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Oecorah Public Opinion
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IOWA m CONDENSED
la the Vacha murder case, recently
tried ut Osage, the jury found Vacha
not guilty.
There is much hog cholera in Linn
end adjoining counties. The farmer*
are rushing everything to market.
Bartley 'Flack, of Sabula, who at
tended the fatal wedding feast at Sa
hula, has died making the seventh
victim.
The coroner’s jury has decoded that
t he man fonnd dead in a cornfield near
Scranton was murdered by a blow on
the head.
Burglars broke into a store at West
Liberty and stole a couple of hundred
dollars' worth of merchandise. It was
the work of tramps.
Mrs. George HeUtrom, of Mason City,
committed suicide by taking poison.
She had been married but three weeks.
The motive is unknown.
Archie Emerson, a highly respected
young man of liowcn. was kicked on
the foreheed by a horse. There is
little hope ot his recovery.
Algona has subscribed $33,000 to se
cure the location of a boot and slioe
manufacturing plant in that city. The
banks put in n good part of it.
In a saloon light at Keokuk Law
rence iL Corlas was fatally stabbed.
Thomas Rotchford and John Hopkins
were arrested for the cutting.
The store of Allen Menzter at Robins
was broken into by robbers, who took
a small amount of cash, some jewelry
and a number of small articles.
George Benson, the IS-months-old
son of a Clinton grocery man. was
found dead in a creek near his home,
lie had fallen lrom a bridge while at
pi»y.
fk C. Caldwell, an old settler of
Rlackhawlc county and a highly re
spected citizen of Waterloo, died at the
ago of SO. Two soon are prominent
business men.
The remains of Mrs. Jielstrom, of
Mason City, who, it was supposed, had
committed suicide after having been
married three weeks, will be exhumed
And a post-mortem examination held.
Daniel Fry Miller, Sr., a prominent
figure In the 1-nv lovva legislature, is
wlowly but surely dying in Omaha. Mr.
Miller served in the territorial legisla
ture fifty years ago and later in con
gress.
The boiler of the Lomax Picket
Peace Company, of Loinax, bur«t,
demolishing the building and killing
Jatm—Boimetf and James White and
injuring L. B. Coleman and A. E.
McGee.
The body of Miss Maggie Wegener,
aged 22, daughter of a Jackson town
ship, Clinton county, farmer, was
found in a creek near her home. She
had committed suicide l>oeause of ill
health.
A Sioux City official went to Omaha
to arrest Gallagher and Chapman, of
the notorious McCarthy gang, wanted
for the murder of Max Noaek and
Hazel Hamilton at Sioux City some
time ago.
Earl West, of Marshalltown was
badly wounded in the leg by Will Tate
while hunting, by the accidental dis
charge of the latter's gun. Both are
mere boys. Tne doctor says West may
looe the wounded loir.
J. R. Bonheur, of Bonlutur Bros.’
circus, had a narrow escape from death
at Coalville. His team became fright
ened at the trained dogs and ran away,
throwing him against a tree and se
verely injuring him
Sheriff Dodge, of Green county, has
issued a proclamation offeringa reward
of S2OO for the apprehension of the
murderer of the man found dead in
the field near Scranton, or information
that will lead to his capture.
In one of the grocery stores in Oska
loosa is on exhibition a pumpkin raised
by Joseph Storm near Fremont, which
weighs 109 pounds and measures 5 feet
inches in circumference. An ex
perienced hand says it will make 100
pies.
Dr. J. E. Wilkinson, of Ottumwa, ba-s
been held to answer to the grand jury
for manslaughter. Miss Hattie Marsh
died at the hospital a few days ago,
and the testimony was such as to
« stablisb criminal malpractice iu the
minds of the jury. i)r. Wilkinson is
one of the wealthiest physicians in
Ottumwa.
John Collett and JohuvtD.
who assaulted United States Marsha!
Wray at Albia last year, were found
guilty at Des Moines and sentenced to
nay fines of 33,000 each and serve six
years in the penitentiary. George
Johnson has to pay 81,000 ami serve
three years, llis wife will pay 3500
and serve eighteen months.
A boy about » years old, parents
unknown, while crossing Fourth street,
in front of the Security bank, at Sioux
city, was run over by the street cars
and instantly killed.
In the district court at Marengo
John T. Smith was found guilty of
assault with intent to murder Sheriff
Jones, of Johnson county. The case
was tried in lowa county on a change
of venue. Smith discharged a gun at
Sheriff Jones, who was evicting him.
with his brother, Dr. George Smith,
from their store in Frank Pierce. The
b>ad missed the sheriff and struck five
children across the street.
The safe 1b the Northwestern depot
at Moville was blown open by burglars
The cracksmen were so much angered
when they found nothing inside that
they set fire to the building, burning
it the groond.
The recent decision of the supreme
court in the case of the Sioux City and
St, Haul Railroad company against the
Lulled'States, involving the title to
certain lands in O'Brien, Dickinson.
Plymouth and Woodbury counties, has
ransed a rush ot squatters from tSlbley
and Spirit Lake to unsettled lards in
Dickinson county.
The population of lowa is officially
declared to be 3,057,125. The ißerea-c
since WOO has been 15*.'dM, or 7.0 }>«*r
«*enL Nine counties of thenlncrsy-nine
show losses aggregating 15,208. They
are Clayton, Henry, Jones. Keokuk.
1 ucas. Page and Potiowattoinie. Sioux
City, Council Bluffs and Muscatine arc
the only cities showing a decrease.
Dubuque shows the greatest gain.
10,32 ft Sicux City shows the largest
loss, 9,000.
Dr. Palmer Findley, son of Dr.
Findley, of Atlantic, has refuaed the
position of major surgeon in the
Mexican army, offered by President
Dla.r. He held a position as hospital
surgeon for the Mexican Central
railway at Siloa for several months
this year and President Diaz -congrat
ulated him on the successful operations
he Itad performed. Dr. Findley has
located in Minneapolis and has decided
to stay there.
The culmination of the Sabula wed
ding supper poisoning case promises to
be a number of criminal and civil suits.
There have been no new cases of the
ma lady, and most of the sufferers are
now convalescent, although the im
provement is wonderfully slow., and
none of those in Sabula are able to lie
out yet, and but few even able to be
propped up in bed a few minutes at a
time. There are still a few eases that
are very serious, and the danger liue
is not yet passed.
The United States Supreme Court
has rendered u decision in the case <>l
the second mortgage bond holders of
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota Railway Company against
the Darlington, Cedar Rapids &, North
ern Railway Company, and the decision
is against plaintiffs. The suit involved
the issue of 2,000 bonds of SI,OOO each,
or the second mortgage bonds of the
Burliugton, Cedar Rapids and .Minne
sota railway, which was afterward ab
sorbed by the present defendant com
pany. The suit was commenced in the
United States Circuit Court at Des
Moines nearly twelve years ago.
A few: evenings since at about 1
o’clock a destructive lire occurred in
Alta. It commenced iu the lower
story of the butcher shop owned by
C. W. Garber son and occupied by 1-L1
Colier. The town is just getting m
water works, but they were not coW
pic ted. They had to depend oq a hand
engine. The fire burned the whole
west side of the north block on Main
street, and broke nearly every plate
glas- in the town. No one was
seriously injured, but many blistered
their hands. The buildings were all
frame except Clarkson’s opera house,
which was a veneered brick. The loss
will exceed $60,000, while the insurance
will not reach $25,000.
There was a head end collision of
two freight trains in the Rock Island
yards at Atlantic a few nights since.
A train coming in from the east struck
an open switch and crashed into an
extra standing on a side track only a
few rods distant. The heads of the
engines came together and they stop
ped without leaving the track, but
were badly wrecked and so tightly
wedged into each other that they
could not be pulled apart. Four cars
on the Chicago truin were entirely
demolished, three of which were
loaded, and their coutenls were scat
tered in every direction. No other
ears left the track, hut many on both
trains were badly damaged. No one
was hurt.
A Chicago dispatch says: it. N. Car
penter, of Museatine, lowa, who is
stopping at the Palmer House, had a
hard struggle with three of the most
notorious women thieves iu Chicago in
State street neur the hotel, about mid
night. The women robbed him of
S4O, but he managed to hold all three
of them until u policeman came and
arrested them. They are Minnie May,
I)ora bonegau and Jennie Monroe.
They were locked up at Harrison street
police station. Mr. Carpenter stopped
on the west side of State street to
speak to a little girl who was crying.
While endeavoring to console the child
he was accosted by a man who said lie
was a policctnau and exhibited a star
as his authority. He threatened Mr.
Carpenter with arrest if he did not
leave the child alone. While in com
pany with the alleged policeman Car
penter encountered three women, but
after the encounter the man could not
bo found. It is supposed that lie was
an accomplice of the women and was
given the money taken from Carpen
ter.
A marriage of deaf mutes took place
at St Mary’s Catholic cliurch at
Dubuque. The parties were MissClaru
Furnham, of Duquque, and Mathias
Heck, connected with the deaf and
dumb institute of Milwaukee.
> C. M. Taylor, who hasucted as agent
in Eldon for the Standard Food Com
pany, of Omaha, is discovered to be
$2,400 short in his accounts. Taylor
has confessed judgment to the amount,
but has turned over all accounts to a
third )M*rty, and representatives of the
company are looking up matters.
Taylor has previously borne a good
reputation.
GENERAL m ITEMS
At Tiffin. 0., in an effort to get at
the murderer of the marshal, a mob
went to the jail anil tried to beat.down
the cage. The door had been forced
ami the grating removed when the
sher iff - and three guards, after having
warned the mob to desist, fired, killing
two of the leaders, one of whom car
ried a ropi% Later the militia was
called out and the murderer removed
to an adjoining county.
The Freuch chamber of deputies re
fused to vote confidence in the cabinet,
which at once resigned.
Another massacre of Armenians ha*
•occurred near Krzeroum and Treb
izonde. Five hundred Mussulmans act
fire to several villages and shot down
the people as they fled. Men and
women were captured and fastened to
stakes and burned alive. Women were
outraged and brutally murdered.
IVobably 150 were killed.
H. U. Holmes, the multi-murderer,
Is now on trial at Philadelphia lor the
murder of Betij. Pictzel. After asking
for a continuance, which was refused,
his attorneys withdrew from the case,
and Holmes is, acting as Lis own
la wyer.
Steve Brodie. the bridge jumper
actor, has offeied st purse of tj.'r.ooo to
•lorbett and Fitasinnnons if they will
stop talking and fight it out.
The Westminster Gazette, London,
urges an English-United States alli
ance to aid Japan \n maintaining the
status quo in the east, now threatened
l>y the action of Russia.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons may yet
fight at Hot Springs or El Paso.
St. Louis will offer !SBO,OOO for *be
republican National convention.
A statement telegraphed from Shang
hai that Russia, in a new treaty with
China, has secured the privilege of
anchoring lier fleet at Port Arthur and
constructing railroads on the Liao Tung
peninsula, has caused a sensation
among the powers, and lias reopened
the ‘‘astern question with a vengeance.
A dispatch from Shanghai says
fifteen Russian warships are on route
to Core 3. Japan has recalled her fleet
from Formosa and England lias sent
several vessels to the scene. Japan
has declined to evacuate Corea and the
situation is grave.
Constantinople advices say that fifty
young Turks convicted of excesses
during the recent riots were taken on
a vessel and dropped into a swift
current.
A Cuban officer now in America says
the insurgents now occupy three
fourths of Cuba.
Ex-Senator Van VVyok. of Nebraska,
who was stricken with apoplexy at
Washington recently, died a few days
ago.
The republican national ’committee
will meet in Washington December 10
to select the time and place for holding
the next convention.
In a recent battle the Cubans killed
MOO Spaniards.
The Arkansas supreme court decided
that the. law of IH9I against prize fight
ing in that state is valid and operative.
At the meeting of the W. C. 'l'. U. at
Baltimore Frances Willard was again
made president.
A dispatch says that Secretary Olncy
and the president havo disagreed on
the foreign policy and Olncy may re
sign
Yancey of Ardmore, I. T„ is
appointed United States judge of the
central district of the territory, to suc
ceed Judge Stuart 7
J. Bam Brown is appointed receiver
of the First National Bank of Welling
ton, Kan., the suspension of which was
announced October 21.
It is expected that appointments will
be made soon to fill the vacant positions
of solicitor of the treasury and United
States judge in Alaska. ,1
The Lincoln county Citizen of Hunt
ington, W. Va., nominates “Coin" Har
vey for the head of the populist presi
dential ticket
The treasury shows an available cash
balance of $182,183,698 and a gold re
serve of 193,291,087.
At Mfuonk and North Aurora, 111., the
schools have been closed on account of
diphtheria.
Miners in the Massillon district are
resuming work and the strike is practi
cally at an end.
Milwaukee will not pay the bills of
patients sent to the Keeley institute by
order of the Probate court to be cured
of the dt ink habit.
I (inuring Caiiftipuptive*.
Cincinnati, October 21. —Special.
Reports say that a leading life insurance
company is accepting risks to tlie
amount of $.‘100,000 on lives of con
sumptives taking the Ainick Chemical
Treatment for lung disease. The
Ainick Chemical Company', of Cincin
nati, is actually paying the premiums
on this insurance and presenting
policies to their patients. This com
pany claims to have the most complete
statistics on consumption in the world,
and that these risks are good, provid
ing the patients take a course of the
Ainick treatment
Kumuii Operation*.
Loudon, Oct. 29. —The Graphic states
that it has high official authority for
saying that the report received by the
Times from its correspondent in Hong
Kong to the effect that China accords
Russia tbe privilege of anchoring her
fleet at Port Arthur and of building
railroads connecting Vladivostock and
Port Arthur bears no resemblance
whatever to the actual facts of the ne
gotiations between China and Russia.
“Moreover,’’ the Graphic continues,
“Russia is not approaching the crisis iu
an anti-English spirit.”
MARTIAL LAW.
****- ttcCMinell nt Idahu srmii » Want
ing to striker*.
Boise City. Idaho. Oct. 39.—Governor
McConnell received an appeal yester
day from the mine managers at Wal
lace sfatjug that the Miners’ Cnioti
lia-s ordered thr miners out nf the
Hunter mine at Mullen, and threatens
to take them out if they do not join tho
union. The Governor is asked to pro
claim martial law and order out the
militia. Another dispatch save tba-t
the people of Mullen want to organize
a militia company. The Governor noti
fied militia captains at Wsrdner to
hold their companies in readiness to
proceed to Mullen. He hup directed
Colonel Morrow, at Wallace, to go to
Mullen and muster in thr company.
He has wired the sheriff that propert>
arid life must be protected, and mar
tial law will be declared instantly If an
outbreak occurs.
MUST HAVE RAIN.
fitly Tluiuiiiid Acre* «t lamt in Iniii
- u.» iii orcit Hanger.
Crown Point Jnd., Oct 39. —Should
no rain fall soon and the high winds
continue, the southeastern portion of
Porter county and part of Jasper, con
sisting of nearly aO.OOtt acres, will be
one heap of ashes. Since high winds
have prevailed live is in jeopardy.
Flames leaped 100 feet high yesterday.
The land now burning belongs to Morris
& Co. of Chicago, nnd already it is esti
mated at. a low figure that 13,000 acres
have been burned over. People living
at Baum’s bridge. Tour miles from the
flames, are preparing to leave, as they
are surely doomed if they remain. Thou
sands upon thousands of tons of hay
have been consumed and $150,000 worth
of fatted cattle owned by Nelson Morris
are in great danger. The herd, consist
ing of 2,700 head, is being driven south.
Talk* of MnirngOM Canat-
London, Oct. 29.—The Times has a
three-column article on the Nicaraguan
Canal from a correspondent lately
there, who says it is clear the project
cannot he carried through as a private
undertaking, but it must be under the
auspices of some strong government,
which, without doubt, must be the
United States. He is convinced the
cost will be nearer £30,000,000 than £20.-
000,000. It is useless to suppose, he
adds, that the Gulf States of Central
America will be able to supply the
necessary labor.
Hr* In Oblo Oil liutrlrt.
Toledo, 0., Oct. 29. —A terrible lire has
been raging in the oil district south o?
here ever since Friday night. It caught
in the edge of the little town of Mungen
and burned over a strip about two miles
long and a mile wide. The fire was
right in the very heart of the best pay
ing oil territory of the state, and, while
it is impossible to give a reaily con
servative estimate of the loss at the
present time, it will run well up into
six figures.
Will Celebrate Pelii' Kelettne.
Birmingham. Ala., Oct. 29. —At a
meeting yesterday of the Birmingham
Trades Council, whose membership
comprises all the labor organizations
in this district, representing 12,000
men, Nov. 22 was set apart as a day for
celebration of the release of Eugene
V. Debs from Jail in Illinois. On that
day a big demonstration will be given
in this city, including a parade with
all the laboring men in the district in
line, and speeches by noted labor lead
ers.
Oklahoma I‘ralrie* Ablaxe.
Perry, O. T., Oct. 29. —A destructive
prairie lire raged live hours yesterday
east of here. Many thousands of bush
els of corn and many tons of hay and
vast fields of Kaffir corn were destroyed.
A number of farm houses are reported
consumed, and it is also reported that
two Indian children were fatally burn
ed. Many people had narrow escapes.
The wind was very high and hundreds
of whites and Indians turned out to
fight the fire.
AmbuMdor Kuill* 111.
Paris, Oct. 29. —The Hon. J. B. Earths,
United States ambassador, made ar
rangements lo depart immediately for
Roteatb in Ireland upon hearing of the
death of his wife there, but his physi
cians have prohibited his going. Pres
ident Paure has sent his aide to Am
bassador Eustis with an expression of
his condolence. All the ministers of
the French government, the diplomats
and numerous officers have left their
cards at the embassy us a similar ex
pression of condolence.
lien. FMiitpoft’ Opinion.
Madrid, Oct. 29. —A dispatch lo the
Imparciai from Havana contains an in
terview with General Campos, in which
ho opines that the United States will
recognize the insurgents as belliger
ents when it suits their Internal policy.
The prospect has not alarmed him, he
says, for Spain would then know exact
ly how matters stood.
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Frcui'li Don’t Want Foreign <au»e.
Paris, Oct. 28.- The minister of hus
bandry, M. Gadaud, received a deputa
tion from the department of the uorth
yesterday, which presented a petition
to the government protesting against
the importation ot cattle into France
from the Argentine Republic and Can
ada.
('buoi* an Arbitrator.
Columbus, 0., Oct. 28.—Ex-Attorney
General John Little of Xenia has been
chosen arbitrator to flx coal mining
wages in Ohio by a joint, meeting of
miners and operators here.
(ATTACK THE TURKS.
ARMENIANS BEGIN A RELIGIOUS
ASSAULT.
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Many slain on u»ih Kiilcii—
Mr. lilsihtnur Write* a Strong I a-tier
OcnouiM'lua >lif suituu »r iiiri. «y for
Uil <i<»»*r»aa*iit.
j Constantinople, Oct. 29. The gov
j ernor of Eitllf has telegraphed to the
j Porte that armed Armenians attacked
the mosques when th*- Mussulmans as
| sembled for Friday’s pra>er. The la*
ter wera unarmed and wore obliged to
defend themselves with stones and
’ sticks. The troops and ihe gendarmes
were ordered out to restore order. Many
were killed and wounded on both sides.
ULAimroxK Arri.Ai.s ro eoa
I .
English U»ilrr Talk* Uiiutrlr of
the Mull an-
London. Oct. 39. —A local paper says
that Mme. Novkoff received ihe follow
ing letter from Mr. Gladstone anent tho
sultan and the Armenians:
“Dear Mine. Novkoff: 1 shall care
fully and for many reasons keep myself
to myself, i see In mind that wretched
sultan, whom God has given as a curst:
to mankind, waving his flag In trlmnph
and the adversaries at his feet are Rus
sia. France and England. As to the di
vision of shame among them l care littlu
enough, but hope that my own country
will, for Its own good, be made con
scious and exhibited to the world for
its full share, whatever that may be.
May God, in his mercy, send a speedy
end to the governing Turk am! all his
doings -as 1 said when I could say and
as 1 say in niv political decreptiture or
death. Always sincerely yours,
"WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE."
A telegram from Constantinople says j
that a threatening letter was recently I
found in the palace addressed to the !
sultan. An inquiry incriminated four- j
teen members of the imperial house- !
hold. All of them were executed on the ;
same day within the precincts of Yil- 1
diz. Thus the sultan’s mind was re- j
lieved of a very great weight.
It is rumored that Lord Dufferin will .
return to Constantinople us special en« j
voy before his retirement, Sir Phillip
Currie, present ambassador at Constan- !
tinople, meanwhile taking bis place at. j
Paris.
many ships overdue.
!?an FranrUco l nUerwrlturi Speenlat iii£
ou Their Probable Fate.
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 29.—The
Merchants’ Exchange announces that
no information has been received from
the overdue vessels bound from this
city to foreign ports. While there lb
still hop© of hearing from the Lord
Spencer, which left here (wo hundred
days ago for Queenstown, it is not be
lieved that the Star of Austria, bound
to Queenstown, and the Ear! of Hopo
toun. for Adelaide, will ever be hoard
from again. Although the lawd Bras
sy has been out eighty days from Hong
Kong to Port Blakely, her absence is
accounted for by the fact that she is a
light ship with a foul bottom. More
Interest is centered In the Lord Spen
cer than in any veeael that ever sailed
from this port. When it was aunounced
that the British underwriters were of
fering 80 per cent for reinsurance, thin e
was a rush to get Home of the risk.
Should the Lord Spencer fail to arrive
at. her destination, the shipping and
Insurance men of this city will be bad
ly beaten. If. however, she turns up
within the next few days thousands of
dollars will be raked in by the specula
tors.
AFRAID OF ANAKCHISTS.
Mrikm >*l Mktltisn, Wn., Thought to lie
IFesparat*.
Madison, Wis., Oct. 29.—The tailors’
strike has assumed ft serious aspect.
Among the forty strikers, who are
nearly all Danes and Swedes, are a few
men of known anarchistic tendencies,
and they have made divers dire
threats, to which little attention has
been paid. Saturday, nowover. n piece
of gas pipe, plugged at both ends and
a hole drilled for fuse, was found in
the yard of H. J. Yeerhusen, one of the
employers. The family were afraid
to handle it, and when the police were
notified it had mysteriously disap
peared. Yesterday another bomb of
more modern construction was found
on a walk in the Capitol park, about
half a block from where the strikers
hold their meetings. These discover
ies have made the employers exceed
ingly nervous, and policemen have
been stationed about their residences.
Would Mmol IlltigHl Voters.
Denver. Col., Oct. 29.- The Rev. My
ron W. Reed (treated a sensation by an
address at a populist campaign meet
ing Saturday night by advising heroic
methods for handling election frauds,
iu an impassioned speech he urged that
200 men be armed on election day to
watch the polls, and whenever auv one
was detected fraudulently voting that
lie be shot down on the spot. He scored
the people of today as lacking the spirit
which the early settle** displayed In
<k*illug with offenders of the law. Alter
detailing his plan the reverend gem lo
nian closed with the remark: "That’ll
the kind of a saint l am."
guv Faviir* mu Early ( ourauUou.
New York, Oct. 25. —The conference
of republican leaders continued at Hol
land House until an early hour yes
terday, though the diwuasions were
largely informal. Senator Quay said
that he favored an early convention.
The national committee’s meeting in
Washington on Dec. 10 will, it ts said,
have much to do toward directing the
policy of the republicans to be pursued
at Washington this winter on the tariff
schedules. The general sentiment was
to the effect, that wool and miueraJ ones
must be protected.
VIRGINIA'S HEAVY LOSS
I iiiim'ilij «»f tli* Statu Mrinitiljr Dim*
»a*«t by ritf.
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 29. —The
University of Virginia suffered groat
lust from a fire which occurred yester
day morning. Thr local fire depart
ment wut unable to cope with thr
flames, and assistance was obtained
Com Staunton and Lynchburg, but i.
arrived too late to save the public bait
i and the rotunda. The fire started in the
j public hall. A large quantity of dynu
! inite was used on the portico between
the rotunda and the public hall, but,
beyond displacing the large pillars,
nothing was accomplished. Attention
i was then given to the buildings known
as tho “old chapel’’ and reading room
j These were blown up. the debris war
saturated with water and the fire thmv
by was confined to the hall and rotunda
The library, containing about $15.00«*
worth of books, statues, paintings, etc..
whs in the lotunda. An effort to save
these resulted in removing the Jeffor
>on statue and throe-fourths of th*
books. Everything else was burned. At
2 o'clock the fire was gotten under eon
iro!. The total loss is estimated at not
less than $300,000, w ith an insurance of
$25,000 on the buildings and contents.
The origin of the fire is not known.
MAY CAUSE A LYNCHING.
Unknown MUrreant Kiddle* ih« S. *r*
huU Slrlpe* with Hullcfii.
Peoria, 111., Oct. 29. —The farmers of
Lawn Ritige. a small hamlet in the
extreme northern portion of the coun
ty, are wild with indignation over ar.
insult there to the American flag
Recently in compliance with tho stab
law they floated a large flag from the
village school-house, hut Friday even
ing some one emptied the contents oT
a shotgun into it. completely riddling
it. A vigilance com mi tee was organ
ized and guards have been on duty day
and night since. Should the identity
of ihe guilty party be discovered it is
more than probable that a lynching
would result.
>1 ay Fight In I’rlvate.
Little Rock Ark., Oc\ L' <. —Constable
Allen P. Davis of H Springs was in
the city today and r • u* out information
which leads tbos< who talked to him to
believe that Corbett and Fitzsimmons
will light iu private not far from Hot
Springs one day about the latter part of
thin week. The prevailing opinion ii>
spoiling circles is that the fight will
certainly occur at some point in or near
Garland county. A close friend of Gov
ernor Clarae lias been shown letters
from Hot Springs- which tend to con
firm ihe belief that the fight will occur.
Governor Clarke is said to have re
marked that he did not care how much
they fought eo long as it was conduct
ed in private and without being adver
tised.
Would-It* Murderer Shot.
Phoenix. Ariz., Oct. 29.—L. U. Orme.
sheriff of this county, shot Dr. Rose at
Mean, sixteen miles east of Phoenix
early yesterday morning, killing him
Instantly. Rose, two confeder
ates. had nt'einptAilftLninrder Ihe Wil
liams’ family, con si a ting of the doctor,
his young wife and daughter. The lat
ter was formerly the wife of Dr. Rose
in Kansas. The confederates, Bur;
and Cooley, were captured and placen
in jail. Burl previously gave the plot
away to the sheriff, but was afraid t<
refuse to help execute the plans of th<
murder for fear Rose would kill him.
Chlttgo HutrU of Trtd*.
Chicago, Oct. 26. —The following ta
ble shows the range of quotations ou
the Chicago board of trade to-day:
Articles — j/igh.~Low. Close.——
Wh’t-No. 2 Oct. 26. 0ct.25.
Oct. .. $ .00*4 $ .6914 $ .59% $ .59%
Dec. .. .61 *4 .61 Vj, .60% .60%
May .. .65% .64% .64% .64%
Corn —
Oct. .. .31% .30% .3074 .31%
Nov. .. 20% .29% .29% .307*
Dec. .28% .2774 -28 .28%
May .. .29% .29% .29% .29%
Oats —
Oct, 1874 18%
Nov. .. .18% 1874 .1874 .18%
Dec. .. .18% 18% .18% .18%
May .. .20% .20% .20% .20%
Pork —
Oct 8.05 8.00
Jan. .. 9.15 9.10 9.12% 9.10
May .. 9.45 9.40 9.42% 9.40
Lard
Oct. .. . 5.55 5.55
Jan. .. 5.6774 5.65 5.67-74 5.70
May .. 5.85 5.85 5.85 5.85
S. Ribs—
Oct. .. 4.5774 4.52% 4.52% 4.60
Jan. .. 4.60 4.57% 4.57% 4.60
May .. 4.80 4.7774 4.80 4.80
(look Free to laiMtor* and Speculator*
Iu drain. I’rovUlon* and Stock*.
One hundred of useful information
ou tbe markets for past li" years will lie
mailed you 011 application. Avoid bucket
»ho|»i and traae where your order will a'
foot the market.
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brokers, members Chicago Board of Trade
and st<v k Exchange. 10 and 12Pacificave.,
Chicago. Refer to G. K. Stone. Sec’y Ch
cago Board of Trade; Illinois Trust u>
Savings bank, and commercial agencies
Literary Notes.
The Art Amateur is offering three
months free to all persons scuding li.
their subscription before January Ist.
And looking at the October issue, now
before us. we should certainly say that
it is au offer well wortli accenting, A
better or more instructive number than
this for the art student or art lover on*
could scarcely imagine. 1 1 fairly teem*
with practical information, and those
interested in art cannot afford to be
without it.
In Outing for October, R. G. Tabor
entertainingly describes “Rugged Lab
rador.” He shows the little known
peninsula to be a delightful field for
sportsmau, naturalist uud geologist.
Other charming sketches of snort
travel and adventure complete an at
tractive number.
The attorney-general of .Manitoba
make* an important statement in the
Review of Reviews for Ocoober con
ceruimr the school (juristion that is ag
itating that province; he declares that
the question is purely ouc of policy,
and that the courts will decide as to
the jurisdiction of dominion and pro
vincial authorities.