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An Ohio girl eloped with a base ball
satcher Her relatives gave chase but
Were to catch on the fly, theunable are supposedthem
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to have scored.
fc The reporters in Guayaquil can \ery
well be excused if they worked a ref
erence or two about the Fire Fiend
Into their stories of that $54,000,000
conflagration.
I Prosperity is reported to have killed
George Du Maurier, but we know of a
large number of people who are willing
to contract that disease and run the
risk of pulling through it.
The Connecticut girl who eloped with
a cripple evidently thought that if she
end her husband ever did fight she
_? could dodge or run quite as quickly as
he. They have long heads, these fair
i,* women of ours.
Now that Lord Roseberry is in a po
sition where his utterances do vox
amount to anything he, too, has come
out against the sultan. Over in Eng
land it seems to make considerable
difference whether one holds ofiice or
not
J. M. Barrie, the novelist, said when
he arrived at New York, that he had
never been interviewed. Mr. Barrie is,
therefore destined fo learn a lot of
things during his stay in this country
that he never dreamed of before.
Verona, in Italy, boasts of a pair of
twin sheep, each having six legs. The
extra legs are hind ones of the same
size as the normal ones, though they
do not reach the ground. The owner
will not sell them to a museum, as he
thinks he can make more out of them
as mutton.
When Li Hung Chang got home and
his wife k*ept him awake half the night
asking him what he had been doing
when he was away, he probably
thought in a sympathetic way of the
many people whom he had turned tm?
Interrogation crank on in his travels.
That brilliant military genius who
defended Plevna, Osman Pasha, is
now occupying the menial position of
sealer of food for the sultan, his duty
being to protect that holy personage
from poison. Osman must be made
of cheap stuff if he is content.
i,
It is a far cry from this latitude to
Florida, and yet the reports of the des
titution in some portions of that state
from the recent hurricane, through the
wreck of homes and the destruction of
the crops, will undoubtedly appeal to
the benevolent. Humanity knows
neither latitude nor longitude.
The winner finished in a quarter of an
and were helped by a big jug of beer.
the public at Lille, France. Fifty of
the hardest smokers of the district sat
A smoking match recently amused
down together to consume two ounces
of the strongest tobacco in the short
est possible time. They used clay pipes
hour.
The two great pearl markets of the
world are London and Paris. The
sources of supply are several and wide
ly separated. A large portion of the
finest round pearls continue to come
from the Sooloo archipelago, although
the supply from this source is steadily
diminishing.
Farmers about Osceola, Mo., raise
only corn and oats in large quantities,
and the merchants of the place have to
import potatoes, onions and other small
vegetables while over in Kansas, in
the neighborhood of Arkansas City,
one farmer this season has raised 1,000
bushels of white onions and sold them
at 50 cents a bushel.
Prof. Flinders Petrie has pretty
large ideas about museums. He wants
the government to buy a tract of 500
acres, somewhere within an hour's ride
of London, and gradually build it all
over, for a storage place for ethnolog
ical materials. No museum in London
is large enough to hold the treasures
that are being discovered by English
men all over the world.
A drink called "drithel" is popular
In the North of England. The cotton
hands of Manchester and the factory
workers get through nearly 10,000,000
pints of this stuff every year. It is
made from hops, hemlock root, parsley
and clove, and is one of the most dan
gerous liquors ever brewed. The north
ern counties pay about $75,000 a year
for the output of "drithel."
The action taken by the colonial leg
islature of British Guiana in rushing
through a concession to a railroad to
pass through the disputed territory in
the vicinity of the Schomburgk line,
-should be promptly disavowed by the
British government Otherwise Lord
Salisbury will leave himself open to
*_ i:he charge of double dealing. Such
lf{i *pummary methods are not at all in ac-
f?,f ordance with his expressed desire to
f":. settle the boundary dispute amicably.
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OP THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week Called From the Tel
egraph ReportsThe Notable
Events at Home ana Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The Nation's Capital.
The president has appointed Charles
B. Steele postmaster at Minersville,
Pa., vice John Toole, removed because
of default in accounts.
Lieut. George H. Stafford, U. S. N.,
formerly of Atlantic, Iowa, has been
transferred from service on the gun
boat Baltimore to take charge of the
hydrogfaphic station at Cleveland.
People in Print.
Ex-Senator Ferry died suddenly at
Grand Haven, Mich.
A farewell reception and dinner was
given Cardinal Satolli by the Catholic
club of New York.
Prince Luigi of Savoy, duke of
Abruzzi, and nephew of King Hum
bert of Italy, is in Chicago.
William Andrew, at one time a prom
inent merchant and banker of Du
buque, Isnva, is dead in San Francisco
of heart disease.
David Crockett's Masonic apron is
now in the possession of Mr. E. M.
Taylor of Padukah, Ky. It is in excel
lent condition and treasured highly.
Henry Ward Beecher once said that
if one were to pursue and hunt down
all the slanders emitted by idle and
vicious gossip life would be a perpet
ual flea hunt.
Miss Bettie Wilson, the young daugh
ter of the postmaster general, has en
tered Hollins' institute, Virginia, near
Roanoke, where she will be a student
for the year.
A bust of Lamartine was dedicated
a few days ago in Milly, Saone-et
Lolre, France. The bust, which is on
a simple pedestal, is to replace a little
monument which long ago crumbled
to pieces. It was at Milly that Lamar
tine passed his infancy and youth.
Rev. Joseph Parker of London has
coined the word "neoxody" to desig
nate the present theological attitude of
England, which, he says, is neither or
thodoxy nor heterodoxy, but a disposi
tion to revel in novelties and to make
progress without any definite idea of
the goal to be striven for.
i Casualties.
Many vessels were lost in the recent
cyclone along the Atlantic coast.
The Mallory line steamer Concho
brought to New York from Key West,
as passengers, Capt John Olson and
crew of the Norwegian Saturn, found
ered on Sept. 28 in a hurricane.
Wood & Pember's Novelty works and
the Farmer's manufacturing plant at
Granville, N. Y., have been destroyed
by fire. Loss, $50,000 insurance, $15,-
000.
A fierce fire is raging in the coal
workings of Righter & Co's Mount
Carmel mine at Shamokin, Pa., and a
line of pipe was laid to the pit to ex
tinguish the flames. The fire has been
burning since Saturday, and the vein
is thirty-five feet in thickness.
After a ball game between the high
school teams of Salinas and Pacific
Grove, Colo., the Grove team started
t drive home late at night. The wag
on was upset in the darkness and
Frank Oyer was killed and thi-ee oth
ers seriously injured.
Evil Doings.
Two bandits held up a Union Pacific
train in Utah and rifled the mail bags.
An attempt to rob a bank at Meeker,
Col., results in the death of three rob
bers and the injury of four citizens.
Ruford Overton was executed at
Harlan, Ky., for the murder, June 21,
1S95, of Gustave and Julia Loeb, two
Jewish peddlers.
Charles Hadworth and Henry Welsh
were excuted at Wewoka, Ind. Ter., in
the Seminole Nation for murder. This
is the first Sunday execution known.
Alfred Cummings, a decrepit veteran
of the Mexican war, was murdered in
a foul manner at his home near Leav
enworth, Kan., city limits. Robbers
killed him to get his pension money.
At St Louis Philip Zimmer, aged 24,
and a blacksmith, attempted to kill
his sister, shot his sweetheart, Celia
Veitz, in the abdomen and then put a
bullet through his own heart at the
Veitz girl's home.
Stung by remorse, James R. Wyatt,
confined in the jail at Canton, 111., for
larceny, confessed the murder of Dan
iel B. Gillham in Alton six years ago,
and then cheated the law of its prey
by hanging himself to the bars of his
Cell.
Wyatt Williams, a former cattle
king, well known in Chicago, St. Louis
an dthe West, was murdered at Ard
more, I. T., by Bud Watkins, a half
blood Indian, aged 24. The murderer
was captured after a sensational chase
and lodged in jail.
A murderous assault was committed
at Lima, Ohio, by Mrs. Laura Chip
man upon Mrs. E. S. Scanlon, a widow.
Mrs. Ohipman borrowed a meat clear
er, and, meeting Mrs. Scanlon in a hall,
struck her several blows over the head
and in the face, cutting off one ear and
otherwise injuring her.
The outlook for the estates and trusts
which were in the keeping of George
J. Marsh, who committed suicide at
Gloucester, Mass., is not encouraging.
One of the Cape Ann bank officials has
admitted that there was a strong pos
sibility of the hypothecation amount
ing to $250,000.
Mrs. Henry Gundy of New Bedford,
Ohio, is dead, aged 50 years, having
starved herself to death. A year ago
bar husband died, leaving her a com
fortable estate. She grieved over his
death until she attempted suicide.
Since then a trained nurse has been in
nourishment, saying she wanted to
attendance. She steadily refused any
Charles Haskin, In a jealous fit at
Charleston, W. Va., killed Miss Era
Buster near Cannelton and escaped. A
reward had been offered and a posse is
still in pursuit.
Foreign Gossip.
Ex-Premier Frijsenburg of Sweden
is dead.
Famine is threatened in the Amur
province of Asiatic Russia, the crops
having been destroyed by floods
A band of insurgent Greeks and a
number of Turks fought all day on
Oct. 8, near Creavna, Macedonia. Both
sides sustained he^vy losses.
The emperor and empress of Japan
have made contributions amounting to
36,000 yen to relieve the sufferers by
recent floods.
The Russian minister of railroads,
Prince Hilkoff, the first public man to
make the trip fi-om St. Petersburg to
this country over the new Siberian
railroad, is in Chicago.
The governor of Cuba has ordered
the Mariano railroid to accept bank
bills without discount, otherwise the
law on the subject will be enforced!
against the company.
The reconciliation of Emperor William
and his brotl er, Prince Henry of Pros-,
sia, is now effected. The prince will
reside, during the coming winter at the!
royal castle at Kiel.
The rebellion is general throughouti
the island of Madagascar. Some on
the French settlers have been killed)
on the open roads and Antalaha, near]
Diego Saurez, has been wiped out, all
the whites being killed.
Such is the state of suffering in Ba
racoa, Cuba, that the local Spanish'
commandant is permitting women and
children to go through the government
lines to beg for food in the rebel camp.
More than 300 passes for this purpose
are being issued daily.
The British steamer Evelyn, from
Huelva, Spain, anchored in the Dela
ware river at Philadelphia, having on
board the lifeless bodies of nine sea
men, the crew of the Norwegian bark
Lovise, who were picked up at sea,
after being adrift without food or wa
ter for nine days.
There was a demonstration at the
grave of Charles Stewart Parnell at
Glasneven on the occasion of the anni
versary of the ceremonies attending
his burial. A long procession was a
feature, the mayor of Dublin, the mem
bers of the corporation of Dublin and
all of the Parnellite members of the
house of commons taking part.
The chamber of deputies of Peru re
jected the senate's plan to provide for
the registration, and thus legalization,
of non-Catholic marriages. In Peru,
Ecuador and Bolivia. Protestants can
not be legally married without becom
ing Roman Catholics. The project re
ferred to in the above dispatch was de
signed to correct this abuse as regards
Peru.
Miscellaneous.
Cyclist Bald defeated Sanger at Mil
waukee.
William M. Bennett was appointed
receiver for the property and assets of
Miss Rose Coghlan, the actress.
The Morgan Lumber company's big
steam mill at Glenn's Falls, N. Y., was
compelled to shut down, owing to a
scarcity of logs.
Charles O. Lasley has established a
new century record at Toledo, Ohio,
by riding 102 miles in seven hours flat,
over a country dirt road.
Several hundred delegates to the
convention of the National board of
Steam 'Navigation assembled at the
Southern hotel in St. Louis.
South Dakota has lost in her $100,000
suit in New York against McChesney,
one of the bonds.ncn of Taylor, the de
faulting state tre surer.
One hundred women are engaged in
selling whiskjy to the Osage, Otoe,
Ponca and Creek Indians on the bor
der of Oklahoma
The National Association of Demo
cratic clubs has issued an appeal to
all club members to do all within their
power to bring out a full Democratic
vote on election day.
The Kansas State Republican com
mittee has received assurances from
the national committee that Speaker
Thomas B. Reed will visit Kansas
and make a number of speeches.
Great excitement exists in the east
ern part of Perry county, Okla., in
Pa3rn
and Pawne counties, iand the
Osage Indian nation, over the discov
ery of oil in great quantities.
The fifteenth and final day of the
Christian Alliance convention in Car
negie hall, New York city, was one
with great results. Subscriptions for
missionary work amounted to $110,-
000. Rev. Dwight L. Moody preached
in the afternoon.
Under the auspices of the American
grovip of anarchists a high joint de
bate was held In Clarendon hall, New
York city. Johann Most caused sr.me
confusion by interrupting Emma Gold
man, who was trying to take up a col
lection, with cries of "Rats!" until he
was ejected.
William Courtney, the operatic sing
er of New York, who went to Denver
several weeks ago to act as adjudicat
or is the Eisteddfod festival, and who
was removed to the county hospital'
from a hotel, suffering from insanity,
has been declared to be incurably in
sane by a corps of reputable physi
cians. It is likely friends will remove
him to an asylum in the East
Black in Favor
Black materials are to be greatly fa
vored this winter, and a special and
attractive exhibit of stylish and ele
gant black goods made this week in
cluded French armures with bourette
knots, mohairs and canvas weaves
with boucle figures, English) whip
cords, camels'-hair serge, with glossy
silk and wool stripes in raised designs,
plain and fancy alpacas and brilliant
ines, satins, moires, both plain and
brocaded, Henriettas in silk warp and
sheer all-wool combinations, drape
d'ete, repped silks and repped wools in
both fine and heavy cords, new de
signs in crepons, and many handsome
textiles in crepon effects. The mo
hairs and Henrietta cloths, the faced
cloths, are represented in different
qualities and prices, and possess a de
gree of durability that is unsurpassed
by nearly any black material save
silky English serge, which is less
dressy in effects than the finer woven
fabrics. Many other standard black
textiles are displayed that are in
steady demand, as the outlook for the
winter season indicates an even great
er demand for handsome black fa bites
than was experienced a year ago when
this color largely prevailed.
A TO VENEZUELA
VX OFFICIAL STATEMENT IS GIVEN
OUT IN LONDON.
It Opens in Chicago at a Big Ad
vance, Amid Considerable Excite
ment and Fluctuates Rapidly,
but Closes Higher A Pour-Cent
Advance in New York: and a Six-
Cent Rise in iiiverxool
London, Oct. 21.The following of
ficial statement regarding Venezuela
was issued to-day:
"There is, happily, a better feeling
manifested on both sides of the water
between the respective peoples, and it
frequently happens that manifestations
of this kind help governments to an
amicable conclusion which would
otherwise be impracticable. Regard
ir? the allegation that Sir Julian
I'auncelote has returned to America
charged with a mission having for its
object the settlement of the dispute,
the patent fact is that he has all along
had such a mission, and has returned
to Washir ton with certain instruc
tions, and negotiations will be re
opened immediately on his ariival.
But it is too early to say whether the
proposals of the British government
are likely to be accepted."
WEVIER BACKS DOWN.
An Order to Sink an American Shin
Is Countermanded.
Key West, Oct. 21If the Spanish
authorities had taken taken Senor
Angel Fernandez off the Ward line
steamer Vigilancia while that vessel
was in Havana harbor last Friday
United States warships would have
immedi. ely been ordered to Havana
to enfojee a demand lor reparation
and war between this country and
Spain would have undoubtedly result
ed. For three hours last Friday the
United States and Spam weie on the
brink of war. and the threatening sit
uation was only relieved when the
Spanish authorities ignomeniously
backed down and allowed the steamer
to proceed to sea with Fernandez still
on board. A letter received here from
a correspondent in Havana who is
close to Consul General Lee, gives a
dramatic account of the episode. Ac
cording to the letter, when the Vigi
lancia put into Havana the Spanish
authority demanded the surrender
of Senor Fernandez, a Mexican, on
board the vessel The Spaniards al
leged that he was not a Mexican, but
a subject of Spain. Capt. John Mcin
tosh, of the steamer, refused to sur
render Fernandez. Then the Spanish
authorities told Mcintosh that if the
steamer attempted to go to sea with
Fernandez on board she would be sunk
by the guns of Moro castle. The cap
tain immediately laid the matter be
fore the consul general, who compli
mented the captain on his bravery and
told him to take the steamer to sea
when he pleased. Consul Lee was
greatly enraged at the threat to sink
the Vigilancia and is reported to have
said to Capt. Mcintosh: "If the guns
of Monroe castle sink your ship Ameri
can warships will be bombarding Ha
vana" in a few days."
Capt. Mcintosh returned to the Vig
ilancia and Consul Lee informed Wey
ler that the vessel was going to sea,
and that if any attempt was made to
take off Fernandez or that if the vessel
was fired upon Spain must take the
consequences. Weyler immediately
summoned a cabinet council and while
this council was considering the mat
ter the steamer began to weigh anchor.
The Spanish officials on board pro
tested but Capt. Mcintosh said in vig
orous language, the letter states:
"Damn your objections, my ship has
been cleaied. My consul has told me
to go to sea. I am going, and I dare
you to try to prevent me. Get off my
ship," and with that the Yankee
roughly shoved the Spaniards into the
waiting boats and the Vigilancia, fly
ing the stars and stripes, started for
the mouth of the harbor which is com
manded by the guns of Moro castle.
All was excitement in Havana and
the quays and house tops weie lined
with hundreds of persons who expect
ed to see the steamer fired upon.
Consul Lee himself watched the
vessel through a glass, meanwhile
signals weie being exchanged between
Weyler's palace and Moro castle, and
in the latter place there were signs of
great excitement. Slowly the steamer
entered the mouth of the harbor and
then it was noticed that the guns of
Moro were turned on the ship. The
Vigilancia repeatedly signalled Moro
castle: "I am going to sea," but no
answer came from the fort until the
vessel was in blue water, and then
the Spaniards lan up the signal which
means "Good by."
It is said that Weyler is furious over
the departure of the vessel and Con
sul Lee's course. It is stated Weyler
ordered the commandant of Moro
castle to sink th* vessel, but that at
the last moment he yielded to the en
treaties of his cabinet and counter
manded the order. The episode caused
move excitement in Havana than any
thing since the beginning of the war.
Removed by the President
Washington, Oct. 21.The president
has removed Postmaster John H.
Levis at Black River Falls, Wis., and
appointed David Thompson as his suc
cessor. The summary action in dis
missing Levis is due to disclosures of
alleged corruption entered into to ob
tain office. Levis was appointed De
cember 11, 1893. In a recent political
disctission it was asserted that Levis
paid a large sum of money to a local
newspaper to support his candidacy
for the office, and a subsequent in
vestigation, the department claims,
has substantiated these charges.
Given Thirty Years.
Des Moines, Oct. 21. W. A. Cum
mings, convicted of the rape of
Myrtle Rockwell and Bessie Stephens,
eight and ten years, was sentenced to
day to fifteen years' imprisonment on
each charge. The second sentence is
to be given after the first is served.
An Old Odd Fellow Dead.
Indianapolis, Oct. 21.Benjamin F.
Foster, grand secretary of the grand
lodge, I. O. O. F., of Indiana since
1871, died to-day. He was 76 years
of age.
WHEAT IS GOING UP.
Another Big? Jumft in the Price of
the Grain
Chicago, Oct. 21. Wheat made a
record-breaking jump. The December
option opened at 78 l-2a7i 1-Sc, steady
ing at the latter figure, an advance of
3 l-4c. The wildest exciteironl char
acterized the trading. Theie was talk
of possible failures as a result ot the
unparalleled advance. After a mo
mentary reaction to 70c December
wheat soon went beyond the top figuie
at the opening, touching as high as
79 1-4c several times within the first
fifteen minutes of business.
Just before 10 a. m. the market took
a sudden plunge downwaid and fell
to 7S l-2e, reacting to 7S 3-4c. Shortly
after 10 a. m. the price leceded to
78 l~c, but at that point, the market
whirled sharply upward again and
within a few minutes advanced to 79c.
During the frenzy at the opening some
few trades were made as high as
79 l-2c, while sales at the same mo
ment in other parts of the pit were at
different figures ranging all the way
to 78 l-2c.
At 10:30 a. m. the price was 78 3-4c
for December. At this point another
1-cent-a-bushel advance was recorded,
with amazing rapidity. Almost be
fore the tickers could place the figures
on the tape in the brokers' office the
quotation had leaped to 79 3-4c. This
was, within l-8c of 4 cents a bushel
added to the value of the cereal within
a single hour.
Before 11 o'clock the pit witnessed a
notable example of whipsaw. From
79 3-4c the market fell as rapidly as it
had risen, dropping a cent almost in a
straight line to 78 3-4c. Scattering
sales were made at 78 5-8c and then
the market once more rebounded to the
ruling price at 11 a. in., being 79c for
December.
The advance was due to the Liver
pool cables, which reported that mar
ket excited and from 3 1-2 to 5d high
er, equivalent to an advance of 4 to 6c.
No such jump has been experienced in
the market for years.
Between 11 and 12:15 theie was a
gradual relapse. From 79c December
slumped to 77 3-4c. In the next half
hour it was again ascending the lad
der and reached 7S 5 8e, but during the
succeeding fifteen minutes it leturned
to the down-grade and at 1 p. m fif
teen minutes before the close, was
quoted at 77 3-4c. The decline con
tinued during the final quarter of an
hour. Just before the bell struck De
cember was 77 l-4c, and the last quo
tation for the day was 77 3-8c bid,
Speculative Excitement.
New York, Oct. 20.Wheat made a
perpendicular advance of 41-2c a
bushel, following a stupendous jump
of 6c at Liverpool,' and general, specu
lative excitement throughout the whole
of Europe. The bull movement was
accompanied by intense local excite
ment and heavy tiading during the
first few minutes. Buyers' orders, of
course, predominated. Even the bulls
themselves were amazed at the
enormity of the advance, which has
not been equaled in years. The De
cember option opened at 85 7-Sc, and
before th6 demand could be appeased,
had jumped to SG l-2c. Following this
came a cent reaction with a let-up in
trading. The close was 2c below the
opening.
KKT MUST SAVING.
ov Allen Refuses to Commute the
Death Sentence.
Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 21. To-day
Gov. Allm denied the appeal for a
commutation troni the death penalty
to life imprisonment of the twice-con
victed wife murderer, Myron R. Kent,
sentenced to be hanged at Fargo Nov.
12, and has notified sheritf Barnes of
his decision, thus ending one of the
most remarkable cases in the criminal
annals of the West. The governor
will make public his reasons for de
nying the application to-morrow.
Race War in llitlinitin
Birmingham. Ala Oct 21 A battle
which occurred at Belle Ellen mines,
Bibb county, yesterday, between
whites and blacks, resulted in the
death of two men and the wounding
of two others Deputy Sheriff Tatum
had gone to the place from Blocton
with a warrant for the arrest of Geo.
Gore, a notorious negro character
Gore was found earl yyesterday morn
ing and resisted arrest, drawing a
shotgun on the officer. The latter
brought his pistol into play and both
men iued, Tatum being slightly wound
ed in the head. At this juncture sev
eral negroes ran to Gore's lescue with
drawn weapons. John Sullivan, a
jewelry drummer from Bessemer,
seeing Taturn's plight, came to his aid
and opened fire on Gore, killing him
at first shot. When the battle was
over Frank Martin (colored) was dy
ing and Jim Daniels (coloiedi was
djing, and Jim Dennis (coloied) b.idly
wounded. A large number of negroes
gathered and made ugly demonstra
tions toward Tatum and Sullivan, but
the whites rallied to their aid. For a
time it looked like wholesale bloood
shed, but the formidable showing of
the wbites overawed the negroes, who
finally dispersed.
Drove a Bone to His Brain
Larimore, N. D., Oct. 21 John Ry
all, a farmer living twenty m.les north
of here, was probably fatally injured
by the bursting of a boiler on a thresh
ing engine owned by himself and
brothers. A piece of iron struck him
in the back of the head, during a
bone one and a half inches long into
the
brain.y
wr
The engine and separator
ere badl wrecked.
Chicago, Oct. 21.Thomas B. Reed
spoke to-day in the big Republican
tent at Fifty-fifth and Peoria streets
The tent was filled to its utmost ca
pacity, but the audience was doomed
to a great disappointment for Mr.
Reed was able to speak but for a few
minutes. His throat was troubling him
seriously and he could speak only
with great difficulty.
Display the Fine
Chicago, Oct. 21.Chahman Jones,
of the National Democratic committee,
issued an appeal to-day to those who
"desire to preserve the country's honor
and independence" to display the
American flag Saturday. Oct. 31. This
is the date recently set by Mr ilanna
for the display of $ie flag by those who
favor Republican.' principles.
The 2,000 miners employed at the
twenty-fire mines at Spilugfield. Ill,
came out on strike this morning for
an advance in wages.
i ^MXii^ui^:
A TOWN WIPED OUT
T/TATA,IN
lay Citj, wr
THE STATE OF SINALOA
MEL, IS DESTROYED.
A Cloudburst Sends Torrents Down
the Hills Back of the Town and a
Tidal Wave Sweeps in From the
Sea, and Every House in the
Town Is DemolishedThe Town
Twice Before Destroyed.
San Francisco, Oct. 20.On the last
trip of the Pacific coast steamship
Orizaba up the Gulf of California the
officers and crew of the vessel were
surprised to find one of the ports they
make regularly wiped off the earth.
Wheu the ship reached the mouth of
the River Culiaca, in the State of Sina
loa, the mining town of Altata, which
had stood theie en the Orizaba's last
trip, was gone. Not a building was
lett standing. This was one of the
results of the ternble storm which
played havoc on the mainland coast
of the gulf Sept. 17 and 18. Th&
storm was of a sort of a composite af
fair, taking the nature of a tidal wave
and cloudburst. Torrents rushed down
from the hills back of Altata and met
the tidal wave carried in from the sea
and the town was obliterated. Fortu
nately the loss of life was slight and
the Altatans are now camping in tent*
or rudely constructed huts a little back
of where the town stood.
So far as Altata is concerned it is
no new thing for it to find itself off
the map. This is the third time that
town has been swallowed by the sea.
Twice the place has been rebuilt, each
time at a point further up the river.
This time the residents will build well
in from the coast, it is said.
BRYAN'S TOLR.
Another Day Spent by the Nominee
in Michigan.
Detroit, Mich Oct. 20. After a
night's rest William J. Bryan awoke*
this morning refreshed and in good
condition to continue his record-break
ing trip through Michigan. He start
ed in with a speech at St. John's.
also spoke at Ovid, Durand and Flint.
There were stops of one hour at
Bay City, a half at Vassar, the sam
time at Lapere, five minutes at Imlay,
City, thirty minutes at Port Huron
and ten minutes at Mount Clemens.
At Bay City, while the crowd was one
of the largest of the day, it was not
so enthusiastic as some of the others.
There was a good-sized assemblage at
Vassar
andhile
others
att
Lapere and Im-
in Por Huro the nom
inee spoke to an audience of several
thousand. There were no new points
In any of his addresses, the same
ground having been covered by him
before within the last few days.
Mr. Bryan completed his spectacular
tour of Michigan by addressing the
largest throngs of people ever gath
ered at a political meeting in Detroit.
From a platform erected against the
Washington boulevard side of the Ho
tel Cadillac he talked to a na-ass of
people which filled the wide boule
vard and extended far into the ad
joining streets. At the auditorium he
spoke to an audience which occupied
every inch of space, while thousands
stood outside- waiting for a possible
sight of the candidate. Lastly he ap
peared upon a stand erected at the
Woodward avenue front of the city
hall before a crowd which was eo
great that it stopped all street car and
other traffic entirely.
FATED FIRM.
Ilysterlons Destruction of Property
of SecUlerville, Wis Men.
Black River Falls, Wis., Oct. 20.
There seems to be something a little
mysterious about the way property be
longing to scv.kler & Son at Seck
lerville, in this county, is destroyed.
Early in the spring their creamery,
the best in the county, was burned
after midnight of Sunday, when there
had been no fire in the building since
Saturday night. The fire was not dis
covered in time to sj.ve anything from
the building or warehouse. Tuesday
night, or, rather, about 2 o'clock
Wednesday morning, their large gen
eral store was found to be in flames.
There had been an explosion of the
kerosene oil tank, scattering the oil all
over the store, so that it was impossi
ble to save a thing. This was mys
terious again, as the weather had
been so warm that no fire had been
needed for several days. It was at
first thought that it was due to burg
lars, but when cooled off the safe was
found to be all right, but the incen
diary appearance has not yet been
cleared up in any way. This firm is
one of the largest and probably does
the most business of any in the coun
ty, as they are in the flouring, cream
ery, mercantile, farming and stock
raising business on a large scale and
employ a large number of men, and
there is much indignation felt by the
friends of the firm, and should any
one be found guilty of the act they
would probably get a lesson that
would last them the rest of their lives.
Riot at a Ball Game.
Portsmouth, Ohio, Oct. 20. A riot
was caused hero by the Sunday Ob
servance league attempting to break
up a ball game between the Ports
mouth and Chillicothe teams. Con
stables who tried to serve the war
rants were chased off the grounds by,
a howling mob of spectators, and nar
rowly escaped alive. The crowd then
surrounded the office of Squire Cole,
where the ticket seller, Richard Thorn
ton, was held. They threatened to re
lease him and the riot alarm was
turned in. The police finally dispersed
the crowd. Over 150 arrests were
made on the charge of. rioting.
Catholic Church Consumed.
Stevens Point, Wis., Oct. 20. The
church and parsonage belonging to
St. Peter's Polish congregation were
burned to-day. The building was of
brick veneer. The buildings were val
ued at $25,000 and were insured for
$12,000.
Judge Richardson Dying.
Washington, Oct. 20 Chief Justice
William A. Richardson, of the court ot
claims, is lying at the point of death,
p.t his Jioine in this city. He is suffeS
Jug from a complication of ^diseases.
W -n.