' ©pinion. FRED L. AKI '* ub » PBOOBAH, - - % 10WA ‘ Enterprising convicts In ti Ten tucky penitentiary have been t making bogus quarters and moons* whisky. An Indian has applied for a divorce from his four wives, and yet there are people who think the Indian can't be civilised. An “Uncle Tom” company has fallen Into the hands of the sheriff at Topeka, and there are many other evidences of better times in Kansas. If the late exportation of gold caused excitement on Wall street, what will be Jhe result when Miss Vanderbilt draws her check in payment of her coronet? They are also hunting for M. G. Clay, late county treasurer at Ironton, Ohio, whose books are out of whack $28,000. He went for a “little trip” and failed to return. That Baltimore tunnel electric loco motive went sixty miles an hour. Hav ing beaten everything on earth Ameri can workmanship is now starting be neath it A. B. C. Love, formerly assistant postmaster at Calvert, Texas, is charged with embezzlement. His name looks as if he had tampered with letters somewhat A Michigan man pursued an illusive light through a swamp for over an hour. It is evident that he is no presi dential aspirant or he would not have wearied so soon. Holmes has to October 28 to prepare for his trial for murdering Pietzel in Philadelphia. It is gratifying to know that the district attorney thinks he has a dead sure case. Bpain will show respect to the Red Cross society. It would show respect to society in general by rendering the services of the Red Cross society un necessary in Cuba. Lady Gunning, of England, has been sent to prison for a term of one year for forgery. This seems to be gunning under difficulties. The game laws of England are severe. “Butch” Lyons, the convicted Chica go murderer, says he is willing to live for the sake of his family. It is unfor tunate that he didn’t think of this be fore the law secured a prior lien on him. There is something incongruous about Evanston putting onjhe skates s ut if she will promise to#** »n when -few rings at night heim Ag. will :a««Biyli73riob Wd" SyuePnelgit^ Here is the condensed history of the recent cup races: A win. A foul. i t A fluke. ? A howl. The Duke of Marlborough is exciting attention at Saratoga by the wearing of pink shirts. His great ancestor excited attention by the killing of lots of Frenchmen. There has been a great deal of progress in the last two cen* turles. When Senator Hill hears that Mr. Cleveland will renominate William B. lornblower for the supreme bench, he lust feel like the good-natured tiger hat ate one canary and refused to obble up another on the ground that e didn’t wish to extinguish the pecles. Spanish barbarity in Cuba is to be expected. Senor Sagasta must have been joking recently when he urged America to adopt the Spanish type of civilization. Thanks. In spite of our lyncbings we have not reached the level of Castile and Leon yet. We are not moving that way. The Venezuelan Minister to the United States is indignant because one ot his attaches was arrested in New * York for insulting a woman on the streets and fined |8 and costs. All good Americans indorse the Monroe doctrine, but that doctrine, broad as it is, cannot shield denizens of the Western hemi sphere from merited punishment for un gentlemanly capers. It was only a few days ago that a young woman who was walking along a railroad, saw that obstructions had lodged on the tracks from a burning freight house adjoining. She knew that a passenger train was almost due. and so she went a little way ahead, took off her skirt, and flagged the train. Now what could she have done if she had beer mew woman in bloomers? —Phlla- ilel 'a Inquirer. What could she have '>? Go to! go to! and get thee a 'on for the simples. She could vo shown herself to that train •uld have stopped as still as er*s paralyzed clock. an Interesting dispute in Cal to whether or not the iambs as the sheep are covered by It is well known to many ho have given mortgages that je rs are far reaching, and such will not find it hard to believe i the lambs will have to go. Mng be English it is cricket University of Pennsylvania ncked out the Oxford'and ' What’s the mquci Is he gottlngj too tn* *■ * »NrepiSED Walter Janes, an lowa Falls young man, has disappeared. No clue to his whereabouts. •The saloon men of Waterloo have •riven it up. They have decided not to make any attempt whatever to re-open their places of business until after election. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. ih. of Creston, which was so 6e. sig injured by setting its clothes on lifejfwbile playing with matches, has since died. John Briggs, who killed Michael Holleran at lies Moines about six weeks ago, pleaded guilty to man slaughter and was sentenced to six 3%ars in the penitentiary. R. H. Wilcox, a farmer living five miles northwest of Waterloo, was al most instantly killed in a runaway accident. He was thrown from the wagon and a wheel passed over his breast. Abel J. Helwig, a resident of Roland, a small station southwest of dropped dead of heart disease. Jm'Jl was 85 years of age, a native of way, and had lived in Hardin county twenty-five years. At the Northwestern lowa conference of the Methodist church at W'ebster City the vote to admit women to the general conference of the church pass ed, the ballot resulting 10 to 17, only four refusing to vote. Constable H. 11. Cross and Deputy Sheriff Frelman, charged with assault ing Levi Davis, at Keokuk, with intent to commit murder, were released on bail. Davis, whose skull was fractured, is still unconscious. Officer Hamilton, who shot and killed Thomas O’Donnell at Ottumwa while the latter was stealing chickens, was held by the coroner to the grand jury. Public sentiment is divided as to the act of Hamilton. 8. L. Arenberg, proprietor of the Leader dry goods store at Fort Dodge, gave a mortgage to his father, P. Arenberg, of Des Moines, for fti.OOO, and the store was closed. The other creditors have brought action, alleging fraud. The Humboldt-Pocahontas contest for the nomination of a republican candidate for representative, adjourned after taking 7,137 ballots without making a choice. Both Finch, of Humboldt, and Mercer, of Pocahontas, wi’l ruu. Judge Husted, of Dubuque, instruct ed the grand jury to indict the gam bling house keepers. The newspapers applauded. Later all the local news paper men were called before the jury but none of them could give any in formation. At the annual meeting of the 4>ttbtMriiC-*-Sioux P rriry-^Conf pany at Dubuque the old board of directors and officers was re-elected. A new position was created, that of sec ond vice president, andE. E. Woodruff was elected to All it. The case of Fred Johannsen for the murder ot Hans Rogers is on trial in the district court at Clinton. The murder was a particularly brutal one. and occurred last May at the little station of Bryant, in Clinton county. The two men were having some words and Johannsen picked up a club and struck Rogers dead. While temporarily insane, Charles Lenger, of Burlington, caught his wife by the throat and choked her nearly to death. He then chased his mother in-law off the premises and compelled his wife to watch him while he cut his throat with a razor. Lie ran around the rooms until exhausted, blood spurt ing over everything. 2 At Low Moor, Clinton county, Joseph Seiler murdered John C. Otto in cold blood and then suicided. Otto was a well-to-do store keeper and Seiler was retired. Seiler accused Otto of having estranged his wife from him. Bad blood had existed for two years. Seiler sneaked up behind Otto while he Has milking and fired a bullet into his brain. Thomas Shecbe, engineer at the Dale & Goodwin brick and tile works at Grand Junction, came near being seriously hurt. His frock caught i: some of the gearing connected wit) the main shaft, and lie was drawi with great violence against a post, hi clothes nearly all stripped from his body, and his head and arm severely bruised. He was rescued by one of the men throwing the belt from the pulley. Nick Ernst and Ed. Sehiltz, two young men from Teto des Morts town ship, Jackson county, were arrested od the churge of assault with intent to kill. The boys were returning honn from Muquoketa. with a good size load of liquor aboard, when tin* - thought to do the cowboy act. They rode into the yard of John Tietjen and began discharging their revolvers right and left. They were taken before Justice Farrell, and a continuance was granted. The fine, large, new dwelling of I. Noble, three miles north of Vinton, was destroyed by tire while all were away from home. The loss is '>oo, with 83,000 insurance. Postmaster H. 15. Hill, of Red Oak was arrested and taken to Conned llluffs b.v Deputy United State Marshal lielwig. The charges seem to be the drawing of clerk hire in excess ot the amount actually paid to his assistants, and selling stamps in quan tity to South Omaha packing houses, thereby increasing the business of his oflice and his own salary in the process. A man giving his name as Carl Kline, and claiming Dyersville as his home, is being held by the authorities just across the river from Clinton. He was discovered in a barn, clad only in a suit of underwear and nearly frozen. After being revived, he said he escaped from the insane asylum at Independ ence about two weeks ago. He is being held awaiting advices from the authorities of the asylum. A dispatch from Sabula says: Never in the history of Sabula has there been so many people confined to their beds by sickness as there is at the present time. The doctors pronounce the dis ease typhoid fever, and it is an epi demic within a radius of eight miles of this town. There are now nearly eighty eases, and more are reported every day. Although no fatalities have resulted, the disease is of a ser ious character, and the patients require constant attention. Local physicians differ as to the cause of the epidemic. Lou See, a woman of ill repute, shot and probably fatally wounded E. E. Hesen, a painter, at Ottumwa. Hesan has been living with the woman for some time, and according to his story she was jealous and shot him while he lay sleeping. Hesen is at the hospital i in a dangerous condition, the wound being an ugly one in the head. Mrs. ' See is in jail and denies Ilesen’s story. She says he has been drinking heavily lately and tried to kill himself. No body believes her story, and there is little she committed the crime. Vice John C. Newton, of the Des & Kansas City railway, made while in Kansas City the Kansas City, Pittsburg & (liVroail whereby Des Moines will he tbe%drtbern terminus of a road which goes to a deep water port of the Gulf of Mexico- This port is Sabine Pass, several hundred miles nearer than a line to the Atlantic sea board. The Des Monies anAKansas City road will he made -sUuulanNgauge by this time next year, and direct to Kansas City. A desperate tight occurred in Justice Dunklebcrg's court room at Sioux City a few days ago. The principals in the mill were a number of witnesses in an assault and battery case about to come up before the magistrate. No one had yet been put on the stand, and the witnesses were discussing the proceed ings among themselves when some slight disagreement precipitated the outbreak. The clerk tried to interfere and was pushed through a glass door. When the patrol arrived the occupants were all more or less damaged and the court room completely wrecked. All are now in jail, and the justice has arranged to have a squad of police in waiting when the case next comes up. A case of peculiar interest has just developed at Oska’.oosa. O. W. Norton, for many years a resident and business! "uiaiT o'! posedly by all insolvent, as hAfailed in 1879, and from that time entlv had made a bare two years ago the late Henry*poward settled au §BOO claim for §2VO» under the impression that Norton avas poor and unable to pay. Since* Nortons death it lias been learned thajt Norton had over §12,000 in drafts and money, which the assessors even never discovered. The administrator of the Howard estate lias uow brought suit against the administrator' of the Norton estate to recover the Additional .*§Boo. Three characters that hail aroused the suspicions of the officers by their actions were placed under j arrest at lowa Fulls. On searching tpera, con siderable property was fefund that erified the suspicions of thje officers, .'he cost mark on some of jthe goods and the name of a clothing ; Arm gave the police a clue, and the officials at Nora Springs were notified}- and the gang was taken there. T|h6 officers are of the opinion that the/\ have at least a part of the gang tif ouirglars that have been working northeastern lowa for some weeks past- Among the things found in the possession of the men arrested was clothing, re volvers, ete. A skeleton key was found on one of the men, und it is thought that a raid had been planned on the stores at lowa Falls Kreil Leutzinger, an old a nd wealthy citizen of Council Bluffs, committed suicide by taking liiorphiuO- He hail been u resident of that city for many years, lie possessed numip’ous pieces of property in various pariH of the city, some of them being very valuable. For several months past |he has been greatly worried over an |unfortunatc entanglement with a disreputable wo man, who a short time ajjf'b when she found that Leut/.inger was- slipping out of her clutches, threatened kill him if he did not accede to h|er demands for money. This caused the old man great anxiety, anil he sleep and peace of mind. It is believed that his brooding over bis troubles prompted him to take his own life- He was u widower and got into the clutches of lmd women shortly after the death of of his wife. , At Oskaloosu a few dayj» ago Stratli berry again lowered the y/orld’s record for a half mile track, making the milt} in 2:07 ) Burnett's hardware store at Fair- Aeld burned. Mr. Burnqtt lost about half his stock, valued at j about §4,000. insured for «3,000. The ! building we greatly damaged, but w|i» insured ft §2,000. J. A. ItobiusoD l<*t h eery stock, valued at §1,900, ir §7OO. The Holton Lu ,r lost about §7OO on ih< origin of the Are is u was started hv train GENERAL NEWS ITEMS Representative Gibson, of the 111!* nois legislature, has been indicted for accepting a bribe. The representatives of the powers at Constantinople sent a collective note to the porte calling attention to the inadequate measures of the police for the maintenance of public tranquility here, demanding a prompt and rigor ous inquiry into the recent rioting, the release of all prisoners innocent of wrong and the cessation of arrests. At New York a few days ago the champion athletes of Yale and Cam bridge colleges met in a contest over eleven events. The Englishmen were only successful in capturing three of the number, the quarter, half and mile runs. A dispatch says it is now certain that the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight will take place somewhere in Indian territory. Dominick Wagner, the St. Joseph, Mo.. priest who kidnapped Maud Steidel, has married the girl and all the money he possessed was turned over to her uncle to be held for her. The Texas legislature passed the anti-prize fight bill with only four disseuting votes. The bill went to the governor and was signed, thus putting an end to the talk about a fight at Dallas. A London dispatch says a terrific gale swept down the west coast of England, doing unprecedented damage to shipping. Altogether nineteen steamships and large sailing vessels and twenty-seven smaller crafts are reported to have been lost- Twenty four lives are known to have been lost. Turkish officials at Constantinople killed about a dozen Armenians as a result of rioting caused by an effort of the Armenians to present a petition to the sultan. About forty were seriously wounded and 500 were arrested. Father Wagner, a St. Joseph, Mo., J priest, has been arrested on the charge i 0* abducting a IG-year-old girl for | immoral purposes and sending her to : Chicago, where she was found by her j uncle. The citizens of St. Joseph are i very much excited over the affair. IRfSH\ARE ORGANIZING. Many Ap|>flc»tl»i*» tor Charters of the \ New Alliance. New York. OCt- 7. —International headquarters ot theflew Irish Alliance , have been opened at 5f West Thirteenth street. A draft o§ the Jl’rters that are to be issued to loc.-i ••izations of the alliance is in the *he en gravers, »nd the firs ot of the payments will bi few days. V large number is for aut lor ity to organize s have ty’eady been receiv e ynust /® acted upon by t e Secretary John B. Sutton, who has been visiting his family In Nebraska, is ex pected to arrive today, and will at once get into harness. He is an appointee of President Lyman, and while the amount of his compensation has not been divulged, it Is said to be in the neighborhood of $5,000 annually. The initiation fee for members of thelnew alliance is sl, with dues of $2 per rear, and as 75 per cent of both amounis is to be turned into the national trealiry the executive council is not likel* to be hampered by-financial stringency Advocate* the tie of the Torch. 1 Chicago, Oct. B.—Rev. J. M. Town send, colored, pastor of Quin.i Chapin ! Twenty-fouth street and Wabash efkue, in speaking of lynching in h* j seVmon last night used these words* low* is not allowed to take ittl j couAo concerning our men involved crinMk the torch must be applied iii 1 those%Uies where the outrages occur." An ■ridience of a thousand colored people w’pplauded the sentiment and , rose towieir feet to further show their approbaWcn of their pastor’s stand. FusiM Ticket Seine Formed. New Y<«, Oct. B.—The reperesenta tives of and state de moracy conference last night, which laste»ntil after midnight, try ing to agree lftpn a union against Fam many. The were willing to give only m * nor P laces on ticket to thither elements. They surfed, howe% V ' to indorse the e.xcise plank of theF*V e democracy, which meets the vifU'vSof the Ueruian re form union. \_>L Clieii|> K*ci rttlon South. The Farm. Field Vmd Firesnid. Chicago, is doing a most excellent work in helping thus * who want to butter their condition to secure homes in a more congenial climate, or where the opportunities for getting a start in lite are belter. Its colony plan is very popular, and enables home seekers to seciiro a chunk of excellent land at almost half the usual price. For its Oft. 15 ex cursion to Greeu CoveHprings. Florida, the lowest rates ever given to that state have been secured. A splendid train will be run from Chicago with special cars from Dina ha. Kansas City, St. Paul and Cleveland, and a steamer from Now York. The train will l»e composed mainly of sleoping cars, which will be used for bods throughout the trip. Fifty si-' thousand acres of the best land in the state has been secured, the greater part of wbioi. will lie sold at 8-i.OO an acre. Any of our who want to join this excursion slnBW ’wolt* th° Farm, Field and Fireside at Th‘V will also run a special excursioipy California on the 14th of November Fatal Dispute ABrJut Timber. Lexington. Ky., o itating men, women and chili the basement. One was killed ten were fatally injured aud thirty and forty others badly h The services were just abou when the accident happenc 3,000 persons were assembl around the platform, which constructed across the fou: the building. The hoards f< temporary floor had been the joistß, which were sui the middle by upright pos, supports broke and the floor v with a crash. Fully 300 persons were thr the pit formed by the saggir middle of the floor. For a everybody was paralyzed by th ity, but soon there was a rush by those willing to lend aasii the crushed and struggling This made matters worse, more persons were crowded into the hole upon those w down with the floor. When the confusion had t somewhat many of those w able to extricate themselves d walking and crawling over th fortunate companions. The vi rescue was begun at once and a finally taken from the pit. Following is a list of the kil* wounded: Killed.: — MARY WEBER. 3 years old, ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mat Weber i field. ROSA M GEE, 3 years old; sku tured. KATIE GRIFFIN. 8 years cld internally. MRS. MARY M’GRACITH, k crushed and hurt internally. MRS. JOHN EUSTIN, lef crushed and chest injured. MRS. CORNELIUS SULL spine injured and left leg crußb< MARY GAIBER, chest crushe hurt internally. MRS. MICHAEL KELLING, i internally. MRS. KATE DIEDRICK. hot broken and hurt internally. JOHN FIELDCAMP, hurt inte MRS. MARGARET MACKERT Internally. Those badly injured, but who cover, are: Nellie Dollard. head cut. Nicholas Wagner, skull 'Ch.-w’ %};h, X — Colonel W. I. Br. bruised. Mrs. John Fox. both Mrs. William Du Burgeu ternally. Mrs. Mary Latimer, right leg Mrs. Jacob Keefer, hurt, ii anil leg will have to be amput John Martin, leg broken. John Eustln, back hurt. Mrs. M. Bruce, ankle broket William Ryan, leg broken. Many others are severely br The old Catholic church ar chial school were at once tur hospitals. A score of doctoi called and they were kept bi hours cariDg for the injured, st whom will die before morning. The accident was due to < timbers. The contractor was t the platform was insecure, but it would hold all that could be upon it. There were between l 2,000 persons on it when it gi Despite the accident the servi continued, and the laying of tl stone was completed. OUR WARSHIPS ACTI Trouble in CHluchc Water* V Tlicm Keudy. Washington, Oct. 8. —Among val movements reported to tl department yesterday were th of the Monocaoy at Shanhair departure of the Machias from for Shanghai and the treat While no reason is assigned commanding officers of these v the movements it is assume desire of the admiral comma Asiatic station to have them ern China, where they may available in the event of tro as has been experienced d’ past summer, In the looting Ing of missionary property. Machias and the Monoeacy a draft and adapted for navigut extent the Chinese rivers. Fatal Uallro»«l Acclilant in Brussels. Oct. B.—By a r tween an engine and a cr senger train lust evening IS Wavre ten persons were forty injured, several of iously. Assistance liuh patched to the scene of the Wisconsin Farmers A fie Ford du Lac, Wls., Ot Jlary 'Willianis, the 14->ea: a farmer who lives at a hamlet six miles south returning home from schc day afternoon she was at tramp. Her little sister at the time. The sheriff scene and the farmers f Eden township have air ABd are helping h* tramp, who. it * t'