Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1895 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. * ' GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER. - ' - INDIANA.

THE COPPER OUTPUT.

INDUSTRY SUFFERED FROM GENERAL DEPRESSION. Spanish Troops Annihilate a Cabagan Town Welle-Fargo Express Company Digs for Buried Cash—Death of Judge Geo. F. Blanke. Figure* from Copper Mine*. The review of copper and copper mining for the year 1894 made by the United States geological survey has been completed. Copper mining suffered from the general depression of the year. Still consumption was in advance of 1893, but an enlarged production could only be mar- - keted.by means of lower prices. On the Whole, copper mining resisted the tension better than the other metal trades. The exports were less than 1893 and were almost entirely of the refined metal. The production of copper for 1894 was 158,120 tons. A little over half of this came from Montana and two-thirds of the remainder from the Lake Superior mines. Other sources of supply included Arizona, 44,500,000 pounds; Colorado, 6.500, OQO pounds; Southern States, 2,400,000 pounds; Utah, 1,100,000 pounds. The available copper supply in 1594 is placed at 195,000,000 pounds, not including stocks from previous years. The exports from the United States for 1894 were 173,000,000 pounds, valued at over $16,000,000. Murder 1* Avenged. An official dispatch received at Madrid from Manila, capital of the Island of Luzon and of all the Philippine Islands, Bays that the natives of Cabagan, in the Province of Cagayan, at the north extremity of the Island of Luzon, recently treacherously ambushed a party of Spanish troops, killing and wounding several of the soldiers. Consequently a Spanish punitive column was sent to Cabagan, where it attacked and burned that town after a fight in which 116 natives were killed, including the principal leader. The Spanish lost a captain and sixteen soldiers killed and had several men wounded. To Hunt for the Booty. Zj John Brady, the train robber, went to Maryville, Cal., with two Sacramento detectives and endeavored to show~tirenu where Browning, his companion, buried $53,000 which they stole from WellsFargo Express Company a few months ago. Brady says he does not believe the money will ever be found, as he has but n faint recollection of where it was buried, and Browning was killed while trying to commit another train robbery by Sheriff Bogard. An unsuccessful attempt was made Sunday to find the hidden treasure box. Eminent Jurist Dead. George F. Blanke, one of the judges of the Superior Court, died suddenly of heart disease at Chicago Sunday night. The Judge seemed to be in his health Saturday and held court as usual. He was at home all day Sunday, retiring for the night shortly before 11 o’clock. He had been in bed but a few minutes when he complained of feeling ill and asked that a physician be sent for. In less than five minutes and before medical help arrived he was dead.

BREVITIES.

As a result of a 15-eent drop in the price of oiL the last few days “wild catting” has been stopped and the oil boom is considered ended. About 20,000 members of the Brotherhood of Tailors are on strike in the cities of New York, Brooklyn and Newark. There has been no disorder in connection With the strike. Cherokee Bill got his hands on another revolver and used it in an attempt to liberate prisoners confined in murderer's row of the United States jail at Fort Smith, Ark. His attempt resulted in the death of Larry Keating, the oldest guard of the force. The steamer tender Ella Rohlffs arrived at Port Townsend, Wash., from Alaska with news of the loss of the ship Raphel at Tanglefoot Bay. The ship and cargo are a total loss, but the crew was saved. The Raphel sailed from San Francisco April 24. The administrators of the estate of Mrs. Theresa Fair have made affidavits that the personal property of the estate in California is worth only $300,000. The assessor has included railroad bonds and assessed the estate at $1,900,000. The executors are John W. Mackey and Richard V. Dey. | . Mnrion Miller, a pioneer rancher residing at Azusa, Cal., fell asleep while his 5-year-old granddaughter set her clothes on fire. When the mother returned she found her child dying by the side of the Bleeping grandfather. Miller was blamed with the child's condition and shot himself through the head. L. M. Cox, who dropped dead of heart disease in Chicago Wednesday, was to have been married in a short time to Miss Surah Atkins, of Muncie, Ind. Four years ago Miss Atkins prepared for her marriage to a prominent citizen of Pomeroy, Ohio. Two days before the wedding he died suddenly of heart trouble. At New York Referee Jacobs, in his zeport in the suit for divorce brought by Mrs. Ollie Corbett against her husband, James J. Corbett, the pugilist, finds Mrs. Corbett entitled tola divorce, and recommends that the agreement entered into by her and heFhusband at the time of their separation, by which he agreed to pay her SIOO a week for life, be continued. Sam Woolner Jr., the Peoria distiller, (charges that members of the Illinois Legislature tried to extort a $3,000 bribe from Peoria and Pekin distillers. The estate of the late Paul Schultz, the defaulting land agent of the Northern Pacific, has been sued for S7OO for wines alleged to have been stolen from the Union Club of Tacoma. Elder Hiram Munger, a leading Second Adventist, prophesies that the end of the world will come In 1807. WiMiam C. Whitney says he would not turn his hand over to secure a nomination •nd election to the presidency.

EASTERN.

j-A head-end collision between the passenger train from Olean and a freight train on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad occurred about one mile from East Smithport, Pa. No one was killed, but many were injured. John S. Collins, the Trenton, N. J , negro who shot and killed Student Frederick Ohl at Princeton last .1 une, and who vi us a few days ago convicted of murder in the second degree, received a sentence of twenty years at hard labor in the State prison. The Y. M. C. A. Build’ng, on New York avenue, Washington, near the Treasury Department was almost destroyed by fire Wednesday morning. C. C. Bryan's fine grocery store adjoins the Y. M. C. A. Building on the west and was badly damaged, while the hardware store of James B. Lamie was also damaged. The total loss is about $35,000. “Every mail, since the Baltimore Sun published that my mother’s family expected to receive $23,000,000,” says Charles W. Gallagher, of Baltimore, “has brought me stacks of letters. lam firmly convinced that all I will have to do will be to go over to Germany and prove the heirship of the descendants of Ludwig Wilhelm von der Schmidt, living in this country, and we can get the money. The revival of interest in the fortune is due to the visit of a German count to a Chicago lady who is one of the heirs.,” Captain Quick, of the Morgan line steamer El Rio, which arrived at New York from New Orleans, reports that while about one. mile south of the Scotland lightship a shot from the United States Government proving ground at Sandy Hook crossed the ship’s bows close aboard, and landed about one-eighth of a mile to the eastward. Another shot fell -aatemuf the ship and immediately in her wake. The weather was somewhat hazy at the time. Captain Quick says that had either shot struck the El Rio the chances are that the ship would have been seriously damaged, if not sunk. Several complaints of a like nature have been previously made. After a battle of three-quarters of an hour Thursday night, during which he stood off three officers who were trying to arrest him, John Spellisey, of Union Hilt,' N. J., was killed in his own house. Spellisey Was 43 years old, and one of the most desperate men in that section. He ended up a carousal by beating his wife, and Roundsman O’Brien, Sergeant Kreuger and Patrolman Ball were sent to arrest him. They found the doors locked, and when they broke down the obstructions they were greeted with three bullets. For half an hour the officers and Spellisey exchanged shots. Then the three rushed in upon the desperate man from different directions.Spellisey started toward one of the officers firing again, but suddenly sank to the floor bleeding from the neck, still clutching his—revolrery-and- died ■ afew minutes afterward.

WESTERN.

* Reuben Lloyd, of San Francisco, attorney for two of the heirs of the Fair estate, is authority for the Statement that Special Administrator Goodfellow had been offered $250,000 to withdraw from the case. Mr. Goodfellow declined the offer. He refuses to tell who tried to induce him to resign his position. George A. Holzer will serve four years and Frederick Storms two years in the penitentiary for aiding and abetting a conspiracy to deprive voters. of their rights at the polls. This is the outcome of the West Pullman, 111., election fraud case, and the verdict is a complete victory for the Civic Federation, which prosecuted the case. Heavy damage was caused by fire Friday in the Deering Harvesting works, at Chicago. The fire started in the fiberroom and was soon spreading itself all over the building in which this room is located. Two volunteers who attempted to fight the fire had a narrow escape from death, while many others were more or less injured by the smoke? Wheat went sparing in price on the Chh cago Board of Trade Wednesday, the advance being caused by higher figures abroad and remarkable falling off in the receipts at winter wheat receiving points. It is thought by many operators that the trend of the market from now on will be upward until the SO-cent mark shall have been reached and passed again. After listening to the testimony of C. B. Shedd, E. A. Shedd and J. H. Williams, the grand jury at Chicago unanimously voted this indictment: W. D. Miller, for attempted extortion by threats. Miller is the man who, it is said, acted as gp-be-tween for the Aidermen, Finkler and Martin, who were indicted by the recent special grand jury for soliciting bribes from different ice companies. The penalty for the offense of which Miller is accused is a fine not exceeding SSOO and imprisonment not exceeding six months. A strange and bloody murder was committed Thursday night on the farm of Ernest Lange, seventeen miles west of Minneapolis. The body of Maggie Craigie, the 14-year-old daughter of Captain Charles Craigie, of the Minneapolis fire department, was found with the top of her head blown off by a charge from a shotgun. Futile efforts had been made to remove the traces of blood in the upstairs room where the murder was committed and on the stairs where the body had been dragged down. The Lange shotgun was found with one recently tired shell in it. Mrs. Lange claimed to have been away from the house at the time, and later her 8-year-old son, Freddy, confessed that lie had killed the girl by accident. Myrtle Nelson, a child, was found wandering about the streets of Chicago. She said her father had taken her downtown and intentionally lost her. Mrs. Christina Nelson, 1254 Dunning street, whose child, Myrtle Nelson, had been taken from home by her father and had not returned, went to the station to claim her daughter. When the woman and child faced each other the one exclaimed, “This is not my child?" and the other, “This is not my mother!" There are two Myrtle Nelsons, each 12 years old, blonde, of Norwegian ■parentage; the parents of each have qtmrreled, each taken from her home by her father, and with him each has visited Norway and been sent Into the country to five on the return to America. One was then told her father was dend and one thnTlier mother was dead. One is searching for a father and the other for a mother. Lake Shore nnd Michigan Southern train N0.\27 going west, was held up and robbed at Reese, Ohio, at 12:40 Wednesday morning. It had pulled into a blind siding to aHow a special to pass, when six masked men shot out the head and train lights and compelled the express messenger to unlock the safe and deliver the money. The amount taken from the car Is not known, but It is estimated by the

express officials at SB,OOO. Supt. Blodgett and Manager Caniff, who were in Toledo at the time, left at once on a special train for the scene of the robbery, notifying the police officials at all, adjacent towns to be on the lookout for the robbers. The officials think the robbery was committed by persons in close touch with the employes of the road, as they had positive information as to the trains meeting on the siding, and also of the unusually heavy express run. Almost an entire skeleton was found Wednesday by the crew of men working in the cellar of the Holmes building, Chicago. Shovels and picks were dropped when suddenly Detectives Fitzpatrick and Norton ordered every man to stand back while bones which had been unearthed from the wet slime and quicklime in one corner of the wall were taken out. Several ribs protruded from the earth after about two feet of dirt had been dug away at the corner of the east and south walls. Upon digging carefully around with their hands the detectives took out seven ribs, and several sections of the vertebrae were found and a piece of bone which appeared to be a fractured upper jaw, to which two teeth were still attached. Upon digging further several more ribs were found and apportion of a woman's jacket, with a large sleeve, upon which was a bunch of matted hair, too much discolored to ascertain its original hue. William Fredericks, who murdered Cashier William A. Herrick in an attempt to rob the San Francisco Savings Union Bank in March, 1994, was hanged at San Quentin Friday. Fredericks was one of the most notorious desperadoes in California. As an associate of Evans and Sontag. the train robbers, he took part in some of the most sensational crimes that were ever committed in the State. He is known to have murdered three men. While serving a term in the penitentiary at Folsom he conspired with a number of other desperadoes to lead a jail break. At the expiration of his sentence Fredericks smuggled a number of weapons into the prison, and in the outbreak that followed three convicts were killed. A few months later Fredericks killed a brakeman in Nevada County who attempted to put him off a freight train, and when Sheriff Pasco tried to rapture him Fredericks killed him. After he was convicted and sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Cashier Herrick, Fredericks feigned insanity.

Smoke from forest fires in Michigan, which has interfered so seriously with navigation at the lower end of the lake for two weeks past, was driven southward by the brisk north wind of Monday, and at noon Tuesday one could not see over a mile out on the lake’s surface from Chicago. The smoke rolled in over the city. Many people living near the shore were frightened Monday night by the mysterious smell of smoke which, pervaded their rooms, and many a hunt for “flie source of tire smoke was made ’through basements. Captains of.incoming boats reported that the smoke extended all over this end of the lake. As a general thing it is not quite so dense as at Chicago harbor, and they could generally see two o? three miles through it. Reports from Mackinaw and the lower end of the lake indicate that the norther has cleared up the atmosphere through that region, something for which vessel captains are deeply thankful, for navigation for a fortnight past had been attended with considerable danger, and they were kept on duty throughout the entire run from the Manitou Islands to Lake Huron.. .

SOUTHERN.

Fayette Hudson has gained additional notoriety and caused another sensational feature in his case by escaping from the United States jail hospital at Fort Smith, Ark. He was convicted of conspiracy and assault and had been in jail ever since his conviction. Phillip Norman Nicholas was hanged at Richmond Thursday morning. He made no confession. Nicholas murdered William J. Wilkerson and James Mills by drowning them? He induced them to cross the James River with him in a boat in which auger holes had been bored by Nicholas. The boat sank and Wilkerson and Mills could not swim. Martinez, the escaped Trinidad, N. M., murderer, and a companion held up a Raton saloon Tuesday morning, compelling eight men to stand in line while l hey swept $550 off the faro table into a sack. They backed out, keeping the gamblers covered with revolvers, and escaped to a part of the country whore Martinez has many friends and the ollieers are afraid to follow them. George Robinson, keeper of the poorhouse in Meade County, Ky., was shot and killed Thursday morning by Bland Shacklett, one of the commissioners of that institution. They met on the turnpike and Robinson began firing. Shacklett rushed upon Robinson and took the pistol away from him and shot him through the heart. Shacklett is not seriously wounded. He is a prominent farmer.

WASHINGTON.

The Secretary of the Interior has requested the Secretary of War to semi troops to the scene of the Indian disturbance, Wyoming, and it is understood that troops will be ordered instantly to the vicinity of the trouble. At Washington Attorney General Harmon announced that he had decided to appoint ns warden of the United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., James W. French, of Indiana. Mr. French was for five years warden of the Michigan City, Ind., penitentiary, but was recently legislated out qf office. He is said to be efficient and progressive, and is well known as a prison reformer. Mr. Harmon has had an extensive correspondence with the best known prison officials throughout the country with a view to getting suggestions as to administrative reforms, and it is his purpose to make the first United States penitentiary, if possible, the model of all other penal institutions of the country. Public men in Washington are already beginning to discuss the probabilities us to the length Of the next session of Congress. Opinion is generally favorable to a short session, and is based largely on the belief that both parties will be desirous of getting away for the campaign at as early a date as possible. It is now believed by sortie that Mr. Reed, feeling practically certain that he will be elected to the Speakership, has already virtually completed the House committee list, and that at any rate he will be able to announce his appointments very soon after the convening of the two houses on Dec. 2. Should the House committees be announced soon after the beginning of the session and that body gets its work well under way before the Christmas holidays it would be a decided innoration. Few Congresses in recent years have begun

the session without this plan as a part of their program, and few hsve succeeded in putting it into execution.

FOREIGN.

Colombia is in the throes of another revolution, uprisings being reported in three departments. Premier Stoiloff, of Bulgaria, threatens to resign because the Cabinet does not feel able to check the Russophile sentiment in the country. An explosion occurred Thursday in the 'Prince von Curscn mine near Bochum, Westphalia, The bodies of thirty-two victims of the accident have been recovered, and a number of persons are still missing. The search parties experienced much difficulty in exploring the mine. In addition to the killed, nine men were severelyburned by the explosion. The most distressing scenes are witnessed in the pit. A correspondent in Rio Janeiro telegraphs Buenos Ayres that advices to the English Legation there declare that England claims the Island of Trinidad as her own. One cargo of coal, it is reported, has been landed on the island already.ln view of this it was decided by Brazil’s Cabinet to formally protest and a message to that effect was at once sent to Brazil’s Minister in London. Fiery articles have appeared in the Brazilian newspapers denouncing England for her appropriation of territory belonging to Brazil, as that country affirms. The correspondent says that these articles ask particularly where the Monroe doctrine applies now. They desire to see it used as a political medium in settling this question.

IN GENERAL

The Canadian Parliament .has been prorogued without taking any action on the Manitoba school question. Four young men lost their lives on Lake Deschenes Friday at Ottawa, Ont. They were Eddie Brophy, aged 13; Walter Brophy, aged 19, and Alex. Brophy, aged 23, sous of P. G. Brophy, superintendent of Ottawa water works, and thel6-yea r-old son of the Rev. W. Winfield, chaplain to the Governor General. They were sailing in the lake when their yacht capsized in a squall. Roy Miall, son of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, was also in the yacht, but clung to it when it upset and was rescued. Capt. Quick of the American schooner Carrie E. Lane upon his arrival at Breakwater, Del., had a tale to tell about a thrilling encounter in Cuban waters with a Spanish gunboat. Two shots were fired at the Lane by the man-of-war, and one df the schooner’s crew narrowly escaped being killed by one of them. The vessel was made to heave to and give an account of itself. The Lane soon came to a dead stop, and the gunboat drew up under its “quafteE A boat was lowered amtfour Spanish marines, under the command of a Lieutenant in the Spanish navy, came aboard. They were fully armed and the leader civilly lifted his hat and demanded to know from what port the Lane had sailed and whither it was bound. Capt. Quick gave the required information and no further search was made and the vessel was permitted to continue on its course without further molestation. Capt. Quick says he could not get the name of the gunboat. He adds that after the first shot was fired at the Lane he caused the Stars and Stripes to be hoisted at the peak, but the only response the Spanish made was a second shot. The gunboat did not hoist its colors until after the first shot was. fired. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P W. L. cent. Cleveland .......86 52 34 .605 Pittsburg7B 47 31 .603 Baltimore 74 43 31 .581 Boston 73 42 31 .575 Cincinnati 80 . 45 35 .563 Chicago 84 46 38 .548 Brooklyn 76 41 35 .53£T Philadelphia _... .73 39 34 .534 New York7s 39 36 .520 St. L0ui5....... .81 29 52 .358 Washington 70 25 45 .357 Louisville 74 15 59 .203 WESTERN I.EAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: P. W. I. cent. Indianapolis 73 44 29 .603 Kansas City.... .75 44 31 .587 Milwaukee7B 45 33 .577 Detroit.7s 38 37 .507 Minneapolis 73 34 39 .466 Grand Rapids....7B 36 42 .462 St. Paul 76 32 44 .421 Terre Haute76 29 47 .382

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2,43 cto 44c; oats, No. 2,24 c to 25c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 50c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 12c; potatoes, new, per barrel, $1.25 to $2.00; 'broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 4c to O per lb. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,66 cto 67c; corn, No. 1, white, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c. St. Louis—Cuttie, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c tp 68c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, No 2,44 c to 46c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3/)0 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 2, mixed, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 28c to' 29c; rye, No. 2,46 cto 48c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 69c; corn, No. 2, yellow, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, 47c to 48c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 44c to 45c; oats, No.' 2 mixed, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2,49 cto 51c. Buffalo-Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 77c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 48c to 50c; oats, No, 2 white, 30c to 31c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 3, "43c to 45c; oats, Np. 2 white, 26c to 28c; barley, No. 2,46 cto 48c; rye, No. 1,51 cto 53c; pork, mess, $10.25 to $10.75. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to >6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 8, 47c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 82c to 38c; butter, creamery, 17c to 18c; eggs, Western, 18c to 14c.

DEATH IN THE STORM.

FRIGHTFUL TORNADO AT THREE STATES, MO. Jackson Hole Settlers Not Butchered k ,,~ ■■ ■’tf—•—Sovereign’s Plan to Bet tear the Workingman’s Condition Military Gentlemen Wait for Salaries. Seven Lives Lost. A terriblte storm swept over the town of Three Statqg, on the Mississippi River, forty miles below z afternoon. The killed are George McClellan, Mrs. George McClellan, three McClellan children, Mr. Thomas, at Barnes Ridge; Mrs. Thomas, at Barnes Ridgr. The fun-nel-shaped cloud whirled through the dense timber, cutting a swath 100 yards wide, uprooting huge trees and tossing them high in the air. Just before it reached the village the cloud seemed to rise sufficiently to clear the cottage bouses, but it caught the high smokestack of the_Three States mill and twisted it to the ground as easily as if it had been built of straw. The power of the wind may be imagined when it is known that this stack was considered the strongest in the world. It was made of sheet steel, and anchored on an iron base by ten iron guy rods.

——No Indian Uprising, The story of an Indian uprising at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, told Saturday by an Associated Press dispatch and published by every daily paper in America and most of those in the civilized world, was utterly without foundation. Not a white settler had been killed; and till the bloody, hair-raising detail which accompanied the yarn was the output of the over-heated imagination of some tenderfoot correspondent at Market Lake, Idaho. Latest information is to the effect that many Bannocks, Lemhis and Utes are yet off their reservations, andrhat troops ate in the near vicinity. Every effort will be made by United States authorities to arrest the lawless whites who murdered the party of Indian hunters. This wanton butchery was the cause .of all ensuing trouble.

Tow Path Is Doomed. An experimental line for the propulsion of cnnalboats by electricity, contracted to be built by the Trenton Iron Company, is to be along the banks of the Erie Canal, and will be four miles in length. This line is to be completed within sixty days, and work will begin within a few days. The system to bo tried is known as the cableway or traction system. Frank W. Hawley, vice president of the Cataract General Electric Company, said this methQtl_QL application of-Dosm was in operation in the logging district of Nortff Carolina. Mr. Hawley said if the experimental line about to be built was satisfactory all the canals of the State would be equipped with the same system of electric propulsion. This, he said, would involve an expenditure of $2,000,000.

Army Shortof Cash, A portion of the army was not paid for June, 1895, as a result of the failure of the last Congress to make sufficient appropriation for the salaries of officers and enlisted men. Unless the next Congress takes some steps to obvlhte it there will be a similar story the latter part of the present fiscal year, but bit a larger scale. Last year’s deficiency was $75,000, and an estimate made at the Wai- Department shows there will be a $300,000 deficiency in the pay of the army for the present fiscal year unless the next Congress sets matters straight. The War Department has been compelled to suspend payments of the salaries of the officers and enlisted men at many frontier posts, especially in the Departments of the Platte and Texas.

Wants Them to Take Up Farms, Grand Master Workman Sovereign, of “tfieTKnightS of Labor, was in Kansas City, Mo., on his way South. In an interview he wa£ quoted as saying he is on an expedition loking up good farming lands for laboring men. HiS aim is to have as many Knights of Labor as possible go to agricultural and fruit lands for permanent settlement and occupation. The overcrowded condition of the cities, he maintained, is the cause of so much idleness among workmen. Speaking of his recent boycott circular he said it was taking ‘like wild fire” and was being carried out to the letter by the Knights of Labor. Trade Circles Dull. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “It is not the season for the tide of business to rise, tut there is perceived scarcely any • shrinkage except that which comes naturally with mid--summer heat. The volume of new business is small compared with recent months, but large enough to encourage more openings of long closed works and more advances in returns to labor. Important strikes show that the advance is not enough for some, but the strikers seem not more threatening than before."

NEWS NUGGETS.

John Brady, who robbed the Oregon express four months ago and is suspected of having murdered Cornelius Stagg at Ingleside previously, was captured near Courtland, Cal. Five minutes after an interview with his intended bride, Volney Barrett, a prominent Bingtuimton, N. Y., merchant, lay dying from a bullet wound inflicted by his own hand. Some months ago he became engaged to Miss Georgia Earl, a Schoolteacher. Recently an artist lately returned from Italy called on Miss Earl and was seen driving with her. This is supposed to have aroused Barrett's jealousy. , .-.HQ. Miss Elma Busch, the fl>-year-old daughter of E. L. Busch, a wealthy citizen of Kansas City, Kan., committed suicide by drowning. The Creek Council has adjourned, after appointing Edward Bullet acting principal chief during Chief Perryman’s suspension. Perryman will make no trouble. Lot Calvert stabbed Joe Kroelich, a barber, in Cincinnati, Ohio, because he would not shave him. James R. Gibson, who is suspected of killing little Ida Gebhard, at West Indianapolßu Ind., is a raving maniac. Miners in Hill City, S. D., say recent developments show the existence of a gold zone embracing the whole region. The Federal Superintendent of Indian Schools before the coast convention of Indian teachers at Tacoma, Wash., advocated merging the Indian in the public schools. , ■ - ■ -J

PVLSE of the PRESS

The Dead Stambuloff. ,A generation hence Bulgaria will honet Stambuloff as a national martyr.—Buffalo Press. He waa a strong man and used strong measures,; which gave hl* enemies thelx opportunity.—New York Herald. A thousand Stambuloff* should take th* place of the one foully murdered by Russian sympathizers.—Philadelphia Ledger. The assassination of the exponent of a popular cause, however, will not suffice to suppress the aspirations of a natiom— Philadelphia Record. x There is little reason to hope that the murder of Stambuloff will heal the feud and reconcile the counts of St Petersburg and Sbfla.—New York Tribune. Wo presume that if he had not interfered with RusalAn plans In regard to Macedonia he might be alive to-day.— Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. He (Stambuloff) seemed the one strong man in a nation of weaklings, and he commanded not only obedience at home, but respect abroad.—New York Sun. The assassination of Stambuloff, the Bulgarian Minister, was clearly the result of as wicked a conspiracy as the ' political history of Europe Has known.— Memphis Commercial Appeal. Whether by connivance of the Prince or by friends of Panitza, or by one of half a dozen other possible causes, Stambuloff! is dead, and with his death, it is hardly to be doubted, dies the hope of Bulgarian Independence for many years to come.— Syracuse Pest. — Modern life has had no more striking example of the essential vulgarity and brutality of undemocratic power and usurpation than this startling tyagedy of Southwestern Europe. Stambuleff was slain without doubt, if not by the direct orders of the Russian Czar, certainly then in pursuance of a policy which was hatched in the brains that serve him.— -HewYork. Jnnrnnl-

' Grover’s Girls.' Grover always was partial to girls.— Pittsburg Press. Baby McKee has one more chancy of becoming Grover’s son-in-law.—Hoxawot-tamie Herald. Presidents have to meet with disappointments just like the common run of mortals.—Jackson Whig. That sign of “Boy Wanted” which was hung out at Gray Gables is still out.— Grand Rapids Herald. In course of time Uncle Sam may look for a President among the President’s daughters.—Boston Herald. President Cleveland sings it this wayt "There’s just one more girl in this world for me."—New York World. Although a son failed to arrive, Mr. Cleveland has the satisfaction of greeting another new woman.—lndianapolis Journal. There is another dimpled darling in ths Presidential houshold. Ruth becomes a sister every two years now.—Augusta Chronicle. If this thing of girl babies being born to President and Mrs. Cleveland keeps up, the ratio will soon be more than 10 to I. Ohio State Journal. We feel it a duty to caution Mr. Cleveland against the free coinage of glrls'as a thing likely to destroy the parity of ths sexes.—St Louis Globe-Democrat. Girls are much more valuable than boys, especially at this time, wjien the new woman is taking possession of the earth.—Memphis ComnierCia] : Appeal. As there is no politics in this the entire country, without regard to sex, age, or condition„sends its‘most hearty congratulations and good wishes* The White House has a trio of charming children.— Elgin News. While ex-President Harrison is discouraging matrimony by declaring that women on the bicycle repel thp admiration of the male sex, President Cleveland Is promoting matrimony by proving that marriage is not a failure.—Bloomington Bulletin. The Endeavor Convention. Only fourteen years of history and 2,500,000 members! That is a marvelous record and a marvelous promise {of the future.—Courier-Journal. The success of the great convention is a fine commentary on the safely, speed and comfort of the American railway system.—Philadelphia Ledger. The record of this organization is most gratifying. It stand as a refutation of the ideas advanced by cynics and others that the world is growing worsdT— Kansas City Times. The Christian Endeavor meetings furnish conclusive evidence that the institutions of Christianity are maintained with their old fervor and that men’s lives are vitalized by a living faith.—Chicago Tribune. These earnest, self-denying and women gathered together to advance the spiritual kingdom of righteousness preach to the world a sermon far more effective than the most polished the mere pulpit orator.—New York Tribune. In the face of three great armies like the Sunday school children, the Society of Christian Endeavor and the Young Men’s Christian Association, the spectator may well ask himself what there is to the talk of a decay of the religious spirit.— Buffalo Express. The churches are rapidly finding out that if they want to retain their hojd on the young people of the land they must put forward something more than the ethical and moral attractions of religion. They must appeal to, the social side of human nature. It is the development of this sentiment which accounts in a large measure for the growth of ihe Christian Endeavor societies.—Brooklyn Eagle. Expulsion of Modjeska. Mme. Modjeska, in view of her expulsion, will add to the list of .her American admirers by her vigorous denunciation of the government which has so long dominated Poland.—Chicago Tribune. So Mme. Modjeska has been expelled from Russia on account of a speech In favor of the Poles, which she made a long time ago in Chicago. It seems that Russia not only intends to punish free speech In Russlh, but whenever there is a possible opportunity she proposes to punish free speech in America.—Bostoa Globe. --3 » . ,•* til