and the girl’s mother tried to prevent their meeting. They met thar night and Mitchell arranged to take ‘her with him. .

" The girl shed copious tears Monday night as she tock a C., H. & D. train for Dayton.Mitchell is an Ottawa Indian and was graduated from Carlisle in the class of ’99. He was for four years on the Carlisle football team. He is now 29 years of age. Mitchell says he will not drop the Dayton lass because of the unexpected turn affairs tock Monday night. On the way here Miss Priser stopped at Richmond and Cambridge City, where quarters were secured for her by Mitchell. His behavior at those places, as well as in this city, was perfectly honorable. :

FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT.

Entire Pclice Force of Evansville Is After An Unknown Negro.

Evansville, Ind., June 27.—The entire police force is scouring the city in an endeavor to capture an unknown Negro who late Sunday night criminally assaulted Miss Clara Weinbach after forcing her escort, Harry Smith, to retire at the point of a revolver. Miss Weinbach is in a critical condition. There is considerable excitement here. Smith was unarmed and obeyed the order o fthe Negro to leave. The N¢ gro then took the girl into the school yard, where she was assaulted in a brutal manner. 'COLORADO LABOR TROUBLES. Resolutions Denouncing the Action of State Officials Passed. Fort Wayne, Ind., June 29.—Resolutions denouncing the action of Colorado officials during the recent labor disturbances in Teller county and asking President Roosevelt to take such action as will “guarantee to every citizen of Colorado in his inalienable rights as to life, labor and the pursuit of happiness,” were Tuesday passed by the Fort Wayne Federation of Lahor. TWO PERSONS DROWNED. Ed McCarthy and Miss May Seguin ‘Lost Their Lives in Rome City Lake. Fort Wayne, Ind., June 27.—Edward McCarthy, aged 22 years, of Reading, Pa., and Miss May Seguin, of this city, were drowned by the capsizing of a rowboat at Rome City Lake Sunday atfernoon. The man was fishing and lost his balance, overturning the boat, pulling the girl with him. Both were members of an excursion party from Fort Wayne. .

Revealed His Identity.

Terre Haute, Ind., June 28.—The 72-year-old stranger whose legs were umputated after he had been' run over by a railroad train and who refused to tell anything about his relatives, said just before he died that his name was Slater, and that he had a daughter in Steubencille, 0. . . Postponement in Gillespie Case. Indianapolis, Ind., June 29.—The supreme court Tuesday postponed consideration of the motion for an immediate hearing in the James Gillespie habeas corpus case until all briefs shall have been filed. The court adjourns Friday until October. Wife in Reform: School. Hammond, Ind., June 29.—A year ago William Ryan eloped with 14-yvear-old- Fay Brickel to Michigan, where they were married. Tuesday Ryan had his wife sent to the reform school until she is 21 years old. He alleges incorrigibility. Tyler Brothers Captured. Kokomo, Ind., June 29.—The two Tyler brothers, wanted in a number of Indiana towns where horses have been stolen, were captured near .here Tuesday morning. The Tylers were in a stockade and heavily armed. The Englishman Appeals. ‘ Wabash, Ind., June 29— Henry Bragg, who refused to pay his dog tax and was sent to jail, has appealed to the British consul in Chicago. Bragg alleges that he is being punished without warrant of law, and asserts that he is a British subject. Phone Companies Meet. | Lafayette, Ind., June 29.—The annual convention of the Indiana Independent Mutual Telephone association is in session here, with 300 delegates in attendance. Mayor Sample welcomed the delegates, = =

TOOK HER OWN LIFE. Young Bride, Rather Than Betray Her Spouse, Swallowed Poison. Indianapolis, Ind., . June 29.—After fecllowing her husband to the front gate and kissing him good-bye pretty Nellie Wasson, aged 20 years, wife of Harry Wasson, a blacksmith at 1229 North Senate avenue, committed suicide Tuesday morning by taking a mixture of chloroform and carbolic acid. She died a few hours later. 4 T Her body was neot found. until 12 o’clock. Her husband is almost wild with grief. ‘ Wasson and his wife formerly lived near Seymour and came to this city six months ago. Since they came here it is said she told a woman with whom she and her husband boarded that she was married at the age of 16 and feared she did not love her husband. as she should. i .

Some time ago the woman became acquainted with Frank Taylor, 903§ North Senate avenue. - Monday “afternoon, it is alleged, they were together and Tuesday Mrs. Wasson confided to Miss Tolle taat he had requested her to leave her husband. . _ - . A TOY PISTOL. - - One Bought in Anticipation of the Fourth Saves a Boy's Life. _ Newcastle, Ind., June 28.—Jesse Clayton, aged 12 years, was "seriously injured Monday by an unknown man; who assaulted him in the exchange of the Independent telephone plant in Straughn. 1 : The boy displayed great nerve although bleeding profusely from wounds across the face, where he was slashed with a razor. He pulled a toy pistol from his pocket, driving the assailant from the office. The boy had been left in charge while the lady operators took dinner. -Although seriously cut he will Tecover. - -

The man was evidently mentally unbalanced. He declared “he had. it in” for all telephone exchanges. The woods were searched by a posse, but nothing has been seen of Clayton’s assailant. ‘The boy bought the pistol on Saturday to celebrate the Fourth of July and it probably saved his life. -~ - -

REMARKABLE OPERATION.

Tissue Containing. Eyelashes Removed and New Skin Grafted.

Wabash, Ind., June 27.—A Wabash physician ‘has just completed a Temarkable operation of skin grafting which was entirely “successful. - The patient was Mrs. John Ivams,; of Urbana, who was afflicted with ingrowing eyelashes which produced blindness. It was decided to remove the evelashes by taking out the tissue containing the same. This was accomplished by a plastic application, the row of lashes being moved higher up on the lid. The wound thus caused was built up by .a piece: of tissue taken from the inner side of the patient’s lip. The transplantation was an inch- in length and the new tissue is growing nicely, ‘while the patient can see as well-as she ever could, and is much gratified by the success of the operation.

STRICKEN WITH HEART FAILURE.

The Father Dies on the Eve of Meeting His Son in Prison. )

Jeffersonville, Ind., June 29.—Henry B. Wilkerson, a civil war veteran, of Warsaw, came here to visit his son, Lill Wilkerson, who is serving a sentence in the reformatory for grand larceny. The father started to wallt from the railway station to the reformatory, but he was stricken with heart failure en route and was removed .to the Deaconess hospital, where he died without 'seeing his son, several hours afterward. o .

Happily Wedded.

. Indianapolis, Ind,, June 27.—A surprise in Indiana’s society was the wedding of Miss Minnie Newman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Newman, and Perry Grodsky, son of Rabbi Grodsky, Cincinnati. It was announced that they had been married since May 8. ) :

Charged With Murder.

Bloomington, Ind., June 27.—James Redman, colored, was arrested here on a charge of having murdered Paul Carr, a Negro, at Cadiz, 0., several months ago. Redman was followed to this city by another Negro, wao notified the sheriff. - Pleaded Guilty to Embezziement. Goshen, Ind., June 28.—Rollin Ellison, the private banker in Lagrange and Topeka, Ind., whose two institutions failed last fall with a loss of about $200,444 to the depositors, Monday afternoon pleaded guilty to embezzlement. R g : Destroyed By Fire. - Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 29.—The large general merchandise store, dwelling and barn belonging to Harry Hayes, and the post office at- Homestead, a little hamlet about three miles from here, were destroyed by fire. Loss $5,000. B Weary Mother Ends Life. Rising Sun, Ind., June 29.—Weary of the struggle to feed and clothe 12 children, Mrs. Mollie Jackson cemmitted suicide by saturating her clothing with coal oil at *her home near Hartford and then applying -a burning match, Dentists’ Offices Robbed. : Muncie, Ind., June 29.—Monday night the offices of dentists in Muncie, Anderson and Newcastle were robbed. In this city seven were visited and $250 in gold taken. In each case the office door was unlocked and locked again. : - Shot Rival and Sweetheart. - ‘Hartford City, Ind., June 29.—Jealous because he found Charles Glover talking to his ~sweetheart, Bessie Shields, Carl Creek Tuesday morning shot Glover in the back and then shot his sweetheart. Neither will die.

LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM. Truly Touching Situation Brought About by the Outrageous > _ Dust. : 1: o . - b e : : - The wind swept a cloud of dust about them as they turned the corner of the street, relates the Cleveland Plain Dealer. : “Did you get any dust in your eyes, darling?” he asfied fondly, holding her closely to fiim, as though to keep the too eager wind away. - “Yes,” she murmured, searching for the handkerchief. i “Which eye, dearest?” ' ‘“The right one, love. Did you get anything in yours?” she asked anxicusly, seeing his- handkerchief appear. “Yes, darling.” h “Which eye, dearest?” | “The right one, love.” ' “How sweet!” _she exclaimed, with a sad dight glowing.in Wer well eye. ‘Do you suppose, dearest heart, that it could have been part.of the same piece of dust that got inte ~our eyes, darling?”’ “1 hodpe it was,” he said, beaming with one eve and wiping the other. . “Wouldn't it be sweet, dear?” “Wouldn't it love?” And the wind howled around the corner as though it was in pain and from the house three doors below a dentist’s sign fell off into the street. ‘ 0 gmudeg WISE BEYOND HER YEARS.

Senators Cullom and Cannon Baffled by a Bright LittleGirl. CAt the republican state convention in ‘Springtield, li., Nenator Cullomand Speaker Canyon tried to get a popular ruling as to wnich is ‘tne handsomer man, says the New York Herald. * . I 1 had a face like yours, Joe,” said the senator, “'l'd wear a veil or build a fence around it.” - “And if I'looked like you. Shelby.” replied: “Uncle” Joe, “I'd walk backward all the time. - Your rear elevation isn't so bad, but — the front facade is a bad bloteh.™ ) T tell you, Joe, we'll leave it to this little girl; She doesn’t want any political . job and I guess she’ll be honest,” ~uggested Nenator. Cullom. “The littte girl’'s mother was with her. “Which do you think is the best looking,~ Dorothy?" asked the proud mother. ~The child looked at both out of big. frank eves and said: - "~ “I'don’t like to say. mamma, which [ like best. I might ‘fend Mr. Cannon.” —_—— It Pays to Read Newspapers. - Cox, Wis., July 4—Frank M. Russell of this pface, had Kidney Disease so bad trat he could not walk. He tried Doctors’ treatment and many different remedies, but was getting worse. He was very low. | He read in a newspaper how Dodd’s Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kidney Trouble, Bright's Disease, and Rheumatism, and thought he would try them. He tock two boxes, and now he lis quite well. I;Ie says:i— | - - .“I ‘¢can now work all day, and not feel tired. Before using Dodd’s Kidney-Fills, I couldn’t walk across the floor.” ~ Mr. Russell is the most wonderful case ever known in Chippewa County. Thisnew remedy—Dodd’s Kidney Pills—iz mzking some miraculous .cures in Wisconsin. e e . - Not a_Member. “Mamma,”? queried the smallscn ofa lubor _agitator. “'is 1t the thunder that strikes, or the lightning?” ) .- “The lightning, dear,” was the reply. “0,” exclaimed the small philosopneny ™ “then 1 suppose the thunder dcesn't elong to the union!’—=Philadelphia Inguirer. - . —_—, -~ Big Drop in Binder Twine. We are telling the highest grade standard _binder twine made, shipping it to any address in any quantity and at a much Jower _Frice than dealers can buy in carload lots. or our special inside price, our guarantee and money refund offer, for our insurance proposition against hail or storm. for the lowest price,3the most liberal binder twine offer that will be made this season, cut this ‘notice out and mail to us today and youwill hear from us by return mail. Address SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago, Il ———— e @ ————— ‘ < Fixing» Responsibility. : That deaféning noise heard aiter great disaster is the strenuous locking of the stable door after the horse has been stolen. —Baltimore American. : ) = ——e G. A. R. National Encampment, Bos~ ton, August 15-20, 1904. Very low rates via the Nickel Plate Road. A splendid opportunity to visit Boston and its many historical po.nts of interest. Elegant Dining and Sleeping Cars affording every accommodation. Meils served on the Individual Club Pian, also “a la carte” service. Coffee and sandwiches served to passengers in their seats without extra expense. Stop off at Chautauqua Lake and Niagara lalls will be allowed on return trip. i

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