Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 19 September 1896 — Page 1

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VOL. 27—NO. 13.

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Town talk tMs week, so far as politics is concerned, been about the everlasting "skinning" given Hon. John E. Lamb by "Billy" Mason at the Republican wigwam Tuesday night. There was published in the Paris Gazette on Monday last a statement by Mr. Lamb, in which he said that Mr. Mason told more lies and made more Democratic votes than any other public speaker he knew of. The statement was repeated in the Terre Haute Gazette of the same evening. When Mr. Mason reached Paris Tuesday his attention was called to this gratuitous advertisement at the hands of Mr. Lamb. The latter made an attempt to reach Mr. Mason, after the latter's arrival here, with a sratement that be had never made such a declaration ad*that published in the Paris and Terre Haute papers, or anything that could be construed in that way. The word did not reach Mr. Mason, and he proceeded to say in a most cutting way some sarcastic things about the ex congressman. The latter did not like them, 1 have heard, and it cut him to the quick to have an audience composed of the people with whom his life had been spent, applaud the biting things said of him by Mr. Mason. On the top of Mr. Lamb's assertion that he did not make the remarks credited to him, the Paris Gazette, in which they were originally printed, in commenting on the Mason Speech there, made a statement to the effect that the prophecy made by Mr. Lamb As to Mr. Mason's lying qualities had been verified. And this was after Mr. Lamb had made the denial. Mr. Lamb has been in politics in this vicinity for a great many years and

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tablished a reputation for saying any particularly kind things about his political adversaries, whether they happened to be in his party or not. The speech he is charged by the Democratic organ at Paris with having made there sounds very m$tch like other remarks he has made. He denies having said it, and so far as my vision extends it is a question of veracity between the editor of the Paris Gazette and Mr. Lamb. If the former is correct Mr. Lamb is not entitled to any particular consideration from Mr. Mason. If the latter is correct Mr. Lamb is entitled to an apology from the Paris Gazette, which misled Mr. Mason. I have examined tbe Terre Haute GAzette very carefully, and up to date have not been able to find a correction of the statement copied in that paper from the Paris Gazette. To a man up a tree it looks as if Mr. Lamb was getting a homeopathic dose of an allopathic remedy he h&*tMen applying for years himself.

Few persons realize what a serious loss to the business interests of Terre Haute will be entailed by the total destruction of the opera house, and the failure to erect another in its place. To the average theater goer there comes a feeling of regret that such a splendid city as this should be compelled to go without amusements for an entire season, but the failure to have a place of amusements means more than mere regrets to many persons in this city. It means the loss of many thousands of dollars to many interests here. It is safe to say that the failure of a theatrical attraction to visit this city from the opening to the closing of a season means to various business Interests in this city the loss of not less than $50,000 in clean, cold hard cash. That may seem an extravagant estimate, but here area few figures on some items that enter into the conduct of an opera house for a season, and money that comes into the city on that account. The figures are furnished by Manager James B. Dickson, whose experience in the theatrical business gives him a right to talk knowingly on the subject. For instance, here area few losses that will necessarily be entailed on the men interested, by the complete lopping off -of the money herein referred to. This estimate is an average for each month during the theatrical season: Labor. heat, light, and Incidentals

Opera House..... Board of theatrical people at hotels .... WO Transfer companies, haullnn baggage.. 120 Bill IHwtlng vRepairs.... ..... .... 9 advertising.. Railroad far*. vt» lec .4 agents............ sc st-ee* ear fare paid by amusement pturvos ww Music, paid to local orchestra.......... 88 Total

This does not include the money spent in this city by members of theatrical companies visiting us, and they are all liberal spenders, as they spend all they make, the money spent here by visitors from surrounding towns, who are liberal patrons of our attractions, and as a rule all who come here for that purpose are able to spend money, and as a matter of fact do spend their money liberally with our merchants and hotel keepers. Taking it all in all it is safe to say that the amount of money that will be kept away from the various branches of trade in our city during the coming season as a result of having no Opera House will aggregate $80,000. It is a moderate estimate, to say nothing of the pleasure lost by inability to see the finest shows to the land, as has been our opportunity. And then think on top of that that it would not cost over $80,000 to put up and equip a magnificent palace of amu«m*nt in this city, modern in itafinish and equipments. What a shame it is that we have no Uigi hall that for the time being jutd be converted into a theater and thus part of this money could be put into circulation here. ________

I believe it would be safe to say that there is no instance on record where a dty of such importance and dimensions as this

went without amusements for a whole season, as Terre Haute is destined to do. "Tis true, 'tis apity, and a pity 'tis, 'tis true."

The most unique election bet that has been made this year, so far as I know, is that of a couple of Terre Haute men, Chauncey Bogard and George W. Fagg, both well known. Bogard is a Republican and Fagg is a Democrat, and their agreement is that the loser in the bet as to whether McKinley or Bryan is elected president is to roll a peanut around the court house square with a toothpick. The rolling is to take place on the Saturday following the national election, and it is to say that when it is carried out there will be a large crowd to witness the unique performance -'Articles of agreement have been entered into and signed, whereby each party binds himself to carry out its provisions strictly according to the bet. There will be a crowd to witness it, and there would be no trouble in raising money to pay for a band to head the procession when the peanut rolling starts^ So far as I know it is the most uniqne bet ever made, and the driginators of it aie entitled to credit for their originality*/

AMUSEMENTS.

PRIMROSE A WEST.

The fact that Primrose & West's minstrels are to be the attraction at the Hafri son Park Casino, will no doubt bring to the mind that they celebrated last winter their twenty-fifth anniversary of their partnership by giving a grand jubilee performance at Madison Square Garden, New York. Partnerships of actors, vaudeville artists, etc., have uniformly proven successful but have seldom lasted long, generally being-terminated by some friction between the parties. Some of the strongest theatrical drawing attractions have be^n made possible through this joining together of forces as in the cases of Booth & Barrgtt, Jefferson & Florence, Robson & Crane and others but nearly all of them have been for a limited period only. Primrose & West, however, while in a different line from those jmdntioned, have been, as said before, together for over twenty-five years and will probably remain so as long as they shall "tread the boards." *This fact has no doubt contributed greatly to their success as amusement purveyors to the public since their combined talents and capital have permitted that all that is novel and attractive in the field of minstrelsy can be secured and presented by them. This season they bring a company of seventy people, forty or them being white artists of well known ablllfcf, and thirty of them genuine colored pe.'rormers.--The negroes are seen in a genuine old time minstrel scene, while the whites give an "up to date" performance rep) N with modern ideas, jokes, songs, et- Besides the two stars Primrose & West, will be seen the famous end man, George Wilson, who will have a few remarks to make. James Wall, the specialty team Howe, Wall and Walters, and others of note. Amorig the vocalists this company has beoome famous, through the quality of their singers of these may be mentioned William Windom, who possesses an alto voice of exceptional sweetness and who was the one to popularize the song "The Wedding Bells" John Davis, Chas. Kent, and Ed. Dickens. An added feature is the Millar Bros. Diorama, something entirely new In stereopticon work and just imported from Europe by Primrose & West. The engagement is for one night only—Thursday, September 24th, and last attraction this season. Sale of seats will begin Monday morning at Buntin's drug store. Prices 25c, 50c and 75c.

celebrate Emancipation Day next Tuesday with appropriate exercises, which will be held at the Methodist church, at the cortier of Thirt«enth-and-one-half street and Franklin avenue. There will be a parade in the morning, and the other exercise* will take place during the afternoon and evening. The committee in charge of the celebration consists of Messrs. Nelson Record, Jefferson Jackson, Willis McDougall, Benj. Hardy and Preston Porter. Mr. Record, chairman of the committee, when asked as to the number of colored persons now residents of this city, who were slaves at the time the emancipation was issued, gave it as his opinion that fully five hundred persons, male and female, who now reside here were freed from slavery by that almost divine instrument. Their numbers, like those of the old soldiers, who fought and made freedom possible, is gradually growing smaller, and in a few years, they will have disappeared.

A North Dakota Sweet Girl Graduate. Hie cruel newspapers are publishing the horrid story that a "sweet girl graduate' in a Dakota town read an essay on physl ology, in which she said: "The human body is divided into three parts—the head, the chist and the stutnmick. The head contains the eyes and brains, if any. The chist contains the lungs and apiece of the Ifrer. The stummick Is devoted to tbe bowels, of which there is five—a, e, I, o, u, and sometime* wand y."

Licensed to Wed.

Geo. W. Reynolds sad EteH* Howard. John W. Hawortfa and Marine O. no- Friel aod Oelia A. Hegwty. evis Burwel! m4 Margaret Bishop. end rich. od R. Banna

Cha*. B. S .. Donna Greenleeand Laura B. Irk Herri and Allee Ward. Geo. C. Harper and Arminda N. Webster. Chas. L. Cook and Sauna E. Oook. Albert It. Statins and EUsaJbeth May.

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 19, 1896

THE RACES.

TO OPEN W?TH A SENSATIONAL RACE TUESDAY.

Wonderful Lot.of Horses Entered in the Race* i?4M^5yeek-A Special Effort to Secure a TJlg Crovrd Next Tuesday. -4=

The rains of this weelf have put the great 2:01)^ track in fine condition, and when the meeting opens next Tuesday the track will be faster thftn everbefore. At least this 1s what Superintfemlent Jeffers s»jfe, and he knows more about putting wfee tracks in condition the home, track in particular, than any'^tffcher man on earth. Very appropriately^^ $he first day will offer for an attraction a race thaty gives

mares on earth, Pearl C., 2:063£, Lof|jfas Lorraine, 2.-06K. and Phenol, 2*)7, will meet in a race. They have each ^bIb striving tor the title of champion this year, apd this race will decide it, and it will there* fore be a sensation from start to finish. There are some other mighty good sidewheelers in that race, among them befc|g Lucy Pan, 2:10X, Belle T., Hy Nydia Wilkes, Ole Hutch, 2:10f, Ithu: 2:10K, Spinxetta, 2:08#, and Dick Wi" 2:00%.

The association is making asp

effort to secure a good crowd on the opening day, and start the meeting off with a rush, and for this reason have made t|is race one of the features for the oc There will be other good races on that and on every other day, as witness complete programme for the dteek:

„. TUESDAY, SEPT. 23.

3-year-old,$5:40 trot 2:11 pace 2:10 trot

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23.

2-year-old, 2:60 trot 2:28ti-ot 2:25 pace

THURSDAY, SEPT. 24. Sj

2:18 pace— 2:15 trot 2:18 trot 2:13 trot

FBIDAY, SE^r^aS.

2:09 trot 3-year-old, 2:25 trot a wfcw ivy*!*2:08 pace 2:23 trot ». :*••".

We've had big race meetings here, is safe to say that never before have been so many uniformly fast horses! tered in a series of races as are lis' next week's contests. It will be the remarkable speed contest of the year, and it is to be hoped that the patronage will be as generous as the association The indication^ point to the fact that there is going to be a large attendance from the neighboring country. Every day the secretary is in receipt of letters making inquiries about the meeting, and from the interest taken, it is quite certain that the attendance will be large.

A SPECIAL-FEATURE. U:

This morning arrangements were made for a special feature for Tuesday that is likely to arouse a great deal -of interest. That is-in the appearance on that day of Marion Mills, pacing fflare, owned in Oshkosh, Wis., who ln& made a great reputation this ye&r, by going at a phenomenal rate of speed without sulky or driver. She was a great attraction at therf&lrat St., Paul during the G. A. R. encampment, at Grand Rapids, etc., and everywhere she has appeared her pcrfbrmhnce has Cre&ted a sensation.

TO INSURE AGAINST TWltfS.-^

A New Kind of A««*4ent Insurance— A London Cottlpaiijf rays 91,000 Towards Increased Expenses.

Emancipation Day. Accidents and too litany youngsters beThe colored residents of this city ,^g yarded in the light of family calami*ties over in England, the Law, Guarantee and Trust Society, of London, issues policies contingent upon the birth of twins.

The premium is 120, and if the catastrophe happens the policy holder recovers 1,000 upon the presentation of the proper proof. This sort of policy is highly useful. The first family to insure recovered its 11,000, and is happy, elated and numerous.

The company must, of course, proceed with the greatest caution, as twins are often hereditary. To begin with, the agent approaches the heads of families with tfne deference. If he doesn't he surely should. It is a subject upon which there should be jr no trifling.

And this agent does write a policy. He doesn't do that, of course, until after you have answered certain questions. I have been unable to obtain the exact words of the application, yet it must be something along this line: First, you must be solemnly sworn and declare that you are not a twin and have never been such. Ton must answer inquiries as to whether or not your grandmother, your parental grandfather and your greatuncie ever were twins or tbe fathers or mothers of the same. If your family has been a populous one the higher the rate of insurance will be. The $80 pertainsonly to ordinary oaees and is purely a basis of negotiation.

The twin table, it is said, IMStfTidmething like this: Great-grandmother, twins v.» 00 Grandmother, a twin 77.00 Yourself, twin «J» Yourself, triplets 4&-0Q Yourself, quadruplets .."67.T5

Tbe last quotation, you will'see, Is practically prohibitive. Proof of the necessity of grafting the 11,000 may be made aa soon as the children are ofllc^ly registered and bo&sed. Agents of the company who adjust the claims famre, it is said, gained such expertneos that they jean tell by tbe general appearance of worry nod solicitude on t^e fa'-e of a parent that jrtrovhto has come to his household in

double guise. Frequently these agents, so prompt is the company in the payment of its claims, have come Within half a block of the house, and upon hearing two childish voices howling in unison have gone away satisfied that the money should be Paid. -5'

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The president of the company, It is bruited about, will extend the scope of his organization to this country.

Death

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Miss

lioulse Filbecli.

iss Catharine Louise Filbeck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Filbeck, died this morning at 5:45 o'clock, at the Filbeck hoise.

She had been ill for a year, and

for the past fourteen weeks had been confined to her bed. Her illness dates back to more than a year ago, when she was t.aV«n Hi with pneumonia at Denver, while on her return from a trip to Alaska. The pneumonia left her in an enfeebled condition, and she developed bronchial catarrh and nervous prostration, which finally led to her death. Miss Filbeck was born in this city, and was twenty-six years of age. She was a graduate of the High School in the class of 1888. The following year she graduated from the Oxford, Ohio, Female Seminary. She then took a special course in the College of Elocution, conducted by James E. Murdoch, at Boston, graduating in 1890. On her .return home she devoted herself to a special course in literature, and last year conducted a series of literary studies in this city and the surrounding cities, which established her reputation as a.^student and teacher. Miss Filbeck was elocutionist of rare ability, and although he* appearances in public were not frequent she Was everywhere greeted with pleasure Gifted in the extreme, she had the faculty of imparting her knowledge to others, and strength been in keeping with her ambition die would have attained distinction in the literary world. Her strength, however, was not sufficient to meet the tax upon it, and while existence was most attractive to her, when friends were numerous, and life had its most roseate" hues, she was called away. Death at all, t^mes and under all circumstances is a t&rrlble thing, bnt when it comes to one to whom life offers so much it seemfr^more disastrous than ordinarily. The filendB, and the community, are shocked to hear of her death, and much sympathy is expressed. for the family in the loss. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon at 2:80 at the New Filbeck.

Borne Unusual Superstitions. A Chicago newspaper records the finding of a human finger in the pocket of a .woman's dro§s, and how the owner earnestly declared that it was "a charm to keep away evil spirits." This suggests reference to some remarkable superstitions which one has made the acquaintance of during the last dozen years. It will ever remain a mystery to many of us why people who are foolish enough to believe in signs, omens and tokens always lean to the uncanny. Why isn't a horse-chestnut just as efficacious as a remedy for rheumatism as a toad's heart It is certain that, taking one consideration with another, the horse-chestnut is preferable. It is more cleanly as a pocket-piece and more portAble in every way. Yet, after a long-time rivclry between these two faith-cures, the toad's heart enjoys a majority of believera. A strand of a rope that has hanged a murderer is probably one of the best things in the world to bring back a recreant lover. It is not necessary to use it as a noose and yank the truant back to his allegiance.

Not a bit of it. The girl need only put the strand in a pocket—or in her pocket, for women folks only have one—and keep it there. If the wanderer does not return, it is probably because the rope has hanged an innocent man and not a murderer. The theory of the superstition is all Jight. Have you a felon on one of your fingers Straightway hie you to a neighboring butcher, steal a piece of meat, rub it on the felon and then bury it. As the meat goes through the natural process of decay the felon will disappear. Same treatment for corns, bunions, warts and moles. Cut your meat according to the size of your excrescence. Seriously speaking, what One of you does not number among his or her acquaintances one or more amiable crank, who, in perfect good faith, will assure you that some such charms as those mentioned are infallible cures

The Eighteenth District School. At a meeting between the school trustees and a committee representing the property owners benefitted by the new Eighteenth district school this morning4 the action of a former committee was lepudiated, and the following agreement was entered into:

At a joint meeting of the School Board and representative citizens, acting aa a committee of tbe patrons of the Eighteenth District School, held this day, it was mutually agreed to stand by the propositions of the tmstees made Sept. 11, in regard to opening school in temporary quarters, provided that at the meeting to be held on the 25th instL it shall appear that the new house will not be completed against October 1st, as per contract. In the event, of the house not being completed, temporary quarters win be provided for the children and school opened October 5th, and tbe work on the new building pushed forward to completion. Upon the completion of tbe bouse, on or about Nov. 1st, these children trill be sent thereto. Should any patrons of the school insist upon tbe admission at their children to other buildings prior to OeC Sth, such children will be admitted and regularly rls—ifled and will therefore remain in these old bnfldingsuntfl the dose of school )n June next.

ABOUT WOMEN.

Only last week, in the city of Cincinnati, a tragedy was enacted, which is, in some respects, the counterpart of the crime of Hetty Sorrel, in George Eliot's thrilling story, "Adam Bede," writes Juliet V. Strauss, in the Rockville Tribune. Such tragedies are as old as time, but every fresh one brings just the same sudden flood of pity, just the same impotent indignation toward a social law that cannot be changed. Every woman who has a heart can imagine herself in like circumstances with the poor girl who, one day last week, was walking, walking back and forth in the rain in one of the parks of a great city —no home, no friends, no money, and the tiny bit of flesh and blood, which was the living evidence of her shame, clasped to her bosom. She appeals to the Humane society, but there is no aid there "the child is too young," they tell her, and turn her adrift, and then it is that she commits the Crime. She strangles the baby, and, laying it down at the root of a tree, covers it up with grass and leaves. Then the law takes hold of ber, and she has some place to go. Yes, she must go and answer for her crime a poor, dazed creature, whom there was no law to save, no power to care for or keep under control before the murder was committed. While the girl was walking in the rain, the policemen were watching her, but with no kindly intent. They had no authority to aid her, only to hound her down after she had strangled her baby. Meanwhile the man who was responsible for her trouble is care-free and happy, a good-looking, jolly young fellow, who will no doubt marry some good girl and become a staid, respectable member of society

Tne Society for the Prevention of hereditary Diseases is the name of an organization just set on foot by about a score of young women in New York. The object of the members is best explained by an extract from the constitution: "We, the members of this association, believe it to be a crime against society and future generations for certain persons to marry "We each solemnly pledge ourselves not to enter into any matrimonial alliance with any person whose family is subject to such hereditary diseases as consumption, insanity, or the appetite for strong drink, knowing that such individual is re* sponsible for the physical perfection of hundreds yet unborn "Article 1. This association shall be called the Society for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseases.

Article 2. Its aim aljsil be, tb0 welfare of lfttmar'ty'and the prevention of'the transmission of hereditary diseases."

When tbe pledge is taken the applicant for membership stands in the center of the room on a raised dais on which falls a brilliant light. With the religio medica In one hand and an hour-glass in the other, the novice stands repeating the solemn words of the pledge. Only one member has broken the pledge. Her picture is draped in mourning and turned with its face toward the wall. It will be seen that the object of the S. P. H. D. society is purely humanlta rian. It is the outgrowth of an idea which germinated in the brain of a young college girl, a student of cause and effect, who had noticed the evil resuls of many marriages where love was the ruling factor and prudence a captive and slave. She registered avow similar to the pledge which binds each member of the Bccicty, and she proceeded to explain her reasons for so doing to some of her friends. She found a few kindred spirits who agreed with her views, and a constitution was drawn up. The society is now in good working order, its members being one and all enthusiastic advocates of the ideas embodied in the constitution and by-laws. All regard the appetite for intoxicants as a matte^ pf heredity.

In an article entit'ed "Petticoat Government" Max O'Rell says: "7f there is one country in the world where the women appear, in the eyes of the foreign visitor, to enjoy all manner of privileges and to have the men in leading strings, that country is America. You would Imagine, therefore,1 that America would be the last country where the 'new woman' was to be found airing her grievances. Yet she is flourishing throughout tbe length aud breadth' of this large continent. She is petted by her husband, the most devoted and hard-work-ing of husbands in the world she is literally covered with precious stones by him* She is allowed to wear hats that would 'fetch' Paris in carnival time or start a panic at a Corpus Christi procession fcr. Paris or Lord Mayor's show in London. She is the superior of her husband in education, and in almost every other respect. She is surrounded by the most numeron# and delicate attentions. Yet she is not Satisfied. The Anglo-Saxon 'new women' is the most ridiculous production of modern times and destined to be the most ghastly failure of the country. She is par excellence the woman with a grievance, and self-labeled the greatest nuisance of modem society. The new woman wants to retain all tbe privileges of her sex and secure, besides, all those of man. She wants to be a man and to remain a woman. She will fail to beeome a man, but she may succeed in ceasing to be a woman."

A discussion in some European papers of the question as to whether widows should marry again has brought Out the statistician with some more or less interesting figures. According to M. Morselll, who Is tax authority on the subject, out of 80 men who committed suickle in Italy, 100 were married, 108 were bachelors and 1ST

TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR.

were widowers. In France it is among the widowers that suicide finds the most victims. As regards married women, oat of every 100 who commit suicide in It&V and France the majority are widows. France the number of widows who mit suicide is twice as great as that of women whose husbands are living. From these statistics M. Morselli concludes that widows and widowers are far more likely to be driven to despair and death than other men and women, and that, therefore, it is the duty of society to encourage thejji to marry again.

On the other hand. M. G. Labadie-La-grave does not think much of these statistics. "The conclusions arrived at," he says, "seem to me very much exaggerated. If so many widows are unable to support the burdens of life, it is not chagrin at the loss of their husbands which drives them to commit suicide, but rather anxiety as to how they shall support themselves and their children. And it is very probable that the reason why they remain widows is not because they desire to remain true to their husbands, but because they cannot find' men who are willing to burden themselves with the support of them and their children." .%

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Political Notes.

•Thos, B. Reed, it is said, will speak here.,, before the close of the campaign.

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Last night the McKinley olub ran a special train down to Riley, where Hon. Geo. W. Faris spoke. A big crowd went down.

It has been announced that ex-preaident Harrison would speak here October 3d, but he sayB that he will make but one speech in Indiana, and that will be at Indianapolis.

Hon. B. F. Havens has been secured hy the Republican national oommittee to make six speeches in Michigan, beginning in Kent county on the 31st inBt. He will speak only in the most important cities of the state.

Senator David Turpie, of Indianapolis, will speak at the Democratic wigwam tonight, and is likely to have an Immense crowd if the weather permits. It will be the first formal attempt at a parade by the Democrats, and there is likely to be a big turnout.

Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan, Demoor&tlc candidate for the presidency, will very likely visit this city on Monday, October 19th. During his stay here he will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John EL Lamb, at their handsome new home at Sixth and College, which they expect to occupy about the middle of October.

This has been a busy week for the Republicans. Tuesday night Hon. W. E. Mason, spoke at the wigwam, Tuesday night, Hon. Richard Guenther, of Milwaukee, addressed the Germans at Germania Hall, and on Thursday night, Hon. W. D. Owen, secretary of state, spoke at the wigwam. These in addition to almost nightly meetings that are held in various parts of the county.

Around tbe World in. 80 Minutes. The Eiffel Tower, which- "was the sensation of the last Paris exposition, is to be paralleled or excelled in the Universal Exposition of 1900 by the mammoth globe of M. Borgal-Court, which measures 150 metres in diameter and 245 metres in height. It is a perfect world in miniature. Every considerable town and natural feature of the globe will be exhibited on the exterior1! and tbe interior will be a panorama of the earth's inhabitants, customs, and produc"* tiops. A system of electric railroads will convey spectators to every part, and the boast of M. Borgal-Court is that he will give them a realistic tour around the world in eighty minutes.

'.Uu Church Notes, Rev. Worth M. Tippy, the new pastor of Centenary church, will arrive in the city to-day and occupy his pulpit to-morrow. His morning subject will be "The Old Prophecy," and his evening subject, "I am not Ashamed of the Gospel of Christ." Preaching at 10:80 a. m. and 7:80 p. m. Sunday School at 2:80 p. m.

Frances Robinson, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robinson, met with a most distressing accident Tuesday morning, which resulted in her death the same evening. Mrs. Robinson was out riding at the time, the little one, who was a year old, being left with a nurse, at the family residence on Cherry street. The baby was asleep In an upstairs room, lying on abed near a window. The nurse left the room for a moment, and when she returned discovered that the little one had rolled off the bed and out of the window, falling to the .ground below, a distance of fifteen feet. The skull was fractured, and in an unconscious condition she lingered along until six o'clock in the evening, when deaf resulted. The utmost sympathy is expressed for tbe parents in tbe terrible accident, as well as for tbe nurse who was thoroughly reliable and responsible, and who is now nearly distracted with grief over the tm'ortunate death of her little coarse.

The burglars who burgle around in this vicinity seem to have a liking for tbe members of the Ted family. Three men are doing time in the penitentiary for robbing the Tsel hardware store, and in the past few years the family residence and the store have been burglarized twelve

Tbe latest attempt was made last

Saturday night during the parade in honor of James A- Mount, the residence of Frank Teel, on north Fifth street, being visited. Several hundred dollars' worth of clothing, Jewelry, etc., were taken, and thus far no Clues have been discovered as to the perpetrators of the crime.*