Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 July 1886 — Page 10

WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

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OF NOTED MEN AND

STATESMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS.

JL Fortnne In Mrs. Cleveland's Photographs—Judge KtUty'l Picture of Lincoln—?am Cox's Mumm»—ChInese Dlabies. plomats, Washington Bat Etc.

faster than those of any other public person for years, and his sales run high into the tens of tliuv. The pictures are bust pictures -taken of Miss Folsom about a year ago. They •represent her as having a fuller, face than she lias now, and her shoulders are clad ina plain lawn dress, with a slight "V" at the neck fastl? en&d by a simple gold pin. The photographer gets twenty-five cents apiece for them, of the dealers, and they are retailed for thirty-five cents. They do not cost him probably more than two cents apiece, and a dealer tells me that 110,000 would be a low estimate of the money he will make out,of them. itt- "t*

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A great deal of amateur photographing fa being done at the capital, and several prominent men I know like to play with the camera. Senator John B. Kenna, of West Virginia, is one of these, and I saw him the other day just outside of his residence on Sixteenth street with a cloth over his head taking a picture of a couple of his children. Senator Palmer, of Michigan, the great lumber rfiillionaire and patron of art, prizes a lot of photographs which he took when he traveled in Spain, as a young man, more than he does some of the paintings of the great masters. When Senator Palmer was a boy at college his eyes gave out, and he went to Spain for his health, and with a friend traveled about the country taking these photographs. One of them, which he now has, represents him as taken astride one of the lions of the Alhambra.

SENATOR KENNA PHOTOGRAPHING HIS CHIIF DREN. Professor Smiley, the photofrajSBSr of the "National museum, who has taken the largest pictures which have ever been taken in the world, began business as an amateur, and he is now one of tho finest photographers in the country. Judge W. D. Kelley has a son who 5s still quite young who does some very good a®iateur work. He took his father sitting on the front porch of the old homestead in Philadelphia not long ago, and this photograph now has the honored {dace on the Tno.nt«l in Judge Kelley's room inWashington.

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WASHINGTON, July 18.—The Washington "j photographer who is making the photograph* -of Mrs. Cleveland has a small fortune in it I He refuses to tell how he got his negative, bat

Mrs. Cleveland's pictures are selling here

fc HAS. I£GAK. This photographing Qf public men and women for the sale of their photographs to outsiders has grown into a big business, and the first and test photograph of a prominent man or woman is worth a great deal to the photographer who can get it. At Mt. Mc'Gregor the boy who took the Grant family sitting on the porch just before the general's death sold 50,000 of his photographs before the funeral procession left the mountain. There are two establishments in Washington 'who' make the bulk of their business the •photographing of prominent men, for sale, and in their stores you can buy pictures of all sizes and of different poses of nearly every .statesman at Washington. They are Very .anxious to have new men of prominence come into their studios, and they send carriages for them and give them pictures free lor permitting themselves to be taken. Photographs of noted ladies are as a rule hard -to get, and the only two that can be bought here are those of Mrs. Logan and the wife of Speaker Carlisle. Mrs. Logan's pictures sell very well, and her husband's has per'haps as large a sqle as those of any prominent man. Ex-President Arthur's pictures were worth a great deal to the photographers here, and the sale of Garfield's pictures at the time of his death was phenomenal. .. ^1% w.

upon its walls tue finest photographic picture of Lincoln ever published. It is a wonderful work of photographic art, and is about 18 by W inches in rise, I Bh?uld judge. The jodge bad it made after a thorough examination of tnanv orivate collections of Lincoln's nhotogiapos, ana aisu oi IM targe couecvwa in *om war department It is the choice of alltlj# photographs and daguerreotypes taken of President Lincoln, and the original was a cabinet of this war department collection. Judge Kelley took thig cabinet to an eminent photographer and had it raised to its present size. An artist was then employed to touch it up with India ink, so that it now fairly glows with life, and it is by far the finest picture of Lincoln in Washington.

Judge Kelley is a great admirer of President Lincoln, and he was more closely associated with him perhaps than any other man living to-day. Upon the walls of his parlor here he has photographs of this same size, elegantly franked* and hung so that a good light falls upon the faces which they represent That of Lincoln has the most honored place, and Judge Kelley consider^ him the greatest of "The Five Friends in Council." The others are Thaddeus Stevens, Henry C. Cary, Edwin M. Stanton and Judge Kelley himself. In the judge's bedroom, just back of his parlor, there will soon hang a fine engraving of Gen. Grant, and here among these great men of the past, each of whom formed a part of Judge Kelley's soul, the father of the house will probably Sit and work until death reunites him with them. Judge Kelley came to congress in I860, and he is now serving his thirteenth continuous term in the house of representatives. He is inf perfect health and vigor. He will be renominated this year, &nd If he serves throughout the Fiftieth congress he" will have served more years in the house of representatives than any other man in our history.

Mrs. Cleveland has taken Washington by storm, and I have yet to he$r the first word of unfavorable criticism about her. I have attended all of her receptions and have watched very carefnlly her manners in the receiving of all kinds of people. She is perfectly at home, and she is the most beautiful woman who has been in the White House for many along year. She is tall and willowy, with a form whose every action is graceful and at the same time dignified. She has a finely shaped head, with well moulded features. Her nose and ohin are prominent enough to give the face character, and her head sits upon her shoulders with a neck that would do credit to a sculptured Venus. Her amis are plump and symmetrical, and her hands are of medium size, with long tapering fingers. She has a thick coil of long brown hair wound up upon the crown qf her head, and several bushy locks fall down over her forehead in a sort of a half wave or curL

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They are not bangs, nor do they cover the forehead. She has beautitul eyes of a bright liquid brown, and^her features are so mobile that she smiles easily. I watched her shake hands with the thousands upon thousands who came to greet her. She had a genuine welcome for every one. and I think her soul responded to the hand shake of .every person who passed by her. At the first reception, which was a kid-gloved, swallow-tailed affair, when all fashionable Washington came to size her up, she was not at all embarrassed, and she seemed to appreciate without ostentation her power of being able to take care of herself. Mrs. Cleveland is prettier than any of the pictures that have been published of her. She is a little more slender than they represent her, and both senators and representatives have spoken of the wonderful luck of President Cleveland which has topped off his lucky career with such a beautiful bride.

CHINAMEN IK THE PABHINVVY

Society ladies predict a very successful reign for our republican queen, and it is the general opinion of people here that the character of the administration may be greatly changed by her. President Cleveland lacks personal magnetism. This Mrs. Cleveland seems to have in abundance. It may be that she will turn out a second Dolly Madison or Abigail Adams, and that she will be as much of an element in the political workings of the country as the president So far no one except Dan Lamont has been able to get at all near to Cleveland, and Lamont is closer than the closest clam in influencing the president or in saying anything about what he will or will not do. There is no doubt that Mrs. Cleveland will have the interest of her husband at heart, and she has certbinly made the administration more popular in Washington already for being in it

I strolled down Massachusetts avenue yesterday between the residences of ht Jf a dozen millionaire senators, and took a seat in Dupont circle to watch the play of the children and the Chinamen.

The Chinese legation is now occupying the immense brown palace of Senator Stewart, of Nevada, which used to be known as Stewkrt Castle. It stands next to Blaine's big house and' just across the way from the home of Secretary Manning. The Chinese legation spends a great deal of money here in Washington, and they have this big house elegantly furnished, many of the pictures on the walls being Chinese screens of high art Th& new Chinese minister is one of the richest of tho ambassadors here. He is

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of broad ideas ana great [ty., He Was noted for his entertainig in China, and his father, who luu been dead some time, was one of therichest men of that country. Nearly all the Chinamen connected with this legation are of noble birth. They dress in fine silks in the Chinese costume, and are great people for living out of doors. They seem to be very fond of children, and every evening you may see them playing with the little ones in Dupont circle. The children are not afraid of them, and though the Chinaman ciannot canyon any conversation, they laugh and romp &nd bob around as though they were so many little boys with pigtails instead of almond-eyed, finely educated, orange-skinned celestials.

THE NEW MUMMY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.' I took a good look to-day at the Egyptian mummy, which our minister to Turkey, the Hon. Sam Cox, has sent to the National Museum. It lies flat on its back in its shell in a big glass case, just to the left of the rotunda of the museum. In the case next to it stand a Japanese nobleman and his wife, made of wax and dressed in silk, and in the cases opposite to it a half dozen savages from the jungles of Africa, with spears in their hands, and the wild dress of th^ir countries upon their bodies, look at you,. ,On another side are the images of a group of life-size Esquimaux in fur clothing, and on the wall to the. right is a collection of perhaps fifty castes of the copper-colored faces of American Indians, The mummy proper has a mummy box about I two inches thick, which fits around it almost like a glove. In the sketch which I give you you can see thp mummy in this casket, while the cover of the casket lies a little to the left

Tliis casket is of- some light wood. It is painted dark green, and it is as carefully made as. though chiseled put by a sculptor.' The mummy is five feet six inches long, and it is exceedingly well preserved. The arms were pressed close to the side and you see nothing of their outlines through the wrappings, which arcT wound tightly around the body from head to foot This mummy, while not of royal birth, must have been a great dignitary. The body is covered with hieroglyphics and paintings in gold. The face is covered with gold leaf, and, a mask of green cement is pasted over it. Shield-shaped ornaments in gold lie across the breast, and on one of tijpse is the sqcred beetle which the Egyptians used to worship. A sheet of cemented linen lies alopg the legs, and gold seems to have been plenty in the family of the dead man. This mummy is in as good a condition as any of those you will find in the Boulak museum at Cairo. Mr. Cox got it from the American consul at Luxor on the site of old Thebes, which lies, you know, on the Nile above Cairo and below the first cataract It was sent here in the care of Mr. William V. Cox, the chief clerk of the museum and a cousin of Minister Cox. I understand that the collection of Egyptian articles in the National Museum is rapidly increasing and that it is his intention before long to establish an Egyptian department in the museum. FRANK 0-EOBGE. iip-'

GFE A BOSTON BLUE BLOOD.

And Some Other Interesting Objects at Boston. '"v*1 rspeoui Corre*p#ndenoo.]

BOSTON, July 12.—This is a picture Of one of the older Boston blue bloods. He dresses in black broadcloth winter and summer, wears a stovepipe hat, a stand-up collar of the style of thirty years ago, carries a cane, never walks faster than one mile an hour, attends the new Old South church, carries his revolutionary ancestors always in his memory, and never forgets them. He regards this universe as finished only in proportion as Boston is finished, and in his secret soul is somewhat disposed to criticise. teity for not taking up a permanent residence in Boston.

A string of horse cars half a mile In length shows the daily block on Tremont street near the Common about 6 o'clock every evening,1 and represents an average loss of one hour daily to every business man living in the suburbs. Boston turns up its nose at an elevated road like that of degraded New York..

I wish you could see a section of a Washington street sidewalk at 3 in the afterternoon, between Boylston street and the old State house. It is only wide enough for three persons to walk abreast, and when four persons stop to see the young man baking griddle cakes in a restaurant window it congests the passage. The persons off the curb and in the gutters belong to the weaker sex of both genders, who are crowded off by the stronger. It takes courage, muscle, brass, patience and perseverance to promenade a Boston shopping sidewalk at this time in the afternoon. 4V-'5PBENTICE MCLFOBD.

Americans are the worst grammarians in the civilized or half-civilised world.— New Orleans Tizaes-Democrafc.

SCARECROWS IN VERMONT.

Cfowi Go [Rear. Them—A .Well Developed Branch of Art. The progress of art has been very rapid In Vermont for a year or two, and this season the state exhibits the largest, most varied and rugged est army of scarecrows that was ever seen out of doors. There is nothing on his farm that & Vermont farmer takes so mttdh pride in as his scarecroWs, and he sits up late at night during the winter and early spring 'devising new forms of scarecrows jind*ov«l expre**ian« to be .putted ,ift red chalk pn their lantern jaws.,.

There is a mistaken poptdar hotion that the primary purpose of a scarecrow is to scare crows, but it is not so in Vermont The Vermont .farmer loves art purely for art's sake, and his scarecrows e.mboiy and express bis highest conceptions of the good, the true, and the beautiful If his scarecrows happen to scare erowser a locomotive eff the railroad track, that sort of work is supplementary and merely incidental, like spoils in a political campaign*.

In other states one scarecrow for each half acre of growing corn is deemed to be enough,' but in this? state a farmer who planted a scarecrow out in afield alone would be boycotted by his neighbors. The'Vermont man not only is willing that his scarecrows shall dress better than hims'-if, but he recognises that the social instinct is stronger in them so he never sets out less than three to seven scarecrows on each half'acre of gfbund.

He takes pride also in giving them picturesque poses. Sometimes they are seen lolling in a group of three or four under a shady apple tree, where they will not get sunburned often they are set up in graceful posture on a stone wall, with their knees half up to the chin, their hats cocke 1 over their eyes, and with arms danglinqj over their legs, just as the farmer fixes himaelf when a neighbor comes into the field to see him for three or four hours in the busiest time of the day. In other places the scarecrows are all gathered in the canter of the field, some standing and others sitting.

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These opon-lot scarecrows are maSterpiebes of art, and on the most experienced scarecrow sculptors dare set their figures out where everybody can look at them. Not only do (hey dress well, but their members are skilfully articulated, so that they can toss and fling their arms about in the wild wind from the mountains. Many persons traveling on the railroads past a group of articulated scarecrows when the wind was high have been deluded into supposing that it was a gathering of looal Vermont politicians.

The Vermont scarecrow is the best dressed in the world. After he gets through with a suit of clothes, the farmer takes them for himself. Usually he wears a plug hat, and many of them carry an umbrella to keep off the rain and sun. He also is the happiest still-life figure in the world. He never looks for company. When the farmer is not with him looking out for his comfort, introducing a little more straw into his bowels, splintering his arms so that they will thrash the air in a more spirited and artistic style, or driving his spinal column little more deeply and firmly into. the soil, the crows always come down from the hills to oheer him up. They perch themselves on his plug hat, crane their heads under the brim into his earnest, thoughtful face, and then look at each other and grin and cackle. Were it not for the scarecrows the life of a Vermont crow would be dull and dismal. As it is, they have a gay, rollicking tifte with the scarecrows all summer, but when the November storms have knocked the scarecrow into his cocked hat an flung him about the field, they sail silently and disconsolately away to. the south.

A crow evinces a good deal of emotion when his scarecrow friend flops down onthe ground. As an artisan in the scarecrowmaking IniSiness of White River Junction said a few days ago: "Crows can't seem to jest make out what the dumb tilings be, an' knowin' a crow as well as 1 do, and what cur'us inquisitive cusses they be, it's my opinion that they'll hang around the state o' Vermont till they find out Of course I make a good many scarecrows each year, an' some of 'em is corkers fur style an' ginend m&k -up, but I don't mind tellin' you that in my opinion Vermont will be chock full o' crows jist so long as we continner ter twine a string o' scarecrows round ther hull state each spring ter 'tract 'em. I don't say I'm opposed ter scarecrow* 'Twouldn't do in the state of Vermaount Taint popular. You might as well kick agin the Congregation! church in Massachusetts—but I do say damacrow." There are many scarecrows that look very serious and very much in earnest, and some there are also that frown at you, but it does not seem to be positive malevolence that ails them, but the unhygienic way in which they are set up. A scarecrow catfnot smile and look joyous with a ten-inch rip in his abdomen, or with his head dangling by a rope down his back into the top of lUs rubber boot All properly constituted and normally healthy Vermont scarecrows have a not repulsive look indeed, most of them, big and little, slender and corpulent have a positively jaunty and social air. Vermont scarecrows are ratlier noted for their good nature, even when' they look their worst—New York Sun.

Uncle BUI Was Sleepy s.

Uncle Bill is the oolored factotum of a Truckee hotel. It is his duty to be on hand whenever a train stops, night or day. Between times, when not otherwise engaged, he sits on the wood box in the barroom and dczis. The other day a traveler encountered William on the westbound train, with a florid carpet bag on the seat beside him. "Hullo, where are you going!" asked the gentleman. "Well, sah," responded Uncle Bill, politely and cheerfully, "1'se gwine to Sacramentoi "To Sacramento}" "Yes, sah Fse gwine down dar to git a sleep. I hain't been in bed to' fouh yeah a." —San Francisco Post, ..

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CHICAGO ANARCHISTS

Sensational Trfetioooy by Gottfried Waller.

fie Was an Anarchist and ..J Turned. State's Evidence.

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CHICAGO, July 17.—A crowd had gathered in front~of the Criminal Court long before Judge Gary made his appearance this morning, while' the lobbies, stairway and first and second floors were Crowded with the busy officials, witnesses and cuHoeity seekers. The appearance of Gottfried Waller, as he gave his testimony, was very peculiar. He is a medium-sized man, with dark hair and luxuriant bat well trimmed whiskers. He has a drooping nose and clear brown eyea His face was very pale and bore an expression of shame and terror as he unfolded his sensational tale late yesterday afternoon, revealing the secrets of the tiehr and Wehr Verem and implicating the prisoners in its murderous plots. When court was opened today Waller was again placed on the stand. Witness testified that the bomb given him byFischer, Thanksgiving day last, with in structions to use it on the police if they interfered with the meeting to be held that evening at the. Market street square he kept in his house for two weeks and then exploded it in the woods. Witness went to the Hdymarket meeting armed with a dynamite bomb. At thu 'point Waller was shown a photograph of an Anarchist named Schnarbett, which he identified, and it was placed in the evidence. Witness continued his story, saying that Scharbett was at the meetwg. *i "Did Schnarbett say anything at the meeting?" "He said we should tell the other members what we had decided to do. He said the thing should commence in other places also." "What do you mean by the thing?'" "The revolution."

Witness gave the details of a plot for wholesale slaughter. His testimony was uuehaken by the cross examination. A startling disclosure was evidence to the effect that the defense had sought by bribes and threates to make the witness retract.

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A Crooked Clerk.

PrrrsBtmo,July 17^—-Samuel K. Gay, chief clerk in the Pittsburg pension office, has probably gone to Canada to join the great army of bank cashiers. Yesterday afternoon pension agent Bus* sell discovered that Gay had forged his name to those checks aggregating $800. An information for forgery was made before U' S. Commissioner Mclandless and a warrant issued for his arrest, but before the officers could serve it, Say got wind of the movement and quickly left the city.

Refuses to Compound a Felony. NEW YOBS, July 17.—A secret meeting of the creditors of the firm of J. De Rivera & Co., was held yesterday at the bank of New York. Mr. Olcott represented the De Bivera interests and he made a proposition that if the creditors would agree not to prosecute De Bivera and give him an extension of time, he would return and adjust matters as soon as possible. The creditors decliued the proposition and will await the return, of Mr. Ross, the junior member of the firm.

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TFT. S. Bonsib, of Vincennes, is in the city. He is a colporteur of the American Bible Society. He will be engaged in the work of the society in this county for the next six months and during his stay will visit every family in the county The work of the American Bible Society is a noble one and its representatives deserve the encouragement and support and assistance of all good people,

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\NED BUNTLINE" DEAD.

dol. E. Z. G. Judson, the Famous ^Novelist, Breathes His Last at Stamford, N. Y.

STAMFORD, Delaware Co., N. Y., Jul/ 19.—E. Z. C. Judson (Ned Buntline) the story-writer, died of heart disease at his home here yesterday afternoon. He was 64 years of age. When 12 years old he entered thq government service as an apprentice on board a man-of-jrar. A year later President Van Buren sent him a commission as midshipman for meritorious conduct in rescuing the crew of a boat run down by a Fultoi* ferryboat on East River. Young Judson was assigned to the Levant. Other midshipmen refused to mess with him because he had been a common sailor before the mast, and while on the way to join the Gulf squadron, he challenged thirteen of them to fight. Some withdrew their refusal and associated with him, bur he fought seven of them, one after another, in Florida, New Orleans and Havana, escaping without a scratch himself but marking four of his antagonists for life. From that time on bin' reputation as one of the best shots iu. the United States was established. Ned Buntline probably carried more Wounds in his body than any other living American. He had in his right knee a bullet received in Virginia, and had twelve other wounds inflicted by sword, shell and gun, seven of whicr^ were got in battle. He was not educated for the army and navy. The title of Colonel came to him as chief of soouts in the rebellion of 1861-5., His first story, "The Captain's Pig,"' was published in the Knickerkooker? •Magazine under the name of Ned Buntline in 1838, when in his 15th year.. This skfetoh brought notoriety to the. young writer and fighter, who subsequently received as high as $60,000 a year for the product of his brain and pen. For many years his income as a gtory-writer brought him $20,000 annually. He once earned $15,500 in six weeks, and at pnother time, under pressure, wrote a book of 610 pages in sixtytwo hours, scarcely sleeping or eating during that time.

POISONED.

Them Indicted.

ST. LOUIS, July 17.—The grand jury closed its investigation of the charges against the members of the House of delegates last night and returned indictments against six of them. Messrs. Waters, Pishon, Brueggemann, Gartenbach, Keen an and one other whose name has not yet been ascertained, were indicted for drunkenness in office, and Keenan, Pishon and Brady for bribery in connection with the investigation of the Oasino theatre investigation, when the bill, revoking that theave's license for (indecent performances was before the House. The jury returned two other indictments for attempted bribery, one against Doctor Wellington Adams, the other against •Charles A. Davis, an attorney. These gentlemen had charge of the electric railway bill and were present at almost every session of the House urging its passage. The bill Failed to pass, however, and it is said that Doctor Adams became enraged at the members who had voted' against the measure and threatened in the lobby of the House to show up some of them in such an unenviable light as to make them decidedly uncomfortable. Then followed the charges agaidst 12 delegates that they were ineligible to oflice, having perjured themselves by swearing falsely to the oath When they took their seats. This exposure quite naturally aroused the wrath of the accused and they determined to pay the Doctor off in his own coin and gave the information to the jury, which led to his indictment, this information being that he had -offered two of the members a large sum of money for their affirmative votes upon the bill. Dr. Adams states, however, that he never attempted to bribe these members, but that they, on the other hand, came to him and volunteered to vote for the bill for a certain money consideration. Bench warrants for the arrest of the indicted men have "been plaoed in the hands of the sheriff, who will serve them as soon as possible.

Lawn Party at Charleston, 111.,,! Poisoned by the Milk.

ST. LOUIS, Jnly 17.—A special from Charleston, HI., states that Mrs. Edwin H. Wiley and Mrs. Edwin E. Crebs gave a lawn party at the former's residence in this city yesterday afternoon. Seventy-five ladies attended and partook of a luncheon provided for the

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evening they all without exception, became seriously ill, and soon seventy-five husbands,.fathers and brothers were run*, ning all over town in a wild chase after cians. Twenty extra physicians, ides those residing here, could have found steady employment, had they been at hand. All of those who attended the party, were seized with vomiting and showed symptoms of poisoning, but none of the cases have proved fatal. How the poison came to be present in any of the eatables is not known, but it is supposed that milk used in preparingthe ice-cream bad become tainted. obTtuary.

ri ItAFATSTTB HAI1I1OBT. From Saturday^ Daily.

Last evening at half past seven o'clock, after a long illness, Lafayette Mallory, known all over this country as 'Jack," died at St. Anthony's Hospital. Mallory was in bad health for two years and was down in bed most of the time for the past year. At times he was out of his mind.I*

He was about fifty-five Jyears 6f,'dge. He came here from Ohio and was employed as brakeman on the Yandalia until his right hand was crushed off. He was riding on a oar coupled to one loaded with railroad iron, when a rail slipped and crushed his hand. Though a serious accident, it was the making of Jack financially, for he established a coal office at the Thirteenth street crossing of the Yandalia about a dozen years ago,and having the sympathy of a great many, at once built up a large trada Afterward he removed his office down town to the corner of Eighth and Wabash avenues. He accumulated about $20,000 in property before his health broke down, causing his death at a comparatively early age. He was a clever fellow to meet, was always full of his jokes and had many friends who will greatly regret to hear of his death.

Death of Alvey Lyon.

A good many persons will remember W. A (Alvey) Lyon who was bar tender for a while at Leo. Werner's and also at Phil. May's. He has been dangerously sick in Texas and was on his way back when he died at Sedalia, Mo. The following telegram has been received:

What shall We do with W. A. Lyon's remains? If he has any relatives there inform us at once. He has a pass to your city. Answer. _.

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Inquiry at May's and Werner's has failed to develop any facts about Lyon's relatives. It is thought his mother lives some where hereabouts, but is not irnown where.

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WEATHUBFOBD, Texas, July 15.—A telegram was sent t£ Congressman Lanham at Washington, yesterday, asking him to secure government aid for the people of the drought stricken regions of Texas. Hundreds of families are without the necessities of life.'

P. J. KAUFMAN received

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two car loads of watermelons from Georgia. One car was sent up on the Logan, with one of bis men, to sell,

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