St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 5, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 22 August 1896 — Page 6

^ljc Jniepcn^ent. W, A. JSXjJEJ Y, .• , ul>lisl»erWALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. HIS SONG YET LI VES. BUT AUTHOR OF “KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN” IS DEAD. Passes Away at Portland, Me. —Texas Wife Murderer Caught in Chicago— Great Scheme Projected in Mexico— Murder Mystery at Lincoln, Neb. Prof. Crouch Is Head. Prof. F. Nicholas Crouch, the author of•• Kathleen Mavournecn,” died in I’ot tland, Me.. Tuesday night, aged NS years. Prof. Crouch was spending a portion oi •he summer in a visit to friends who have stood by him during the hist try ing years of his life. In feeble health he has resided in Baltimore for some years, and within twelve months his condition became so pitiful that through the efforts of newspapers a considerable sum of money was obtained for his support. Crouch wrote during his life a large collection of vocal and instrumental music, but, the Irish love song was the only one which <‘Ver gained him either money or fame, and only a small proportion of the protbs < f its publication were ever received by the author. Caught in Chicago. Charged with killing his wife am! two children at their home in Austin, lex., F Eugene Burt was arrested in Chicago Tuesday, ami locked up to await i xtradi lion proeetdings. The alleged murderer ••onfessed that he was the man wanted j by the Austin officials. but made no ad mission of guilt. He, however, wore a blood-spotted straw hat, and carried n huge dirk knife, which is supposed to have been the weapon usul in the murder. 11 capture* was due to the work of M. («. Poindexter, who keeps a fruit ami cons- e tionery store. He formerly lived at A > Cm. Tex., ami knew Burt. About six 'reeks ago Boind' xter read in the pres, dispatches of the killing of Mis. Burt and her two children by her husband. I in- a count said that the weapon used v a- a large dirk, ami that after he had slabbed his victims with it he threw them in a x -dl near the hoti<e. Poindexter km-w ‘ the parties in the trage iy. an I th • seem? that surround I the pin • • of the mu: be He. Imwever, did m t give the matter rnm-h further tin nght. On Monday P > udexter saw Burt on the Open B ar.l ■ f Trade. He did not make him. 't k: >w a Io him. but told the police, and the arr* st I'dloWed. St uvbn~ of National Leariir. Follow:. : i- the < and g of th <1 h* of the Nation at !'• -• ' nil J. : A’. 1.. W. I Baltimore .. ,9S 29Br»okly n ... 1 I . i Cincitnmfi .. .9S 3( 9‘hila 1 -h>hm .13 51 Cleveland .. .59 37N> '.v York . . .I ’■ ’•• Chicago 59 TAVas’lington .3G 3 Pittsburg . ..55 42St. Louis . . ..29 tl Boston 55 lli '.sis, itie .. .21 1 • Western Lon:ti<» S1 nml: n •;. Following is the st.ie ... gos til ■ bl' * in the A< stern League: W. L. W. 1.. Minneapolis .. 91 "x|\,ius ;s City .5.3 17 Indianapolis .90 tlMilwankee. .19 5S St. Paul 5S lit’ anilms 3N 71 Detroit 5G 43Gr'd Rapids .. 39 72 Power from Pent. Careful study is being made of water power afforded 1 y the falls at the numth of th* great drainage tunnel with a view of utilizing the ener; for transmission to the City of Mexico. It is reported that a street railway company is considering plans to bring ehstr e energy from the peat beds ten mik s from the city, w hich are of enormous extent and riehm ss. it is believed that electricity can be generated at the beds and sent cheaply. Arti fieial fuel has been made of peat by ear I onizing it umh r immense pressure ami the product resembles cannel eoal of good quality. Killed «.t Enu Claire. Monday afternoon at Eau Claire a four story frame building, known as Music Hall, which was being dismantled, collapsed. killing at least three men ami in luring many more. It is more than prob able that there are several people besides those definitely known in the ruins. BREVITIES, Fifteen persons were killed and ten injured by a cyclone in Perry County, Alabama. Word has been received at Nogales. Ari., to the effect that the Yaquis. numbering about 1.000, employed in placer mining in the Aitor district of Sonora. Cirnega, eighty miles southwest of Nogales, have arisen in sympathy with the r 'cent revolutionary movement. Dr. Nansen left Monday morning on his way to Christiania. It now develops that the meeting betwen Dr. Nansen and Jackson. the English explorer. was the result of the barking of d.-g*. The N .rwec in and his Companion were exploring one day when tiny heard barking, and. r.i lowing the sounds, to their amazement, they reached Jackson's camp. \ ardo has Veen en fete and d> < • rated ci honor of the I return of Dr. Nansen. W. F. Eyster. of Chambersburg. I’a.. a director of the Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad, ami a man of prominence at his home, was found dead in an alley at Lincoln, Neb., having been pm* oned. Eyster wa ■ a his way to ( >rado, and stopped off at Lincoln to visit friends. He settled his hotel bill a few hours before. tendering a $29 bill and receiving sl3 i : change. He left the hotel with a tough, character, and four hours afterward Ilie police found him dead in a dark alley. The money ho is known to have had is missing, but drafts ami valuable paper.were not disturbed. Th- Congress of Costa Rica has authorized the executive body to expend Spnur r> in encouraging immigration. The administrator of the estate of the late Gov Chase, of Indiana, has made his final report After the debts were paid the widow received $912. Gov. Chas?* had invested heavily in mining stocks that r.re onsidered worthless. Fatin r Martinelli has been appointed to succeed Cardinal Satolli as apostolic delegate to the United States. This fact has been confirmed by recent letters that Cardinal Sab Hi has received from the Vati•v'o authorities.

EASTERN. Thirty lives are reported last by a cloudhurst in Pine Creek Valley, Pa. The whole valley, eight miles in length, is devastated. De Haven, a small town in Wildwood oil field, was swept by the mad ' rush of the Hood and an entire family ' named Appleton was drowned. How , many were in the family is not known. Among others who lost their fives were. Mrs. Thomas Byrnes, Mrs. 1 hompson. The Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York has filed a suit in the I nited States Circuit Court at San 1 inn ciseo Cal., to foreclose a mortgage executed in its favor in ISS9 by the Oregon Improvement Company. Ihe litigation arises over a mortgage for $ 15Ja"U *•'• issued in ISSO ami given to the Farmers Loan and Trust Company as a guarantee for the redemption of bonds for a like amount indorsed by the company. David Thompson, a Belh*fonte. Pa., contractor, was hanged to a tree by his infuriated workmen ticnr Crossforks Thursday, and though cut down may die of his injuries. Thompson ow ed his men considerable back wages. He promised to pay them, and the men gathered at the camp for their money. Thompson failed to keep his promise and the men carried him into the woods, where a rope was tightened about his neck ami he was suspended from a limb of a tree. A foreman in Thompson's employ procured a rille, and hasli ning to w here the im b w as eon gregated compelled them to cut the rope. Notwithstanding largely increased forces of grave diggers, working by night ns well ns day, graves could n t be sup plied to fill the demand at the New \ ork and Brooklyn cemeteries Sunday '1 Imre was also a shortage in henises, ami it was necessary to borrow from other cities. There were 400 funerals in New York during the daj ami over 2'M in Brooklyn. I ml< rtakei s had said the funerals of Sunday would be m tc uu . merous than those of any other day of । ■ last week, ami that meant more numerous than any day m the history of the city, i They were right. Sumlay surpas-ed 1 r. day as a day of funerals, but not by n ‘ large number. Friday. Saturday uu'l Sunday saw more burials than an.' s> ven : days of whii h cemetery bookkccjsTs can j find a record. Thus.' are startling facts, but these farther fm Is arc as n Cabl. The numlnT of children among the dead . lias nevi r Iwen in the hottest wc-k •>( any | year been so small as la»t week; neither has the hottest week ••• nny y- *r seen so few burials of ag, I jssiple. Tim av, : age <>f the [ • rs.,u4 in: rred in t Lr • : principal cemet. - wa- IT y. ar- There were nearly twice as many m u ns w n en bur.* <l. WESTERN. According to d:it 1 C Me. ted bv S er.’ tnry I'm -ms . . ti . C . ra I. M . L - chang , the I piodn tmn « ■ C r r, , • ' ( reek -.i t'- ■ a r-1 x u ■ :b i . v ■ - was $7.259. c. .i H. .■• min st! t-.t . production of JS99 w .11 be 515." -• •* - ■ rhe camp prodm . I m 1 ' •'> > • V.»9.:'.i7 St. Louis i- n .u- * tbr, a’. > ■ i wi,’, ■ I nii ie.- fam: • I r. • - have *• , a reached for several yearn. I’he pr e b tin* trade is row >5 n t> : . <>r rm-re than Robert Wagner, presuhut t M wmikee Furmtur, * omp.iuy. was bnuml over to the municipal < <mrt on U . < Largo I of arson and bail was fixed nt Wagner i- chi rged w. h h * ? -• r- i a tire which resulted in the part M de strm ti.m >m July I ot the wrreh.. m I nected with his factory. The F. F. V. train, limit. d. on th < h. - . apeake ami < *'m> Ka:’. ..el, wbi. h l< ; i Washington nt 11 97 p. m . I nda.', ran i into m op. । >v, , > .-: K ~ - .\ .. about 12:17> n. m . ami fonr ; i'h* s x passenger conch, s w ere badly w recked Several lives are report, d land sis teen <>r twenty passengers injured. Ka ;sns during the la 't 'car has « :. : a gain in population of 1.925. n« sh .wn by the tabulated rej >rt- of th,. I’owt.slxp Assessors. The total population is 1.5 .il. •>59 In forty five counties t :a| gams of 27.221 are reported ami in sixty tlicr-' has been a total loss of 25.2". Mk The largest gain wns in Umr.doe < >n:ity, 3.227, anti the larg. -t loss in I'lnllij... 2.231. Eastern c emu, - as a rub’ haw gained, while those in the western part of the Slate have lost bevily. The Ottumwa. la . convention W,dm« day resulted in a fusion of the interests of the parties represented, ami the noun nation of the following ticket: For <5. tors at-large. Horace Bou s, G,-n. James B. Weaver, district eb- tors. A. F Kuliiemeier. Thomas Staph ton. C. Green, A. L. Kimle, Louis M- : air. I'errv Engle. C. C. Lumis, D. Bradley, J. ,1. Shea J. B. Butler. F. F. Kos.-; Secretary of State, L. H. Karr; Auditor of State, G. W. Davis; Attorney General, William D. j Boies; Tn usurer. Charles Ruegnitz: Supreme judge, Senator Bolter; Railroad Commissioner (long term), Aim s Steckel; । Railroad Commissioner (short term>, I Thomas J. I *enson. Early Thursday morning the fast mail । train bound eastward on the Lake Shore ! and Michigan Southern road dashed through a weak culvert near Otis, Iml.. and Jas. Griffin, engineer, ami Miihael Roache, fireman, were instantly killed. The accident is mm of the worst the Lnke tne passengers on the train escaped injury. A washout, bro-.ght about by a heavy cloudburst, whien suddenly struck I that reg.on Wednesday night, was the 1 cause of the accident. An immense flood of water had gatlwrid around the culvert, the tra< k for a short distau -e was under water and the force of the current had so weakened the supports of the bridge that it gave way under the weight of the engine. At N'ontpelier, Idaho, Thursday after- ' noon, three masked men rode into town, , etopping in front of the bank at Montpelier. They compelled six men standing I in front of the bank to go inside. Two of them covered the men with revolvers, j while the third went behind tin- counter ami emptied all the cash in sight into their sacks. Sheriff Davis organized a posse of thirty men and started in pursuit thirty minutes behind. It is thought the robbers are heading for Jackson's Hole, ami if they reach that place their capture will be uncertain, as the Hele is known to lie filled with a gang of despr-radoes ami renegades who will resist their capture. The bank officials refuse to disclose the amount secured, but it is believed to -jc fully SIO,OOO. ' A 150 horse power boiler at the Louisville brick ami tile works, near Maximo, five miles west of Alliance, < >.. exploded Thursday morning with terrific force, completely wrecking the building. Isaiah Johnson, engineer, had nis back broken,

his body being penetrated by an iron bolt. He Wili die. He resides in Louisville and Ims a wife and several children. Samuel Snyder was badly injured about the head and his breast is crushed. He cannot recover. He resides nt Louisville and has a wife and five children. James Graisy, John Rufaneith, Sheridan, Sell and Sefong sustained painful injuries, but will recover. The boiler was blown through two kilns, a distance of seventy-live feet, ami the plant destroyed by fire. Loss about SIO,OOO, with no insurance. The cause of the explosion is not known. Daniel Butters, the veteran grain iner chant of the Chicago Board of Trade, died Wednesday morning. Mr. Butters had been suffering from stomach trouble for some time. Daniel Butters was luirn in Glasgow, Scot hind, sixty-seven years ago and was eduented for the grain trade, loming. w hile yet a young man, to Montreal, Canada. There he engaged in shipping grain. He was very successful, doing most of the shipping from that port to Europe up to and during the war of the rebellion. A lien the large steamers entered into competition Mr. Butters came to Chicago and over forty years ago became a member of the Board of Trade. Mr. Butters was the first man to make use of the Atlantic cable in the grain business in Chicago, and was also the first to establish a system of private wires on the board, over which the condition of crops ami supply and ilemand came from every quarter. Mr. Butters was married before leaving Glasgow. His wife died in Montreal. He leaves one child, n daughter, wife of Attorney S. F. Douhart. His two grandchildren were the constant companions of his leisure during his Inter ». ; rs. Mr. Butters was ewr one of the beat-known and most popular merchants on the Board of Trade. WASHINGTON. The Turkish legation nt Washington ’ has received fr- m th • sublime j .rtc tbe i following tel. gram "A ording to the ■ information tep-gt.’iphed by the command I er of the Third Corps, then- is absohitvlj | I tm truth in tin* news to the effect that ' nb.mt two hundred of onr soMwnt had I b. • n kilivil by insurgent bands in « sup i : i s.-d encounter nt Ah B- t<>. h." i The tabulation of the « nimtments in the 1 I nited States army for July shows un- ; miatakaldy the rare with whi< h recruits j ate now accepted. t'lp’. Fulmer, in I charge of the Uhiengo r. ’ruiting station. 1 e d‘«ted only t«ent» •< rm men out of , |NS who applied for enlistment .in acf r Sll a m Mh than to s. ur<> admission > rnt »t. A go d phy , without a The lii .d S:n» Military A mlev y of this diagracefwl pm. ti.. | can do m> vney. I am dvt. rnumd in all of I «' *• *** ** ’ 1 • !. bfi< * I ‘U’iitnbhiW lo the ticv. Cape Const Castle, Gold I' css? Colony, Critic A e*t Air. a. dial • I: - m.-rc ! that C’ :• : Snr. ri !. ntt; s 1 the Inkoranxa country. rth f ix••■mas*:, capital of Ashanti. A . • i l;m nt >f bus The Christini'.m Att.mj^'en ammun. - that Dr. Nat -en. the nr tu- expl rer. haarrived at Vat o Isiuml. N. rw .y, board the steamer Windward, which re I ceutlv went to Franz Jo*, f l.nml in order j to bring bn. k the Jm k-m Fan -worth ex ! isdition. i A special dispatch fr-.m B >mbay Bays It Illi t I V luO C Ix'dl the rising of the Kn. r Kistnah. Imiurn/p I damage has been d>-ne and tho is.imihave been rendered hotneh At one ; place a river boat . :>p-.zed and 2>«> p.-r---i Mons were drowsed. Sewn mii.-s of r*o* I way have been washed away. Th.- Colombian Government refuses to I permit Peruvian troops to cross the isthmus :n order to Yea. h the head waters of the Amaxou where it was desired to attack the Iquitos rebels from that side. The 8..g..»a authorities bebl that ; . rThe provim ml m-w-pnp. rs of Italy demand that the G.oeruiuent take action regarding the Hahm-ville. La., lymh'ng. The Corriere Della Sera of Milan de- - lares that until Americans are willing end able to protect the lives of Em-o peaus the.' had better cio-e their ports entirely to the immigration of whites as a bid against Chinese cheap labor, adding- •■ Events sm h as have o. . urred nt New : Orleans and now nt Hnhnevillc cannot be tolerated by nations having any pretense oi civilization." The State Department has rec eiv- d a ’ dispatch from Minister Terrell saying that -. ■■■ A .... ■ . mi: ■_ : . ■ ed Americans were arrested in Turkey. Six of them had passports, and on Min ister 'i'eiTeH's demand they were immediately released, while investigation into the- status of the other three are pending. Fitriher than this the department has no 1 details. It is not known whether or not ' Minister Terrell intimated to Turkey that the Unite.l States wotinl not tolerate the further imprisonment of American citi- ‘ zens. meaning naturalized Armenians, 1 but from the manlier of the officials it is thought very likely that Mr. Terrell has . made such a statement, and that it meets with approval nt AVashington. AA'hat the I zinc meti were arrested for the State Department docs not know. i One of the United States consular offi- , cers stationed in Germany has sought to

attract the attention of American mann fueturers to the danger of accepting resident Germans as agents for the sale of their w ares without taking precautions to learn something of the character of the person selected. He cites the case of a firm of Oswego pump makers, who gave the agency for the sale of their goods in Germany to what they supposed to be a reputable firm, and tilled with satisfaction and expectation an order for nix of their finest pumps to start the trade. The German agent turned out to be engaged in the same line of business—pump making- -and he took the American pumps apart and. using them as patterns, made duplicates in numbers for the German market. There was no way to reach and punish this character of fraud, so the consul seeks to warn American merchants against like deceptions. Tbe steamship Coptic brings news to San Francisco that the Japanese are aspiring not only to catch up with the leading nations of the world in manufacturing industries, but to excel nil the rest of the world in the production of engines for naval warfare. About the time the ('optic left Yokohama it was reported from goisl sources in naval circles that plans had been submitted to the admiralty for the building of a flotilla of small gunboats to develop the extraordinary speed of forty knots an hour. The vessels are to be driven ami lighted by electricity, the twin scri-w propellers to bo placed not tight nft, but only a littJe abaft nmi.lship* The boats arc to be wholly or partially ^•mt.mergable. and to make this process easy they will be little more than mere hulls, devoid of outworks of any kind. It is believed the n.-w class of war vessels will bo designed entirely as an attempt to emlHsly the principle, which has been | mlvocatcd by so many naval experts, of putting into n small compass with extraordinary xpix d, fighting power w hich may cope with really big warships. Whether or not the Japanese navy department has ; reason to feel assured that it has advanc- | tsi beyond mere experiment in this direc- I tion is not known. I»nd<>n advices say: Spain seems in- ; ’ent n[»<n war with the I nited States. I I The last utterances of Si t; r ('.'novas show that the chief pn <’cupoti>>n of the i Govcrnnu-nt is not the war with ('uKn 1 alone, but the coming eontlict with the I | United States U. w people in Madrid em j po doubt this « nffi. t will . onu if the j Cuban war is r.ot prartn ally ended by . next March. The Span -h political lead ’ ■ <rs partake of the opini n that the time ’ ' lien if i ' 1 xx as nut I ’4 Spam n: *l th« I ’ ‘o! Stat« * ■ ; the . erg- of it. Ip to th-, pr- -nt time S,.aln ha* ybU-d t - A» cri':,.i dim.;:.-!-, i ■ „iim.d from the White || sr Span-h - * ulty r* pr< - *--d. wi J burst out of all : IN GEN I-I Ai„ Fa I •• r. left B*r liar’ r, 'L- (■ r Wash, t • fhurs I dev n tfht *n r* -•-• t *e to i no s«. ge about 1 The rich* t E >l4 placer nr.m * of AlasI II : rw' tax to British author t The i Ida -r dai ■ GI >< ;• r and Miller : > errs k*. w . :• h I •r• ■ -1 •- re w <-r»- -upp>>*e i Tl.. strnmrr Empr- -* *f Japan, which < imtol at Nun uv«-r. B ('.. A cdt.e-'lay . ; bight, br'-ugut mad advice* fr -m tbe !» that the fan •.« Tung Fuhsiang. a , I >.I,M .■ to the imperial ■ .mand, hn» I j Wire# and female children. Fears are en- ' m husinTu and Hath’m"w hb h have I I hitherto remained faithful. Floods arc ! d. •• gt. rnbie damage m Chinn In many ' phice# entire towns and villag* s are subm. rged. All rniln.nds have stopped run- j • ning. Many deaths have taken place and . hundreds of homeless men. women and j children are starving to death. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, t-- $175. 1: gs. shi;-;..tig grade*. to $3 su; wheat, No 2 r«d. 54c t • 55 . tm, N 2. 22- to 23c; oats. N 2, 15 to l(ic; rye. No. 2. 2(' t • 3'> . Lutti r, choice creamery, 15c to 1G- ; eggs, fresh. ' (k- to 10c; new potatoes, per l- t-’• ’ 2" to 30c; broom com. o-ium-'U short to choice <iw..rt. .-25 t>> SGO per ton. - Iml-.inapolts Cattle, ship;.-: $3 t ■ ' $4 75; - • • - '■ — ' -. ' she p. > mti.-n to prune. S2JMi t>- 5.i.00; ; v . No. 2, 7-i'>c to 57c; corn. No. 2 . white, 24c to 25. ; oats, No. 2 white, 22c ' i tv 24,. St. Louis Cattle, $3.50 to SLSU; hog*, j sj.tHt t<> wheat, No. 2. G !: c t • I Clc; corn. No. 2 yellow. 21 to 22c; oats. No. 2 white, 17c to iSc; dye. No. 2,28 c to 29>-. Cincinnati < 'attic. $3.50 to $-1.50; hog*. s3.<hi to $i:.75; 'll. »p, $2.50 to $3.75; ' Wheat. No. 2. to >;b-. corn. No. 2 mixeii, 2L- to 2Gc: ■ ats. No. 2 mixed, bic to 17c; rve. No. 2. 29e to 31c. Detroit (’attic, $2.50 to $1.50; hogs. $3.00 to $3.5n; sheep, S2J’O to $3.75: wheat. No. 2 red. Glc to (53c; corn. No. 2 1 yellow. 21c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c 1 to 24c: rvc. 3Oc to 32<-. Toledo -Wheat, No. 2 red. • corn. No. 2 yellow, 24 ■ '•• at*- Ao. 2 white. 17c to IS<-; rye. N 2. 30c to 32. ; ■ lover see I, $1.25 to $4.35. ' Milwaukee Wheat, No 2 spring, 54c to 5Ge; coin. No. 3,23 cto 24c: oat*. No. } 2 white, I9c to 21c; barley. No. _. oi’c ‘ to 34, : rye. No. 1,29 cto 31c: pork. mess. 1 sG.(lu to SG.S(». Buffalo-Cattle, $2.50 to $4. .5; hogs. ' s3.uu to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to s3.i.>; ■ wheat. No. 2 red. 02c to G4c; corn. No. 5 2 yellow. 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 2 Jr t<» 2Gc. York Cattle. to Sl.io. hogs, ' $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. $2.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red 93c to (>.»<•; corn. No. 28c 29; ; oats. No. 2 white. 20c to 22c; •. Gutter, creamery, 12c to lie; eggs, A est- > ern, 11c to 13c.

MERDERED HIS WIFE. COLD BLOODED CRIME OF A CHICAGO MAN. tries A Iso to Kill His Baby- M usbroona Growth of Mena, Ark.-Three Killed Fifteen Hurt, and Many Buildings AV recked by Dynamite. Actuated by Jealousy. Charles Nelson shot and killed his Wife and fatally wounded his 3-year old daughter at their home, 418 Nortli Washtenaw a venue, ('hicago, Monday morning, the man met his victim at their door carOiUK their child, Myrth*, ami without

hesitation fired two shots through her hearr. Then turning to the child, who had tallcn, he tired a shot at her head. 1 he bullet glanced from the little one's right tempie and as she lay supposedly dead. Nelson rushed from the house. Neighbors, hearing tin- tiring, ran into the Imus-*, and a physician was called. He toon revived the child, but said the mother's death bad b<-en almost instantaneous. Tin* little girl was sent to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, and Mrs. Nelson's body was taken t<> the morgue. It is alleged that the cause <>f the murder was jealousy on the part of Nelson. He was arrest. <l. Three Men Killed. Fifteen Injured. Three tm n were killed, fifteen more iniured, and several buildings demolished by th* explosion of twenty five pounds of ! •B mimite nt New Holland, i’a.. Monday morning The Fennsylvania Telephone i Company is bnilditcg a new line in that | vicinity, and h i.I stored the explosive in I the summer kit< h> n of the Eagle H del. I . ( hark < I'. Cannon and one of a gang just i i.b«>ut l<> start to work, went to the sum- 1 mor kit. hen to get out enough dynamite* ■ > r th.- day's u-.'. A few moments later I । : re was a terrible explosion and one side lof th- summer kit< !:.-n was blow n out. A I big hole on another side had blood and ‘ I 'l<--h on th>* rigged edge*, and it is sup- ' I ; >-e,l that Cannon's body was sent 1 through then*. The unfortunate man was blown to at. n-. Frank Hammond, of : Harr-burg, who was standing just outF <he L ;ib:: li id every b no in his | body brok. n and was instantly killed. । G.-orgo < • ~f StcHt.ui. a water 11 ». wa* ate • standing near th.* bsiMing ami was -> badly injured that he did : lv. !nle being ti. - n to Lancaster. Two I h< r b -Mings . Io- *tot} .- summer kitch- ' •.. w. : : . ~ kJ.a- w. * a'- > part ■ ’ ->f tie’ h’>te| t while the whole front of a : imp ..pt .re was blown out. i Th * tm r>* I* of a number of houses were Gait It imilton Is l> -nd. \ . I' F ter kn WU . s G ; I : ~-:r- i A i-'i 1. • : She w -nt th. Natl,,!. U Era. M— l> Mg • wa* p> r w n t’c hav« -prutig up :•( the Unit- d . - ki >wtt । ■ •ably from her puni g'-ut and rctl . r errati • writing* and the । - rwng , i>-al of th.* political fortunes of I >. retarv Blame. Between her-.-If ami Mr B! ;m- tl •re was n keen and perfect L'mpathv. Gatl Hamilton’s first bo >k w :■ ibidid in 18(42. S nee that time ’ , r t t| J. I t »». V«T ’•ih” Sht* h.IS foilj ith r that ( :.ip:irrs w»l! with that done ; -• ■ •- ■ Ue i : No > -er*: a: ’ >■- • n the subject of pUiticS. I l i -m l* -"> t. I'-'m she was one of the ' : r- t "t >:r \ ■ ;-.g 1 ’ >ik*. " a elitblr. n s j taagazim- published in Boston, and subseNEWS NUGGETS. Tin- w .rk- of the Northwestern Chemi- |; al • anpany. mar Milwaukee, were destroy(sl :>y fir.-. The loss is estimated at < a i,i h x». A li-piio h fr >ni Berlin says it is stated G it Admiral Tirpitz at the request of Emperor A’illiaui has drawn up a bill .which will be submitted to the Reicbs- ■ g • m mding tr an I<mi.(»m»,(Km» to 150,I • 1 * > - >. >(j i » >.< * »>. f, • na- 11 pnrMr- M » a V. II >pkit -. 55 y. ar- f age, for the last thirty years a clerk in tho I'rea- iry Department at A'asliing: a. D. : t -rm.<', a marvelous feat on Sunday aft' rt. - n bv jumping fr--tn the rail of the ..■mduct bridge into the l'ot>.mae River, a .i -tance of *. venty live feet, without ie riling the slightest injury. Her a. c I wa- not !'■•!• the perp --■■ -t < i- it>ng a -en- . .a- e- • a bi; -hi ng a bridge-jumping j • id. blit was the result of a deliberate plan to end her life. It 1 as been many years -in-e there has i . . u any thing in the A est to compare . with the rapid development that has been witn ssed during the last thirty days in Mena. Ark. Four weeks ago there was not a house or inhabitant at Mena. Toay. on the commencement of a second month, there are over .".(h*! people, seventy business houses completed and under . •■!» ructi n. two sawmills, one planing mill ami five lumb.-r yards, beside* d-./cns f homes. Mena has a w ide area ct country about it never before lapped by a •ailroad ami the Kansas City, I'ittsburg r.nd tlulf Road, whose adv. nt has recently been made there, will make the ; >wn a division point. the Santa Fe Railway, ami the distribu- I tmn of check* w as the greatest it has been I I;, three years. Eight hundred ami forty i employes received an aggregate ot nearly ! SoOjKJO. The increase in tiie pay roll is the result of the heavy grain and stock ; movement last month. Nearly every emplove of the i ’ad drew extra pay. The President has approved the findings | of the court-martial sentem-ing to dismissal ( apt. M. F. Jamar, of tho Fourteenth Infantry. He wa- stationed at A amouver, AVasli., and the charges against him were the nonpayment of debts. A freak of the treacherous Missouri River caused Carl Schmidt, a pioneer citizen, to blow his head off with a shotgun. A year ago Schmidt lost his farm, all he possessed, by the river cutting through it, and became despondent over the loss. । Tl»- case was a peculiar one and was noted in the Government river report*.

ALL LEAVE LOUISVILLE. National Meet of the L. A. W. Wai a Success. Things not originally planned by either the race or entertainment committee In Louisville were plentifully served on Saturday, the closing day of the L. A. W. 9b meet. 1 here was a dramatic touch to the farewell scene, which, pJthough it made the grand stand people uncomfortable, added a lively interest to current ex ents. Ram and Cooper were the elements which sent spectators and hosts into a frenzy. The rain had given evidence for several hours that it was qualify ing for a hot campaign, but Cooper's act was a genuine surprise. Not enough n*o zx»# T. 11 a r s . i • • * j# .

wate- fell to induce the holders of seats to seek safety away from the track, so all remained to see the outcome of the verbal sparring matches. Cooper was the first TOM COOPER. man to cross the tape in the five-mile national championship, but met with disqualification by the judges. It was claimed by them that Cooper had dug his elbows into Bald and made faces at him unb. c .ming a rider. The crowd saw this and at once set up a cry of disapproval. <'ooper was hissed and Bald was called for, but Bald did not win. The championship w as hung on Becker’s belt. Aker received second place and Nat Butlei ■ third. The most popular winning of the meet w as done by A'alter Sanger.fold A’ooden Shoes.") He is a big fellow, the most powerfully built of any man on the cir-

cnit, but his weight was a matter of insignificance to'his admirers at the close of the two-mile professional handicap, when they carried him up and down on their shoulders in front of the grand stand, while the crowd of men and women stood on their seats and let San-

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fi r’s name test the full extent of their lung power. The enthusiasm was ereRted oriwnaily vn the op ning day of the meet, when Sanger's appearance in the one r;ile was the signal for a chorus of cal's fur “Wooden Shoes.” Although virtually he won the event, Butler, who had taken advantage of hjs sprints and nevet tried to stir from his hind wheel, shot in nh< nd of him at the tape. On the next day Gardiner won in the same manner. Following the races the greater number of Ai.<; .rs [ k< .1 their collars and souvenirs and took trains h me. There were no disappointments, except, perhaps, a few of the riders and some of the manufacturers. GOVERNMENTS MAPS ISSUED. Many New Features Brought Out in the Finely Executed Work. The big general maps es the United States, issued by the general land office for this year, have just been issued. The result of the work of engraving and printing is one of the most complete and finely drawn sets yet issued by the Government. The feature is the division of the country into sections, marking the various cesFions and purchases from other Governments. I'lte tracts covered in the original thirteen colonies and the Gadsden purchase, the Texas annexation, the cessions of Louisiana, Alaska. Mexico and Florida are clearly set out for the first time. Commissioner Lamoreux is the originator of the idea. Only a limited number of maps have been issued, and a large saving over previous years is made in the contract price of 6- t ents each to the Government. ‘ A, M < g - ' r: X f *_jg Kentm ky g Id men claim that McKinley v in have a mnj rity of 20.000 in that The Populists of Missouri have nominated 0. D. Jones of Edina for Governor • and a full State ticket. The Postmaster General has issued an order forbidding railway mail clerks taki ing an ifttive interest in the campaign. Missouri Populists have made an arrangement with the Democrats whereby four Bryan and N\ atson electors will be i put on the ticket. A. I. Mims, who was presented by Ten- ; nessee Populists at St. Louis for VicePresident. has been nominated for GovJ. Sterling Morton. Mr. Cleveland's Secret ary of Agriculture, is a candidate for the w< : warn'ard Democratic nomiI nation for President. The Populists and Democrats of North Dakota have reached an agreement , whereby there will only be one State and । electoral ticket in the field. A meet ng called by the gold-standard ■ Democrats was h< 1 in St. Lotus. More I than 2W prominent Democrats were pres- : ent and a club was organized. Ihe Democratic congressional cam- ■ paign committee reports that almost all i nie requests received for literature are | for matter on the silver question. j The Colorado Republican committee i passed resolutions favoring McKinley I and virtually reading everybody who will ; not support him out of th€ pa rtv. Ex-Chairman Harrity of the Democratic national eommj.tee will retire from national polities.