Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1898 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. <JEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher;/ RENSSELAER, ■ ■ ‘ INDIANA,

FORCED TO EAT DOGS

AN AGED COUPLE DRIVEN TO FRIGHTFUL EXTREMITIES. Horrible State of Affaire at a- Small Hamlet in New York Etate—Half a Million Dollars in Gold Dual from the Klondike. In Want and Squalor. Hidden in the woods on the outskirts of Pelhamville, N. Y., is a wretched cabin made of a few boards. Inside the hut the air is foul and moist, and vegetation clings lo the walls. This miserable den is the home of Henry Hess, who is 75 years old. He lies on a bunk, wrapped in old rags, and dying of starvation, consumption and malarial fever. His wife, almost as old as himself and nearly helpless from weakness and illness, nurses him, and tries to earn for him a few comforts to brighten liis last days. A beer bottler named Effel, ■who lives near, took a reporter to the hut last night, first providing himself with a lantern apd with a big horse whip to drive away a troop of fierce, half-starved watch dogs which hang about the hut, guarding against trespassers. There were fifteen of these dogs a few months ago. Now there are only six. The neighbors say that the poor old couple, rendered halfwitted and childish by old age and lack of nourishment, have eaten the other dogs, and that one by one the rest will go, if the cold weather does not kill off the old folks first?-Tho residents of Pelhnmville do little for the unfortunate couple. They criticise the authorities and say it is disgraceful that none of them goes' to the assistance of the Hesses. It seems to be no one’s business to relieve them. QUEER WAY TO WOO DEATH. Prominent Kentucky doctor Drives Buggy Into Ten-Foot Pond. Dr. T. C. Collins committed suicide by driving his buggy into a ten-foot pond on his farm in Bourbon County, Ky. He was the father o's May L. Collins, the freethinker, who died in Boston winter before last in company of Samuel Putnam, also a freethinker, both being suffocated by gas. Dr. Collins mourned the loss of his daughter and early last year he took a large dose of chloral with suicidal intent. Heroic remedies saved him, but the soles of his feet were cooked off by the hot water in which his feet were bathed, and it was seven months before he could walk. Two months ago his remaining daughter, Julia, but -W years old, eloped with a young man, whom she did not marry, and did not return home for several days. This new blow nearly prostrated the doctor and he moved to his farm in Bourbon County, where he had some trouble with a tenant. He was 55 years old. STILL BRINGING GOLD. Faatnet Arrives at Vancouver with Half a Million. The steamer Fastnet has arrived at "Vancouver. B. C., from Skaguay with half a million in dust and with news that a million more was on the wharf when the Fastnet left. There will be but one more boat out from Dawson, the Columbia, which will bring.down a large amount of Treasure. The principal owners of the gold on the Fastnet are H. M. Kersey, general manager of the Yukon Steamship Company, $50,000 in nuggets, for exhibition purposes; J. B. Rhodes of Portland, $60,000 in dust: W. Caldwell of Portland, SBO,OOO in dust; Edouard Laeson, SIOO,000 in dust; J. Sinclair of Vancouver, $25,000 in dust, and there was some $50,600 divided among passengers. Fire Consumes Big Blocks. The explosion of a car of i«>wder at the Denver and Rio Grande freight depot at Colorado Springs caused a conflagration that will aggregate $1,000,000 loss. The fire fed on old frame buildings, feed stores, lumber yards and warehouses till two squares were destroyed. It then crossed Huerfano street, burning two more squares on the north side. The Antlers’ Hotel caught fire and in two hours was destroyed. Part of i 1 was blown tip to stay the flames.

Attempts to Kill His Wife. William Eagan, a noted baseball player who has at different periods in the last several years been a member of the St. Ixrnis, Syracuse, Pittsburg and other professional clubs, tried to kill his wife and luid also planned to kill himself at Camden, N. J. While intoxicated he tired three shots at his wife, none of which took effect, and tried to shoot himself, but was prevented by a policeman. Chaplain Took His Own Life. The latest advices from Japan bring news of the death of Rev. Thaddeus S. K. Freeman, chaplain of the United States steamship Baltimore, at Nagasaki. From all accounts Freeman committed suicide while in a condition of mental depression consequent upon his failing health. Be jumped overboard from the Zcalandia and was drowned before any assistance could he rendered him. standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L Boston !)(> >45 Philadelphia. 119 (18 Baltimore ...91 4!)Pittsburg ... ,(W 70 Cincinnati ..90 58 Louisville ...114 78 Cleveland ...77 <ll Brooklyn ....51 84 Chicago 80 (>4 Washington. 4!) 93 New Y0rk...73 (588 t. Lottis 3(11(4 Chinese Ruler Kills Himself. A late dispatch from Shanghai says h Is uemi-offichilly announced there that the Emperor of China committed suicide on Kept. 21. Tornado in Georgia. For eighteen hours Savannah. Ga.. was In the grasp of a West India tornado. The damage in the city was slight, but the rhe growers of the vicinity suffered heavily. Their loss will undoubtedly reach <200,000. Fail, for *1,000,000. A special from Dover, N. IL, says: N. A. & J. Sawyer, woolen manufacturers Its vc assigned. Liabilities are estimated at $1,000,000. Ex-Governor Charles H. Sawyer is President of the corporation.

FRUIT IS GOING TO WASTE. Crop la So Heavy in Northern Ohic That It Cannot AH Be Handled. Help cannot be secured to handle fruii in the Ottawa belt of Ohio, and thousands of bushels are wasting daily. The ship ments from Gypsum alone one week reached from twenty-five to twenty-eight cars a day. Marblehead Junction shipments, including what is sent on the Lakeside and- Marblehead road, amount to fully two-thirds as much. Catawba Island is sending by boat from Ottawa City about 12,000 bushels daily. La Carne is shipping large quantities. Put-in-Bay and the other islands are sending by the large boats to Cleveland, Detroit and Toledo. Port Clinton is also shipping several thousand bushels daily by boat and rail. The recent windstorm caused some loss, but the rains improved the size and appearance of much of the fruit on the trees, and ■went far toward making up for the loss by the storm. ROBBERS FRIGHTENED AWAY. Passengers Prevent a Train Hold-Up in Colorado. A train on the Denver and Rio Grande was held up by two'men between Colorado Springs and Palmer Lake about 9 o’clock the other night. The robbers fired several shots and attempted to explode dynamite on top of the express car. The firing attracted the attention of the passengers, some of whom came out and frightened the robbers, who disappeared in the darkness. No damage was done except the shooting of a hole in the express car. Passengers on the train say that at least thirty shots were fired. The men wqre evidently green at the business. They secured nothing. BOLD ST. LOUIS ROBBERY. Politician Help Up and Assaulted in Front of a Clubhouse. Edward Pfeister, a well-known politician of Poseyville, Ind., was sandbagged and robbed in front of the Fifth Ward Republican Club headquarters in St. Louis. Pfeister was about to enter the club headquarters when he was accosted by two well-dressed young men. Suddenly they seized him. Pfeister threw his assailants off, when three other men ran across the street, one of whom struck him with a sandbag. He sank unconscious, and the highwaymen rifled his pockets and fled. A gold watch and SSO were taken. WRECK KILLS FIVE. An Excursion Train Collides with a Working Train in Nova Scotia. A special excursion train on the way to the Halifax exhibition from Pictou, N. S., crashed into a working train near Stellerton. James Sproull, engineer; M. O’Brien, engineer; W. G. Henderson, fireman; John R. McKenzie, fireman, and William Cameron of Scotch Hill, Pictou County, a passenger, were killed. John McMillan, of Pictou, a passenger, was injured.

Secured $12,000 Booty. One. of the most daring bank robberies ever perpetrated in the State occurred at Flora, Ind. In their attempt to escape the gang of robbers shot and it is feared fatally wounded W. H. Lenon, the proprietor of the bank. They fled under a volley from the revolver of the banker and escaped unharmed, their booty neing between SIO,OOO and $12,000, all in cash. The bank owned by Lenon is in a two-story brick building, now wrecked by the clumsy handling of the powerful explosives used by the robbers. The safe doors were forced with dynamite and the bank’s interior strewn with the fragments of the wreck. Lenon, who lives half a square north of the bank, was awakened by a minor explosion. He stepped to the upper front porch and saw a group of men standing in front of Livingstone & \ orst’s store in the shadow of the building watching the bank. Securing a revolver, he went to the front door and asked the men what was wanted. They answered: "Go inside and mind your business.’’ He then fired a shot into the group without apparently wounding any one, and one of the men replied with the two barrels, of a shotgun taken from Lenon's bank. The first charge struck one corner of Lenon’s house, the second entered Lenon’s breast and face. He will probably lose the sight of both eyes, even should he recover. Simultaneously with the first report of the revolver came the explosion that threw open the doors of the treasure box. A minute later two men emerged from the bank and joined the four who had been standing in front of the store across the street from the bank. They all ran to the Vandalia tracks, a square away, where a handear was waiting for them.

Explosion Causes Several Deaths. An explosion of powder in the rear of the four-story building at 410 North Fourth street, St. Louis, occupied by C. it W. McClain, fishing tackle and sporting goods, set the store on tire and caused its destruction, nnd resulted in the injury of a number of people, several of whom will die. The first explosion occurred in the basement of the McClain building, where a quantity of powder and shells had been stored. It set fire to the building and shattered the glass In store fronts for some distance along Fourth street. On the third floor of the McClain building four young women were at work. Maggie Dinkel, one of the women, escaped by walking along the narrow ledge in front of the,next building south. Kate W-'ldon, Kate Gaull and Florence Higbie were unable to do this. They nn?iously waited for the tiremen to put up ladders and take them away from their position, which became more perilous every moent from the spreading tlames. The firemen took out oue of the women, but by some mischance they dropped her to the pavement. The other two, cut by glass and burned by the tlames that were nearly consuming them, jumped to the pavement and were taken to the hospital in a critical condition. A second explosion sent bricks and glass Hying among the firemen, injuring five of them. Two, it is reported, cannot live. This explosion frightened a team hitched to a reel, ami the horses ran away, injuring one fireman and a eltluen. Less than an hour after the Ore started the walls of the McClain building fell. Vote, to Bar Liquor, By popular vote the Dominion of Canada has declared for prohibition. Quebec is the only province enrolled on the side of liquor. She has given an estimated majority of 35,000 against the proposal law. Prohibition received a net majority ranging between 12.000 and 18,000. Pattison Decline, to Run. Ex-Gov. Rala*rt E. Pattison. ii’ho was nominated for Congress a few days ago by the Democrats of the Sixth Pennsylvania district, has formally declined the nomination.

BAD GIRL BURGLAR.

LATEST SPECIMEN OF MASSACHUSETTS’ CRIMINAL CROP. Girl Sixteen Years of Age Robs a House During the Summer Absence of the Family—Joplin Murder Mystery Is Cleared Up. Girl Is an Enterprising Thief. Nellie Huxford, only 16 years of age, is charged by the police with the larceny of more than SI,OOO worth of clothing and other property from the residence of Arthur H. Tiluey, Newton Center, Mass. The girl has confessed to complicity in the affair, but endeavors to place part of the blame on the shoulders of a man, whom the police believe to be non-existent. She will be brought into court alone to answer to the charge, and no effort is being made to find anj- accomplice. In many respects this is one of the most remarkable cases which has ever come to the notice of the Newton authorities. Never in Newton has a woman been charged with so serious a larfeny, and seldom has a girl of only 16 anywhere been charged with an offense of such magnitude. The robbery was discovered on the return of Mr. and Mrs. Tiluey from.their summer vacation. They found that the house had been systematically ransacked, and that property valued at SI,OOO, chiefly dresses, had been stolen. Other property had been prepared for removal and left in the cellar, through which entrance hud been effected. The police have evidence to show that the girl let herself in at the basement door without assistance from any source. They are also convinced that she whs alone in the case. MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED. Slayer of Lengthy Bill Smith Confesses His Crime. At Joplin, Mo., an old murder mystery that has puzzled the police for months has been solved by the confession of the murderer. The many old abandoned mining shafts in Joplin and Galena have enabled murderers to quickly dispose of their victims by dropping them down into the shafts. Last February an old miner known as “Lengthy Bill” Smith suddenly disappeared. A few days later his body was found in an old shaft with indications of foul play, but the murder remained a mystery until a dispatch from La Grande, Ore., stated that a man named Weed had confessed to murdering Bill Smith at Joplin last spring. Weed will be brought to Joplin for trial.

INDIANS GO TO MEXICO. Delawares Purchase a Big Tract of Land in Southern Republic. It is stated on good authority that a deal has been concluded by Delaware Indians for the purchase of 550,000 acres of land in Mexico and that as soon as they secure settlement with the United States and the Cherokees they will*remove there. It is thought that many of the full-blood Cherokees will accompany them. The tract purchased is on the Yagin river. State of Sonora, and is said to be fine land. Repre--1 sentatives of Mexican land holders were recently among the Cherokees. Poachers Take Many Seals. An authentic report regarding the pelagic sealing fleet has just been received in San Francisco. Among the poachers that have made the largest catches were the following: Enterprise, 553 skins; Minnie. 400; San Diego. 673; Theresa. 320, and Otto, 727. These skins, being excluded from the United States, are shipped to England, where they are disposed of at reduced rates. Terrific Floods in Japan. A terrific storm swept over Japan recently. The wind did great damage to shipping. Rivers soon became torrents, flooding many sections. A summary of the loss of life and property follows: Deaths. 250: bouses swept, 164; houses overthrown. 1,195; partially wrecked. 11,460; houses inundated, 15,597; river banks broken, 78. Plot to Kill a King. A man has been arrested at Orsova, charged with complicity in a plot to assassinate the King of Roumania. The police received timely warning and the attempt was frustrated. A phial of poison, a dagger and several other weapons were found in the man's possession.

Stab Wound Proves Fatal. , Captain Thomas Young, who was stabbed at Sedalia, Mo., by J. 11. MeManigal, while the two were talking in a saloon, is dead. MeManigal is in jail under a heavy guard, as threats of violence have been made against him by friends of the dead man. Rough Rider Fatally Shot. William Shields,of Dayton, Ohio, wus on a visit to Trenton the other day, and when getting off a traction car allowed his revolver to fall. An explosion followed and Shields was fatally wounded. He was a member of Roosevelt's rough riders. Cumberland, Win., la Burned. Fire originating from burning forests destroyed half of Cumberland. Wis., a city of 1,500 people, causing a property loss estimated at $225,000. About twentyfive families are homeless. Five children are reported burned to death. Huy in the Cabinet. Col mel'John Hay has been sworn into office as Secretary <>f State. The ceremony took place in the President's room at the White House, and the oath was adnrnistered by Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court. Henry George No minuted. At a meeting of the Chicago platform Democrats Tn New York, Henry George, the son of the single tax advocate, was nominated to head an independent Democratic ticket. More Armenians Killed. Turkish advices from Van say fighting has occurred at Alashgorb between the Turks ami a number of Armenians from Russia. About fifty Armenians were killed. — I Fire in Clinton, Me. Fire swept away the Centra! Maine Railway station and many adjoining buildings at Clinton, Me., and for a time the town was threatened. Loss $50,000. Earthquake Shock in Spain. Two severe earthquakes ’were felt nt Fortuna, sixteen miles from Murein, capital of the province of that name, in Spain. “Teddy” la Nominated. Col. Theodore Roosevelt is the Republican nominee for Governor of New York.

BIG STRIKE BY SHOE LASTERS. Operatives All Over Southeastern Massachusetts Quit Work. In pursuance of the ultimatum issued by the Lasters’ Protective Union at Brocton, Mass., that if the lasting machine companies did not withdraw agents whom they had put into factories there to take the places of strikers all the lastera in that section would be ordered out the strike has been extended in all directions. Men abandoned lasting machines in shops all over southeastern Massachusetts. Even concerns that had settled on the price list trouble were not exempt and the operatives went out with the rest. This is the most general and united strike of shoe lasters that has been known in many years. PA6BENGEKS' NARROW ESCAPE. Spike in Rail Near St. Louis Causes a General Smash-Up. As the north-bound through passenger train on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad was running into St. Louis the engine struck a spike that had been wedged in between the rail ends and plunged across the double tracks, stopping on the very brink of a fifteen-foot embankment. A moment later a freight train, running on special time, crashed into the rear end of the passenger train. No one was hurt. It is thought some small boys placed the spike between the rails. The property loss to the railroad is considerable, but not estimated. Expert Counterfeiter Arrested. A well-organized and successful gang of counterfeiters and passers of spurious money was rounded up in El Paso, Texas, by William H. Forsyth, a United States secret service man. The alleged leader of the gang, George de Fontaine, a prominent business man of the city, was arrested. Ninety dollars in spurious greenbacks was found on De Fontaine’s person when he was arrested and nearly sll,000 in United States treasury notes of various denominations were seized at his residence after he was arrested. In one room were tools of every description for use in finishing coins and retouching bills. Two cigar boxes were filled to the lids with paper money amountbig to $5,000 that had not been given the finishing touches. Ready mixed colors -and finp brushes such as are used by artists were also found in the room. Another di gar box was filled with United States and Mexican coins of various denominations in a crude state. Five thousand dollars in treasury notes was floated in Omaha thirty days ago find its counterfeit character was npt detected until some of the money was deposited in a bank. Meditator Meets Death. At Hoisington. Kan.. Lew Kelley and L. E. Baker had an altercation, brought about by an alleged insult to Mrs. Kelly by Baker. The result was a running fight, in which Kelley pounded Baker on the head with a revolver. B. F. Ruggles, an old man. interfered and tried to stop the fight. The revolver in the hands of Kelley was discharged, and Ruggles was shot and instantly killed.

Thos. F. Bayard la Dead. Thomas Bayard died at Karlstein, the summer residence of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel D. Warren, at Dedham, Mass., after an illness of six weeks. His death was without paip. Conflict Between Miners. Imported negro miners and strikers met in deadly conflict in the streets of Pana, 111. Two hundred shots-were fired and a Wild riot ensued, in which several persons were wounded. ' . Great Heat in Kansas. For a few days thp heat was so great in Kansas that the rails of the Union Pacific were warped out of shape at Bellevue and Silver Lake. Fatal Dynamite Explosion. An explosion of a wagon load of dynamite near New Whatcom, Wash., killed two men and one boy. Several others are •injured. Village Burned Ont. A Claremont, Minn., special says that village was wiped out by fire the other night, twenty two buildings being destroyed. Town Swept by Fire. The entire business portion of Ipswich, S. I).. was destroyed by fire, with the exception of one block. Van Wyck Is Nominated. Augustus Van W£ck has been named for Governor by the Democrats of New York. Crane for Governor. Alvin W. Crane is the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to .$4.00: sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 64c to Otic; corn. No. 2,29 cto 30c; oats. No. 2,21 c to 22c; rye. No 2. 45c to 47c; butter, choice creamery. 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, choice, 27c to 35c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to' $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 65c to 07c; corn. No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. St. Lottis—Cnttle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, title to GBe; corn. No. 2 yellow. 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2,22 cto 24c; rye, No. 2. 46c to 48c. Cincinnati— Cuttle. $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, <J7c to 60c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 30c to 32c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25c; rye. No. 2. 47c to 49c. Detroit—Cnttle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, G7e to <*!><•• corn. No. 2 yellow, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c; rye, 49c to 50c. Toledo- Wheat, No. 2 mixed. G7c to 69e; corn. No. 2 mixed, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white. 21c to 22c: rye. No. 2,48 c to 49c: clover seed. $3.75 to $3..85. Milwaukee- Wheat, No. 2 spring. G3c to 64c: corn. No. 3. 29c to 31c: outs. No. 2 white. 23c to 25c; rye. No.' 1. 46c to 47c; barley. No. 2,43 eto 45c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. BufTalo- Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.(Mt ty $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25: sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra. $5.00 to $5.75. New York - Cattle. $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50: sheep. $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2,35 cto 30c: oats. No. 2. 25e to 27c; butter, creamery, 15c to 22c; eggs, Western, 16c to ISc.

MINERS IN A RIOT.

Negroes and Strikers in Conflict at Pana, 111. Imported negro miners and strikers met in deadly conflict in the streets of Pana, 111., the other night. Two hundred shots were fired and a wild riot ensued, in which several persons were wounded. The affray occurred in the business section of the town, where many of the negro miners had congregated, most of them being armed. The union miners were in session in their hall, being addressed by a Chicago labor leader. A negro appeared at the stairway leading to the hall and engaged in a quarrel with the doorkeeper. Policeman Smith arrested the negro and w’as taking him to jail when the crowd of colored men on the street closed in and threatened to shoot if the prisoner was not released. Smith continued on his way to the jail, and miners and others went to his assistance and took the negro to Operator Penwell’s store. There David McGavie, leader of the union miners, forced the negroes to retreat, and a few scattering shots were fired. Retreating to the stockades around the mines, the negroes armed themselves with rifles and returned to the scene, lining up against the striking miners. With the first volley fired all business houses were closed and the non-eombatants fled to their homes. The firing continued for five minutes, the blacks firing first, but at the end they were compelled to retreat. Twenty minutes later a second encounter occurred near the Penwell stockade. None of the strikers was injured, but William Baldwin, chief deputy sheriff, and H. E. Bishop, a special deputy, received bad bullet wounds. Several of the negroes were hit, and one is reported to have died.

THOMAS F. BAYARD DIES.

Statesman and Diplomat Passes Away After a Long Illness. Thomas F. Bayard, former Secretary of State and ambassador to England, died at Karlstein* the home of his son-in-law, S. D. Warren, two miles from Dedham, Mass. The cause of death was arterial sclerosis, which affected the kidneys, heart and brain. Death came to the noted statesman peacefully after a host of relatives had assembled at his bedside to await the end. The illness to which he succumbed was the result of a general breaking down, incident to old age. Mr. Bayard suffered no pain to any noticeable degree, and his chief tendency was to sleep. During the first few weeks of his illness Mr. Bayard was able to sit up, but as the days passed he became gradually weaker, and three weeks ago he laid himself on his bed and never again rose from it. At times he would rally to some extent, but the relapse carried him always nearer the end. His wonderful constitution resisted the ravages of disease for a surprising period. Much of the time he was in a' semiconscious condition, seldom recognizing any member of the family, and at intervals having sinking spells, accompanied by choking. It was after one of these spells that he passed away. In October, 1856, Senator Bayard was married to Louisa, daughter of Joseph Lee, a Baltimore banker. Twelve children were the result of the union. IVJr. Bayard’s first wife-died during the first year of his term as Secretary of State. Four years later he was married to Mary . Clymer of Washington, who survives him. Seveti of the children are living.

BRITAIN SEIZES FASHODA.

General Kitchener Reports He Found the French in Possession. Gen. Kitchener found the French at Fashoda. He notified Major Marchand that he had express instructions that the territory was British and that the French must retire, and offered them passage to Cairo. Major Marchand absolutely declined to retire unless ordered to do so by his Government. No fighting occurred. Major Marchand was given clearly to understand that the British insisted upon their claims, and the rest has been left to be settled by diplomacy between the respective Governments. Gen. Kitchener sent a long ofljeial dispatch to London, hoisted the union jack and the Egyptian ensign, and left as a garrison the Eleventh and Thirteenth Sudanese battalions and the Cameron Highlanders to protect the British flag. The only organized remnant of the khalifa’s army was defeated and its last stronghold. Gedarif. captured after three hours’ hard fighting, when an Egyptian force numbering 1,300 under command of Col. Parsons routed 3,000 dervishes, of whom 500 were killed.

The Comic side The News

This is a good time for Crete to be discreet. Crete seems to be having a regular Cuba of a time. The “starving reconcent rado” seems to have chewed up his tag. The khalifa's sad but glorious days seem to come early in the fall. Zola is wise in launching his lecture tour before Dreyfus begins his. It looks now as if Col. Paty du Clam had been caught between bases. For once the Earl Li bird in China seems to have got the worst of it. In time of war the army needs more "rod croes" and not quite so much "red tape." Lovers of oysters are practicing the bivalve yell: "Oysters!' Oysters! ’Raw, 'Raw, ’Raw!” Cecil Rhodes has been suspiciously quiet of late. Who is behind this latest good Rhodes movement? None of the Spanish ships sunk nt Manila enn be raised. Dewey's work never has to be done twice. When Pnndo and Torn) and Sagasta meet in Madrid the kinetoscope privilege will be worth n small fortune. Uncle Sam’s soldiers at Manila will not suffer from homesickness. They have made themselves right at home there. The war in Cuba has developed a pretty big bill, but Gen. Shafter knows one big Bill which it reduced about sixty pounds. K Curl Schurz is a good advocate for the cause of the anti-imperialists. Therefore, those people w«H*hi D well to keep their Schurz on.

And now the dons are alarmed over the report that Vesuvius is throwing out red, white and blue fire.—Pittsburg Post. And so it seems that it was the movement to cut off the pigtails that occasioned the latest squealing in China. —Boston Herald. Admiral Schley has enabled Admiral. Sampson to reach Havana without the loss of a single man. —Memphis Commer-cial-Appeal. For some soldiers to bring home small! pigs as trophies is ho evidence they were living on the fat of the land while away-. Philadelphia Times. The Sultan is such an artful dodger that it may become necessary for Uncle San* to send one of our admirals over to sit on his doorstep.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The rough riders are to have a tournament in New York. At least such a project is—like the riders themselves—afoot. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Before we get around to discussing thelocation of the Schaumberg line again let us ascertain if England is wid us on theTurkey question.—St. Paul Dispatch. Tornado reports indicate that our West India acquisitions can at least compete with Kansas and Nebraska in ability toraise the wind.—Philadelphia Ledger. The idea that Admiral Sampson did nodamage in the recent war will have to be abandoned. Didn’t he destroy the Cristobal Colon?—Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Two Connecticut farmers went to New York and bunkoed a lot of green goods--men. No wonder the papers of that city are demanding more facilities for education.—Philadelphia Times. After he has had a few more meetingswith Dewey and Otis we shall not be surprised to hear of Aguinaldo as candidatefor the position of delegate to the Czar’suniversal peace conference.—MilwaukeeSentinel. Thomas F. Bayard. The late Thomas F. Bayard is not to beranked among the greatest of American statesmen, but he was a man of great ability, whose public service was clean an<B honorable.—Omaha Bee. Thomas F. Bayard deserved well of therepublic, and Americans of every shade of political opinion will breathe over hiw grave a heartfelt “requiescat in pace.”— New Orleans Times-Democrat. In brief, it may be said that Mr. Bayard deserved well of his country in hispublic capacity, and that those who knew him in his personal capacity had every reason to esteem him a gentleman, a man of upright life and courteous disposition. —Boston Transcript. His influence with his own party was of the best. He was consistently true to his own beliefs and to his political and social inheritance. For thirty years he had. filled some of the highest posts in the nation, to the satisfaction of the great party which elected and supported him.—Boston. Journal. Mr. Bayard was the personification of . dignity, courage and courtesy combined. He was truly a chevalier without fear and. without reproach. There have been greater public men in the history of the country than Thomas Francis Bayard, but none more worthy of official trust and public honor.—Springfield. 111., Register. Mr. Bayard held high place in various forms .during nearly forty years, and hewas always competent for the most exacting requirements of his position. Whether as Senator, as Secretary of State or as ambassador to England, he dignified theoffice rather than drew dignity from it.— Boston Herald. The public life of Thomas F. Bayard* was clean, strong and. consistent. Like his chivalrous namesake, slain generations ago on the soil of France in the “Battle of the Spurs,” he was without reproach, and this immunity applies both to his private conduct and his conceptions of public duty.—St. Ixniis Republic. The country knew Mr. Bayard as Senator. presidential aspirant. Secretary of State, and ambassador. He possessed excellent, though not the highest, gifts, and an impressive presence. His personal integrity was far above the slightest question. His claim to remembrance will rest upon his record as Senator.—Washington Star. His remarkable career furnishes a nobleexample to the young men of the land, and is worthy of all emulation by the rising statesmen of all parties in this country, for whatever else may be said of this famous man, all will agree that his life work was shaped by the dictates of conscience and the promptings of the highest character. —Atlanta Journal. The Cretan Trouble. The Sultan is said to be somewhat troubled and impressed by the fact that Great Britain has dispensed with the assistance of the other three powers in Crete and shows a disposition to play a solo where Abdul had hoped to hear the soothing strains of the “European concert.” —Chicago News. « One of the remarkable truths of the day is the fact that 600 Christian men, women and children should be either burned alive or massacred in the rioting which occurred at Candiu. on the Island of Crete, right under the shadow of European civilization, and under the protectorate of the powers. It is a disgraceful episode.—Columbus (O.) Journal. The Dreyfus Case. Esterhazy says he knows the secret of the Dreyfus case. As the only man who knows anything whatever about it, he should occupy a museum.—Chicago Jour* mil. In trying to prevent a revision of the Dreyfus ease "the French military is adopting the foolish policy of the man that stat on th esafety valve.—lndianapolis News. Probably Captain Dreyfus could relieve the French Government of an awkward situation by committing suicide, but probably this will not occur to him.—ChicagoTribune. It is hard to believe that France courts trouble in Africa in ordefe to cloak the Dreyfus scandal. That would lx* welling the house afire to cure a fttnoky .chimney. —lndianapolis Journal. France is again hearing the truth of that old, old saying that nothing is ever finally settled in this werid until it is settled right. The lesson < on.es hard sometimes, bu» il romes.—llo.ito'i Ikfild.

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