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IS THEENTERPBISE. WELLINGTON, i i OHia NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gathered from All Quarters. CONGRESS. Sin atk, Jan. 18. The only business accom plished was the passinK of the urgency defici ency appropriation bill The Teller resolution providing that bonds of the United States may be paid In standard silver dollars was favor ably reported by a majority of the flnunoe com mittee. . House. An attempt was made to attach the senate resolution recognizing; the Cuban insur gents as belligerents as a rider to the diplo matic and consular appropriation bill. Mr. Dearmond (dem.. Mo.) precipitated the Issue by offering the resolution as an amendment, but a point of order against It was sustained Mr. Dearmond appealed, but bis appeal was not sustained, by a vote of 152 to ill the vote being on parly lines. The army appropriation bill was passed Sinati. Jan. IP. By the lntroluctlon of a resolution by Mr. Hoar, providing for a a in quiry by the committee on post oftlct and post roads concerning the reoent order of the post master genet at reducing the foice of letter carriers in seteral cities, a 1 vely debate was precipitated. The resolution was still pending when the senate went Into cx olive session to consider the Hawaiian annexation troaly. House The question of granting bell.gerent rignts to the Cutan Insurgents was argued dur ing the entiie session, but ti e minority hurled itself against a stone wall. On the only vote taken a motion designated to overrule the de cision of the speaker and direct the committee on foreign affairs to report without delay the Cuban refaction passed by the senate at tho last session all the republicans voted to sus tain the chair, Ssnats, Jan. 20. It was decided, by a vote of 41 to 23, to proceed at once to the considera tion of the resolution introduced by Mr. Teller, providing for the payment of bonds of the Uni ted States In silver at the option of tho govern ment The afternoon was spent In executive session. Senator Morgan concluded his four days' speech on the Hawulian treaty. Hocst A fierce clash occurred between Speaker Reed and Mr. Bailey, the democratic leader, over a question as to which was right in his statement regarding an alleged agree ment between these gentlemen as to the pro cedure to be observed In the debate on the Cu ban question. By a strict party vote of 168 to 114 Mr. Reed wus sustained In his position and the consular and diplomatic bill was passed. The features of the debnto wore a speech by Champ Clark, of Missouri, in which lie scathingly condemned the administration's Cuban policy and a speech by Mr Dlngley In explanation of the causes of the reduction of wages In the New England cotton Industry. Senate, Jan. 31. It was agreed that a final . vote on the Teller resolution providing that the bonds of the United States may be paid In silver dollars should be taken on the 27th Inst. During the greater part of the afternoon the senate was in executive session, discussing the nomination of Joseph McKenno to be associate justice of the supreme court Senator Allen made a speoch In opposition, but the nomina tion was finally confirmed. Housb. The bill to extend tho publlo land laws of the United States to Alaska and to grant a general railroad right of way throw the territory was passed. The urgent deficiency bill was sent to conference. Senate, Jan. 22. But little business was done. Two amendments o the Teller resolu tion providing for payment of United States bonds in stiver were offered, but no action was taken. Mr. Stewart delivered a lengthy ad dress on the financial policy of the govern ment Hocst A large share of the day was occu pied with general debate on the Indian appro priation bill. That the Cuban question is still uppermost in tho minds of the members was evidenced during this debate, much of which was devoted to it. Mr. Cummlngs, of New York, made un eloquent speech on the "Spirit of '78," which evoked great applause. WASHINGTON. The following nominations have been confirmed by the senate: Charles P. Bryan, to be minister to Brazil, a'nd E. II. Conjjer; of Iowa, to be minister to China. It has been decided by the United States board of general appraisers that horse hides not being specially pro Tided for in the tariff law they should come in free of duty. A company of Washington politicians and business men has been incororated under the name of the American Drama Co. The first play to bo produced is "The Curse of Gold," which the free silverites claim is another "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and from it they expect the greutest results. The nomination of Gen. James Long street, of Georgia, to be commissioner of railroads, has been confirmed by the senate. There was much opposition from a number of southern senators. The vote stood 33 yeas to 15 nays. EAST. The steel rail manufacturers have, it is said, perfected a "general agree ment" to take the place of the old steel rail pool which collapsed last February At Brunswick, Me., on the 20th the Cabot cotton mill closed down because the operatives left their work so rapidly that it was only a question of a short time before the machinery would have been deserted. Notices of a reduction of wages, to take effect the IMth, were posted at the Ccntreville, R. I., cotton mills on the 10th. For the week ended January 21 busi ness, failures forthe United States num bered 87-1, as compared with 409 for the corresponding period of last year, and 3 in Canada, against 65 for the same time in lK'.t". ' Ex-President Grover Cleveland has purchased a tract of land near Prince ton, X. J., to be used as a game pre serve. If consists of 85 acres, for which 8000 was paid. It is full of rab bits and quail. On the night of the 10th the Ameri can Express Co.'s office at Amsterdam, ' N. Y., was robbed and the agent Ben jamin F. Oliver, assaulted. The thieves got away with 8572. The death of Charles T. Parsloe, the actor, famous for his presentation of "My Partner'.' in conjunction with Louis Aldrich, occurred on the 23d at his home in New York City. ' Receivers have been appointed for the Beading (Pa.) Foundry Co. The liabili ties are about 8300,000; assets 8250,000. It is rumored that the cotton mill operatives of New England had antici pated the present trouble so far ahead thai an assessment of 50 cents a week had been paid for nearly two years. Notwithstanding this fund the organ izations in all the mill centers will be assessed to help the strikers at New Ikdfuid. A terrific wind storm passed over eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey on the 23d. The principal damage con sisted of the uprooting of trees and blowing down of telegraph and tele phone wires. In some instances houses were unroofed. Suit has been brought by George T. Ilathaway and Richard Heard, of Bos ton, against Dr. Nansen, the arctic ex explorer, to recover 820,000 damages for breach of contract in failing to de liver a balance of 34 lectures in this country and Canada, as he had agreed to. WEST AND SOUTH. The tow boat Job Williams with a tow of 60 coal boats was caught in the storm above Leavenworth, Ind., on the night of the 19th. Fourteen coal boats were sunk and two of the steamer's crew were washed overboard and drowned. The directors of the Pullman Palace Car Co. have declared the regular quar terly dividend of 2 per cent. About 700 miners of the Dayton (Tenn.) Coal and Iron Co., who have been on strike, resumed work on the 22d on practically the same terms as existed when the strike began. A terrific wind and rain storm visited the vicinity of Ridgeway, 111., on the 19th, unroofing houses, blowing down fences and drowning Stock. The back waters of the Ohio and Wabash rivers are inundating that district. A few miles from Princeton, Ind., on the 21st three young men were drowned in the Wabash river. They were sail ing in a small boat when it struck a tree and went down. The labor market at Juneau, Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska, is glutted. More men than there is work for have gone to those towns, with the result that wages are coming down. Many men are now eating up their supplies and earning nothing. In the northern portion of Alexan der county, 111.. John McGowan, a young man who has been teaching the "Cauble school" died on the 21st Irom injuries inflicted by two pupils, Henry and Scott Jordan, 19 and 20 years old respectively. The widow of Dr. Thomas J. Cogley has presented to Hanover college, Ind., 820,000 to endow a chair of physics. On the night of the 23d the steam ferry boat Eva Everett, plying between Vevay, Ind., and Ghent, Ky., went down in the gale. Many smaller craft also met with disaster in that locality. The Okaw river has been filled to overflowing by the heavy rains, and in consequence the entire bottom land east and south of Vandalia, 111., is cov ered with water. Several families liv ing in the lowland had to be removed in boats. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. About 850 deaths were reported dur ing the past week from Bombay, caused by the bubonic plague. The exodus is increasing and business is stagnated. The Mareca, a British 'steamer, went ashore on the 21st near St. Goven's Head, southwest coast of Wales. Thir teen of the crew were safely landed, four lost their lives on the steamer and six who left in boats are missing. A crisis has been caused in the orange and lemon trade in the southern prov inces of Italy and in Sicily by the action of the Dingley tariff. In many places prices are so low that the fruit does not pay for the plucking. The troubles of the German mission aries in China are becoming wide spread and are leading to new compli cations between the two governments. Protestants as well as Catholics have been attacked LATER. The second week of the big cotton mill strike opened with both sides ap parently as determined to hold out as at the inauguration of the contest. No attempt was made to open the gates of the big mills at New Bedford, Bidde ford or Lewiston. Thirtken Klondikersleft South Man chester, Conn., on the 24th on their trip to Alaska, whence they will pro ceed to the gold regions. At Stamford, Conn., they were joined by 57 others. Two hundred employes of the spin ning department of No. 4 mill of . the Fall River (Mass.) iron works struck on the 24th against a reduction in wages. TiiR resignation of R. E. Preston as director of the mint was tendered to President McKinley on the 24th.' Mr. Preston has been; connected with the treasury department for more than 43 years. The president then named George E. Roberts, of Fort Dodge, la., for the vacancy created by the resigna tion of Mr. Preston. At Burlington, Vt., the Queen. City cotton mills, which have been shut down on account of the strike, resumed operations on the 24th. Nearly all of the employes returned; The Queen City operatives were the first to resist the general reduction. At Nashville, Tenn., on the 24th United States Judge Lurton decided the injunction case of W. C. Morgan vs. D. A. Munn, revenue collector, involv ing the question of Nunn's power under the civil service law, holding that the court had no jurisdiction and that the chief executive alone has power to en force civil service rules. This employes of the Wheeling steel plant in Benwood, W. Va., about 500 in number, have been notified of a second reduction in wages within 12 months. The present reduction affects all em ployes of the company and runs from 12 to 25 per cent. The reduction is to take effect February 21. A colmkry accident near Mono, Bel gium, on the 24th resulted in the death of 17 persons. Postmaster General Gart has sent to congress a request for an appropria tion of 8103,000 to meet a probable de ficiency in the free delivery service for the current fiscal year. The proposed annexation of Hawaii was re viewed in the senate on the 84th by Mr. Mor gan, of Alabama. One of the features of the session was an elaborate speech by Mr. Turpie, of Indiana, In support of the Teller resolution. The pension appropriation bill was called up and debated for nearly three hours, bat wss not passed.. ..The house spent a couple of hours transacting business relating to the Dis trict of Columbia and the remainder of the day on the Indian appropriation bill. ELEPH0NE IN A' HOTEL! It Plays an Important Part In Bribery Inquiry Another Batch of Evidence la Takes at Cincinnati In Connection with the Al leged Attempt to Improperly In fluence a Legislator's Vote In the Senatorial Election. Cincinnati. Jan. 24. The legislative committee investigating the charges of bribery in connection with the re Tent senatorial election at Columbus, took testimony here Saturday and ad journed until to-day. The witnesses consisted of the proprietor and em ployes of the Gibson house and J. P. Bliss, of Columbus, and they testified freely. Senator Sullivan, who accom panied the committtee with other at torneys, states that the ready manner of witnesses here further confirms the republican theory that there was a conspiracy to reflect on Senator Hanna after the failure to defeat him. Sena tor Sullivan and his associates insist that nothing has developed to date that would not have developed in a conspiracy and that nothing has been shown connecting Senator.Hanna with any bribery or other unlawful proced ure. Sullivan says ., the conspiracy would have naturally started with the men involved in the Otis charges and at the places named by witnesses here. Horace Dunbar, manager of the Gib son house, who was examined Friday night, produced further records, show ing that Henry H. Boyce, of New York; II. II. Hollenbeck, pi Chardon, O.; E. H. Archer, of Columbus; Jared P.' Bliss, oi Columbus, and others connected on both sides with the senatorial contest at Columbus, were guests at the Gibson house from January 7 to 10. Mr. Dun bar presented the unpaid telephone bills of Boyce. By Boyce using the private telephone in the Gibson house the telephone company had trouble in making out its bills. The bills gave the records when Boyce, Hollenbeck, Bliss, Allen O. Myers, jr., and others in Cincinnati called up Dick, Rathbone, Kurtz, Allen 0. Myers, sr., and others in Columbus, giving the time and charges. Mr. Dunbar then testified further to conversations taking place between Boyce in his hotel in Cincin nati and the senatorial managers in Columbus. Allen O. Myers, jr., clerk at the Gib son house, testified that he overheard Bovce talking to Columbus and ar ranged to have Boyce use the telephone in the private office on the second floor while Miss Jacobs, the stenographer, and himself listened at the telephone down stairs. Miss Jacobs took notes. He heard Boyce say to "the major" in Columbus that Mr. O would take 810,000. The reply was they would see about it. The witness took the report of these conversations to Columbus to his father and to Kurtz. Seegar and Pryor, clerks, corrobor ated Myers' testimony. Seegar 6aid Hollenbeck and Boyce went out to gether on Monday, January 10. Thomas H. Miller, detective, testified that he was called into the Gibson house to listen to conversations be tween Boyce and Hollenbeck in which Boyce said: "I have O. here; will hold him all night. O. said neither Droste or Lane will vote for Hanna. This leaves us one short." Miller secured men to shadow Hol lenbeck and Boyce. Jerry Bliss em ployed him. Other clerks, porters and bellboys were examined regarding Boyce and the telephone, Hollenbeck and the de tectives, and other movements about the Gibson house. Capt. George N. Stone, Volney Ellston and Quincy E. Elwell were examined regarding the records and bills of the telephone com' pany. Miss Jacobs, the hotel stenog rapher, read her reports of the tele phone talk, taken at the direction of Manager Dunbar. The leading witness was Jared P. Bliss, of Columbus, one of Mr. Kurtz's republican associates in opposing Hanna. Bliss testified that he came from Co lumbus to Cincinnati on January 7 to see about Droste and Lane, two doubt ful members, and he learned that II. II. Boyce was here after Otis. He advised Otis to give Boyce the fullest oppor tunity. Bliss took Otis to Col. Camp bell's room in the Eme-y hotel. Bliss secured a room near '..iat of Boyce at the Gibscn and the clerks reported to him all t..o conversations of Boyce with Columbus. He telephoned accordingly to Allen O. Myers, sr., and Mr. Kurtz at Columbus. They advised him to watch for Hollenbeck. He then engaged the Miller detective agency and was at the depot when Hollenbeck arrived. E. II. Archer arrived on the same train and pointed out Hollenbeck to Bliss and the detectives, the latter shadowing Hollenbeck afterward. , , Bliss got Otis to visit Boyce's room and overheard the conversation. Then Bliss and Otis saw Campbell again. Otis quit and Campbell continued the negotiations. as attorney. On January 8, at 3 p. m., Bliss found 83,000 at Campbell's office that the latter got from Boyce. At another meeting 81,' 750 was secured and a receipt obtained. Bliss had authority to sign Otis' name to the receipt, and did so with a condi tion Included therein that Otis, in con' sideration for said funds, was to vote for Hanna. Bliss testified that he has since employed Attorney Campbell to take affidavits and get the evidence here ready for the committee. Passed the Danger Line. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 24. The Mis sissippi river from Cairo to New Or leuns is rapidly rising and there 'is enough water in sight to send it above the danger line from Cairo to Vicks burg. The water rose a foot here Sun day and in four days it will probably be above the danger line. At. Cairo the danger line has been passed, with a heavy flood coming down the Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee Two crevasses in the levees in the Missis sippi delta are not yet completed and it will not be-possible to fill them within ten days. - The situation is ex ;: THE' LEGISLATURE. ' Proceeding of Both Branches of the Ohio General Assembly. Columbus, Jan. 17. Sir ATI-Bills Intro duced: Repealing- the Garfield corrupt prac tices act; providing that woolen goods con taining shoddy shall be so stamped, with the amount of shoddy contained; to exempt benev olent, charitable and educational Institutions from the provisions of the inheritance tax law; providing that signers of petitions to place tickets on the Australian ballot shall by the act of signing the petition obligate themselves to vote the ticket Also providing that names found on two or more petitions shall be stricken off whenever so found. The following bill was passed: It provides that street railroads shall not be permitted to consolidate, except upon the condition that under the consolidation no more than one fare shall be offered for one continuous passage on the same rout House. -Speaker Mason appointed the com mittee to Investigate the alleged attempt to bribe Representative Otis, of Hamilton county, to vote for Marcus A. Hanna for senator. The committee is composed of Representatives Rutan. of Carroll county: Spelltnyer. of Ham ilton: Boxwell, of Warren: Rankin, of Fayette, and Kenney, of Mercer. Spellmyer and Kenney are democrats. The other three members are republicans. The chairmanships of the following commit tees were announced by Speaker Mason: Rail way and Telegraphs, Brantley of Cuyahoga; Insurance, Joyce of Guernsey; Municipal Af fairs. Otis of Hamilton; County Affairs, Rutan of Harrison-Carroll; Corporations, Bowman of Cuyahoga; Fees and Salaries, Bossard of Montgomery; Publlo Works, Allen of Athens; Common Schools, Leeper of Washington; Fish and Game, McKlnnon of Ashtabula; Labor, Davis of Cuyahoga; Dairy and Food, McCurdy f Miami; Mines and Mining, Howard of Bel mont; Manufacturing and Commerce, Boxwell of Warren; Insane Asylums, Breck of Cuya hoga; Blind Asylums, Beatty of Portage; Boys' Industrial School, Swingle of Muskingum; Deaf and Dumb Institutions, Stewart of Ma honing; Girls' Industrial School, Means of Jefferson; Epileptic Hospitals, Waddell of Lawrence; Institutions for Feeble-minded Youth, Davles of Jackson; Prison and Prison Reforms, Clifford of Cuyahoga; Soldiers and Sailors, Meacham of Cuyahoaa; Claims, Bald win of Lorain; Ditches, etc., Smith of Adams; Elections, Reynolds of Lake; Medical Colleges, Love of Erie; Military, Norris of Wood; Pub llo Printing, Roberts of Cuyahoga; Library, Ashford of Columbiana. A bill was introduced abolishing all contract work in prisons in this state. Columbus, Jan. 1& Sin ati The senate had a very stormy session to-day. The list of com mittees was handed In, and the name of Sena tor Burke, one of the anti-Hanna republicans, appeared on a large number. Senator Alex ander offered a written protest drawn In very severe terms against placing Burke's name on the committees. An effort was made by the democratic senators to have it expunged from the records of the senate. The chair overruled this, holding that senntors had a right to f ramo their protests in such a manner as they saw fit The chair was supported in this by a vote of 2:1 ayes to 12 nays. Senator Burke voted aye. A resolution declaring that the senate did not in dorse Alexander's protest was adopted. House Bills Introduced: Requiring steam railway companies to erect telegraph lines along line of their tracks, when more than ten miles In length: permitting ladies to qualify as notary publics: authorizing municipalities to appropriate realty for street railways and to issue bonds and make a special levy to nay for the same; allowing service to be secured on corporations wherever president or chief offi cer may be found Columbus, Jan. 1ft Senate Bills intro duced: Authorizing tht governor to appoint a commission of three to make a topographical survey of the slate, the commission to serve without pay, but li'a.uO) is appropriated for fx censes total cost of survey to be 1200,000; for biding school directors to appoint as teachers relatives within fourth decree of consanguini ty; authorizing county auditors to correct mis takes in school levies; permitting city oounclls to prohibit or license the sale of cigarettes; re quiring securities for costs In all attachment proceedings; giving circuit courts fixed Juris diction in cases involving 2, MM and less, unless constitutional questions are Involved, or titles to real estate; allowing decisions of common pleas Judges in chambers to be vacated or re versed on error; prohibiting horses or tosms on bicycle paths; advancing on docket persona) Injury damage cases, when the injured one oi heirs of deceased are dependent on dally salary. House. An attempt was made by the Hanna members of the house to reorganize that body. A resolution wss introduced by Mr. Ashford doing away with the services of eight porters. It was well understood that If that resolution had carried, the next move would have been to do away with the speaker and the anti-Hanna organization of the house. The resolutlou was tabled by a vote of 58 to 41. The usual appro priation bill, appropriating 160,000 for the con tingent expenses of the house, was passed. Mr. Ross offered a resolution providing foi tho necessary action by the general assembly to submit to the popular vote an amendment to the constitution, taxing the franchises of cor porations. Mr. Ross states that In the event that this step Is taken, about feoo.003,000 will be added to the tax duplicate of the state. Bills Introduced: To relieve the sureties ol Jacob N. Yoder, treasurer of Columbiana vil lage, who was 11,200 short on acoount of a bank failure: to fund the Irreducible debt of the state, amounting to te.eou.OGO, by Issuing J per cent bonds and distributing the money to the counties; increasing the salary of the state commissioner of common schools from 13,000 to 3,0jO; to repeal the act grunting suffrage on school questions, to women; extending the charter of the Lutheran church to all parts of the United States; to distribute the poor fund share of the Dow tax to townships instead of to counties; to prohibit hanging straps or similar devlcos in street cars Columbus. Jan. so. -Seh atb-Bills Intro duced: Requiring street and number to bo given In description of property sold by sher iffs; prohibiting the granting of more than one new trial of a case on the weight of the evt dence against the same party In the same oase, also forbidding a Judge to penalize a litigant by granting a new triul If Judgment is not re duced: requiring notification by service and not by publication of defendants In attach ment cases before Justices of peace, when de fendants reside In the state; making certain changes In the congressional districts of the state. Bills passed: Removing the protec tion of the (tame law from rabbits. Horse-Bills Introduced: Rcqulrlngoounty commissioners to purchase supplies by oom- petit ve bidding every six months, upon eatl mates furnished by county officials; requiring school children to attend nearest school, pro viding they live within I1 miles, and are resi dents of the county; providing for erecting an addition to the state house; providing penal ties for failure to erect safeguards around dangerous machines; requiring all persons or banking companies receiving money from counties, cities or villages to give a sufficient bond; reducing by one-half the per onplta tax on dogs; reducing the rate of legal advertising from II to 60 cents; punishing incest or rape under the age of consent by emasculation making compensation of Judges and clerks of election 13 por day. and regulating duties. The house passed the bill making it a mis demeanor, finable from (60 to 1600, for failure to provide means of exit and safety devices In case of fire or other disaster, when ordered by the state Inspector, In publlo halls, theaters, churches, schools, colleges, hospitals. Infirm aries, children's homes, medical Institution!, etc. ; . ' , Sued for SI 0,000 Damages. Lima, Jan. 21. Mrs. Fannie T. Co has sued the Lima Locomotive and Ma chine Co. for f 10,000 damages.' Her husband, George Cox, was employed by the company, and two years ago while adjusting a shafting hisclothing caught and he was hurled around and fright fully mangled. One arm and leg wers torn off. lie died in a snort time. ' : Promise to bo a Hammer. '' 'Lima, Jan. 21. BrlttA, Sinclair have , drilled another surprise in the oil field southwest of this city on the Jerry Bdwsher farm. The well made several flows at IS feet in the sand, and prosv Ises to vt hummer. INTERESTING OHIO NEWS Gathered by Telegraph from All Farts of the State. A Desperate Battle with Tramps. Cleveland, Jan. 20. In a fight be tween four policemen and six tramps who were stealing a ride on an Erie train Wednesday John II. McNabb, a railroad detective, shot and probably killed Albert Qreen, one of the nten, shot another in the leg and was badly injured himself. All of the bums were arrested after three of them had made a desperate effort to escape from the police. The fight occurred on an Erie train leaving the city. Green is at St. Alexis hospital with two bullets in his body, in imminent danger of dying. McNabb has not been arrested. They Demand Better Treatment. Cincinnati, Jan. 22. P. M. Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Engineers, is here. He declined to speak of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad grievances further than to say that he did not be lieve the brotherhood chiefs would be called on to assist. He thought that the matter would be settled by the parties themselves. No question of wages is involved. The men want fairer treatment when discharged. They demand a. hearing before dis charge, a rearrangement of night runs and payment for overtime when de layed on the road. Gave Largely to the Church. Gambier, Jan. 18. By the will of the late Julia Bedell, widow of Bishop Be dell, and which was filed for probate in New York City Monday, the Protestant Episcopal church in the Ohio diocese is given $5,000, to be held in trust by the bishop. The Episcopal seminary here is given $5,000 to found the Bedell scholarship and $20,000 is bequeathed to the divinity school and college. The Trinity church home at Cleveland is given $1,000. HcCord Gets r. Mice Flam. East Liverpool, Jan. 21. Frank Mc- Cord, of this city, was named by the president yesterday to be collector of internal- revenue for the Eighteenth district of Ohio, with headquarters in Cleveland. There were many applicants or this place. A large number of these were Cleveland men. McCord is a life long friend of President McKinley, hav ing been a schoolmate of his. Hanged Himself. Chagrin Falls, Jan. 20. The manner in which.I"k Idie, a Burton township citizen, aged 50, committed suicide was a novel one. Fastened at the front of a livery stable where he was employed, was a four-foot rope with a snap on one end. Idie noosed the rope around his neck and with his feet and knees touching the ground he leaned forward and strangled to death. Burglars and Firebugs at Pandora. Lima, Jan. 20. The town of Pandora, northeast of this city, is grt atly aroused over repeated burglaries and incendi arism. Several nights ago the general store of P. D. Amstutz was burglarized, nearly all of the stock being hauled away, and Tuesday night the building was set on fire and destroyed. Brakeman Killed. Cleveland, Jan. 19. George Stein, an Erie brakeman, met with injuries Mon day night which caused his death. Stein was coupling cars under the cen tral viaduct, when he slipped and fell under the wheels of the train. His left leg was crushed at the knee. He died Tuesday. Prominent Sandusky Han Dies. Sandusky, Jan. 22. Leonard B. John son, one of the most prominent resi dents of Sandusky and owner of the historic prison ground and famous sum mer resort which bears his name, died Thursday evening. He was 91 years old. Mr. Johnson came here 60 years ago. Receivers for Cincinnati's Zoo. Cincinnati, Jan. 22. George . Hafer and Albert Fisher were yesterday ap pointed receivers of the zoological gar dens, upon application of the stock' holders, who state that there is a debt of $70,000 and that litigation is threat ened which would bring permanent in' jury to the property. Gave Oat Four Good Jobs. Washington, Jan. 22. The president has sent the following nominations of Ohio postmasters to the senate: George A. Shaw, Barberton; William II. Baum, Batavia; Charles W. Searles, Madison; Daniel Myers, Chicago. They Want an Armor Plate Plant. - Columbus, Jan. 22. Columbus mer chants will make an offer of $500,000 and 150 acres of land to the govern ment as an inducement to locate the proposed armor plate plant in this city. Assigned. Fostoria, Jan. 19. Henry Kohn, dry goods and clothing merchant, who has been conducting a business under the firm name of Kohn Bros., has assigned, The assets and liabilities are not given, Will Ask Aid for Cuba. Columbus, Jan. 22. Gov. Bushnell will soon issue a proclamation asking the people to contribute to the help of the State Cuban league in their efforts to raise funds for the use of the Cubans, i BoshneU Takes a Vacation. Columbus, Jan. 19. Gov. Bushnell is in ill health and will leave to-day for Oltji Point Comfort, Va,, where he will refrain until sufficiently recovered to resume the duties of his office. I' Killed at a Crossing. ' Salem, Jan. 20. Robert Bomberger, while crossing the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad in a buggy at Co lumbiana Tuesday evening, was struck by the Cleveland flyer ' and killed, the man and horse being mangled in a hor rible manner. Bombergers father was killed at the same place and by the same train a year ago. ' ' I , Ohio Postmasters Appointed. Washington, Jan. 80. The president peBterday sent the following nomina tions of Ohio postmasters to the senate: Irving' II. Uriswold, Klyria; Henry D. Weaver, Leetonia; Arkinson U. I'ond, New London. WHERE HARD TIMES AM HOT KNOWN. Desorlbea fcr Pul rape the New Star of Liberty. A corre- i p o n dent, in a com munication to this pa per, says during toe past few months s e much has been said and written of Western Canada, and the new provinces forming it, he has been led to give the subject some inquiry, and he has been shown letters written to the Canadian government from aeiegatea sent out by friends to inspect the country. One of the delegates who was sent to Western Canada says: "In undertaking to give a description I fear I shall not be able tn iv. if. inatirp. for I hardlv know where to begin or when to end. For a plea for my judgment, I will assume, ior an wusnauuu, tne experience oi amau uu oinupv. .a nlon. in ...n,l nf a Wlfp. find finding so many of good qualities and attractions, was unaoie to ueterinuie wmtu w wivw.., looking for a home in Western Canada I like . l. w.11 nnA Ivn nf TT1V hOVS ST going this fall (they have since gone, and each has a nomesteaaj, wnere i um mu,ib fied they will do well. The lands which I have seen are far superior in every respect and beyond my expectations. Lakes and streams to be found in all districts abound with innumerable kinds of water iowi, wnue fish are very abundant. On all sides we see tnm.mAi.oKlA atari; nf Drain, nrovinflt be- lUllUIIIVlDUIV " . n "F I V yond doubt the fertility of the soil.. On eivPer siae oi tne irucs. tau uc bccu m dition to the grain herds of cattle, horses and flocks of sheep. I have traveled over a great portion of the Western states and I have seen notning to compare wiuiu.ibcuuu try. One hundrd and sixty acres of land ara given tree to actual sewers, ana j. saw coma urWs as ViicrVi as 20 tier acre had been cleared in one year, I do not wish to ad vise anyone, but as lor mys'i l snaii leava as soon as I can arrange my affairs. The .iT-nr. nf Pnnnninn imvprnment are now at work organizing excursion parties, and me ueparimeni; oi uie interim oi vwin., Canada, will be pleased to supply the in-, formation to those who are not within reach of an agent. TJp-to-Date-Sociology. Son Papa, what is meant by the classes? Sprocketts Why, they're professionals and A and B amateurs the B's really aren't amateurs at all. "Well, and what are the masses?" "Oh, they're the folks who pay gate money to see the races, I s'pose." N. Y. Journal. In cold weather We need heat. The blood must be Warm, rich and pure. Hood's Sarsaparilla Keeps the blood In perfect order, Sending it, in a Nourishing stream, : ' ' ,, , ' Toevery organ, It Cum Colds, Oeufhi, gore ThrwtOmnl, Tula text, Whooping OoMb, Bronobitii tai Aithms. A oerUla euro for Coniumptloa ia Brit ttafot, and s tan relief in aivsnooti stages- Use at ones, Toa will see the eaoelleat aneet after takta the Bret doee. Bold by dealers nerywasrt. Aim, tt and CO seats per bottle. 1 Fire-Pointed Discourse. Exercise in reference to the Estey Or gan. We will do as speakers do, make a point on each fin ger. If you want them all at once send to the Estey Organ Co.t 'Brattleboro, VL Best Route to Klondike Only Personally Conducted Touritt Exclusions to fOETLANE, ORE., run , Via CREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE Leave CHICAGO Thursdays Good connect! one for TAC0KA and 8EAXTU Write for Eatei and Klondike Folder. Jno. Sebastian, O. P. A., CHICAGO. STCAM A Nil ?"" 'Eiy gink nr nvuiMn nf 2Ua7. scrlptlon, don't purchase until you have sent for our SECOND-HAND LIST. MACHINFS nf .11 1,1-. ELECTRICAL II I OUIUFDV. In Urst-clas eonditlon.'at FilAuiilntnT. about ne xii i it u iinuii,ni.ii i (he PBI(;B of nvWt Chicago Edison Company, No. Its Adams Street, CMcsio, Illinois. RCC! Bead and Be Enlightened, rilLC Sr..18- H- 'ord. of Albion, llliaee I Mich., tte. that he will Mnd the - PrewrMlon of Woederful Unit, fi f. .-iP113 " ny """. o d or young, whe la jacklnilnVILIIly. Caeee eouildered Uoti"i.nldt. iy IMA lo thii .treatment. A certain 'an. Mk ml. spent for I'NOI.E IKRItY' MfnS2 SrlSo Drumi.t for Vnl Jerry 'e Pile , VbmJm! ' I it lh IS ... V7M1TE0:! FEW fEimnioo u-i,tj . little money lo join me In buy. , - - ! TT ',lV,''''co'ltr"m' IniBrest an independent fort,, " ihuu a L?u 1,000 fOIES wW?x& . ." naideoaiely bonnd, brimful of new Ideae ee eoclal ethlee. political eeeBoa.7 how to be hanny, nt free to 1.& too "mSw""'l Barente-oertMoate of obedience, fnd.trTf ood hiblti tod ooorleey to other. C. B. STISSUS, ivuZto,lu VUVVT Flneer i trrmeuv e-rava.