Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1895 — Page 6

THE REPUBLICAN. GEO. E.MARSHALL, PublUfteiv KBHSSELAEE, - INDIANA.

SPAIN IS MERCIFUL.

CAMPOS ISSUFS A PROCLAMATION OF MERCY. \ _____ "Tflico the Devil Was Sick, the Devil 1 Monk Would Bel When the Devil Got Well, the Devil a Monk Wat He.” Spain in a New Hole. ' Gen. Campos has issued a proclamation to the Spanish army in Cuba forbidding the summary execution or illtreatment of prisoners. The placing of Cuban women and children and prisoners in front of the “Squadron of Death,” Spain’s heartless convict company, as well as the atrocities of other Spanish leaders, who look upon Cubans as snakes and not as human beings, has excited the disgust of the world. The Spanish Cabinet, cognizant of., the effect such cruelties would have in exciting sympathy for Cubans, has instructed Campos to issue the proclamation in order to appease an international- wrath that might develop into the recognition of Cubans as belligerents. “We do not hope that Spanish cruelty will be any less vengeful than It has been, but it will be more secret, more discreet than in the past,” said the Cuban who brought the news to Jacksonville, Fla. “The day 1 left Havana scores of prisoners were taken from Moro Castle, pitiful, half-starved specimens of humanity, burdened with chains, and carried on j board ship to be -transported to Spain’s prisons iu Africa, never to be heard of again.” ' _—. .. _ Death of a Famous Woman. , Mrs. Clara Doty Bates died Monday morning at Chicago. -She was born in Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec." 22,1838, and was the daughter of Samuel Itosecrans Doty, a cousin of General Itosecrans, who traced back his ancestry through Ethan /Allen to the first Doty of the Mityflowerr \Qn her mother’s side she was descended from the Lawrence family of Virginia, and she inherited the sturdy moral fiber of the Puritan with the graces of person of the cavalier. She was married in 1809 to Morgan Bates, a wcll-kno.vn trade paper publisher, and since 1877 they have made their home in Chicago. Mrs. Bates was always a close student of the best literature and a continuous, though not a voluminous, Writer of ix>etry and of stories and sketches, chiefly for the young. Her first verses were published before she was eight years old, and since, then she had written constantly for the best publishers. It is said of her that since the death of Louisa M. Alcott she had a wider circle of friends aud admirers among the youiig and among mothers who have grown tip to rear their children to the stories of hers that they lead themselves in childhood than any other woman in America. It is said of Mrs. Bates that she was a Puritan without being a bigot. Her character was beautiful aud lovable. One Mau KilleJ, Seven Injured. Two converters at the Attu-riuSii: Jr*,n Works of Jones & LangliTTfh* at Pittsburg overturned Monday morning and sixteen tons of molten* metal poured into the pit below, where t store—r more men were at work. One man \vas fatally burned/ three dangerously and four others sustained serious injuries. The injured were removed to the hospital, where everything possible was done to alleviate their suffering. The responsibility for the accident nas not yet beenplacet!, but it is said to have been unuvoidable. The damage to the mill was not very heavy. The acident occurred while the men were raising converter No. 1, which contained over eight tons of molten metal. It is elevated by com-pressed-air power. Samuel Love and John Tuimey were working at it, and before they got it raised the men working at converter No. 2. started to raise it also. The metal ran out of converter No. 1, and the men became so excited over the possibility of au-explos.oti that-they let go of the eompresed-air machine and allowed the converter to drop. The metal was thrown in every direction and enveloped nearly all the men employed in that portion of the mill. Lion Lashes His Tail. A telegram from Para, Brazil, has been received in Itio Janeiro, stating that an armed British force is marching through Brazilian territory to that part of Venezuela claimed by the British Government. The news will create a tremendous sensation when it, shall become generally! known. Officials of the State Department believe Great Britain has definitely decided to refuse arbitration of the Venezuelan boundary dispute. Thip belief leads to an uncomfortable feeing that serious trouble is in store for Us, add that Great Britain is likely to show stubborn resistance to tbe efforts of our government to apply the Monroe doctrine to this case. The President and his cabinet are in favor of enforcing the Monroe doctrine.

BREVITIES.

Franklin Leonard Popp, of Groat Barrington. Mass., the noted electrician, was killed by a shock of electricity. Along the Nova Scotian coast a heavy storm raged. The American brigantine H. C. Sibley went ashore at Black Bock. At Jamestown, N. Y., it is reported that detectives have traced the murder of Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Davis in Busti last December to Emmet Bittles and three others who are in the Pennsylvania penitentiary for another crime. Mrs. Lillie J. Ivrepp uud her son of Bancroft, Wit., were arrested at Denver on the supposition that they were to meet John Krepp, defaulting cashier of the Bancroft Bank. He did not apiieur and the woman and boy were released. By the explosion of a thrashing engine near Mountlake, Minn.. Joseph Schumacher, Jasper Mulctte and two other men, names unknown, were killed. At Cincinnati, Ohio, Victoria Ivillner, 15, was found guilty of passing counterfeit money. Sentence was deferred to await a decision from Attorney General Harmon because of her youth. National Guardsmen will be interested in the case of Jose Kyan of the* lowa militia, aued by his captain for sl4 for seven, day s’ absence from camp. Two courts'decided for Kyan and tbe case will

EASTERN.

Thu anti-Tammany combine at New York City bas nominated a complete ticket, headed by Thomas L. Hamilton, Republican, for county clerk. Repubticans of the_ Tenth New York District have nominated Robert A. Greitcon for Congress for the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew Campbell. Philadelphia’s three great street railway -systems have been- consolidated under the name of the Union Traction Company, with a capital stock of $108,000,000. The east-bound mail train on the Pennsylvania road was wrecked Wednesday night at Manor Station. One man was killed, one person fatally injured, and many other persons less seriously injured. At Philadelphia a meeting is to be held for the relief of Henry Craemer, a Gcr-man-American who is under Sentence of death for murder at Seattle, Wash., but who is declared innocent by a German paper in Philadelphia, which has investigated. Tuesday afternoon a terrific explosion of gas otcurred at Wilkesharre in tips Dorrance mine, and at 8 o’clock five men, all badly, burned, and seven dead bodies were brought to the surface. It bethought: one of the engineers, probably the fireboss, Daniel Reese, set fire to a body of gas in the old workings, which respited in the explosion. Heroic work was done by the rescuers, but the file boss’,party had all been Rilled by fire damp immediately after the explosion. At Scranton, Pa., a storage reservoir containing 2,500,000 gallons of water and owned by the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company, burst Thursday night. It filled the repair yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad with wreckage and washed away a portion of" Mattes street. A girl was carried a quarter of a mile but was rescued. Street car traffic was blocked. Hundreds of factory girls crossed the path of tlie water a few moments before the breakr 1 For the third time in thirty days a centennial celebration was held in Washington County, Pa. In all three cases the observances have been held by United Presbyterian churches. Four weeks ago the Mount Pleasant Church oeltbrated its hundredth anniversary. The -Paris Church observed a similar occasion a week later, and Thursday the members and pastor of the Peter’s Creek Church held services in commemoration of tbe completion- of the first Century of existence of their church organization. Dire of the features of the day was the reading by the present pastor of a history of the church, including biographies of all its preacfiers.siucei^ieyeaiiTSi

WESTERN.

The National Library Association decided to hold its next convention at Cleveland, Ohio, Sept.' 1, 181X5. The Strauss harness-shop, belonging to the Jefferson City, Mo., penitentiary, was destroyed by fire, with most of its contents, Wednesday forenoon Loss, $55,000. At Berlin Heights, near Elyria, Ohio, the business houses of Lippus & Fowler, Butts & Peck, and Mrs. J. Elson were burned. The loss is $25,000; insurance, $15,000. James Garrett & Sons, hardware dealers at Mexico, Mo., assigned with liabilities of $2,000 and assets $6,000. Slow collections -and importunate creditorsforced the failure. Floods in the Agua Fria and Gila Rivers hare mused serious breaks in the bridges of the Santa Fe and Maricopa and Phoenix Railways, and for two days cut off Phoenix's rail communication. W. H. Gehorn, editor of the Willows, Cal., Journal, fired three shots at and killed J. E. Putman, druggist and president of the municipal board of trustees, Tuesday morning, in an altercation over a disputed account amounting to a few "dollars. James Stinaman, —a— farmer residing fourteen miles east of Greenville, Ohio, died Tuesday. His house and outbuildings caught fire and were consumed, and tl?e exertion in trying to save the contents resulted in heart failure. Loss $6,500; no insurance. A four-story tenement house at Cincinnati, Ohio, burned at midnight Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Holmes was killed. Five were fatally, and several less seriously hurt. Thomas’ 0* Flaherty jumjied from the fourth story window into a net held by the police without injury to limb. It is expected at the Indian office that Agent Beck, at the Omaha and Winnebago reservation in Nebraska, will take steps at once to remove settlers on the lands leased from the Flournoy Company. Acting Commissioner Smith says that the men occupying the lands are not entitled to sympathy on account of their crops, as they were notified to get o'ff or make new leases before the crops were planted. It is possible they will be given an opportunity to make now leases now in cases where the lands have not been leased, to other parties. Mrs. Susie Rogers, wife of Philip Rogers, has disappeared from Francisco. Her husband lias been searching for her for three weeks, and pow believes that lie has located her in Wisconsin. Mr. Rogers is certain that the Durrant case had something to do with the wreck of his home. Mrs. Rogers was very much interested in the cuse, and compelled her husband to sit down every morning and read to her the full report of the trial. Rogers finally went on strike, there was a disagreement and his wife left home. He says that if she wants to return she can do so, and can spend her whole time in reading the report of the Durrant trial if she desires.

The steamer Africa, of Owen Sound, With its consort, the barge Severn, of Toronto, left Owen Sound Monday loaded with coni for Sault Ste. Marie. When twenty miles southwest of Cove Island in Lake Huron the Africa let go of the Severn's tow line. Both boats were making bad weather and the Africa was rolling heavily. The crew of the Severn think the Africa went down with her crew of eleven. The Severn ran before the gaits with bare poles until Loyai Island was reached, and its canvas being all gone it was beached five miles northeast of Loyal Island. The Severn is a total loss. The crew were saved by some fishermen after being in the rigging for twenty hours. The Africa’s Lifeboat and preservers were found on Loyal Island. A novel ‘‘accident”i Insurance ease was decided in court at Detroit, Mich., Friday. E. L. La Bossiere held a $.‘1,000 policy of the Amerienn Employers’ Liability Insurance Company. In Mnrch, 1803, he was in Toledo. One of his teeth commenced aching in a vicious way, and March 21 he had it drawn by a Toledo dentist. In the operation La Bossiere’s jaw was broken, and be died March 31 iof blood-poisoning. The heirs brought

suit against the company for the amount Of his insurance policy, tbe contention being that his death was caused by the told the jury that toothpulling and the resultant evils are not accidents within the meaning and liability of insurance companies, and directed a verdict for the defendants. Deductions drawn from data collected panv of Chicago and embodied.in the annual report of that company* show that hog cholera is so widespread as to amount almost to an epidemic. The annual reports of this concern are considered by the trade as the best of authority; and the "Subject of this year’s report is of unusual interest. Commenting on the advices received the report says: “Farmers in lowa and Illinois feel panicky on the situation, and are selling their droves of pigs before the cholera reaches them in order to get something out of them. This is one of the principal causes for the liberal receipts of hogs at the principal markets. The continued - shipment of these pigs to market can but result in a shortage-of hogs for the late winter aud spring months. Every car load of pigs that goes to market now means a shortage of throe cars of hogs later, and with the unprecedented crop of corn in the farmers’ hands the prospects for them look anything but encouraging. The advices show that the greatest amount of cholera reports come from the two largest hog-produeing States. Illinois and lowa. This fact is significant.”

SOUTHERN.

News'comes of a tragedy that occurred in Pike County, Ga., in which eight or nine children-lost their lives, by poison administered by their father. It seems from the best information Thomas Speer, taking advantage of his wife’s absence, and being prompted by jealousy, administered the fatal drug to his children. The fiend is now behrad=tbe bars. There is no doubt at Austin,-Texas, that the grand jury will return indictments against Corbett and Fitzsimmons for conspiring to violate an article of the State penal code. But it is intimated that the State officials do not care to prosecute the pugilists further than to secure iudictments which can be held over their bends to keen them out of the State. This method is taken as the easiest way by which the State bit I'exas cjm aToiil-eom-plicated legal contentions. Wednesday afternon a terrible explosion occurred in the Merchants’ Opera House, Corsicana, Texas, where the “Devil’s Auction” company was preparing to play. Harry Cooleridge, master of transportation and manager of the calcium lights company, was testing a cylinder. There arose some doubt as to whether or not it contained black gas. and a bystander suggested that he try it with a match. He struck the match and touched it to the cylinder, and the explosion followed, wrecking the scenery and tearing out two windows thirty feet distant. One man was instantly killed and several hurt.

WASHINGTON.

Judge Bradley, of the District Supreme Court, Washington, ordered the discharge from custody of Captain George A. Amies, who was arrested on the order of Lieutenant General Schofield just prior to the latter’s retirement from command of the army for having written him an insulting letter. Judge Bradley scored* the action of the late general of the array, characterizing it as unlawful,' tyrannical and capricious.. ----- - —-- Another crank turned up at the White House Tuesday in the person of Owen Jones, hailing from New York State. He had previously addressed a threatening letter to the White House, so the officers were on the .watch for him. In an incoherent and rambling fashion that plainly showed a disordered mind he announced he had come for employment as the President’s boy. He was promptly removed to the nearest police station, where it is probable that lie will be examined as to his mental condition and placed in safety. The examination of a class of twentyone privates of the army for promotion to lieutenants was held at Fort Leavenworth. Kan. The result of the examination was sent to Washington to be approved by the Secretary of War. The men in the class are from all parts of the country. Nearly every regiment in the service is represented. —Seven of them are relatives of officers, and three of them, Sydenham, Ityther and Turman, are men who were students at West Point, hut were dropped at that place lifter examination. Of the class, four failed. The same men tried ami failed last year. One of them, Meeklein. a son of an officer, tried twice under the old and twice under the new army law.

FOREIGN.

It is reported in Moscow that 100 persons -svere drowned near the village of Ozery by the capsizing of a large raft on the river Okc. Edgar Salt as, the author, was married at Paris to Miss Elsie Welsh Smith, granddaughter of John Welsh, of Philadelphia, formerly United States ml litter to Great Britain. A dispatch received at Adelaide, South Australia, from Coolgardie, the center of tho new goldfields, announces that a whole block of buildings there was burned by a tire which stnrlejl through the upsetting of a lump. It is estimated that the damage done will amount to $1,250,000. The British steamer Napier, belonging to North Shields, bound from Cronstadt for Itotterdnm, was in collision off the Island of Aaland With the British steamer Livonia, of Leith. The lutter vessel sank and fourteen of her crew were drowned in spite of the efforts of the Napier's crew, who, however, succeeded iu rescuing ten men. Bogota is clamoring for the withdrawal of the British minister, Jenuer. The press clearly reflects the i>oular excitement in its expression of the hope that Jenner’s relations with the railway eontractors, which were not before exitosed, will persuade the British Government that it is nil injury to Colombia to retain him in office at Bogota. The mail steamer from Kingston, Jamaica, brought te Halifax an account by ail American citizen, who was a passenger on board the steamer Aleue of the Atlas line, of the firing upon it by a Spanish gunboat while passing the eastern end of The Amerienn says the gunboat, when slightly south of Cape Maysi lighthouse, fired on the Alene, and wheii the latter hove to the gunliont made for the nearest headland, increasing to full speed, evidently disinclined to come nearer or give any explanation of its action. _ _ The Treasury Department has received through the Secretary of State and

the Spanish minister the substance of a telegram from the Spanish consul at Key West stating in effect that another filibustering expedition is fitting out at Pina Reef, one of the Florida keys. Leaders and a number of men have left for there. The Cincinnati is said tq be at Key West. Assistant Secretary Wike has sent telegraphic copies of the Spanish minister’s notes to the collectors of customs at*New Orleans, Key West and Tampa, (with instructions for them to consult the United Statcs -attorncy and the officers of the" nearest revenue cutters with a' view to f preventing any violation of the neutrality laws of the United States. Gonzales de Qnesada, secretary of the Cuban revolutionary party, with headquarters in New York, has been in-Wash-, ington recently on private business. lie did not see Secretary Olney, nor we’re any steps taken toward securing the recognition of the Cuban insurgents as belligerents, The policy of the Cubans in seeking recognition of the United States has been outlined substantially as follows: No application will be made to the executive branch of the government until Con* gress assembles. It is the feeling that even if the executive authorities wetedis? posed to recognize the Cubans, the action would involve such grave responsibility that the.(executive hfaiiclr-Wonld desirc to have the co-operation -and support of 'Congress. Care will be taken also to seethat there is uniformity in the steps proposed to Congress. In this way the mistakes made at the time of the last Cuban uprising will be avoided. At that time there were no less than forty different Cuban resolutions referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, proposing recognition, arbitration and many oth>r plans, all intended to favor Cuba. In the end this diversity of proposals prevented an agreement on any one course.

IN GENERAL

Amelie Rives Chanler Jias been granted a decree of divorce ou tile ground of incompatibility. A tire atteiftled with terrible results occurred at Snider, ou the Canadian Pacific - Railway. A house - occupied l»y Thomas Lindsay, his wife, and eleven children were destroyed and six of the children were burned to death, . Comm an de r-Thi - chief Warner, of the Grand Army of the 'Ttt’prmlic, has announced the following appointments: Adjutant general, Irwin Robbins, Imlian'ap~oti§Tq irartermaster genera!, A. J; Burbank, Chicago; inspector general, William M. Oliu, Boston; advocate general, Alfred Darte, Wilkesharre, Pa. Heavy shipments of new dollars -are being made almost daily from the City of Mexico, destined for China - and Japan, via San Francisco. The total exportations of Mexico iu the last fiscal’year were $124-,855,353, divided as follows: United States. $82,453,00!); England, $29,925,000; France, $7,700,000; Germany, $0,474,999; Spain, $2,832,099; Belgium, $099,000, and the remainder to minor .countries. An American baby has been born on Ilerschel Island. Its mother is the wife of Captain A. C. Sherman, of the steam whaler Beluga. Herseliel Island is a barren spot in the Arctic Ocean. It is the. extreme northern portion of Alaska and of British North America. The whalers, most of whom had been away from home for more than eighteen months when the baby was ’born, were greatly interested in the event and sent many presents to the happy mother. There happened to-bc a dergyma-n of the~Gliureh of England at the camp, and lie christened the child Helen Herseliel Sherman. The baby has-taken very kindly to the mild but perpetual daylight of the summer at Herschel Island, arid bids fair to thrive there through the long, dull, winter months. Its playthings are made from whalebone, and its cradle was cut from “pieces of wreckage by a ship’s carpenter. Private dispatches received at San Francisco say that La I’az, Mexico, has been completely destroyed by a hurricane. The storm was followed by a tidal wave; the waters in the bay rising to an unprecedented height, invading that portion of the city fronting on the bay ami carrying out to sea men, animals and debris of wrecked buildings as the tide subsided. Mexicans iu San Francisco say that they had dispatches about a severe storm which prevailed all along the const early in the week. The loss of life is reported heavy, but details of the disaster are meager. La I’az is the capital of Lower California ami situated on a bay of the same name. The port is well sheltered and easily defensible against attack from the sea. The city had a population of 3,000, a cathedral, a government house and a town house and the place was once the abode of luxury, as evidenced by the handsome dwellings of the wealthy class. The city was also once the seat of extensive pearl fisheries, silver mining was extensively engaged in and the commerce of the port was not inconsiderable.

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 50c to Ole; corn. No. 2,28 cto 29c; oats. No. 2,17 c to 18c; rye, Nth 2,41 cto 42c; butter, idioie*vcreamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 10c to ISc; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common growth to line brush. 2*/£c to 4c per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.00-to $3.75; wheat, No. 2. 01c to G3o; corn. No. 1 white, 29c to 31c; outs, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St- Louis— Cattle, $3.00 to $3.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 02c to 03c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,30 c to 38c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2, die to 09c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye. No. 2,44 cto 40c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No.-2 rod, 04c to 05c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; rye. 42c to 43c. Toledo—Wheat, No* 2 rod, 05c to 07c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 2,43 cto 44c. Buffalo —Cnttlih <52.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; Islieep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red. 08c to 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 3Sc; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to' 25c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 58c to 50c; corn, No. 3,31 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 10c to 20c; barley, No. 2,39 cto 41c; rye, Xo. 1,40 cto 42c; pork, mess, SB.OO to $8.50. New York —Cuttle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 08c to (file; corn, No. 2, 37c to 38c; outs, No, 2 white, 23c to 24c; butter, creamery, 10c to 24c; eggs, Western, 17c tft 20c. *

DOWN HILL TO DEATH

A FATALITY ON A PITTSBURG TROLLEY ROAD. Deadly Fend in an Ohio Town—Uncertain Fntnre of Trade—Chicago Host pitals Refuse to Accept Drunkards— Hayward Had Cell Keys. - - * Fonr Dead, Many Hurt. On the Carnegie branch of the West End Traction Road at Pittsburg, Pa., an accident occurred Sunday by which three persons were killed" and-twelve or fourteen more or less seriously eut and bruised. Car No. 56 of the Carnegie branch of the road was going to Pittsburg. When at the head of a long, steep grade, the car began to run away. It dashed down the hijl-at great speed for a mile, until a curve was struck, wheir the car turned over and rolled down a ten-foot embankment. It struck on' the top, and the heavy tracks crashed through the floor, crushing the passengers. There were fifteen passengers in the car, and only four, together with the conductor, escaped death or serious injury. The accident occurred at a lonely spot and it was some time before assistance reachd the sufferers, who were wedged tightly in the wreck. When the conductor saw the car was beyond control he lay down on the floor and advised the others to follow his example. The killed were found wedged under the roof of the car, which had beon smashed in unpon them. Uneasy Abont the Future. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The price barometer gives indications that are not entirely favorable. Cotton goods go up, with increasing evidence that the crop of cotton is short. Prices of other manufactured products, of wool, hides, and leather, al! show some decline, a general abatement in new orders being the principal With an immense volume of business, not much exceeded in the largest month Of the exceptional year 1892 and with evidence that in several important, branches the volume has surpassed that of any previous Tear, there is a growing uncertainty about the near future ofindustries. Money markets are neither strained nor threatening, foreign exchanges no longer raise apprehension, and fears for the great Northwestern crops are past. There have been few advances of wages of labor during the last month aijd only a few works have beeu dosed by strikers for an advance.” Hayward’s Plot to Break Jail. It is believed Harry Hayward, sentenced to hang at Minneapolis, Minn., for the murder of Catherine Ging, intended making his escape Friday evening. The officials made a search of his clothing, and in a small belt buckled around his’ body was found a full cipher and $1,200 in money. The key to his cell which was Secured by the authorities was furnished by Mrs. Hayward, from whom # the detective got it, under pretense of beyig in the confidence of Hayward. It fits the cell door exactly. Hayward was dumfounded when-he found the Sheriff was aware ofriiis plans, but he offered no resistance to the search. Hayward was placed in another cell, and he only remarked: “This is quite funny.”

Alcoholism Shuts Them Out. All patients suffering from alcoholism will hereafter be turned away from the County Hospital at Chicago. Neither will they be received at the" Detention Hospital. This was decided upon at the meeting of the Committee on Public Service, and the members went even further and concluded that a physician’s certificate will not be sjuflicient hereafter to enable the placing of an insane person in the Detention Hospital. The petition granted by the County Court for admission to the Detention Hospital, to enable the insane person to be committed by the County Court, will need to be secured in order to gain admittance. Trick Horse Mnzeppa Killed. A freight wreck occurred at Waterbary," Conn., Sunday night, when two parts of a broken train came together. Ten cars loaded with trotting horses, live stock, and other exhibits from the Danbury fair, were crushed and thrown down a fortyfoot embankment. Mazeppa, the famous champion trick horse of the world, valued at $40,000, was instantly killed. One mun was fatally injured and two others seriously hurt. Two Men, Two Guns, Two Deaths. Marshal David C. Cooke, of Glouster, Ohio, while standing on a corner Sunday night was nppronohed by ex-Night Marshal Elmer Doimolly. An old feud exist ed between them. Donnolly drew a gun, saying: “We will settle this difficulty now.” He fired four shots, all of which hit Cooke. Cooke fired one that went through Doniiolly’s heart. He dropped dead. Cooke fell beside him and also expired.

NEWS NUGGETS.

At St. Joseph, Mo., delegates from Illinois, lowa, Missouri, and Kansas organized the Interstate Normal Oratorical Association to hold nil annual contest. Charles Johnson was chosen President, H. E. Osborn Vice President, and F. 8. Bogardus Secretary and Treasurer. Some of the sapphires and rubies which formed part of the jewelry belonging to MrS. Langtry, which was obtained by means of a forged order from the Sloan street branch of the Union Bank of London Aug. 24 last, have la-en discovered ! in the possession of u firm of merchants in business in Hatton Garden, London, to whom they had been sold. The value of the stolen jewels have been estimated j at from SIOO,OOO to $200,000. The new Denver and Colorado Southern Railroad Company wijl ponnect Den- | ver. Cripple Creek, Florence, Canon City, and Silver Cliff by un air line. i At Portsmouth,- N. H.„ a court martial was convened to try William Gibson, of the U. S. S. Fern, for alleged forgery, but word was received that Gibson bud escaped. The Nebraska Irrigation Association’s annual meeting will be held at Sydney Deo. 18 and 19. *’ Secretary Herbert has returned to Washington from Alabama, where he has been speaking on finance.

In Powell County, ky., Levi Anderson

killed Duke Wilson, aged 14. because the boy made a slighting remark about his shotgun. At Montgomery, near Savannah, Misa Stella West, a young society leader, shot and killed herself while trying to get out a bullet. ■

PULSE of the ORESS

Venezuela., and Monroe Doctrine. The English press seems disposed tfc ridicule the Monroe doctrine. But England may soon learn that it is no laughing matter. —Boston Globe. The question now for Great Britain to consider is whether it shall be a Dunraven fluke, an arbitration of the bound< ary dispute or ironclads and coffee.— Washington Times. The Sf. James’ Gazette wants to know “what the blessed Monroe doctrine is?*’’ When it actually finds out it will probably use a “harder” adjective to describe it.— New York Journal. If, however, there be genuine ignorance on this subject among intelligent Englishmen, we are inclined to believe that they stand in the way of receiving a tuple instruction on this point in the near future. —Mail and Express. > Though there is no indication that our diplomats have done anything in particular the people have prepared an ultimatum and are ready to enforce it. It is that England shall never control the mouth of the Orinoco or any other American river 'south of the Canadian line.—New Yorii 'World. To Americans generally it seems plainly evident that the British Government's claim rests on a small foundation; and if the British Government should send an army to invade Venezuela, the justice and propriety of the Monroe doctrine would be brought in question.—Boston Advertiser.

Recognition of Cuba. The United States by good rights ought to recognize the Cuban belligerents. - South Bend Tribune. AR they ask for is munitions of war and such encouragement as Spain made haste to give the Southern Confederacy in 1861, and we hope they will get what This country should instantly recognize the Cuban patriots and take measures ta protect them against a horde of outcast* Who,TmrestrntTred-,~Tnlght-turn-euba mtoan Armenia. This is Spain’s crowning disgrace.—Albany State. This state of affairs is not likely to strengthen the Spanish position in Cuba, and will eventually cause our government to permit this country to become a recruiting ground for insurgent armies which will soon crash the power of Spain on the island.—Scranton Times.’ Spanish efforts to prevent the recognition of Cuba indicate a belief that such action would involve something more than moral support. What the oppressors do not want is a pretty good thing for Uncle Sam to do, and the Cubans will appreciate it when it is done.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Keir Hardie, Socialist. J. Keir Hardie has come to this country to preach socialism. He will soon! i find out that lie cannot get a congregation.—Cincinnati Tribune. Keir Hardie says he has come to this country to learn. This nails down the lie according to which the object of his visit was to talk.—Milwaukee Sentinel. James Keir Hardie, the British socialist, says that Chicago is responsible for his visit to America, and Chicago har j apologized to the rest of (he country.— Fond du Lac Commonwealth. Keir Hardie is disappointed with New York. Judging from the limited amount of space accorded Iveir’s doings and sayings by the newspapers New York is also disappointed with Mr. Jxeir Hardie.— Pittsburg Dispatch. The presence of Keir Hardie “in our midst” is one of the picturesque excrescences of the labor movement in this country and in England. The time has gope by when any talkative person as an apostle of labor or a champion of the workingman is received seriously.— New York Mail and Express. . .

China’s Latest IHsgrace. There is some comfort in the reflection that China will be compelled to pay a heavy indemnity.—Baltimore News. The outrages upon the missionaries cannot be condoned. Some means should b* found for teaching the barbarians a salutary lesson.—Philadelphia Ledger. In China, as every one knows, such on* 1 breaks never come without the encouragement and direction of the “literati,” or educated class.—Philadelphia Press. The Ku Cheng murders remind us that China is still a barbarous blot on nineteenth century civilization. Tear down the walls and let iu the light!—Boston Journal. The lopping off of a few Celestial bends and payment of a money indemnity are but sorry satisfaction for barbarities such as those inflicted on the hapless Christians in Ku York Herald. The policyjof the Chinese Government of late has seen to strike terror into the hearts of foreigners and prevent them from makingVse of the concessions guaranteed by tlurpeace treaty.—Philadelphia Inquirer. This Chinese people, which lacks courage to fight men in battle but can murder and burn sleeping women and children, ought to be wiped out or taught a lesson that will start it in the ways of civilization.—Louisville Commercial.

What Peary Accomplished. Though he returns without laurels from his Arctic explorations, he has evidently left no effort untried to accomplish what ho undertook to do.—Boston Herald. Peary says he will make no more Arctic explorations. A wise decision. He has accomplished nothing, and should retirs from the field. —St Louis Globe-Demo* crat. * Peary’s disappointment over the -.in* satisfactory termination of the exposition is unconcealed, but all admit that he is not responsible for the failure.—Oraml Rapids (Mich.) Herald. It will require a reading of the detailed story to understand what these explorers went through, but not many will understand why they were willing to go through it, and to go again.—Tert-e Haute (lnd.) Express. But Lieutenant Peary In what he represents is magnificent. If you stop to diink how many of the great and usoful discoveries in the history of the world hav? been incidentally made by fervid explorers of the unknown who sought either tbe impossible or the useless, you get a* idea of the value of the spirit which is ia Peary.—Detroit Tribune. i ' k V- _