People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1894 — Page 2

The People’s Pilel RENSSELAER. : : INDIANA.

The News Condensed.

Important Intelligence From All Parts. CONGRESSIONAL. Regular Session. Is the senate on the Bth a bill was introduced to “prevent professional lobbying." Bills were passed to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations and to further encourage the holding of a world's exposition at Atlanta. Ga., in 1895....1n the bouse a bill was introduced to regulate the cutting of timber on public lands. Most of the session was taken up in considering public building bills. A resolution for an Investigation of the effects of machinery on labor was adopted. The senate on the 9th was in session only a little more than an hour and a half and no business of any importance was transacted.... In the house a favorable report was made on the bill to make oleomargarine and all other Imitation dairy products subject to the laws of the state or territory into which they aro transported, and a bill to prevent the free use of timber on public lands was introduced. On the 10th a resolution was offered in the senate directing the committee on privileges and elections to investigate the recent election In Alabama and ascertain if frauds were committed. Senator Hill offered a resolution for Information as to the work of the conferrees on the tariff bill, which went over for the day. The remainder of the session was devoted to the consideration of the Chinese treaty.... In the house the time was occupied in discussing projects for a government exhibit to cost *200,000 at the Atlanta exposition and to give each of the arid land states 1,000.0>» acres of arid lands to encourage the reclamation of these deserts. Os the llth in the senate no business of importance was transacted beyond the discussion of Senator Hill's tariif resolution, it being antagonized by a motion for an executive session, for which the rice president cast the deciding vote.... In the house the time was occupied in the discussion of a proixjsition to give each of the arid land states 1,000.050 acres of surveyed arid public lands to be reclaimed by irrigation, and the bill to appropriate $250,000 to purchase a site for the government printing office. In the senate on the 13th no business of importance was transacted beyond the confirmation, la executive session, of the Chinese treaty, the vote standing 47 to 50.... At a caucus of democrats of the house members, shortly before convening, a resolution was offered by Speaker Crisp which v. as carried, advising the recession from the disagreement to the senate's amendments to the Wilson bill, the passing of the amended bill, and the introduction of separate bills making coal. iron, sugar and barbed wire free of all duties. When the house convened in regular session the resolution was carried by a vote of 130 to 21. At a session held in the evening it passed separate bills for free ■ugar, Iron, coal and barbed wire.

DOMESTIC. The constitutional convention at Albany. X. Y., refused to substitute life imprisonment for capital punishment. At Scranton, Pa., a deserted mine caved in for a distance of three blocks, wrecking 1 twenty-three houses and - causing a loss of 8250,000. Over one-third of the village of Dawson, Minn., was destroyed by fire. At his home in Hope, !nd., James Hardy (colored) died at the age of 100 years. Hardy was Jefferson Davis' valet during the war. He was married s;x times and the father of fortv-six children. Ax express train on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific plunged through a trestle 50 feet high into a creek near Lincoln, Neb., killing eight persons and wounding many othres. Thousands of acres of valuable timber were destroyed by a forest fire 50 miles in length in Wisconsin. Twenty-one stores, two grain elevators and lumber sheds were destroyed by fire at Gifford, 111., the loss beinjr *IOO,OOO. b During a temperance camp meeting at Purcellville, Va., a tent was blown down, killing one man and fatally injuring five women. Twenty-five persons were injured, some of them seriously, in an electric car collision near Oakdale, Pa. Misa Vernik Mayer and Miss Barnhart, young ladies about 16 years old, were .drowned in the lake ht Benton Harbor, Mien. Seven members of the family of J. Walker at Oelwein, la., were poisoned by a summer drink. Three were dead and the others were dangerously ill. Rev. Chabi.es England, a Swedish minister at Michigan City, Ind., was drowned in the lake while bathing in the surf. Fantasy trotted a mile at Buffalo, N. Y., in beating all 4-year-old marks save that of Directum. A MONUMENT to the memory of Frederick J. Frelinghuysen was unveiled at Newark. N. J. Charles Hendrickson and Charles Heglan, young men of Batavia, 111. were drowned in Fox river while rowing. Work was resumed in all but two of the departments of the Pullman car works at Pullman, 111., virtually ending the long strike. The Second national bank of Altoona, Pa., closed its doors. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 10th aggregated *774,451,986, against 8764,890,968 the previous week. The decrease, compared with the corresponding week in 1898. was 3.4. Ephraim A. Brown, a millionaire of Bloomfield, 0., died of heart disease while asleep. He was 87 years old. §' Thebe were 251 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 10th, against 219 the week previous and 894 in the corresponding time in 1893. The removal of the battle flags of lowa from the arsenal to the state capitol in Des Moines was made the <Vca«ion for a great demonstration. Investigation shows that twentylour persons were killed and eleven injured in the Rock Island railway wreck at Lincoln, Neb. AV Ilham and Solomon Lower, owners of a traction engine, were fatally hurt by falling through a bridge at Waterloo, Ind. Sctzs men and boys seeking shelter under a tree during a storm at De Kalb, Tex., were killed by lightning. Mim Lulu Randall, an aeronaut of Detroit, Mich., was thrown from her parachute by a tree and killed at Nashville, Tens.

Eight thousand persons witnessed the hanging of Madkins, a negro executed for criminal assault at Raleigh, N. C. Simon 11. Ensign, who had been confined in Moro prison, Cuba, for twenty years, escaped and wandered back to Indiana. J. W. Reinhart, president and one of the receivers of the Atchison road, resigned to promote harmony. The town of Yerinton. Nev., on the Carson & Colorado railroad, was completely destroyed by fire. Almost the entire business portion of Fithian, 111., a town of 000 inhabitants, was destroyed by fire. Four children of William Watts, from 6 months to 4’j' years of age, were burned to death near Williston, S. D., on a ranch. The percentages of the baseball clubs in the national league for the week ended or the 12th Boston. .648; Baltimore, .640; New York, .604: Cleveland. .572; Pittsburgh. .545, Philadelphia, .529; Brooklyn, .516; Cincinnati, .462; Chicago. .457; St. Louis, .415; Louisville, .833: Washington, .290. By the collision of mail and express trains near Gibbs, Mo., two men were killed and ten badly injured. Mrs. Mary Sullivan, who was 108 years old February last, died at her home in New York. She was born in County Kerry. Ireland, in 1786. Joseph Burnett, aged 78. well known as the pioneer in the business of manufacturing flavoring extracts, was killed in a runaway accident at Marlboro, Mass. Luthep. C. Chali.is. once among the leading financiers of Wall street and several times a millionaire, died in poverty in Atchison, Kan. Damaging evidence had been secured against George W. Davis, the negro under arrest for wrecking the Rock Island express near Lincoln. Neb.

While playing baseball at Cincinnati John Tanner was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Virginia militia, under orders from the governor, drove the eommonwealers out of camp at Rosslyn and set fire to the huts. At a social gathering at her home in Archibald, Pa., Mrs. John Barry was placed on a horse against her will and in her rage shot two of her guests. Mrs. Alice S. Eavy, Cora Johnson and Grace Lowell, aged 19, 18 and 17 respectively, were drowned in the American river, near Auburn, Cal., while bathing. Heavy showers fell over a large area in Illinois, lowa and Indiana, benefiting late corn and vegetation. Under direction of Mr. Pullman steps were taken to evict striking tenants who were behind in their rent. Five thousand persons would be affected. Madeline Pollard, who achieved notoriety through her suit against Congressman Breckinridge, is to go on the stage, and will make her debut in Chicago. Strong pressure was being brought to bear on the Wisconsin board of health to quarantine Milwaukee because of smallpox. Schedules in the assignment of Goodwin & Swift, of New York, show nominal assets of 81,307,404 and actual assets of but SK)S. Jennie Finch, stolen from Grand Rapids, Mich., eighteen years ago by gypsies, has been returned to her surviving relatives. The Washington-Denver bicycle riders reached Denver thirty-three hours and twenty minutes ahead of schedule time. Ex-Gov. St. John, of Kansas, declared in an address at Prohibition Park, L. 1., that there was a Tammany ring in every city and hamlet in the country. P. L. Cook, a Stuartsville, 0., saloonkeeper, was beaten to death with an iron rod by masked robbers. Maj. Charles Worth, of the regular army, will be court-martialed for compelling a private to labor on Sunday Tnr.EE young men, who had been wrecked on a reef in Long Island sound, were recued by Grace Marr and her sister at the peril of their lives. Juliana Landowski, a girl of 17, committed suicide by drowning in Lake Como, Minn., because her mother had scolded and whipped her for running away from home. Three boys, Frank Burns, William Slattery and Matthew Slattery, were drowned while swimming in Bloody Run, near Norwood, O. * Thomas Garner, 101 years old, died at Oakdale, Minn. He was born in Ireland and came to the United States fifty years ago. A cyclone passed over North Madison, 0., devastating forests, orchards, growing crops, etc. Four workmen were crushed to death near Sheridan, Wyo., under fifteen or twenty tons of rock which rolled upon them after a blast had been exploded.

L. W. Bbainard shot and killed his wife at Vicksburg, Mich., and then killed himself. Domestic trouble was said to be the cause. Mrs. Mary J. Shirk, one of the wealthiest women in the west, died at her home in Peru, Ind. She was said to be worth *6,000,000. The Wichita (Kan.) national bank, the oldest banking institution in the southwest, has suspended payment by order of the comptroller of the currency. Fearing starvation Mrs. Adolph Max drowned herself and two children, aged 5 and 1 year, at Lyons, la. Whirligig lowered the race record for 3-year-old pacers to 2:10 at Terre Haute, Ind., and paced three heats in average time of 2:11)^. J. W. Deacon, president of the bank at Watonga, O. T., committed suicide because the concern’s affairs had been inextricably involved by his son. While racing on a country road near Warka, Kan., Fletcher Morris was killed and his sister fatally injured by the overturning of their buggy. The works of the United Salt company were entirely destroyed by fire at Cleveland, 0., the loss being *150,000.

Miss Oaby Raridam, 18 year* old, disappointed in love, committed suicide by poison at Wayretown, Ind. Eighty-eight Coxeyites sent to Jail by the Maryland authorities were put to work on the public roads. Woman suffragists commemorated the 75th anniversary of the birth of Lucy Stone at a meeting in the Woman’s temple, Chicago. Jackson and Corbett met in New York, and the colored man still refusing to fight in the south the match was declared off.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. The New York democrats will hold their state convention at Saratoga Springs on September 25. Judge Caswf.i.i. Bennett, chief justice of the Kentucky court of appeals, died suddenly of rheumatism at Hopkinsville. Populists in Wyoming declined a proposition to fuse with the democrats and nominated a complete state ticket headed bv L. C. Tidball for governor. David Hahn, who drove coaches across the Alleghenies before the advent of the railroads, died at Portsmouth, 0., aged 94 years. In convention at Boise City the Idaho republicans nominated a full state ticket headed by Edgar Wilson for governor. The prohibitionists of Indiana officially declined to fuse with the populists, declaring them wild and visionary. The following congressional nom inations were made: Illinois, Fourth district, J. Simmington (pro.); Seventh, 11. A. Llo3'd (pop.). lowa, Tenth district, E. F. Baker (pop.-dem.). Nebraska, Fifth district, W. E. Andrews (rep.). Virginia. Ninth district, H. S. K. Morrison (dem.). Congressional nominations were made as follows: Illinois, Seventh district. 11. D. Lloyd (pop.). Pennsylvania, Twenty-fifth district. W. J. Kirkcr (pop.). Missouri, Tenth district, G. H. Zimmerman (pro.). Ex-Congressman James H. Platte died from a stroke of apoplexy while fishing at Green Lake, Col.

FOREIGN. Felix Geoffriox, who had been a member of the Canadian parliament for thirty-one years, died at Montreal. Earthquakes in Sicily destroyed many houses at Aci Reale and at Zaffarano and killed ten persons. Sandow, the “strong man,” was married at Manchester, England, to Miss Blanche Brooks, the daughter of a local photographer. Sknok Jose Verestegui, chief of the Mexican stamp department, was killed in a duel in the City of Mexico over a woman by Congressman Romero. The sealing vessel Malgen, accompanied by a fast cutter, sailed from Tromsoe to bring back the members of the Wellman arctic expedition. The schooner Pilgrim was sunk by the bark Braekka off Anvil Point and four members of her crew were drowned. In a match race at Paris, between Starbuck and Linton, the latter rode 50 miles on a bicycle in 1:58:59, breaking the record. A cyclone swept over the provinces of Madrid and Ciudad Real, Spain, and over a hundred persons are reported to be either killed or injured. During the progress of the regatta at Tanb3 r , Wales, a small excursion steamer capsized in the Caldy roads, drowning twenty people. Eioiiteen residents of a town in Prussian Poland have died from eating poisoned herring. A large part of the population was made ill.

LATER. In the United States senate on the 14th a message was received from the house informing the senate that the house had passed bills placing coal, iron ore, barbed wire and sugar on the free list, in which it asked the concurrence of the senate. Bills were passed promoting Commodore Louis C. Sertori, retired, to rear admiral on the retired list, and authorizing soldiers’ home managers to extend outdoor relief to veterans. The house was not in session. The government crop bulletin says corn has been irretrievably injured by drought in Nebraska, lowa, South Dakota and Kansas. The corner stone of the Salvation Army' national headquarters building was laid at New York. The building and ground cost 8325,000. At Hazleton, Pa., George Kolilick accused his wife of infidelity, when she secured a butcher knife and plunged it three times into his bod3 r , killing him instantly. In a paper read before the Geological society at its meeting in Brooklyn, Prof. J. W. Spencer declared the North American continent was sinking. Marshall Bostom (colored), charged with criminal assault, was lynched at Frankfort, Ivy’. The national convention of harnessmakers, In session at Pittsburgh, Pa., elected Charles E. Beltz, of Pittsburgh, president.

A cyclone which passed over Cuidad Roal, Spain, injured 200 persons and killed several thousand domestic animals. While endeavoring 1 to save money secreted in his house at Vandalia, Ind., which was on tire, Martin Dowell, a wealthy citizen, was burned to death. The Methodist jubilee convention, to celebrate the fiiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the first conference in lowa, convened at Cedar Rapids with 2,000 delegates in attendance. It was reported at Bridgeville, Del., that a sailboat had capsized in the bay and that twenty-two persons had lost their lives. Fire broke out in the general workhouse atTiume, Austria, and destroyed property valued at $1,500,000. Two negroes were lynched in Lafayette county, Fla., for an assault upon a young girl. John Quincy Adams, a descendent oi a family which gave two presidents to the United States, died at Wollaston, Mass., aged 58 years.

MANY KILLED.

Frightful Record Made by the Railroads. Wrecks on the Hock Island and Santa Fe Roads Result In the Death of Twenty-Six Persona WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 18.—Train No. 8, an accommodation tram on the Rock Island road, called the "Fort Worth accommodation,” was wrecked Thursday night 4 miles from this cit3' by being thrown from a high trestle that crosses Salt creek to the ravine below. It is due to arrive here at 9:40 p. m. Thursday night it was about ten minutes late and was making up time, when it struck the trestle the rails immediately spread and the engine, drawing the two cars after it, went thtfmping along over the crossties for about 50 feet and then with a crash it fell 40 feet to the bed of the creek below. The engine burst and glowing coals ignited the wooden supports and the coaches behind it. and in a few moments the bridge, dry as tinder from its long exposure to the sun, was one mass of flames. The coaches piled one on top of the other were soon a seething mass of flames and many imprisoned amid the broken timbers of the cars were cremated. Twent3’-four bodies were recovered from the wreck. The list of injured is large. The police have arrested a colored man named George Davis, who is suspected of wrecking the train. Shortly after the wreck he applied to a hackman and asked to be driven up-town, sa3 - ing he had been on the train and lost his coat. He was seen with a crowbar near the place where the wreck occurred, it is asserted. The police sav they have evidence sufficient to convict. His motive is not known. A Fatal Wreck. Fort Madison, la., Aug. 14 Express and mail trains Nos. 4 anti 5 on the Atchison, Toßeka & Santa Fe road collided at 3 o’clock Sunday morning near Gibbs, Mo. Two were killed and several hurt. Both trains were running at high speed. The baggage, mail and express cars were demolished. The killed are George Coplinger, of, Chicago, express messenger on train No. 5, and E. R. Humphre3'S, of Kansas Cit3', engineer of train No. 4. The injured are: Daniel Daly, Fort Madison, la., engineer No. 5, shoulder badly hurt; E. E. Derrick, Chicago, baggageman No. 5, cut and bruised, may die;’ R. E. Dutcher, Chicago, mail clerk; Walter Durbin, Milwaukee, ankle cut; C. N. Elliott, Chicago, mail clerk; Martin Fogarty, Fort Madison, firemrn No. 5, badly burned; Holmes, Fort Madison, brakeman No. 5, head smashed; Justin McCarthy. Chicago, badly' bruised; Dan Millsbaugh, Engle wood. 111., baggageman No. 4, hurt internally, may die; F. P. Skyles. fireman No. 4, slightly hurt. Conductor Clegern was in charge of No. 5, west bound. He handed his order to the Associated Press reporter, which clearly showed that the two trains were to meet at Gibbs. The officials of the Santa Fe here say the conductor and engineer of train No. 4 were responsible for the accident, having disobeyed telegraphic orders to meet train No. sat Gibbs station. The conductor of No. 4 says he entirely overlooked the orders. The damage to property will not exceed 814,000.

DIED WORTH MILLIONS.

Mrs. Shirk, a Wealthy Indiana Widow, Passes Away at Peru. Peru, Ind., Aug. 14.-Mrs. Mary J. Shirk, widow of E. J. Shirk, the millionaire banker of this state, died of a complication of diseases in this city Sunday night, aged 58 years. She was one of the wealthiest women in the western states, her propel being estimated at from 84,000,000 to 86,000,000 in bank stock, Chicago realty and land. Three children survive her, Milton, president of the First national bank of Peru; Elbert, vice president of the same bank; and Alice, wife of R. A. Edwards, cashier. By a singular coincidence Milton was in Europe for his health when his father died some years ago, and is also there now.

MOTHER AND CHILD DEAD.

Mrs- Bear Kills Her Infant and I.oses Her Own Life. St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 14.—At Watab, Benton county, Mrs. Peter Bear, wife of a half-breed, murdered her infant while the family was absent from home. Maggie, one of the childred, who returned home shortly after the death of the baby, says her mother confessed the crime to her, stating that she seized the child, which was crying on the bed, by the feet and dashed out its brains on the floor. When Peter Bear returned home and found, he says, his wife dead with her neck broken. The undertaker says he saw nothing the matter with the body, but the half-breeds affirm that the neck was broken and further hint as Bear as the murderer.

TRAIN WRECKED IN LONDON.

It Dashes Over Buffer Stops at St. Pancrus Station—Nineteen Hurt. London, Aug. 14.—An accident that caused much excitement occurred Sunday morning at the St. Pancras station in this city. The Scotch express train arrived in the station at 6:30 a. m. Instead of slowing up the train dashed ahead and overshot the buffet stops at the end of the train. The forward portion of the train, including a Pullman car, was wrecked and nineteen passengers were injured.

KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Seven Ball Flayers Meet a Frightful Death at De Kalb, Tex. De Kalb, Tex., Aug. 11.— About 3 o’clock Friday afternoon a crowd of boys and men met in a small prairie 9 miles south of town and began to play baseball. A shower came up and they all ran to a large oak. Lightning struck the tree and the following were killed outright: John Jacobs, Walter Atchley, Thomas Blanchard, William Hentley, John Jackson, Chris Petty and William Walse. About a dozen others were hurt and it is thought some of them will die.

WEATHER AND CROPS.

n»« Government Report on the Condition In the Northwest. Chicago, Aug 1 . 15. The weather bureau issues the following report as to the condition of crops throughout the northeast, and the general influence of weather on growth, cultivation and harvest: Illinois—Rainfall below normal and badly distributed; the drouth continues In southern portion; corn prospect, except In southern portion, shows slight Improvement; fall plowing retarded: stock water scarce and wells tailing. Pastures are improving but slowly, and in many counties are burned so badly that the farmers are obliged to feed stock. Gardens are also needing rain. Apples and peaches are still dropping from the trees. Indiana—A few showers Friday and Saturday were beneficial in some localities; corn in low grounds still promises well, that on high ground is beyond recovery. , Ohio—Potatoes are generally small and the yield will be light; wheat thrashing out well and of excellent quality; oats yielding well; apples dropping and peaches small; upland corn is thought to be past recovery, not over one-half crop expected. Michigan—Temperature and sunshine above normal, rainfall below; drought continues in all sections and unless copious rains come soon com, potatoes, beans and buckwheat will be a failure; no fall seeding yet, ground too dry to plow. Wisconsin-Showers were general through the central and southern sections on Friday and Saturday which helped com and potatoes; oyer the northern half of the state the drought Is unbroken, except by an occasional shower in scattered sections; thrashing is in progress and good yield everywhere reported. lowa—Drought broken in nearly all parts of the state, materially helping grass, millet, late potatoes and a portion of com, but larger part of corn is now beyond help. Minnesota—Warmer than usual with light local rains which have benefited corn, potatoes and pasturage: small grain harvest nearly finished and stacking well along; fall plowing begun.

South Dakota—Drought broken somewhat by light showers latter part of week, heavy rain in few localities on I3th,benefitting pastures, potatoes and fall plowing; harvesting completed; thrashing advancing; rain would only help potatoes and pastures. Kansas—Hot, cloudless, rainless week injurious to corn, hay and fruit crop; corn is being generally cut to save foddor; prairie hay light and grapes wilting. North Dakota—Corn, potatoes and late grain have been somewhat improved by showers during the week: harvesting half completed and some of the thy. • hing being done. Nebraska ■ „;t showers general the last of week, but re uill.ient to materially help vegetation; corn continues to decline in condition: pasture very dry and stock being fed in many localities in the state. While more than the usual amount of rain fell during the week over a considerable portion of the southern states and over limited areas in the Ohio, upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys there has been less than the usual amount over much the greater portion of the country. Exception heavy rain falls in some portions of Arkansas, Alabama, Louisana and Texas and copious showers occurred over portions of Ohio, Indiana and on the middle Atlantic coast, but over Extensive areas, including Kansas, portions of Nebraska, Missouri, western Tennessee, there was no appreciable rainfall during the week. Drought has been relieved over the greater portions of lowa and in portions of South Dakotaka, southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, but continues in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, southern Illinois, northern Wisconsin, Michigan, West Virginia, New York and New Jersey, and besides the damaging effects of drought to crops in the states named, plowing for fall seeding is being retarded Recent rains have benefited corn in Minnesota and in portions of Ohio, but in Nebraska. lowa and South Dakota the greater part of the crop has been permanently Injured. In the southern states, however, except in Kentucky where the crop is threatened in some localities, the corn crop is reported to be in excellent condition and an unusually heavy yield in that section is now practically assured. Heavy local rains have caused injury to cotton in portions of the Carolinas and Florida, but upon the whole the reports as to this crop continue favorable. Picking has begun in Florida and continues in central and southern Texas. Grain harvest has been completed in California and continues in Utah, Montana and North Dakota. A light frost causing no damage occurred in New England on the 11th.

PERISHED BY FIRE.

Weatlhy Farmer Burned to Death While Trj'ing to Save a Hidden Treasure. Vandalia, ' 111., Aug'. 15.—A holocaust occurred near Ramsey Monday night. Martin Dowell, a weathy farmer, and his family had retired for the night. Mr. Dowell, who is over 70 years of age, and one son slept upstairs. The mother and two daughters slept on the first floor. The son late at night discovered a fire, which was then burning in the upper story. He told his father to get up and jump out of the window while he hastened downstairs to save his mother and sisters. He rescued the persons below, but could see nothing of his father. He rushed back upstairs and groped bis way as best he could through smoke and flame, but was unable to find his father and the old gentleman perished. The boy was terribly burned and cannot live. The old man, it is said, kept large sums of money about the house, and it is supposed he attempted to secure his wealth and in so doing was overcome by the heat and could not get out.

TO SUE THE STANFORD ESTATE.

Senator Hill Reports a Bill for Enforcement of the Government’s Claim. Washington, Aug. 15.— Senator Hill, from the committee on judiciary, has reported an original bill directing the attorney general to institute in the United States court of California such suit as he may deem necessary to enforce -any claim of the United States against the Stanford estate and to cause it to be prosecuted as rapidly as the interests of justice will permit. The courts are also directed to cause the suit to be forthwith determined and to give precedence in the hearing over afl other business pending so far as the interests of justice and of the parties will permit. Ten thousand dollars is appropriated for the purpose of the suit.

FOREST FIRES IN PENNSYL VANIA

Flames Sweep Over a Thousand Acres of Valuable Timber. Meadville, Pa., Aug. 15.—Disastrous forest fires are raging in various sections of Crawford and adjoining counties. In Randolph and Troy townships a broad expanse of woods have taken fire and fires are sweeping over more than 1,000 acres of this great forest. All efforts to save the bark, logs, shingles, etc., corded in the woods have been abandoned, the people turning their attention to saving their homes and families. Great damage is threatened.

Lively as a Trout

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Pare and Wholesome Quality

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