Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1898 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. OEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, ■ - INDIAN*.

TRY KOVEL SUICIDE.

LOVERS WANTED TO DIE IN COMPANY. Bose Lutirer and J. E. Cleckner, oi Cleveland,Bind 1 hemsel ves Together and Jump Into Lake Erie—Abdlca* tion of Greece’s Ruler Discussed. * * Wanted to Die Together. A desperate attempt to commit suicide was made by Hose Laurer, aged 22, and •T. E. Cleckner, aged 32, at Cleveland. The couple walked out to the end of the dock of the Cleveland Yacht Club, at the foot of Erie street, and tied themselves together with strips torn from a bed sheet. They then jumped into the lake. Two Lake Shore railroad detectives were in the vicinity and witnessed the art., They at once nrn down and dived into the icy waters after the couple. The man and woman were finally rescued after a long struggle on the part of the detectives. Both were taken to a hospital. Cleckner is a conductor on the Cleveland and Pittsburg road. , Beyond saying that they were tired of living, the couple would give no reason for their attempted suicide: KING GEORGE MAY RETIRE. Talk of Abdication of Greece’s Rnlcr le Renewed. King George of Greece inay abdicate in the spring in favor of Crown Prince Constantine. This report is persistent at Copenhagen in court circles, but naturally cannot bo verified. King George is still visiting there, after attending the funeral of his mother, the Queen of Denmark. The known unpopularity of Prince Constantine with the Greek people, who attribute to him many of the misfortunes of the war with Turkey, tends to discredit the idea Of his father’s abdicating in his favor. It is well known, however, that King George would like to retire and return to Denmark if lie could safely do so without imperiling the future of his children. > WARSHIPS FOR DEWEY. Request for- Light-Drought \cS3cls Will Be Complied With. Rear Admiral Dewey’s request for more lirht draught war vessels is to be promptly complied with. Following close upon the Buffalo, the gunboat Helena will soon start for Manila by way of the Suer, canal. The Yorktown will be ordered from the Pacific coast to the Philippines, and an auxiliary cruiser will probably be sent. , The cruiser Brooklyn will sail for Manila with recruits and supplies for Dewey. NAVAL RECRUITS KILLED. Epecial Train Meets with Disaster Near Winnipeg, Manitoba. The special naval train was derailed east of Rat Portage, Man., by a broken rail. The tender, two baggage cans and three colonists’ ears went over an einbaukment ten feet high. Frank Fleekuoy and William Miller, from the training ship Agineourt of Chatham, England, were killed. Samuel Harrison, stoker, of Edinburgh and Thomas Burns, seaman, were injured. Too Many Mrs. Browns. The Rev. Augustus Brown of Nottoway County. Va.*, is charged with marrying twice more than the law allows. Amanda Gin tings of Newport News became the first Mrs. Brown in January, 1895. October of the same year, it is said, found the reverend gentlemnn again a benedict, Agnes Lynch being the blushing bride. It is further charged that wife No. 3 was acquired by the minister last year, while both his other wives were living. Ilis arrest was effected by a member of the Petersburg police force. Beggar with a Fortune. Patrick McKenna dropped dead in the free dispensary of the Baltimore city hospital while begging for medicine. He declared that he was penniless. When searching the attendants found $1.50 in change in his pocket, a sight draft for S9BO on an Irish bank, and thirteen new SSO bills pinned to kjs yoßt. Japanese Ministers Resign, The whole cabinet of Japan has resigned, the ministers being unable to agree upon the question of filling the portfolio of education. Thus the first uttempt at party government in Jnpau has proved a failure. Paper Mill Proprietor Fails. Joseph C. Godfrey, proprietor of a paper mill at Ruubevillc, Northampton County, l’a., with ofliees in Boston and New York, filed a petition in bonkruptcy, in which he places his liabilities at $120,000; ussets, $3(5,000. Earthquake in Cleveland. Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt in Cleveland, Ohio, each being about ten secouds in length. The quake was not severe enough to be noticed generally, except in tall buildings ami on seismographs.

Parcel Tost Treaty tinned. Sir Julian I’auncefote, the British ambassador, and Postmaster General Smith hare affixed their siKuaturea to the parcel post treaty between the United tSutes and the British colony of Trinidad. •New French Cabinet Formed. M. Dupuy has been entirely successful in the task entrusted to him by President Faure of forming a new cabinet. The only man who declined to accept the portfolio tendered him was M. Hibot. lowii mid Orcirnn nt Itnliln. A cablegram received at the Navy Department in Washington announced the arrival at Bahia, Brazil, of the battleships Oregon and lowa. Snlcldc After n Flunk. Despondent because be recently'failed 1o pass, an examination nt the Philadelphia College of Pharnmcy, William Lercii, n student, drowned himself in a quarry hole near his home nt Danielsvflle, Pa. lie wus 22 years of ago. Peck Meets Faure. The United Ktates, ambassador, Gen. Horace Porter, has presented Ferdinand W. Peck, the United States commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1000, nnd the latter’l colleague, to President Faure.

WIDOW SCARED TO DEATH. Directed by a Clairvoyant to Make a Midnight Trip for Hidden Money. Mrs. Hannah Burke of Elyria, Ohio, is dead as a result of fright. Three weeks jago a .man giving the name of Dr. D. James appeared at Elyria and put out a clairvoyant sign. Mrs. Burke, widow of the late David Burke, became interested in the clairvoyant, and she received a message from him which he claimed was from her dead husband. At one time her husband had met with a heavy financial loss, and this point was taken up by Dr. James. The clairvoyant gave her a message, in which it was stated that it was the desire of the spirit to have her regain the money, and, in order to do this, she must converse with other spirits, who would direct her to a spot on the old farm where the money was to be found. Mrs. Burke \\as instructs to go to the farm with ft companion, b<*ween the hours of midnight and 4 in the morning. The trip was made as directed. When the farm was reached Mrs. Burke became so frightened that she collapsed. She was taken to her home and at noon she died. She was GO years old. Dr. James disappeared.

DUEL BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN Jealous Quarrel Leads to a Bloody Contest on a St. Louis Street. A man and woman fought with knives in the open street at St. Louis, Mo. The contestants were James Dowe, aged 20 years, and Miss Mildred Mason. The duel grew out of a jealous quarrel and was witnessed by hundreds of persons passing on their way home from downtown. Had not two police officers arrived on the scene in time and separated the fighters, one or, both undoubtedly would have been killed 1 . As it was both were splashed with blopd from head to foot when the police interfered. Dowe was wounded in the neck, face and arms. The woman was cut across the breast, left wrist and abdomen, and the blood freely flowed from her wounds. Dowe and the woman were then forwarded to the city hospital as prisoners. Both will probably recover. KILLED BY A BLIND MAN. Dan Coughlin, of St. Paul, Shoots His Sister-in-Law and Himself. At St. Paul, Minn., Dan Coughlin, a blind retired railroad engineer, shot and killed his young sister-in-law, Miss Katie Marrinan, and then fatally shot himself. Mrs. Coughlin, a short time afterward, discovered the dead bodies and became nearly crazed over the tragedy. The mother of the two women recently died, leaving her entire estate, about SI,OOO, to the unmarried daughter. Coughlin several times quarreled with the girl over this fact, which is thought to havp led to th? tragedy, of which there were no witnesses.

Imtunrcd in a Madhouse, Samuel Nissley, a farmer residing near Unicorn, Pa., disappeared on April 1, 1897, under mysterious circumstances. The other day he returned home with a story of kidnaping. The day he disappeared he wont to Lancaster to transact some business, and as he had in his possession a considerable sum of money it was believed after a few days that he had been murdered and robbed. A general search of the surrounding country was made, even the streams being dragged. Some time after his disappearance *his farm was sold by the sheriff, his wife buying it in, and it was then concluded that he had fled to escape financial troubles. During his entire absence bis family received no news of him, and when he quietly stepped into their midst recently there was great excitement. His story of his disappearance is a strange one. He says that the day he disappeared he went from Lancaster to Harrisburg to attend to some business. When ready to return to Lancaster he took a west-bound train instead of one east bound, and about the time he discovered his error two men claimed that he was in their custody and was being taken to an insane asylum. The people about him took his indignant denials for the ravings of an insane man, and he was taken to an insane asylum, where he cannot tell. He was only released a couple of days before, and he returned home as soon ns possible.

Not Cured by Fasting. A ease of fanaticism of the extreme type was discovered at Los Angeles, Cal., when Miss Nell Thompson, colored, died while being taken from the home of Mrs. Minerva Williams, who is said to call herself a representative of Christ, nnd who has been preaching the doctrine of fasting as a means of grace. The Thompson woman practiced this doctrine, having gone without food for eight days and Bleepipg in the river bottom on a piece of hiatting. Bars Out a Woman Anarchist, Catherine Sophia Bertha De Giraud d’Agaya, an aged Frenchwoman, who came from Vancouver, B. C., to San Francisco, Cal., on the steamship Walla Walla, has been refused a landing by Commissioner Northrup on the ground that she is liable to become a public charge. From documents found in Mrs. De Giraud's possession the officials of the immigration bureau concluded that she was an anarchist. Mexican Banker Robbed in Ht. Louie. At St. Louis, Uainou Basail, teller of the Mexican National Bank, City of Mexico, wns robbed of $4,800 in drafts on American banks, a SI,OOO Mexican bill, SBO in Americau money and a number of railroad tickets by a negress of whom he inquired the direction to the Union station. Mr. Basail is making a tour of the United States inspecting the baukiug system. He was left without a cent.

Places Liabilities at 932a,080. Edward Groetzinger of Pittsburg bns entered a plea in bankruptcy, placing his .liabilities ut $3115,080 and assets ut $187,752. Mr. Groetzinger’s failure was caused by his heavy indorsement of paper for his brother, A. Groetziifger, who failed a few days ago. Vancouver Hawmlll Burned. Fire broke out nt the Hastings sawmill nt Vancouver, B. C„ and entirely destroyed it. Two hundred and fifty men are thrown out of employment. The mill was one of the most complete on the Pacific coast, having n capacity of 300,000 feet per day. Millionaire Kill' Himself. At Milford, Mass., Edward F. Knowlton of Brooklyn, N. Y., u millionaire straw-goods manufacturer, committed suicide by sending a Indict into his brain. ll ,s net is ascribed to insanity. l’npiln All liacnpc. At Byan, I. T„ Ityan College, with all Sts contents, was burned. Over two hundred pupils in the building at the time escaped. The ltyun College wns one of the best in the Indian Territory.

PROM THE FAR NORTH

THE YUKON IS FILLED WITH SLUSH ICE. Travel to Dawson Suspended—Railway from Vancouver to Lake Atlin Gold Fields-American Awarded $40,000 Damages Against Peru. Copper Discoveries in Alaska. The steamer Cottage City has arrived at Victoria, B. C., from Skaguay, Alaska, with a large number of passengers. They report that the Yukon river is now filled with slush ice and that travel to Dawson is suspended. It is also reported that a new lake has been discovered in the Atlin country. It is fully as large as Lake Atlin. The official gazette gives notice of the intended construction of a railway from North Vancouver to the Lake Atlin gold fields, via Bridge river and Lilliolet. There is said to be strong financial backing behind the scheme and work will be pushed immediately. Native float copper has been found on Chitna river, 175 mile® from the mouth of the Copper river, and a party of fifteen will remain there over winter' to prospect for the main copper deposit. Nieholi Knnst, chief of the Copper River Indians, claims to know the exact location of a copper deposit, but he refused offers of several hundred dollars to guide people to its location. Indians use copper for making bracelets and other ornaments, as well as for cooking utensils, and the chief claims the whites will limit the supply and thereby deprive many Indians from means of making a livelihood. MUST PAY MAC CORD. United States’ Controversy with Peru Settled by Arbitration. The award of the chief justice of Canada, to whose arbitration was submitted the claim of Victor Mac Cord against the Government of Peru for damages sustained by reason of imprisonment during one of the revolutionary outbreaks. Mac Cord is awarded $40,000. The payment of this amount will close a diplomatic controversy which has been in progress between 'the United States and Peru for some years, this Government having heretofore persistently but fruitlessly urged reparation for Mac Cord. Mac Cord was the consular agent of the United States at Arequipa, Peru, in 1885, and also superintendent of a railroad. During a revolution be was thrown into prison and his life threatened. His original claim was for $200,000.

DECLINES TO ROB A SOLDIER. St. Louis Burglar Respects a Patriot and Returns Booty. “I am a burglar, but a patriot. I may be wicked, but I would not rob anyone who defended my country.” This inscription was found on a piece of brown paper in the trousers pocket of Eugene P. Walton, a furloughed member of the First Mississippi volunteers, when he awoke the other morning at his boarding house in St. Louis. The burglar was not so considerate of the other guests in the house, for he took everything in sight belonging to them. He had searched Walton’s pockets, but finding papers which showed him to be a soldier replaced the articles and then wrote the foregoiug note. Mr*, Botkin Indicted. Mrs. Cordelia Botkin must stand trial nt San Francisco in the Superior Court on the charge of the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning of Dover, Del. The grand jury, after a prolonged session, has voted, to indict her* The evidence collected there and in Delaware was presented to the grand jury and action was hastened at the request of Detective McVey, who said he was anxious to return home.

Leiter Buys Locomotive Works. It is stated at Providence, R. 1., on authority which appears to be unquestionable that Joseph Leiter, who during the last year startled the world by his extensive wheat dealings, has purchased the famous Rhode Island locomotive works and that it is his purpose to begin the manufacture of locomotives under the patents the concern holds. Caught 27,805 seals. The official statement of the sealing industry for the season just closed shows a total of only 27,805 skins for the fleet of thirty-five schooners, by far the lightest catch \n years; also fewer schooners have been employed. The catch is divided thus: Asiatic coast, 440; Columbia coast, 10,055; Bering 5en,”17,870. KYplOaion Kills Thi'cfc Men. By the explosion of a boiler i *the Calumet and Hecla stamp mills at Lake Linden, Mich., John Gillion and William Boyer of Lnk« Linden and William Hellon of Bruce Mines, Ont., were instantly killed and Daniel La Frnneer fatally injured. The cause of the explosion is unknown. French Cabinet Resign*. Gen. Cbanoine, French minister of wnr, tendered his resignation nnd abruptly withdrew during the opening session of the chamber of deputies, and Premier Brisson’s appeal for support of the Government was voted down. The entire cabinet later resigned. Kiltht Henuicn Picked Up. Eight seamen, comprising the crew of the brig Starlight, bound from Hayti to New York with lpgwood, were picked up from two open bonts and landed nt Baltimore. Their vessel had been wrecked nud they had been atloat in the bouts for eighteen hour*.

Absconder Konnd in London. Chief of Police Hanger of Louisville. Ivy., has received notification that Charles G. lleifning. who absconded from the Bank of Louisville with $8,200 several weeks ago, had been captured in Isindon, England, by the Scotland yard detectives. Waring Boh Yellow Fever. Commissioner William T. Jenkins of the New York health department gave tint an official statement to the effect that Col. George E. Waring. Jr., who returned to New York <>n the Ward line steamer Yucatan from Havana, had yellow fever. Knforccs Old Ku Klux Law. At Wichita, Kan., Hosea Ilnnkcrson has been arrested by United States marshal on the charge of conspiracy tinder the old Ku Klux law. 11c is charged witn trying to run settlers out of Oklahoma. Sixty Japanese Drowned. The Japanese steamer Mijngaia wns sunk off Kobe. Japan, almost immediately after having been in collision with the Japanese steamer Kinshiu-Maru. Sixty Japanese were drowned.

FIVE INDIANS ARE KILLED. Desperate Fight Between Whites and Redskins in Oregon. A young man who was a member of the sheriff’s posse has returned to Canyon City, Ore., with a report of a desperate fight between the whites and a renpgade band of Indians. The nineteen white men and five buck warriors were about forty feet apart when the battle began. George Cuttings, son of David Cuttings, received a ball in the left arm,’ and it passed through his lungs. He started, in company with M. Mosier, for Izee, near thg scene of the trouble. The wounded raftn became so weak that he was left near the trail propped up against a tree. When a searching party went to look for him they found his dead body near a spring, where he had crawled. The posse continued the pursuit, and after a running battle killed five ludians. Settlers have been sent to Canyon City for more ammunition, stating that the Indians are gathering around Izee in large Numbers. DEVOURED BY POLAR BEARS. Fate That Overtook Rune* Spiers* A Prospector in the Klondike. News was brought to Vancouver, B. C., by a party of Los Angeles men who went in over the Edmonton trail in an unsuccessful attempt to reach the Klondike of the death of James Spiers of South Carolina, who was killed and eaten by polar bears in the Peace river district. Spiers left camp alone to look for horses that hhd strayed away. Ten days later human bones were found near a mountain cave. A party camped there during the night and the next morning shot two large bears that were going into the cave. It is practically certaiu that the bones were those of Spiers. He had no weapons with which to defend himself. Dead Hands on tbc Lever. When night express train No. 12, eastbound, arrived at Susquehanna, Pa., tbs other night the engineer, Henry Kingsley of Susquehanpa, was found deqd in the gab with his head badly crushed. After the train left Binghamton, twenty-three miles west of there, trainmen and others noticed that the engineer failed to give the usual signals at crossings and at small stations and that the train was running at an unusual speed. Fireman Cowen noticed that the whistle was not blown for Susquehanna and, going forward into the cab, found the dead engineer. The train had run at a terrific speed for twenty miles without an engineer. Over 200 passengers were on board. It is supposed that the engineer was hit by a water crane at a point just east of Binghamton.

Sboots His Former Hostler. George F. Brunt, president of the Brunt Porcelain Company and one of the most prominent manufacturers in East Liverpool, Ohio, shot and killed his former hostler, Dudley E. Lee, colored. Brunt gave himself up, pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree, waived a hearing and is now out on SIO,OOO bail. Cuban Prisoners freed. A dispatch from GibpaltaT 5375: Sixteen released Cubans frdrn Ceuta have just been sent to Now York by the American consul. About 260 remain at Ceuta. Their condition is distressful. More than 100 Cuban prisoners have died since the commencement of the war. Earthquake Shocks Ottawa. An earthquake 5 shock was felt in Ottawa, Ont. It was most marked on Sandy Hill and in the vicinity of Gilmore street. On the latter street several of the houses were shaken, awakening the inmates and causing great alarm. New Superintendent of Life Savers, Charles Morton, keeper of the Holland, Mich., life-saving station, has been appointed superintendent of the eleventh life-saving district, in which is comprised all of Lake Michigan. Hick Prices Paid for Cattle. Stock breeders from every section of the country attended Armour’s sale of Hereford cattle at Kansas City. Many head were disposed of and high prices were realized. Free Chinese Port. The Department of Stute at Washington has received information from the minister to China that the port of Taintau (Kiao-Chau) has been opened as a free port. Thanksgiving: Proclamation. President McKinley has issued his annual proclamation and set aside Thursday Nov. 24, as Thanksgiving day. Noted Painter Dead. Pierre Puvis dc OhftVaunes, the French painter, is dead at Paris.

Market quotations.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn. No. 2,31 cto 33c; oats, No. 2, 23? to 24e; rye, No. 2,50 cto 52c; butter, choice creamery, 21e to 2Cc; eggs, fresh. 17c to 18c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c 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, 67c to 61)e; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c. Bt. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep. $3.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2,25 cto 27c; rye, No. 2,51 cto 52c. Cincinnati —Cattle. $2.50 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,67 cto 60c: corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 250 to 27c; rye. No. 2. 54c to 56c. Detroit-»-Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs. $3.25 to $3.75; sheep. $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,71 eto 73c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white. 27c to 28o: rye, 52c to 54c, Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2 mixer!, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 23c; rye, N«>. 2. 5I« to 53c; clover seed, old, $4.05 to $3.05. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring, 66c to 07c; corn, No. 3,32 cto 34e: oats. No. 2 white, 23c to 27c; rye, No. 1,50 cto 52c. barley, No. 2,46 cto 48c; pork, mess. $7.50 to SB.OO. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers; SB.OO to $5.75; hogs, common to choice. $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, fnir to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra. $5.00 to $5.73. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 78c; corn, No, 2,30 cto 40c; oats. No. 2,28 cto 30c; butter, creamery, 16c to 24c; eggs, Western, 20c to 21c.

EQUIPPING THE NAVY.

CHIEF CONSTRUCTOR HICHBORN MAKES A REPORT. He Tells of the Work Done in Recent Months—Ten Vessels' Accepted by the Government from Builders—How Dun Views Trade. Hichborn’s Work in the Navy. A large fiart of the burden of equipping the United States navy for the war with Spain fell upon the construction bureau of the navy, and in his annual report Commodore Hichborn, the chief constructor, furnishes many interesting details as to the extent of this work, .involving the transformation of more than 100 merchant craft into effective naval vessels at short notice. Looking to the future, the chief constructor invites attention to the importance of properly equipping and •maintaining the plants at the minor naval stations along the coast already established, and he submits estimates for the purpose, averaging about $25,000 in each case. To keep the nucleus of the force of men at these, stations, small work should be constantly under way and proper storehouses should be erected to keep sufficeint quantity of material on hand. Besides the long list of vessels purchased by the Government for use as auxiliary cruisers, the report says that ten vessels were accepted by the Government by builders during the last fiscal year. These were the lowa, Helena, Nashville, Wilmington, Annapolis, Marietta, Newport, Vicksburg, Foote and Wheeling. Progress made on the vessels in course of construction has been very satisfactory. The work on the battleships has been held back to a great degree by the impossibility of procuring armor when it was needed. WAR SCARE AFFECTS TRADE. R. G. Dun Tells How Business Has Been Influenced by Rumors. 11. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “Business has been more affected by foreign affairs than many realize. London’s apprehension of war first caused advance iii wheat and fears of monetary pressure here. Then came confidence in London, with a flight of French money across the channel, and stock markets advanced, while wheat fell. Mobs in Paris did not mean to influence American interests from New York to San Francisco, but electric wires have made the world small. So the wires moved a cargo of wheat from the Pacific coast, started $2,500,000 more gold from Australia to this country on London account, and the selling of American securities one day and buying the next. There has been no domestic change of much importance. Failures for the week have been 226 in the United States, against 219 last year, and 24 in Canada, against 25 last year.”

ONE SOLDIER KILLS ANOTHER. John F. Coyle Fatally Shot by John Derr in St. Louis. John F. Coyle, 34 years old and mar-, ried, a member of the Nineteenth infantry, who had been at his home in St. Louis on a furlough, was shot and mortally wounded by John Derr, years old, a member of the Twenty-first infantry, which took part in the battle of San Juan hill. Derr, who is also home on a furlough, was visiting a Miss Fannie Saal in South St. Louis. Coyle’s wife and Miss Saal, It seems, had some difficulty, and Coyle accused Derr of instigating the trouble. The next morning Derr was playing pool in a saloon when Coyle entered and began threatening Derr, at the same time flourishing a knife. He finally attempted to stab Derr, when the latter drew his revolver and fired two shots, the second bullet penetrating Coyle’s abdomen. He died within a few hours. Drunken Row Ends Fatally. Mike Moore, a bartender, the 23-year-old son of Frank Moore of Newark, Ohio, was arrested for murder. In a drunken brawl at Donaldson’s saloon about midnight Moore shot James Mullen of Geneva, N. Y., and James Ryan of 2208 Third avenue, Npw York. Ryan may recover. Both victims were race track men, being there with horses during Newark’s races. Moore says he did the shooting in self-defense. Captain Alone Saved. The three-masted schooner St. Peter, a Toledo bout, foundered seven miles northwest of Sodus, Lake Ontario, in twenty fathoms of water. She had 700 tons of hard coal for Toledo. Captain John Griffin is her owner. His wife and the crew of seven were drowned, but Griffin himself was saved. The schooner was valued at $4,500.

Shoshone Uprising Is Ended. A special courier from Nye County, Nev., the scene of the recent Indian scare, reports that all dread of ’an uprising among the Shoshones is past. Fifty mounted ]>olioemon are still on duty nnd It is believed these men can quell any disturbance that may arise, but hostilities are highly improbable. New Docks for Gibraltar. The English Government has awarded a contract for the construction of new admiralty docks and harbor works at Gibraltar, to cost £2,300,000. Yellow Fever in Mexico. The Secretary of State of Nova Leon, Mexico, officially announces two cases of yellow fever in Monterey and ten doubtful. Strike Is Declared Off. The general strike of the boot and shoe lusters in southeastern Massachusetts factories has been declared off. Fate of Tcxns Train Hobber. Ninety-nine years was the sentence George Moore got at Fort Worth, Texas, for his connection with the Santa Fe train holdup near there in July last. Moore has five more charges ponding against hint. Two other robbers who were with Moore are in jail awaiting trial. Engine Works Destroyed by Fire. The Tonkin ltiver Boiler and Engine works in Oswego. X. Y., were destroyed by tire. Loss, .$103,000. Otto Snyder, the night watchman, perished iu the building. Will Dig on Intcrorcnnic Cnnnl. Edwin F. t’ragin.,the Chicago engineer and contractor, nnd Edward Eyre and Frank S. Washburn of New York City have made nn agreement with President Zelaya of Nicaragua to construct an interoceanic caunl.

HOG CHOLERA CORE FOUND. Departments of Agriculture's Experiments Crowned with Success. During the past two years the Department: of Agriculture has conducted a series of experiments in the use of a serum as a Remedy for hogs affected 1 by cholera or swine plague. The experiments were conducted by Dr. I). E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal industry, and the results were eminently satisfactory, proving the dreaded disease can be successfully treated, easily and inexpensively. The losses suffered by the farmers of the United States annually from hog cholera aggregate an enormous sum. In lowa alone, during 1890, it is estimated the hog raiserk lost through the ravages of the disease $15,000,000. Scores of remedies have been tried, but nothing even approximating a specific for the disease has ever been discovered until the Department of Agriculture began its experiments. Summarizing the results of the experiments, Dr. Salmon said 80 per cent of the hogs treated in droves have been saved, while in the droves affected with cholera and not given the serum treatment quite 80 per cent were lost. ; Last year the experiments were conducted in Page County, lowa, the results showing a loss of only 20 per cent of the affected droves. This year the experiments have been extensive and far-reach-ing. The bureau treated 922 hogs. Of these 17?) died, the number saved being 85 out of every 100. The loss was only 10 per cent. The animals comprised seventeen droves, and of these six droves lost Only one hog each. On the other hand, 1,107 hogs in other droves were served and not subjected to the serum treatment. Of these 879 died, showing a loss of 79.8 hogs out of every 100. Speaking of the treatment, Dr. Salmon said: “There is no question of the effectiveness of the serum treatment. Our operations have been viewed with skepticism, but the serum treatment for hog cholera is no longer an experiment. It is a proved success and undoubtedly will save to the farmers of the United States millions of dollars every year.” The cholera serum is procured by keeping apart for treatment an animal —a horse or cow—and injecting into its blood a small amount of the blood of a cholera-diseased hog. This will sicken the subject, but he will recover, when another dose will be administered, and so on time after time until finally his blood becomes so impregnated as to render him practically cholera proof. Then his blood is let and the clot drawn off, leaving the thin, yellowish portion, which is the serum. This is used toinject into the diseased hogs and operates to render them likewise cholera proof, or even cures them of the disease after it hasdeveloped.

PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION.

Fixes Thursday, Nov. 24, for Thanksgiving Day. President McKinley has issued the following Thanksgiving proclamation: The approaching November brings tomind the custom of our ancestors, hallowed by time and rooted In our most sacred traditions, of giving thanks to Almighty God for all the blessings he has vouchsafed tous during the last year. Fenv years In our history have afforded! such cause for thanksgiving. We have been blessed by abundant harvests, our trade and commerce have been wonderfully Increased, our public credit has been Improved and strengthened, all sections of our common country have been brought together and knitted into doger bonds of national purpose and unity. y The skies have been for a time darkened by the cloud of war, but as we were compelled to take tip the sword In the cause of humanity we are permitted to rejoice that the conflict has been of brief duration and the losses we have had to mourn, though* grievous and important, have been so few_ considering the great results accomplished,, as to Inspire us with gratitude and praise to the Lord of Hosts. We may laud and magnify his holy name that the cessation, of hostilities came so soon as to spare botht sides the countless sorrows and disastersthat attend protracted war. a I do therefore Invite all my fellow citizens, ns well thofle at home as those who* may be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe Thursday, the 24th day of November, as a day of national thanksgiving, to come together In their several places of worship for a service of praise and thanks to Almighty God for all tha blessings of the year, for the mildness of the seasons and the fruitfulness of the soil, for the continued prosperity of the people, for the devotion and 1 valor of our country-, men, for-the glory of our victory and the hope of a righteous peace, and to pray that the divine guidance which has brought us heretofore to safety and honor may be graciously continued in the years to come. WILLI Ail XI iM.v.KY. By the President: , ,*£■ John Hay, Secretary of State.

The Comic Side of The News

A Pat-is paper says that “Spain may resume warfare." Why “resume"? “Begin" is the word. A Texas paper asks Congress to “makeDewey a full admiral.” Is that the best way to treat him? The Kaiser’s trip to Palestine is one of the greatest enterprises ever undertaken by the kinetoscope people. Perhaps Spain desires to take home the remains of'Columbus to show that she is still able to “raise the dust.” The Washington Post hears that “Lillian ltussell is going into the continuous, performance field.” Matrimonially? War excitement detracts from the popular interest in football, and the longhaired tribe really has a kick coming. Don Carlos evidently is waiting to seehow much chnnge Uncle Sam gives back to Spain before making a grab for it. Aguinaldo threatens “to move” if theUnited States keeps the Philippines. Sometimes it’s cheaper to move than to. pay refit But should the Infanta Maria Teresa be admitted to the American nnvy before she has fought somebody and won a reputation? The Chinese seem to be experiencing a good deal of trouble in getting their emperor to adopt the latest French ideas about suicide. If we, can’t civilize the Philippine Islanders we can kill them off in short order. San Francisco has just shipped to Manila six car loads of cigarettes. It is intimated that Spain would be willing to sell the Philippines for $400,000,000. Dewey probably could induce the Spaniards to cut down those figures by lopping off seven or eight cipher* if nccessu ry.