Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1893 — Page 3

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

“Jack” Haverly, the once famous theatrical manager, has paresis. Negroes will establish a town In the Cherokee Strip to be called Liberty. The stub end of a cigarette caused a million dollar fire at St. Joseph, Mo. There was one death and two new eases of yellow fever at Brunswick, Ga., Monday. Judge Reid, of Wichita, has declared the Kansas eight-hour law unconstitutional. A belief that the senate will soon vote on the repeal bill sent stocks up on Wall street Thursday. Three men have been Indicted on thirteen counts for conspiracy to commit arson, at Chicago. Confined in one cage on a recently arrived ship were a young lion and and a lamb, who were great friends. A prairie fire is making the western portion of the Cherokee strip desolate. A dozen persons have lost their lives. Don Cameron’s speech in the Senate, Tuesday, was the first he has ever addressed to that body during his sixteen years pf service.— Benjamin Tennis, a farm hand, confessed that he outraged and murdered little Agnes Wright, near Hummelstown, Pa., a week ago. John Washburn, for many years treasurer of the Old Colony railroad, is a defaulter for many thousands of dollars, and has made a confession. Three men giving tho names of John Wilson, John Graham and James King, were arrested in Chicago, Wednesday, and charged with the Kendallville robbery as accessories. They claim to have just reached Chicago frem Kansas. The Michigan Central Railroad Company is arming all their trainmen with two revolvers and a Winchester rifle. AU roads going out of Chicago are fast following suit. Train robbers from now on will meet with warm receptions when they attempt a “hold-up.” The Odd Fellows of the United States began a three-days’ festival at the World’s Fair, Tuesday. Thousands of the Uniform Rank were in attendance. Gold lace and broadcloth added a decorative feature ■to the gorgeous scene. The Daughters of Rebekah were also present in large numbers. v c Calvin Stewart, colored, who recently murdered a white man named Charles Carter, was captured, Wednesday, in a swamp near Langley, S. C. Officers started to take Stewart to Aiken. Wednesday night. After the party had proceeded about a mile with the murderer he was taken from the officers by a mob and shot to death. Before he was killed Stewart eon fessed and implicated Stephen Dunbar. Dunbar was arrested and taken to Aiken Jail. A mob of 150 men started for Aiken, Wednesday night. The Palmetto Rifles are under arms at the jail to guard the prisoner. -

FOREIGN.

Prince Bismarck’s health Is improving. The cholera is still prevalent in Europe, but the number of cases is decreasing. James Shanks, Lord Mayor of Dublin, arrived with his party in New York on his way to the Columbian Exposition, fl Forged Bank of England notes, the finest and most perfect ever produced, are in circulation in London. The Hungarian budget tor 1394 shows a total surplus of 11,688 florins, a decrease of 468.344 florins compared with 1893. The Eclaire of Paris announces the discovery ol a second Pompeii. An entire town, consisting of a number of streets, houses, etc., has been unearthed near Larlum. The bombardment of Rio de Janeiro by the rebel war ships was resumed, Tues day. The forts returned the fire and after a brief engagement the ships retired out of range. The damage done to Rio is said to be heavy.

FOR A SOUND CURRENCY.

Preddant Cleveland Wrltoa a better on the Financial Situation. In reply to a letter from oGov. Northen, es Georgia, President Cleveland gives his position on financial matters as follows: Executive Mansion, i Washington, D. C., Sept. 25. J The Hon. W. J. Northen: My Dear Sir—l hardly know how to reply to your letter of the 15th inst.lt seemsXo me that I am quite plainly on record concerning the financial question. My letter accepting the nomination to the presidency, when read in connection with the message lately sent to the Congress in extraordinary session, appears to me to be very explicit. I want a currency that is •table and safe in the hands of our people. 1 will not knowingly be implicated in a condition that will justly make me In the least degree answerable to anv laborer or farmer in the United States for a shrinkage in the purchasing power of the dollar he has received for a full dollar’s worth of work or for a good dollar’s worth of product of his soil. I not only want our currency to be of •uch a character that all kinds of dollars will be of equal 1 pnrchadng power at home, but I want it to be of such a character as will demonstrate abroad our wisdom and good faith, thus placing us upon a firm foundation and credit among the nations of the earth. 1 want our financial conditions and laws relating to our currency so safe and reassuring that those who have money will spend and invest It in business and new enterprises instead of hoardinc it. Yon cannot cure 1 right by calling it foolish and unreasonable, and you cannot prevent the frightend man from hoarding his money. I want good, sound and stable money, and a condition of confidence that will keep it in use. Within the limits of what I have written, I am a friend of silver, but I believe its proper place in our currency can only be fixed by a re-adiustment of our currency legislation ana the inauguration of a consistent and comprehensive financial scheme. I think such a thing can only be entered upon profitably and hopefully after the repeal of the law which is charged with all our financial woes. In the present state of the public mind this law cannot be built upon nor patched in •uch a way as to relieve the stagnation. I am, therefore, opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver by this country alone and Independently, and I am in favor of the immediate and unconditional repeal of the purchasing clause of the socalled Hherman law. I confess-1 am astonished by the opposition in the Senate to such prompt action as would relieve the present unfortunate situation. My dally prayer is that the delay occasioned by such opposition may not be the cause of plunging tho country Into deepei depression than It has yet known, and that the Democratic party may not N lastly held responsible for such a catastropha Youil, very truly. Gboveb Cijevei.and.

A MANIAC’S DEED.

Frightful Tragedy in the Chicago Board of Trade. A Lunatic Fatally Wounds Two Man—Fired Hv« Timas From th* Gallery. A fusillade of bullets was fired into the wheat pit on the Chicago Board of Trade, Wednesday. Instantly business was. bronght to a standstill arfdthewlldest excitement ensued. M- F. Bennett, a broker, received a frightful wound in the neck. Charles Boswell, a telegraph operator, was shot in the leg. The perpetrator was quickly overpowered and taken Into the office of the secretary of the board. ■ It was reported among the excited throngs on the floor and the crowds that gathered outside the building that the prisoner was a maniac. The Individual who did the shooting was a stranger who gained access to the gallery a few moments before noon. He fired at random into the throng of speculators, fortunately only injuring two persons. Mr. M. F. Bennett, secretary of the* Board of Trade Mutual Benefit Association, and a prominent member of the board, will die from his injuries, and little hopes are given for the recovery of C. W. Rosswell, one of the telegraph operators. The man who did the shooting fired his revolver five times. He stood up at the rear end of the gallery and fired twice at. the wall, and then pointing tho weapon down at the floor fired three more times. Bennett fell mortally wounded and was carried into the secretary’s room while physicians were sent for. Thomas Barrett; a member of the board, captured the man and handed him over to the police. The man >vas evidently a lunatic. He is a stout man of middle age, poqrly dressed, and for a time refused to give any name but “Chicago.” Subsequently he gave the name of Cassius Belden, of 305 La Salle avenue. Business was completely suspened. As soon as the physicians arrived they pronounced Bennett fatally shot. Streams of blood flowed from the unfor nate man’s neck and a gaping wound presented itself. Bennett lay on the table gasping for breath and the end was momentarily expected. Roswell was picked up senseless and laid on a table. The ball entered his chin on tho left side and ranged downward. “I want to talk to a reporter,” said the prisoner to Police Lieutenant Golden, as he was led downstairs in tho Harrison street police station. “My name is Cassius Beldln. lam a carriage painter, and live at 265 La Salle avenue. I’vo been under hypnotic influence for three years. Three years ago a maxi named Jones hypnotized me at 229 Huron street. Hypnotism is slow, and It has only been a short time -since I reached the exalted state. I was in the vulgar state for a long time. I have visited the Board of Trade frequently. I knew 1 was In bondage. It has been a struggle for bread with all of us, but when they began to sell my soul in the Board of Trade, to-day, I resisted. Before they sold my soul they sold my two children, who are in Philadelphia. I have a wife in Philadelphia, besides two children. We are all in bondage. It is a struggle for bread.” Mr. Barrett, who captured the madman singlchanded. is the hero of the hour, but disclaims any special bravery.

STATEHOOD FOR TERRITORIES.

Bills to Admit Many of Them—N*w Mvalco's Many Resources. It Is probable that tbs committee on Territories will report a bill for the admission of Utah to Statehood within n few days. Mr. Joseph, a member of that committee, said that tho bill would be reported, and added that before the close ol the present session bills for the admission of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma would be reported favorably from his committee. He also expressed great con-, fldence that all four of tho bills would become laws. Referring to New Mexico, from which territory ho has been a delegate to Congress for the last ten years, Mr. Joseph said:' “Thereis not a State or Territory In the United States that has so many or so rich and valuable mineral resources as New Mexico, or that can successfully compete with her in the quality of her fruits or grains. Wo have silver, iron, copper and coal in inexhaustible quantities, while the copper ore et ntains enough gold to pay for the mining and transportation of tho whole, and the gold quartz also contains a good proportion of silver as well. Then* m addition to an unlimited supply of bituminous ahd anthracite coal, we have whole mountains of natural coke, something that is to be found nowhere else in tho country. At the World’s Fair we have recently beaten even California, not in the quantity but in tho quality,. of our fruit, while we have carried off first premiums against the world at tho same Fair on our wheat and oats. Al) we now need is Statehood.”

THE PREVAILING EPIDEMIC.

Citizen* of Delphi I’ursue Burglar* and a Battle Ensue* Early Wednesday merninr, two >uig’:ars were discovered in the act ot carrying arms and ammunition from Charle- Lyon’s hardware store, at Delphi, and there was a running fight with the night watchman, in which a number of shots were exchanged. The shooting aroused tho town, and scores of mon joined in tho pursuit. Wednesday afternoon the burglars were overtaken at Burrow’s station, by an armed posse, and again th'.re was a running fight in which both of them were wounded and one of them was captured. He gave the name of George Wilson, which is Known to be ..tsumed. Wilson was wounded in the head with birdshot, and he was captured after a desperate struggle. The other bu-glar although wounded in tho thigh and neck, held his pursuers at bay until he reached the woods, and he succeeded in effecting his escape. The burglars were discovered in Lyon’s store about 4 o’clock in -he morning by tho night watchman, and he attempted to atrest them. They Immediately showed iheir desperate character bv firing upon him and it was this shooting which aroused Delphi and cansod a prodigious excitement. Sheriff Sims is authority for the statement that there is evidence indicating that the burglars, with others, had planned a train robbary in tho vicinity of Delphi, and that a raid was made upon the store to secure arms. Heroports that his prisoner wu formerly in the employ of the Wabash railroad. Kone of tho purmars were wounded.

THE EXTRA SESSION.

President Cleveland was the object of a prolonged personal attack in the Senate, Monday, on the part of Sepator Stewart. Mr. Stewart spoke for nearly three hours on the resolution which he had offered as to the relative Independence of the three branches of the government. That independence he charged the President with disregarding in not causing the silver purchase law and the Chinese exclusion law to be faithfully executed. But worse even than the non-execution of these laws appeared to be, in Mr. Stewart’s opinion, were the contemptuous allusions to Congress, which he found in some of Mr, Cleveland’s letters and interviews. He was particularly embittered by the President’s allusions, In one of his letters, that “he had Congress on his hands.” This was an indignity beyond endurance. And then, in retaliation, the Nevada Senator scoffed at the President for his want of collegiate or any other liberal education that would fit him for his high office. He read the President’s brief biography fn the Congressional Di-rectory-laying much stress on and seeking to extract humor from the points of Mr. Cleveland’s career as an assistant teacher to the blind, clerk, sheriff, mayor and practicing lawver. Mr. Stewart spoke until 10 o’clock, and the repeal bill was then laid before the Senate as unfinished business. Mr. Stewart asked permission to go on and no objection being made he proceeded until he was interrupted by Senator Hoar for disrespectful remarks concerning Edward Atkinson, whom Mr. Stewart denounced as a financial crank. Mr. Hoar said that Mr Atkinson was one of his constituents and absolutely trustworthy as a statistican. Mr. Stewart then yielded the floor to Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, who said our manufacturers might flourish on low silver and a high tariff but'must perish on gold and low tariff. He proposed a gold loan of so many hundred million dollars as Congress may decide, to be bought at the market rate, and held in the treasury as the gold reserve is held in the Bank of France and by the governments of the Latin Union; to open our mints to the free coinage of American silver, in imposing a duty on the imports of foreign silver; to repeal the tax on State bank cir- 1 culation; also press once more for action in favor of our shipping; to meet, in part, the deficit of our income for next year by reimposing the duty of two cents a pound on sugar, and repeal the bounty. Then would wait a year to see how the system worked, and how far we were affected by foreign influence. Mr. Stewart then resumed his attack on the inferior i ability of the President, and held that he was utterly unfit and incapable of filling the presidential office. Finally Ke yielded the floor, and after a brief executive session the Senate adjourned.

In the House, Monday, the time was principally consumed in the consideration of the printing .bill. Mr. Morse, of Massachusetts, made an assault on Commissioner Lochren. In the Senate, Tuesday, Mr. Stewart held that no quorum was present and questioned the propriety of the Senate proceeding. Senator Harris presided, and ordered a roll calk But thirty-five members responded. A stay of proceedings was necessary until a quorum arrived. Mr. Stewart then presented resolutions adopted by a Cleveland mass meeting demanding an investigation as to whether Senators are interested in national banks, etc. Mr. Dubois, of Idaho, created a sensation by offering the following resolution, which went over until Wednesday. “Whereas. Several sovereign States are without full representation in the Senate to which they are entitled; therefore, be it - Resolved, That the consideration of legislation relating to the Federal election laws, tariff and finance matters as materially affecting the partially unrepresented States be postponed in tho Senate until Monday, Jan. 15,1894, to enable the States of Washington, Montana and Wyoming to have the votes, influence and protection in the Senate which are guaranteed each sovereign State by the constitution of the United States.” The resolution was laid on the tableyeas, 27; nays, 19. Tho repeal bill was then at 12:10 o’clock taken up. Mr. Stewart, who was recognized, said he would yield to Mr. Dubois of Idaho, who had given notice of an intention to speak today. Mr. Dubois in turn yielded to Mr. Perkins cf California, who spoke against repeal. At the conclusion of Mr. Perkin’s speech, Mr. Stewart resumed the floor, and continued his attack, of Monday, on the President. A heated argument be tween Mr. Stewart and Mr. Palmer ensued. Mr. Stewart declined to make specific charges but insinuated that the President had used official patronage to change the attitude of Congressmen on tne silver question. Mr. Morgan rose to make a personal explanation. Mr. Voorheps defended tho character es the President from the reflections of Mr. Stewart and paid a glowing tribute to his stalwart character and lofty integrity. After a short executive session the Senate adjourned.— - —— In tho Senate, Wednesday, thre was much excitement. The resolution of Mr Dubois postponing legislation on the federal election laws until Jan. 15, 1894, because of senatorial vacancies, was taken up. Mr. Dubois advocated its adoption. Mr. Wolcott said the States had yet time to be repretented before the vote came. Mr. Wolcott then spoke against cloture and repeal. Mr. Gorman obtained the floor and said tnat he perfectly understood the object of the resolution and of its discussion to be the consuming of time and to delay the action of the Senate on the repeal bill. He had not participated in tho discussion and was. therefore, amazocr that the Senator from Colorado, for whom he had great respect and fondness, should so far forget the great duty of an American Senator as to bring Into the discussion matters that did not belong to It; that he should Indulge In the Insinuation that Senators were controlled by improper motives. Mr. Wolcott said if the Senator from Maryland would read his remarks as uttered he would fall to find the slightest suggestion of impropriety of motive. “Of course I accept the disclaimer of the Senator,” said Mr. Gorman, “but I venture to say that no man who can road the English language' and understand It would have drawn any other conclusion from his remarks.” An acrimonious debate ensued between Messrs. Wolcott and Gorman. Incidentally Mr. Gorman accused MF. Wolcott of eavesdropping, or rather of

acting on information received from eavesdroppers. All th" vitality was drawn out of the proceedings in the House Wednesday, by a weary three-hour filibuster inaugurated by Mr. Morse of Massachusetts because the House refused to allow him to print tn the i Congressional Record some editorial comments attacking Commissioner of Pensions Lochren.

IN A TRAP.

Train Bobbers Caught and Shot Down. A •’Dummy” Train Sent Out on th* Tim* of a Regular Express Draws th* Expected Attack. Six would-be train robbers werecanght in a trap at St. Joseph. Ma, Monday morning. Two of them were killed, three captured and one escaped. The Kansas City, St. Joe <fc Council Bluffs road was the intended victim. A dummy train was sent ahead, and when the express messenger was ordered to open his car, he did so. The officers then opened fire upon, the robbers. The attempted robbery occurred on the southbound train onthe Kansas City, St. Joe & Council Bluffs road, which was stopped by six men at Schutzen Park, one mile and a half north of St. Joseph. The men who were killed were Fred Kohler and Hugo Engle, step-son of Harry Gleitz, proprietor of the Occidental Hotel. The man who escaped is supposed to be Henry Gleitz, a brother of the man who was killed. Three other men, N. A. Hearst, Charles Fredericks and William Garver, were captured, but they were decoys and were not directly connected with the attempted robbery. The officers of the road have known for some time that an attempt would be made to rob the train, and preparations were made to capture them. Detective P. H. Locke first received information about the proposed robbery, Aug. 11, and he has been in constant communication with the railway officials since then.

The regular train on the Kansas City, St. Joe & Council Bluffs road left the Union Depot at 11:40 o’clock, Sunday night. Mr. Brown got word early in the evening that Sunday night was the time fixed upon for the robbery, and his first intention was to send out the regular train and place the officers on it. He decided later that it would be unsafe to risk the passengers in a battle with the robbers, and accordingly instructed Superintendent Hohl to make up a “dummy” special and run it on the time of the regular train No. 3. This “dummy” consisted a mail car, express car and six coaches, the two latter darkened to represent the appearance of sleepers. Engineer Lee Wright and fireman Victor Wise were In the cab and conductor John Hardenstein had charge of the train. In the mat) car were Sheriff Carson, Deputy Brown and a number of police. In the express car were Chief Broder and a portion of his force while the rest of his officers were scattered through the other cars. Engineer Callfcote was pressed into service as an express man. He wore overalls, and an empty safe and some empty boxes were put in his car to give it the appearance of an express car. In the first coaches were W. C. Brown, Mr. Hohl and Mr. Sanford, superintendent of the Adams Express Company. When the train reached Schutzen Park a man stepped out on the track and swung a red lantezn. Engineer Wright stopped his engine, and he and the fireman were at once covered by a masked man with a shotgun. They were ordered to go back to the express car. When they reached the car, two of the robbers pounded on tho door with their guns and ordered the messenger to open It. After a short parley, Calicote threw open the door. Chief Broder and his men were concealed behind the safe and empty boxes when the robbers ordered the express messenger to open the door; they threatened to blow up the car with dynamite, and one of them -said:

“Open up here; be quick about it, or we will blow upthe car with dynamite. Open up or we will kill you.” Four of Ahe men leaped into the car, the other two remaining outside. One of these was Henry Gleitz and the other was Fredericks. When the men entered the car the officers raised up and, covering them with their revolvers, ordered them to throw up their hands. Instead of doing so the robbers began firing at the officers, and instantly a deadly battle was on. At the first fire Hearst, Fredericks and Carver dropped to the ground and laid down to avoid being shot. Engle leaped from the car and ran for the brush on the east side of the train, from where he continued to shoot until discovered. Kohler, whose job was to stand outside and keep the passengers from coming out of the car, was on the east side of the train also, and he poured a deadly fire into the express car and coaches. Henry Dleitz, who was on the west side of the train, fired several shots at the officers in the express and mall cars and then ran. —<—, —- Kohler proved himself to be the most desperate man. He continued to shoot until he fell over dead. Engle fell soon after Kohler was killed, and when picked up was found to be mortally wounded. He was shot twice in the back of the head, ■ and his brains were oozing out. The men i were placed on the train, which returned i to the Francis street depot at 12:35 o’clock, and the other train went on its way. The 1 passengers did not know what bad happened. It was quick work, and the train bearing the officers was back at the Francis street depot tn just forty-five minutes from the limo it left.

MADE A SIEVE OF HIM.

The coroner’s jury at St. Joseph, Mo., which has been holding an Inquest upon tho bodies of Frederick Kohler and Hugo Gleitz, tho two train robbers, who were killed in their attempt to rob a Burlington train, Sunday night, has returned a verdict that the robbers came io their death at the hand? of officers while attempting to rob a train. The evidence showed that Fredericks, Garver and Hearst, as soon as they were made members of the train robbery gang, each informed tho authorities of the contemplated raid and kept them fully advised as to the progress of tho robbers’ plans. Post mortem examination ■Rowed "thw Kohler’s body had been pierced with twenty-three bullets, and the body of Gleitz had thirteen bullet*.

A HOOSIER HURAH.

Indiana Day at the World’s Fair. Our Statesmen, Dignitaries and Poet* and a Vast Conoours* of Hoosiers - Fw*O*t.\ In point of enthusiasm and possibly in numbers, Indiana can lay claim to the most successful State day of the Fair. The people of that State, quoting Governor Matthews, never do anything by halves and the Wednesday certainly indicate that the Governor was correct. Excursion trains were loaded to the guards. The weather was perfect. It was an ideal autumn day. When Governor Claude Matthews and staff, ex-President Harrison, James Whitcomb Riley and others were escorted to the Indiana Building at 11 o’clock by Commissioner Havens, Mr. Studebaker and others, the guards were compelled to force back the great mass of humanity which was packed together in front of the State building. After a musical program Governor Matthews, presiding officer of the day, made the opening address. He began by saying that Indiana never does anything by halves. ■. 1 ■■ •• - “The sons of Indiana," he said, “have left their Impressions on the country’s growth and have been counselors upon every great question that concerned its welfare. They have been safe and conservative leaders, broad and wise advisers, brave and accomplished defenders. They have been called to preside over the destiniesof a great Nation, and have done it well. The loftiest and most exalted position in the history of the world, that it has been in mortal power to bestow upon man, has been held by a son of Indiana. Such a one I have the proud satisfaction of introducing to you to-day—Benjamin Harrison of Indiana, ex-President of the United States.” This allusion to ex-President Harrison brought forth cheers. Then Gen. Harri • son arose and advanced to the platform amid a perfect storm of cheers. The exPresident devoted most of his speech to Indiana, praising her people for their thrift and eulogizing the great sons of the State. He took occasion to denounce in the most emphatic manner the lynching of men in many of the States. He said: “Obedience to the laws should be instilled in every mind. I know of nothing so barbarous, fiendish and criminal as the lynchings that have occurred in our land. Citizens should enroll themselves in some law and order organization, and no matter how heinous the crime, should protect the criminal with his life, as disobedience to our laws is of greater moment. Constables and sheriffs should be taught to know that every good citizen is behind them in enforcing obedience to the laws.” In speaking of Chicago he twittingly said: “That our pride Tn Indiana would be Increased if Chicago would keep her prize fighters and her train robeers at home.” At the conclusion of the address there was general applause, and some Indlanian offered three cheers for Harrison, which were given with a will.

Governor Matthews, In introducing James Whitcomb Riley, said: “If there be one characteristic above another for which the citizen of Indiana may be noted, it is his love of home—whether that may be the splendid mansion in the busy center—the farm house mid the smiling fields of grain and shaded pasture, or the cabins of our father in the deep umbrageous forest. It comes to us an inheritance from the ‘Hoosier’ pioneer who braved the unknown dangers of the forest, not with the greed of gain his absorbing thought, but with his soul filled with the noblest inspiration of our race.to build a home that he might leave a goodly inheritance to his children. I mentioned to you the name of‘Hoosier’ by which the citizens of Indiana is known far and near. I regret that there are a few whose ears have grown too fastidious that the name offends, but as for me I love the name and honor it. It is the synonym of sturdy manhood, untiring energy, sterling integrity, unflinching courage and a hospitality so broad and generous that has not its superior in all the world. It was the strong right arm of the ‘Hoosier’ that felled the forest, bridged the rivers, pushed forward roads over hills, through prairie and marsh, and laid the foundation of an empire in the grandeur of their state. We love him who can paint the picture of the humble life; find a poem in ‘the simple annals of the poor,’ and sing the sacred home songs of his people. None other has eveg done this better than the Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley, of Indiana.” Mr. Riley recited one of his poems, “When the Frost is on the Pumpkin,” ttnd was warmly received. The crowd tried in vain to recall him. President Palmer pf the national commission spoke in a happy vein. Douglas Shlrely of Kentucky concluded the speech-making and then the “Hoosier Nightingales” sang. There were calls for Frederick Douglas and Thomas B. Reed, but the former declined to speak and the ex-speaker eould not be found. A reception to the governor aud staff and the speakers of the day followed in the building. The Odd Fellows held sway again jointly with Indiana. The gentlemen of the three links scattered about the grounds with their families and devoted a good part of the day to sight-seeing. They were together in force, however, for th;< dress parade on the government plaza, where a large crowd assembled to witness their maneuvers. The crowd around the Indiana building was enormous. -The presence of Gen. Harrison and other distinguished persons seemed to draw all the people on the grounds to that particular spot. The crowd soon became an unmanageable mass. When Gen. Harrison had been speaking but a few minutes the people surged forward in their eagerness to near his words. Suddenly there was a scream from the central portion of thecrowd. A panic was threatened. For an instant the crowd surged and several women screamed. The ex-President, realizing the danger, ceased speaking, and with perfect coolness urged tne people to remain quiet, at the same time motioning them back. A fainting woman was assisted by Gen. Harrison and Commissioner Havens to the platform, and the ex-Prealdent mounted a chair so the people could see him and continued his speech. The crowd soon ceased struggling, so two other women, who were on the point of fainting, were carried out and cared for by ambulance surgeons, and the panic, which had threatened to assume serious proportions, was over.

Nothing to Be Gained by Waiting.

A lawyer of L. bad among bis clients a former, a bard working, plain, blunt man. Hearing that be had lost his wife, the lawyer sought him out to express his sympathy. To his amazement the German replied, “But I am married again.’’ “Is it possible, and only th reb weeks since you buried your wife?” “Dat is so, mine friend, but she is as dead as she ever will be.” There are a million more men than women in the United States.

OTHER NEWS ITEMS

Snowed at Denver, Sunday. Marton has a.gas rate war. Wheat sowing is nearly completed fa southern Indiana. Grasshoppers are doing much damage in Knox county. ? Fowler wants a society to prevent minors from gambling. J. G. Willkom, of Newry, has 25,000 cabbages ready for market. The paid admissions to the World's Fair Sunday were 47,923. Emperor William’s big war ships have been condemned by experts. IThe authorities at Kokomo are Imprisoning boys for jumping on cars. The quarantine declared against tho Russian war ships at Cadiz has been removed. Henry Irving and Ellen Terry have arrived at Chicago to fill a long engagement. Eighteen new cases of cholera and one death from that disease are reported from Leghorn. 1 Dr. W. V. Cook. Evansville, died, Friday. of lockjaw, the result of a cut on tho finger. Farmland old settlers say that the hickory nut crop this year will be larger than ever-before. .- 7 . / I John Dillon, member of parliament for east Mayo, addressed a large meeting at Balymote, near Sligo. Indianapolis has had two murders and two suicides within forty-eight ’ hoars ending Monday morning. There is little doubt that the whole Austrian cabinet will resign if the royal sanction to the civil marriage bill is withheld.

One prominent farmer estimates that the acreage of wheat in Bartholomew county this year will be 40 per cent, less than last year The health of Prince Bismarck Is again failing. Alarm is felt throughout Germany at the prospects of his early demise. His great age is against his recovery. 1 Through the Intercession of foreign powers peace will probably be restored in Brazil and the perpetuity of the republic assured—until the next rebellion breaks out, at least. A contagions disease is prevalent among horses in the west portion of Orange county that is proving very severe, and in some cases fatal. It is thought to be a severe kind ofcdtstemper. County Treasurer Paul is loaded for the fellow that turned a calf into the treasurer’s office the other day and then shut the door, leaving him to do battle with the brute.—Monticello Herald. A difficulty occurred at tho village of Sisseton, S. D., between Thomas Morse, a white man, and three Indians of the Sissetons, which terminated in the killing of one of the Indians, Henry Campbell. The Chesterton saloonkeepers have adopted a praiseworthy course regarding minors. They have printed blanks containing the law regarding misrepresentation of age, and any person whose age is not known and thought to be under age must sign an affidavit stating that Ia is twenty-one years old before liquor w.i be sold to him, 1 Garza, the Mexican revolutionist, and his lieutenant General Sandoval, who have been hunted high and low by Mexican and American troops, are said to have spent the early part of August in Chicago viewing the World’s Fair at their leisure. They stopped at the Palmer House under fictitious names, but were finally recognized by F. G. Canton, one of the Mexican commissioners and a friend, They disappeared from the hotel suddenly.

CAUSE OF HARD TIMES.

Gov. McKinley spoke at Chicago Junction, Saturday, to an immense gathering of people. In the course of an extended speech, he said: Our trouble is the uncertainty of the future. No manufacture is going to produce when his raw material is all tariffed and in a few months he may have to compete with raw materials that come in free. In the meantime business men are waiting, but waiting is death. It is starvation; it means idle mills and mines and unemployed men. Our trouble is a lack of production. If we produced as much as we did last year we would have no trouble,, and you don’t hear of any new enterprises nowadays. Yon don’t hear ol any new shops. You see very few new residences going up throughout Ohio. A man can’t build houses without wages or an income. Take a railroad company, for instance, take the Baltimore and Ohio. Here It is economizing. It has got to ds it because it doesn’t know what the future will be. and it doesn’t buy rails. No other railroad company does. They believe rails will be cheaper because the tariff on them is to be reduced. If railroads don’t buy rails the steel mills can not work and the workmen who operate them are Idle. They don’t earn wages and therefore there Is little business for the shoos, and if the shops don't si'll they don t order from the manufacturers and there is no production. ■

$3.50—Chicago and Return—$3.50 Via. Pennsylvania Liae

On all trains of Saturday, October 7th. Tickets good returning to and indlnding the 17th. For details apply to ticket agents. 48 W. Washington Street. 4<J JacksotrPlace, Union 'Station, Massachusetts Avenue, or address, W. F. Brunner, D. P. A., Indianapolis.

A Rest for Both.

Good News. Little Boy (at summer resort)— Are you going to preach here, Mr. Surplice ? City Rector--No, I am here for a rest Little Boy— Oh, yes, I forgot. We are here for a rest, too.

An Average Boy.

Good New*. Father—Little Johnny appears to be bard at work out in the yard. What is he doing ? "other—l don’t know, but if he is working hard, it is play.

A New Jersey Divoree.

These are some of the things which made up a New Jersey divorce case: The wife spit in her husband’s tea; hit him with a brick; threatened him with a knife; threw iowi ter over him while in bed; cut off hU mustache; obliged him to eat in the dark; cut six of his shirts into strings, and capped the climax by pouring lye on his ‘•eatin’ ” tobacco. Thh; last was the uaklndest finecut of fit —— Stranges—“What, in eounoctioe with bicycle riding, strikes you moat forcibly?” Bicycle rider—•■ The road.”