Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 July 1896 — Page 3

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iSBBIIXIKfl ADVENTURE OF TWO MEN IN AKIZONA. tT $ Jdawelers Vainly Seek Kefuge In a .1'? Wagon--Saved By a Cloudburst. __

(RUKts Mi ire's buckboairid ^tage -was Vjomimg over (Needle Fiass in Arizona a ouple of weeks ago, amd there were ^onjy two jpeopte'303*= Jboajnd 3ays the {Pnamcisco Call.

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Mlfce, the

^driver, attd tti ot2ier was a man going work ta!t tihe online. 33£ imay Shave tod mnore itlmi one maawe, but he told' ythe driver tfluat he Was known as Jack, iaruJ itihat seemed to satisfy ,thse mart who Jhiamdled, the dines. They/were defrayed (by an aocidiefft umitSti darkness came jcmi, ootid! itftien tjtoey dfecixiedi -to camp umtil mora&ng in ithe pine woods. Tihe ware (um'Mkohed amid the two tmen »aid ithie 'bilanikets amd laydowa. ht was tihedr intentifan to sleep, but melh.ow rtlhelr eyes ware wldie open, •the drowsy god refused 'to come (their way. The strata Juaid 'been, very STTOait cm both amid a nervous condition Was it'he result. Aind as tfhey toy there tfooMmg up at tJhe bramclh.es of rt&e pines that glowed tretd (from the (ftreflight against a sky of inky, 'blackness, 'tohene was mot much 'wind, tut It was jemougth to cause 'thie pru-ckly meedles to tmove against one another and produce fi, sound ilitee Uhe diiistairnt moaning of the ooeam. Mike heard .tJhe sound, a nid listened tto it in the (hope that it would Booth© his tmimtd andi ca/use sleep. iHe paid particular attention to the change produced by every breath of iaiir. anid •gmaiduia/lly became conscious oif wa dmcrease to tihe volume of sound. (Lt seemed to rise 'firom tihe little breaker dialling on tihie slhinigle to tihe giant 'wave dashing against a cliff 'before tihe fury of tihe (hurricane. Aft first (Mike thought .the sleep was •coming amd tri'e'd to Sbelp dt adoag iby ooinitin!Uji.nig ithe thought, 'but a» tttue eouixud tooreaiseid Ihe eat up and looked dimto 'tihe idiainkness'. He eonl'd' eae (nothing. Ttoe soun'd grew louder, and Ihe oouKdi ihieajr 'tihe onacskiltog of 'breaking (branches. Jiack lalso ihieard it'he soumd, land Ibotih got up ^thoroughly alarmed. fUhe ihonses were i&h'afeinig like leaves, showing .plainly itihiat itlhey 'were 'llsfening to & isoutad tihiey idiild mot "umidjeretamid. [Louider amid lou'dier.tunJtil it 'had 'become a irxxair tftuat was all iaroun!d ih4m ainid giradwal'ly ooiminsg iveiairiesr. At ftnst Mike thought iit imlgihit be a, isitorm, tut there was absent itih'ait weird, wliistling souundi always am ajopotmpaniment to a storm to thie pines. .But what dt was oould •not be die'terminiadi, ainid each moment fiit 'be'oame anoire itenri'ble. 'VL-eifis ruin," isaiid Jack. "Tfe'ait's .good advice," replied Mike •^but •w'M'dh way?"

Tlhat was "tihe worst of the -mysterious eounld it seemed to 'be all around, 'them at tihe same time amid 'it could mot be told

W'hiera

it cami© from. Onie imoment

it oamie (firom (the douids, 'the mext it rwas iniear tihedr feet, .and, 'by a thought At oame ifrotm all sides.

Su'ddienQy lit struck Mike th'at it was a (herd of wild beasts of some 'kind 'but thought it strange .that itJhene was no (barking cr .growls—.nothing 'but the ilin-cessa-nit rumibling amd crack'li.n!g. The strain was ibecoming too imtissnise and

iMike coinolu'd'ed to ihitdh up aind be ready to leave. He ittore several stTdks iojii the iflre, amd 'thien went for the 'horses while Jack got the ^harness to sthape.

It Was Too Laee.

The an.iimal's were anxious ito go, Ibut before the .harness was over their baidks Mike heard a 'branch crack just (behind

him. He pulled his revolver and fired wihere (the sound came ifram. This only Increased tJhe roartng sound1 until it was deafe^inig, amd an oacasumal liiss could be heard. "Let us hurry and iget out of this."

was all eadh mam could say to the other, asi they backed t5ie roses toto position. But it was too 'late.

Beifore (they couldi reaJiize what had ha'pspened 'the .ora'dkling and roaring was juist 'beside theim. CVI'lke looked all abound amd on eivery -s'ide ihe saw dozens of strange creatures.. A look convinced him that they were mountain terrapins. He had oeen thetm before, but singly, and1 looked upon them as harmless. (These were 'the animals that mow threatened t!he t/wo mem, anki in am instant it iwen't thirou'gh Miike's mind that they were different from those lie "had generally seen. They were surely older, and had very likely come froim the gullf In a oam{pany ar.d got lost. Now -tihey were hunungar.fi were anigry and 'hungiT. (Nearer and .nearer tihe turtiles oaime. and iM'ike anid Jack soon had to cliimlb into tihe wagon to keep out oif their way. The tiuTtles crowded around! the -wogan, and tlhle 'wagom was the only place of refutge. Mlike thought the turtles mvg'ht move on, amd dild ail'he coiuld to rLglh ten :t:hem Iby sihootlng at 'them. It was alimost dark, as the fire had been burn,ing law, and as M'ikJe couild not aiim, none of t'.he ibullots took effect on the turtles' backs. They soon (began cliim»binig over one another in their efforts 'to get at the men. At last there was such a niuimlber all around that the wagon commenced to move and was .forced to .the sidja umittl 'tihe (hin'd Wheels were broken. Th/ere was no hope of esca'pe excejp,t itod'o as'the horses' had done, and the chance® were very slim. But they had to do it, andi started as soon' as the wagon "broke.

Golnff In the Same Direction.

Jacttc landed squarely on a tirrtle's back, but Mike shipped in between two of 'them, and it was several mumeints before hfe was Teady to ^tar.t. Tho-n they Jumiped from one turtle to another for some time, and it seetme-^ to the men as Itf they covered the earth, ©ut they kept on, and knew that unless they feJl they were sa.fe.

Soon there .begia.n to *e a Uttle space Ibetween the turtles, amd it appeared as if they were getting to the edge of the herd but they discovered that the turtles were also going in the same direction they were. -Still there was notihinig else to'bedone, so they kept on.

It was 'hardly possible to see, but the "two men were both a-w-are that they were getting out of the pime forest, though the direction they were traveling was unknown to them. Suddenly (Mike, who was in .the lead, stepped on a. rock that he mistook for a turtle and fell forward down 'hill. They had reached the edge of a canon* and, as there were .not BO many turtles, had a chamce to climb on a large rock out of reach of the creatures. (Here they had a chance to 15ok abound and saw that the sky was overcast with clouds, and that they were safe unless tihe turtles stayed around until ithey were starved.

But There was a little water In the bottom of the canon, and dovwn the turtles tumbled a9 fast as they oould. Appearing to have forgotten all about thoir possible victims. Most of them had reached the Jqpttom, 'but not before a rainstorm came up, and as Odjjte and! Ja$jk _(wex» atiil una'ble to

leave their (ptooe on tih® jock itSMy were drenched to. the, rikin. But that was a good deal "better fhan •being eaten by turtles.

And as they sat for an -hour watching •the turtles pass •them on the .way to •the .bottom of the canon, the rata poured down amd dayUght,oji®-de its .aPr .peajrance.

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After the last turtle had passed) they were compelled to sit there where .they were for some time to allow the storm to a/bate a little. They put 4n their time watching the .turtles' roll over one, another in 'the pools at the bottom of the cano n,

Suddenly ther$ was a (roar like a cyclone tearing through forest, and looking up the two nien $aw a wall of wa^er several fe^t thigSh. tumfblimg over ,,tihe •bowlders. .....

It was a' cloud'burst that had caused a freshet, and' it was tumbling oyer the turtles like, a (Niagara, -and In a moment they were all ibeing churned like ohiips. Their shells were craaked and "broken, and ttoey trolled over in the wildest confusion.

But it only lasted a moment, and then the water rolled them down tihe canon out of eight of the itwo men on the rQCk.

By this -time the rain had ceased amd Mike and Jack went to look for their (horses.

A CORPORATION ATTORNEY.

The Populist Candidate a Missouri Pacific Lawyer in Nebraska. Some little surprise will doubtless ibe caused among itihoae (friends of Wdlliam J. Bryan, candidate itihe inondescri'pt convenitiom at Ohioago, who do mot already know of It, on learning 'that he lhas been for some itLme a paid •employe of a very large (amid rich corporation. This corporation ris the Missouri. Pacific 'Railroad Co.. -Mr. feryam, in the .'intervals of 'his OPopul'i&tic and tree silver rhetoric, (finds .time to act a® iasslstoint attorney for ithe estate of Nebraska, under Oeneral Attareny B. iP. Waggener of the (Missouri IPaci'fic.

A r,epres,emtative of the legal department of ithe iMiiiSSOuni (Pa'cilfic Railroad Co. was isieeini by. .New York Sun re•porteir yesterday and .questioned a® to •the GBoy Orator's .conmeotion with 'the company. 'He said: "Mr. (Bryan lhas 'been" in our'employ for some time, (just how long I canmot telil you. (His office of assistant state attorney a® mot an important one. I.n ifaot, I idid! not know .untiU within a day or two, wihera.my attention was called1 to it, that (Mt. (Bryan held an office to tlhais company. tSoime of ihiis ut'teramcies 'would seam to me dm compatible with conisciemtiouis service in a railway corporation."1 "Has- any word (been receivied (here .im^ diioatiiing an 'Intention on his part to .resigm his office?" asked! the reporter. '"Not that I ami aware of," irepWied the lawyer, "and I should probably (have heard of hie resignation (had ii't 'been sent in."

It Is mot too much to ©ay ithat tihe Missouri iPacilflo (BadlTOiald Co. is mot tPopulistio dm its mature andi 'bremdi. The ptres^deint is Mr. Oeorge J. Gould. One of the heavy S'tookholidetna .'is Russell 'Sage. Mtainy of Mr. Bryan's. most ardent supporter® (have said harsh things about "money kings," "soulless corporations," rimglnig the Changes on tthesie •ph'ra.S'e© with ano little ardi&r. No doubt it will grieve them to be forced 'to a •realization of the fact that theiir candidate is an employe of these gentlewen that, in fia,ct, theiir clay Idol's feet are gold. 'But tihey aire mot withu)t a crumb of Com fort. One of the vital principles of (Populjiatic

is to get all that is

possible out of thie capitaliisit 'amd the corporation. (Mr. Brya.n: has 'been faithful to this principle.. He ihas drawn his salary cregu'lairly., ^...

WILLIAM THE SMOOTH.

Keceivcd Glad News as Hel.ay in the Luxurious Depths of a Barber's Chair. The old iRomlan (Populists had a certain genius for parade, and1 they'.'l'iked to foe found di'gglng cabbages or pruning vines wihen the delegation cime from iRome to their farms and asked •them if they would accept tihe nomination for dictator, as the Aequians or some other heathen were pouring over the fir-antler 'in a ratio of 16 to 1. They were ifine old (boys, observes the New York Sun, especially that old trueipenmy, the Hon. Ouucius Q. Cinolmnatus, whose every act was founded upon close study of the agricultural politics Of his great .predeoessor, the Hon. Silver [Brick (Bland. (If Mr. (Bland had fbeen inomlna-ted at Chicago, he would have 'been found 'by (the telegraph hoy, and proiba'bly Iby the notification committee afterward, dii'gginig tranquilly •in his garden or exercising his old black pony IMollie. These lare conventionalities 'which a candidate, playing to 'his pu'bli'O, must not transgress.

The (Hon. William JenniigS' (Bryan, the mature and even Venerable statesman 'whose silver plated speeoh cut a deeper furrow in the red convention •than Silver 'Brick's plough, was in -the (barber's chair when the mews of his nomination came to him, came the sec-, end trip. The affecting details checked the flow of telegraphic communication' •between Chicago and this .town for a full half hour. Mr. Bryan, "beautiful as A'poTlo," as the Hon. William J. Stone of [Missouri, called him, lay (back to his chair, a towel wrapped around his sonorous neck and over his sonorous upper chest,' his hyaointhe locks in elegant disorder the lather thick upon his lApoJlinean visage. The Hon. Doo Wiilliams of 'Lincoln stood on one side of the chair, witJi a fan to keep the iflies off statesmanship. The barbers knew iMr. (Bryan at once. That is. they felt 'instinctively that they were in the presence of an unusual man, "probably an actor. ITor a moment they turned away from the mirror and let the razor go unboned. There are few men more interested in the stage than barbers. They frequent the theater. They are capable critics. Naturally they viewed 'the impressive features of iM-r. 'Bryan with awe. 'II seen him at Hooley's," whispfrred the 'bfush boy, reverently but erroneously.

Not too often does melodrama plump dowp an answer to the formula, "Next!* Who should have the (honor of scraping and holystoning melodframa? After much debate, the prize was given to the Hon. Joseph Aufoiger, foreman of ihe razor study and •&. thrifty and worthy citizen. He calmly prepared his subject for the knife, and had finished one side when crowds swarmed into ftye studio, howling "You're nominated!" The subject- i» the chair smiled as pleasantly as the properties of soap will aJlof.'. A statesman always smiles in public, before election. MT. Bryan knew before that he was nominated, but an announce^ ment 'made under such genial circumstances was none the less agreeable to him. The Hon. Joseph Aubiger, however, had never shaved a IPopuIist or an anarchist "before, and had never heard of one being shaved. He was excited, as any 'barfcer would have aeen. Actors wra a&rajfts shjavin^ ibut

*igned .his ta^k. IHis substitute mowed ^h4-8«ffi®r"9»a'l€"of Mr. 'Bryan's coun•tenaaioe"S»^#66d i'ime anxf order, amointed him with unguents, did his .talemts jip jn a eoused them with hay xuan, l|kh ii net him go Into the $jrms of tihte Tedoioin® crowd.

But what husinees had Mr. !Bryan In |he •hands of the IHoo. Jos€fph Aubiger? 1Wha5t dtKfeia (Popul-lst to' a barber shop? ''iLea,ve. tp. th^ spof Campanian his dyee

Bjtud.his pe^ufmes." W^' 'fp4'eoidi bug® shave the^r faces. The' JPOpultst will rfwive the dollar, jatis «whi3kerrs3 fee leta grow for testl^ony.,,. iHon. W©Haro Jenning3 lieep away from barber ehopis anid tkiy' something warranted to growth of toalr on t!he smoothest face in ten days. So accompHshod aa actor should 'look. his part.

WOMAN HANGED IN KENTUCKY.

An Inhuman. Mother Pays the Penalty of a Brutal Crime. Xiouisville, Ky., July 16.—'A special to the Courler-IJouTnal from iPikeville, Ky., says:'. News reached'-here yesterday frtfm Ooeburn, Va., to the effect that SCairy iSnodgrass was hanged at that place lafit tPriday for the murder of her child. The Bnodgrass woman Was a disreputable character, and was compelled to leave the place on that account. She went to Coehurn, where her child1 wasi cared for hy negroes until it Was about a month old, when it •was turned over to its mother. She did inot wanlt.lt, and tried .to get rid of it in various ways. The county Judge told her tihat she would have to provide, for It, and' she, took .ft to her home.

One night, about midnight, some people living close 'by (heard the little one screaming. Black smoke was seei) issuing from .the chimney, and the. door was iburst in (to ascertain the trouble. The child had 'been placed' dm. the fire and the mother was holding it In place with a long imn poker. It was iburned almost to ash®. The inhuman mother was arrested ^nd placed in jail. The Infmiiialted' people wanted to lynch her, •but. the promise of speedy justice caused .them to allow the law to take Its ooujrse. She was tried and convicted of murder in. the (first degree.

The parents of the woman- live in this bounty. She was married to a worthless man when sihe was about 16 years old and soon separated from him. She •was about 28 years old.

WANTS TO DEFEAT THEM.

Controller Eckels Denounces the Chicago Nominee—Favors Independent Ticket. "Washington* July 16.—Mr. Eckels, thie 'comptrolHier of 'the currency, has returned 'to-iWlash'togtoni from the Chicago convention. He is an earnest believer In •tihe wisdom, of putting a ®o0d standard (Democratic national tfcket in 'the field .as a means of. accomplishing the defeat of dflree silver candidates, and he believes that this will be done. Mr.

Eckels said today: '1 .believe the nominees of the Ch'Lcaigo conventdon ought to (be dieifealttedi, because of the principles enunciaCed' in the platiform upon which t'hey sitand and w'hfch fhigy unqualifiedly indorse. The'se principles, if crystallized int,0 law, would, to my mind, lnevitably work irrepiaraibLe loss to every class of citizens and cause comditionis of distress with either the history, tihe teachings or the traditions of Ithe Democratic, pairty, and, therefore, can not demand, support of .Democrats. "Tihe point Of interest with Democrats who reject the action of the convention ought to ibe now the largest and: most effective majority can be secured against the ticke't named. My own view as that the naming of candidates oif high jC'haraoteir and It'he framing of a platJfonm sound in every partHcular would aid to this end. It would afford an opportunity which othienw.iise would he wanting, t'o d'iscuiss this question before Democratic audiences 'by Demoarati'c speakers. The edutoatlonal work most jreed-ed is within the (Democratic party, and .it can best be accomplished by those of Democratic faith. It would al'so ^i.ve the Deim-ocratic press1 something fanigible to a'dvoca'te. Up to this point, the -mierit of the questioh ha® not generally been, discussed' in the newspapers'. There has been more of denunciation of men. than of consiidetra't'kin of economic principles. "A Demtotcra'tiic ticket will double the num/b'er of those who will compel attemt'ron to the imeri't' of the question, and, force t'he opponents of free coinage of silver, amd its accompanying vagaries to meet economic facts -and! financial history with.something more .than h'ystenical oratory and passionate misstatement's. A four-imionths' canvas®, carried out utpon. educational lines, with

Democratic speaker® and' paipers attaciki'nig the Obica.go platiJorm, will lose to the candidates standing upon it many

:thousands

TERRE'HATTTEEXPRESSFUIiDAY MORNING, JWLY 17,189a.

-op amarchtetl It was "ior (Mr. lAuMgear. He re-

of voters who other

wise might, through lack of knowledge cir in differenae, vote (for it'he,m. It will not cause any Democrat,who is determined to vote for the Republican nominees not to do iso. It.will simply give those Who otherwise might vote wrong the opportunity not to do so. The larger the contribution- oif Democratic votes to the defeat of the Ohioago notminees, the b'etteir in the end .for the usefulness off the party."

Tourists In Palestine.

In a recent report British Consul Dickson says that the occupation and government of Egypt Iby the English have had. a marked effect on Palestine. Many tourists who sipehd the winter in Cairo and who formerly went up the Nile now miake a tour of the Holy Land instead.

Alsa result of'ihi'S increase in the number of visitors there have "been numerous hotels started, wh'ich offers excel-, lent adcomimdations. Several of them may be \found in Jerusalem, and others are in 'Mount Car'mel, Nazareth, Jaffa and Tiberius. But tihe natives still' regard tourists as letgfttamate prey, and, while they do not rob thean openly, as they" fontnerly did, they take me+hods of -getting the money none the less effective and'ifuMy as exasperating.—^New York World.

Buffalo Bill's Men Injured.

Toledo, July 16.—'Buffalo Bill's band wagon was drivem under the Ft. Way.ne railroad bridge at MassilIon at 11 o'olock .and all the occupants scraped off. (Four mnsiciams were frightfully injured, and •two will probably die.

The injured are: David Keene, driver, leg broken Philip Reichia, crushed amd bruised Joihm 'Moccia, back crushed Alfred Vetelii, collar bone broken, bruises Guiseppi I^.re, chest crushed wii.1 die Ficcoo Donianica, indured over heart, may Jd-ie.^jrt.

The wagon was drawn by eight horsefi which got beyond control of the driver. Mr. Cody is doing all possible for his men. v,v- .:,a .a .'i'V-Sif

MAYGETITTHISYlAJfc

•'•TS- 6- S?

POSSIBILITY THAT THE PRESIDENT IIAX KOT ISSUE MORE BQN&S.

ra&lure to Sell Them Would Force Sllver "''Monometallism at Once and ArouiM the' People.

(Special to the Chicago Pcot" i^Ta&hingtomi July .15.—The, tip .,wa$. giv^n out today "by a high adnvnistuar. tftttkbfficial, wholis "close to •the't)&t one,"' tfi&t^^Kresident Olevelaind mtghrt not isst^^tmy more bonds 'for ithe paxitecuoia ot-ithe «old reserve. ..

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-•t?Why oot?" I aistoefd. "Is the aJdmlml^ftrstJiion going to abandon Its stea'dpurpose to -protect the 'hational orediit amd run up the white flag at a time whea victory, toao^oply 'be wx*n (by hard tflghitiing?^ "By mo means,*" was the'Answer "•but has this, -phase inot suggested -itself to you? Suppose the presidemit canmot sell "amy mere 'bonds. He is prohibited from selling 'bonds 'below par &nd onie of the recent sales was made at only 3 per cent amd a fraction above par. With a firee silver itriumph in sight is it unreasonable ito suppose 'that capital 'would 'shy' at a fresh issue of goverttnieint bondi

The suggest! o-n v. aiS s'tartling, but the •possibil'jtty has been carefully considered 'by the prtasi.a-en.t. Secretary Carlisle and itheir tinancial 'advisers. They have oanvassetd .'the situation i» 'all Its bearings and appreciate it® gravity as the country at largie has mot yet -been able to grasp it.

Stated blumitly amd without softening preface, a failure to sell bonds, should itihere 'be meed of another replenishment of tihe gold reserve, will •plaoe tihe country upon a silver basis at once. Then, instead of .having "another bopd issue" to make political capital out of, as th'e Populist are counting om with, gleeful anticipation, they •will be confronted! 'with the silver monometallism itself. If silver is tibe good 'thing it ihas been cracked up to -be the 'fiaet will be showm. If its summary" •triumph in ithe manner suggested should 'be attended 'with "financial convulsion®, as the honest money mem fear •the people 'Will arisie in their majesty and .crush it out, and that will be a swift aind tflrual emtd to agitation on the sulbject.

Th® administration fears -that, the •government might not be able to dis'pose of another issue of 'bonds—not even :tlbe 6 per cent ten-year bonds—at par, i« shared iby miany of the most conservative and best 'posted iflnanci-ers in New York and -the (East. It is inot tihe product of a mere panicky spasm dtie to disappointment over the Ohioago llonest money idiefeat, but to t'houghtftlil, [bloodless -consideration of the tsubj^bt."'

The IPopuli'Sts have' been coumtlng ion (another bond iss.ue about October 1st. Treasury officials mame mo date, but, •looking deeper (than the 'Populists, hold themselves iraaidy :to confront any emergency itlhat may arise and use laif theagen oles at hamid to protect the natiomal credit. The crisis* may be 'postponed and avoided entirely, but ithey do Mot" regard the situation as pregmant with •danger. It 'is literally loaded with dynamite. (Foreign exchange 'is steadily advancing, and the exporting of gold advancing amd the exportation of gold is assuming 'formidable proportions. International stocks are 'being dumped upon reluctant Amierican markets by timid foreign holders anid prices are yielding uinder the pressure. France is ireachiing out after our gold to make up the amount of the $200,000,000 loan- just negotiated in Paris. The 'first consignment goes tomorrow ($800,000). Local hoards are beginning 'to 'be built up and trie, treasury is being advised from a hundred well-informed *uartans that a half-frightened imob ds watching deveicpmients, ready to jump at the reserve and pull it to pieces, as it did a year •amd a half ago, the moment conditions bp-gome palpably alarming. 't^SVj(th facts like theae poudmlng at the and crowding into the windows dt j5(.SJ$all wonder that, itihie prediction is h^ard with frequemcy about the treasury that the 'country is likely to be on' ^^ilyver ba&i-s before the autumn is far •a^lv^i.ncedv. This is mot an alarmist prei^n'ti%tion of facts, but it is the view that has impressed itself profoundly upon.-the administration and upon those, •w^ho'ihave the cool courage to face a fljgjZ^Pdous prospect and -plain accordiingly-. jt is "in thie cards" that the •trea^-" ypyrreimbarriaESimient, over which the. tfboifl/ghtless and., unipatrtotic gloat as •furnishing political capital for the a'dvamcgment of the cause of free coinage ^Populism, will- y.e't supply an object leesom 'which will' forever silence un--•healthy agitation-.

The prospects of a'sound money Democratic ticket 'being .put into tihe field grow dimmer instead of brighter. Honiest momey men of all parties are solidifying in the view ithat they must cc«•cen'trat1© .and inot scatter, -if they would succeed, especially in the great middle western states, where a divided front would be of direct advantage to the_opposition'. Th-e scheme'"that is mow imeeting 'With m®'t favor'is that outlined by Gray of Dell-aware to capture congres-. siomal nominations' for sound money. ITp to date only about 10 per cent of •the 'Democratic nomlnatioins have been made.

SIXTY MILES AT A RUN. t*

Winning Horse Reached the Goal in FOUT

Fours

and Twenty-Fleht M'nnteR.

•Racing at the Overland this week •brought ou.t a goodly array of speedy flyers, and the jockeys who sported the srllk made a very presentable appearance, according to 'the modem code of ethics, but none of these mounts ever did any great amount o'f hard riding and' could not hold a candle to the boys who rode the longest horse race in history. This event took place at Deer Xodge, Mont., on November 17, 1870, a distance of sixty miles'" continuous- running to test the staying qualities of two local horses called Lizard aird Billy Boy, and the staks were^l.OOO Zrside. The Denver Field and Farm the first riders selected were: For Billy. Nat Evans, 80 pounds Bo^by Graham, 69 Eddy Evans, 75. For Liz

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fnoun lip present, Tobation to the rooan tii tlba ttweemeat oS. gwich block.

"tommy Woods, 82 .pound3, and Etep tPhilSips, 84, the intention being to change every ten. or fifteen miles, as the articles permitted the horses to- go ad they pleased between start and stop.

At 12:20 the judges mounted the stand, called up the race, and precisely at 12:30 by the judges' time, on.-the second! turn, were off even on the -race of sixty miles. Both horses le^^ff slowly, Billy going at an easy lope, leading a length to the quarter post* crossing the stretch a length behind. Time, 4.18. In .the second mile Wizard was

ahead.

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The fifth mile was madfe

in 3:15, with Lizard half a mile inv.the' lead. At the end of the eigh.t,h mile Billy was a third of a mile 'behind. Fifteea miles iwcxq covered In one iBSur

kqd Aixteen aeoomias, both horaes down« ko {«teady work, aad oweat^ie freely. jL4$ard overtook his competitor ni the p^t^nth mile, and at the end of -the ei^teenth aaile was a mile el»a4 tAt the end of tare twenty-ftret mile (Llsaxd. hud gained one mile and oimetihlrd. The "horses kept pretty weW "to-

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mlle lead. Tle time ranged from 3:45 excepit om. the Kh4rty-^oin*th jniil-e, which was made by IBflly to 3:20, nd' ithe thlrty-tflftih by Lt*ard la 3:15. the .forty-second mile bo5th horses (trotted considerably, Llaard havto^ the advantage, as he compelled -a. loepe from Billy. The ibadkers of Billy, who fciad' ibeeifi" offering tetiige -bets, let up a SiV^^'toUt considerable money was still offered amd taken. B411y was over a len^ttf 'ah-ead', (but it was evident the attempt to get away from Lizard and mak£ good the lost? mile was usstaw, ias Billy was going (heavily and Lizard Wets -as' bright and springy on his feet as in tlw fir^t oraile.

In, the' forty-e/igh-th mile (BiEly showed IpuniiBhment and. wanted to quit. Both horses walked past ihe judges' stand. The fifty-miles were run 'in three hours jaih'd t'hirty^flve and oneJhalf mlmaites. (Billy made a spurt on- the fifty-first mile and wanted) to quit at the outcome, when he was bled. (Lizard kept on trotting at a good gait and came in. in 7:10. (to the fifty-third and up to the sixtieth liizard had it all his own way. Colonel Thornton, the owner of Billy Boy, was -willing to give up the race, but that there should be perfect satisfaction sent out his horse, which made the fifty-fourth mile, but on the fiftyfifth showed such evident signs of exhaustion, having refused all entreaties of the whip and voice to open a trot, that he was led from the track, while (Lizard was on the fifty-month mile.

The game little horse kept up his gait, amd he made 'his sixtieth mile under eight minutesi, and sixty miles in four hours and twenty-eight minutes, amid the rousing shouts of the four or five hundred people who remained to see the' race out. (He locked good for the rest of a hundred, and apparently did not apreciate the blankets and ribbons with. which he was in an instant covered as much' as he would another dash around the course. -Lizard made the last seven miles in tBiflrty-two and three-fourths .minutes files mot noted. [Lizard's average time for a mile iwas 4:38.

NOT HOMOGENEOUS. W*

Reasons Why Pennsylvania Is Mot the First State of the Union, Pennsylvania is the second state In the union. But those who are familiar with her vast resources of iron, petroleum,- coal and lumber, her temperate climate, her "fertile soil, aridi the skill of her people in the tmiechamic arts and and manulf.aict'uring, often wonder why she is mot easily the first.

The difficulty seams to toe lack oif unity an'd 'hbmogeneou'snesis among her people. In colonial tilm.es her population was split up Into distinct divisions of nationalities amd -religions, according to Lippenoot't'sL The EmgSlah Quaker® controlled Philadelphia and its neighborhood!, a.-nd altso domina'ted the legislature. The Welsh setitlted on a tract west oif the, city, under am •ggxeeahent with Willi-am Penm that they should' have ilt for a little (colony o'f their own. For a time they sutaceeded in governing it in their own way, and at first very few of them oouid speak English. The Scotchr-Irish Presbyterians, went out on, the fronit'ier, became a law unto themselves, and were bitterly opposed to the Quake its, who, they said, refused them all share in t'he political government of the province and failed tio protect them from thie Indians. The Church of En-gland-people were mot very numerous in 'colonlai times but when the son® of William Penn joined their faith. they were given the executive office® of the governments whilch were all

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trol of the proprietors. Thus the political adlministration of the province was split into two par'tis, the executive controlled by the Church of England people, and the legislature controlled by the Quakerfe.

The northern h'aJf oif the province was claimed by Connecticut, and her pebple toy .force of anms suloceeded' in settlintg and holding part of it. They lived Iby themselves, and 'their descendants dtill retain mulch of their local sentiment and- pride. But the most important and distinct division was that oif the Germans, who numbered at least a. third oif the population. They retained their language amd customs, and-ljyed by themselves. There are still many of them, who, though- their ancestors have been In the state for a hiundped and fiifty years, cannot*yet speak English, and a still larger number who, though they understand. English, usually speak, the dialect known as Pennsylvania Dutch.-

Each, oif these divisions had a distinct religion of Ite own, which in colonlai tjmes increased the desire'for isolation, and t'he effelct of these old. controversies and 'feelings 'has 'by mo means worn away..

BAYARD DISTRESSED.

The Ambassador is Much Cut Up Over the Political Situation In America. New York,' July 16.—The World's cable dispatch from London says:

Ambassador Bayard was asked by the World representative yesterday for am expression of his opinion upon the present political situation in the Umlted States 'and the duty of the Democracy, of which he has been so conspicuous a representative .in the present emergency. "Candidly," said Mr. Bayard, "I am so distressed over the situation, and it is so chaotic, that, -anchored as I am off here the smoke must rise from the field befoire the line of national defense can be defined by myself, or -perhaps by any Democrat. "I expressed my views of the currency question so lately as at the dinner to the (Honorable Artillery company last week, and at the Fourth of July dinner jhere. -the week before. I then spoke unreservedly as to the absolute necessity of the stamidaid of value and of the confusion and ruin that would .necessarily follow its loss. A syetem of plunder by taxation has created a national distress for which repudiation and ruin are supposed to be remedies. "Ought I not to say that the American- people should 'be allowed to vote for men. opposed to both amd ail of these dreadful evils?" "Do you 'mean by .this a bolting Democratic convention?" I asked. "One part of these evils, Mr. 'Bayard, .to, I understand, in your opinion, represented by Mr. McKlnley's candidacy." "i^s(.to both classes of evils," replied ifr. (Bayard. "I fully expressed -myself on .the occasion memt'ioned. I referred them to the -approaching storm, which prudent foresight ehouwd have warned us to consider and provide against. The gathering discontent among the agricultural population all over the United States was then evident enough •io -t'liDughtful observers, mot less than was^tb« dagngerqua c&Kui&ctar of some of

the restedlies wtetch jfcbeo mow «ne jmopooed for tihe relief. -The abandonment amri.offtihnow ofo our present aneomm amud otandaml of vahie aaad a eubstiitutitoa of ifiBoa ootoege" of silver «t am arbitrary legtelatival inatio to ibe set up by our goverameofti •without "the co-openation of otiber anen' catttile nations, would strike a grievou®. 'blow against our mat tonal honw ajwdh* •prosperity, the efPeote of which *t ia .Impossible -to estimate, audi would io(deftnlteHy postpone that primacy to th» financial amid imeroamitile woW -^hloln otherwise we might hopefully anttcipaite in the mot distant future."

WEST YORK TRAGEDY.

Newt Faetl Have Dereloped In the KUltaf .ofCharlaaBell. jj Special to the Express.

Btrtlivajj, Imd., Judy, tt6.—-Woni (fpaa (West York places an entirely differer»tt Hgtot on the killln-g of C*»irl«»-L. BelL After the fight between Bell and tb« Rev. Clements, iBeli found a JuSUot^' pleaded guilty and paid his fine. IAT short time after the fighti •'William Mc« (Donald, a son-in-law, and Johja. dements. a nephew. w(ho re0tde ait Old York, hearing of 'the fighit, started to visit the Rev. Clements. While en route they met (Bell, a few words passed ami Bell got outt of his buggy and started for them with (his hand' on iris "Mp pocket-, swearing that he would fled both of them. MdDonald d*ew his re-' volver and fired, killing (Ball instantlyj The 'ball passed chrouebi his heart, •lodging under the skftm om the jrfsihtf side. The coroner's juziy returned ar verdict to 'the effect .tihait (Beffl came to his death from a 'buletl- fired iby Clem-, ents or McDonald. Both are in jail at (Marshall, I1L Their plea Is self-de-fense.

MARY ANN IS BU8Y.

Mrs. Uzzle la Busy These lays With Hey Needle. Mary Aiw» Uzaie, colored, is by Jongj'* odds the most interesting personage Ha. jail at present. She is oorsflnpd 4n the east wing of ithe jail and to all outworn^ appearainoe Is as happy as a big -bumbla1 'bee. Mary Ann is awaiting judicial attention. She 4s suspected of laircenyii amd' as she is undoubtedly more or .leas unbalanced is simply waiting until .the court gets ready to look into 'her oas*. IMiary. Ann has formed the shocking1' habit of Chewing tobacco, and she hW friends on ithe outside who keeps her1 well supplied with ithe weed. Her. wardrobe, which 'was limited when she' stepped inside the county hostile, has hot beeai replenishiedi since her confinement. But she does m»t seem to care. She is content when ghie gets her rations and tobacco regularly.

Mrs. Uzzle is a 'busy soul. She is up with the lark every .morning, sings until, the cooks prepare breakfast and: after eating toys back on her cot for two hours' meditation. Then she calls fork the scissors, a meedle and thread and!' goes to work. Just now she Is converting her own clothes into ch'tldren's apparel. She ihas mo children, but .nevertheless she keeps sewing away on the little garments. The jail officials think she intends donating the work to some home for chilldrem. She .is very particular aibout the work she turns out amd washes each piece of cloth carefully 'before it is made up. The keepers ait the jail are getting a 'bit nervous over •Mary Ann's industrial habits and are .dreading the day when she will be called to appear in court. Shea ha nothing to wear now and unless ths trial comes off pretty soon Sheriff Butler will be compelled to go out* shopping.,

Y. M. C. A. LECTURE COURSE.

Several New Attractions Have Been Secured For the Coming Season. Those who have -the Young Men's Christian Association lecture course in charge have secured several excellent entertainments for the coming season* On the list are several people who havA never appeared in this city before. On the list 'is the (Boston Ideal banjo, mandolin and1 guitar club. This clulb has a wicfle reptation as one of the best on the" road. Another number on tha course which will attract attention is the lecture by (Dr. N. ^B. 'HillLs of Chicago. This gentleman assumed chargfl of the congregation of (Professor David Swaim after his death. Although it was said at the time no one could fill his place (Mr. SHillis has achieved' ai wonderful succes and is known, almost as widely as his predecessor. 'But two numbers of last year's course will toe given this year. They are the Redpath concert company and iLeland T. Powers. The course as reported yesterday is as follows: •Redpath concert company, Tuesday, November 17 th.

Robert iBurdette, Thursday, December 17 th. The Hon. George IR. Wendllnd, "Saul of Tarsus," Tuesday, January 29tih.

Dr. N. B. Hi'llis, Thursday, February 23rd. Boston Idteal banljo, mandolin and guitar club, iMonday, iMarch 30th.

Leland T. (Powers, Tuesday, April 20th. It has been decided to have no specials this year. The dates -have ibeem arranged so that they will not conflict with the regular prayer meetings a£ the different churches.

HARRISON PARK CASINO. Tonight and tomorrow (Saturday) night will be tihe last performance® of comic opera at the Hanrison Park Casino 'by the Temple Opera Company, when Gilbert and Sullivan's satirical opera, "iPatiecce," will be presented* The performance last night, under tiiw auspices of tfhe Tenne Haute Lodge of Elks was most enjoyable and the 'large audience was most enthusiastic in lt4 appreciation. The Elks made a most picturesque appearance in their white uniforms and were heartily applauded when they appeared. Next weeflc a big vaudeville company will ibe the attraction, presenting the greatest array of •specialty artists that has yet been seerv aft the Ca3i.no. Ev^iry act being leader antd every individual a stellar light in the vaudeville stage. The concent Sunday might will 'be given by t/h# Temple Opera Company amd the vaudeville company, thus presenting the most varied and attractive programme of the season. Sunday afternoon the musical concert will beg-in at 3 o'clock, and being free 'the public is cordially invited to be present. The management .has decided to elaborate the Sunday afternoon comcerta, presemtlng .new muslcaj features eadh week. Dixon, Bowers and Dixon, 'the funniest trio In this country, have been engaged for the Casioo for week after next also Lizzie amd Vln (Daily, the greatest dance artists in the profession.

A raxv? .treat at The Modern opening Friday amid Saturday, day. auo ml girt. Hottoway* tb« tFotografer..

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