Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 21 September 1894 — Page 2

She 3?0sc County fir mortal K- McC. STOOPS. Editor and Proprietor PJvTERSBIJKG. - - INDIANA. The British court will wear the usual emblems of mourning1 for the comte de Paris. Gen. Booth was given a great farewell ovation on leaving London, on the 11th, for America. The Pall Mall Gazette says King Humbert of Italy and the pope are about to become reconciled. The count of Paris was buried at "Weybridge, England, on the 12th, the bishop of Southwark officiating. Suit for the impeachment of Mayor Fitzpatrick of New Orleans was filed in the civil district court on the 14th. Don Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of California, died at Los Angeles, Cal,, on the 11th, aged 94 years. The United States of Colombia has served notice of protest against the occupation of the Mosquito territory by Nicaragua. Failures in the United States for the week ended the 14th were 207, agafnst 814 last year, and 44 in Canada against 27 last year. All claims against the Stanford es- ** tate, save that of the government for $15,000,000, which is contested, have been paid by Mrs. Stanford. A thousand hop pickers, whites, Portuguese and Chinese, have struck work at Pleasanton, Cal., because, owing to the thinness of the crop, they could not make living wages at the prevailing rates. The town of Dalton, O., was almost totally destroyed by fire qprly on the morning of the 10th. The fire, which originated in a stable, is supposed to have been started by tramps. Estimated loss, $200,000. Mr. Clifton R. Breckinridge, the nbw minister to Russia, will sail from New York on the 20th. He will spdnd a few days with Ambassador Baj’ardat London, and expects to reach St. Petersburg about the end of October. John Walton, an Oklahoma farmer, while <Jrunk fell from his wagon, breaking a bottle in his hip pocket containing carbolic acid, which before he was found had eaten into his body causing terrible agony and fatally burning him. At the morning session of the Methodist conference at Frankfort, Ky., on the 14th, Rev. Dr. J. Ditzler led in prayer for the purity of the Ashland district and the defeat of Breckinridge. Resounding “Amens” filled the whole foom. The Levy gang of counterfeiters, for whom the government has been looking for years, were arrested at Osgood, Ind., by Baltimore & Ohio detectives, on the 14th. One of the prisoners, Nick Clayton, was caught in the act of pouring metal into a lifty-cent mold. At Braddock, Pa., on the 11th, members of Harper G. A. R. Post, No. 181, refused to march under a picture of Grover Cleveland suspended from a street arch. Angry citizen^, friends of the veterans, tore down the portrait before the decorating committee could interfere.

An unsuccessful attempt was made, on the night of the 11th, to wreck the west-bound train on the Oregon Short Line at Owyee bridge, 20 miles east of Nampa, Idaho. A rail had been loosened on the bridge, which is 45 feet high, but it was discovered in time and the train flagged. About 1,000 laborers, comprising plasterers, carpenters, bricklayers, etc., who were at work on the new Marquette building in Chicago, struck in a body, on the 18th, because the contractors refused to discharge eighteen non-union men who were putting in electrical appliances. J. L^Taylor, a gardener of Ackley, la., was found hanging to a rafter in his barn, on the 11th, with a halter around his neck. A neighbor discovered him in time to cut him down and save his life. Taylor declared that his wife did the deed, but the latter denied all knowledge of the affair. Gen. Thomas G. Lawler, who was, on the 18th, elected commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., is a citizen of Rockford, 111., where he is engaged in the lumber and coal business. He was born in Liverpool, England, a little over fifty years ago, and was brought "to this country when he was 10 years old. The German government has completely closed part of the Russian frontier on account of cholera, two cases of which were found, on the 13th, aboard a Rotterdam vessel docking at Duisburg on the Rhine. Between the 8d and 10th there were thirty-six fresh cases of cholera and fifteen deaths in Germany. * The record-breaking Cunarder Lucania was sighted off Browhead at 1:05 p. m. of the 13th. Allowing her two hours and a half for the run from Browhead to Daunt's Rock, the time of her passage would be 5 days, 8 hours and 25 minutes, as against 5 days, 10 hours and 47 minutes, the eastward record held by her sister ship the Campania. The annual reunion of the Old-Time Telegraphers’ association and the Society of the United States Military Telegraph Correspondents took place in Baltimore, Md., on the 12th and 13th, the celebration being in especial conv memoration of the semi-centennial of the telegraph in the city where its inventor lived, and where the instrument was first successfully operated.

CDERENT TOPICS THE HEWS IH BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Russia’s movements in the far east are daily growing in interest. A powerful squadron is at anchor in the neighborhood of the disputed ports—a navy great enoagh to master the situation in a single battle. It has been announced unofficially that the purpose of having such a force at hand is to see that Russia's interests are fully protected, but it is nonsense to suppose that the government of the czar believes that all of the Pacific fleet is necessary to that end. □ The lady librarian of a western city has just sued a prominent clergyman of the same burg for libel. She alleges that he publicly, in the presence of his congregation, prayed for her and requested the Almighty to give her grace; and she estimates the damage to her feelings at S>50,000. A Chicago astronomer has discovered * a large green patch on the moon and can not determine whether it is a meadow or a forest. Doubtless it is a section of the green cheese which credulous people have long looked upon as the material from which the moon was constructed.. Gen. Darker, commander of the British troops at Hong Kong, has issued a warning to the mfn under his command not to listen to offers of Chinese agents, who are trying to induce men belonging to the British garrison to desert and enter the Chinese service. The report of the Spanish provincial elections which took place onjthe 10th is, so far as ascertained up to the •11th, as follows; The supporters of the government elected 311; conservatives, 120; republicans, 32; Carlists, 12; independents, 11; doubtful, 26. The Keystone Glass Co.’s plant at ^Jeadville, Pa., was entirely destroyed by fire shortly after midnight on the 11th. It had not been operated for over five years, and it is supposed the fire was caused by tramps. The loss will be heavy. The German garrison at Kilwa, Zanzibar, was attacked by a force of 2,000 natives on the 7th. Aftefr two hours’ fighting the natives were repulsed with a loss of 100 killed and wounded. The Germans lost only two* men. Ox the 11th the directors of the New Xork, New Haven & Boston railroad declared a quarterly dividend of 2 per cent., which is at the same rate as the June quarterly, when a reduction from 10 per cent, was made. George Watson Mills, first earl of Sondes, died at Faversham, Kent, England, on the 10th. He was 70 years of age. Killing frosts visited northwestern Nebraska and western Iowa on the night of the 10th. Cart. Adolph Freitsch. the Finnish sailor who left New York August 5 in the schooner-rigged skiff Nina without

anv cuiupautuii, d-ri ivcu at v^uwusiuwu, on the 12th, at 12:30 p. m. His boat had lost het rudder and was leaking. Two members of the family of E. O. My^rs, of Anderson, Ind., were fatally1 hurt, on the 12th, by an explosion of natural gas which completely wrecked two blocks of buildings, causing a loss of $18,000. A babe in the arms of its mother was killed and the latter severely in-, jured by the falling of a center pole of John Robinson's circus at Zanesville, O., on the 12th. Postmaster Harry Marietta and others, of Connellsville, Pa., were convicted, on the 12th, of unlawful assemblage in connection with the coke-re-gion riots. A Perry (Okla.) paper publishes an interview between a reputable Perry man and the noted outlaw, Rill Doolan, who is now leader of the Dalton gang, in which Doolan says that Bill Dalton, who was reported killed at Guthrie, Okla, some time ago, is not dead, but is living a quiet life in a distant state. Mrs. Catharine Robbins Howe, the confidence woman who was arrested for fleecing Yale college graduates, was, on the 12th, sentenced to two years in Jail by Judge Hammerley, of Hartford, Conn. Alfred Appel, a sergeant in Peffer Post 181, of Meadville, Pa., dropped dead ip Pittsburgh on the 12th.^ Appel was about 55 years old, and was seemingly in the best of health when he retired the night before. On the 12th a robber entered the Citizen’s bank at Rossville, 111., while the officials were at diimer and robbed the cash drawer of $10,000. A reward of $1,000 was offered for the capture of the man. There arrived in Philadelphia, on the night of the 12th, on the steamer Forbuna, Capt. Christophersen, from Java, Arthur Vincent, a New York boy, who has circled the globe without a cent of money. He left New York two years ago at the age of 14, and bears with him testimonials which prove that he if a traveler. News reached New York, on the 12th, that 50,000 caitridges, which had been shipped from New York, had been seized by <the officials of the port of Havana, Cuba. The seizure caused great excitement among the natives, and rumors were circulated that another revolution was about to be begun. The cartridges were billed as tallow in casks. Secretary Carlisle, although he had not yet written a formal letter to that effect, authorized, on the 12th, the official announcement that he would not pay any sugar bounty earned but unpaid when the new tariff bill went into effect, August 29. Zella Nicolaus and her companion. A1 Ituhman, are having a hard time getting hotel accommodations in Chicago. They were ejected from a prominent Michigan avenue hostelry, on the 12th, as soon as their identity was established. Louisville, Ky., was chosen as the place for the holding of the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1895. Henry Watterson presented the invitation in his happiest vein.

I Os the lSth all that was mortal of the late compte de Paris was deposited, after impressive funeral ceremonies, In a vault in the old church at Wey bridge, England, where repose the remains of the duchess de Nemours, aunt of the deceased prince. President Hippolyte of Hayti is said to be suffering from a dangerous heart trouble and is extremely nervous, and it is thought that any unexpected shock will precipitate his death. The steamer Reindeer, returning from Plattsburgh to Burlington, Vt., on the 13th, with 800 passengers, ran over the rock reef „near Colchester light in Lake Champlain, nearly upset* ting the vessel. A panic ensued among the passengers who rushed upon the deck, trampling women and children beneath them and many attempted to jump overboard. Several men and women were injured in the jam. The boat righted after passing over the reef and steamed safely to port. Twenty-focr thousand troops from the provinces of Chih-Li and LiangKiang have been ordered to the defense of Tien-Tsin. Of these 15,000 men had arrived, on the lSth. and the remainder will reach Tien-Tsin at the end of the month. These reinforcements are due to the fear of an invasion by the Japanese. “ * A terrible hurricane passed over the southwest coast of Spain, on the 13th, wrecking many small vessels. The town of Gata was partly destroyed by the storm. The United States steamers Adams and Rush arrived at San Francisco from Behring sea on the 13th. The Michigan State Bankers’ associ-' tion convention met in Bay City on the 13th. The country around the city of Lucknow, India, and a portion of that city was submerged, on the 13th, by' floods in the river Goomty. Bernard Toker, a German farmer living near Connellsville, Pa., was shot dead and his wife was mortally wounded, dn the 13th, by Frank Morris, a 16-year-old son of the man from whom Toker purchased his little farm. Breaking all previous records, in beginning and ending its business within two days, the twenty-eighth national encampment of the Grand Army of the | Republic in session at Pittsburgh, Pa., adjourned sine die on the 13th. Wjl Law, a recently-discharged employe of the West Pennsylvania railroad, was arrested, on the 14tli, charged with an attempt to wreck the Freeport accommodation train at a sharp curve between Butler Junction and Sligo station, Pa., by rolling a large rock on the traek directly in front of the approaching train. Eari.ie Upton committed suicide at Marshalltown, la., on the 14th,by taking poison. He was the husband of the well-known physician, Ilosa Upton, jvho left him*last spring and went to Milwaukee. Despondency, due to domestic troubles, is supposed to have been the cause. Frank Morris, who, on the 12th, killed Bernard Loker and fatally shot Mrs. Loker at Connellsville, Pa., and later wounded Joseph Halfhill, near Rich Hill, was arrested, on the 14th, and fully identified. Foreign missionaries in the Shin King province are fleeing to NewChang, fearing violence at the hands of Chinese soldiers, who, it is .reported, are burning the Christian chapels. Joseph Hare, postmaster at Hill City, S. D., was arrested, on the 14th, charged with embezzlement. Barrett Scott, the embezzling treasurer of Holt county, Neb., was found guilty on the 14th,

LATE NEWS (TEM& Emperor Franz Joseph received the Austro-Hungarian delegation at BudaPesth on the 16th. Addressing them he congratulated them upon the fact that the confidence expressed in 1893 that peace would be preserved and consolidated had been confirmed by the establishment of a still more peaceful situation throughout Europe and the existence of the present amicable relations among the powers. Walter Walling, while riding a bicycle at Kendallville, lad., on the 15th, collided with a buggy, the bicycle passing between the front wheel and the thills. The right handle bar entered Walling’s abdomen, tearing the flesh so that the bowels protruded. Walling was a prominent bicycler. The New Y6rk city associated banks issued the following statement for the week ended the 15th: Reserve, decrease, $1,980,575? loans, increase, $3,385,700; specie, increase, $579,,400; legal tenders, decrease, $1,846,400; deposits, increase, $3,854,300; circulation, increase, $203,100. It is said that the wage victory achieved by the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal Co. in the return of their striking employes at a rate of fourteen cents below the district price means the reopening of the wage dispute in the Pittsburgh (Pa.) coal district. Six of the survivors of the Chinese troop-ship Chean, which was wrecked at Chetung while en route to Formosa with 1,400 soldiers on boat'd, arrived at Shanghai on the 15th. They reported that 300 of the persons on board the Chean were drown. Patrick O’Leary, the husband of Mrs. O’Leary, whose cow kicked over a lamp in 1871 and made Chicago famous for the greatest fire on record, died suddenly, on the 15th, aged 71. Heart failure is supposed to have been the cause of death. □ Tiie Peary main and auxiliary expeditions, with all well on board, arrived at St. Johns, N. F., on the 15th, from Falcon Harbor, which they left August 20. Peary, Lee and' Hensen will re-, main north another year. Capt. W. R. Bridgeman, of the United States man-of-war Baltimore, died at Tacoma, Wash., on the 15th, of Asiatic cholera, contracted recently in China. On the 15th the associated banks of New York city held $59,953,700 in excess of the requirements of the 25-per-cent. rule. Fifteen persons were injured in a runaway at a funeral at Iroudale, Pa., on the 15th.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Jakes Cole, a prosperous farmer residing’ four miles west of Brazil, died suddenly en route home. The cause is a mystery. The coroner is investigating. At Muncie Seerah Lowetten, aged 70, and Miss Lizzie Truitt!, aged 30, were secretly married the other night. Hugh Frick fatally stabbed Alex Dunbar at New Albany. Dr. Isaac E. Beck, a graduate of the Physico-Medieal college, at Marion, was refused a license, to practice at Muncie and sues the city. James Hoi. sox, of Alexandria, aged 35, was cleaning a revolver when it went off. The bullet passed through his heart. Death was instantaneous. The Vigo Agricultural society has decided to hold a fair at Terre Haute the first week in October. The usual fair week in August was devoted solely to the big race meeting and the October week is to provide the agricultural fair. Curtis Lovdermilk, of Terre Haute, has again been arrested at Brazil for a forgery committed at Terre Haute. At Columbus one year ago Robert Bell, aged thirteen and weighing sixty pounds, fell from a tree and broke hi9 babk. He is reported dying. Mapibox and vicinity the other day was enveloped in smoke like a dense fog, supposed from northern forest fires. The Kentucky hills were not visible, and the sun was of a blood-red color. The publication of a list of the members of the A. P. A. created a sensation at Terre Haute. There are 000 school children in Edinburg. The real estate market in Muncie is improving. Williamsport has a female drum corps. The citizens of Columbus are demanding better fire protection. Two hundred tramps lodged in the military yards at Elkhart, the other night. The eleventh annual reunion of the Thirteenth Indiana infantry will be held at Liberty, October 9 and 10. Officers of the association are: Maj.-Gen. Wm. Grose, president; Capt. W. D. Wise, vice president; Capt. John G. Livezey, recording secretary; Capt. Jos. L. Smith, recording reeretary, THaddens Gordon, treasurer. The Flat Rock creamery, located ten miles south of Shelbyville, burned to the ground the other evening. Loss, 85,000; partially insured. At Flora, Mrs. John Myers was severely gored by a vicious cow while milking, the other morning. She is not expected to live. ? Smallpox has developed at Walton. At Wabash, the other morning, Fred Kohl committed suicide by the morphine route. * ' Isaac Martix was shot and killed by James McDermott at West Alexan

Car shops at Jeffersonville have resumed after a shut-down of one year. A planing mill at Columbia City, belonging to Henry Snyder, burned to the ground the other night. Loss, about 512,000; insurance, 55,000. It is supposed to have been the work of tramps. Robert Jett, son of S. J. Jett, a wealthy farmer was shot the Dther night, near Lebanon, by John Fleener, a cousin of the deceased. The latter had a, revolver, with which he was shooting at a hat thrown into the air, when in some way the accident occurred. Thos. Bumby, who killed Oliver Winget, at Monroe, about six weeks ago, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. a Charles Stevens, who was arrested at Warren on suspicion of being a murderer, turns out to be the right man, ' and the authorities of both Kentucky and Tennessee want him. Horace Loomis, whose preliminary trial for the murder of James Gregory, August 30, was to have taken place a few days ago, confessed the murder to his wife. Unknown scoundrels poisoned a five-hundred-dollar colt belonging to Deputy Auditor Charles N. Graffes, of Cass county. James Watson was accidentally shot and killed by Wm. Kenyon near Alexandria. John Phillips, a prominent young farmer of Princeton, died a few days ago of dropsy. Mr. Phillips was well known over the state. A bicycle club will be organized at Michigan City. The citizens of Bristol are protesting vigorously against another saloon being located there. i Another nest of eoniackers, composed jof Bill McCombs, Bill Clemmans and A. W. Cornell, are in the toils, and the other night were taken to the Knightstown jail. A joint campaign has been arranged for the democratic and republican candidates for secretary of state in Indiana. Meetings will be held during October in each congressional dis< rict cf the state. Twenty-five tnousand people witnessed the races at Crawfordsville the other day. The health officers claim to have located a factory in Lake county where sausages and dried beef were made from carcasses of Chicago street car horses. PICKED AND SORTED. Trees are now felled in some places by electricity. It takes a snail exactly fourteen days and five hours to travel a mile. One pound of sheep's wool is capablo of producing one yard of cloth. The most ancient coins are of electrum, four parts of gold to one of silver. Over seven thousand men have been sheltered at one time beneath the branches of the banyan tree. The Gould brothers paid twenty-five thousand dollars for the Vigilant, but the boat originally cost one hundred thousand dollars

ASHLAND REDEEMED. The Good Name of the District Vindicated by the Defeat of Breckinridge—The Vote Against Him Not So Pronounced as Desired, But Sufficient—The Women Played While the Men Voted. Lexington. Ky., Sept. 16.—Unless fraud or juggling can save him. the career of William. C. P. Breckinridge is ended. The people of the old Ashland district have rebuked their idol and cast him from their hearts forever. It is unfortunate that they did not speak in more certain tones, for, while W. C. Oowens is undoubted nominated for congress, the triumph of decency has beeii won by a margin so close that . there is room for a further contest by the desperate supporters of the Breckinridges and they may succeed in ol»scuring the result. It has been a campaign of morality against licentiousness, and the victory, however close it may turn out to be, will vindicate the cause of honest manhood and pure womanhood. While the eyes of the whole world looked on. the battle was fought out. Every political consideration was forgotten in the contest of higher issues. It has been pre-eminently a woman’s campaign. When the first great meeting was held to protest against the return of Breckinridge to congress, the ladies of Lexington and their fair compatriots from all parts of the Blue Grass country made a magnificent banner, which they stretched across the 6tage of the opera house, bearing the inspiring sentiment: “The honor of the Ashland district shall be preserved.” To this noble cause they have j+iven their time, their money and their hearts. In the churches, in public meetings, at mammoth barbecues, upon the streets and In the sacred ctr** cle of the home they have worked bravely and tirelessly to redeem this pledge. Even scandal they have borne, and the most cowardty det-i actions, but no suffering has tempted them to desert the high purpose for which they have made sacrifices. To them more tha,n to all others must be given the generous tribute of praise. With such champions of such a cause it is indeed a pity that the result is not more decisive. When the first returns came in last night it seemed certain Owens had, been nominated by at .least 1,000 or 1,500 majority. His supporters became fairly wild with delight, and about the headquarters On Main street the moisiest enthusiasm prevailed. The “Young Lion of the democracy" had carried the counties of Oldham, Franklin, Scott and Woodford by magnificent majorities, while Bourbon seemed to have pronounced against Breckinridge, and even Fayette, the home of the great defendant, had apparently renounped her erring son. As the night wore on. however, the later news developed the gravest doubt as to the result, and for several hours the Breckinridge leaders were confident that they had won the fight. Their boasts were unquestionably made for the purpose of anticipating a resort to other methods than mere vote counting to win. Even at midnight when it was absolutely certain that Breckinridge was defeated by to 200 to 700 plurality, hip managers were, still claiming the election. That an attempt was being made to doctor the returns, there is no question. Couriers were sent to the remote precincts of Owen and Henry counties and some of the more candid counsellors of the defeated man announced their purpose to use every means to manipulate the returns. If they failed in this they threatened to carry the contest before the congressional committee, which they control, and ask that the votes of B00 electors in Scott county be thrown out on the ground ot illegality. Should any such attempt be made, the Owens leaders will appeal for protection to the courts and enjoin the committee from in any way reversing the. verdict of the people.

iiir i i*cvuj|Ui«rB uir iiuuu ui uuu m Lexington, Ky., Sept. 16.—At the residence of Mrs. Frank K. Hunt, president of the woman's organization, last evening, there was a jubilant gathering of the women who have worked so hard to defeat Breckinridge. Mrs. Hunt said: “In this victory I recognize the hand pf God, I am merely an humble instrument. ‘ All along I have had an abiding faith in the good men of this district. I have felt that in such a crisis they would stand for the honor of our land, and Kentucky is today' redeemed. Again we can proudly lift bur head to all the world. It is again God's country.” Prof. J, W. McGarvey, the preacher who has taken sueh an active part, said: “I rejoice, and I praise God for , the results. I believe it will be prolific of incalculable blessings to our people for generations to come. I hope, also, and believe that the asperities of the campaign will soon pass away to be succeeded by peace, hope and good will. The character and honor of Kentucky are vindicated, not as completely as we desired, but still vindicated. The preachers in the district have done nobly, but the part performed by the women ishhe noblest of all.” Won by Superb Organization. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 16.—Owens won his victory yesterday by superb organization. At every precinct his voters were on hand early and forced the voting. This news spread over the district, and had a wonderfully discouraging effect on the Breckinridge people. - A Pitched Battle—One Man Dangerously Stabbed. Versailles, Kv., Sept. 16.—Out in the Faywood neighborhood there was a pitched battle yesterday between twenty Breckinridge and Owens men as the result of a discussion on the por litical outlook, during which G. W. \ Gillespie, a Breckinridge, man, was stabbed twice with a dirk knife just above the heart and in the back, dangerously wounding him. It is impossible to find oqt who did the cutting, everyone of the participants becoming as mum as an oyster. It is feared that Gillespie will die

PRINCE BISMARCK, A Gw»t Popular Demonstration In Hit* Honor—Throng* of Admirers at the Castle—Sad Reflections of the Aged and Retired Statesman-The Days of His Glory and Usefulness to Germany Past. Varzeix, Sept. 17.—This little village never before saw such a festival as began here yesterday morning. Preparations had been making for days to receive the Posen delegation of Prir.oe Bismark's admirers. With daybreak visitors came from the surrounding districts by the score. They found the streets already decorated with garlands, flags and arches spanning the roads which lead to the castle. Policemen who had been gathered from Stolpe, Coslin and other nearby points closed the approaches to the castle so as to leave free way for the delegation. Prince and Princess Bismarck rose at 9 o'clock. Only members of the family circle were at breakfast, among them Count William Bismarck, his sister, the Countess Rantzau and Dr. Schweninger, who came to the castle Saturday evening so as to be with the prince during the reception. The first train reached llammermuehle at 11:25, the other just before.noon. Tents for their reception had been erected, and the tables fbr luncheon - . were spread before 11 o'clock. The procession was marshaled by Maj. Von Tiedemann, who divided it into three battalions. At a farm house near the station each battalion halted and had grog, coffee tffid sausages served by the men from the prince’s estate. —' After this refreshment the procession was reorganized. Bismarck had been on the veranda. Ife found to the right and left of the door several tables at which sat, elbow • to elbow, the reporters of all the large journals in north Germany. *‘I am afraid yon will find this a rather poor affair,” he said, after ex? changing greetings. “I am feeling rather fatigued, and fear I cannot give you much for vour papers. I can tell that I hope none of you will ever know * the plague of lumbago such as I ebntraeted at my work. ” » Lieut. Fischer, one of the originators of the demonstration, replied: “We know very well your grace.” Bismarck seemed hardly to hear him. He looked over the row of reporters, clasped his hands behind his back, and said with a suggestion of sadness: “And all these gentlemen have sacrificed themselves for two nights to - come and see what is but a ruin;" “But what is that,” Lieut. Fischer answered, “considering that your grace sacrificed so many nights for the benefit of the fatherland.”’ “Those days are over,” said Bismarck with a slight gesture. “They will not come again. Now I must go in doors and stay there until the procession arrives.” The Cnited Press reported asked of the prince's health. “It is hard to say,” answered Bismarck, “just how I do feel, I do not know whether my lumbago is worse when I sit or when I walk.” As he turned to the door he noticed on one of the press tables a velvet and silver-bound volume. He opened it, disclosing the text of an illuminated address, but quickly closed it with the words: “I must not peep into the secrets in store for me.” Dr; Schweninger, who had been beckoning to the prince for a minute or more, at last caught his eye and induced him to go into the house. Afterward Dr. Schweninger explained to the United Press reporter that he feared for the prince on account of the lumbago. The prince’s general health was good, the doctor said, and would carry him through many more years, , It was 10:30 o'clock when the band was heard coming with the procession from the village. After the delegates had gathered around the platform & mannerchor started “The Watch on the Rhine.” Nearly 8,000 voices re'__41..._

chorus had hardly echoed from the castle when the old chancellor came forward. A sea of hats, handkerchiefs and flags swept instantly over the heads of the crowd, and for several minutes everybody cheered like mad. As the cheering ceased, Maj.Von Tiedman stepped on the platform and proposed a final cheer with some sentiment., It was lost in the tumult of enthusiasm. Councillor Duenemann read the address. He said: “Thousands of men of all classes have gathered here to honor the man who realized the dream of many generations of Germans-^the man who united Germany, of which our province shall forever form an integral part. There has been occasional vacilations in the administration of our province, but this has served only to deepen our attachment to the imperia idea embodied in Prince Bismarck’s, work. [Cheers. ] The maennerchor chanted “Hail i Bismarck’’ after the adcbgess, and amid repeated cheers BismarclPstepped forward to reply. He spoke forty-five* minutes. Prince Bismarck, in the course of his speech, declared that Posen was more a indispensable to Germany than even Alsace and Lorraine, and Germany'would spell her last drop of blood and. spend her last coin in defending it. It was only the elements of political impotence and ignorance that believed m the Pole. A friendly policy might* pacify some of the Poles, but it would not pacify the Polish lordly population, It is the Polish nobility and. clergy who agitate and fan the flame of political hatred. • HIS LAST QUESTION. “I Am Dead. What Shall They Do With* My Carcass ?” New Yobk, Sept 17.—M. A. Bell, 45 years old, of Cleveland, 0., who came to this city on- , Friday and went to the* New York hotel, Broadway, opposite Bond street, shot himself in the head yesterday morning. A dispatch was found in the room, which read as follows: “George C. Bell, 513 Euclid avenue* Cleveland, 0. I am dead. What shall* they do with mv carcass?” M. A. Bet i.