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WHOLE NO. 171*
assassinated.
Chicago's Mayor Shot In His
Own House.
Chicago, October 28.?Mayor
Carter H. Harrison was shot
dead to-night by a discharged
policeman. The assassin's name
is Eugene P. Prendergast, He
called at the Mayor's residence
at Ashland Boulevard and Jack
son street at 7:80 o'clock this
evening. Ringing the door bell
he asked for Mayor Harrison.
There was nothing about the
man's appearance to excite sus
picion. He was ushered into the
reception room by the servant
girl, who answered the door bell.
The girl went to the dining room
to tell Mr. Harrison that there
was a visitor to see him.
Mr. Harrison arose from the
table where he had been sitting
and started to the reception
room. A few steps brought them
within ten feet of each other.
Prendergast without a word drew
a revolver.
Mr. Harrison with a cry of
alarm sprang back. As he did
so Prendergrastflred. In quick
succession he fired three shots,
each of which took effect.
Mr. Harrison staggered back.
He turned and walked unsteadi
ly to the dining room and passed
to the pantry. He placed his
haud on the marble slab and then
sank to the floor Fifteen min
utes later he was dead.
?he noise of the first shot h_ad
Uronght -the members of the
Mayor's household to the hall
from all parts of the house. They
arrived just in time to see the
Mayor stagger through the door
into the dining room. At that
moment the assassin was just
starting for the door.
He turned to them, and with a
wave of his hand, exclaimed :
?He promised me a job, and
didn't give it to me, and I've shot
him, and now I'm eyen with him."
With these words he passed
through the door. Mr. Harri
son's coachman, who had been in
the kitchen, entered the hall
from the rear. He saw the man
as he passed out and heard the
last few words. Without waiting
to find outwhat had actually hap
pened the coachman drew a re
volver and opened fire on the
fleeing man. His aim was poor
and he missed hi ting the fellow
with any of three shots he fired.
By the time he reached the front
door the fellow had disappeared.
Meanwhile the other persons
iu the house had rushed to the
spot where the Mayor lay dying.
He was lifted as gently as possi
ble and carried to a couch. His
'clothes were quickly ripped from
his body, and within a few
minutes a physician was at his
side. It was too late, however,
and the most famous Mayor
Chicago has ever had died before
anything could be done to save
his life.
Mayor Harrison died by vio
lence, a doctrine he often preach
ed in his harrangues.
He was in his sixty-eighth
year.
He believed in what he called
a European Sunday, but he made
Chicago a den of thieves and
drunkards on Sunday, not the
*holesome holiday the day is
abroad.
Mr. Harrison has always been
s cosmopolitan rather than an
nerican in sentiment. His pub
10 ^dresses never revealed any
strong instinct of patriotism.
He was to have been married
0 a popular Southern, lady Miss
??ie Howard, aged 29 and worth
ttl th,ree millions of dollars in
'few days.
? ^r- Brison Hall, near Lobelia,
*"% in a pen,a bear that would
,e'gb from 300 to 400 pounds.
WHAT THE THREAT OF FREE
TRADE COSTS.
The approach of winter finds
a multitude of workinginen in
every section of the country out
of employment. The industrial
depression which Democratic or
gans loudly asserted was caused
by the Sherman law has not been
helped by the practical certainty
that the Sherman law will be
speedily repealed. The deserted
factories to which ex-Speaker
Reed alluded so eloquently in
his speech in Boston on Satur
day night are still silent; the
machinery which resounded with
the cheerful music of industry
one year ago is yet idle, wholly
or in part. It is not the Sherman
law, but the prospect of free
trade that has cut down the
weekly payroll and curtailed so
disastrously the grand volume of
American industrial production.
The manufacturer who has clos
ed his lactory on account of the
Silver Purchase act has not yet
oeen discovered.
The loss in wages to American
labor mounts up into tens of
millions weekly. A partial in
dustnal census of 684 industries
in forty-one States shows thai
out of 160,428 bands employed a
year ago, 101.763 are now idle ;
that where the weekly wages
paid last year were $1,762,288.
30 they are now but $549,436.94
a direct loss to wage earners
in those branches of $1,202,851.
36. And these figures, be it re
membered, represent the losses
| of only a small fraction of the
great army of American work
ingmen. A partial census which
has been made in Ohio, where
Major McKinley is waging his
splendid campaign for protec
tion, shows 21,392 persons idle
ontof 28,852 who were employed
last year. In the famoub knit
goods manufacturing center of
Cohoes, in this State, the mills
that were taxed to their utmost
capacity a year ago to fill their
orders are now idle or running
only on half time, while thous
ands of men and women who
formerly found profitable em
ployment within their walls have
the means to purchase neither
food nor fuel. In many other
New York towns similar condi
tions exist.
Everywhere in the manufac
turing regions of the country the
sad tale is the same. The suop
houseand the pauper's dole of
bread are the substitutes which
Democracy has to offer for the
high wages, personal independ-i
ence and comfortable homes se
cured to workingmen through
Republican protective legisla
tion. And still the Democratic
legislators at 'Washington, with
a recklessness which is criminal
and a disregard of American in
terests which falls little short of
treason, go on with their schemes
to transform the threat of free
trade into grim reality ! Every
man who is idle in New York.
Massachusetts and Ohio, every
voter who has been deprived of
work and wages, has a remedy in
his ballot if he will but use it. A
decisive defeat for the Demo
cratic and free trade ticket in
these three great States will
teach the tariff smashers at
Washington that they cannot
make war on American industry
with impunity. The Prett calls
upon every workingman to pro
tect his home, his family and his
own manhood by his vote \-N.Y.
Press. . _
It is said that someone gave
poison to 1.3 head of fine cattle
belonging to fanner Andrew
Lunsford, of Lewis county. None
of the cattle have died but all
act very strange and are in a
critical condition.
11 tit ft mfdnieht tour the Are broke ont,
K And tte lXdowi. .tail, in her ...glit
"Oh, they he?rd her
"And'nU.ve the dog myieltit !<???'J
AT l.AST.
At precisely 26 minutes after
7 o'clock on Monday evening the
Senate of the United States by a
vote of 43 to 32, after one of the
most remarkable and memorable
parliamentary battles of a genera
tion, passed the bill uncondition
ally repealing the purchase
clause of theSherman silver law.
The end was reached at the
conclusion of a continuous session
of fourteen days, after sixty-one
days of debate, during which five
volumes of Congressional BeeOrd
had been filled with speeches,
amounting in the aggregate to
about twenty million words.
The aegis of senatorial courte
sy was no protection in the last
moments. Grey haired men, in
flamed by the fiery passions that
always characterizes the close of
a bitter contest, did not spare
each other. Senator Morgan,
with words that fairly burned,
heaped his denunciation on Sena
tor Voorhees, the leader of the
administration forces, and Sen
tor Wolcott, the Colorado hot
spur, concluded a slash against
Senator Carey with the Spanish
proverb of Sancho Panza, that it
was a "waste of lather to shave
an ass." The silver Republicans.
Teller. Stewart, Dubois, Wolcott,
and Jones, and PeWer, the Popu
list, and Morgan, und the old'
war governor of Tennessee. Hur
ris, each mado his valedictory. >
The Democrats were hot and
angry at the dessertion of some
Of their colleagues that mode
their defeat possible. The Popu
lists admonished the Senate that
the doom of silver was the aoom
of the old parties, but there was
something tragically pathetic in
the despairing cry of the silver
Senators. It meant they said,
ruin and destruction and desola
! tion to the silver producing
States.
Mr. Gorman said on the floor
in a speech of great bitterness
that Republican Senators, head
ed by Mr. Sherman, had dictated
the terms. Republicans are glad
to accept the responsibility /or
doing what the people demand
and experience shows to be right.
This generation has seen no
legislative incident equal to the
long wrangle in the Senate over
the silver repeal proposition.
Henry Watterson, although a
leader of Democracy says, in the
I columns of his paper : "Proba
bly no great deliberative body
ever fell so rapidly in public
estimation as the United States
Senate. There was a conserva
tism about the Senate that invest
ed it with great dignity. There
was an air of repose and consid- I
era tion in its proceedings that
impressed every visitor who went
there from the Honse galleries
surprised by the noise and con
fusion of the Representatives of
the people."
The repeal bill will now go
back to the House for approval
by that body.
Grmrton (ileanlnKK.
Harry Parker, a brakeman on
the 4th Division had his shoulder
dislocated on Sunday by falling
from the top of a freight car.
John Scroggin, son of J. M.
Scroggin, an old Grafton boy,
was killed on the railroad at St
Louis, Mo., on Monday. His re
mains were brought to Grafton
on Wednesday.?Sentinel.
The number of tickets sold at
Grafton for Chicago since the
opening of the World's Pair was
04 up to Wednesday morning.
The contract for the construc
tion of the Masonic temple was
let on last Monday to Shackelford
Litzinger & Co..
Dr. Warder accompanied the
showmen who were injured in
the wreck at Clarksburg, to Balti
more last Saturday.
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a
Poddrldff |)0tt.
Typhoid fever has developed
Useli- iD this town.
! Capt. John Neely, of Tonnes
jsae. was nmonp his friends in
this section last week.
j Miss Maggie Ripley, who has
*pent the summer among friends
n Missouri and Illinois, has re
, turned home.
I a?'8aid that ^tween 200 and
-00 witnesses will be summoned
ofore the grand jury and the
boll promises to be a lively ono.
Quito a heavy vein of gas was
struck in the Hoskinson well the
other day at about the gamp
depth it was found in the Mc
Reynolds well near by.
Clarence Maxwell was badly
injured in a runaway near his
home last Friday. He was badly
cut and bruised about the head,
his leK was badly hurt and he
sustained other injuries. He
bo confined to his bed for
i time, no doubt.
Vo registered letters contain
fonoy from this county were
Jo the Grafton post office
JPyi One was sent by J. B.
knight, of Kouton. and contain
ed ?1G, and the other by an oil
man from Center Point, amount
unknown.
Wolvorton met with quite
accident while on a sur
tour in Harr
ly. -
af
-bntisos about the
shofllders.?Rectml.
Dr. Morgan, of Clarksburg,
was called here Sunday in con
sultation with Drs. Griffin and
McLane in the case o t J.U.Crouse
While at the World's Fair last
week Mrs. Frank Smith had a
pocket book containing four or
five dollars taken by a pick
pocket.
Judge Maxwell will sell a por
tion of the Neely property Nov.
|;^7, 1893.?Herald,
Faiffit Ffauk-.
Judge HarrisonTof Clarksburg
was the guest of Governor Pier
point oil Monday.
Hon. Edwin Maxwell, Hon. J
J- Davis and L. D. Jarvis. of
Clarksburg, were attending court
here on Monday.
The Opera House is now under
going some needed repairs. The
stage has been raised so as to
permit the using of the largest
of scenery.
On Tuesday last application
was made in the Intermediate
Court for the appointment of a
Receiver for the Bottle & Fruit
Jar Company, better known as
the Beebe Glass Works.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued by Clerk Man
ley since our !ast report: Ulysses
S. Wright and Virginia B. Hayes:
James W. Talkington and L. F
Shrader; David Hayhurst and
Carrie F. Williams.-Index.
Misses Florence and Emma
Post are again visitors in town.
D. L. Morrow is again a citizen
of Fairmont having moved his
family here from Shinnston.
.Several Fairmont boys were
indicted by the Grand ^ ^
?fa^t?wn last week for bad
conduct dnring a recent Sunday
drive to that place. y
McCoy and Welsh, pugilists,
I!!l0!Came up 10 arranf?e for a
sparing match, left town without
paying hotel bills. -Free Preu.
Farmer CushmanrofChonango
county. N. Y? thinks wo are go
jng to have a very severe winter,
for the following reasons: Corn
husks are very thick; hog's melt
runs jagged; the breast-bone of a
May goose shows spots resemb
ling the canals of Mars; the ducks
are flying in U-shaped instead of
V-shaped flocks, and green frogs
are changing their skins and
seeking spring water for winter
quarters.
A FAIRMONT GIRL
Marries a Crook Whom She
Met at the World's Fair,
MSippffil
It scorns that a Fairmont girl
has recently figured in a very un
pleasant matrimonial comedy.
A dispatch from Tiffin, Ohio, last
week says: A surprising sequel
to the romatic marriage in this
city yesterday ol A. B. Potter, ol
Denver, and Miss Mame llall. of
Fairmont, W. Va., has boon de
veloped. They claimed here
that they had met for tho first
time at tho World's Fair, and
that she was on her way home,
and ho boarded the same train
and induced her to get ofT here
and become his wife. To-day
information was received to the
effect that 1500 reward has been
offered for his arrest, he being
wanted on a charge of passing
forged checks both in Illinois and
Iowa.
Miss Hall is the daughter of
Hon. Sylvanus W. Hall, who was
at one time clerk of the Court of
Appeals and is well-known in
West Virginia. The scoundrel.
Potter, who has ruined the girl's
life has a notorious reputation in
the West. A Telkokam corres
pondent in Denver, Colorado,
jliowinK clipping
victim to a long list of people
who have been betrayed by his
confidence game.
Potter has always claimed
Denver for his place of residence,
although he has never lived hore.
At various times he has repre
sented himself as an official of
the Santa Fo railway, but more
frequently he has paraded as one
of the proprietors of the Iiocky
Mountain News. He has swind
led manufacturers in New York.
Boston, Cleveland, Cincinnati,
Chicago, New Milford, Conn.,
and Philadelphia of small sums
and did not hesitate to draw upon
the New* Printing Company
when he failed to realize funds
upon the mere statement that he
owned an interest. Every bank
has handled his drafts and in
1889 and '90 they were so numer
ous that the bankers did not even
go to the formality of presenting
them to the business management
of this paper for rejection. Pot
ter became a byword among the
banks, and for the protection of
Eastern correspondents a stand
ing notice was kept in the News
for ae'veral months warning read
ers to beware of the fraud. Need
less to say. Potter never had the
remotest connection with the
News.
Potter is a man about five feet
ten inches in height, weighs over
200 pounds, is of florid complex
Ion. full habit, has lai-ge features,
smooth round face, brown hair,
is very easy talker, fairly well
dressed, and Is a man well calcu
lated to deceive anyone."
The Fairmont Index thinks
there may be some mistake about
the matter, but acknowledges
that Miss Hall is married to Mr.
Potter. She had several ac
quaintances in Clarksburg who
were greatly surprised and
shocked at her strange conduct
HI Henry Mln?trrl?.
HI Henry's alvance agent just
arrived and informed a Tele
gram reporter that the great Hi
Henrv Minstrels were actually
coming to Clarksburg and would
give a grand street parade, and
performance at Music Hall Nov.
10. Everybody has heard of this
celebrated collection of 80 sing
ers and comedians. Don t fail to
hear them.
V KKY LATEST.
The Senate confirmed tho ap
pointment of Mr. Lee H. Vance
as postmaster at Clarksburg on
Wednesday.
Fairmont young men are dis
cussing the formation of a mili
tary company.
Wfnton \V?lf*
Rev.M. A. Tracy lectured in
Buckhannon jut Sunday.
Mr. John C. Hard man died at
his home on Skin Creek Satur
day of diphtheria.
The Lightburn mill was de
stroyed by lire Wednesday night.
The tiro Is supposed to have
originated by a spark falling on
somo saw-dust. There was only
about I2.J00 insurance on tho
mill.
Miss PaulineBartlett,of Clarks
burg. has been visiting relatives
here during tho week. She caino
up to be present at the Webster
Harrison weddingon Wednesday.
?
On Wednesday morning* small
party of relatives drove out to
the residenco of Mr. W. <1. Har
rison to witness tho wedding of
his daughter, Nina, to Mr. Guy
Webster of Charles Town, W.Va.
At 10:80 the strains of tho wed
ding march, rendered by Miss
Daisy Harrison, flllod tho rooms
and the high contracting parties
proceeded by Miss Flodle Bailey
and Mr. Mabe llarrlion, entered
and wore made one,tho ceremony
being performed by Kov. Dr.
Forrest, of Clarksburg. Mr. and
Mrs. Webster left on the 1:30
train for Charles Town, where
they will make tholr future home.
?Democrat.
ment.
and Mrs. Clark W. Heavner ?i>eiit
a few days in Clarksburg last
week.
Mr. Floyd Briiikly,a prominent
[citizen of (tinkles Mills, was ta
ken to the Asylum at Weston
Tuesday morning. Spinal afflict
ion affected liiB mind.
Upshur county han its corps of
inventive geniuses. F D.|Dnnning
on has patented a carpenter's
quare, John Neff lias patented ?
secretary's desk. J. M. Hook, of
Lorentz is negotiating for a patent
on a jeweler's plating battery.
?P. C. Barlow has had letters pat
lent on a washing machine for
1 several years, nnd F. Smith
has patented a tool sharpener.?
\liee. ,
All Oter.
Chicago, Oct, 80.?Officially
speaking tho world's fair is now a
thing of the past. The termination
of its existence was announced
this evening at 6 o'clock by the
booming of cannon, the chiming
of bells, the lowering of flags and
the farewell music of tho bands.
To-day was marked by bright, in
spiring weather and by a large
attendance of people from far
land near.
The estimate to-night is two
hundred and fifty thousand paid
admissions making a grand total
for the six months of over twenty
one and a half millions, which
number, while largely short of
the original estimate, is far in ex
cess of the prospect as late as June.
The work of dismanteling is al
ready begun. Tiffany's great ex
hibit was closed this morning.
Others will be closed to-night
In a week fromnowonly skeleton
exhibits will be still open. The
railroads are preparing to move
lin and ties for their tracks to the
various buildings wero being un
loaded to-day.
The shadow of dissolution and
departure is on the great show.
The people felt, this fact all day.
The assassination tradegy deepens
this feeling, Saturday night's oc
currence seemed to 1h> the' death
knell of the exposition.
An exchange says that travel
ing printers by the score have
struck Fairmont within the past
wee*. Some from every part of
the United States.