Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 18, Number 28, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 23 September 1896 — Page 2

THE NAPPANEE NEWS BY G. N. MURRAY NAPPANEE, : * INDIANA. - ■■ -i „ The News Condensed. Important Intelligence From All Parts DOMESTIC. The Imperial, the second largest hotel at Old Orchard Beach. Me., was burned. A mob lynched Ship Kmsey (colored) near Lovett, On., for criminally assaulting Mrs. Monroe Johnson, a jroung murried white woman. Six Indians who attempted to rob the agency at Big Jim’s Crossing in Oklahoma were killed bv a posse. The Union compress in Little Rock, Ark., and 5.000 bales of cotton were destroyed by fire, the loss being $300,000. Charles L. Chapin, in point of continued service the oldest telegrapher and electrician in the country, died in Philadelphia, aged 09 years. The Italian bark Monte Tabor was wrecked otf I’rovincetown, Mass., and to escape death by drowning Capt. Louis Generio and two of the crew committed suicide. Four others were drowned. “Bart” Thrasher and “Dock” Pnnthur, two notorious outlaws, were killed by deputy sheriffs near Horse Creek, Ala. Coffin. AI tenuis & Cos., the oldest and one of the largest wholesale dry goods bouses iu Philadelphia, failed for $500,000. Two men and 25 horses lost their lives in a tire which partially destroyed Albert Manger's livery stable in Milwaukee. A. F. A L. E. Kelley, a mortgage lobd firm at Minneapolis, filed an assignment with liabilities of $150,000. D. B. Lyons, o bond dealer in Des Moines, la., failed for $175,000. The charred remains of four tramps were found in the wreckage of a burned train at Wellington, 111., and it is thought that eight others perished. The first observance of the one hundredth anniversary of Dayton, 0., began In that city, to continue for a week. Cullen & Newman, extensive china and glassware importers at Knoxville, !Teun., assigned with liabilities of $200,000. The reports as to the condition of crops throughout the country are favorable. Miners in the Pittsburgh district have decided to reduce their own wages from f>o to 54 cents as a means of retaliation upon nonunion miners in other districts. The entire plant of the Feters Lum|ber company at Alco, Ala., was burned, (the loss beiug $200,000. Chief Bookkeeper Richard H. Green. Jr., of the Farmers’ national bank of Annapolis, Md., is said to be a defaulter |to the extent of $15,000. While driving near . Athens, 0., Mrs. tLulu Nickerson and daughter were thrown from a buggy and fatally injured. At a prearranged railway collision Bear Crush, Tex., nine of the spectators were injured by falling wreckage, two fa tally. G. B. Swetser, receiver of the Chicago, Indiana A Eastern railroad, has stopped jail trains and indefinitely suspended the operation of the road, which has [been running at a loss. J. V. NorUiam & Cos., wholesale and retail dealers in wines and liquors in Chi cago, failed for SIOO,OOO. Elijah S. Curtis, a veteran of the late war, died at Laron, HI. He was the largest man in Illinois, his weight being 600 pounds. During the last eight months the exports of merchandise from the United States amounted to $507,259,457, Against $489,360,551 during the same period in 1895. The imports amounted to $471,£22,134, against $535,737,819 in the first eight months of 1895. The whole business portion of Freelandville, lad., and many business residences were destroyed by fire. Lum Warren, a negro who assaulted IMrs. Jobn Bass, was lynched in Terral county, Ga. The Midland state bank at Omaha, Jfeb., closed its doors with liabilities of over SIOO,OOO. The first test of the flying machine Invented by William Paul was made at Miller, Ind., nnd was successful, more than fulfilling all the expectations of the scientists. Ben S. Morris, one of the two negres who murdered S. C. Buckman, a prominent cattle dealer of Watonga, O. TANARUS., [Was lynched by a mob. F. W. Humphrey & Cos., the largest Iretail clothing firm in St. Louis, failed Hot $125,000. In a fight in Ozark county. Mo., between lumber thieves and officers four wf the thieves were killed and one deptity marshal fatally wounded. Frank Ward and Sc'cßt Jackson, miners at Oronega, Mo., fell 150 feet down a shaft and were killed. \ ‘The Army of West Virginia met at Callipolis, 0., for a three days’ reunion. The annual report of the American *board of commissioners for foreign missions shows that the total receipts for the year were $743,104.59, and the total expenditures $627,969.58, leaving a balance of $115,135.01. The National Colored Baptist association of the United States met in sixteenth annual convention at St. Lbuis. Carrie Jennings (colored) in a fit of Jealousy stabbed Monroe Bell (colored), aged 32 years, to death ai Louisville. Ky., and then fatally shot herself. At the annual reunion in Burlington, Vt„ of the Society of the Army of the Potomac Gen. William M. Henry, of Burlington, was elected president. In Son Francisco the box factory of Hobbe, Wall & Cos. was destroyed by lire, the loss being SIOO,OOO, nnd Night Watchman Ross, 85 years old. wts burued to death. A statement prepared at the mint bureau in Washington shows thet the ailver coinage during the month of August aggregated $2,650,000.

The filibustering steamer Three Friends was seized at Fernnndiua, Fin., by the government authorities. Ha'sley Pettit and Charles Waters, children at Bonner Springs, Kan., were suffocated by gasoline. ■ Daniel McLerid and Frank Ledbetter were killed by an explosion in the Independence mine at Victor, Col. Two small children of John Edwards, of Shunner. O. TANARUS., were burned to death while locked alone in the house. George llohrer and Alvin Steffev. boys living near New Roe, Kv.. fell from a tree into a sink hole and had their necks broken. The Shellsburg bank at Shellsburg, VVis., closed its doors. Orrin W. Skinner died in Auburn (N. Y.) prison, where he was serving a sentence-for grand larceny. He was one of the most astute swindlers in the United States. •, The exchanges nt the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 18th, aggregated s9oo.2oß,s2B,against the previous week. The deeneitfie compared with the corresponding week in 1895 is 16.5. The private hanking house of Gardiner. Morrow & Cos., the oldest hank in central Pennsylvania, closed its doors at Hollidaysburg. There were 317 business failures in the United States the seven days ended on the 18th. against 315 the week previous and 213 in the corresponding period of 1893. Among the arri* als in New York from Europe on the steamer St. Louis were Postmaster-General William M. Wilson and Henry Watterson. A storm of wind, hail and rain which swept over the eastern part of Pennsylvania wrecked scores of buildings and did damage estimated at $200,000. The banking house of S. 11. Watson & Sons at Vinton, la., established for 40 years, made a general assignment with liabilities of $250,000; assets. $350,000. F. J; Fowler, of Stillwell, O. TANARUS., who was in search of jiis runaway wife, found her in St. Joseph. Mo., nnd shot her dead and then shot himself fatally. September 19, 1796, just 100 years ago. President George Washington issued his •farewell address to the people of the Uniled States.

Pratt, Simmons & Krausnick, wholesale milliners in St. Louie, failed for $150,000. Corbett and Fitzsimmons were indicted by the grand jury in New York city for instigating a fight contrary to the laws of the state. Four men were killed and a number of others bndly injured in a wreck on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad near Connersville, Ind. James Swimmer, a full-blood Cherokee Indinn, and Henry Williams, a colred youth of 18, were hanged at Tnhlequali, I. TANARUS., for murder. At the convention in Buffalo, N. Y., of the National Association of Builders James Meath, of Detroit, Mich., was elected president. During a terrific windstorm in Ogden, Utah, a fire started that caused a loss of SIOO,OOO. Star Pointer at Mystic park in Med: ford, Mass., not only beat two accredited faster horses, Robert J.,-2:01%, nnd Frank Agan, 2:03%, but paced thu three fastest heats ever made in competition, the time being 2:02%, 2:03% and 2:03%. All the turnpike toll gates in Washington county, Ky., were blown up with dynamite because a vote to remove them was not heeded by the officials. John Johnson and Henry Holman, men, nnd Claude Bouchie nnd Edward Froelke, boys, were arrested at Vincennes, Ind., for counterfeiting.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Illinois populists in convention in Chicago nominated Henry D. Lloyd for lieutenant-governor, L. A.Quellmnlz for secretary of state. Grant Dunbar f or auditor, E. 1. Hurdick for attorney-gen-eral and Joseph Schwerzin for treasurer. The nomination for governor was left vacant. Official returns rrom the state election in Arkansas giveJouer (dem.) for governor 71,645; Rommel (rep.), 26,410; Files (pop ), 11,280; Miller (pro.), 1,643. Jones’ plurality, 45.234. Maine went repuolienn in the election by from 45,000 to 50,000 plurality, the largest in the history of the state. Llewellyn Powers is elected governor und Messrs. Reed, Ilingley, Milliken and Boutelle are reelected congressmen by increased majorities. The republicans carried every county, elected all the senators and 140 out of 151 representatives. At a conference in St. Paul the “sound money” democrats decided to name presidential electors in Minnesota. but not a state ticket. Messrs. BryEn and Hutson were notified by letter of their nominations tor president and vice president, resjiectively, by the populist party. Congressional nomination* were made as follows; Wisconsin, Seventh district, A. C. Larson (dem.) ;*lo\va, Second district, Alfred Hurst ' (deni.); ‘Michigan, SeconJ district, T. E. Bark worth (dem.); .Illinois. Fourteenth district, D. K. Sheen (pro.); Ohio, Fifth 'district, J. B. Tannehilt (dem.); Ne braska, Sixth district, W. L. Greene (pop.); New York, Twelfth district, Abram S. Hewitt (dem.), Thirteenth, J. W. Wadsworth (rep.) renominated. The republieaus of Pennsylvania made the following nominations for congress: First district, H. H Bingham; Second, Robert Adams, Jr.; Third, J. F. Hatterman; Fourth, J, R. Young; Fifth, A. C. Banner, in the Ninth Illinois district the democrats nominated Charles Knudson and in the Sixth Wisconsin district the populists named W. F. Gruenewald. James M. Ashley. of Toledo.'O.. died at tile age ojf 7-1 years. He was in congress continually from 1858 to 1868 and was governor -f Montana from 1868 to 4872. Fusion of the democrats and populists on presidential electors, state ticket and congressmen was completed in Chtc.go at u meeting of the denioeratic state centrul committee of Illinois.

The Connecticut democrat* met *t New llnven and nominated Joseph B. Sargent for governor and indorsed the Chicago platform. „ The New York democrats in convention at Buffalo nominated John Boyd Thaeher for governor and the platform approves the nominations and the platform of the Chicago convention. The Indiana democratic state committee refused the demand of the populists for seven nationnl electors and the withdrawal of Sewull. The populiet committee then named a full electoral ticket. * Enoch lVa<tt v the millionaire banker nnd philanthropist, died at his home near Baltimore, Md., aged 88 years. With one exception’ he was the oldest, active bank president in the United States. Complete returns from the Maine election show that the total vote for governor was: Powers (rep.).83,573; Frank (dem.), 34,841. Republican plurality, 48.732. The following congressional nominations were made: Illinois,Seventeenth district. E. G. King (dem ); Michigan, Ninth district, A. F. Tibbitts (dem.); Mimiesotn, Seventh district, E. E. Loinmen (dem.); Alabama, Second district, J. C. Fonville (pop.); Virginia, Second district, W. A. Young (dem.). Complete official returns from the election in Arkansas show the following vote for governor: Jones (dem.), 91,124; Remmell (rep.). 35,836; Files (pop.), 13.989; Miller (pro.), 742. Jones’ majority, 40.557. At the formal opening of the republican campaign in Canton, 0., over 100,000 persons were present. Maj. McKinley. Senator Cullom, of Illinois; Gov. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, and Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, were the principal speakers. FOREIGN." By the collision of a street railway dummy engine with n horse car at Valencia, Spain, 30 persons were injured, 19 probably fatally. Li Ilung Chang sailed from Vancouver, B. C., for his home in China. A by P. J.Tynan, the Irish “invincible” who w’as arrested at Bologue, is to the effect that the plans of the conspirators contemplated the destruction of Balmoral castle, the queen and the czar by dynamite. Not more tnau 45,000 bales of tobacco will be gathered in Cuba this year, against 137,000 bales in 1895. A peace has been concluded between Italy and Abyssinia. It is said that Germany and Austria, with the consent of France, will force the Turkish sultan to abdicate. John McPherson & Cos., manufacturers of boots and shoes at Hamilton, Oat* failed for $175,000. Two hundred persons were killed during the disarming of the Albanian guards nt the Yildiz palace in Constantinople. The guards were charged with treachery by the sultan. Delegates met at Amapla to ratify the treaty uniting the three republics of San Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua into one, to be called Republica Mayor de Central America. * ~ . A train on the Toronto, Hamilton <fe Buffalo railway was wrecked near Hamilton, Ont., and James Facer and his fireman, George Johnson, were killed. A strong shock of earthquake was felt at Baie St. Paul, Que. Seven men have been killed during the last few days while attempting to reach the sultan's apartments in Constantinople with the object of assassinating him. President-Elect Fredrico Errazuri* was inaugurated president of Chili.

LATER.

A furious storm over New England and the Atlantic coast, causing great damage to property and the loss of several lives. The National Bank of Troy, N. Y., closed its doors with liabilities cf $449,000. Mrs. Delpha Phillips (colored) died nt Sedaiia, Mo., aged 101 years. She was the mother of 20 children, 15 of whom are living. . Mrs. Sallie Alberson, aged 115 years, died near Colbert, Tex. The monthly statement of collections of internal revenue shows the total receipts for August to have been $11,527,074, against $12,162,855 during August, 1895. Dongoia has fallen, and the nominal objective point of the British Egyptian expedition has been reached. Driven to desperation by starvation, the locked-out miners at Leadville. Col., attacked the Coronado mine. Troops were called out to stop the disturbance. Fire in the sugar refinery at Monctcn, N. 8., caused a loss of $300,000 John Boyd Thatcher, democratic nominee for governor by the silver democrats of New York, in a letter accepting the nomination says he is for the gold standard. Dispatches from points in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin report heavy frosts which have caused great damage to the fruil and grain crops. . A. A. Ball & Cos., bankers at West Liberty, la., made an assignment with assets of $290,000 and liabilities of $230,000. The seventy-second annual session of the sovereign grand lodge cf the Independent Order of Odd Fellows convened at Dallas. Tex. Ed N.jCrame, famous In sporting circles as a great hall player and holder of the throwing record, committed suicide in Rochester, N. Y. Nine 100-pound sacks of gold ore, valued at $30,000. were stolen from the powder magazine of the Tom Boy mine at TelHride. Col. _1 The Swedish Baptist Young People’s Union of the United States held its annual session in Omaha. ’ The percentage of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 20th were as follow s. Baltimore, 702; Cleveland, 631; Cincinnati, 60S; Boston, 556; Chicago, 555: Pittsburgh. 516; New York, 488; Philadelphia, 484; Brooklyn, 448; Washington, 440; St. Louis, 299; Louisville, 282.

COST THREE LIVES. i Besnlt of a Ballway Collision Near *'owners vllle, lnd. Connersville, Ind., Sept. 19. —Friday morning a little before ten o’clock a freight train on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad collided with the pay train near Longwood, about five miles west of this city. The pay train was returning to Hamilton and the freight had been ordered to take the aiding ajt Salter's switch to let the pay train pass. 'The freight wa%too heavy for the engine to pull over the steep grade and had to Ir* cut in two. The rear section had Keen safely sidetracked and the engine was returning for the remainder of the train on the aiding at’ Long wood, when it crashed into the pay train. The two engines came together with terrific force, completely demolishing the locomotive of the pay train. The victims were as follows: Killed—Chris Rweatmnn. engineer of pay train, Dayton, O.: Frank Kinsey, fireman pay train. Gallion, O.: George A. House, conductor of freight train. Indianapolis, Ind. Injured—Clifford Hughes, Dockland. 0., fireman on freight, hurt about head and Internally, cannot recover: E. Wysong, Connersville, hurt about head and limbs; James Rourk, Connersville, badly bruised; Jahn P. Scallan, assistant paymaster, Cincinnati, badly bruised; Georg* Campbell, Hamilton, brakeman, slightly Injured; Marlon Brown, Plqua, 0.. conductor pay train, badly hurt. Injured internally: Albert L,. Kepplcr, Indianapolis, brakeman freight train, legs Injured; J. J. Jansing, Cincinnati, paymaster, badly hurt about head and shoulders. JOHN BOYD THACHER NAMED. New York Democrats in Convention Nominate Him for Governor. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 18.—The democratic state convention finished its work Thursday, indorsing in the resolutions adopted the Chicago platform and candidates and nominating John

JOHN BOYD THACHER.

Boyd Thacher, a gold democrat, for governor. The rest of the ticket nominated was, Judge Wilbur F. Porter, of Watertown, for lieutenant governor and Robert C. Titus for judge of court of appeals. The electors selected are: At large, Robert H. Bush, of Horsehead; Benjamin Wood, of New York, Bnd a full set of district electors. William F. Sheehan telegraphed his resignation from the state committee. PALMER AND BUCKNER NOTIFIED Occasion for an Enthusiastic Demonstration at Louisville. Louisville, Ky-, .Sept. 15. —Thousands of “sound money” democrats did houor to the nominees of their party for president and vice president at the Auditorium Saturday night. The occasion was the formal notification to the candidates of the action of the Indianapolis convention. Senator Donelsou Caffery, from the far south, in words of warm personnl friendliness and expressive of the confidence of the gathering by which he was delegated, made the speech notifying Senator John McAuley Palmer, the aged federal general, who responded in a speech of acceptance that was vigorously applauded. Sectionalism was again disregarded when the eloquent New Yorker, Col. John R. Fellows, tendered to Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, a gallant exconfederate, the honor of second place on the national ticket. The latter followed in a 6hort speech of acceptance. At the conclusion of Gen. Buckner’s speech the convention adjourned with three cheers for Palmer and Buckner. At the meeting letters of encouragement and approval were read from President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle. AN lOWA BANK FAILS. The House of Watson & Sons at Vinton, Makes an Assignment. Vinton, la., Sept. 19. —The banking house of S. H. Watson & Sons? established for 40 years, made a general assignment Friday afternoon to Mat Gaasch for the benefit of their creditors. Liabilities, $250,000; assets, $350,000. Depositors and creditors will be paid in full. The assignment will not affect Other banks in the city. Fusion Fails in lndianK. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 18. The scheme of fusion between the democrats and populists fell through Thursday and it was decided by the latter party to put a full ticket of electors in the field. The populists demanded seven of the fifteen electors and the withdrawal of Sevvall, while the democrats w ere willing to concede but four of the electors and demanded the withdrawal of the populist state ticket. Fisheries a Failure. St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 17.—The failure of the Labrador fishery is now said to be complete. Tijsmail steamer arriving Wednesday reports no improvement. This is the worst disaster that can befall the colony, the cod fishery being the industry upon which depends most of the population for support. -V; Hie: Bell for Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Sept. 19.—The third largest bell on the American continent was cast Friday afternoon. It will be hung in the tower of the new city hall The great bell stands about eight feet six inches in height and is of about the same widtji. ft weighs 20.000 pounds, Wittfton in Colorado. Denver. Col., Sept. 19.—Mr. Tom Watson, W Georgia, populist candidate for the vicepresidency.arrived here Friday mormpg. He was taken inchnogeby ex-Gov. Waite. Mr. Watson declined to be interviewed. His voice is alnirygt gone and hi* throat sore.

APPEALS TO UNCLE SAM. P. J. Tynan, the Irish ••Invlaclble,” Asks Protection as American Cltlsen. Boulogne. pt. •-*. J-*>■“•* Irish “in.ineihls who • morning. He admitted tfHi Ifie man described in the warrant of arres., and was remanded pending the arrival of the papers required to effect his extradition to England. London, Sept. 15.-A report is in circulation here that it was the Intention of Tynan to perpetrate an outrage at Balmoral castle during the visit of the czar to Queen Victoria at that place. The rumor is probably due to the story told by Tynan duriDg his tour of the continent that be was a courier of the queen intrusted with an autograph letter from her ronjesty to be delivered to the czar at Copenhagen. The formal charge made against Hell, the alleged dynamiter, arrested in Glasgow, is that he contravened section 59 of the explosive substances act of 1883, which declares that any person while a subject of her majesty, the queen, who shall supply material or aid or abet crime under the act la thereby guilty of felony. London, Sept. 18.—Edward Bell, or Ivory, the alleged dynamiter, who was arrested in Glasgow last Saturday, ar rived in London at 8:10 o clock Ihursday morning, having been brought here in obedience to a requisition from the Scotland Yard authorities. Paris, Sept. 16. P. J. Tynan, the Irish “Invincible" who was arrested at Boulogne on Sunday, has appealed to United States Ambassador Eustis and also to President Cleveland, demanding the protection of the United States government as an American citizen. Paris. Sept. 19.—1 t is now said that it is impossible to extradite Tynan on the charge of having been connected with the Phoenix park murderers, as the statute of limitations intervenes.

A FURIOUS STORM. Heavy Losses Due to a Terrific Gale ia Ogden, Utah. Ogden, Utah, Sept. J9.—Ogden and vicinity have been visited by a terrilie windstorm which began at about noon Friday and was still raging at midnight. There was no accompaniment of rain or hail, but the gale blew at about 60 miles an hour. Trees were blown down and plate glass fronts blown in, but no serious damage occurred until 8:30 in the evening, when n large three-story warehouse, 50x100 feet, brick, belonging to Kiesel & Cos., wholesale groceries, was blown down and the contents fired by electric wires. A few minutes after the crash the entire outfit was a mass of flames and many smaller buildings were completely destroyed with it. The building was located at the foot of Twenty-fourth street on Wall avenue, near the railroad yards, and was surrounded by numerous other warehouses The damage nnd loss will exceed SIOO,OOO. The Utah & Northern passenger train which leaves Ogden at 8:40 ran into an obstruction in the shape of trees and almost every pane of glass in the cars was broken out. The train returned to Ogden for repairs. Salt Lake City, Sept. 19.—This city nnd vicinity caught a part o( the storm which wrought havoc in Ogden, but little damage was done here beyond the blowing down of some electric wires nnd the uprooting of a few trees. In the sqpth the storm was more severe and telegraph and telephone wires are nearly all down, so that little news can be obtained. CUBAN GENERAL ARRESTED. Carlos RolofT Held In New York for Aiding Filibusters. New Y’ork, Sept. IS. —Gen. Charles’ Roloff, a Cuban, was arrested/Fhursday on the charge of aiding ana abetting the sending of filibustering expeditions to Cuba. He was formally held iu $2,500 bail by United States Commissioner Alexander. Roloff is said to be a major general in the army of Gen. Gomez, and lie came to this country about two months ago for the purpose of fitting out filibustering expeditions to aid Cuba. He is charged with being connected with the Laurada expedition and others. Gen. Roloff is secretary of war of the Cuban provisional government.

Big Influx of Gold.

New York, Sept. 18. —Lazard Frercs have engaged $4,000,000 gold for importation to New York. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Cos. have an additional $250,000 gold on the way from Europe. The sum of $240,000 gold was deposited in the subtreasury Thursday in exchange for greenbacks. The steamships due to ai-rive to-day from England and Europe are expected to bring between $3,000,000 end $4,000,000. This amount may be exceeded. Fully nine-tenths of it will go into the subtreasury. The total known amount of gold already arrived, now on European steamships sailing for New York, and engaged for importation is $36,385,000.

Will Kmain at Buzzard's Buy.

Washington, Se"p%lS.—lt is said at the white house that there is no prospect o-f an immediate return of the president and Mrs. Cleveland from their summer cottage on Buzzard’s bay. Unless the weather > makes a decided change for the worse in the meantime it is not believed that the presidential family will resume their residence at the white house much before November 1, and not before the 15th prox. at the earliest.

Shoots und Kills a Widow.

St. Louis, Sept.- 19. Shortly before noon Friday Charles Wessler, a bricklayer, 25 years of age, shot and instantly killed Mrs. Zora Grawe, a widow, at her home, 919 Sonlard- street. Wessler, who boarded with Mrs. Grawe, claims that the shooting was accidental. He was arrested.

Seven Would-Be Assassins Killed.

London, S/pt. 19.—The Dadj Mail publishes a dispatch from Vienna saying that seven men have been killed during the last few days while attempting to reach the saltan’s apartments with the object of assassinating him.

ITEMS OF INTEREST/ Queen Victoria has never witnessed a session of the house of commons. The hide of the hippopotamus, in certain parts, attains a thickness pf two Inches. The sting of a wasp is eased-by rubbing on the wound a slice of a freshly cut onion. In New York city the percentage of deaths from apoplexy has quadrupled during the past 30 years. The ordinary speed of a house-fly j<, 25 feet a second; but when chased it often attains a speed of 160 feet a second. Leonard Hartman, of Dubuque, la., has 11 sons. He lately adopted nine little girls, whose ages range from three to fourteen years. They are the daughters of his deceased brother. A beautiful and costly bicycle was given by a Chicago groom, to his bride, as a wedding gift. Four weeks afterward she eloped on it, her escort being an expert wheelman. A bicyclist in Marquette, Mich., saw a small animal in his path, and as it made no effort to move he ran over it. It proved to be a porcupine, as his collapsed tires quickly demonstrated. There are some bright lads in New Jersey. A schoolboy in Newark was asked to name five of the great canals in the world, and he promptly announced, as first on the list, “the alimentary canal.” A cruel husband in Lowell, Mass., deserted his wife, but the heavy hand of the law brought him up with a round turn. The unhappy woman thus tersely described the affair, in a letter to a friend: “With the help of two policemen, the judge, and God, a loving husband and kind father has been returned to the bosom of his family.” GOSSIP FROM ABROAD. Carisbrooke castle, where Charles I. was kept a prisoner just before he was brought to trial, is to be turned into a museum for curiosities asd antiquities connected with the Isle of Wight. A serum cure for the bubonic plague has been discovered by Dr. Gersin. of the Paris Pasteur institute. He made his first experiment at Amoy just alter the plague at Hong Kong in 1894. An English motor car manufacturer is building a two-story steel house to run on wheels, propelled by a motor under it. The top story is collapsible so as to enable the house to pass under bridges. A submarine mountain range has been discovered in the southern pari of Davis strait by the Danish steamer Ingolf, which has been carrying on deepsea explorations on the Iceland and Greenland coasts for the past r 1 wo years. Marriage is like all other troubles; the people have a good timo while getting into it. A dose in Time Saves Nine of Hale’s Honey of Horehouud amt Ter for Coughs.ji Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. She—“ Was there any particular thing about the town which struck you?’’ He—- “ Yes; a bicycle.’’—Yonkers Statesman. After six years’ suffering, I was cured by Piso’s Cure.—Mart Thomson, 29>£ Ohio Ave., Allegheny, Pa., March 19, ’94. Every little man who becomes suddenly great should buy a bicycle, in order to conceal his strut. Great Bales naturally result from the great merit which makes the thousands of wonderful cures br Hood’s Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $l- - Pills cure all Liver Ills. 25 centsILLIHOIS^^^^CENTRIL Doubts Daily Berries _____ - rmn i Arrin DjViiArCsb Lv Chicago 10.35 am Ar St. Louis 7.04 pm Fr® Reclining Chair Car*. Lv Chicago 9.00 pm Ar St. Louis 7.24 int Free Reclining Chair Oars. Pullman Buffet Ore” end Compartment Bleeping Cara. Bee that your uoesi between Chicago and St. Louis READS VIA THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. It esn be obtnined of your local ticket agent. . A. H. HANSON. Q.P.A.IU. Cent. K. B. Chicago. STciny esv-sks STAHKTREESK!r“ft 1.000 SALESMEN WSNTED EMI'IKK NURSERY CO.. Chicago, lU. OPIUM BENEFIT TO MANKIND: YUCATAN. U3