St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 10, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 September 1894 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, _ - - INDIANA. BEEF FOR SWITZERS. MOVEMENTTO SHIP LIVE STOCK FRONI AMERICA. SnHss Farmers Anxious to Replenish Their Her.ls with Young American ; Stock —Chinese Routed Utterly in the ’ Fing Yang Battle—Minor News Notes. Negotiations Under Way. A movement for the importat ion of American cattle into Switzerland has i been set on foot indirectly through the ' instrumentality of Eugene Germain, I the United States Consul at Zurich. Not Mr. Germain sentt > the State Department a report entitled "Pros* pects for American Beef in Switzerland.” It was printed in the New York Staats Zeitung, a copy of which reached the Zurich Public Library, j The article was brought to the atten- ■ tion of the Bau?rn Bund, a armors' organi ation, and a meeting was called with a view to taking steps to secure j young American cattle to replenish the stables of the farmers, who are badly in need of such stock. Negotia- ■ tions are under way which, the Consul believes, will result in a commit- I tee being sent to America to investi-; gate, and if found practicable to pur- ! cha-e young cattle for shipment to I Switzerland. Chinese I’ut o Flight. Japan is in practical possession o. Corea. It has routed the Chino-o army ; in the first big land engagement that has taken p’ace, and rou ed it o thoroughly that China will be powerless ■ until she can send another arm}- to Corea. The Chinese losses, according to a dispatch received from Seoul, are placed at 16,00 > killed, while the Japanese only lost i nirty killed and 270 wounded. The entire Chinese array—at least what . as loft of it—was put to rout and scattered in every direction, leaving no large organize I Chinese force on Corean soil. As far as China is concerned she is in the position of having to begin the war ail over again and under much more disadvantageous conditions than when she first sent troops to Corea. The Japanese are not only in possession, but they are flushed with success and have every opportunity for strengthening their position. C ise of Pernicious Evolution. Elias A. M. Watson, a colored postal clerk at Chicago, was on Monday caught in the act of stealing currency from letters. When searched over 8110 in currency was found upon his person, and many money orders. Watson is the man who a few years - xeved » national r«puUklum lux: _ , ~— cb- _

other time he so nd and restored a' pocketbook containing $650. His seems \ to have been a case of “pernicious evo- j tion. ” Nine May Be Dead. The m st fatal fire of recent years in Washington was the burning' of the ; mattress factory of Stumph& Brothers : Monday. Four bodies are at the morgue, charred and crushe I beyond recognition. One man is dead at the hospital, three in tired ra n are at the h spital, and there may be others buried under the ruins, as four of the workmen are unaccounted for. BREVITIES, The Second National Bank o' Altoona, Pa., which has been clos d lor a month on account of the stealings of Cashier Harry A. Gardner, will reopen. ! The monument erected to the memory of Captain D. Harvey, the amous Confederate scout, ly his surviving comrades, has been unveiled at Canton. Miss. Elmer Walden was indict'd at McArthur, Ohio, for murdering his un le, Thoma; Walden, a prominent farmer. The widow of the latter was a rested as an accomplice. The Meeker Manufact ring Company, of Waterbury, Conn., and Chicago, will build and operate a p ant at Waukegan, the < utput of which will be street car fare registers. An eruption cf Colima volcano, situated on the Pacific coast south of Gua ialajara, is threatened, and the inhabitants of the district at the base of the mountains and adjoining valley are ; in a state of excitement. An eruption at this time would result in heavy loss t \ ana drbaf dumai’-n to < E .xr ptopenj. At Poston, Mass., the jury found for Congressman Hi ah A. Morse in the suit so • $25,600 brought against him by Mrs Gougar, of Indiana, for alleged libel. A new trial is asked for. ExGov. Robinson was Morse s lawyer and made a strong plea before the jury. Among the spectators was J. 11. Manley, of Maine.

Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada, has been re jue ted by the 1 Republican State Central Committee to resign his seat in the United States Sena'e, to which he was elected by Republicans. ' This request is made in a long letter drafted by Chairman Trennor Coffin, I and approve 1 by the State Central Ci mmittee. The lette ■ exhausti > ely 1 reviews Senator Jones' letter to the former chairman of the committ e, i Enoch Strother, in which Jones announc that he ha > left the Republican p rty co join the I opulists, and severely criticizes his ciuoe of action, I John Simpson, aged 78, received j probably fatal injuries by falling from I a hawmow near Wabash, Ind. George B. Barne?, one of the best known glass men in the Ohio val ey, committed suicide by taking arsenic at Bellaire, O. Drinking to excess had reduced him to poverty. Del West and Charles Nearhufe broke jail at Valparaiso, Ind. Both clothing manufacturers and members of the Garment Makers’ Union, of Bostm, admit that a big strike is probable within a few days.

EASTERN. A. H. WILCOX, who is said to have made $1,400,000 by his remarkable : land schemes and who dodged detectives at Chicago and Buffalo, has been arrested in New York. While attempting to cross the track ahead of an express train at Putnam, j N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Orson Higgins, of j Benson, Vt., were instantly killed, and I a little girl, Mary Manley, was fatally injured. Application has been made at New i York for a receiver for the Colorado । Irrigation Company. John C. Beatty, । of Texas a director and promoter, is j is charged with trying to obtain by fraud $<,500,000. At Thompson, Conn., Clarence Ward, son of Ferdinand Ward, was kidnaped Thursday morning, and i later in the day recovered at Webster, ; Mass. Ue was in a buggy with two men, who are supposed to be the fel- i i lows who carried him off, an I both of i wh m have been placed under arrest. ! The prisoners were strangers. James Van HISE, the New Jersey j hangman, was a very angry man when ho went to the office of Sheriff Toffey, in Jersey City, to collect his fee of j $250 for hanging Al ten border, the i murderer of Katie Rapp. I e found an ■ attachment in the Sheriff's hands for j $175, secured on an order of the Su- ; preme Court, to satisfy an old debt of : $125, which he owed Joseph Grover. Algernon IL Wilcox was arrested I in Now York Tues lay. It is asserted: that he has made in the neighborhood , of SI.4OOJiO t by getting men to invest in remarkable land schemes. His victims are scattered all over the country. I One was Rev. George Stanbery, an Episcopalian clergyman, formerly of | Lexington Ky., from whom ho se- ' ■ cured about $ 0,000. T e administrators of the clergymans estate caused tho ar est. Wi cox made his headquarters in Philadel- : phia. The meth; dos his operations j was similar in each ciue. He bought Western property of little or no value, organize! companies with an exagger- i ated capital stock and sold this stock । .to gullible investors. He capt .red I Wall street men and Long Is'and fa m- : ers. He drew hea ilv upon the carefully hoarded savings of New-England- ; ; ers. No fewer than thirty clergymen I 1 are among his victims. WESTERN. Abe Diller shot and killed Emery ) Smith near Rulo, Mo. | The first snow of tho season fell at Omaha Friday morning. It was fol- ! lowed by a heavy rainstorm from the ! north. i Near Chillicothe. Mo., a Hannibal and St. Joo stock train was wrecked, and Engineer Frank Worts was fatally injured. WHILE the Illinois Grand Lodge of ; Good Templars was in session at I ecatur Supreme Templar of the world, t Dr. Mann, was a guest rirr — — aAwA'MJ - n-a-kulL.

... | J _ V N. I). Todd, of Athison^uu^>^^^ appointed receiver of the < hicago and ; ; Atchison Bridge Company, whicn owns ; tho bridge over the Missouri River at j I that point. WILL F. Va ;pino, assistant cashier I : of tho First cational Bank of Ham- । mond, has been appointed receiver for I i the Hammond Electric and Power j . Company. Mayor Hubbell ha- is-ued another call to the citizens ( f Ashland, Wis.. j looking to the assistance of needy Ash and County settlers left destitute by forest fires. Mr. and Mrs. j. C. Fetters were married at Edon, Ohio, and one hour after the ceremony both were killed > while attempting to cross a track j ahead of a V aba-h train. John DeGrass, of Duluth, says ho has established his claim to an estate ' in Spain worth several millions of d> 1- I lavs, and will leave for that country in a few days to take pos.-e-sion. Koerner Luge. K. OF P., of Indianapolis, composed of * rarman members. lias unanimously voted to -e. ede from the parent ass ciati n, because of the action of the Su re ■ e Lodge in abolishing ti e Gerri an ritual. Judas Snyder, trustee of Ccolspring Township. I a Porte C. unty. Ind., has been comnelled to vacate his office b can o, it is al eged. he is over 82.000 short in his accounts. He is also accused of forging vouchers to the amount of severa hundre I dollars. | While under the Eugene McCarthy, living at Cleveland, quarreled with his mother and cut h r throat alm >st from ear to ear. Mrs. McCarthy is an old woman and could make only slight resistance against her I struggle cno of her' ear- was 'cmul plctely severed from her head. The son is in jail. The State Auditor ha; decided to bring mandami s proceedings again-t tho Attorney General of Illinois to compel him to bring suit against the ; j Illinois Building and Loan Association, ' i insolvent, of Bloomington, HI. The j j Attorn y General has refused to pros- i

ecute the insolvent concern, and a ! warm fight between the State officers j is anticipated. Three negroes, two men and a wo- I man, called at the hou-e of Saloonist ' George Weehlhuet m, in the very heart of the city of Akron, Ohio, Thursday I morning and demanded breakfast. ; Mrs. W oehlhueter was alone. Badly frightened sho prepared the meal. Later the men returned to the house, broke in the street door, and going to , Mrs. Woehlhueter's ro nn beat her in- ; sensible and assaulte 1 her. She was ’ i bound and gagged and thrown into the ■ ! cellar. ('arpets and bed clothing were l saturated with oil and the house fired. I Except for time y discovery of the i flames all trace of the crime would i | have been obliterated. Mrs. Woehl- i । hueter’s condition is critical. ; Chicago’s fireboat Yosemite lies at • the bottom of Lake Michigan while l the ten men of her crew who thought ; never to see the light of another day I lie snug in safe harbor at the firehouse which overhang- the river at I a Salle I street. The boat foundered while goI ing to tl.o big South < hicago fire, and i the crew facol death for hour's. WitU

[ a leaking boat slowly settling under ' I them, driven before Ihe wind, fires out i 1 rendering pumps useless, the mon bail’ ' ing with buckets to keep afloat as lorra 1 1 as possible the doomed timbers which alone stood between them and eternity and ail the while tho lurid gleam cf torches signaling for help’ darted across the storm-stirred waters, the gallant crow performed deeds of heroism and awaited death so stolidly and bravely that their ca tain fails i n words to describe his admiration for : their pluck and thankfulness for their rescue at a moment when all hope had i fled. The recording angel ma - place ; ten more lives to tho credit of Captain Peter and his men at tho Jackson i i Park Life-saving Station. SOUTHERN. President Diaz of Mexico has suspended tho death sentence against Edward Adams, of New Orleans,”until i he can investigate the case personally. I Sister Josephine, who before she ' took the veil was Miss Josephine ’ Buchman, o Now York City, has run away frem the convent at Maysville, Ky. Nelson Woods and Cubin Reddoq, negro laborers, were instantly kil**’ 1 at Knoxville. Tenn., by a dyn’^nllt<** i, - pl sion in the West Knoxville sewer-I , age works. Postmaster J. C. Taylor and No- J tary Public A. G. McComb', of Tarry, j I Ark., have been arrested for violation of s»‘ction 5479, of the Revised Statutes, prohibis'ngthe counterfeiting or , altering of legal papers. A number of people in Scott Coun y, ! Virginia, have been made quite ill and three are in a criti al condition lie- ' j cause of eating of a poisoned wedding i cake. The poison was ars nic, which a rival of the bride ha I placed in the cake. The bride aid groom both escaped teri< us re ulti. A FRIGHTFUL du 1 with kniv« s was ' fought by two prominent farmers, Thomas Osborn and Marcu Murphy, j near Polkville, Ky. Murphy's hogs broke into Osborn's cornfield, and this caused the t o bio. The two cut and '. slashed each other in a frightful manner, and weie both found dying in jhjols of blood. ; At Hallwood. Va.. John H. Fisher; ■ was shot and instantly killed by William and Arthur Wright, brothers. Hsher accused William Wrightof setting lire t > hi- Lxlder stacks. Wi igi t called him a 1 ar. Fisher withdrew a d went h tne. Wright, supposing i he bad gone for a gun, :ec red the assistance of his brother Arthur. As 1 isher reap; eared they fire! and he fell dead. No weapon was found on him. WASHINGTON. Results of investigate ns dealing with tuberculosis in cattle, from both economic an I sanitary standpoints, are embodied in a i important report of i the Agricultural Department prepa ed |by Tho! aid Smith, chief of the , । mal pathology division. “To attack a, it ul iirent*la.

! savs » ”T, A I tbk The w«<*nT wfrTd (TYs-cunm of the dis use and its pr valenTi among other domesticated atiimals, us dogs cats, hor.-e;. and, above' nil. its prevalance among men, makes the complete extinction of the malady an unrealizable problem. Infe tion throu .h the air is the most serious problem t> bo dealt with. That . cattle may lo infected more than once i- self-evident. The ewer the t .!«' rle 1 a illi in tho air the in >re reduced tho danger. It is highly probable that cattle may under condition- in! a'e a few tubercle bacilli without permanent injury. Tho importance oi reducing the amount of infection in a herd by all pcs’ible means and keeping it permanently redu ed is one necessary condit ion for the successful eradication of tuberculo is.” The state Department is in receipt of a report from Pnited States Consul Melvor, of Kanagawa, Japan, upon the manufacture of cotton fabrics from American cotton. He .-a.s: “Japanese manufacturer.- are each ear improving tho grade of their cotton fabrics and thu- demanding a larger proportion < f our c tton. w hich is the only long staple cotton which can be used in their machines eeonoraieally; yet by fa- the greater prop; rtion cf thi- large supply of American e tton i- purena ed in Liverpool and Lend n. lecau-o the ocean rate- from England to Japan are much ocean rat ’s from an inland point to Japan. Our ; eop e are losing the sellin. commi'eY’n, or pr tit. and tho marine insurance and fieightago in a product which is distinctively an American staple. It might be possible for our great cot- ! ton interests and tran-continental i railway line'to establish direct trade which would, even on a much lowqr freight rate, swell the profits of ertil profits arising m \merieau for- ; eign trade. We migiit thus gain direct e< ntrol of the trade, thu- inn eriully weakening ai.d ultimately de-treying ■ tHo right which to-day Liverpool is ; supposed to exercise in fixing the price , • of our cotton in our own markets on the theory that she controls the only i । market for our product.” POLITICAL. Complete returns from the Veri mont elections show’ the Republican i majority to be 27,310 and the plurality { 28 356. Judge James R. Dooiittle has' been nominated for Congress by the I Democrats of the First Wisconsin i District. ‘ Colonel Thomas Goode, of Mecklenburg County, Va.. who is now contesting th seat of the Hon. James F. I qies in the _ F ifty-third Congress, has ' I een renominated by the I’opulists of the Fourth District. I Colorado Republicans have put up ; । the following State ticket: Judge Su- ; । preme ( ourt, John Campbell, of Col- j orado Springs; Governor, A. W. Mcln- J tyre, of Alamosa; Lieutenant Gov- i ernor, Jud Brush,of Greeley; Secretary of State, A. B. McTafTney, of Denver; I I State Treasurer, Harry L. Mulnix, of i i Trinidad. Nevada Democratic nominations; ’ Governor, R. p. Keating; Congress- ! । man, G. E. Gignoux; State Treasurer, !

. ^ a °^ 80n ' Att rney General, T. ! i W. Healy; State Printer, C. A. V Put- ; nam; Superintend mt of Public lastrue- I tion, Ihoraas I ritchard; University I Regents, long term, F. M. Edmunds, ! shortterm, J. R. Judge. foreign. Advices from New York sav that the Russian Minister of Finance has ordered all negotiations between the i Standard and Russian Oil Companies ; ; for an amicable division of the world’s ' territory, declared off. The Russian company proposes to compete viththe ■ ; American company in every’ European country. A dispatch from Shanghai states that the power of Viceroy Li Hung Chang has steadily decreased. His few influential friends a-e doin>' their utmost for him at Pekin, but it 1b not I‘kely that they’ will be able to avert , his downfall. Every day of delay in I providing the premised victory over the Japanese n w- adds to Li Hung Chang’s danger. A dispatch to London from Montevideo asserts that fifty-eight Brazilians were executed by order of President Peix< to April 15 last. The executions took place in tho fortress Santa C ruz. The condemned men had no trial. । Among the number wera military aid i naval officers whose manes are given I in the dispatch, commencing with | that of Mar-hal Almeida Da । Gama. In addition to these, the dispatch further says, a number of persons were shot at Curitaba without warrant save the order of President ! I’eixot >. It is also reported that many | pris ners were killed by being thrown from precipices along the Paragua 1 Railway, among them being Senor Luis Thivat, a federal deputy, who win- a distinguished writer and who returned t<> Bra il fn m Buenos Ayres : under a guarantee that his life woull be spared. IN GENERAL Dr. Do? gan C .ark who ha; for many years been a preacher in the Society of Friends, is to be disciplined , for departing fr ni th > faith of his church in permitting himself to bo ba; ti ed with wut tr. A committee repre enting holders I of whisky trust rebates wh > have been unable to get their money has brought : sv.it t > recover the in mey. There are ab ut sl,sod,ix 0 rebate certifi atos outstanding. and many of th "ecertiticates are unpaid because of a leged infringeI ment of contract. The track of tho Mexican Nath rial > Kailroad has been washed away by floods in N rt hern Mexico and all trains are tied up. It is said Madeline Hollar I nasabandoned her notion of jelngon the stage. It is asserted that managers in twenty i or more principal towns declined to book her undo anv eii cumstam e-. Following is the oHelal lister of the G. A. R. for the ensuing year: ■t^*ommander-ln-«Utef Thomas G. Lawler I Senior Vice < omm«n<!<r P. Burchfield 1 Jnnlor Vice Comtuamler Charles H. Shupe ’ Kniwnn (1 W

wuntevn <» nrex 1 r i - ciectcd th • o officers President, l'e:iumin Harkhu”st, Washington; First Vi o President, Uatrick M. Maroney, St. Haul; Second Vico 1 resident, John J. Leary. Bro klyn: Third Vice Pre-i---dont, J. F. < oughlan, Boston: Treaurer, E. 1.. Denton, New Yo k: secretary. W. E. Crumbaeker, • hicago. The Hoo Hoo Order of the Black Cat haveolecti d William Eddy Brown, of St. Louis, grand snark of the universe: T. B. Defebaugh, of (’hicago, senior hoo ho<>; Carl F. Diake, of Austin, Tex., utiior hoo hoo; A. A. White, of Kansas City, bojun; George A. White, of St. I ouis. socreivenote ■; Cliff S. Walker, of Covington, Ky., Itandersnath; George H. Rico, of Wausau, Wis, custccation; Nelson A. Gladdings, of Mem; his. T< nn., gurd< n: II F. i- lordnoy, of Minnea; oiis, Minn., areanoper. The cl ibs of the National and Western Leagues stand as follows in tho championship race: X»TIOSiL LEAGUE. Per Ter W. L. cent. XV. L cent. Balti-nore - ’ .7 -i Plfsburi?..'J tu .Ms: New York. 7) <2 Chicago . 63 C 8 Boston 77 42 .C4< I’tnctnoatl 51 CD .42 P;.H\l Ip HCH W .576 St. Ol 72 .4'l BrookLn. 61 M ..'4<' WashlnKt'n42 7'j .347 Cleveland..!?' 77 < I.oul-vulo 33 86 ~ Per Per W. 1,, cent. XV. L. cent. Sioux Cltv 71 46 .!• 7 Gr'd Tl’pMs' l 61 .4 4 Kan-mi C’v ' S 61 .571 Jndi’n’p'lis.M 64 .153 Minne’pTus ’2 54 .7 4 Detroit . 43 67 .4:2 Toledo IJ 63 .5 27 Mibv.iukee.G <0 .tSJ MARKET REPOF.TS. CHICAGO. Cattle— Common to Prime.... $3 75 & c 25 Hoo- Shipping Grades 400 G 6 75 ; 8 ii:ep Fair to Choice 2oj d s t') I Wheat-No. 2 Red 53 ® 54 I Coen— No. 2 54 vs EC I O.vis No. 2 S') & :1 ' Rvc—No ' 43 -t. 50 . BUTTER Ch< b-e errantry . . » 24^ I FoTAiuaa— Now, per bn W B?.L — _ - IMHANAPOIiIS. Cattle— ShipplaE 3 co @ 5 so Hogs- Choice Linht 4 00 6 75 sHEEP— Common to Prime 200 id 3 OJ WUEAT—No 2 Red 4'J 06 50 Corn— No. 2 White 5616?8 571$ : Oats— No. 2 White 32 & 33 ST. LOVIS. ‘ Cattle 3 0J & 5 50 I Hogs 3 co & 6 50 I Wheat—No. 2 Red .'0 51 Corn— No. 2 54 @ 65 OAiS—No. 2 30 <ls 81 Rie— No, 2 to <3 62 CINCINNATI. Cattle s 50 5 00 Hogs 4 co et g 50 Sheep 200 @ 3 50 Wheat— No. 2 Red 52 53 Corn— No. 2 Mixed 59 vi co Oats— No. 2 Mixed 32 vi 33 , Rye —No. 2 50 & 52 I DETROIT. 1 Cattle 2ra <?? 4 50 i Hogs 4 00 6 25 ! Sheep 210 ev 3 25 XVheat— No. 1 XVhite s> @ 55J^ Corn— No. 2 Yellow 57L0 6814 Oats— No. 2 White 33 vi 84* TOLEDO. Wheat— No. 2 Red 53 54 CORN—No. 2 Yellow 67 t<4 58 Oats— No. 2 White 32’i@ 83'£ Rye— No. 2 47 gj 48 BUFFALO. XVHEAT—No. 1 White 59 1® 59*2 No. 2 Red 56 @ 57 I Corn —No. 2 Yellow CO'ttfS GlLj i Oats —No. 2 White 35 & 36 Mi I,WAUKEE. Wheat— No. 2 Spring 55 0 55’6 Corn— No. 3 55’j<8 | Oats— No. 2 White 83 «o I Barley— No. 2 53 CS 65 I Rye —No. 1 o @ 50 ' Pork— Mess 14 oi @l4 50 NEW YORK. I Cattle 3 00 @ 5 50 I Hogs a sc @ 6 75 Sheep..... 200 <«• 3 so I Wheat —No. 2 Red 59 @ 60 i Corn —No. 2 64 @ 65 | Oats— Mixed Western 37 @ 41 I Butter —Creamery 24 @ 25 j Eggs— State -n. 15 ® W

ni— BANKERS IN TROUBLE^ MIDDLETOWN, PA., FINANCIERS ARRESTED. Business Hus a Healthy Toue—Possibility that Breckinridge Will Win—Mormons Going to Mexico—Blinded by the Pop of a Pop Bottle. Pcomient Financiers Arrested. Charged with misapplying $50,000 oj the funds of the Middletown National Bank of Middletown, Pa, which failed, Charles P. Haymond and his brother, Edward Raymond, the cashier, were arre-ted by Deputy Marshal Anderson. The bankers furnish $20,00) bail each for a hearing. The Raynionds have been prominently identified with the interests of Middletown for years and their arro t has can ed great excitement. They are proprietors of Raymond & Campbell’s stove works and own considerable real estate in Middletown. W|»at tl»e General Outlook !•* R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review

of 1 rade says: Business has met no setback, and continues larger than earlier In August and larger than a year ago, directly after the panic. The country bus now passed several weeks under the new tariff, and all admit that changes have been of less importance as yet than was expected. If in some branches business lias materially increased. it has gained a little or has fallen off in others Loss in some directions is explained by crop reports, for the most favorabie estimates of experts put the loss of corn at about 400,099,000 bushels, whereas the government report is by some interpreted as meaning a loss of 1,000,000.000 bushels. The opinion of the trade does not favor the official estimate; though receipts have been very small, exports have practically ceased, and all realize that the shrinkage of 4)0,000,000 bushels is serious, if it pr ives to be uo greater, since it must affect prices of meats for a year or mre. Grain Uxnosition at Aberdeen. S. D. The second annual exposition of tho Interstate Grain Palace Association opened at Aberdeen. S. 1).. with an atten anee of several thousand people. The special e ent was the concert by soloi ts from Sioux ( ity. Milwaukee, and 1< cal points, supported by a grand chorus choir of 250 voic?s. The lowa Stat-3 I and fr un Dus Moines t ok an important j art. Individual an 1 c mnty displays greatly surpass thesj of la t year. OweiH' Plurality Small. The Breckinridge men are busy figuring on tho returns of the Ashland, Ky., district primary and trying to redu e Owens' plurality. So far they have succeeded in whittling it down to 106 plurality, and it is more than likely ! Breckinridge will contest the election. NEWS NUGGETS. A 13-year-OLD boy narajd Morris shot and killed Bernard Toker and wife, of Connell-ville, Pa., and then looted the house. He obtained SIOO. A fire which origina ed in a .bain ;

1 it -.■> Ur , I UJI , ~ . Gl* . snj I A!’ v .sVliiguished. The loss approximated 81C0,l OU. The Canadian steamer Enterprise, laden with 27,HNl bushels of wheat from Fort Williams to Kingst >n, st an led on North Point Beef, near Aljiena, Mich. The cargo is a io:ai 1O 8. The Marine Hospital service of the Government has been officially notified of the exi-tence of yellow fever at ’ aguna. Mex.. and has in turn notified the authorities at Jacks< nville, Mobile. and New Orleans. William Gardner, a St. Jo. oph. Mo., youth, was drinking a glass of lemonade at a stand on the fair grounds when a b ttle of pop nea • by exploded and Gardner was frightfully cut about the face. He will lose the sight of , both eyes. Bishop G. A. Smith, cf the Mormon Church, passed through Denison, Tex., for Mexico. The Bishop said that the center of the Mormon Church would be in Mexico: that a powerful hierarchy, g eator than Salt Lake, would be established. He said that the Mormon < hureh was growing in numbers and influence. Thomas Taylor, of Washington, D. C., 3 > years of age, killed his wife, 25 years ol i. by shooting her with a p stol, which he t'.en turned on himseP. Taylor's wound is not dangerous, however, the wcundei wife having torn his arm t > one side just as he was about to put a b ;llet through his heart. Jealousy had caused the deed. \T Cincinnati. 0.. United States CoramLsioner Hopper bound over L-aac I evy. aged 17, and his sons. Harry and Wild r. also his nephew. Nick Claxt'n, for counterfeiting. The gang was caught by det etives at Osgood, Ind., vv itu lour mends lot half and quarter s dollars, mo tai, aud complete outlet for counterfeiting. Only B>o of spurious coin was recovered by the detectives, ' but it is thought they have more. Goethe Lodge, at Youngstown, Ohio, one of the oldest German lodges of the Knights of Pythias in the United States, has decided, with but four dissenting votes, to withdraw from the order, and will organize the Gcethe Eelief Society, using funds [ now in the r possession for the new organization. The officers have notified the Grand loduo that they have surrendered the charter and all prop- ; erty belonging to the Grand Lodge. The relatives of Frank Hoffman, at Wabash, Ind., have received word of his suicide at Dallas, Tex. Ellsworth Shilling, aged 30, and a prominent farmer, living near Water- ! h o, Ind., committ d suicide by shoot- : ing himself through the heart with a ■ rifle. Fred Miller, German, aged 70, residing at Kent m. Ohio, in a fit of jealous,- fatally stabbed his aged wife four times and cut her h ad open with a hatchet. He u nped into a thirt.-foot well and was killed instantly. Goy. Foster, of Louisiana, pardoned ex-Dete. live T. J. Boasso. who was convicted in Now Orleans s me years ago of having forged a marriage I certificate. The sti ike at. the New Y r ork and Gas Coal Company’s mine is over. The i men have been out five m nths.

FROSTS ARE NOW FEARED. Recent Rains Improve Corn and Revive Pastures in Many Sections. The recent rains have benefited late A? rn New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Illinois, Missouri aud Kansas, but were too late to be of benefit to early corn. In Wisconsin, Minnesota and lowa the greater part of the crop has byen cut. North Dakota reports corn, free from danger from frost, and in Illinois much will be bevond danger in from ten to fourteen days. In Mississippi much injury has resulted to corn from heavy’ rains, while hot winds and dry weather have proved injurious in Kentucky. The week has been favorable for cotton in the (-arolinas, Tennesses and Texas and the crop is slowly improving in Georgia, but heavy rains have prove! injurious in Florida, Mississippi, and Arkan^as. Picking has been interrupted by rains in Alabama, Mississippi, an! Texas. Louisiana rep >rts etieddincr general and prospects le-s favorable than la t week. The tobacco crop is practically secured in New York and [ Pennsylvania, and is bM. g saved in good condition in Maryland. Cutting is progressing slowly in Kentucky", where the crop lias suffered from hot and dry weather. Plowing ior fall

seeding, which has been greatly delayed on account of drought, has progressed rapidly in those States wheie good rains have fallen. Frost caused some damage in New England. Frosts also caused damage in Idaho and Montana. Killing frosts have visited Minnesota. Reports as to the condition of crops made by the directors of the different State weather services of the United States xveather bureau are as follows: Illinois—Temperature above normal sunshine below and rainfall above. Rainfall well distributed and unusually heavy la northeast counties. Corn improving and much will be beyond danger from frost In ten to fourteen days. Ground in excellent condition; some rye up aud looking well. Indiana — Good rains, especially in northern portion, revived pasture! and put eoil in good condition for plowing. Corn maturing fast: some safe from frost and much in shock. Wisconsin—Frequent and generous ralnt during the week revived grass, benefited late potatoes, and put the soil in good condition to plow. Corn is mostly cut Fall plowing and seeding is now being pushed forward rapidly. Forest fire; are generally extinguished. Minnesota — Warmer than usual Heavy showers in southeast section, too dry elsewhere. Thrashing and corn-cutting nearly finished. lowa - A warm week, with copious showers, greatly benefited pastures and all immature crops. More than half the corn is cut or beyond danger of frosts. North Dakota—Raina during the week have delayed thrashing somewhat Fall plowing going on with difficulty on account of dry condition of soil Corn out of danger from frosts. Kansas—Abundant rains, except in extreme north and northwest, have freshened pastures, revived gardens and orchards, increased stock water, improved late corn and prepared grounds for fall plowing. Nebraska—Showers generaland pastures much improved. Some plowing done and a little rye sowed, but more rain needed in most sections. Missouri—Drought broken by good rains in sections. Some late corn benefited and pastures greatly improved. Water more plentitul Gutting Cvta and preparing ■ E, ..

auu\e normal, 5u.......... rains the last week have greatly benefited pastures and late potatoes. Ground in good condition for plowing, except in clay soil Ohio—Beneficial rains have improved late potatoes, gardens and pastures; potatoes small and crop short; apples small and few; peaches large in number but small. Cutting corn general, bottom lands giving fair yields; upland cut for fodder. Early tobacco housed and about two-thirds crop of fair quality. LANDSLIDE IN MAINE. Pine Tree State Gives a Republican Majority of Fully 37.000. Returns from the Maine elections show that the estimated majority of 37,000 for Cleaves and the other Republican canlidates was not exaggerated. The Republicans carried both branches of the Legislature, electing a s did Senate, which two yea s ago stood thirty Republicans and one Democrat. A Washington dispatch says that the overwhelming Republican victory was a surprise to everybody. The Democrats expected the State to go Republican bv about 20,000, but even the Republicans did not Icok for such an unparalleled victory. The Democratie managers sav, however, the effect will, in tae end.be of great advantage to the Democrats in the approa hing election, it will serve to stimulate them to greater energy for the final struggle. The ear.y election in the State o: Mame has always had a marked effect o'i the general result. I awrence Gardner says “I think that the election in Maine of a Democratic Governor in l''So defeated Hancock for President. The Eepublicans were aroused to a ssr.se of a sense f f the danger that confronted the tn, and from that day forward nternal differences were remedied. uni the action oi the party was harmonious. — The Republicans regard the as the biggest victory they have achieved since the birth of the Republican party. The total vote for Governor, which two years ago was 130,000, is reduced by 15,030 or 20,000, but Republicans claim that Cleaves’ vote will reach nearly 70,0. K). In every one of the sixteen counties of the State the Democracy was defeated. PRESIDES OVER LAWYERS. James C. Carter Elected President of th* American Bar Association. At the recent meeting of the American Bar Association at Saratoga, James C. Carter, of New York, was

tea JAMES C. CARTER,

elected president. Mr. C arter is one of the most eminent members of the bar in the metropolis. He was born in Lancaster, Fa., in 1827. His preparatory education he receive! at the Derby Academy,’ Hingham, Mass., and immediately aft e r graduation entered the Harvard Law School. In 1853 he was admitted to the

bar, and he is recognized everywhere as one of America's greatest lawyers. As counsel of the I nited States befcie the Behring Sea arbitration tribunal at Paris his success was the crowning effort of his many brilliant achievements. He has always taken an active interest in politico