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VOLUME XXXVTIT, NO. 82.
MONDAY.
KANSAS CUT, SK1TNMHKI. 2,
MONDAV,
JM.iCl- TWO CENTS.
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ORTH'S
Of Good
Furniture,
Carpets and
House
Keeping
Goods At Prices
That Should
Surprise
Shrewd
Buyers.
KT NO CHEAP FURNITURE SO GOOD ! NO GOOD FURNITURE SO CHEAP !
This
Chamber
Set
.Is certainly tha
greatest H.irgnin
ever seen in a
I'tirnituic stoic
ip to tlio pres
ent time. It is
Antique finish,
with bedstead
six feet high and
licvcl platq mir
ror,S0.2i inches;
is worth SIS, but
for the purposes
of this salu wo
make a prices of
$9.75.
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Wo show 100 btjrles of Chnmlirr Sets In All, nnil Some linre Values In Medium nncl lino Crndcs
l'rlccs Much Lower 111 in Yuu Aru Accustomed to.
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Wi.h Hevcl MIrror,H-'l Inches,
spidons linen drawers lined
silver diavvers and cheap at U,
will go whllo they last at
S8.96.
EVERY During this sale will show you a remarkably big saving. Many pieces are much more
ARTICLE striking values than the cuts represented here. We mean to draw people to this Great
YOU BUY U'ti Store by values that will prove irresistible and to treat them so well after c get
them here that they will be sure to come again and to recommend their friends to come.
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LtasgsssaxisEggagapaT
f fe p3F N ey A f a bgy 2)
Buy now before the Horse Show opens.'
We have just received a lot of new and
stylish goods of the kind you vant.
We invite you to call.
mi i;m:i,i.ss vi:iti.:i: nt:ici:.
Mr. I icpiii ill MiiUik n Will MliUli In a
Mudol of llroilty.
Topcka, Kns , Sept. J, (Special ) On Mon
day nioi ninir J'loliato Judee John Q A,
JoitPii, of Douglas count , will hear argu
ment la a will cube, which was brought
hofora lilm b one of the liejia. who con
tests the befjiientjj mide by tho deceased.
The contestunt U ilark Kreeman, a cot
ored eentleinan, who occupies the responsi
ble position of cook In tho t'opelanrt hotel,
at Topek i, and who may bo moro or less
responsible for tho fU of Indigestion, of
which politicians in Kansas make an occa.
tdonal displuy, Mr, Kreemun U contestlnsr
Iho will of his mother, who passed away at
Jlt bpiiiiBS. Douglas county, u. few weeks
lllce, and who left a singular document In
(lolsemeut of lier fortune. The will reads
as follows: . , , , .
"I want Pharoty Ann Seaggs and Tlobert
Beaggs to hao all my money and propeitj.
aftir my f uncial expenses are paid, I
want Murk 1'iettinan to have ?10 and the
dress bai k which ho gao inc. I want J.
S Clark to hae fc for wrltlm,- for me.
c" "JIlJMUCTTi: ritUIIMAN,
"Wiote by J, b. Clark, Mrs, Marlln, wlt-
Ih'e estate Is appraised at J3r, and Mr,
1'reeman, tho son. Is confident that undue
iulluenco was used upon hla mother to
cause her to cut lilm off with 10 Hut the
case U chlellj Inttreating as llxlnr In Kan
tas JutlbpiudeiHf (be ttatus of an offhand
will such as Mrs rrceman's. If It stands
the 'test of the law. It would seem that al
most anybody could draw a legal will.
I hctl lu AJUiourl hlit-two Voarn.
Bedalla, Mo., Sept. J.-(Speclal ) Rr,
Thomas R. l'emberton, a pioneer of l'et'ls
county, lialne resided at Lamont for tlx-ty-two
cars. died of old age yesterday at
his home In that town, a.cd S3 jeais. Dr
l'emberton was a native of Caldwell coun
ty Ky.uud camo to Missouri In. 1W3. Tue
iuneraj took place tWa afternoon.
Special September Sale
Hero is a Great, Big Store. Bigger and better than most peope
have any idea of. Big enough and good enough tor EVERYBODY with a
Housekeeping need to trade at if they only knew. Acres of floor room
hero. Acres of good, honest Furniture, and acres of
Great Big, Bona Fide Bargains
for the purposes of this Sae. We want a thousand new faces to see this
Great Big Store in the next thirty days. We want a thousand pairs of
sharp, shrewd eyes to pry around and sue us up, and resist our prices if
they can. We have the goods, we have the disposition to sell them, and
we have the courage to make such prices during this sale as the people
of this vicinity never saw before.
In this September Sale Housekeepers can pick up many good things
at less than half actual worth. The early days, of course, will give the
greatest choice. All through the house are deep cuts in prices, but you
had better come early for the items given below. They may fast all the
month, and they may not last ten days. But they are here now. De
pends on you how long they will remain.
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M ido of Solid O iK, nlcoly turned leRi. hcivy and
diir.iblo, mid ttiy trs worth 5.(X). Wo nlll sell them
wullt) tUej List at
S2.75.
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S2J6 TO 1224 RflAIft! ST.
1 atof
ho.Ns or vr.naiANs in 'iiii: .sourii,
'Ilui .Nulloii il OrginUillou AMU Cnminoat
Kiiowillo Septtuuber 10.
Cincinnati, O,, Sept, 1 The Sons of Vet
erans hold their annual encampment at
Knowllle, Tenu , September 1 to 19. This
Is tho first nuetlng of the national organ
U itiou south of (h Ohio and Potomac,
and, like tho Ci, A, It, encampment at
Louisville, marks a new cia. In national
lilstoiy,
Comander-ln-chief General W. 13, Dundy,
of this city, has mado eery prepaiatiun
and has been ably assisted b his staft
uud by tho pioplo nf IJist Teiimssee, (3en
eral Hiindy will lcae Cincinnati over tho
Qiiieu &. Crescent on a miiililecnt speelal
tialn, accompanied by Ids stalf ami es
coitcd by the Ohio and ludlanu camps,
Tho Cjiieeu A. Crescent special will also
carry them to the great Chlekamauga
nu ding liiimeillateli on adjournment, aftti
whkh they will leturu In a Kort of tri
umphal piocesslon, having nciompllsbed
their first Invasion of tho South in iiuito
different stile fiom tlio una conducted by
their fatheis over thirty jears ugo,
1 UMIS I OH (Hi: INDIANS.
Cliryiuiits nnil Alap iluiul Will Ileielvo
biiine ISecileil Cush 'Ibis Month.
"Washington, Sept. J. (Special). I'unds
have been sent to Captain Woodson
amounting to ftf.OOO, to bo paid to tho
Chujuine and Arapihoo Indians at Dr
liligtuu agincy, on the olh lust. This was
due the tirst nf list month us was ulso
about $JoU,iXk of other iuieiest money that
should have- bicu paid Oklahoma Indluns
ut tho end of that liscal joar. So far as
the Chi yt line and Arapahoe nionej is tho
Hi at sent out foi payment. It Is clilmed
by tho ollldals that all the payments will
be made by the mid lie of this mouth
The Indians and others interested have
become nervous ovei the dclav, unci have
so indicated to the ollldals. The delay
is duo to uu elfort on the part of the of
ficials to Keep the money lu the treasury
uud thus leea the dtUUt..
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In
Parlor
Sets
We carry only
(foods that am
well nude and
upholstered in a
Ist-class manner
We ruotii pi lees
which art e.
ecptional. Many
full sots and
odd pieces tiro
marked at a sm
pristtip; loppinp;
oil from regular
figures
Sro the ele
gant couch wo
haio reduced to
$10..
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OAK CIIAIltS
I.ll.o cut, suitable
for dlnlnc room.
With cine Setti
(.olid, subst-intlal ind
wi.ll UulalioJ, will,
go for
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viiirroMKits
Antlqiio tlnlsh, 53 inches
hlirli, 3- Inches Hldo and
18 deep, hao sold at tfl,
we quote them uhllu
they laat at
$5.40. 45 Cents.
CARPET OOMPAN
MEMORIAL CHURCH DEDICATED.
I iiiru'riir Willi im and tlm UmprisH nt tlio
CoiiMiintlnu or it Church to tho lira.
orj ir 1IU (ir.indrallii r.
Dftlln, Sept 1 Kmperor Wllllim and the
Dullness August t and other mcnibirs of
the impeilil famll, the Grand Duchess of
IUdcu and niimeious representatives of
Geiman piincelj liouses, ministers of state,
olllceis, veteraiiH and ileputatioiis weie
present to-daj at tho coiisecritlou of tlio
Dnipeior William memorial church, Tlio
emperor and impress arrived at tho sit.
or tin climb with a military escnit nt
about 10 o'i luck 'Ihe doois of tho ihunh
weio opened to the ac. onipaniment of peal
ing bells, and thr mijesties were handed
the feoldi n kf of tliu ihuich bj u deputa
tion when tiny arrived Inside. Tlio serv
ice of dedication loininenci-d with the sing
ing of a ilioral. Court chaplain Dab-ir
pionounced tho consecration address, in
which he alluded to tlio strong faith the
cliierlul hopefulness and the toio of his
people and his counti), which iharaeter
Ied the old emperor, lie expressed the
wish that liiltti. hope and ch.irltv might
loustltute tho main pillars of the new
church
At tlio conclusion of this service tho
tioops mid vetei ins, Including tho German
American veterans now visiting tho illy,
niwchid past their majesties in levleiv.
'Ilio veiei.ms sang ntlrlollc airs as they
niniched, in which the sptctatoix joined
While tho assembly were entering tlio
church the band plijed "The Heavens. Are
Telling" and the "Ifallelujih" hjmn On
leaving, the piocesslon slopped lu front of
the church, and ull Joined in singing with
a grand and thrilling effect, "Din Teste
bmg 1st I'n.ir iott "
The empress looked veiy well and her
app "ranie was a sudlclent contradiction
of tho unftvorablo minors, regirdlng her
health Ono of tho most Impressivu mo
ments of the ceremony was whtn the Im
peilil couple were leaving the church,
While standing on Ilia topmost stup. the
crowds outside burst into the strain of
"Die Wacht am Ittieln " The well known
sti Kins weie caught up by the thousands
who lined the ailjicent stieets, and evin
the deep looming of the bills was powerless
against the volume of sound, Their maj
esties were visibly moved fld remained
standing until tlio last verso was sung.
To-night, by the emperor's orders, the
"liallet Mllltarle," which was given whin
the old emperor returned a victor from tho
vvai, was performed at the Itojal opera
house.
ColnV Hook Slay Itu Isold.
Homburg. Sept. 1 In an Inteivlow with
a leprcsentative of the Associated Press
President Denew, of the New Yoik Central
denied Unit lie had piolilblted Ihe sal of
' Coin's financial School" on tho New
Ymk Central and blanches of t Van
deibllt lines generally. Ills positive 'ers,
he s a j , are to permit the sale or
luteal and economical books, roe-art
party. "Tht reason that Coin's j
not sold on the Central lines," Mr.
continued, "is due to the rival new
panles. The Ameilcan News Compa ,s
u contract toi the book stalls on the n
derbllt lines and they cannot get terms as
profitable for this book as the other agen
cies." Persons accumulating money for Invest
ment can deposit It in the United States
Tiust Compuny, New Yolk l.ifo building,
with perfect safety, and receive a small
rate of Interest until used. The company's
capital of one-quarter million dollars Is
Invested In U. S. bonds at par for the se
(CurUjj st M djposqrjs,
NEEDLESS EXPENSE.
Ml ( IMHIIIV I lilt A M'l.rMli .SI SSlllN
(ip nit: Kansas i.i.oim.Ai tun:.
WOULD COST AT LEAST $50,000.
i:-cini.i' .11 si in: iminoN iai'iais
1 1ll! LAW CI.IIAItl.V.
1 tin Alilo ilurl.t saj r nn lltlri s,..nti l
nt Only ttimiMPMiir; Under tlio
)., Hut I" llnlil One W mild
111) it UIiIumI Milntn
of .'Moiipj.
Topckn, Kns Kept. 1. (Spiclnl) The nt
tempt to convince flovirnor Mm l HI that 11
Ik his constitutional duly to call a special
seslon of the legislature for the purpose
of reapportioning the nlato Into leglslitlve
dlstilcts Is not progressing with that visual
and ppcctnctilar nipldllv which the friends
of tliu ciue would like to welcome In
deed, as the governor rcielviM cniitilhu
tlous nf opinion upon tho pioject fiom peo
ple whom, opinions he Valinn, there Is a
distinct and steadily growing dl'ioloialloti
buieiitli Its left optic which seems lu pre
mnulsli a veiy lilack ep.
The latest distinguished Kntisnn to inter
the dlscu'slon of the Hpiclnl question Is
lion A. II. Morton, ex-cldef Justice of the
Kansas mipumc lourt. To a icporter of
the .loin mil jesteidny ho epn ssed Bomu
vtgoinus nplulotis upon tile siibjict.
"I nm convliuid thit there Is nothing
In the constitution of Kansas" said the
-ehlcf Justice, "which can bu In
tiipreted ns mandatory upon the governor
to call a special t-esslon of the logMattiie,
and there Is no consequence of his failure
to do o which can In any way menace
the will IkIiib of Kansas ot lendei un
constitutional nny laws which might be
piFsi.il by subsiqueut lcglslatlliis In the
absence of nn apportionment In the veil
l1!. Oilglnally tlio constitution ot Kan
sas provided for auuiiil sesslotiH
of the lcglsliture, and the section which
regulated the apportionment rends as follows-
" 'It shall be the duty of the first leg
ist iture to mike an apportionment lused
upon tho census oidired b tho last leg
Islulve assembly of the territory anil a
new nppoi tlonincnt shall lie nude in the
vear IEo'5 and evorv live eius thereafter
based upon tho census of tho preceding
e ir.'
In 1S73 the people of Kansas adopted an
nmendment to the constitution which reads
ns follows:
" 'All sessions of the legislature shnll be
hi Id at the statu capital and beginning
with the session of 1S77 all rtgular sessions
shall be held once In two Jens, commenc
ing on the sieoud Tuet-d ij of .limtinry of
each alleinate juir thireittci '
"Nowhere else lu our constitution is
time an piovMon liemlng ilther upon
the time of holding sessions oi the nianiui
and time of miking- the legislative ap
poi tliminnt So long ns tho iinnu it
sessions weie held in Kansas the con
stitution was consistent with Itself and the
iiiiiini tlnnment could riadllv lie made at
the Hid of each live veal puilod It Is
pliln to me that tho latest constitutional
uttirmce from the people llmltfil the regu
lar sessions to oncu in two ears, mid that
that plain provision will outhold an si cm
lug ptovislon for an odd fission once every
ten j ears which grows out ot nn over
sight and an IneonMstono between two
old .sections which the people cle.ulj ill
tended to iimi ml
"Vim have obeived Judge Interjei ted
tliu reporter, "that a mimhti of mi minis
of the leglslituio have said that tin kg
islTtuio could come togethei wlihnut a
call from tho goviinoi and tli it such
netloii would Ik tnk. n In mint Governor
Mon 111 filled to Issn the call '
"Yes, I have been omwhnl Interested
In these stuenunt" and have spent i on
sideiable time won' ling when- the ge n
tlemi n who intend tl m fouml a w.urint
In the constitution tor am sm li iiroeid
me The constitution eajs, in di lining the
duties of the governor
"'He ma, on ti lordlnarv ociaslons,
convene tliu li Rlslniure In pioe 1 iniatlon,
anl sliall, it the eomiiienconn nt ol overj
si ssion. cominiinlcuti In wilting sin li In
foimatlon ns he mai possess lu lefiimie
to the condition of the state an I rei om
meiul such meisuiis as hi- m i ilecm ex
pedient '
"I'lteip oil have all the law In the esse
The constitution savs that ngulu ses
sions shnll be held oni o In two j, irs. and
then fijp, as plilnlv as possible, that iny
othir sessions miisi be called bj tin- gov
cinor You i annul -uspend ot spi aside
those, two sections -imply bccniiM another
section appeals to be Incoii'-Isti M with
one of them Then In but one way the
legislatme etin get legally into session in
tho venr sin, and thut Is hi mil of the
geneinor The lethl itute bus no nunc
light to meet then without a call from the
gov ei uoi than it would have to me-i to
niorton "
"Supposing tlio levKlslature docs not meet
lu lSrHi and ic-appoinim tin state," queried
the reporter, ' woulel laws subseiiin ntlj
pisml be stilctls e uiistltiitlonnl ' '
"lliey most etitnlnly would be', It Is
preposterous to suppose that any i ourt
would di'elaie sm li laws umonst'iutlnnnl.
Apportionment nf lh' state Is lu no i.is
vital Supposing, ' s .1.1 the Judge, himself
tinning questioner 'that the povnnor
should issue his. e ill, ni d the iLglsliiime
should meet net w Intel, ami the Populist
house and tho Itepubllcnn senate should
then get Into a deadlock ovn nil nppoi
tlonme nt bill, and pass nmw it all. do ou
suppose) that all aits thoi did piss would
bo decHied uneonstitutlonal .' Not a bit
ol It'
"for mv'Fclf, I nm convinced that a ses
sion of tho legislatme' next winter Is not
only unneeesstirv under the law, but tint
It would also be an Improvident and al
most wicked waste of tho people's mono
Thero Is no dimming ne-cossltj for
dinnges in the Knnsis laws whlih woulel
w .11 rant a speelil s ssion of tlio legisla
ture I nm told that It would cost nt least
$V),i)uO to hold the session, without taking
Into account nppiopilitlons w tilth would
almost sm el bo ma le Why an number
of Knnsas people, outside of sonio of the
Populist politicians who deslie to hnriss
tho iidininlstiatlon, un be found to advo
cate a special session Is n mvstcry to me
I havo el to heir oim good, siilistantlil
ingunient vvliy Oils sped il session shuiild
bo h'ld, and I since iely trust-that It will
not bo accomplished. '
nn: i'itiN:i." tu.is un: hoys.
A Court lit Naples -ellles tho Ciilnnnn
( oiilrovvrs),
Naples, Sept. 1 Tha point which Ins
been henrlnff the controvoisy between
Prlnco Colon v and his wife, who is the
daughter of Mrs. John W. Mackay, has
ordered that the sons bo given to the prin
cess and that, if necessary, force Is to be
llhCel, .,... .
The princess received the bojs jestirday
and It Is doubtful if the prince, wno his
recently had possession of them, will ever
huvo them again,
she Will seo II r VV 1 lier.li un I .iter.
Topeka, Kas., Sept 1, (Special.) A week
ago the Journal give an account of ,i
bieach of promise suit against Plan Alum
brought by Thomas Wlckersham in tho dis
trict court of Saline count. In his com.
plaint Mr. Wlckeisham alleged thit a
youns ranch owner by the mime of Ileniy
Kavenaugh, had come ilpwn from Colorado
and stolen away the aftectlons of his af
fianced, for this he demanded J3.000 dam
ages from Miss Ahait.
The second act of this enlertalnlng com
edy was plajul out at Salii on fildiy
night, when the Colorado ir.bcflled Miss
Ahart to the altar After the alimony the
voting louple depaited for thF lanch In
Colorado, but the fair bride is s'ald to havo
remarked that she would be bick lu time
to meet Mr. Wlckersham's damage suit.
1'oUoned ut a 1'urty.
Chattanooga, Tenn , Sept. 1. Tho entire
family of James ltccd, of Ioudon count,
not far from Harrimau, and a, number of
others, who were attending a birthday
part at Heed's houe, aro suffering fiom
erfects of poison. Probably seveial per-
sons will die. Soon after the had par
taken of dinner, several began complaining
Si J'lKli, taluf, an KfflS 1-W. A'Mvt
doctors were summoned Tin found that
the trouble wax rniuml b pol m and nu
ll lutes wctv applli I rile iilijsh litis Were
haniprred ill thell work beoiu-e it linn lm
Rsllip o loll whether the poisoning was
f I inn Vetdlgrls or iniip.l bv the . lllni: of
wiitrrmelons which had btin pol-oned to
cute it tliK'i.s who had hieti ioMiiii.it the
jinte'h.
STORY OF "JACKTHE RIPPER,"
llr. r.irhes Miitou sj I Im Vlurilerer U
( oulliiiil III nn I iie-llsli t.iiuiitle Asylum
llopi li ..li Iii.iiiip.
New- Jork, Kepi 1 llr. forbes Wlnsloiv,
of liondon, u Well known specialist on sill
ildn nlid lusanlt, sis that "Jack tho I tl p
per," who by his i rimes (pirotls'od l.ondon
a few ents ago. Is liienrnt ited ill a coun
ty lunatic us him In Dnglntid,
Dr. Wlnslow savs this fact Is known to
the doctors, but tin hushed up the fuels.
Dr. Wlnslow sajs he Is it medical nltnliut
stilTirlug from miklilal in mil.
The doctor has come tn New Vork to nt
tend the mrdlco-legril congies, which vlll
be held Siplcniber I, , ntiel (i. 'lie will be
chilli man of the depat ttntnt of Insanity
mid mental medlelne, ind bus pi op lied n
piper on sulilde eonsldeted ns a mental
epidemic,. The slory told b l'r Wlnaltiu
follows.
" Mai k Ihe Hipper' wns a medli il stli
dent of good fntnllj He was a joiinif man
ot slight build with light hilr and blue
ejis lie Htiiilleil. veiy haul, and his mind
being natiirnll weak, gave w iv. Me be
i line a lellgious nithiislist mid uttendid
eirlv sirvlce eveiv morning at Si. Paul's
"Mis reunions fen or tesiilinl In homi
cidal mania tnwaids the woui'ti or the
strict, and Impelled lilm to niurdir them
Me lodged with a man whom 1 knew, uud
suspicion was llrst diluted tow aid lilm
bv reiison of the fuel that he le'turned to
his lodglncs nt iinse.isoiialile bouts, tint he
hid liiiiumei thle coats and liatH stained
with blooel
"I have In my possession now a pilr of
('iiniulhin moccasins stained with blood
that the 'Hipper' wine while oil his inur.
deioilH expcilltlons I notllled the Scotland
vurd authorities, but it that time they re
rused to eo-opeiate with me hiibspqu. nt
1 the voiini: man was pi iced In confine
ment, and lemoved to an nsjliini, wheie
he Is to-duy Since his Ineiireer itlon tin ro
has In e n no lepctltlon of the hoiilble niur
deis that he perpetrated These riots are
all known to the Dngllsli authorities, and
it Is eoneedid that the- in in now In the
asvluin is Mink the Itlppci.'
"It wis deemed advlsible. however, to
hush the mittir up The details were ton
Inn I Idle lu be made the subject of a public
trial and tbrre wns no doubt ot the man's
hopeless Insuult."
PROMINENT JOURNALIST DEAD.
Major Silirste r, of the Washington "1'osl,"
lilts In rimt rlti An Able l'o-
lltltnl Wrll.r.
Washington S"Pt 1 Alajor Itlchard Svl
esirt the oldest and one ot the best known
Journalists In Washington, died hfie to
day. Majoi Slvestei had been Idi ntillt d
with the Washington Post as an idltoilal
writer since Its found itlon, In IsTO, and up
to the jeir before his deatli hid seared
iulsst.(l a div fiom his desk for all cause
As a political writer he was lookpel upon
bv his conteinpoi tries as in nithorlty with
out piittsinshlp or prejudice. A wife and
fom children survive lilm
Major bIestcr was quiet mil even gen
tle In bis beirlnc, of a genlil disposition
and was thorough! skilled lu the lu inches
of his piofesslon.
The deeeised wis born In New Mamp
shlie' In 1s30, wis .e griduate lu liw and
iftirwnrds .ngigid In mwspiper woik in
Iowa and St. Louis, Mo. and liter lu Wash
ington it
IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD.
bolomu Srnlrcs In Commemoration of t)n
le tlms of tbn Torest I'lris nt
IIIikMp, lllllll.
St. Paul, Minn, Sent 1 A MlncMe,'
Minn, special to live Piont i Pies iji
Mi moi lal eMi-eiscs of an extensive and
elaborate ihai-aelii- were held bete this
afternoon In commenioi itlon of those who
met their death lu the- tinible fori st fires
oi one eii ago, in which over Bflu people
lost their Hies. The ere monies took place
ill the magnificent new lit hall, and weie
solemn and touching In the txtieiue
Chairman Collins presided The attend
ance was icrvliiKc Hevs Knudsora nnd
Peterson delivered appropi 1 ite nddic.t
tombing the units ot the fire Music w is
turnishi d bv the- town and village quir
te tie Tin nddri ss of the dav wis ilelle
ieell) Kohi 1 1 c Saunders iithci spieh
es Bell- dilivele I bv Hevs - IVttison,
S A Jnmlisou ami father C.iie.
WORSHIPING AJ DEBS' ALTAR.
Itouil.iistlc Telrgrini s.nt to the Iliinrcer-
ateil slrllio I r idi r b I lire e A. IE. Ir.
Orgiul7 itlous lu Int In mi 1 1 .
f'lnclnn ltl, O , S, pt. 1 The three unions
heie of tho A. H I to-d.i met ind wired
tho following to Ihigcne V Debs.
Cincinnati, O , Sept. 1,
To Dugono V Debs, Woodstock, III.
Although ou ure a prisoner, deprived of
your llbertv b a rottni .idinlnlsuitlon of
justice ut tlm bidding of tho i.ilhoids and
theli sonants, the Judges, the common
people aio to-da worshiping at jour altar.
The seeds 01 have sown villi soon bear
fruit. The Hum will soon conio when 1 ibor
will get Us ilfchts or will take them. You
.lie to the luboiingmeti an honest, fe.nhss
leader: ou will ct pilot them to an har
boi of sifet Just as tlio st.n (wide. I tlio
vi Iso to the crib ot oui Lord at Hcthlc
hem. God bless ou.
CHINESE SORELY PERSECUTED.
Nalhii L'lnl-tliiis llrntall) 1ri.it it Near
lllug llwa, lu I o Kit ii lloiis. t Iinnu el
and Cattle Cirrie.l OH.
London, Sept. 1. A correspondent of the
Times at SIi.im.li.il sas that Chinese
Chilstlnns mo being biutally huriltil neai
Iling llwa, province of I'o Kbn Mniises
have been burned and propeity and cattle
lifted One person was fatally wounded.
Tho in.iglstl.ilo rcfiisisl lo Inteifere, al
thougli ho was live times leejuested to do
so. He has published an ambiguous pioe
lamatiou it In ring to the Ku Cheng mas.
sane and Incited a ilslng iigilust Chris
tians. Worse tumbles ale expected.
ACCIDENTS BYFL00DAND FIELD
Iindon, Sept. 1 Heeibolun Tree, tlio well
known actoi, while plilng In "I'edora," at
Hull, on .s mini ay, hid an nLcldent, b
Willi h ho dUloeated his shoulder.
I.omlon, Sept, 1, The Cliionlele's J'nrls
dispatch sas uu Ann i lean named Mrs
Anna Till, while hlcillug ikmi fourbe
vole yisttrda, was run over by a stuim
trim ear. Shu was taken to the Hospital
llaiujon It is feared that her condition
is hopeless,
Huntingdon, Pa . Sept, I, An east bound
fieight tl tin on the l'cnna haul i i.illroad
wus wrecked by a biokeu axle six milts
west of this city list night. Twenty cars,
lo ided with coal ami bildge iron, were en
tirely demolished and the debits piled up
on both sides of tho track for over IK)
.irds, K. W. fiank, a brakemau, whose
family lives In Ilurilsbuig, was caught un
der tlio wrecij anil iiisiuiiuy Kiueu
Stimfoid, Conn., Sept. I. Tho news tint
Simile 1 A, Seaile, assistant forem ill at the
llllckensdoifer tjpewtlur factory here, was
iiuer i.ieiory nere, was
and Ills 5-year-old son
uy iigiuniiig, ami ins a-year-old soi
di owned, near Greenwich Point beach es
terday, was cilved hero to-day, Hotli
lost their lives while Searle was swimming
to shore fiom a cupsUed boat, with thy
little boy on his back. Tho bodies lloateo.
ashore. Another son of Searle's and two
companions, who vvero In tho boat, escaped
safel.
Paikville, Mo, Sept. 1 (Special ) George
Whipple, of 6 f airfield avenue, Chicago,
and D inlel Kelly, of 155 f airfield av enue,
Chicago, boys, aged H ami 15 yeais le
specttvcly, were put off an east bound
train hero to-day, and concluded to go lu
swlmmltio. Young Whipple could not mvlm.
Ho got beyond his depth In tho water, and
was drowned. The ilvcr was diagged for
seveial hours, but no trace of the bod,
which was nude, could be founl. Whip
ple's patents lu Chicago, wcio telegraphed
tho news ot their son's death. No answer
tua list been, rccclvvid.
EARTH HAD A CHILD.
OMI 1 1, Kit V I IKMI sKi:s AMI
Ml IV I. Its DOWN I.AS1.
SEVEREST IN NEW JERSEY,
hlllK KS ACHIfll'AMIill IIV HUM III. INK
M)ltli:illt.M.AN MII1I.S
Very Miirhcil Sel.mle lllstnrli lures M.lted
.New orli, Mnr Iniiil unit Olhrr
l.nsterii Slut.. V . si, nil) .Muni
lug About II O'doili, but No
(Ire it II linage Dune.
UriioMvn, N Y, Si pt 1 -Three dlslln.'t
rmlliipinke shoiks were felt liy tho resl
ili litis of Itrookljn about (5 o'dock this
moinlng. Xo dntiiiige to Ilfo or properly
Is icportcd from 1111 section of the city
llie districts of Hunt New York and South
llronkhn received the greatest shock, but
the rumblings weio distinctly felt In other
sections of the city. Contradlctorv riports
ure given as to the seicilty of the shocks,
The first shock, which was felt at (', o'clock
was followed b a lumbllhg noise, like
distant thunder. This w is followed b tiro
othi r slighter shocks, which, according to
most of tho reports, dteil away In a low,
giatlng tone,
Supcrluteiidint of Police William J Mr.
Kelvev telephoned to the police be idquar
tcis fiom his Greene avenue resldi ne'e to
the effect that lie had been awakened
from a sound sleep bv the eirthqunkc lie
said that the house oi lllltcd and Hint the
bed on vvhli h he was slieplug moved per
leptlblv. Doputi Commissioner of Police Crosb
who was stopping ut Conev Isl unl ulso
tcliphoiiid to headqii irteis tint the shock
had be. n piett Feme 111 til it spetlon of
Ilrooklvn He described It as a low, rum
bling noise, and nddid Hint mam houses
had been shaken, nil of the Inhabitants
being iroiised from theii sleep
Junes Jntksou, a colored w.itchiinn at
the Munlclp il building, said tint the resi
dents ot the Twent -fifth w.nd weie stnr
tleel h tbiee shoiks In l.ipld succession,
followed b a lunibllng noise. 'Die houses
trembled, and inanv pictures and other or
naments hanging on the walls were thiown
to the llooi. 'I wo conductois of tile Atl i ti
tle avenue i illioul who win- dining in a
lestauiant on Washington sueet, ie ported
that they felt the iutho.ti.ike shock The
building ticmbled perceptiblv. w Idle the
pi ites and other ellshes on the tnble wore
moved. Tlte snld the shock w is like tin
ilTctts of a dlst mt explosion. At in in
hotels the guests weie so lightened lij
the villi itions that they hurtled Into the
liallw.is to find out the ciusp of the trou
ble, the gin sts at the Pleirepont house
were iri much nl.nmed and in ni ot
them went downs! ills and askeel the night
elcik what hid huppi tied 'Ihe thomcht
an explosion must havo occuried hi the
hotel.
' Snore 111 Now .lersev.
, FeI:',e ,clty' N-. J- ScPl- Is-Xow Jersey
lelt tin roiee ol the eat lhiUake, the In inur
extenelliig thioiighout tin northeiii put,
while the southern section nppears to have
esc. i peel the experirmi entliel rieim nil
of the cities and villiges In the noitlurn
section the stoi 1. ceiled Is the s line.
The shock was preceded and at c omp nil. !
b the low rumbling- sound thut mirks
the tine e irtliciitike This tumbling mo
tion listed foi seicia! s, ( onds In soino
pines the estim ite of time is as low as
three Si itmds while utile I s il, ice tin diuil
Hon of the dlstuibince nt trom liftun to
twent siconds 'Ihe genii il ionise of
the shock w is from eist to west, Theie Is
much dlltneiiie lu the icptuts as to the
true diieitlon of the dlstiub uu e The i ul
hour Is pel haps icspuusible foi this dlllei.
ence- of opinion, as the mijmlt of thosn
who felt ami he ml the shoek Weie awak
ened fiom theli sleep b the sound .ind
the vlbi 11 Ions of the quake ceased befoie
tin v hit ice oveied consi ioustiess and weie
siillidentl aw ike to nilUe the c iue of
the tioulile The shock does not nppcni to
have been sutlli it nt to cause much chilli
ng. In all places the e lleets appeal to
Have bun about tho Mime. Houses were
shaken, dishes weie bioken, but nothing
worse than litis has been re polled The
mount ill! dlstiltts appe u to hive felt the
vlbr itions Hie most L'inli Tint Fiction
of Patteison which Is situated on blglu r
gtoninl was geiurillv shaken, while tile
p. oph living ill the lowei s c tions ol tho
town lepnit having fdt nothing of the i f
feits of the qu ike The shock .line be.
tween ii ai and I, il. a in Tlte towns alon
the ocean Hhoic npiilt Utile dlstuibince
tn consc iiueucti of tho enilliquaki.
seared tho Aiiluiits ul Hie mi.
Philadfdphli, P.i , Sept. 1 n eattliuunko
shock listing seieial seconds was felt lu
this ell shoi tl nflei- ii o'i loc k tills morn
ing The disturb nice by niolhei i nth ot
the quiet ol the Sibbuh morning wns io.
but enough while It last, d to neate a
good di il of constt illation and not a Utile
dam Ige. llulldlligs pemptlb! Hinjel,
wlndoivs clatt. led and b tuisi d uud cltn ks
mil pillules toppled trom theii pi ices The
shock wis most seveidy felt in the sub
ill hill distill is and It is s-ij,l that cue p irt
of Giorf,. s hill. In Paliiuont park a tls
suie wis opened permitting the etitiuileft
of i plummet, which extended clown ovn
lil le.l without touching bottom A lime
pi ito gliss window lu the storu of Midi id
heit, on Geiiuantowii uvenue, was split
li om lop to bottom.
blmll.ii tises nie tepoiled from other
s, ctlons of the ill. At tb. Zoologi. al gar
dens tho vibi itlon wis di illy piiceptl
ble, but the iMitem nt which lollowed
milling the nnlmils .oiitliiind for a good
while aft. i the seismic dlstiuliaiues lit ni
hil pn Manly ii-seiis tint iiiimpellng of
the dephants. the roil of the lions and tin
si leeching or the blids was simply tcirl-
At Mr. MniiU's residence, besides the
bu ikliirf of seveial vjjndoivs, a cloi K w is
thiown fiom a sli.lt. No d image to lile
has been ie polled.
thought II Va an llxpln.lou.
Sind Hook, Sep! 1 On Siluidny nlht
a heavy ihuiniti and i tin storm pissed
ovn Sand Hook Clenilng otf the v In I
shifted, coming from the northwanl and
the tempi r itiuo fell lonsideiabl Ptoplc
living on Study Hook used an exti i blan
ket of cowing during the night Tin
SlcipilS Weie mouse 1 tills 11101 IlllllT II 11
rumbling sound hhtklng nf bull lings
lattllugs ot windows mid dlshis fulloiMil
It was thoimln that a slight a d'nit hid
happened to soiue of the explosives stored
bcie, and It was not at Hist supposed tint
an eartliqinke caused the commotion Hut
lepotls of the efiects of tho shock at other
points being received louvincid ull that it
was an . .iitlmu iko thai laused all nf tho
Double litre. The opci Uoi on tint) at the
limn In tho m nine obseriatoi) felt the
qu ike quite disllnctl) the tower sh ikiiirf
imisidei ibly it was between 7 and & mln
litis after ' o'clock that the tumble was
first ubseived ami the ilurilion of tho
shock was estimated at from three to lll
teen seconds No damage was lepoiled at
any point The shock elosel) lesemhled
Hie concussion caused by Die explosion of
a shell filled with .W pounds of gelatine.
These shells wno thrown out Into thu bay
b) d)tiainlte guns about a )car ugo,
I be Shin Us I-Low here.
Wilmington. Dd , Suit 1 -Quito a per
ceptible shock of earthquake wus felt in
this city about 0 3') o'clock this morning
The vibration lasted for several seconds
and was fdt In all portions of the town
Chester, I'.i.. Sept. 1. A slight e.nlhquake
shock was fdt hero about 0 o'llmk this
morning Houses tieinbkd perceptibly and
pictures and other things suspended on
thu walls, fill from their fastenings.
Death for Mt.illug Meloun.
Washington. Intl., Sept. 1 This morning
an unknown tramp about la )ear ot urn
was shot and killed by J ick fair, an old
man. Can Is now lu Jill, having given,
himself up Immediately after the shooting,
claiming Iho ui-t was In self-defense, and
that the muideied man was a tramp and
stealing bis wuteiuielous. Curr shot i
bo) for tho same olfeiise about two weeks
ugo. but as the wound was not tjcrlous,
L bothine vu doj.
Kansas CUT, Ma, fcepk 2, 3.
To. ifiiy ut loo), for In' Iir.1l1fr fo It ,tf, ;
tnirm'i.
IVminTufiiie iMfcnldv .IflnlKium, 57; rnnri.
mum, 7t,
Labor
Day.
Today (Labor
Day) we will close
our store at 12
o'clock.
September Sale
To-Morrow.
We will inaug-
urate the most
comprehensive
September Sale
ever held under
our roof.
Watch to-morrow
morning's pa
pers for particu
lars.
mw,s$i,-fouv&.
" MlC(t iHurft to V
iiii,i,i:m:, mooici:, i:Mi:uvt(o.
AN ECCENTRIC MILLIONAIRE.
rim I. ito II. IT. I'a.Mle, of Imui, . ri'cllliir
of ,lelT Divls ror ss 100,110(1, l.eatrs Vl.iuy
Vllllllble) lit qui st.
Omaha. Neb, Pi pt 1 A special to the
Dee from Mill, in, li, s i) s The Uto
M V Pivn. the famous Premont county
millionalii who dinl a few iI.ds ago w is
a most Intel, sting and original chiinp ter.
Me vv.es a lifc-lorg trim.! of JdTer on
Divts, , when the litt. 1- was ele ted
pi.stiletit of the Southern Conf derai ) he
appolntid P.i)ne secretary of live interior,
but he- never seivisl In thot i ip-ictiv On
the contiar), he came Noith in.l seitlid
In Printout count), vvnm b has sun e
amassed a foi turn eMlmal, I ul from
Slliocijij to Jj.ijOi) hi) H own. I Ian I u
ever) stale In the Union , cpt un.
thiiiihh the" most, of Iris ral esmt. w is in
I'teiiront count), w lie re he had lu mM e res
When Jifiilson D ivls elld In owe I Mr.
Pi)iic cfliil.iA) which he hid I r, t . i n
pi) When Dills .lit. I, I'm. iv is e U.ed
to bis homo In MisHlssippi u in. a h his
funeral xiinuiii Pav lie's will nisi the. I
fin piobnte, slie.ws his nmnv) b ciicsts io
be fJJs () aside fiom his icil .slate
Ilesliles miking liberal 11 ivi mn f .r his
wldoiv chllditn, i.litiv.s mil s rv nits
he lie nm .1 1 In tl to I'hirles s II u tr) of
the 1'liebr ind, Slininn loah nii.l his school,
"i(Nfl M D, ehiiidi, is jiii h 1 m fund
bond of church ixtinslou, jn imii vf ;
chill ill, Sou 111, on Uu homo pia r hirty
u us, so long us us. d for hiir.li pui
pose's, dntiiil lolleg., P.i)ott , Mo., en
elowmeiit fund, $10 Hon, Park eollegi , P.uk-villi-.
Mo, scholiishiii fund, $10 fji) Tnbor
college, Taboi, la, endow menl fund, $10,
Oon, to the' nndv widows ind orphans tin
di i IJ )e us, f.jtl spinsters our 1u )ears,
an I nil pi in lifers now living upon any
I ind In fivmont .county owned by said
i.stitoi, or who ni) hereaftir live upon
nnv of mi 1.1 pienilsesSduilnB tho ownership
of his heirs, 3i,lijo, ,
PATRIOTISM TOTHE FORE,''
Political s(,n ii,i,.s i (Hrinany Porgotteo
In Hid lull rest lull In Cole brat luff
Ilui It lory of Sedan.
Ilerlln, Sept l. It Is evident the German
nation, especially tlm Ilerllners, intend to
celeluati) tho annlversiry of the battle of
Sid in lu a peaceful but determined min
nn. The task of decorating the city for
to-moi row's fetes Is not )et finished, but
enough has luni dono lo Justify thu proph
ec) Hint the c ipital to-morrow will pre
sent such a spe taclo as has seldom been
m n.
'Iho newspnpeis all contain rellectlons
upon tin- on anion ind ngioi tint It is a,
ilniioiisiiaiion to ihe honor of United Ger
man) ami not a m inifestatiun of satisfac
tion at the defeat oi the I " i o 1 1 1 1 All party
sqii ibblis tue laid aside for the tlnm being,
liven the I'llmmnntunes, the Guelphs and
tho Poles avoid uupleasint remarks. Tho
Cntliolli) ecclesiastic il authorities of Prus
sia hive uctuilly ordered tint a solemn
Te Deiini be suns In the churches In honor
or tho da)
This Ins never been dono before,
'Iho jirrlng lonis of the Socialists, who
were ailemptlng a demonstration ot ills.
uppiov.il of the celebration, find llttlo echo
among the people,
Tho Milltai Woclienblatt publishes new
historic il documents In connection w Ith tho
fall ot Sedan, tho most interesting being ex
tracts from Ihe diary of General Hckelen
dorlf. Ill thanking the German-American
vetnans for their visit on Prldii), Prlncu
Dlsiuarck, leferrlng lo his fulling health,
Fald. "1 can still look on, but I i.in't t iku
part Otherwise 1 should havo visited thu
exhibition at Chicago. I should have ile ir
ly liked to have si en tho United States of
A mulct, which ot all countries Is the
most b)inpathelio to us."
Idwuril Vlllluii Itojl.'.iNevv Phi),
Chicago III . Sept I. Tho Chicago pro
duction of Hdwln Milton ltO)le's new ui
mantlo diama, "Mexico," to u irowded
house to-night. Inaugurated the first season
of the Schiller theater under Gustave froh
man's direction, Ira J, IMotte, resident
manager. Gustave frohman, in securing
the Scblller lease, became tho first New
York manager to gain control of a first
class Chicago pla) house, lie announces his
policy of management to favor purely dra
matic attractions of the best grade, and
ho expects lu the near future to organize a
stock company, with the Schiller for its
home. This week the five principal Chicago
theaters aro occupied by tho companies est
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