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THM COFFER COUNTB EVENING NEWS, Vol. IV. if your FILLED Eagle - Drug - Store. -:Open Day J. CLEMO A New Departure Expressly for tie Laflies. We are now making to order all-wool Scotch Tweeds, Cheviot and Storm Serges, in a rariety ot shades, LadKIItoor $1 2.5 0 a Suit, or a Urilliantlne skirt, fine quality, figured or plain, for $4.50 a skirt. This in eludes the skirt lined with a very stylish changeable imitation silk Iming, and the eoat lined in a very fancy imitation silk; also, the ripple behind, which gives it a very artistic effect. The coat we can make in the new style- three-button cutaway with a box front, or a square double-breasted box front with fly fronts. These are the latest styles, but we make it ia any tyle the lady would like. The sleeve we can make the very newest style, which fit perfectly tight half way above the elbow, with a fullness that drops over from that to the shoulder. These ladies' suits are cut by men and made by men, and what looks, nicer than a tailor-made suit for a lady. We have made several suits for ladies, and all are well pleased. We have a suit made for yonr inspection at the ofDce by the depot. Ladies, come and inspect the amp, also see our samples. Oates, the Tailor. I, s. We shall have a special department open for the ladies in a few days. Here flra Some Facts lllOT YOU 1. The Detroit Telephpne Company has now nearly FivK thousand subscribers. Every subscriber for a telephone has signed a legal contract. Nearly tiirkk thousand have signed three-year contracts. 2. The Detroit Telephone Company has a tiiirty ykar franchise from the city, and is the only tele phone -ompany owning a franchise in Detroit. 3. The Detroit Telephone Company is now building the conduit in which to lay its cables. Sixty miles of duct feet of conduit are required. Nearly twenty-five miles are already laid. 4. The Detroit Telephone Company is building the most modern and perfect telephone plant ever built in this country. The conduit will last a hun dred years and the cables will be practically im perishable. You can imagine the perfect service telephone subscibers will 5. The Detroit Telephone Company has enthusiastic public and popular support. Think of a metallic circuit telephone in your or in your office for 40 the telephone subscribers arc increasing at the rate of nearly 100 a week. Do you know any reason why there will not be 10,000 Detroit Telephone sub scribcrs within three years? 6. The Detroit Telephone paid and non-assessable. J w V,V, " "fcW I' "J to buy is when the company is started. 7. The Detroit Telephone copy of which can be had on application, shows that the stock of the company can pay a ten per cent dividend the first year and still leave five per cent for surplus. Every will add over twenty thousand dollars to the earn "iff power of the stock. Telephone Company stock be worth in 1900 when 11 "as 10,000 subsnbers? . . r-wr- , "The Detroit'Tclcphoncr Company offers a Hmitci amount of its tnrk tn the ircncral public, confident ly believing that no investment so profitable or more safe has ever been offered to the people)! rrnn Tlir of-ioL- tea Jtl' $100 shares. No man or woman ran afford lo vestigating the stock company. JOHN Care of Calumet Hotel. Calumet. tempjim AT THE- and Night:- & CO., Prop'rs. receive; house for 25 dollars a year dollars a year! No wonder Company's stock is all full Telephone stock has al- tmcnt. The time Company's prospectus, a additional 1,000 subscribers How much will Detroit invest a dollar before in of the Detroit Telephone T. HOLMES, 0 nou CALUMET. MICH. Houghton County, Address Issued from Headquar ters at Washington. RV NATIONAL MAI KM AX HITLER. It Is Addressed "to Every Auierlcau I'atrl- of and Kays the Object of the Party I to Km tor the Government to the People but It Will Take Cash to Curry ou the Campaign Kveryhody Asked to Con tribute, ! and lie Ilia luflueuce. Washington. Sept. 9. An address has Wen Issued "to every American pat riot" from Populist headouartera in this city. It In an appeal for funds. The address beelns bv telllnir whv the 'opullst party sprang Into the politi cal arena, and that its mission Is to restore the government to the people. It then continued: "Therefore. It In the IntereHt and duty of every god citizen who believes In government as understood and ad ministered by Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln to upbuild and strengthen this new organization which has made re form and relief possible in this cam paign. To have a government of the people, the people must have a party that Is true to them through which to govern. This they can not have If the national committee of such party draws its campaign funds from bank ers and corporations. The national committee of a party exercises great influence In the selection of national officers, from president of the United States down to the village postmaster. political party can not. tn the nat ure of things, remain true to any other source than that from which It re ceives its support. Whenever a na tional committee, through some se cret and unseen agency, collects large sums of campaign funds, then it Is sure that that party is mortgaged to those who contribute such funds. In fact, such a party is sure to pass laws giving to the monopolists and trusts who furnish these campaign funds such special privileges as will enable them to levy tribute upon the people. When contributions to campaign funds come from such sources they do not come as a gift, but as an Investment upon which they expect a return an hundred fold. If this were not so. the trusts and monopolists would not throw away their money In campaigns'. The. People's Party Promise. 'Therefore the people must contrib ute the necessary funds for some polit ical party during the campaign In or der to have that party guard their In terests after election. If the People's party is placed in power, it will serve the people; and to be left free to do this, your national committee can not and will not accept contributions from the monopolists who seek special laws to enable them to prey upon the peo ple. The People's party proceeds from the people, and Is of the people, and must receive Its support from the peo ple direct in the form of small contri butions from the Individual voter. Such small contributions from the In dividual voters of any political party would furnish an abundant campaign fund for all legitimate purposes, and enable the party receiving It to sue cessfully compete with any corrupt or ganlzatlon of bankers, corporationlsts, and venal politicians. "Therefore, in behalf of the people of the United States, who produce wealth and pay taxes, the I'eople's party national committee appeals to all who are able and willing to do so to contribute the sum of $1 to our na tlonal campaign fund. A prompt re sponse Is urgently requested to enable us to prosecute a vigorous campaign In defense of our homes and liberties that are menaced by a combined plu tocracy the Hothschlld-Morgan-Han na-McKinley combination fighting us In front and the Rothschild-Cleveland Palmer combination fighting us In the rear. Four years more of gold stand ard and monopoly rule, with falling prices and shrinking values, and thou sands of mortgaged homes will be lost and thousands more of our laborers will be without employment. Ordered to Hold I J Hands. "Plutocracy Is desperate, and Is de termlned to have a president and t congress of Its own that will increase and use the army to suppress bread riots, while gold grows dear and hu man life grows cheap. Your national committee Is doing the best It can against the rich and powerful combin ations. For us to stand any hope of winning you must uphold us. If we could have but 1 cent for every $10 used by the enemy, we could carry on vigorous campaign that would mean their defeat. This is your fight. It Is our fight Hold ud your hands and we will do our duty In the terrible struggle. Don't wait for somebody else to move. What Is everybody's business Is nobody's business. Make this your business. At once see several of your neighbors; try to get each to contribute at least $1 If some cannot do this, then get each one to give as much as he can. In short, take up a subscription In your community at once and forward the amount with the names of the contrlb ntors to Hon. M. C. Rankin. Terre Haute, lnd.. our national treasurer Also at the same time notify your na tlonal chairman at Washington. D. C. of the amount thus forwarded. 'There is no time to lose. It Is now only eight weeks until the battle will be won or lost. Be me nrsi in your community to forward a subscription v. must win this fight, Let each do his duty, victory awaits us. "MARION HUTLER. "Chairman National Peoples Tarty Committee. "J. E. EDOERTON. Secretary." ARKAMM KLKCTIOX. Vfi Popncratlo Ticket Wins by a Large Majority. T.lttle Rock. Ark.. Sept. 9-The Popo cratlc state ticket was elected Monday hv the largest majority ever polled in .v- .i.t. The estimates from late ..,., tlve from 50.000 to GH.MO Popo ,.r.tic majority, in 194 the majority State, district, county and township offlcera'were voted for. Including a half o tha state senators and llfi members of the popular nrancn oi :.L .tk.. legislature will elect a sue ... ' . Senator James K. Jones chairman of tha Democratic national Michigan. Wednesday. committee, who will have no opposi tion In his party. The Democrats and Republicans nominated full state tickets, while the Populists and Pro hibitionists had a candidate for gov ernor only. The gubernatorial candi dates were: Dan W. Jones. Democrat: II. L. Remmel. Republican; A.W. Files. Populist; and L. W. Miller. Prohibi tionist. Truiiessao LegUlature. Nashville, Tenn.. Sept. 9. Both houses of the legislature met Monday In extra session. The message of Gov ernor Turney sets out at length the financial condition of the state, says there are reasons to believe there will be a large deficit Jan. i, 1K97. and rec ommends the restoration of the tax rates of the act of 1803. which were re duced 33 per cent. In 1H9.1. The legis lature In 1V5 lowered the tax rates, but assessments so decreased that this year the revenues have alarmingly decreased. A legislative commtttee will be appointed to examine the es timates furnished by Governor Tur ney and report fr the action of the legislature. Dlaek Declines to Itun. Chicago. Sept. 9. General Rlack, who wus nominated for governor by the gold Democrats at the Battery D onventlon, formally declined Tuesday. committee of gold Democrats com posed of C. A. Kwlng. state chairman; A. C. Raltcock, nominee for lieutenant governor, and J. T. Hoblltt of Lincoln, called on General Rlack at his office In the Monadnock and labored strenu ously with him for an hour to induce him to accept, but to no purpose. Kidlculed by Secretary Herbert. London, Sept. 9. Hillary A. Herbert, secretary of the navy of the united States, in an Interview with the Lon don Dally News, ridicules the idea that there is any real dissension be tween the north and the south or the east and the west, and says the Bryan movement has reached its height and is now declining. TURKEY IS NOT ALONE. lirltlsh Troop Think Nothing of Massa- rreing the MatalM-!e. London. Sept. 9. Turkey, It should be said. Is not the only country where barbarities, without a shadow of ex cuse, are ling committed. A terrible indictment has been made against the Rritlsh forces engaged In suppressing the rebellion In Matabeleland. Several rlvate letters from Buluwayo this week describe with an air of verity atrocities which amount to wholesale legalized murder. Nothing worse in ceneral character Is reported from Constantinople than this, from Kng lishmen engaged with the British de tachment in pursuit of natives: When out on patrol a week ago we suddenly surprised five Kaffirs sitting down watching some goats. They slm p!v jumped up. threw clown their shields and assegais, and covered their faces with their hands. One short com niand was given and the five men were shot dead. We rode off as If nothing had happened. 'Another case Is that of a green young doctor sent fresh from home by the Red Cross society. He was tying un a wounded Matabele when a ser geant came by. 'Hullo, doctor.' says he. 'what are you up to? Attending this wounded native. replied the medico. 'Nonsense.' says the officer. Leave the nieeer and come and look after some of my men.' " 'No.' savs the doctor. 'I must at tend to this native first.' Oh. you must, eh? All tight Pandage away." And he drew his re volver and blew half the Kaffir s head off." EX-SENATOR PAYNE" DYING. The Yenerahte Man Was Stricken Willi Paralysis a Week Ago. Cleveland. (., Sept. 9. The venerai ble ex-Senator Henry B. Payne is dy ing at his residence on Euclid avenue He Is a victim of paralysis and it will be a marvel If at his age, nearly 86, he recovers. He was sincaen last " runts day, but with the usual conservatism of the family the attack was kept se cret among a few until Monday, when he became so much worse that It be came necessary to noiiry auoumnui friends of his condition. The paralytic features of his illness have Improved but there are complications and ex cessive weakness, and It is generally understood that he Is liable to die at any moment. His physician. Dr. H. K. Cusning, u onnsorvat ve and etnicai. ana an that could le obtained from the Cush Ing residence Monday night In the way of a professional opinion Is that Sen ator Pavne will probably live a few days yet. Senator Payne has been member of congress from tne district of Cleveland, and was chairman of the house committee which co-operated with the senate committee to find way to settle the close Tllden-Hayes residential contest. He was from 1885 to 1891 one of the United States sena tors from Ohio. Prior to his term in congress he filled a number of munlc ipal and state offices and has been a del egate to a number of national Demo cratlc conventions. He has several children, one of whom was the late wife of William C. Whitney of New York. Another Is Colonel O. H. Payne the Standard Oil millionaire. Made an Assignment. Philadelphia. Sept. . The Iukwoo Manufacturing company, manufactur ers of patent feeding lxixes. has made an asslKnment to James S. Freeiand secretary of the company. No state ment of assets and liabilities can be obtained, but tire figures will be large The company has $100,000 capital and has been doing business for the past forty years. The plant Is finely equipped with valuable machinery In the pait the company has done a large business, but of late collections have been dull and business has fallen off. Murdered HI fcmployer'a CJue.t. New York. Sept. 9. William Moran rnnhman for Judge W. Wandell. at his summer home In Saddle Rock. N i.. -hot and killed Mr. Howling of New vrk. a auest of the Wandtils. a. id then committed suicide Monday aft ernoon. It Is said that Mr. Howling was the favorite suitor of one Judge Wandell's family. The coach man. who had long been In the family and who was not treated like the oth r servants. Is said to have gone mad with love for the same young woman September 9. 1896, 0 President Stickney Borrows Big Money Abroad. 1IKST STKITTI UK IS GOING IT. New Factor In the Market Which la I.lka. ly to Control tha Southwestern (iraln Trade hie vat or To II Erected in Kan sas C ity, St. Joseph, Ontaha, Leavenworth, Topeka, Minneapolis, Mt. Paul, and Liv erpool lllg Schema Made I'ublle. St. Paul, Sept. 9. The Dispatch says: Some six weeks ago President Stickney of the Chicago Great Western railroad threw a bombshell Into the camp of competing roads at a special meeting of the interstate commerce commis sion at Chicago. This was the first Intimation of the existence of several gigantic schemes In the grain carrying line which took root In the fertile mind of Mr. Stickney, and are made practically public property by the re turn from Kurope of Ansel Oppen- heim, whose mission was to secure the large sum of money necessary to the promotion of the ptoject. When it is stated that Mr. Oppenhelm secured something like $:,000,000, an idea is at once conveyed of the immensity of the project, as well as the confidence of European investors In American se curities. Opruiug of the Scheme. When before the Interstate commerce commissoln Mr. Stickney told them of the existence of two corporations of which they probably had heard, but to which they had attached no import ance, namely, the Iowa Development company and the Anglo-American Grain and Provision company. He went on to explain that the ownership of the company and the Great Western Railroad company were practically Identical, and that the reason the road rot the southwestern grain business as because the road was a grain buy- er. to all purposes, and was hauling its own property. But President Stickney did not tell the commission, because vas not necessary, that the great Ian was Just then In embryo. And at that moment Mr. Oppenhelm was in Lnndun engaged in snowing apltalists the best opportunities which lay In the great railway and elevator ystem. of which the Chicago Great Western railroad, the Anglo-American Grain and Provision company and the Iowa Development company were to be the nucleus. This he exploited to their satisfaction, and now he Is back to St Paul with the money necessary to the furtherance of the plan. Will leet a I.lne of f'.levators. It may be briefly stated that It Is the Intention of the enterprise to erect a series of elevators reaching from the east to the seaboard, the first of which Is now in process of construction at Kansas City, one each at St. Joseph Omaha. Leavenworth. Topeka. and Minneapolis, with two large terminals at St. Paul, one at Buffalo, and one jrobably at Liverpool, will be neces sary to the scheme. It is understod the three corpora tions will be practically consolidated. and. between buying and handling. will largely control the grain and pro vision trade of the southwest. The precise details of the deal aredifflcult to be reached, as the officials and those concerned are reticent until terms are more thoroughly settled, but it is cer tain the great dream of President Stlckney's life seetns In a fair way to be realized and very shortly. New Sport in California. San Rafael. Cal.. Sept. 9. Kngland has her fox hunts, southern California coyote hunts, and San Rafael, hitherto her paper chases, but herearter she will lead the world with nothing more or less than a kangeroo hunt. A young kangeroo has been secured by the Hotel Rafeal management from Australia. All of the experienced rid ers who have participated in the paper chases will take stations near the Ho tel Rafael. tl kangaroo will be turned loose and will be pursued across the rnnntrv until recaptured. A pack of twenty-five Knglish hounds Is being trained for the hunt, which will occur some time during the -latter part of September. llig Mercantile Firm Fails. Hot Springs. Ark.. Sept. 9 -The Will lam J. Little Mercantile company, ine oldest and largest wholesale and retail establishment In this city, closed Its ,i,.nri TueHdav. The liabilities are tilaced at $so.ooo and the assets ex ceed that amount several mousana dollars. Dull business, shrinkage In ...in... and slow collections are the causes to which the failure is attrlbut ed. Colonel John J. Sumpter was appointed receiver and It is believed the firm will arrange matters so as to resume. Headquarters at Omaha. Omaha. Sept. 9-MaJor T. S. Clark son. tne new iv nru-i ... chief of the Grand Army of the Repub ii,. hna t-pt uned to this city. The headquarters will be In Omaha." sale! he. "and Adjutant General nurnieis tor uin i.e in charire of them. I shall probably be away a considerable por lion of time visiting tne various ie nartments. I have already receiver ur gent Invitations to visit a numoer or the largest and most . Innuentiai post of the east and be their guest." Kockford, Ilia., Man IHsappesr. R.Hkford. Ills.. Sept. 9-George t King, vice president and manager of the Second National bank or mis city has disappeared In Chicago, and his wife fears that he has met with foul Play. Mr. King has been In Chicago at a private sanitarium, but left it week ago. and since that time has been ...arrhe.l for without success. His f fairs with the bank are all right. Armenian Refugees. Constantinople. Sert. 9 The sultan hna nntiointed a commission to deal With the Armenian refugees. It proposed to furnish safe conducts to those desiring to leave and to Insure the safety o( those who remain. The dragomans of the different embatsi are attending the meetings of the com mission. IH-nlea the Story. Pittsburg. Sept. . Chris von der Ahe of St. Louis, who Is here visiting, denies that he Is married. Advices from St. Louis atatv that the ceremony is yet to occur. WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. ICrports from Firs of the Large Agricul tural Mates. Chicago. Sept. 9. The reports as to the condition of the crops throughout the country and the general effect of the weather on the growth, cultivation nd harvest of the same were Tuesday made by the directors of the several climatic and crop sections. The re potts received at Chicago were as fol lows: Illinois Corn cutting general and ell advanced, with late crop mostly safe. Broom corn and wild hay cut ting completed. Potato digging, cane utting. and field pea harvest gener al. Fall plowing progressing, wheat land being prepared, except In dry southern section, seeding to begin last of the week. L'arly sown rye Is up 1th a good stand, and sowing contin ues. Wisconsin Liberal and fairly well distributed rains have greatly benefit ed pastures and placed soil In an ex cellent condition for fall plowing. Corn Is maturing .rapidly, and about one- half is In shock, while the remainder III Im safe from frost by the end of the present week. Buckwheat is lightly Injured by frost. - Potatoes only a fair crop. Iowa Cool weather has retarded ri pening of late corn and If killing frost occurs before the 25th more than the usual amount of immature corn will be harvested. Karly corn Is be ing cut and good progress has been made In fall plowing and seeding. Indiana Corn Is maturing rapidly and most of It Is In the shock. The late planted will be safe from frost In a few days. Large crop of potatoes dug. Tobacco nearly all housed. To matoes ripening. Buckwheat floe, but frost may injure It. Plowing and seeding In progress. Michigan A good week fbr farm work. Rains have put " ground in plendld condition for plowing and seeding and this work has hven pushed rosts did slight damage to potatoes. corn and garden truck on low ground. majority of correspondents .'report corn beyond danger of frost and that utting Is general, the yield felng of fine Quality and quantity, ; REPORTERS EXCLUDEO. ioept Those Employed by Strictly Colon Newspapers. Edinburgh. Sept. 9. The congress ot the British trades unions Monday dis cussed the report of the parliamentary committee, which opposes further par ticipation in International congresses. Finally, the delegates adopted Ben Til- let's motion, to the effect that all fu ture International congresses should be onstltuted of representatives of bona fide labor organisations and that the delegates should le determined on the line of those attending the British trades unions congress. After discus sing the motion of the paper mill work ersthat no tepresentatlve of the press be allowed to report the proceedings of the congress unless he can prove that the newspaper he represents Is printed by trade, union labor and on paper manufactured in the united Kingdom" the delegates voted to ex clude the reporters of all non-union papers. The latter Include all the newspapers of Kdlnburgh. Chancellor W. Thorne, a member of the parliamentary committee and delegate of the Gas Workers' union. moved, and the congress adopted a res olution declaring for the limitation of the work day to eight hours In all trades and occupations. K. Harford, a delegate of the Amalgamated Railway servants, moved a resolution calling for an amendment of . the employes' liability act. particularly In regard to the responsibility of sub-contractors. for the extension of the period of no tice, and the removal of the maximum limit of compensation. The motion was adopted. Man Claimed by Thee Women. Fort Scott. Kan., Sept. 9. Mrs. Grace Six. who claims to be the sixth living wife of Allen Six. wellkpown In south west Missouri and southeast Kansas, arrived here Monday after a drive of thirty-three miles, and caused thearrest of her husband on the charge of big amy. He was found in hiding, and in the evening was secretly taken from jail and driven to Glrard, Craw ford countv. to prevent his reuease by legal proceedings. "Three women living at Pond Creek. O. T.. one at Frontenac. Kan., and one at Walker, Mo., all claiming to be his wives, arc Interested In the prosecution. They say he nas tour wives, two tn nnmn live in Michigan. Mis. Six No. 6 at tached his Jewelry and trunks and his carriage team. She followed him to Glrard In the evening to prosecute him. In Jail for Swindling. rv..t..n. la.. Sept. 9. C. W. Whit- Inc. claiming to be from Rensselaer, lnd.. is in Jail here for swindling. Whiting, who has the appearance of a tirnsoerous farmer appeared here about two weeks ago and. represent' Ing himself to e a land buyer, ton- traded for a farm of 40 acres. He gave checks for $400 on the Commercial State bank of Rensselaer as a forfeit He then began to improve his land. buying material from numerous mer chants in this city and neighboring towns, and in payment always gave checks which were drawn ror from $15 to $:0 more than theipurchases and would receive the change In money, He also succeeded In bprrowlng from the national bank of thla city. The ex- act amount of his deals are not yet known, but It will be considerable. Funerals of Fire Victims. Benton Harbor. Mich., Spt. 9. Fu nerals of five of the eleven victims of the opera house fire took place Tuesday afternoon from the Methodist church The various fraternal societies, city council, fire department, etc.. turned out in uniform. Fire completely de stroyed F.dick A Peck's furniture em !orlum early Tuesday morning and damaged J. Barker's hardware stock adjoining. The fire was caused by spontaneous combustion. Loss on the furniture stock will reach $8,000. with $4,500 Insurance. Robbed by Masked Men. Cincinnati. Sept. 9. Near Midnight Monday night five masked men with drawn pistols entered the saloon of c.eoree Zune. near Fairmont, ana robbed him of $70. all the cash he had. Vhv also robbed his customers, but got only $2.70. The robbers escaped undetected. The victims madt no ra aistance. No. 254. Ell KILLS A HOY. He Was Shooting at a Man Who Assaulted Him. TRAGEDY O.V A CHICAGO STHFLT." James Linhart. 5-Year-Old Hoy, Shot While I'laylug in Front of His Horns by a Dallet Intended for Another and Dies in short Time Tragedy Caused by a Crowd of Hooilluius .lltackiug an wmcrr. - ... i J W hile on uuty. Chicago, Sept. 9. In attempting frighten off a gang of hoodlums who? were bent on taking a prisoner from1.' him Potrolman Mahoney Bhot and) killed James Linhart, a 6-year-old child, near West Firteemh" and' Jef-J ferson sticts, Monday afternoon about ( o'clock. The little fellow was standing In the middle of the street ! down which one of the toughs waij speeding, and received the bullet In the groin, th mlssllf. rtiisplncr unf through he abdomen and out at th ! left, aide, near the back. - He- ciahp J his hand where the bullet had stru k him and toddled manfully to the door. of his home, where he fell In a faint j As the child dropped to the sldewalk his niotner rusnea out ana carnea imj bleeding form of the little sufferer up- stairs and placed it on a bed. moaning In her sorrow, while the din of tlu S struggle outside and the rattle of the patrol wagon and the ambulance thatj had been summoned auaea to wie confusion. P Mother Is Grief-MrU-ken. fj O, my boy. my boy, he's taken from me. walled the griel-sinc aen inoiner.ir amid a chorus of cries from the-other f' members of the family, as the nine ici-j low. bleeding and slill unconscious., was carried to the wagon to be taken' to the county hospital. But -the -) mentations were drewned in the oaths of the hoodlums and the Fhouts of the police ana tne lnruriaiea neignoors. ir the patrol wagon that took Mahoney s and hih prisoner to the station and the j ambulance that bore the child to tin hospital left at the same time, and had to push their way through a frantic crowd of 500 or 6(M), who eiamore-d for vengeance. The neighborhood Is know n as one of the worst for a police man in the city. It was the rendez vous of the Mortell and McGrath gang . and a number In the crwd who bek ' part In the affray are known as the remnants of the Henry street gang. It is thickly populated and the bust excitement always attracts a crowd A short time befeire the accidental shoot ing of the Linhart boy Pediceman Ma honev raided a gang of can-rushers in an alley between West Fourteenth and Fifteenth, Jefferson and I nion streets Ha succeeded In catching one ef the gang, a man w no gave nis name s Eugene Sullivan, and took him to a pa trol box at Jefferson and est HI- teenth streets to call a'rmtfol wagon. Ofttcer Draw Ills Itevolver. While waiting for the wagon to ar rive and struggling with Sullivan, who was trying to free himself, Mahoney waa assaulted oy iwo ei suiuvan companions, who had come to the lat ter's rescue armed with billies and clubs. One of them struck Mahoney on the right temple with a dub. Mlins him to the pavement. He still dung to his struggling prisoner, however, re ceiving a bruise on the left side of his head In falling. Fearing that a larger number of the crowd of can-rushers, who were gathering around him. would assail him and secure his prisoner, the officer drew his revedver. At this the crowd scattered. The policeman fired at one of the men who had struck him and who was running west on West Fifteenth street. The man was about !")(' feet away when the shot was fired and the policeman says that. he saw no one else In that diivctlon at the time The Linhart boy was stand ing almost In front of his own home When the bullet, which missed the in tended forget. struck him He was take-n as quickly as possible to the County hospital, where he died a few minutes after his arrival. IN MEMORY OP WASHINGTON LI Hung Chang Has a l-'loral Wrriitli Placed Cpon His P.lcr. Washington. Sept. 9. One of the handsomest floral offerings ever placed upon the bier of mortal was deposited Monday by the minister of the Chines empire. Yang Yu. upon the casket con- .. taining the remains of the Immortal Washington. The emblem was in the form of a wreath, mammoth In design. and composed entirely of th rarest orchids. It was five feet In diameter. the base having sprays of bay laurel Interwined with sashes of yellow, the Chinese color. It was the. gift of the viceroy. LI Hung Chang. The Chi nese minister chartered a special car to convey himself and the members of the legation to Mount Vernon. It was but a brief and simple cere mony at tne tomu. i ne poriai w as opened seon after the arrival of the party, and with a few words uttered In the Chinese tongue the minister himself took the great mass of flowers and laid It reverently upon the sar cophagus. It was a matter ot regret. with the earl, who made the purchase, that he was prevented by circum stances from depositing the offering himself. He had several days previ ously placed a wreath upon the bier f his friend, the late President Grant, at Riverside park. New ork. and desired to perform a like office here, but the rain of Friday Interfered and he Intrusted the task to the rep resentative of his government. f.scaped from Stale Prison. Waupun. Wis.. Sept. 9-Rtd.arl Rail and Geerge Clowes, two prisoners In the state piisen here, escape d M in day night, cuttine a hole in the roi t through which thsr rot cmisid tne prison and then scaled the wilis nn-1 -scaped. Rail was sent up irom paca county for burglary in cciooer. 1S94. for three years and six months. Clewes was sent up n' jc. county for life for murder. Searching parties are now out Killed. by a Train. Fes t tie. Wash.. Sept. 9 -The body of W. Mack, salesman for Gordon - Mor rison, wholesale Je welers of Chicago. was found In the suburbs or mis cuy Monday, he having b-en run down and killed by Northern Pacific passenger train.