The Greencastle Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 25 August 1894 — Page 2

THE DEMOCRAT.

GREEXCASTLE, : INDIANA.

Ihe News Condensed.

Important Intelligence From All Parts.

CONGRESSIONAL. Regular Sc.Ion. A rkpsagf. wan received In the senate on the 4th from the house Informing the senate that the house had passed bills placing coal, iron tre. barbed wire and sugar on the free list, in jrhlch It asked the concurrence of the senate. Bills were passed promoting Commodore Louis C. Sertorl. retired, to rear admiral on the retired list, and authorizing soldiers' home mautgors to extend outdoor relief to veterans. The house was not In session. In the senate on the 15th the conference report on the civil service bill was presented and adopted. A letter was read from Secretary Carlisle In regard to the four pending bills— fre» iron. coal, sugar snd barbed wire declaring that If the four bills became laws there Would be a deficit at the end of the present Uscal year of about #.10,000.000. of which over l2S.O0O.OOO would bo caused by the free sugar bill alone — In the house no business of Importance was transacted beyond the Introduction ol a resolution by c ion. Black in regard to •liver roinage. who asked for unanimous content fur its Immediate adoption, but ^t was referred to the committee. In the senate on the 10th a joint congratulatory resolution from the United States to Hawaii was adopted. Tariff bills relating to •ugar und other articles In dispute were referred ty n committee, and Senator Hill s measure vroviding for the exclusion and deportation of alien anarchists was passed without dlvlsloa— In the bouse there was but a bare quorum present. The deficiency appropriation bill was further considered, us also Was the silver coinage resolution. In the senate on the 17th a motion was made to appoint Senator White to the vacancy on the finance committee caused by the death of Senutor Vance Senator Murphy was also put In nomination, but under the rules the nnmtnn tions went over. The conference report on the deficiency bill was submitted There was hardly a quorum in the bouse, as members were anxious to get away and were leaving on every train. No business of Importance was transacted. In the senate on the ikth it was derided that there should tie no further legislation over which there is a contest ut this session of congress. The resolution to appoint Senator White to the vacancy on the finance committee was adopted. A resolution was adopted to Instruct the finance committee to report back an amendment to the free sugar bill providing for the McKinley bounty on raw domestic sugars. After the passage of the bill for the relief of the ' 'klahoma settlers, the senate adjourned ....The house was In session but a short tliue, no business of importance being transacted.

DOMESTIC.

While endeavoring to save money secreted in his house at Vandalia, Jnd.. which was on fire, Martin Dowell, a wealthy citizen, was burned to death. Otto Zeroter, of California, broke the mile record at the Denver bicycle tournament by going a mile in 2:09 1-5. \V. L. Stimai. and Fred C. Tuhrman have broken the 200-mile bicycle record by making the run from buffalo to Erie in 15 hours and 20 minutes. An address to colored voters, urging them to cut loose from the republican party, was issued by the Negro National Democratic league in session at Indianapolis. The labor commission appointed by President Cleveland to investigate the causes which lead to the recent railroad strike convened in Chicago. Mrs. Miller and her 18-months-old bn lie were murdered at Seattle, Wash., by thieves, who afterward tired the home to conceal their crime. A quarrel over a dog trade resulted in the loss of three lives at Letochatchie. Ala. The grand jury of Shelby county, Tenn., found 588 indictments in two days against persons charged with selling liquor without licenses. Oovek.mmknt officials havedecided to send enough warships to Corea to protect American interests during the Japanese-C’hiuesc war. Naval regulations have been changed reversing the policy of permitting right of asylum for political refugees on American vessels. Mrs. M. Brown, of Omaha. Neb., was fatally burned by a gasoline explosion. She attempted to fill the tank without turning off the flames. Jason Cole, living on a farm near Jlyannis. Neb., was found sitting on his mower in the hay field, dead, lie had been shot through the head by Borne unknown person. Reports to the director of the mint show that since July 1 the number of silver dollars coined amounted to 833,00O. of which 410,000 were coined since August 1. The constitutional convention of New York decided by a decisive majority upon removing the S5.000 limit for damages by the loss of life. Intkrestino memorial services were held at the old homestead of William Cullen Bryant at Cammicgton, Mass. Letters were read from a large number of literary people. Memrkrs of the whisky trust were said to have borrowed 85,000,000 to take their goods out of bond. The northwestern interstate fair— which includes the states of Washington. Oregon, Idaho. Montana, British Columbia and Alaska -was dedicated with appropriate cremonies at Tacoma. President Cleveland left Washing ton for Gray Gables to avoid a severe case of malaria which he was threatened with. During a quarrel at Riverside. Ky., between Edwin Lemasters and wife, a son. W. L. Lemasters, shot and instantly killed his father. J. M. T oggan, a notorious incendiary, who has destroyed property worth thousands of dollars, was arrested at Kansas City. Four Detroit (Mich.) school inspectors, charged by Mayor Pingree with having received bribes, were put under bonds of 85.000 each. At.dace F. Walker was appointed receiver of the Santa Fc road in the place of President J. W. Reinhart, who recently resigned. Residents of Buffalo, N. Y., saw the City of Toronto, 60 miles distant, pictured in a remarkable mirage of the third order.

Chari.es GkorOET, an engineer of Hoboken, lias discovered old deeds entitling him to valuable real estate in fiL Louis.

At the joint convention of the populist and labor parties at Columbus, O., a state ticket was nominated headed by Charles R. Martin for secretary of state. Titus broke two world's competitive bicycle records at Denver, riding a mile in 2:10 3-5 and five miles in 12:19. A cotton expert estimates, after a trip over the entire state, that the crop in Texas will be about 2,500,000 bales, or one-half million bales over last year. Dr. John Seaton, one of the most prominent physicians and specialists of Indiana, was found dead in bed at his home at Fort Wayne. Bank Examiner Miller, while temporarily insane, shot himself through tho temple at Altoona, IV David Hall, of Jonesville, Vn., was shot and killed by Tom Denny, 18 years old. Hall had Denny indicted for abusing his child and Denny took his revenge in the murder. The Commercial & Savings bank of Ludington, Mich., suspended business by order of its president, Antoine E. Cartier. The body of Col. Lang C. Winston, of Passadena. Cal.. who was lost in a snowstorm last November while with a hunting party up the San Gabriel canyon, has been found. Charles Robinson, first elected governor of Kansas, died at his home in Leavenworth. W. G. Taylor was hanged at Xewburn, Va., for the murder of his wife. The Cunard line steamer Campania, which arrived at New York from Liverpool, made the passage in 5 days 9 hours and 29 minutes, the fastest time on record. There were 220 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 17th, against 251 the week previous and 455 in the corresponding lime in 1893. The first baleof cotton of this year's crop, from Eagle Point, Miss., was sold ut auction in Memphis for ten cents a pound. Ben Reed, arrested on suspicion at Terre Haute, Ind., for the murder and robbery of a man named Henderson, has confirmed his guilt. Six dollars and a half was all the money he found on his victim. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 17th aggregated 8700,688,185, against 8774,451,086 the previous week. The decrease, compared with the corresponding week in 1893. was 8.0. New Jersey's legislature is to he petitioned to permit the consolidation of Jersey City, Newark, Hoboken, Orange, Paterson and I’assaic. At a soldier's reunion at Oblong. 111., David Eaton wantonly killed Donald McDonald and wounded John James. In a speech before the bimetallic conference at Mnshington Congressman Bryan recommended the dropping of all other issues but that of free coinage. United States Judge Caldwell has ordered the Santa Fe receivers to pay employes promptly, borrowing money if necessary. A double wedding was celebrated at Pana, 111., in which Edward Munday and Thomas Ellison were married to each other's divorced wife. Appropriations made by the present congress are 849.309,169 less than those of its predecessor. The percentages of the baseball clubs in the national league for the week endeil or the 19th were: Baltimore, .049; Boston, .640; New York, .008; Cleveland. .504; Philadelphia. .543; Pittsburgh, .515; Brooklyn, .510; Chicago, .474; Cincinnati, .453; St. Louis, .414; Louisville, .340: Washington, .300. Affected by her son’s conversion, Mrs. Jane Newberry dropped dead at a church revival at Surveyville, Tex. Bather than be censured for reckless driving, John C. Peck, a member of the Philadelphia fire department, killed himself. Thomas Hewitt, an iron inolder of Kearney, N. J., stabbed his wife and children and killed himself by leaping from a window. Mrs. Simmons, once a noted belle of Lexington, Ky., was arrested at Wichita, Kan., charged with murder. At Sherburne, Minn., Lee Walker seized the trailing rope of an ascending balloon and was killed by the fall. Ma.t. William Worth, court-mar-tialed for ordering target practice on Sunday, was acquitted and released from custody. Gen. Felix Angus, of Baltimore, proposes to secure a Maryland lake and fill it with salt water for scientific cultivation of the oyster. Four powder houses of the Speer Hardware company, located at Fort Smith, Ark., blew up, killing three persons and doing great damage. Herbert R. Hers, a brilliant young lawyer of Chicago, was found dead with a bottle of morphine by his side. He had been despondent over the death of his wife and child. Rich gold discoveries were reported along the Rio Grande in New Mexico and people from the surrounding states were flocking into the territory. At Thornton, Ind., Hiram McDonald was killed by John Sexton with a broomstick. Sexton alleges he acted in self-defense. Animated by jealousy', William Vogel, of New York, fatally shot his mistress and then killed himself. Kolb, the defeated candidate for Governor of Alabama, has issued an address intended to incite his followers to rebjllion. The skeleton of a giant found in a swamp in Indiana turns out to have been manufactured by speculators. Five men were drowned by the capsizing of a government boat off the coast of Washington. Large numbers of due bills which have been circulated as currency in Kansas were seized by secret service officers. Fire broke out on the clipper ship General Knox while she was lying at her dock in New York and caused 8100,000 damage. Women of Dalton, la., marched to a house in which two disreputables were lodged and after horsewhipping them drove them out of town.

The Sioux City (la.) Athletic club has offered a purse of 825.000 for a fight between Corbett and Jackson. The river and harbor bill has become a law without the president's signature.

DEBS’ STORY TOLD.

Tho Labor Leader Testifies Before the Commission.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. The reform convention, in session at Columbia. S. C., nominated J. G. Evans for governor. David B. Culherrqn was nominated for governor by Texas democrats in state coneention at Dallas. The Ohio democratic state committee have decided to hold the state convention in Columbus on September 18 and 19. Congressional nominations were made as follows on the 16th: Virginia, Sixth district. Hampton lloge (rep.); Seventh district, R. J. Walker (rep.); Eighth district, E. E. MeYedith (dem.); Tenth district, 1). H. Tucker (dem.). Michigan. Second district, George Spaulding (rep.): Seventh district, N. B. Farnsworth (pop.). Missouri.Tenth district, M. C. Ellison (dem.); Eighth district, W. C. Aldridge (pop.). Florida, First district. S. R. Sparkman (dem.). Mississippi, Sixth district, C. IL Hawthorn (pop.). Kentucky. Second district, J. 1). Clardey (dem.). Nebraska, First district, J. B. Strode (rep.). Pennsylvania, Twenty-eighth district, W. C. Arnold (rep.). The First district republican congressional convention, after being in session two nights and two days at 1 Nebraska City', Neb., nominated Jesse j B. Strode on the 1.286th ballot. The death of Burton C. Cook, ex- j congressman and one of the makers : of history in Illinois, occurred in I Evanston. He twice placed Abraham Lincoln in nomination for the presidency. Populists of Lake county, Ind., nominated a full ticket, then reconsidered their action, got into a general fight and adjourned. Senator McPherson, who contemplated resigning because of ill-heath, was prevailed on by friends to change his mind.

ITm Yeralon of tho Caiifloa Which Led to tho l.uto Strike hr Well n* to Ita Defeat—HU Ideal* on Many Point*.

FIFTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.

FOREIGN. Explorer Wellman reports having : discovered much new country on his polar expedition, and will again go north next year. Oriental advices are to the effect that a great battle was fought between Chinese and Japanese troops in Corea, and that thousands were killed on both sides. Many tin plate works in south Wales which have been closed for some time were preparing to resume work in view of the passage of the tariff bill in Washington. The Kaffir rebellion in South Africa is spreading. Many women and ch.il dren have been killed and much property destroyed. An anarchist plot against the life of Premier Dnpuy. of France, wac dis | covered by detectives. The reds were warned and escaped. The rebellion in Venezuela has coma to an end. Amnesty will be granted to all insurgents. Mexican soldiers surprised the notorious bandit, Luna, and his wife in tjie mountains and killed both of them. Several persons were killed and a number badly hurt by the collision of two trains on the Hidalgo road near j the City of Mexico. Six men were drowned by the dej struction of the steamer Uspeikh, plying on the Shepna river in Russia. Many eases of cholerine have appeared in Paris, while cholera continues to spread throughout Germany and Holland.

LATER.

In the United States senate on the 20th the amended sugar oill and the coal, iron ore and barbed wire bills were reported. The bills placing wool, coal and iron on the free list were ordered placed on the calendar. The senate then went into executive session, but owing to the lack of a quorum adjourned until the 22d. No quorum could be got together in the house, consequently no session was held. Gov. Altgeld visited Pullman and found about 500 families on the verge of starvation. Means for their immediate relief would be devised. President Cleveland will not sign the tariff bill, but will permit it to be- | come a law. and will issue a statement i to the public setting forth his reasons . for so doing. Forest fires were raging in northern * Wisconsin and thousands of tons of , hay were destroyed in the vicinity of Grantsburg. The eases against the assailants of [ Adjt. Gen. Tarsney, of Colorado, were dismissed, the grand jury having failed to find indictments. Mrs. Mack Abrahams, of Frankfort, Ky., quarreled with her husband because he went to hear Breckinridge speak, and took morphine and arsenic with fatal effect. As a result of a religious revival at H&mmondsville, <>., seven women left their husbands because they would not join the church. Eleven thousand employes of the textile works at New Bedford, Mass., went on strike on account of reduction of wages. Gabriel Brock was shot and killed from ambush and Mrs. Mary Edwards wounded while driving near Hot Springs, Ark. The thirteenth annual encampment of the national order of the Sons of Veterans convened at Davenport, la. The order has 1,549 camps and a membership of 39,859. From an area of 2,071.354 acres Illinois has produced 41.315.099 bushels of wheat, a yield which has been but thrice exceeded. During a thunderstorm near Clayton, Ala., lightning struck the residence of James Houston, instantly killing three of his children. Mrs. Conrad Young a and her niece were killed in a runaway at Rosebud, 111. Veterans of the German wars met In annual convention at Pittsburgh, Pa., and the parade witnessed by enthusiastio thousands.

Chicago, Aug 21.—The largest audience that has yet attended the meetings of the labor commission was present at the fifth day’s session, the attraction being the presence of President Debs. Seated dn the witness chair, his hands clasped In front of him. his tall, stalwart gray-dad form c leaning slightly forward, the deader of the great railroad strike and boycott told bis story. Mr. Debs recited the history of tae itrike as recorded in the actions of the Ame:-!-can Ballway union. His account did not vu-y from that previously given to the commission by Vice President Howard, Directors Burns and Goodwin, Secretary Kellher and other witnesses. Mr. Debs did not consider the time auspicious for a strike, because of the depressed condition of business. Hut the men had been suffering what they conceived to be so many wrongs ut the hands of the corporations that they were ready to strike. Mr. Debs went on to explain that tho Santa Fe system struck, not because of a reduction of pay. but because the receivers of the company were in arrears to tho men for large sums of wages Continuing, Mr. Debs desired the commission to understand that he as president of the American Hallway union did not and could not order strikes which were decided on by the local unions themselves. "I am not shrinking any portion of my responsibility." said he. "I heartily concurred in the action taken and if I hud a voice In tho ordering of the strike I would have ordered it." "Not a meeting durlnft the trouble was held with closed doors," said Mr. Debs. "We advised our men to be moderate; that if we would win we ought to win like men. Wo told the men we had a right to quit in a body and that our right ended there. The company hud the right to hire men to take our places and there their right began. My experience has been that nothing can be gained by violence and I have always spoken and written against violence." "Five days after the strike wan declared we had the railroads completely beaten and at our mercy, as wo believed," continued he. "They were paralyzed. They could not get men to take tho places of our men who were out. Then I and my associate officials were served with a sweeping Injunction Issued by tho United States courts restraining as from performing our functions as ottlclals of the American Hallway union. Similar Injunctions were Issued at all terminal points. A few days afterward we were arrested for alleged contempt of court. We were unable to direct the men, and that defeated the strike. It was not the army, not the soldiers, not the older organizations, but the power of the United States courts. A strike Is a war—not necessarily of blood and bullets, but a war Inasmuch os It Is a conflict between the opposed classes of Interest, and when our men lost their leaders they were demoralized and this beat us." Mr. Debs went on to recite the history of the American Hallway union and the strike and then he spoke of Gen. Miles. "Gen. Miles came here on July 2." said Mr. Debs. "Then he went to the oftlces of the General Managers' association. The next day he was quoted In an interview m the newspapers as having said that he hud broken the backbone of the strike. I think Gen. Miles' conduct in calling on the general managers was vulgarly out of place.” "We protested against the presence of the federal troops. We did not object to stato troops or the police. If I am correct, all the trouble, except some minor disturbances, took place after the arrival of the federal troops, the coming of whom angered uni inflamed the men. The police have reported to me that our men were entirely law-abiding." At the afternoon session Mr. Debs opened his testimony with a denunciation of the unfairness shown by some of tho Chicago papers in their treatment of himself anil the strlke^tenerally. He said that some of the papers had purposely misrepresented the facts until. If there hud besn a revolution, the press of Chicago might properly have been held responsible for it. said he: "I was persistently misrepresented in interviews with the evident intention of alienating public sympathy from us and disorganizing our men by discrediting us." "Do you claim," asked Mr. Wright, "that the railroads were responsible for the strike because they insisted on hauling Pullman curs':" "No. sir. The American Hallway union was responsible for it. but under aggravating circumstances. The general managers are united to reduce wages. The employes are united to resist such reductions. In case of a reduction that leads to a strike we think the company is responsible." "What Is your opinion as to methods of •verting strikes? asked Commissioner Worthington. "Of course submission would avert strikes. That is the plan of the old brotherhoods. If a general manager wants to make a cut of 10 per cent, he gives notice of a cut of 20 percent., and then they meet and compromise. The history of the organizations shows that their system tends to inevitable and gradual reduetnon of wages. My own Idea, and It Is the Idea of the American Hallway union, is to unify all the railroad men of the country A power like that prudently managed would avert strikes. The railroad managers would recognize the wisdom of treating it fairly and meeting it in a conciliatory spirit. But even if wo had such a unification the men would not win a strike. All the forces of the government would be against them the moment the strike interfered with the convenience of tho public." "Do you believe a strike Is justifiable that Interferes with public convenience?" "I believe strikes arc justifiable, no matter what tho result, when it Is to resist degradation and enslaving conditions. If It were not, the tendency of our civilization would be constantly downward. If railroads and corporations generally treated their employes fairly there would bo no labor organizations. Their origin In almost every ease is traceable directly to the tyranny of the employing classes. "In my judgment It Is not possible to reconcile railroad employers and employes by legislation while human nature is as it Is. The conditions since the great strike are worse than before. A good many people felicitate themselves that .he end of the strike meant the end of labor disturbances for a longtime to come. They are mistaken They have only •crewed down the safety valve. The men have submitted because they were compelled, and the persecutions that follow strikes will deprive u good many men of employment. Later there will be more trouble." "Do you believe in government ownership of railroads? ' asked Mr. Kernan. “Yes. sir. 1 believe the government ownerahipof railroads is decidedly better than railroad ownership of the government.” The reply caused much merriment. Then the witaess said compulsory arbitration was a contradiction of terms. To be effective arbitration must be voluntary. In local troubles state courts might be established to compel an adjudication of troubles, but It would bo Impossible to enforce an award In a great territory such as the railroads covered. The witness also said that he believed a government license fur railroad employes would be a good thing.

ALTGELD AT PULLMAN.

FATAL WRECK ON THE WABASH.

Four Men Killed and Fight Others Severely Injured. Nr. Louis, Au#. 21.—About midnight freight truin No. 97, on the Wabash railroad, struck a horse 2 miles west of Jonesburg resulting in the ditching of the locomotive and nineteen cars and the killing of Engineer C. Felton, of Moberly, Mo, and three tramps, named Birch Miller, William Andler and J. Thompson.

I*ostma«ter’n AecountM Short. Boise City, Idaho, Aug 21.—Postmaster Hoed, of Albion, in this state, is short in his accounts 83.709.

The Governor Makes a Personal Inspection of Destitution's Haunts. Chicago, Aug. 21.—Gov. Altgeld went to Pullman Monday a little in doubt as to tlie truth of the relief committee's statement that 1,600 families in the model town were literally starving in their homes. He didn't think that such a condition could possibly exist in Chicago. After he had spent an hour or two in Fulton street among the tenement blocks and in the shanty districts of the brickyards, and found every man, woman and child in desperate straits for want of fuel, food and clothing, he was satisfied that the time for immediate relief had come. “There is no doubt,” he said, "about the absolute distress and want in Puilma.i. Relief has got to come from some source, and come soon.” It was after this investigation into the physical condition of the town had been made that the governor met Manager Middleton, of the Pullman company, and the two did a little figuring. When they had finished the governor said: "The situation as I find it is just this: Here are Sou families practically on the verge of starvation. In tho city there are many more destitute families, but when you find one family In want you find a neighbor next door who has food and help to give It The locality more or less takes care of itself. Here your destitutes are all bunched. The families out of work have nothing and their neighbors who have gone to work are themselves without money and only able to get food through tho credit which the fact that they are again at work gives them. You should alternate the work so that all the men can get a little of It, and absolute starvation be avoided." Mr. Middleton said he didn't see how the company could change its present plans, and so far as he could see there was no way that he could prevent tho people from starving to death. The governor said it was the first time he had ever been asked for aid to help starving people and he wanted to think it over. This morning at 10 o’clock lie will receive the relief committee of the Pullman strikers and ways and means of assisting the suffering will be discussed. In all probability the meeting will bear fruit in a proclamation calling upon the people of the state for help. The governor made his tour of inspection at the head of an army of curious women and children who thronged around him eager to attaet his attention. Bcantily - clad mothers with their babes in their arms edged their way through the crowd and begged that they might be allowed to pour out their stories of suffering. Disheartened strikers, who had seated themselves with their families only u few hours before and consumed the last morsel of food in the house, told their needs with trembling lips and tears in their eyes. In one of the houses which the governor visited a widow lay dying of consumption, and she related, between paroxysms of coughing, how it had been impossible to get the bare necessities of life, to say nothing of the delicacies which her state of health demanded. She said she had clone her best to get her boy hack into the shops, that he might earn enough to keep her while she lived, but the foremen had gruMy turned him away. At another home a blind woman was found scouring the stove in her kitchen, although it had been a long time since she had had any coal or wood to put into it. The governor asked her how she supported herself. "On misery,” she answered. A pale, barefooted woman with a wan-faced baby on her arm and another tugging at her gown said that her name was Mrs. John O'Connor and that her husband had been refused work in the company’s shops again and again. Up to within the last two weeks the family had been able to get enough from tho relief committee to live on. but for a few days the three little children hud been hungry all the time and there was no chance of getting anything lor them to eat. Alexander Erickson, of 301 Fulton street said lie had tried to make application for work a number of times, but the watchmen would not let him through the shop gates. At the time tile strike begun he had some money saved up, but it was all gone long ago. Besides not tiaving a cent in the house he had nothing to eat except a little flour, which he could not hake into bread for want of fuel. He has a family of six. Otto Wolf, who lives with his wife and six children at room 22, block F, told with a sob, which shook his whole body, how he and his family had only had one piece of dry bread to eat during the day. On Saturday the relief committee had given him two pounds each of cornmeal and oatmeal, and lie said that if they hadn't done so his children would have died. Thus it was throughout the whole tour. The governor expressed himself as much surprised at the squalor of the brickyard shanties. He had not thought that such a spot existed within tlie limits of the "model town.” He was told that the residents of each of the dingy, half-lighted three-room shanties paid a rental of eight dollars a month. He made a note of it.

Taken at Her Word. She is four years old and something of a tomboy. There is nothing that the little boys in the neighborhood can do that she will not attempt, and she is usually successful. A few days ago she was playing with some of the other children, while her mother sat near watching her. The boys were trying all sorts of gymnastic tricks, and, after watching them awhile, she walked into tlie middle of the little grass plot, went down on her knees and quick as a flash turned a somersault. “Oh, Ethel,” cautioned her astonished mother, depreeatingly, “I wouldn't do that.” The child got up, smoothed out her dress, surveyed her mother critically and then replied, approvingly: "I shouldn’t think you would.”— Chicago 1’ost.

A New Arrauirement. St. Pai l, Minn., Aug. 20, 1804.—The new traffic arrangement between tlie ('• real Northern and Oregon Railway & Navigation Co., is one of tho most important of the year. It gives the Great Northern tho most direct entrance of anv road into Portland ami to Willamette Valley points. It also becomes the short lino into the Pulouse and Walla Walla districts of Washington, theCoeur d’Alene. Moscow and Snake River districts of Idaho.

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Mrs. X. (’observing her friend at work upon the kitchen floor) “Why in the worn don’t vou get a servant to scour your floors!” Mrs. Y.—‘‘Because I have to scour the town to get a servant.”—Harlem Life.

Successful Perversity.—O’Kief—“How do you manage to win so steadily on ttio races!” MeEll- "I read all tin* tips given by tho sporting editors, and then bet on soma other horse.”

He—“You are the one girl among a thousand." She—“I didn’t suppose there had been more than adoz.enorso.”—IndianapoUs Journal.

Mr. Beach—“All you want is nerve when you go into the water, Miss Bright,” Miss Bright - “Well, you said you would go in with me, didn'tyou!”—Yonkers Statesman.

“Them’s my sediments.’' said the hydrant water, us it went through the filter and came out on the other side. "I hope 1 make myself clear.”—Chicago Tribune.

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Tragedy in ArkmiHi&M. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 21.—Gabriel Rrock was shot and killed and Mrs. Mary Edwards wounded while driving near Hot Springs. James Murrell and John Lenchard arc accused of the crime.

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WU \ Drilliiig Machines wsCLt. for any depth.

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(Steam and Horse Power. Seif Pumping Tools for shallow wells. Hope tools for large and deep wells. State size omi depth you want to drill. LOOMIS & NYMAN, Tiffin, Ohio.

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