Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1899 — Page 2

mm E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - INDIAN .

BUYS INDIAN LANDS.

IHENT CLOSES A DEAL WITH CROWS. « to Sell a Million Acres Reservation tor One Dollar -La Croeae Furniture Fac- * a Prey to Flames. ' eminent commissioners have agreement with the Crow Inontana which will become a a ratified by Congress. The ed five days, but the subject under consideration for ainst formidable opposition. X),000 acres of land will be >n the northern end of the ration from Fort Custer to > River, and from Pryor lie eastern boundary of the embracing the lower Big Dther similar streams. This Crows 2,500,000 acres, and will make them independent die the land bought will furfor thousands of civilized e price to be paid is about $1 payments. Much of the land nd most of it is excellent for th timber on the streams, lern Pacific Railway runs lorthern border and the Burgonally through it from east RTIFE WANTS DIVORCE. roceedinsTß Several Houra he Marriage Ceremony. est honeymoon on record was ruthrie, Ok., the other day. of Pawnee, and Miss Maybel Winfield, were married. It d that the bridegroom was inder the influence of liquor 'Ceremony, and when he rei room with his bride he sat is chair and imediately fell le bride took a seat in the contemplated the man whom mised to honor and obey. She tempt to‘arouse him from his ut waited for him to awake, id awake two hours later she ansformed from an affectionto an angry, disgusted worn(rushed from the room and iwyer’s office where she comion for a divorce.

RACE FOR THE PENNANT. 1 Standing of the Clubs in the Nationul and Western Leagues, p The standing of the dubs in the Napttonal League race is as follows: W. L. W. L. § Boston .....61 36 Pittsburg ...49 51 | Philadelphia 61 39 Louisville ...42 54 p Baltimore .. .58 39 New Y0rk...40 54 EfpCintinnati ..54 43 Washington .35 64 fpGhicago ....53 44Cleveland ...17 85 [ Following is the standing of the dubs pin the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis 58 33 St. Paul 45 53 Minneapolis .60 39 Milwaukee ..43 52 ' Grand Rap.. so 46 Buffalo 41 55 ‘ Detroit 49 47Kansas City. 39 60 aMk ■».., BIG FIRE AT LACROSSE. Bp.. Plant of Davis, Sorenson & Co. De■P stroyed by Flames. ; At 9:30 o’clock the other morning fire ybroke out in the two-story building, | Pearl and Front streets, La Crosse, Wis., occupied by Davis, Sorenson & Co., manufacturers of bar fixtures and office furniture. Owing to the prompt | response and quick work of the depart- . ment, the fire was confined to Davis, | Soren & Co.’s building, which was I destroyed, entailing a loss of from $40,000 to $50,000, partly insured. Several E surrounding buildings were slightly dam- : aged by water. Heavy Fire Loss at Perea, Ohio. . Fire, which broke out in the paint department of the Cleveland Stone Com- | pany’s plant at Berea, Ohio, destroyed t a number of buildings filled with valua- ; We machinery and a large quantity of lumber, all owned by the stone company. [[ The loss is estimated at upward of SIOO,- » 000, insurance unknown. Arrested for Treason. p ; Including Paul Deroulede, sixteen | members of the Anti-Semitic and Patriotic leagues and young royalists have jfifeeen arrested in Paris under a general I'-Charge of forming a conspiracy to over- ", throw the Government. Soldier Kills Two Officers. ; Two police officers were murdered at Denver by a recruit belonging to Com|pany L, Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infanp try, now stationed at Fort Logan. The officers were shadowing the soldier and W&Q companions. .' .Fifteen Hundred Coal Miners Strike. Fifteen hundred coal miners in the Middlesboro, Ky., district went on strike < asking an immediate advance of pay. i They had been promised 5 per cent inRgpjitue on Sept. 1. Family Struck by Lightning. !' Near Colony, Ok., as John Matthews, Pirith his wife and four children, was in a covered wagon, a bolt of lightning struck the wagon, killing and one son and the team. Life Lost in Hotel Fire. iTbe hotel at Tuscan Springs has been ggmttroyed by fire. One life was lost, and tb« financial loss will be in the neighbor'r ’ ’ Ocean Vessel at Port Arthur. Bport Arthur, Texas, is now a seaport. ■Hpr steamship St. Oswald, beautifully decorated with flags and streamers, enthe ship canal the other day and g§pimed through at a speed of eight

GRAIN YIELD DISAPPOINTING. Railway Agenta Report Conditions In Nebraaka ( lowa and Dakota. Reports received from the agents of the Sioux City and Western Railway indicate that small grain in Nebraska as far west os O’Neill has about all been harvested, but the yield in northwest lowa, southern South Dukota and Nebraska will be less than has been previously estimated. The grain is found to be small and shriveled, and although hard and of a quality to grade No. 2 wheat, will not run above fourteen bushels to the acre in many localities where twenty bushels had been expected. Oats will not run above thirty bushels to the acre. Recent rains retarded harvesting, and hot winds which preceded them did almost as much damage as hailstorms which visited some sections, particularly Plymouth County, lowa, where $75,000 of damage by hail is reported. Corn has benefited by the rains, but the crop will be far from satisfactory. AVERTS POSSIBLE WRECK. Manley Beaver Will Get Free Education for His Thoughtfulness. The other day ninety-three school teachers went to Spearfish from Deadwood, S. D., returning the next day. On the way down into Spearfish canyon the train was flagged by Manley Beaver, aged 14, who resides at Terry. A rancher in the valley had attempted to cross a railroad bridge on horseback and his horse had fallen through the ties and could not be released. The boy had seen the accident and flagged the approaching passenger train. When the facts were learned by the teachers the boy was made to stand out a short distance from the train and kodaks were snapped from all quarters. He was given $lO, and Dr. Daniels of Madison offered him a course of education in the Madison normal school free. The boy will start for Madison as soon as he can get ready. DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT DENVER. Girl Found Dead and Her Lover Dangerously Wounded. A double tragedy that appears to have been due to a lover’s quarrel occurred near River Front Park, Denver. At 1:30 a. m. people living in the neighborhood heard faint calls for help. Investigation disclosed George Bond in the street with a bullet wound in his breast and weak from the loss of blood. Later the dead body of Goldie McConkey was found several blocks distant with two bullet wounds in her breast. Bond denies having killed his sweetheart, and says that some one unknown to him shot them both. Appearances indicate that the wounds were not inflicted by a person standing at any distance, for the clothing of Miss McConkey was burned with the fire of the revolver, and the shirt on Bond’s breast was scorched. LABOR PARTY IS LAUNCHED. New York Unions Organize for Active Work in Politics. In response to a call issued some time Sby the Central Federated Union, 211 ‘gates, representing 105 labor organizations, met in Clarendon Hall, New York, to consider the advisability of forming a permanent labor political party. The proposition was submitted to a vote, and the following officers were elected: Chairman, William J. O’Brien, president of the board of walking delegates and of the Granite Cutters’ Union; vice-chairman, T. M. Daly; secretary, Ernest Bohm; treasurer, Patrick McCartry; sergeant-at-arms, Richard Cooney. Big Fire in Dallas, Texas. Fire completely destroyed the Guild building in Dallas, Texas, occupied by the Darragh Furniture and Storage Company. The fourth and fifth floors were occupied by families. Many heroic rescues were made by firemen. The Clifton Hotel and the Garlington Produce Company’s building were partly demolished by falling walls. Mysterious Death of Many Horses. A trainload of 560 horses which Powell Bros, were taking from North Yakima, Wash,, to South Omaha were unloaded and watered at Billings, Mont. They had had no water since leaving Spokane, thirty hours previous. Soon after drinking and eating the horses began to go into spasms. Half of the horses died. Insane Woman's Tragic Deeds. Mrs. Clara Baldwin of Irvington, Ind., with strychnine introduced into the food eaten at dinner poisoned her husband, her son James, 18 years old, and her daughter Mary, 15 years old. Mrs. Baldwin went to an upper room and shot herself through the head, dying instantly. , Vaccinates at Pistol's Point. With a revolver in one hand and a bunch of vaccine quills in the other Dr. J. A. Doyle, borough physician of Homestead, Pa., forced his way into the Fountain inn and vaccinated forty persons living there. Andrew Abels was found in the place suffering with smallpox. Hx Firemen Injured. Six firemen were injured at a fire which broke out in the restaurant of Star & Owen, near the corner of Sixth and Market streets, San Francisco. The roof of the building fell in and several of the firemen were buried beneath the debris. All are expected to survive. Officer Shot by Burglars. Deputy Sheriff Edward H. Burgess of Monument Beach was shot by burglars at Bourne, Mass. Stillman Smalley, a watchman at Buzzard’s Bay, who had gone to Bourne to assist the deputy sheriff, also was shot, but was only slightly hurt. Kills Brother in a Quarrel. In a quarrel near Sibley, Mo., David Elliott was shot and killed by his brother, Thomas H. Elliott. The shooting was done with an old-style muzzle-load-ing shotgun. The brothers quarreled some time ago.

Seven Persons Are Killed. The Ottawa express on the Canada Atlantic Railroad was wrecked near Coteau Junction, Ont., while running at a rapid rate. Seven people were killed and a number of others injured. Cleveland Car Is Wrecked. At Cleveland, explosives were again resorted to on the Euclid avenue line. The ear was bound east. There were twentyfire 'passengers on board, but no one was I injured. _ Tag Trust Takes. Possession. The Great Lakes Towing Company has made the first payment of both ths Inman and Singer lines of jDuluth and i (he two are practically in tbe possession

ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

ENSIGN FEARS TO FACE COURTMARTIAL. About to Be Tried for Drunkenness, He Tries to Go Out of Life by the Revolver Route—l xplosion in Indiana Powder Mills. W. T. Coleman, an ensign on the battleship lowa, who was to have been court-martialed on a charge of having been drunk while the vessel was at the Puget Sound naval station, attempted suicide at San Francisco ,by shooting with a navy revolver. Coleman was found with the pistol in his hand. He had aimed at his head, but the muzzle of the heavy weapon was thrown upward by the recoil, and the ball grazed the skull. He had evidently prepared for death, as his effects were in perfect order and he had written several letters to his family and relatives in Syracuse, N. Y. Coleman, who is about 26 years of age, is a recent graduate of the Annapolis naval academy. 11l health and worry of the fact that he was to be court-martialed are supposed to have led to his act. POWDER MILLB ARE BLOWN UP. Explosion at Aetna Company's Plant Shakes Earth for Miles. Three powder mills connected with the plant of the Aetna Powder Company at Aetna, Ind., blew up, shaking the ground for miles around. The explosion was caused by a fire which started in one of the miUs and spread to the other two, igniting a quantity of dynamite in process of manufacture. The alarm was given in time for the employes to escape and no one was injured. The force of the explosion was so great that many people in Valparaiso, fifteen miles away, ran out of stores and dwellings in the belief that an earthquake had occurred. The loss is about $5,000. STOPS HAZING AT WEST POINT. ' Colonel Mills Appeals to the Cadets' Sense of Honor. Hazing at West Point has been abolished by Col. Albert L. Mills, whose gallantry at the storming of San Juas heights, when he was a lieutenant of cavalry, cost him an eye and won him the superintendency of the military academy. The new superintendent’s medium for the enforcement of his views on the attention of cadets is a wonderfully worded order, which is calculated to appeal alike to their sense of honor and their fear of discipline. This document has excited a great deal of comment among army officers. whose reminiscences of the academy are interwoven with hazings of the past. Young: Lovers Die Together. Workmen repairing the high school building at Arapahoe, Neb., brought to light a double tragedy. In one of the rooms was found the body of James Bloodworth. Lying partly across the body was that of Miss Grace Cooper. Both had been shot through the temple. Bloodworth was 21 and Miss Cooper was 15. They had been keeping company for some time, to which the parents of the girl objected. Zinc Mining Prices Made. The climax of the Missouri-Kansas Zinc Miners’ Association fight against the smelters for higher prices for zinc was reached the other day, when the association announced that it had made the prices for all grades of zinc ore for the next six months. This means prices for about $8,000,000 worth of zinc ore. Heretofore the schedule of prices has been made weekly. Meets Death in a Wheat Bin. Robert Shatto, aged 17, met a horrible death at Columbus, Ind. He was working in a hopper-shaped wheat bin at Griffith’s elevator. His legs became submerged in the wheat, and, drawn by the suction of receding wheat, he was unable to extricate himself. He was covered by 400 bushels of wheat, from which it required an hour to recover the body. Chinamen Reduced to Subjection. Sixty Chinese members of the crew of the United States transport Victoria were in mutiny and before the end came a pitched battle took place. The ship’s officers, backed by some carpenters, won. The trouble arose over wages, the Chin--amen demanding a $7 increase a month, which was refused. Cleveland Teamster Shot. William T. jCaple, a non-union motorman of the Big Consolidated Company at Cleveland, fired two shots at William Little, a teamster, both bullets taking effect. In return Little picked up a hatchet lying in his wagon and hurled it at Caple, striking the motorman in the head and making a frightful wound. Found Dead Near Railroad Tracks. The dead bodies of two men, one white and the other colored, were found at Columbia, N. J., near the New York, Susquehanna and JVestern Railroad tracks. The white man has been identified as a man named Francis, and it is thought be was killed by a train.

* Cleveland Car la Blown Up. A Wade Park avenue electric car of the Big Consolidated line in Cleveland was blown up near the Euclid avenue barns. The ear was badly torn. The motorman was badly hurt. There was one passenger on the car, but he escaped injury. Cross the Dominican Frontier. The revolutionary Dominican troops which assembled at Onanaminthe have crossed the frontier and have taken possession of Dajabon. The garrison at that place retired to Fort Belair, a strategic position commanding the town. The Haytian consol left the place.

Killed by a Waiter. Gus McKennie, a prominent and wealthy cotton compresser of Gainesville, Texas, who with his wife had been stopping at Manitou, Colo., was instantly killed by a colored waiter, George A. McCormick, at the Barker House. Murder by Venarefnl Woman. Mrs. Annabel! Collier was fatally shot at Dearborn, Mo., by Mrs. Nellie Montgomery, who recently was plaintiff in a damage suit in which Mrs. Collier gave testimony against her. Live Wire KilltToar. A live electric light wirtx carrying a current of 2,000 volts killed flkw firemen while they were fighting an inApificant blaze on an upper floor of thi Mercer Chemical Company's building a#Omaha.

KILLED IN A DUEL. J. L. Greene of Kansas Victim of a Cnban Officer’s Better Aim. J. L. Green of Fort Scott, Kan., at Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, met his death in a duel with a Cuban officer. While in Havana last March Greene and his slayer had some words, resulting in Greene’s accepting the Cuban’s challenge. The Cuban officer did not appear at the appointed place and the meeting did not occur. A few days ago the men met and renewed their difficulty. Another meeting was arranged and Greene fell mortally wounded at the first fire, while the Cuban was unharmed. When Greene graduated from the normal college at Fort Scott in 1892 he enlisted as a private in the regular army. After several years’ service he was discharged and went to Cuba, and was made a major in the Cuban army. Last year he joined the rough riders and received a commission. He was 28 years of age. WEST RIVER TRADE IN CHINA. Consul Reports Traffic Growing: Despite Depredations of Pirates. Consul General Wildman has reported to the State Department from Hong Kong on the growing trade of the West rirer in China, which taps one of the most fertile sections of the empire. He appends a memorandum giving an account of the depredations of Chinese pirates along the river. It is impossible, he says, for the Chinese officials to put down this piracy, as well as the dishonest fiscal system along the river and the brigandage of some of the chief towns. The torpedo boats sent to suppress the depredations are said to be engaged in “turning an honest penny by towing, to the neglect of their proper work, which receives no attention.” The opinion is expressed that if piracy is to be suppressed it will probably have to be done by British gunboats. KILLED BY FORMER PARTNER. Murder at Fremont, Neb., Canaed by Business Settlement. U. S. Pope, proprietor of a confectionery store, with a gambling room attached, was shot and fatally wounded by his former partner. E. Jerome, at Fremont, Neb. Jerome fired five shots, all of which took effect. He fled immediately after the shooting, but was captured by a sheriff’s posse and landed in jail. The men quarreled over the settlement of their former partnership and Jerome asserts Pope attacked him with a chair and that he shot in self-defense. Wife Sees Husband Whipped. Joseph M. Britton was taken from his home in Newark, Ind., and severely whipped by White Caps. One held Mrs. Britton and three others guarded her son, a third looked after the younger children. The others then assaulted Britton. , ' Lightning; Causes Big Fire. At Parkersburg, W. Va., lightning struck the store of the W. H. Smithy Hardware Company, which burned up: Paulus Rep’s and Berry’s restaurant, three-stony buildings, both had their contents destroyed. The loss will easily reach $150,000. Wife Slayer Commits <=> Morando Jaiconah, who killed his wife in Hoboken last May because she refused to live with him, committed suicide in his cell in the Jersey City jail. He hanged himself with a rope made of strips torn from his underclothing. Train Wreck in California. The engine and a portion of a southbound Los Angeles express train on the Southern Pacific Railroad were derailed near Don Palos, Cal. Engineer C. J. Ford is reported to have been killed. None of the passengers lost his life. Carranza Letter Case i- nds. George F. Bell, who claims he stole the celebrated Carranza letter, was discharged at Montreal by Magistrate Le Fontaine on the ground that the prosecution had not proved that a letter was stolen. Town Swept by Fire. The business portion of Carlisle, Ky., was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $60,000. C. G. Rogers’ tobacco warehouse, containing 300,000 pounds of tobacco, worth $40,000, was burned. Shot on the Street. George W. Blazer, superintendent of the Elizabeth. Colo., public schools, was Shot and instantly killed on the street. The murderer escaped. ‘ torm Damages Wheat Crop. Fields of wheat in Cass and Traill counties, N. D., were devastated by a severe storm of wind and hail. The loss is from 40 to 50 per cent.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 32c; oats, No. 2,19 c to 21c; rye, No. 2,53 cto 55c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 13c; potatoes, choice, 35c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.75; sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2 white, 33c to 34c;oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep. $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,70 eto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2,20 cto 22c; rye. No. 2,54 cto 56c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 57c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white,-26c to 27c; rye, 54c to 56c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 7-le to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 20c to 21c; rye. No. 2,53 c to 55c; clover seed, new, $3.90 to $4.00, Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 3,32 cto 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; rye, No. 1,53 cto 55c; barley. No. 2,40 cto 42c; pork, mess, SB.OO to $8.50. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to ss.2s;.sheep, fair to choice wethers. $3.50 to $5.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.75. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 77e to 78c; corn, No. 2, 37c to 38c; oats, mixed Western, 27c to 29c; butter, creamery, 16c to 20c; eggs, Western, 11c to 15-

NEARLY 1,000 DEAD

Awful Destruction by tbe Great West Indian Storm. AMERICA SENDS AID. % Thousands Rendered Homeless and in Danger of Starvation. Ponce la Wholly Destroyed and Other Porto Rican Towns Suffer Great Lose —Five Hundred Bodies RecoveredFears that a Plagne Will Follow the Doom that Has Devastated the Country—l he War Department Takes Prompt Measures to Relieve the Distress.

Nearly 1,000 lives and millions of dollars’ worth of property are now known to have been destroyed by the hurricane in Porto Rico and the adjoining islands of the West Indies. Over 500 bodies have been recovered. Gen. Davis telegraphs that 100,000 people are destitute, and the full extent of the fatalities is not yet known. Not since 1876 has a storm of such fearful violence visited these islands. The War Department took prompt measures of relief in the matter of food for the stricken inhabitants of Porto Rico.

The track of. the hurricane lay a little farther north than that of the storm which damaged Barbadoes and Martinique last year. Martinique seems to have escaped entirely, but Dominica and Guadaloupe, a little farther north, suffered severely. From these islands westward and slightly northward the hurricane swept with terrific force. The small British Islands of Montserrat, Nevis, St. Christopher’s, and Antigua report a total of ninety-six fatalities, of which over three-fourths were in Montserrat. Guadaloupe lost over a hundred by death in the storm. Coming up toward Porto Rico the wind destroyed most of the houses and churches in the Danish Islands of St. Croix and. St. Thomas, with thirty deaths reported from St. Croix. It is practically certain that when the smaller and less accessible islands in this Leeward group are heard from the total death list will be greatly increased. The storm struck Porto Rico squarely on the southeast coast, doing its worst at Humacao and at Ponce, though at San Juan, on the north, much property was destroyed and several deaths resulted. The city and the port of Ponce are reported as total wrecks, with a loss of life estimated in the hundreds, and a damage of half a million to property. The fatalities here seem to have been > caused chiefly by drowning in the river flood that accompanied the storm. As all interior communications have been cut off it is impossible to tell how much more damage has been done throughout the thickly populated eastern end of Porto Rico. After wrecking the southern coast of this island the hurricane continued its westward and slightly northward course, devastating the northern coast of San Domingo and finally passing out upon the Atlantic with modified force at Cape Haytien. Along the whole track of the storm there now exists much suffering and starvation. A large amount of local shipping has been swept upon the shore and totally destroyed. When one remembers that only a trifle over a year ago Gen. Miles and his expedition were entering Ponce the thought gives cause for thankfulness that those crowded transports were not caught in such a storm.

The terrific nature of the West Indian hurricane has been famous for centuries. This is one of the things we have annexed in Porto Rico, and one of the things we cannot reform. But the signal service can be extended and madff so efficacious in the Caribbean that the whole region will be thoroughly prepared for every such storm, so far as preparation is possible. The weather bureau does not appear to have done much in the present case. The Government should take steps to equip the West India weather service as completely as possible for this work. These hurricanes can be predicted many hours as is done at the Manila observatory, and their direction can be determined at the start. Though the whirling motion of the air is incredibly swift, the progressive advance of the storm is comparatively slow, and with improved cable communication between the islands tbe whole archipelago can easily be warned of what to expect. The only other palliative that the American regime can offer to Porto Rico regarding this scourge is by extending aid and succor to the homeless victims. Gen. Davis, commanding in Porto Rico, telegraphed asking for food, clothing and money to help the unfortunate inhabitants get on their feet again, and the President indorsed the appeal. In accordance therewith the Secretary of War sent out an appeal to the Mayors of cities for help for the destitute. The Secretary also took steps for immediate relief by- ordering the distribution of rations to the sufferers by tbe army in Porto Rico. The Secretary instructed the commissary department to load the transport McPherson at New York with 600,000 pounds each of rice and beans and have it proceed to Porto Rico at once.

Telegraphic Brevities.

Joseph Marshal, Mobile, Ala., shot and killed Marvin Green. Armour & Co.’s fertilizer house, Chicago, was damaged SII,OOO by fire. Great Northern is to discharge its Japanese section hands and hire Americans. Ida Miehdson, the Louisville girl who took a dose of paris green in Chicago,'it dead. Four men held up a conductor on a crowded trolley car in New York and robbed him of $6. Mrs. Orilla Allhouse of Youngstown, Ohio, was held up by a thief on the streets of Akron and relieved of SSO.

IN THE PUBLIC EYE

President McKinley has bought the Canton, Ohio, house in which fie and Mrs. McKinley began housekeeping twen-ty-eight years ago. The homestead passed out of Mr. McKinley’s possession in 1892 or thereabouts, and such time as he occupied the honse since was os a tenant. Now he has purchased it of the holder, Mrs. Harter, for $14,000. The property became famous as the “little wooden house on the hill” from the hun-

THE M’KINLEY HOMESTEAD.

dreds of delegations of visitors received there in the 1896 campaign. It was from the porch of this house that the speeches of that campaign were delivered by Mr. McKinley. President and Mrs. McKinley have many sacred associations with this house. In it they not only set up a home, but in it their children were born and died. One hundred years ago the first savings bank was established in England. In 1861, at the suggestion of Mr. Charles

W. Sikes, savings banks were made a part of the postal department of Great Britain. Postal savings* banks have since been i opened by most of the E,u ro p e a n countries | and their establishment in this country has been urged by a number of Postmaster Generals. In the United Kingdom the number

of depositors in the postal banks is 6,862,000, and the total amount of money on deposit is $526,000,000. In the number of depositors at postal banks Italy stands second, with 3,000,000, though the total amount of deposits is only $89,000,000. Of savings banks other than those connected with the postal department Great Britain has 239, with 1,527,000 depositors and total deposits of $235,830,000. In France there are 6,630,000 depositors, 545 banks and total deposits of $652,800,000. In Russia there are 861 savings banks outside of the postal department, 000 depositors, and deposits of $198,000,000. In the United States there are 979 savings banks, with 5,385,000 depositors and deposits amounting to $2,065,000,000.

Years ago Miles B. MeSweeney was a newsboy selling papers on the streets of Charleston, S. C. Now he is Governor of

M. B. M’SWEENEY.

cessful papers of the State. In 1898 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State on the ticket of which William H. Ellerbe was the head. Mr. Ellerbe’s recent death leaves the chair of the chief executive to' be occupied by the former newsboy.

The people of South Amherst, Mass., are aroused at the atrocious murdei* of Edith Morrell, who fell a victim to the

bullet of a Comanche Indian named Eugene Tekahpuer, who worked on her father’s farm. The Indian fell in love with the girt, who was only 17 years old and pretty. Although the redskin was educated at the Carlisle sehooi and had mere or less polish, he was

still an Indian. Edith would have nothing to do with him. On that account he murdered her with a revolver in the cellar, where she had gone to get some butter. *

The Rev. Eugene Augustus Hoffmann, D. D., dean of the Union Theological Seminary of New York, is undoubtedly

DEAN HOFFMANN.

r • tuc uiuov luiyottaub training school of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the country. Dean Hoffmann, when rector of a fashionable church in Philadelphia, started the first workingman’s club ever organized in America. Near Dayton, Ohio, a horse strayed out. on the Miami river bridge and fell between the ties. Michael Myers discovered tiie beast Securing a lantern, he stopped the limited train within less than a bridge span of the horse. .. Postal derlca being

C. W. SIKES.

the same State. Mr. McSweeney’s father died %hen he was a small boy, and he sold papers in order to help support his i mother/- Afterwards he became a printer, I and finally, with a capital of $65, he began a few years ago the publication of a newspaper. He is now the owner of the Hampton Guardian, one of the most suc-

EDITH MORRELL.

the richest clergyman in the United States, if not in the world. He is one of the two heirs of the great Hoffmann estate, valuqd at from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000. The seminary of which be is the head is the most important