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ROBERT MCCUSB, \&p Bd. and Publisher. WORTH1NGTON, Nobles Co., MINN. PHYSIOLOGISTS say that active exer cise of a man's arms and chest promotes the activity of his mind. Perhaps this is why pugilists do so much talking. THE sultan of Turkey has 300 wives the king of Dahomey, 2oQj the shah of Persia, 400 the king of Siam, 000 the king of Ashantee, 3.000, and the em peror of Morocco about 6,000. DAVID S. PATTERSON, of Nebraska, who has recently patented an improve ment in the driving gear of locomo tives, is seventy-five years old, and has been totally blind from infancy. PUTTING a man on ice has always been considered humorous conceit, but recently a New York man was locked up ii a refrigerating room acci dentally, where he nearly froze to death. DON JOSE GALINDO, mayor of Valen cia, Spain, has been sentenced to four teen years each on 217 indictments for falsifying public documents, 3,038 years in all. They might have taken off those odd 38. •'WHETHER it would be better to live with a slovenly, good-natured wife or a tidy, scolding wife." was the question debated in a Washington county (Me.) lyceum and was carried in favor of the slack woman. DURING all the stoppage of mills' and howls of the calamityites the mild and peaceable coal barons announce a meet ing at Pittsburgh to advance rates. We intend to use the attic stairs for fuel this winter. PKOF. DENTON thinks express trains will never go very much faster than they do now. He bases this opinion on the fact that the resistance increases more rapidly than the speed, so that at last a limit must be reached. DR. MARY WALKER injured her right leg some years ago, and at times it causes her great inconvenience. To a friend who met her the other day and asked the fair doctor how her health was, she replied: "My right Walker is a little stiff nowadays, but otherwise I am all right." AT last the size of hailstones has been reduced to a scientific certainty, and there need be no more lying. Wal nuts, hens" eggs and potatoes ail vary in size, but now that the baseball has been adopted as the hail standard we know where we are at. A professional baseball has a definite size. A MAN in New York was arrested for kissing another man's wife. The sen tence of the court was that the prisoner should kiss own wife, who was present the court room. He willingly did so and .was discharged. If the judge con sidered that a penalty, ten to one he has married a chromo himself. A WOMAN has unraveled the secret of the Aztec calendar and she'll give it away. The discovery is Expected to throw much light on the history and customs of the ancient inhabitants of America, and archaeologists pronounce it a most important contribution to the lore of that branch of investigation. Woman's curiosity, properly trained and directed, can work wonders. A CONGREGATIONAL clergyman of Ohio has forwarded to the patent office at Washington a model of a device for furnishing communicants with indi vidual cups. They are about two inches high, one inch at the mouth, tapering down to nearly five-eighths of an inch at the bottom. As many as forty can conveniently be carried in a frame, and be replenished in a few sec onds. SOCIAL reformers have found another good text to enlarge upon. A New York state bride who was kissed by all her friends came down with diphtheria the morning after the wedding, and now several of the friends have been affected with the same disease. Things have come to a pretty pass when we not to be allowed to indulge even in Jdssing without a physician's pre scription. THE ministers have been discussing the bad boy problem and casting about for the best method of making the bad boy good and preventing the good boy from becoming bad. The first step should be the education of the parents to a sense of their responsibility. Par ents nowadays are inclined to intrust too large a share of the training of their children to the public schools, the church and the state. Character is formed at home. THE nearest living relative of George Washington is Ebenezer Burgess Ball, who keeps a little cigar stand in the rotunda of the pension office in Wash ington. The Sons of €he American Revolution have investigated his claims thoroughly and their verdict goes to support them. He is said to resemble Washington's portrait much more close ly than any other person claiming rela tionship and pictures that have been taken of him dressed in the continental uniform have been mistaken by many for representations of Washington him self. Mr. Ball is 76 years old, but is .hale and hearty. SENATOR Co (MAN is pachydermatous ao far as newspaper attacks are con cerned. The correspondent of a New York paper who imagined that he had fairly flayed the Marylander alive for his views respecting the silver question called upon him to ask if he had any thing to say in reply. "Really," said Mr. Gorman, smiling sweetly, "I very seldom see your paper, and have not heard of the article referred to. Be sides, the matter is of no importance, I assure you." And then the corre spondent went out and communed with nature for an hour or so, but. he didn't feel any better. MOLLY STARK not only did not die a widow because of the valorous battle of Bennington, but she lived on to become a noble mother in Israel, and at- one time thirty out of forty of the children attending the district school in what is called the "Stark district" of New Hampshire were named Stark. They were all descendants of the four chil dren Molly bore to the hero of Ben nington. Now, ^however, the name is almost extinct in New Hampshire, in Manchester, the center of the Stark district, only two or three persons are left who bear the name of the brave general of the revolution. THE forty-four United States owe, collectively, 1224,000,000, and they pay to the holders of state securities 110, 000,000 a year as interest Though the population of the United States has in creased during th§ ten years between 1880 and 1890 from 50,000,000 to 62,000, 000, there has been no increase in the debt of the several states. On the con trary, the total obligations were less in I890» and are less now, than they were at any time between 1880 and i885. CatefttT financiering is the rule in American commonwealths to-day. The itatM of Vermont, Iowa, Michigan, llli «ol» ftpd Wisconsin are free from debt I I 0 0 N E 8 S Extra Session. MONDAY, Aug. 28.—In the senate the bill to increase the onational bank circulation was discussed and a bill was reported for the repeal of the federal election law. It was decided by a vote of 32 to 29 that Mr. Mantle, of Montana, and Mr. Allen, of Washing ton, are not entitled to seats and that a governor of a state has not the right to appoint a senator to fill vacancies. In the house the bill in favor of the un conditional repeal of the silver purchase clause of the Sherman act was passed by a vote of 240 to 110. The average of sentiment on free silver was shown in the votes on the ratios at 16 and 20 to 1, respectively, in both cases there be ing a trifle more than 100 majority against silver. TUESDAY, Aug. 29.—-Mr. Voorhees, chairman of the finance committee in the senate, reported back the house bill repealing part of the Sher man act with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The difference between the house bill and the Voor hees bill is found in the attachment to the latter of a paragraph declaring that it is the policy of the United States to use both gold and silver as money metals and to preserve parity^ No ac tion was taken. In the house an ani mated discussion took place over the rules between Speaker Crisp and ex Speaker Reed. Mr. Springer intro duced a bill to provide for the coinage of the seignorage silver in the treasury, which was referred. WEDNESDAY, Aug. 30.—In the senate Senator Sherman spoke in favor of the repeal of the silver law, but said the present financial troubles were not due to silver, and that alterations of the tariff laws would prove disastrous to the country. A bill was introduced providing for the dismissal from the government service of all persons not citizens of the United States. In the house the urgency deficiency appropria tion bill ($300,000) was passed. The 'new code of rules was discussed. THURSDAY, Aug. 31.—In the senate Senator Wolcott (Col.) spoke against the repeal of the silver law. A concurrent resolution was introduced directing the secretary of the treasury to issue certificates not to exceed 20 per cent, of the amount of gold coin and bullion in the treasury. In the house the new code of rules was fur ther discussed. FRIDAY, Sept 1. In the senate Mr. Voorhees' request for unanimous consent that the senate bill be substi tuted for the house bill repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman act was objected to' by Mr. CockrelL Mr. Vance spoke against the repeal of the silver law and in favor of free coinage. The time in the house was passed in discussing the rules. An amendment was adopted prohibiting smoking in the chamber at any time. FROM WASHINGTON. AN order was issued by Commissioner Lochren, of the pension bureau, that hereafter there shall be no suspensions except in cases where the record shows on its face that the soldier was not en titled to any pension whatever. THERE was said to be a deficiency of from $10,000,000 to $11,000,000 in sight already in the treasury, and the rev enues were running behind the ex penditures to the amount of fully $300, 000 a day. THE business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 1st numbered 356, against 410 the pre ceding week and 176 for the correspond ing time last year. THROUGHOUT the country the national bank note circulation increased during the month of August $26,332,054, the circulation now being $193,881,881. IN the United States the exchanges at the leading clearing houses during the week ended on the 1st aggregated $661,152,209, against 8674,212,389 the pre vious week. The decrease, compared with the corresponding week in 1892, was 32.5. THE statement of the public debt issued on the 1st showed that the debt increased $10,442,898 during the month of August. The cash in the treasury was $712,857,887. The total debt,, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to $853,676,348. ACCOMPANIED by Mrs. Cleveland the president returned to Washington in excellent health. AT the several mints in the country the silver, bullion on hand was said to be 134,625,492 fine ounces, valued at $122,302,756. GOVERNMENT receipts during August aggregated 823,890,885, against $33. 479,058 in August a year ago. The en penditures were $33,305,228, or about $2,000,000 more than during August a year ago. THE EAST. THE Pennsylvaina republicans in state convention at Harrisburg nom inated 1). Newlin Fell, of Philadelphia, for supreme judge, and CoL Samuel Jackson, of Armstrong, for state treas urer. THE famous lawyer, William M. Ev arts, of New York, and his wife cele brated their golden wedding anni versary at their summer home near Windsor, Vt AT his summer, home at Beverly AT Fleetwood park, New York, Nancy Hanks trotted a mile in 2:06% perSODS witnessed little mare's feat THE republicans of New York will hold their state convention at Syracuse WHALE ^eif,hiT^ FLAMES destroyed the Thornton worsted mill in Johnston, R. L, the loss being $225,000. WEST AND SOUTH.. In a runaway accident near Uedar Springs, Mich., Homer Bears, a tvell known farmer, and his wife were fa tally injured. lD South Carolina the cotton and tobacco Kas. the 4th THE of all kinds. quantities of fruit and- corn, and FLAMES caused a loss of over to WJ r--? BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL. $150,000 occupants of Lindsay: Bros.' biff block in Milwaukee. The McCormick Harvester company and the Transfer & Storage company were the principal losers. THE First national bank of Grand unction, CoL, and the First national bank of Dubuque,- la., resumed busi ness. LATER advices say that since the re cent storm in the south 390 dead bodies have been found on the islands about Beaufort and Port. Roy al,S.C., andthat the total number of dead would reach 1,000. Over $2,000,000 worth of proper ty was wrecked near the same points. Near Jacksonville, Fla., fourteen dead bodies were found, and the damage to fruit trees and orange groves was enor mous. AT-the sesaion^n St Louis of the sev enth international Sunday school con vention the report of Secretary Porter showed the number of Sunday schools of the United States and British Amer ica to be 130,197 teachers and officers, 1,372,558 scholars, 10,870,104 total, 11, 242,662. WHILE carelessly handling a revolver supposed to be unloaded Leo Stafford shot and killed his bride of six weeks.at East Liverpool, O. THE total paid admissions during the first four months of the world's fair numbered'9,990,699. By months the at tendance was: May, 1,050,037 June. 2,675,113 July, 2,760,263 August, 3,514, 286. IN Chicago Judge Goggin declared the world's fair Sunday opening in junction should stand, overriding Judges Dunne and Brentano and sur prising court attendants. FIVE tramps and Jack Swanson, the engineer, were killed in a freight train, wreck near Brenham, Tex., and Fireman Cameron and Brakeman Ford were fatally injured. H. S. BUNDY, of Jackson county, wat nominated for congress in the Tent! Ohio district on the 1,793d ballot Mr Bundy has served two terms in con gress. AT Rockford, 111., the Royal Sewing Machine company made an assignment with liabilities of $119,000 and assets of $40,000. WHILE insane Samuel Deeters, of Waterloo, Ind., shot and killed Amos Bactel and fatally shot Mrs. Lowe, neighbors, and wounded his mother. FIRE destroyed the business part of De Pauw. Ind. THE following executions took place: George S. Turner (a wealthy man) at Spartenburg, S. C., for killing Ed Finger Wade Cannon and George Bow ers (colored) at Laurens, S. C., for arson and John Ferguson for wife mur* der Oscar Johnson and Henry Ewing at Berkely, S. C., for murdering Henry Weltman and Ah Lo Doon, a China man, at San Rafael, Cal., for the mur der of William Shentor. RECEIVERS were named for the Equit able Mortgage company of' Missouri, with- headquarters in New York, the liabilities being $19,000,000. THE American national bank of Nash ville, Tenn., and the American national bank of Omaha, Neb., have reopened their doors. AT the annual meeting in Milwaukee Judge Thomas Cooley, of Michigan, was elected president of the American Bar association. THE Denver savings bank failed with liabilities of $670,000. Depositors would be paid in full. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE doors of the Central Illinois Banking and Savings association a1 Jacksonville were closed. The asset: were $360,000 and the liabilities $320,000. AT a dance near Sonora, Mexico. Pedro Martinez stabbed and instantly killed Miss Maria Gonzales, a girl oi 17, for refusing to join him in a dance A crowd-pelted Martinez fatally witl stones. AT Lichtenstein, Germany, ten per sons died from eating poisonous fung which they mistook for mushrooms. EDWAKD VEZZY and BViolet uoking ham were married at Branfort, Ont. a few days ago, and now it has beei discovered that they were brother anc sister. They had been separated sinc childhood. IN London the packing-box factory o: George York & Co., the pianoforte fac tory of Squire & Sons and several othei places were burned, the total loss beint $400,000. IN South Wales over 60,000 minert who struck for higher wages returnee to work at the old prices. THE royalists at Honolulu plotted blow up public buildings, fire the citj and restore the queen, but they were foiled. HUNDREDS of persons were dying ol starvation in Hokchang, China, and th cholera was raging. THE home rule bill passed third read ing in the British house of commons bj a majority of thirty-four. It now goei to the lords. CATER N-WS. THE steel mills of Oliver Bros., and the Hainsworth Steel Works at Pitts burg. Pa., resumed work the 4th with non-union labor. THE first vote in the senate that looks anything like a test vote was made the 4th on the motion of Jones of Nevada, to adjourn. The silver men were out voted: Ayes 21: Noes 31. LABOR DAY was universally observed throughout the country. In Chicago Holn.es passed the 84th milestone ol his ade. Mayor Harrison headed the pro cession as honorary marshal^ FOUR women have been murdered and mutilated within the last four days in Ostburg, a small village on the island of Cadsand, the Netherlands. All were of the poorest class. The murders were committed at night and the bodies were dissected in the manner practiced by Utt^^are's'feat life in a very quiet manner. FIRE destroyed the Old Guard armory, ore of the landmarks of New York city, together with many paintings, relics, battle flags and historic bric-a brac, the loss being $100,000. the J** the Ripper. NWresteTave' beeJ made. A WHALE weighing 57 tons washed October 6. ashore near South. Bend, on the Pacific THE Chicago limited express on the TTi, Scientists declare that the oston & Albanv road bonml «... whale had lived 986 years, lacking 14 years of having lived the longest term of whale life. The monster measured 174 feet 8 inches in length. It was worth $10,975. Boston & Albany road bound east was thrown into a ravine near Chester, Mass., by the collapse of a bridge and fourteen persons were killed and twen ty-eight were injured. WHILE playing under an apple tree at Petersham, Mass., three children were struck dead by lightning. to"s washed D. T. PIKE, one of the best known newspaper men in the state of Maine, died at Augusta, the 4th. WM. MCNEILL, a creole of Mobile, Ala., arose from his bed while his wife was asleep the night of the 4th, got an axe and brained her. McNeill made his esaape. Cause, jealousy. THE storm which* recently raged on the Atlantic seaboard was one of the most terribly destructive, bothinpever- ^omoDS| ityand extent that have ever been re- Kan., the night operators were held up ported. About 700 persons were sup- by outlaws and robbed. posed, to have perished and the property THE dead body of Doolin one of the 1C\HWr^n°rrU& THE 27th national encampment of the G. A. R. opened at Indianapolis, Ind. the 4th. At least thirty thousand ar rived and'many more will follow. Gen. Benj, Harrison welcomed the old vet* erans. ginia reported the destruction of crops «antMf hie »MHan«!aie .J of all kinds. New Jersey lost vast Se^tiu credentia.\8 to the president as well as the fruits! THK American Bar association met in sixteenth annual convention in Mil waukee. AT Vinita, I. T. and at Columbus, i! l.and ®alton gang was found near Ingalls, »°U TBVfirst embassador from Germany °®. to the United States,.BaTOnJeltsch pre- *N THE president will deliver an address A ... Connecticut theoyster beds were ruined deliver an address as well as the fruits! .: Sept. 18, the centennial anniversary of the laying .of the corner stones of the On Hunting island, off the east coast J^een Gi^ffb and Lavigne, scheduled to of South Carolina the steamer City of **kf-PLACE at Roby, Ind., the 5th. WM Savannah, of the Ocean Steamship com- r®i °ff' issued an nanv w**OTfwaV«d. Na livee ware loeti injunction and Gov. Mathews sent United Statea-capitol building. THE much advertised prize fight be- to?- eral companies of militia to the scene. I .5 g^HCROES OF THE WAR.. Wjho INIM W IMMI awl Jtorla* the BaMlioa oather for ndr Eacaapmeat at Iadlaaapoltp-History of the CK A. B. 4 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept 6.—"They are coming, ahundrad^thousandv strong.'* That is the refrain ob every lip, and the home of ex-President Har rison has arranged a royal welcome for the G. A. R. It is its twenty-seventh annual gathering, and in no year was1 the interest deeper or the attendance more flattering. The question of mpst importance to come, up for debate is that relating to recent developments in pension legisla tion and, department decisions, and under this head will probably come the appeal of the disbanded Farnham post of New York. There was an unusual scene at the Tabernacle ^Presbyterian church Sun day morning, and one in which ex President Harrison, much to his sur prise, wa8 made a central figure. A special patriotic service had been ar ranged for the delegates to the conven tion of naval veterans, over 100 of whom, headed by Rear Admiral In accordance with the usual custom the naval veterans held their celebration before the rally of their comrades of the army, and Saturday be ing the second and final day of their re union they were' up brign't and early, and at eight bells every man of them had gathered at the flagship Kear sarge on the capitol grounds to wit ness the ceremony of putting the counterpart of the time-honored craft, into commission. The festivities at the man-of-war were concluded barely in time for the veterans to make their way to North Meridan and St. Clair streets, where the line of march was formed for the grand pa rade. It was in Decatur, 111., on April •, I860, that Dr. Stephenson formed the first post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and on October 31, 1866, the first national convention was held in this city, where now they are gathering in twenty-seventh reunion. The second session was held in Philadelphia in January, 1808 It was during this session that the rule was established abolishing the use of all inilitary titles in connection with grand army proceedings, with the result that in the post room the major general and the private from the ranks stand on precisely the same footing no rank or grade being recognized except those of the grand army itself and derived directly from that body. T&e third annual session of the national en. campment was held in Cincinnati May 12, 1860, Gen. Logan presiding, and he was reelected commander in chief for the following year, and the fourth annual encampment was held tn the city of Washington on May 11, 187a For the third time Gen. bog^n was elected commander in chief to succeed himself, and the fifth annual meeting of the national encampment was held in Boston on May 10, 1871. The sixth annual encampment was presided over by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, as commander in chief, meeting in Cleveland. May 8, 1872. Gen Burnside was reelected commander in chief, and the seventh annual encampment was held in New Haven, Conn., May 14, 1873. The general declined to serve a third time, and Gen. Charles Devens, Jr., of Massachusetts, was •lected in Harrisburg, Pa., May 13, 1874 Gen. Devens was reelected commander in Chief for the following year, and the ninth an nual session was held in Chicago May 12, 1875. The tenth annual meeting, Gen. John F. Hart ranf commander iff chief, was in Philadelphia pn June SO, 1876, the centennial year, and was largely attended. On June 28,1877, the eleventh annual meeting was in Providence, R. 1,, Qea. Hartranft hav ing been reelected. On May 16 preceding, Gen, Grant was mustered in as a comrade of the grand army and a member of Gen. George Meade post No. 1, Philadelphia. Here was a spectacle the commanding general of the greatest army known to history—the e*-presi dent of the republic—quietly taking his place In the ranks of the arm? of citizen veterans, among his men who carried the musket. On June 4, 1878, the twelfth annual meeting took place in Springfield, Mass., with Maj. Gen. John C. Robinson as commander in chief. The thirteenth year Gen. Robinson succeeded him self as commander, the meeting occur ring at Albany, on June 17, 1879. The fol lowing year Chaplain William Earn shaw, of Pennsylvania, was commander in chief the fourteenth annual session being held very appropriately at the soldiers' home at Dayton, O., June 8, 1880, where there were living over 4,000 veterans The fifteenth yearly meeting, with Gen. Louis Wagner as commander in. chief, was held in Indianapolis, Ind., June 15, 1881. The sixteenth an nual session was held in Baltimore. Md., June 21, 1882, with Ma]. George S. Merrill in command. On July 25, 1883, the seventeenth annual session took place at Denver, with Sergt. Paul Van Der Voort, of Ohio, as commander in chief, who was under 16 years of age when he enlisted. The eighteenth annual session was held in Minneapolis, Minn., July 33, 1881, CoL Robert B. Beath, commander In chief. The nineteenth meeting was at Port* land, Me., June 24, 1885. The commander in chief was John S. Kountz, of Ohio. The twen tieth meeting was held in San Francisco, Au gust 4,1886, and Capt S. S. Burdett waa chosen commander. The twenty-firqt annual session was held at St Louis, Mo., September 28, 1887. Gen. Louis Fairchild, of Wisconsin, presided as the com mander in chief.. The twenty-second annual session was held at Columbus, O., on September 12, 1888, Maj. John P. Re a, of Minnesota, com mander in chief. The twenty-third annual encampment was held In Milwaukee, Wis., on August '88. *2# and 30, 1889, Commander In Chief- William Wafner, of Missouri, presiding. The twenty-fourth annual wssion, with Gen. R. A. Alger as commander In chief, was held at Boston, Mass, on August 13 and 14, 1890. The twenty-fifth annual meeting was at Detroit, Mich., on August 5, 6 and 7,1891, with Gen. W. G. Veazey, of Vermont, commander in chief: The twenty-sixth annual meeting was held in Washington, Commander in Chief Joha Palmer, of Albany, presiding. Commander in Chief Weissert, of Milwaukee, succeeded him and is in charge of the Indianap olis encampment ASSASSINATED. Attorney Dan McCarty Shot la Hla Qwm 'Doorway at Marjrsvllle, la KNOXVILLE, la., Sept. 5.—Dan Me Carty, an attorney and a well-known character at Marysville, la., was shot and killed in his own doorway at a late hour Friday night He lived long enough to say two men had been lying in wait and shot as he stepped outside the door. Some six weeks ago McCarty was shot through the lungs by John Netherow, and was just recovering from what was at first considered a fatal wound. McCarty has always borne the reputation of a desperate man and was greatly-feared. Jews* to Be Shipped Back to Japaa. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.—Thesteamer China, which arrived Thursday from Hong Kong via Yokohama, had quite a number of Jewish exiles on board. The immigration commissioner on examination, found they were near ly sll very poor and wretchedly dirty, and decided to send them back to Japan on the same steamer. Every steamer that will arrive between now and December will bring more of these exiles. They have all been' expelled from Siberia^ and Kobe, Nagaski and Yokohama, Japan, are swarming with them. Selections In Franc*. -PARIS, Sept. 5.-—The second bolloting occurred in France Sunday. At 13010 a. m. returnsshow that 10V republicans, six conservatives and seven rallied rights candidates have been elected, a republican gain of 18. Floquet, Clem* enceau and Paul de Cassagnac have been defeated. -v Dletf at th* Age of 101.' v" QUINCT, 111., Sept 5.—Felix HheHdwi waa bnHed in the Catholic cemetery Saturday. He was 101 yearn old ud was a veteran and pensioner of the war of 1819. He had lived at tl^e, sol diers' home here for sixyeara./ KILLED HIMSELF. T. Thatcher Graves. Onee Convlete* _,•* P«le»alBff Kn. Baraaby^ and Awalt taf a Mai, Commit* Suicide la "'all at Daftver^ 'J- $ -'DKKVEH, CoL*, Sept 5.—DR.^ T. Or, Thatcher Graves, who was convicted of poisoning Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, but had been granted a new trial, com mitted suicide in hia cell at the county jail Saturday night, presumably by tak ing poison. He was found dead at 9 a. m. Sunday by the "trusty" who had been caring for him.. On his. person found the fdllowing letter: "DBNVBB, Col., Aug. 9.1893.—To the Cortner of B. S. Osbon, occupied seats in the body of the edi fice. The audience still lingered after the benediction had been pronounced, and several of the old salts in the rear pushed to the front and grasped the ex-president by the hand. See ing that an impromptu reception could not be avoided, the pastor in vited Mr. Harrison to tfte front of the platform, and for over an hour men, women and children filed by, each taking him by the hand and many ex pressing in a few words their pleasure .at seeing him amongst them. Denver—Dear Sir: Please do not hold an autopsy on my remains. The cause of death msy UD rendered as follows: 'Died from perse euttoa. Wjprn out Exhaust^).' Yours re-, spectfully, T. THATCHER GK&VKS, SThe corpse was quite eold when found. No direct evidence was visible, but the above letter tells the story. There were also letters'to Mrs. Graves, wife of the doctor, to Jailer Crews, and an address to the.public. That the pris oner had long contemplated taking his own life is evident froiii the date of the. letter—August 9 last. Dr. Graves was awaiting his second trial for the alleged murder of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, of Providence, who at the time of her death was visiting friends in Denver. She died April 19,1891. After one of the most famous trials in the criminal annate of this country •Dr. Graves was convicted of murder in the first degree and was sentenced to 'be hanged. The supreme court granted him anew trial, which was to have be gun the latter part ofthis month. As is evident from the letter ad dressed to the coroner, Dr. Graves com mitted suicide, but with what drug the autopsy alone will tell. It was sup posed, however, that he took morphine. [The crime of which Dr. T. Thatcher Graves was Moused was a celebrated case, He was an intimate friend of Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, of Providence, R. L, and her financial adviser and agent on a salary of 15,000 annually. She was the divorced wif* of a wealthy mer chant of ProvidenVe, and possessed a fortune of 1100,000 and an annual income of 112,000. Mrs. Barnaby was a great traveler and WM accustomed to spend part of the sum mer at Blu«. Mountain Lake, N. Y., living at the residence of Edward. Bennett-' In the spring of 1891, while at that place, she and Dr. Graves bad a misunderstanding. They parted and Mrs. Barnaby at once started west. Event ually she arrived in Denver and visited Mrs. Wor rell Six day* before her arrival la April of that year a package came to her address. It contained a bottle of liquor labeled "Fine old: whisky fi um your friend in the woods." The bottle was laid away in the bouse, its contents untouched for a week. Mrs. Barna by and Mrs. Worrell took a drive April 13, and on their return both drank of the contents of the bottle: Almost im mediately both were seized with great pains, rhey became violently ill, and Mrs. Barnaby died, Mrs. Worrell finally recovered. The physicians declared the illness of both women was due to arsenical poisoning. Suspicion was cast upon the Worrells, but no action waB taken against them. -The writing on the pack age resembled that of Dr. Graves, and finally he WAS arrested and then indicted for murder. The long fight he made for his life developed the past tistory of Mrs. Barnaby and the accused man. His friends claimed there was an ab sence motive for him. He could have no ob ject in desiring the woman's death, they said. He received a salary from her and had, they admitted, absolute control over her fortune and could have converted it to bis own use if he so desired. His enemies declared he had other reasons for wishing her out of the way. FATAL TRAIN WRECK. Iwo Killed and Ten Injured Near Streator, III.—Iron Loaded on a Car Projects Far Enough to Strike a Bridge, Pulling It Down and Causing the Disaster. STBKATOB, 111., Sept 5.—Train No. 15 of the Illinois Valley & Northern railroad, consisting of sixteen freight cars and caboose, fell through a section of the bridge across the Vermillion river near this city Saturday night, killing two unknown men and wound id!/ tea other persons. The wounded are Lew Baker, of Kangley, coal miner, nose split and hand burned Albert Burgess, of Kangley, farmer, hands burned Thomas Kavanagh, of Ladd, 111., compound fracture of right leg be tween knee and ankle and right hand burned Miss Maggie Knuckley, postmistress of Kang ley, left foot burned snd right knee bruised John Mandula, of Kangley, coal miner, legs and hands severely Injured: George McClung, of Galesburg, brakeman, left knee cap broken an3 badly cut about the body and limbs N. E Tobias, of Kangley, clerk, hands and face burned Mrs. Eli Wil liams, of Kangley, badly burned about the limbs .and band Willie Williams, son of Mrs. Williams, right foot burned John Woods, of Kangley, coal miner, bad bruise on left shoulder and concussion of the brain. The cause of the accident was the dis placement of some of the bridge's iron trusses which were loaded on one of the rear cars of the train. The heavy iron caught in the timbers of the bridge and pulled it down and the seven rear cars and caboose fell through. OUTLAWS IN KANSAS. Robbery at Mound Valley—Three Desper adoes Hold Up a Train, Kill the Express Messenger and Plunder the Passengers and All the Train Employes. SPRINGFIELD, I1L, Sept 5.—Near the little station of Mound Valley, Kan., at 4 o'clock Sunday morning, three des perate men who understood their busi ness held up the St Louis St San Fran cisco passenger traiu. Express Messenger Chapman was shot and killed. Failing to secure money from the express^ car, the bandits robbed the passengers in a manner much after the style of the James Younger gang in their palmiest days. The work was done with the cool deliberation of typical outlaws. It is estimated that the amount of booty secured fell not far short of $500. Watches, diamonds and other valuables were taken along with the cash. Wom en were not molested by the plunderers because of their sex, CLOUDBYRST IN GEORGIA. People Compelled to Swim for Their Lives, and Much Damage Done. SAVANNAH, Ga., Sept 5*—A big cloudburst is reported at Guyton, on the Central railroad, about SO miles from this city. The people were caught on the streets and country roads and had to swim for their lives. Bridges were washed away. The approach to the sopthbound bridge over the Savan nah river was swept away. It is not known whether lives were lost, but it is thought so. The water is now said to be four feet deep in Guyton streets. Murder and Suicide. DUBUQUK, la.. Sept 5.—Joseph Henry killed William Haney at Lansing, IiL, Saturday, striking hini with a club an then choking him as he sat in a chair. After telling his family to call the cor oner Haney ran to the river and drowned himself. He left a note say ing nobody but himself was to .blame. The murdered man was the brother of Jtuitge Haney, of Mitchell, S. D. Broke the Bank at Monte Carles PARIS, Sept 5.—Miss Leal, a young Scotch woman, has broken the bank «t Monte Carlo. She won 9300,000 in ana hour. -Vine Charged to Ineeitdlarlee. TUSCOLA, 111., Sept 5.—Disastrous fires in towns within a radius of a few miles of here, are credited to an organ ized band of firebugs. Camargo, Villa lies, and the tbtisl loss aggregatea over •200,000. ... Work Besomed at Homestead. day. This will give employment to 1 000 Idle men f" IMU HWU ui mrungB. vamargo, vuia refused to go to work' Friday at a Grove, Murdoch, Sidell and Hume have reduction in wages of 10.. per cent suffered by the work of the incendiar A A I N The Recent Pilaster Aloag the Southern Coast the. Worst Ever Known —The Death List Dally Swelling—The Latest Acoenntlng Shows Over TOO Victims— Some Thlnk the Total Will Beach 18,000 —Great Snlfferlng Among Survlver*. COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept 5.—It is fast developing that the loss ot life and de struction of all kinds of property on the sea islands that skirt the southeastern coast of South Carolina by the recent hurricane have never been paralleled in this country. ..Estimates of the dead here range all the way from 400 to 1,500, but in no in stance has anyone said that less than 400 lives have been lo6t The averages have been between 600 and 800, and from all that,can be learned that seems to be about the correct estimate. Coroner Wills .has made this list of the number drowned on the several is lands: Warsaw, 47 Coffin point, 80 pawthad, 87 Coosaw island, 85 Pacific works (Chisholm'a island), 28 Hnnting island, about 25 St He lena island. 200 Savannah river plantations, 1S9 Beaufort, Salt water bridge, 4 Otaheta plantation, 6 on tug boats, 6 Grays *i»i, 8 Perrey Clear's point, 11 Ladies'island, 87 Land's end, 2J Kane's neck, 00 Coosaw mines, 5: 'Paris island, 2t Total, 758. It is estimated that 15,000 are in a starving condition. The crops are partially destroyed, the stock is all drowned, and there is actually not enough provisions in the country to keep the people alive. From Morris island all the way down to the Tybee all are akin in their dis tress. Morris island, John's island, Edisto, Wardmalaw, James island, Charleston's neighbors, have perhaps fared somewhat better than St Helenai Coosaw. Dathan, Port Royal, Paris, Dawfuskie, Ladies and the myriad of smaller islands tribu tuary to Beaufort Huddled to gether and within almost a stone's throw of each other are .Port Royal, the largest of them all, and Ladies, Dathan, Morgan, Coosaw, Chisholm, St Helena and Eddings island. It is almost one isle, cut up with navigable lagoons. Skirting the ocean front, looking out to the broad Atlantic, are Hilton Head island, Dawfuskie island and further over to Charleston, Chaplin's island, Prentis island and Reynold's island. Hundreds of smaller islands dot the coast To-day most of th,em are in ruins and the majority of lie inhabitants are searching in vain for sustenance. From ten to fifteen thousands do marketing in Beau fort What they will now do is the question. Higher up the coast there are whites on the islands who have something left. Down here nothing is left Eighty per cent of the houses has been swept away by the ter rific storm. At Ladies' island700houses are gone Eastice place of fifty houses, three are left Hope plantation, all homes destroyed. That is the register at Indian Hill, out of seventy-five places on Coosaw island but a dozen are left, and so it goes. The population on these islands is al most entirely colored, with a few whites who keep stores or manage ex tensive farms. The crops consist al most entirely of sea island cotton, with a few patches of corn, potatoes and small grain. Nothing is left of the crop except on the highlands. There is danger of a water famine all over the islands. Even in Beaufort county all the wells and cisterns are filled with hot water. The people were killed by the houses falling on them and by drowning. The cabins were scattered everywhere. In some places as many as sixteen bodies could be found huddled together on the roads. They have not begun to find even a small proportion of the bodies. Some of them have been swept far up in the marshes, where man cannot ga At Cains neck there are deer, cows, hogs, snakes and all kinds of wild animals piled up together, making the section so offensive that no one can go there. Many persons are dying from starva tion. CHINESE TROUBLES. Masked Mob at Selma Loot Several Wash houses and Steal 93,000. SELMA, CaL, Sept 5.—A mob of, twen ty masked men Friday night made a raid on the Chinese washhouses in the suburbs. They came from the vineyards near town and were headed by a drunken hoodlum named Vincent All the houses in Chinatown were broken into, money tills ana trunks of the Chinese were forced open and rifled and clothing, cigars and other goods stolen. The mob marched through the town, taking seven Chi nese with them toward Fresno, when Constable Spencer ordered them to stop. No heed being paid to his order, he opened fire with a Winchester. Six shots were fired, one of them grazing Vincent's forehead and another going through the hat of one of the gang. The rioters broke and ran, part of them going on toward Fresno with the Chi nese. The officers secured help and teams and overtook the escaping party near Fowler. There are now eleven men under arrest and warrants are out for several others. The Chinese claim to have lost about 93,000 in coin, be sides other property. Floods Do Great Damage in Bahar. CALCUTTA, Sept 5.—floods are caus ing great damage in the province of Bahar, in Bengal. Hundreds of square miles, including the towns of Mo sarphu, Darbhang^and Paddy, are sub merged. The rice crops are ruined and thousands of persons are homeless. Other parts of eastern Bengal are Suffering from floods. A famine is feared. Firebugs Confess. HARRISBUKO, Pa., Sept 5.—Joe Mum ma and John Fink, of Mechanicsburg, a small town about 9 miles from this city, have just confessed to burning eight barns and other buildings, en tailing a loss of $30,000. These buildings were all destroyed within a year. Fink, planned the manner of de stroying the buildings and Mumina ap plied the match. The first buildings were fired to boom the town. The borough then offered a reward of $j00 for the arrest Fink, thinking he could obtain the same, turned state's evftfence and betrayed Mumma. Both men are now in jail. Proved Himself a Hero. ANTIGO, Wis., Sept 5.—E. H. Bum mele, assistant chief engineer of the Ashland division of the Northwestern road, jumped from the directors' car at Pratt Junction .to save a child on the track. He succeeded in saving the child but received injuries which proved fa tal. Thirteen Llvee Lost. Moscow, Sept 5.—A terrible disaster has happened the steamer Orloff, ply ing between Hijui Novorgod and As trakhan. The steainer was completely destroyed by fire and thirteen lives are reported lost Coal Road' Employee Go Ont. BRAZIL, Ind., Sept ft.—The Chicago Indiana Goal road car repairera A wnomi i»f)Im «iii Death of PITTSBUBO, Fa., Sept 5.—Carnegie's Homestead plant, which, has been par- i»re».uou» tially shut down for the past six weeks, university, died here Friday will resume in all departmenta to- was horn at Carlisle, Pa., iw.i_ _.ni Dee. 6, 1824, and was elected president of the university in 1Mb to succeed Dr. n«k.kt. cut A general strike will. probably follow among all employes affected by the reduction. Lehigh's President. SOUTH BETHLEHKM, Pa., Sept 5.— Robert A. Lamberton, LL.D., president Leavitt MINNESOTA NEWEL Thirty First Premiums. Minnesota has oome out of the live stock exhibit at the world's lair with flying colors. She has won a total of 00 premiums, of which 30 are first A. Squires, ot Blue Earth City, is entered fan the Brown Swiss competition, and &. fi1. Brown in the battle of beef herds. Minnesota horses are all judged. W. D. Richardson, of Garden City, is the man who swelled Minnesota primi ums toOO by walking off with nine premiums for Guernseys. His 2-year old bull. Linden Prince, and his 3-year old heifer,.Hurtha, won first premiums. His 4-year-old bull, Yeksas Prince, cap tured fourth his yearling bull, Berk Shire Select, second his bull under 1 year, Hazel Prince, second his 3-year old cow, Hazel of Hazel wood, fourth his 2-year-old heifer, Ophit's Evaline. third. In old herds, Mr. ^Richardson won third premium and the same honor was awarded his collection of two ani mals- of either sex, the product of one cow. In French coach horses, Willard & Fuller, of Mapleton, won third and fourth premiums on 4-year-old mares and Leonard Johnson, of Northfield, second premium for mare and two of her colts of cither sex. Minnesota's total of 90 premiums are now distributed as follows: N. P. Clarke, 34 Hugh Paul, 12 H. F. Brown, 11 Leonard Johnson, 9 W. D. Richardson, 9 A. P. Foster, 6 Cosgrove Live Stock company, 4 Willard & Fuller, 2 I. L. & J. L. Delancy, 2 W. P. Baldwin, 1. Grades. The state railway and warehouse commission has fixed the wheat grade rates for the coming season. The grades are all reaffirmed with the sin gle exception of the note that was in terpolated last year, which reads: "Hardy, flinty wh$at containing no appreciable admixture of soft wheat may be admitted into the grades of No. 2.- northern spring and No. 3 spring wheat, provided the test weight of the same is not more than one pound less than the minimum weight required by the existing rules for said grades, and provided further that such wheat is in all other respects qualified for admis-' sion into such grades." This rule was adopted because the crop last year was hard, but it was somewhat lighter than the prescribed weight This explains the change and also.why the. "note" was dropped when it is known that the wheat crop just harvested is heavy and conforms to the weight schedules of former years. A Wheelman's Choice. A. A. Zimmerman, the champion wheelman, and Miss Alice Raymond, the popular cornet player, are to be as sociated in a new role. The Milwau kee Sun says: A large bicycle firm in Chicago is about to ir.sue several hun dred thousand packs of playing cards as an advertisement and have requested a photo of Mr. Zimmerman to use as the king. In their letter to "Zimmie" it was suggested that he select gome pop ular lady now before the public to rep resent the queen, and he has chosen Miss Alice Raymond. Mr. Zimmerman has forwarded his photo, as well as that of Miss Raymond, to the firm, and the cards will appear soon. During the recent meet of wheelmen at Milwaukee several hundred of them attended one of Miss Raymond's con certs and gave her an ovation. It will be remembered that Miss Raymond is to be in Minneapolis during the latter part of the Exposition. Drainage. The board of audit of the Red river valley drainage commission met at the governor's rooms at the capitol. The president and secretary of the board were authorized to advertise for bids for the work to be done on Sand Hill river, in Polk county, and on the Tam arack river, in Marshall county, as rec ommended by the committee, bids to be opened and considered by the board Sept. 9 next, the plans and specifica tions for the proposed work to be at once filed for examination by bidders in the office of the secretary of state, at St. Paul at the office of E. D. Childs, at Crookston, and at the office of John P. Lundin, at Stephen, Minn. News lu Brief. The public examiner has published a statement showing that on July 31 the resources of the 10 trust companies in the state were $7,860,906.23. State Treasurer Bobleter reported $2,982,334.64 to the credit of the various state funds with the close of business Aug. 81. The reform school fund is overdrawn $973.71. Joe Wigmann's new separator and four stacks of barley belonging to Mrs. Hendricks, near Quincy, were burned. The fire is said to have caught from a lot of careless tobacco smokers. Gov. Nelson has appointed Prof. W. W. Pendergast, for a number of years principal of the College of Agriculture in connection with the State university, to the position of state superintendent of public schools. On the farm of Mike O'Laughlin, near Maple Lake, Jas. A. O'Laughlin' shot and dangerously wounded his cousin, John Maroney, Jr., during a quarrel. The bullet entered the back near the right side and pierced the pleural cavity of the lung. O'Laughlin was arrested. In a runaway C. L. Bruslette, ex postmaster of Kenyon, was seriously injured. An enthusiastic meeting of citizens was held at Little Falls to formulate plans for bringing before the people a proposition to build a railroad to St Cloud. The Porter Milling company, owning 27 elevators, and the Winona & Dakota Grain company, owning 22, have con solidated. A. G. Moritz, secretary of the latter, is also secretary of the Wi nona Milling company, which owns 49 elevators. The new company will te able to handle two million bushels of grain per annum. The money drawer in M. L. Gunder son's old mill at Kenyon was robbed by burglars. About $10 was securcd. The so-called Peterson bill, regulat ing the elevators and warehouses at in terior points in the state, is now in full operation. There are something like 1,000 such elevators in the state. The new law compels all elevators located on rights of way of railroads in the Btate to take out licences and come within state control. Of this 1,000, about 800 have taken out licenses in ac cordance with the provisions of the law. The Transcript Publishing company of Little Falls has been sued for $5,000 for alleged libel. The action was brought by Jo Hennen, whose saloon was burned a month ago. A prisoner at Stillwater known as Jack Mead has been identified as James Russell* one of the cleverest and most noted criminals known in the East and South. Russell will go to Kansas City for trial. He operated extensively, stealing drafts aiad checks from the mails, and is wanted in many large cities between New York and Chicago. The Milwaukee depot at Graeeville was broken into and some valuable ex* press packages were secured and aboot fl in eash. This is the third time this summer the depot has been robbed and as yet ttors is no due to the ptrpetea. NOTABLES, LIVING AND DEAOP Wfcrat Gen. Gnat visited &iam ha waa accorded greater honora than had ever been shown a foreigner from any cou&tiy. Ex-Vica Pnaronrr Monro* denies the story that he intends to make Faria his future home. New York is good, enough for him. BEX JOHKSOX'S wife went to the inn after him if he staid too long and brought him home, tongue-lashing hla all the way. ADMIBAL HroiAJra, the French naval commander,at Bangkok, was at one time in command of the Newfound land squadron. EXOLISH court society is startled SIGHTS OF be cause the prince of Wales' wedding gift to Miss Laura Gurney took the un usual form of a bank check in lieu of a piece of jewelry or plate. Lncirr. CHARLES A. L. TOTTEJC, whose career as professor of military science and tactics at Yale university under a special detail by the United States government was recently terminated, has decided to make New Haven hia permanent residence. A "I CITY. HAVE seen, at one time and an other, aU sorts of things hanging on washlines," said a citizen, "but to-day, for the first time, I saw among the shirts and stockings an American flag."' Iw the shopping districts one some times sees a newsboy, with his bundle of papers under his arm, gravely hold ing open the door of a carriage for my lady. Sometimes she gives him some thing, sometimes not he takes the chances on that AB A general thing the newsboy, when on duty, devotes himself strictly to hustling, but there crossed Madison square, New York, the other evening, a newsboy who, between cries of his papers, smelled at a sizable bouquet of red flowers with evident pleasure. THK year 1772 was a fearful one in New York. One hundred and fifty-five cases of sunstroke occurred on July 4, of which seventy-two proved fatal. The principal thoroughfares were like fields of battle. Men fell by the score, and ambulances were in constant requisition. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART. A HEARTLESS and unprincipled West Virginia girl challenged her lover to a foot race, which she won, and then re jected the vanquished man "because she could not wed an inferior." MARRIAGE is evidently not considered a failure by Almon Ames and Mrs. Mary Fulkerson, of Elkhart, Ind. They were recently wedded, each at the age of seventy-five, and this is the third matrimonial venture for bride and groom. MME. RHEA has joined the small but conspicuous number of distinguished women who have taken unto them selves boyish bridegrooms. Mme. Rhea is about forty-five years old, while her husband, Mr. W. F. Hart, her leading man, is only twenty-five. THE legend runs that the fruiting of the almond tree beside the house whence a bride-elect departs is a hap py omen. Princess May was probably glad to see that the almond tree at White Lodge was in full bloom when she said good-by to her old home. CURIOUS FACTS. ASTRONOMERS say there are'500,000, 000 suns. A SINGLE tobacco plant will produce 860,000 seeds. THE Greenland whale has a heart a yard in diameter. MECCA never sees a year that does not bring cholera. ONE-THIRD of the human race speak the Chinese language. IT is stated that more"than 25,000 wom en are employed in the United States alone in the decoration of china and pottery. THE famous Khwajah tunnel of In dia pierces the Khwajah Amran moun tains about 60 miles north of Inetta at an elevation of 6,400 feet It is 12,800 feet long and was constructed broad enough to earrv a double line of rails. NOTES FOR THE WOMEN. PRINCESS CHRISTIAN is an adept jam maker. SEVERAL ladies in Stockholm have offered their services as voluntary sick nurses should cholera appeftr in Swed en, and a series of lectures has been arranged for them. SISTJCB GERTRUDE, a nun in the Loretto Convent at Dublin, has writ ten a drama, entitled "Nemesius." It is dedicated to the memory of the mar tyrs of the catacombs and has been performed at Loretto Abbey. THE dowager duchess of Sutherland claims the distinction of being one of the few women who have seats on the directorate board of a public company, and report says she displays consider able ability in the management of a coal mine. The World's Inn. The above Chicago hotel, under the capa Ole management of Mr. Cbas. E. Leland, is having the patronage it deserves. It is not a lira.trap, but is built of steel and lire proof tile, combitiine absolute safety with reasonable prices. Its location—southwest corner Midway Plaisance (60th st) and Madison ave.—is unsurpassed, as it faces the Pair Grounds.- Is accessible bysteain, cable and elevated lines. Write or tele graph in advance of your coming, for ac commodations, or look The World's Inn up when you arrive. You will not be disap pointed. DINER—"Isn't this meat rather tough?" W aiter—"There's no denying that, sir, but then we serve extra strong toothpicks with it"—Boston Transcript. The Death Boll Is Largely SwellMl By persons careless of imperilled health, who "pooh, pooh!" their minor ailments, believing, or pretending to believe, that na ture will effect- a change. Nature does ef fect a change, but it is in the wrong direc tion. She thus avenges a disregard of her appeals. Don't omit, if you are at ailnn- matism, biliousness. Hostetter's remedy for dys -y, malaria, rheu IN the second-grade grammar.—Teacher —"Bobby Smart, give me the feminine of friar." Bobby (briskly)—'"The feminine of friar is cook." "THERE, mamma," said the small boy, as' he gazed at the dromedary, "that must be the camel that had the last straw put on his back." WHILE the elevator man gives many a fel low a lift, he doesn't hesitate to m»» a chap down. Shooting Pains AU Hood's Pills over my body swelling of my limbs have caused me great suffer ing. In the spring I waa completely worn out and ate hardly enough to keep me alive. I btTs teen taking Hood's Banana-^ rills, and the swelling has subsided, the shoo? lngpalns are gone,l have good appetite, am better •very way." MRS. A. A OMAN, Newman St., So. Boston. GetHood'a. HqodVs^Cures Curs Siok Headache. Kc. Spare Pearline »Spoil the Wash