Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1895 — Page 6

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

EUGENE FIELD DEAD.

SUDDEN DEMISE OF THE .FAM* .. OUS POET. •,• ■' ; - \... y-’. - - • ' . o Awful Crime in Omaha—Exploring: an Island Unknown to White Men—Disastrous Blow to Decatur—Long and —Successful Chase for a Criminal. / , \ ■ Death Claims a Shining Mark, Eugene Field, poet, litterateur, one of Chicago’s brightest men, died while asleep Monday morning, of heart disease, after a brief-and slight illness. Newspaper circlesand eleYgy of the city, and the Whole 'poetry-IbFihg? Eng 1 ish jspeaking wbfl d? is profoundly touched with sorrow at the demise of this best-loved of men. The loss does hot come alone to men and women. Children’s eyes all over the land __wilJL flush_ t wit 11 tears and childish hands. forsake their play because the touch of death has fallen upon the lips of him who sang their sweetest lullabys. What child is there in a home worth the calling who has not “sailed away in the wooden shoon” with Wynken, Blynken and Nod, or gazed with swelling throat and overflowing eyes upon the deserted tin soldier, sturdy and stanch, and the other toys, awaiting the return.of Little Boy Blue, “since he kissed them and put them there?” And not one of all these little folk but will know a new grief when they learh that this friend of faries and children, this dreamful and gentle-souled jester, has gone to look for his Little Boy Blue. Whether in the West or the East, in America or in England, the most authoritative critics have paid Field their praises as a poet who sang the simple songs of the human heart with a faultless melody and touched his lyre with an exquisite delicacy.

Young Girl Murdered. Ida Gaskin's mutilated body was found in a small outbuilding at Omaha, in the business district, at 2 o’clock Monday morning. She had been assaulted and murdered. Within an hour George‘Morgan, Ed Sanford and Henry Booker, all young men, were in custody charged with the crime. Ida Gaskin was 11 years old. The little girl was choked to death, her throat showing plainly where the cruel fingers had left their imprint. Booker is a driver of a coal wagoq and a friend of the Gaskin family. Morgan is a col-lar-maker by trade, but has been out of employment for some time. Sanford works for the Crane Elevator Company. It is the opinion of the police thatvthe case is conclusive against Morgan. Big Fire at Decatur. The Grand Opera House at Decatur, Ill.,built in 1889, and furnished elegr. nt ly throughout by Orlando Towers at a cost of §IOO,OOO, was destroyed by fire Monday night, the flames breaking out in the :basenmiit. ; #iam fiome unknown cause. The fire worked its way~into the block north of the opera house and broke out afresh after the roof of the opera house fell in. , Great volumes of sparks, flames and smoke rose, and the wind carried them everywhere. The total loss Is placed at §500,000.

BREVITIES. Sheffield’s Walcott mills and the whole town of Walcott, Minn., were destroyed by fire. The loss is $150,000. Yielding to the petition of more than two score of manufacturers ajid inventors who have entered rin the motocyfcle contest, the judges decided to postpone the Chicago motoeycie race until Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28. Judge Buck Kilgore of the Federal Bench in'the Indian Territory has written to Attorney General Harmon defending himself against charges filed torneys. The most serious charge is that “he doesn't know much law and is tyrannical.” In the Airheart lease of the AnchoriaLeland Company’s claim at Cripple Creek, Colo., a six-inch streak of bbnanza ore has just been encountered at a depth of 232 feet,. Select samples from a halfton of the ore assays §27,240.80 to the ton. Sylvanite abounds. The strike is one of the most marvelous yet made 1 in in the gold camp. Running along with this is another seven-inch streak that assay’s 32 ounces to the ton. Prof. W. J. McGee, chief anthropologist of the bureau of ethnology, left Washington on what will probably prove one of the most interesting expeditions ever sent out by the department. Professor Mctjee intends, if possible, to visit the stronghold of the Seri Indians on Tiburon Island, a rocky bit of territory in the Gulf of California, noiifinally a possession of Mexico, but practically a possession of the Seri Indians. It is a spot that has never been visited by white men. Sheriff M. H. Patterson, of Woodruff County, Arkansas, captured J. M. Leslie, alias Rygm, alias Le'wis, nt Okolona, Mis* His chase of the man extended over 2,200 miles, but the crimes wamnted the persistent pursuit. Leslie is Wanted for two bigamous marriages in ,Texas and Arkansas, and known forgeries in Omaha, Neb., and other cities, with a line of the later crimes the length of which is not known.

The steamer Joe Peters, plying between Memphis and Vicksburg, sank Sunday Uight at Island Sixty-three, while on her way to Vicksburg with a cargo of about 120 tons of miscellaneous freight. The cause of the accident is not known. No lives were lost. The captain and owner, Al Cummins, telegraphs that both the boat and cargo are a total loss. The boat was valued at SIO,OOO and was insured for $0,500 in Louisville. The cargo was worth about $3,500 and insured in shipper's policies. > The Turkish Government has again instructed the Government of Bitlis to protect the American missionaries at that place. Owing to the disturbances the American missionaries who have been engaged in relieving the sufferings of the Armenians at Sassoun have decided to postpone operatic us and seek safety pat Bitlis. V At Montgomery. Ala., the Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and St. Louis Railway is given thirty days in which to pay to the Metropolitan Trust Company of New Yaak SIBI,OOO defaulted interest If not (Mil th* rood will be sold. ‘

EASTERN. ’*=*'■_ Bill Nye was treated tuf a fusillade of over-ripe eggs at Paterson, N. J. Fire at Dauphin, Pa., caused by a spark from a locomotive, destroyed 4,000,000 feet of lumber worth §75.000.. Gotham society is in a flutter because invitations to the Marlborough-Vander-bilt wedding are advertised for sale. . At .lamestown, Douglass. is under arrest charged with the murder of Mrs. Winslow Shernnan and daughter in December, 1894. Dr. J. B. Carpenter, a brothcr-in-law of rx-Guvr Flower, x-onniritted suicide at GouVerneur, N, Y. Desixmdenev due to ill health was the cause. ~~T~ ■ ■ " z== At Newport, R. 1.. James .1. Van Alen has been arrested on a writ charging alienation of wife’s affections, sworn out by Col. S. Colt, and hits given §200,000 bail. —— Two students have been expelled from the Pennsylvania State College, fourteen more haveMieen indefinitely and wholesale criminal prosecutions may follow—all the result of ha«iny. —CulyeAc Co., King & Co., and Trvskow & Krellin, coal-stripping contractors at Hazleton, Pa., have been forced to suspend operations owing to the severe drought. Twelve hundred men have been thrown out of employment. Senator Chandler's paper, the Evening Monitor, of Concord, N. IL, declares that “war between the United States and England is inevitable,” because of the latter’s encroachments on the American continent, and that Russia will be our ally. William Thorpe, a wealthy railroad contractor of New York, recently purchased fourteen hundred acres of land in the lower end of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He erected a number of buildings. planted trees and built fences. . The, buildings have been destroyed by incendiaries, the trees torn up and the fences destroyed. Detectives are now at work on the case. It is alleged that people living in the vicinity said after,Mr. Thorpe .had , made his purchase that fourteen hundred acres of land was too much for one man to own. IL A. McCausland, a traveling salesman for the Michigan aiyl Ohio Plaster. Company, either threw himself or fell UOUia UnlM jfltifOVmddw"sf the OsbormT House, at Auburn, N. ¥., Wednesday morning. Although conscious when found, he died four hours afterward. It was impossible to secure from him a connected statement. Twice he said that there hliil been persons in the hotel room with him, but as the doot was found to be locked, with the key inside, all thoughts of foul play were abandoned. McCausland was about 30 years old and his home was irt Saginaw, Mich.

WESTERN.

The City Council of Tacoma, Wash., has removed City Treasurer McCauley from office because of his failure to furnish an additional bond of SIOO,OOO, which the council asked. Frederick T. Olds, one of the oldest and best-known business men of Tacoma, was elected to sfirve out the ufiexpired term.' The South Dakota Supreme Court handed down a decision, the effect of which is that the Western Union Telegraph Company is not compelled to. receive a message for transmission uh.ljessar.is written on a blank of the*\ Sift'iSa'ny. ftWas on'S" test case involving the reasonableness of -tile demands of the eemtnmy-oH-the-print-cd blanks. The conclusion has been reached at Fresno, Citi., from data gathered the last few days that the raisin crop will be materially short in comparison with last year's output. Thfc shortage is variously estimated at from 250 to 1,000 cars. Up to Oct. 20, 2,000 cars hand gone forward from that district, and shipments have practically ceased since that date. The Lagonda Hotel at Springfield. Ohio, was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening. Proprietor Connell and his wife and a Mrs. Thompson, one of the guests, barely escaped with their lives. All the other guests were warned in time and made a hasty exit from the building. The fire Was not controlled until damage amounting to $200,000 was done in the heart of the city. Fifteen business places were burnejfcz

Theodore Durrant, assistant superintendent of Emanuel Baptist Church Sunday school at San Francisco, Cal., was on Friday convicted of the murdetjttL Bia m-he Idauiont. for which he has been on trial since July 22 last. The jury was out twenty minutes, and arrived at the verdict on the first ballot. As there was no recommendation of mercy the punishment was fixed at death. The Wallace, Idaho, mining troubles are ended for the present. Ninety-five of the non-union men who were threatened at Mullen have enlisted hi the State militia, and others are being enrolled. They have rifles and ammunition sufficient for present needs. John Eklund, who'was beaten into Insensibility at Gem Sunday, left WalJhee. Although the beating was witnessed by a dbzen persons, none could be found who dared to testify. At a few minutes past 9 o'clock Wednesday night the casting of the great bell for the tower of St, > Francis de Sales’ Church, Cincinnati, bjegnn, and the flow of inetal was coutini|ied for about two hours before the work was completed. It is the largest bell in the United and fifteen tons of bell metal were used in the casting. In addition to this, the clapper, which is already cast, weighs 640 pounds. The main dimensions of the bell are: Diameter of the ring, nine feet; diameter of crown, five feet. It is seven feet high. Swung in the tower, the bell is to cost SIO,OOO. Chicago experienced an earthquake early Thursday morning. Not only Chicago but a large territory in the MiisisIsippi Valley, including Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, lowa, and Michigan. f<lt the shock distinctly. The only report of lives imperiled comes from Gadsden, Alu., where several houses were shaken down and the occupants buried beneath the. [ ruins. No fatniities are mentioned nts resulting from the mishap As it was felt In Chicago, the earthquake consisted of two distinct shocks of about five seconds each, interrupted by an interval of quiet lasting a little over a minute. The I’ottawatomie Indians in council at Perry, W T., passed resolutions dadaring: “We believo the stringent rules of the interior department regarding leasee are not conducive to our interests. It would be better for the Indian, better for the white man, and bettor for the community that the Indian should have greater control over his land in the way of leasing, at least for limited periods of, soy. five years. Give us more autonomy and less red-tai»eism. The excessive poteutialism of the government tends to dwarf the development which is norxssnry to make us self-supporting and which can

be attained only by Imposing upon the Indian greater personal responsibility.” William T. Burgess, who was admitted, to the bar of Illinois fifty-five years ago, died Thursday afternoon at Chicago,, from the effects of an unsuccessful surgical operation. Mr. Burgess is said to have been second only to Judge. Lyman Trumbull in point of length of practice tioh of special courts in Northern jllm&lg_ Mr. Burgess was one of the most prominent participants. William T. Burgess was born in 1810 at Magra, Canada. His parents were among the earliest settlers of Northern America, where his father engaged in trading and mercantile pursuits. Mr. Burgess was_educated atprifate sclwols in his native city, and at the age of 19* crossed the lake to After spending several months in the East he came to Western Illinois. He first settled at Rockford, and transacted legal affulrs for the residents of .several countis - Hißjligdbilitxto the bar of the State of Illinois dates from Oct.'6, 1840. when Illinois was still unexplored and infestcd yvithilndians,. , —Tuesday —night at 11 o’clock the two “Firkwuod'acrommodatToir trains over the ~ Missouri Pacific Railroad collided! at King’s Highway and Manchester, just inside the Sit. Louis city limits. Both engineers- were killed, and their bodies horribly mangled. The firemen, too, were buried in the wreck, and fatally crushed. The dead are: William Catrin, of St. Louis, engineer of the east-bound train; John Harper, of Webster Grove, engineer of the west-bound train. The fatally injured are: George Dunbar, of Webster Grove, fireman of the westbound train: George True, of St. Louis, fireman of the east-bound train. Qthers injured: J. 11. Baylis, brakeman, Kirkwood; Henry A. Davis, lawyer, WebsterGrove; Harry Feldotf, conductor; Patrick Hanley, passenger, St.-Louis; Burt Taylor, passenger, Webster Grove; W. A. Williams, conductor. The west-bound train was laden with suburbanites returning from theaters. The two trains crashed into each other around a sharp curve, and the engines were ditched by the fearful force of the collision.

SOUTHERN.

riously ill'at Marshali/ Va. Safeblowers looted the First National Bank of McGregor, Texas,-securing between §IO,OOO and §12,000. The liabilities of Bamberger, Bloom & Co., who recently failed at Louisville, are §1.250,000. It is not believed the assets will realize over 25 per cent of this amount. Henry Hillard, a negro who assaulted and then murdered young Mrs. Bell Monday night near Tyler, Texas, was captured Tuesday, taken to town, and burned to death in the public square. A large crowd of citizens witnessed his dying agonies. The Executive the Texas Live Stock Association has adopted resolutions declaring that the importation of Mejjjcan cattle along the entire border from Oct. 22 to Dec. 31 of this year will not exceed 100,000 head, and consequent-ly-will not in4he-4east-ttffect prices or in any way prove detrimental to the cattle interests of the State.

WASHINGTON.

Commodore Matthews, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy, in his annual report,estimates $2,124,149 as needed for new work. The ram Katahdin, the latest addition to the new navy, was given an official trial Thursday. The result of the* trial is not announced, but it is said the required seventeen knots an hour were more than maintained under unfavorable conditions. The report that Capt. Isaac Bassett, the veteran doorkeeper of the Senate, is dying at Washington is not confirmed. He Is suffering from stomach trouble, but his physician says he is not dangerously ill. Capt. Bassett is 76 years of age,-however, and quite feeble, and the physician does not think he will be able to perform his duties much longer. The treasury statement of receipts and disbursements for October and the first four months of the current fiscal year affords some comparisons which will interest business men. The October deficit was whittled down during the last ten days from $10,500,000t0 $6,161,000,. which reduces the total shortage for tho four months to $16,045,000, or $4,000,000, which is tho almost exact average monthly deficit during the thirty-two ''months of the Cleveland regime. The October receipts footed up $28,000,000 and the disbursements $34,000,000. The governmental income and outgo for ths first four months of 1895-1896, as compared with the corresponding, period of last year, is set forth with some detail in the following tabulation: 7 RECEIPTS. This Last fiscal year. fiscal year. Customs $ 58,143,034.06 $ 47,759,361.40 Internal revenue....... 50,547.102.11 65,438,364.44 Mlscel 4,783,664.63 3,789,668.70

Total r’cpt5.5113,473,820.80 $116,987,414.54 EXPENDITURES. Civil and miscellaneous .$ 32.300,671.41 $ 35,508.886.97 War .. 22,101,974.05 20.435,651.36 Navy 8,900,383.21 11,079443.01 1ndian#3,971,975.91 2,995,951.60 Pensions .... 47,656,374.50 47.880,195.03 Interest ...,, 14,588,164.38 13,441,446.22 Total expen.5129,519,543.46 $131,341,273.29 Excess expenditures over _ receipts j. .. .$ 16,045,722.66 $ 14,353,858.65 The October receipts, however, are $9,000,000 greater than for th 6 corresponding month of 1894. Internal revenue receipts are now running $200,000 or $300,000 a day heavier and customs receipts a very little heavier than last year. It was Spanish weather at Washington Thursday night, but the sympathizers \ftth the Cubag patriots who gathered in Metzerott’s Hall made the old building shake as they cheered to the (echo every declaration of the eloquent speakers In behalf of Cuban liberty, and the granting by the government of tho United Stated of belligerent rights to the patriots who are fighting the tyranny of Spain. The first hard storm of the season had but little effect upon the enthusiastic/ crowd which gathered at the hall in reg|K>nse to thejnvitations’issued by tbs Citizens’ Committee. The speeches were full of eloquent pleadings for the cause of the Cuban patriots, Imt it was a pArticularlvznoticeable (fact there was not the Brightest exhibition of intemperate zeal. The managers of the meeting were distinctly informed the Spanish Minister had entered an informal protest against the gathering, claiming a meeting of this kind at the capital of the United State© would be misunderstood abroad, and might possibly be taken a© representing the official sentiment of the government. It was also understood the Washington

meeting would certainly be quoted abroad in any event, and for this reason those in charge of the gathering made their arrangements so the declarations were it dignified protest against Spanish, tyranny, and a no less dignified but emphatic demand for this country to recognizo the Cuban insurgents as belligerents and not as guerrillas or pirates.

FOREIGN.

A slight earthquake shock has been experienced a t Sant a Madona, Spain. No da ma ge was done. X Great activity prevails among the Rdsl sian troops en -the' Austrian and Ar-, nienian frontiers. It is reported that two army corps are concentrated around ifowno. _________ l \ M. Bourgeois has formed a new ministry for France as follows: Bourgeois. Minister of the Interior and President of-the Council of Ministers; Ricard, Jus,tice and Worship; C’avaginas, War; Lockroy, Marine! Berthelot. Education; Doniner, Finance; Guyet d’Essaigne, Public Works; Mesureur, Commerces 'GombeSjy Colonies. A correspondent in Rio. Brazil, telegraphed Tuesday to Buenos Ayres, Arthat news has been received from the Governor of Para confirming the report of the passage ‘of British troops through that territory. -A correspondent at Havana of an English newspaper received orders from his paper to embark at once for Venezuela, in anticipation of the demonstration Great . Britain is expected to make at La Guayra to. enforce the demands of her ultimatum. A dispatch from Madrid says that Lieutenant Generals Marin and Macias have been- ordered to Cuba. Santiago ad-viceszi-aeport that • Hollgolbsongo was burned hy the rebels. The inhabitants fled to Santiago for refuge. From BayaTiid comes the report that a fight occurred near Baire, Rabi, the'rebel leader, being repulsed gnd left twelve dead on the field. Several new bands of insurgents are reported to have been seen near Vuelta Abajq. The insurgents have burned tlPe buildings of the Jlnaguaybo and San Rafael sugar estates, and American property near Remedies.: . A dispatch from Sophia announces that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria will have "TfcXinfant Priuce~Boria bdptized u in RuNSfflgorthodoxfaitll.fhl'riiieeFerdinand is a strong Roman Catholic, like his mother, Princess Clementine, of the Orleanist house, and his wife, Duchess of Parma; but in this instance he has allowed liis political ambition to get the best of his religious sentiments. This move on the part of the Bulgarian prince will do much to secure his recognition by Russia, and hence by the other European powers, as the legitimate sovereign of Bulgaria, of which principality he has hitherto been merely the de facte ruler. A severe and prolonged earthquake shock was felt at Rome, Italy, at 4:38 Friday morning. Many houses swayed badly, walls were cracked, pictures and other articles fell from the walls and other pk-ces, people ran panic-stricken into the streets and a serious disaster was for n time apprehended. Happily, the first shock seems to have ended the seismic disturbance. So far as is known no serious dainage was done. An inspectionof the public buildings will be made to determine the extent of the injuries, -if- any, that have been sustained. Tint prison of Regina Colli was so badly shaken that the terrified prisoners broke out into open revolt and tried to escape. The situation became so serious that the troops from a neighboring barrack Were hastily summoned. The inmates, were driven back to their cells at the point of the bayonet. The Vatican buildings were severely shaken. The series of shocks lasted about eleven seconds. Two clocks in the observatory were stopped, and the old tower of the Roman College was cracked. Earthquake shocks were also felt at, Rocca di Papa, but, although -the = pWplE == w®feTHrawffifito T s = paaic7 = no = ie = rions damage was done.

IN GENERAL

Jesse Coxey, son of the commonwealer, wired his mother at Massillon, Ohio, that he sailed for Cuba Tuesday on .the Adrian. It is believed he will join the Cuban insurgents. Obituary,-At Hot Springs, Ark., exMayor J. N. Givin, of Effingham, Ill.; at Jacksonville, 111., Rev. J. P. Dimmitt; at Lovell, Ind., John N. Sanger, 95; at Bloomington, 111., Mrs. Michael Finnan, 63. --i... At the conference with President Jeffery, of the Rio Grande Railroad, the heads of labor organizations stated that the company, was justified in discharging the telegraph operator whose case had been the cause of the meeting, bnt asked that he be reinstated on account of extenuating circumstances. This President Jeffery agreed to.

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 58c to 59c; corn, No. 2,29 cto 30c; oats. No. 2,18 e to 19c; rye, No. 2,36 cto 38c; butter, clkoice creamery, 21c to 23e; eggs, fresh, 17c to 19c; potatoes, per bushel, 18c- to, 30c; broom corn, common growth to lichoice’breeu hurl, 2e to 4c per pound. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, SB.OO t© $5.25; bogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to prime, S2.OCT to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,64 cto G6c; corn. No. 1 white, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21a to 22c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50;-hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 58c to 59c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,37 c to 88c. . Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50.t0 $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.5© to $4.00; wheat, Na. 2,06 cto 67c; corn, No. 2 mixed, Sic to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 200 to 21e; rye. No. 2,40 cto 42c. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheAt, No. 2 red, <Hc to 6Ge; corn. No. 2 yellow, B2c to 84c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, 30c to 41c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 06c to 67c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 31c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 28c; rye, No. 2,40 cto 42c. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogi? $3.00 to $4.(X>; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 86c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. Milwaukee— Whejt. No. 2 spring, 57c to 58c; corn, No. 3. 29c to 30c; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; barley, No. 2. Brtc to 38c; rye. No. 1,39 cto 40c; pork, mesa, SB.OO to $8.50. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to I $8.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 68c to «9<-; corn, No. 2, 37c to 39c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; butter, creamery, 16c to 24c; eggs, Western, 18c to 21c*

ERA OF UNCERTAINTY

BOOM IN TRADE SEEMS TO HANG FIRE. Twp Sunday Wfecka on the B. & O. and M;, K. & T-.' Result in Death and , Injury to Many— Holmes Convicted of Murder. ; - ~ ~ . Trade Is Waiting. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The rapid recovery in cotton, and the rise in sterling exchange to The Tpoinr~at the txL gold were made, have not increased confidence. There is a little better demand for most manufacturing products, and retail ’distribution is .fairly encouraging and of many works is less significant at .this season than it might be at others. It is a time of waiting, and uncertainty may naturally continue for zKjnteWffiks.” _ One of the most disastrous wrecks that ever occurred orrthe Baltimore and Ohio Road happened because of a broken'wheel at 10: o’clock -Sunday morning at Elm Grove,,a suburban station five miles east of Wheeling on the Wheeling and Pittsburg division. Mrs. Mirana Hare, of Kittanning, Pa., and Lawrence Bartley's infant son were killed. C. J. Garvey, an oil operator of Marietta, Ohio, and Ella Vance, of Wheeling will die. Thirtythree others were hurt. Three cars were smashed into kindling wood and the parlor car caught fife. The flames were extinguished, lidwevef, by two of the passengers - before they gained much headway. The railroad officials say the accident was one of those unaccountable occurrences that may come at any time. The broken wheel was given the usual test before the train left Pittsburg, and apjieared to be perfectly sound.

Holmes Found Guilty. H. H. Holmes was convicted at Philadelphia Saturday of the murder of Benjamin F. I’itzel. “This man of steel and heart of stone,” as the District Attorney described him to the jury, does not evince in the olighteot any sigiiti of breaking down, With death aetually before him now, he is the same cool ami callous Holmes. The prison regulations prevented any one from interviewing him Sunday, but a message was sent out that he slept well'and was feeling comfortable and still confident his innocence would yet be established. Extra care has been taken that the man shall not frustrate the efforts of the prosecution by committing suicide. A double guard has been placelUon his cell and will remain there until he has paid the penalty of his crime. Death of Lient. Prince. Lieut. Leonard M. Prince, Second TnJantry, U. S. A., died at the Presbyterian lospital, in Chicago, Friday morning, from injuries received in the famous army-navy football game at Annapolis, Md., in 1892. For three years his splendid physique and strong will have-bat-tled against the insidious attacks of disease resulting from the Occident which happened to him in that game, but his injuries werejof_.such a serious nature death was merely a question of time. Express .Train DitchcdL By the wreck of .the north-bound passenger Jrain on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road Sunday near Waxahachie, Texas, Mike Murphy, the engineer, was killed. In addition twentytwo people were injured, thirteen of them more or less seriously. Five coaches were derailed and two turned completely over by an epon switch.

NEWS NUGGETS.

Central New York reports a heavy snowstorm Thursday. Bill Nye has canceled his lecture engagements and will rest until February. Tue lowest estimated value, placed upon tlie taxable property of the city of Chicago is more tllan ten times its assessed valuation for the present year. A fair appraisement of the city would fix its property valuo at not less than $2,500,000,000. This statement is based upon tlie conservative estimates of in■stirance7 financial and real estate authorities. Information has reached Washington that the members of tho Nicaraguan .Canal Commission have signed their report on the inspection of the proposed foute for the waterway and sent it to the State Department. It is generally believed that the report Is favorable to the construction of the canal under Government management. It is thoflght-the estimate as to its prospective cost will be about $100,000,000. •The Mexican National Exposition and Laud Company has been inoorporated under New Jersey laws. Its purpose is to hold an international exposition ba the City, of Mexico in 1898 under grants from the Mexican Government. The capitalization is to be $l,000,0(M), divided into 10,000 shares. Besides holding the*'exposition the company will build tramways and hotels, £rant Concessionß, establish a permanent amusement park and ’.enect buildings. The stockholders of the East Portland, Ore., First National Bank have decided by unanimous vote to liquidate and wind up the affairs of the concern. Its affairs nre reported by theMockholders and officials to be in good condition. The cashier, B. H. Bowman, reports money on hand to pay all depositors. The bank is one of the old institutions of the East Side, and has n capital stock of SIOO,OOO. In July, 1893, it closed its doors tern, porarily, but fully recovered. The ihstitution closes because its stockholders desire to retire from business. The Bardwell Evangelical Church nt Tunkhannock, Pa., was wn*cked with dynamite Thursday night while a gospel meeting was in progress. No one was Injured. The motive is ascribed to the bitter warfare growing out of the transfer of the church property from the followers of Bishop Dubs to the BowmanEsher people. The Kingisf Ashantee has routed the British ultimatum, preferring war to a protectorate. Jack Dempsey, the well-known pugilist, died nt his residence in Portland Thursday murniug of consumption. Ijla M. and Ella R. Nelson, of Chicago, who are trumping their way to Jacksonville, Fla., on a wager, spent Sunday in Lexington, Ky. At Clarksville, Tenn., Henry Baker was killed and one white man injured in a fight with a negro mob. Two negroes were badly injured.

SHAKEN BY A QUAKE

TERRESTRIAL DISTURBANCE FELT IN MANY STATES. The Tremor Had an East to West rection, Turned Sleepers Out oUßely —Bhook Dtshes Shelves and Performed Other Antics. Many Were Frightened. The central part of the United States experienced a well defined earthquake shortly after 5 o’clock Thursday morn4ag. The shock and vibrations were felt' in several States, the dispatches showing that the disturbance extended from Kentucky on the south far into Wisconsin and Michigan, throughout Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, far as West Virginia, .where the shock was algo, perceptible. The shock and vibrations were of but a few seconds, but created the greatest alarm, and in some instances terror among residents of some of the cities. There was no doubting the nature of the disturbance which shook buildings, slammed doors, rang door bells, and caused articles to topple from shelves, tables, and mantel pieces. In the telegraph offices of Chicago the vibrations were strongly manifested, and for a few minutes after the shock telegraphic communication was entirely suspended.. Thousands of persons were awakened from ’their sleep by the shock. In the public library, on the top floor of the city hall, books were shaken from the shelves, and in many of the offices in skyscrapers similar circumstances were noticed; On the street the mllkmeti and the policemen feeling the unusual commotion sought shelter in the belief that there was a possibility that one of the tall buildings might fall. The operators in the Western Union Telegraph room became alarmed and left the building. Clocks were stopped and windows rattled, but no serious damage was done. The shocks were not accompanied by any rumbling disturbance. ■ In St. Louis the trembling of the earth was so great that many clocks were stopped, dishes rattled, and nt the nower-... houses-oftheelectrie-earl>nestheeuE» rent was temporarily interrupted; At , Indianapolis the shock was preceded by a rumbling noise. The shock was from north to south, and the vibration in threestory buildings was at least two inches. Many tell chimneys were damaged. Reports received state that the shock was felt as far away as Arkansas and' Kansas, and that the wave passed from west to east.

LINCOLN MONUMENT UNSAFE.

Parts of the Structure Thought to Have Been Marble Areßnick. The Lincoln monument at Oak Ridge Cemetery, neai Springfield, which has. for the last tumnty years been admired by thousandsTipon thousands of people from all over the world, will have to be torn down. It is too far gone to be repaired, and, besides, its construction is such that it will not admit of repair. Instead of being a substantial pile of solid granite, as external appearances Would indicate, it W a rickety structure of. brick veneered over with slabs of granite. This is the verdict of State trustees who have charge of the monument. During the last session of the General Assembly the historic pile was turned over to the State, §30,000 wag appropri- ■ T 77.7-.., .W'is.-j:;;, , ~ ~ ,■ ... r. -—: . <

THE LINCOLN MONUMENT.

ated for repairs, and a law passed making the Governor, State Treasurer, and State Superintendent of Instruction trustees of the monument to care for it and make the much-needed repairs. When the trustees set about to arrange for the repairs they discovered that the magnificent monument erected to the. memory of “Honest Old Abe” was a sham and a fraud. What appearefi'to.be hug© blocks of granite were nothing but thin slabs laid over brick. “The Lincoln monument is simply a shell,” said Governor Altgeld. “It is a brick monument and has a veneering of granite slabs three inches thick. This veneering is coming loose, just as all veneering will.” “Can it be repaired?” was asked. “It would be impossible to repair that monument and make it permanent.” “The other two trustees and I feel that the great State of Illinois should have a monument to Lincoln that in not a styim, but a soiid structure, and that in order to get this, tills brick and veneered monument should be taken down ami in it© stead buikl a monument of solid granite from bottom to top, so that it will last for all ages and reqitire no attention from anybody. We have almost enough money to do this. However, the trustees do not feel like taking so radical a Stephanies© they should be requested to do so' th©surviving members of President Lincoln’s family.” The Lincoln monument was completed, in October, 1874, and cost $206,500,. which amount was raised»by popular subscription. Freight traffic managers of all but fourof. tlie railroads which had a membershipin the Western trunk line committee met in St. Louis to make An effort to revive and reorganize that committee. Owing to the absence of the four representative© nothing was done. , Now it appears that even the Texas, a second-class battle-ship, cannot be docked at New York without waiting for a big tide. This has caused some speculation among naval officers as to what, would occur if the ship met with an accident at sea and came into port in a sinking condition. Mrs. G. W. Billings, of Ligonier, Ind.,, waa found lying unconscious on the grav©of her mother. She had attempted suicide by placing a cloth saturated with •chloroform over her face and wrapping; a shawl about her head, but will " ' ... -V-