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DECORAII PUBLIC OPINION.
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DECORA n, - - . IOWA.
THE NEWS IN IOWA
M iss Jennie Wycoff, aped 30, was
killed by a team running away while
retu. ing to her home, five miles
north of Albia.
Jacob Hunt, aged about 70, while at
the depot at Atlantic to see his son-in
law, Conductor A 1 Stafford, of the
Rock Island, dropped deud of apop
lexy.
Ralph B. Treadway, the famous
Yale captain, has disappeared. A
dispatch his parents, who live in
•Sioux City, have not heard of him for
three weeks.
Geo. Derrick, of Cedar Rapids, while
intoxicated, stabbed his wife in the
head with a pitchfork. It is not be
lieved the injury will prove fatal. He
is under arrest.
By the will of the late Rresident.
Marshall, of Coe College, that institu
tion will receive a bequest of §6.000.
The rest of his estate is divided
among his relatives.
Advices from various portions of the
state to the lowa Weather and Crop
Bureau indicate that the recent heavy
frosts have injured the corn crop
perhaps twenty per cent.
The 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Knorr, of Marshalltown,
while playing about a barn fell and
crushed her skull so badly that fears
of her death are entertained.
The 2-year-old daughter of George
Webb, who resides in Calhoun county,
eight miles northeast of Sac City, was
drowned in a stock watering tank on
the premises of her grandfather, Wm.
Webb. She was playing in the yard,
and, unobserved, went to the tank, fell
in, and was drowned before she had
been missed.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to wreck the night express by piling
ties upon the track near Allerton a
few nights ago. The engineer on the
freight preceding the passenger saw it
in time to stop his train and avert
probably a fatal accident. Blood
hounds were put on the trail, but
without success.
George Harrison, a colored tramp,
fell from the top of a freight train
that was switching in the yards at
Hamburg, cutting a very tigly gash
under his eye, also on the side of his
face and otherwise (bruising him up.
His wounds were dressed and the
authorities sent him to St. Joe, where
he says he has relatives. *
While Miss Grace Griffin and another
young lady were returning home from
prayer meeting at Marion, a couple of
fellows ran up behind them and with
a pair of scissors clipped otf Miss
Griffin's hair, which was hanging
down her back in a braid. Before the
girl could give the alarm the miscreants
had disappeared in the darkness.
A passenger train on the Burlington
A Northwestern road was helping a
heavy freight up a steep grade five
and a half miles north of Burlington,
when one of the freight cars jumped
the traek at a culvert, a dozen others
instantly piling up in a confused bulk.
No one was injured, but considerable
delay in traffic was caused. Damage
will amount to $6,000.
A. Ball & Co., bankers of West
Liberty, have made an assignment for
the benefit of creditors. Inability to
realize on assets was the cause of the
failure. The bank is fourteen years
old, a private institution, and had an
extensive business. Its assets are
given as $200,000, with but $60,000
liabilities. It is said it will be able to
pay dollar for dollar in time.
The body of Polk Wells, the noted
train robber and outlaw, who died in
the lowa penitentiary, was taken to a
medical college in St. Joseph, Mo.,
and will be dissected, according to the
will of the outlaw. He stipulated that
the heart and skeleton should go to
A 1 Warneeke, who married the
divorced wife of Wells, as well as all
bullets that were found in his body.
At Morning Sun a few days ago a
man named McPherson attempted to
take his daughter from his wife, from
whom he separated, but was foiled and
arrested. While being taken to the
jail he suddenly turned on Marshal
Finley, who had him in charge, and
shot him in the breast, dangerously
wounding him, and then escaping in
the excitement, and has not since been
found.
Mt. Vernon is infested with a gang
of robbers who have so far eluded
every effort of the authorities to effect
their capture. Three stores have been
broken into within a week and nearly
SSOO worth of goods carried away.
When the last robbery was committed
it is believed a wagon was employed to
carry away the plunder, Charles
Brackett being the loser of S2OO worth
of clothing and other goods.
The police captured a man at Water
loo who gave his name as Frank Fair.
He tried to sell a pair of dividers to
Architect Smith. Smith suspected
that the instrument was stolen and
said he would have it examined. This
frightened the man, who tried to
escape. Smith called a constable and
gave chase. After an exciting chase,
during which the man tried to conceal
himself in the Metropolitan milliuery
store, but was hustled out by the
proprietress, he was captured and
placed under arrest. He will be held
on other charges that have not been
made public.
A petition was filed in court at Du
buque by Arthur Artees against the
Chicago Great Western Railway Com
pany, asking SIO,OOO for injuries sus
tained while working for said com
pany.
J. 11. Willey, editor of the Independ
ence Bulletin-Journal, was attacked a
few days ago by Bert Dewald in a
Inost villainous manner. Without
warning, Willey was knocked to the
ground and pounded to insensibility.
He is still in a very critical condition.
A political article caused the affair.
Dewald and two others have been
indicted for the crime.
The Atlantic Canning Company has
just completed their season's pack of
peas and corn, having canned 1,460,000
cans of corn and 240,000 cans of peas.
The season's output has been consid
erably short of what was expected,
the late corn having been badly
damaged by wind storms. Almost
their entire pea pack has been sold,
with the exception of a few cars of the
lowest grade.
The banking house of S. H. Matson
A Sons, established at Vinton some
forty years ago, has made a general
assignment to Mat Gaasch for the ben
efit of all creditors. The liabilities
are estimated at $250,000 and the
assets at $350,000. All depositors and
other creditors will be paid in full.
The assignment caused considerable
excitement but will not effect other
banks in Vinton.
Cracksmen deceived the police de
partment at Sioux City a few nights
ago, sending them on a wild-goose
chase in an obscure part of town to
look after a pretended burglary. Dur
ing the abscenee of the officials the
thieves blew open a safe in the W. C.
Forbes halehouse. Only 4 cents were
secured, but a valuable safe was
wrecked and the office furniture
ruined by the explosion.
Judge Towner, of Creston, pro
nounced sentence upon three criminals
who had confessed their crimes in the
Union county court. Chas. Conley, a
burglar who has been at large for
three years, was sentenced to serve
five years at hard labor; Geo. Jones, a
bigamist, will inhabit the prison for
four years, and C. W. White, guilty of
uttering forged paper by wholesale,
will serve four years. All go to Fort
Madison.
News has been received of the
suicide, or attempted murder, or acci
dental death of Miss Mary McDowell,
at San Francisco. She was born and
brought up at Fairfield, living with
her grandparents, her father and
mother having separated. She was a
nurse at the Drake Sanitarium at Des
Moines for two or three years and was
in San Francisco for a year or two.
She was found in the water off a pier
there drowning. Suicide was sus
pected, but afterwards it was discov
ered that a man had been seen hurry
ing from the spot and her jewelry was
missing, indicating attempt at mur
der. She was taken to a hospital and
there died from eating poisoned candy,
which she may not have known to be
poisoned. Miss McDowell was a
blonde and petite.
A Clarinda dispatch says: The jury
in the case of Thomas Flanagan, for
the murder of Henry Carmine, brought
in a verdict of murder in the second
degree. The murder occurred at
Blanchard, a little station, near here,
July 20. Carmine had lived for some
time in the lower part of Flanagan's
house. Flanagan brought suit to se
cure immediate potsession. and was
defeated, the court ruling that he
must give the customary 30 days
notice. This angered Flanagan be
yond all reason. Flanagan lived in
the upper part of the house and seeing
Carmine returning from the well with
a bucket of water, raised the window
and fired twice, one shot taking effect
in the stomach and one in the face.
He died almost instantly. When Mrs.
Carmine heard the shots she rushed
out to see what had happened, and
Flanagan emptied his gun at her, the
shot taking effect in the side. She
recovered.
Unless matters are settled before the
convening of the next term of the
Kossuth county district court, ex
mayor P. P. Cuplin, of West Bend,
promises to figure in a breach of prom
ise suit for SIO,OOO, and will be the de
fendant therein. Damage to affec
tions is claimed by Miss Mattie Milner,
of Charles City, at present attending
school at Cedar Falls. Miss Milner af- |
firms that while a teacher in the
schools of West Bend she became ac
quainted with Mr. Cuplin and an en
gagement followed, and that the de
fendant wanted her to go east and
finish her musical studies, as he was ,
very solicitous that her musical edu
cation be complete. While in the east
Miss Milner learned that Mr. Cuplin
was married to his present wife and
the suit is the result. The plaintiff is
a highly accomplished young lady and
well respected wherever known. Mr. ;
Cuplin is one of the leading business j
men of West Bend and is very popular,
and the case will attract much atten- I
tion if it comes .to trial.
Alex P. Johnson, a farmer residing
in the northeast corner of Douglas
township, Sac county, committed
suicidh by cutting his throat with a
razor. He was in good circumstances
financially, but poor health had
effected his mind.
At the September terra of the federal
court at Cedar Rapids only two civil
suits were tried, one ending in a dis
agreement of the jury and the other
being dismissed by the plaintiff, j
Twenty bootleggers and violators of !
the postal laws were given fines rang- t
ing from SSO to S2OO. *
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Corbett and Sharkey will fight at
San Francisco on Thanksgiving.
The czar and czarina have arrived in
England.
Mail advices from Japan state that a
i conflagration recently wiped out the
city r of Kolb, causing great loss of life.
A terrific storm also visited Gifu pre
fecture, blowing down 4.300 houses
and causing the loss of 400 lives.
Floods and earthquakes added to the
awful work aud the total loss of life
by storm and fire reaches 2,500. In
Kolb 1,000 blocks were burned, in
cluding 2,260 houses. The loss by fire
amounts to 1,000,000 yen. In the
Rokengo district earthquakes over
• turned 1,000 houses and 100 people
! were killed.
Details regarding the massacre at
Elgin, vilayet of Kharput, showed it
occurred on the 15th and 16th of the
present month. The Kurds attacked
the Armenian quarter, killed over 600,
and pillaged aud burned the houses.
Many escaped to the mountains. It is
. feared this is the beginning of a series
of fresh massacres in Armenia.
European advices are to the effect
that as it appears that England must
face an European war if she attempts
to oppose the sultan, she will back
down.
At Manhattan Beach, N. Y., Eddie
Bald broke the half mile, unpaced,
bicycle record, the time being 1:01 1-5.
Advices from Africa state that the
Anglo-Egyptian expedition has taken
Kerma, on the Nile, and is now only
thirty miles from Dongola.
At Majestic Park, Medford. Mass.,
a few days ago. Star Pointer not only
beat two accredited faster horses —
Robert J., 2:01 J/*, and Frank Agan,
2:o3% —but paced the three fustest
heats ever made in competition, the
time being 2:023*, 2:03% and 2:03%, an
average of 2:03 %. He also lowered
the world’s record for the fastest first
mile ever paced, 2:023£, as well as the
records for the fastest quarter and
half, 29% and 59% respectively.
The Neu Ereie Presse. of Vienna,
says the inspection of the forts of the
forts of the Dardanelles by the Russian
general is the sultan’6 reply to Eng
land’s efforts to force him to abdicate
and that it is also the response of
Russia, which has taken the sultan
under protection.
New York democrats met at Buffalo
and adopted a platform unreservedly
endorsing Bryan and Sewall and nom
inating John Boyd Thatcher for
governor, Judge W. F. Porter for
lieutenant governor, and Robert C.
Titus for judge of the court of appeals.
Li Ilung Chang sailed from Van
couver for China on the 17th.
Complete fusion between the dem
ocrats and populists of Illinois on state
and electoral tickets has been effected.
Under the agreement reached, the
resignations of three democratic
electors were tendered and accepted,
the populists filling the vacancies.
Andrew L. Maxwell, populist, was
substituted for state auditor in place
of Gore, withdrawn.
A Portland, Me,, dispatch says:
Reed’s plurality for congress is 10,556;
Dingley’s, 11,000; Milliken’s, 12,000,
and Boutelle's 15,000. The legislative
vote shows that all the senators are
republicans, and so far onlj* four dem
ocrats are certainly known to be
elected to the house.
PENSION OLD EMPLOYES.
Flan Arranged by Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul Road Men.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 21.—The
employes of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul system, from high salaried
officers to switchmen, are arranging the
final details of a plan for the retire
ment of old men and their pensioning
on half pay.
It Is proposed that each man shall
put into a pool 1 per cent of his month
ly wages, and that after two years all
men who have been In the company’s
service for thirty or more years may,
if they desire, retire on half pay, the
pension to be taken from the fund
thus created. The amount paid in
■wages by the road Is about $12,000,000
yearly and the fund at the end of its
second year will amount to about $250,-
000, which has been figured ~ out as
ample to inaugurate the scheme. It is
possible the company may add to this
fund, and in that case there w'ill be
added sick benefit and disability funds,
as the increased receipts may warrant
Another Bank Failure Arrcut-
New Orleans. La., Sept. 23.—Monday
evening Examiner Escott swore out a
warrant before United States Commis
sioner Craig against Joseph N. Wolf-*
son, a prominent lawyer, charging him
with embezzling $36,811 of the Unioii
National bank's funds.
No Fusion In Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 23. —The
state republican campaign committee
has decided to have no fusion or co
operation with any other party. Their
advisory committee met subsequently
and approved this decision.
Foreit Firm Again Tbrraian.
Superior, Wis., Sept. 22.—Forest
fires in northern Wisconsin are again
becoming dangerous. They are burn
ing for thirty miles down the Northern
Pacific and South Shore railroads and
precautions are being taken against
their spread.
Wllcnmln Stork Train Wrecked.
Baraboo, Wis., Sept. 22. A stock
train went through a bridge nine miles
south of this city Sunday afternoon,
causing a bad wreck. Engineer Walker
was seriously hurt.
IN ANNUAL SESSION.
Odd Ftllowi' Grand Lodga Contend at
Dallas, Tex.
Dallas, Texas, Sept. 22.—The sev
enty-second annual session of the Sov
ereign Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, the delegates to
which represent more than a million
brethren and have jurisdiction over
the order throughout the world, opened
auspiciously Monday. The city is
gayly decorated and thronged with
members of the order, many of whom
have brought with them their families.
Ten o'clock was the hour fixed for the
openiug reception at the opera house,
but an hour earlier the spacious struc
. ture was filled to overflowing. On the
platform, in addition to the grand offi
cers, were seated five Odd Fellows who
sat in the grand lodge with Judge
Wildy, one of the founders of the or
der; and as the veterans made their
appearance one by one they were given
a tumultous reception.
Following the public exercises the
seventy-second annuel session of the
sovereign grand lodge was called to or
der at Turner Hall by Grand Sire Steb
bins.
The annual communication of C. E.
W. Stebbins, grand sire and command
er-in-chief of the Odd Fellows, in par;
was as follows:
"The condition of the business inter
ests and the prospective disturbances
in this and other countries have had
their effect upon the order. Yet, under
the surrounding conditions, our grow r th
has not been seriously retarded. The
additions to the order have been fairiy
good and in all branches prosperity
has prevailed to an unlooked-for ex
tent. In the subordinate lodges the net
gain has been 9,190. In the suben
campments there has been a net loss
of 1,636.
In the Patriarch Militant branch
there has been a large increase, the ag
gregate of which cannot be given with
accuracy owing to delays in making re
turns.
In the Rebekah branch the growth
has been phenomenal, there being a
net increase In membership of 27,854.
This is in no Inconsiderable degree at
tributed and traceable to the opening
of the door to all unmarried ladies of
good moral character.
In the departments of homes for the
aged, the widow and orphan—that
grandest field of all our labors —reports
were received of homes established or
In process of establishment, in seven
teen grand Jurisdictions, as follows:
Number, 17; acreage, 3.739.14; cost,
$269,462.34; present value, $682,727.01;
indebtedness, $16,000; residents —males,
92; wives, 9; widows, 8, and orphans
198.
Our financial condition, which has al
ways been of the best, cannot be too
carefully guarded against encroach
ment. The valuable suggestions can
not be too carefully weighed. And If
in connection with them the question
of supplies, the chief source of our
revenue, shall be clearly defined and
the order informed, no direct taxation
to sustain the increasing expenses of
our rapidly developing order need be
feared.
At tbe conclusion of Grand Sire
Stebbins’ address an adjournment was
taken.
KILLED HIS WIFE.
Follow* Her from Oklnhoma and shoot*
la Children** Preaenee.
St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 21. —Two weeks
ago the wife of S. J. Fowler, an Okla
homa ranchman, eloped with James
Russell and came to this city.
Fowler came in search of them, and
on Friday found his wife In a boarding
house on Sixth street. She went with
him to the street to see their two boys,
9 and 11 years old, in a covered wagon,
In which they had come from home. As
they stood there in sight of their
children Fov 3hot his wife, killing
her Instantly, . ad then fired a bullet
into his own brain, through the temple.
He died an hour later at the police sta
tion. The children, who witnessed the
tragedy, said Fowler asked his wife to
return home with him, and when she
refused he shot her and then himself.
Honor the New Battleship.
New York, Sept. 23. —Gov. Claud
Matthews, ex-President Harrison and
about seventy-five prominent citizens
of Indiana went on board the United
States battleship Indiana, lying off
Tomjiklnsville, S. 1., Monday. The vis
itors were welcomed on board the In
diana by Capt. Robley D. Evans, Ad
miral 3unce and others. The purpose
of the visit of this delegation of west
erners to the finest of the nation’s
ships of war was to present to its of
ficers the silver service and library
that the citizens of Indiana have pro
vided for the craft named in honor of
the state they represent. Gov. Mat
thews made the presentation speech, to
which, on behalf of Capt. Evans and
the officers and men of the Indiana,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Mc-
Adoo responded. Ex-President Harri
son also spoke.
Collin to th« IVnlfvtitlarr.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 23.—Francis
A. Collin, found guilty of complicity in
the wrecking of the Indianapolis Na
tional bank and refused a new trial by
the United States supreme court, was
on Monday taken to the penitentiary
at Michigan City to serve out his sen
tence of eight years.
TroimU) .iti"ail (or Italy.
Rome, Sept. 19.—The pope, in at
semi-official aui%jrity that communica
tions between the Italian government
and the powers show that their rela
tions are strained to the point of rup
ture. A cabinet council has been sum
moned to discuss the situation.
P«nn*;lvaula Ilank Uom Up,
Hollidayburg, Pa., Sept. 19.—The pri
vate bank owned by Gardiner, Morrow
& Co. cloned its doors Friday. It was
one of the oldest institutions of the
kind in Central Pennsylvania. Many
debtors of the bank have usaigned.
RIOTS AT LEADVILLE.
COLORADO MILITIA ORDERED
TO THE SCENE.
Striking Miner* Attack tho Coronado
and Ktumctt Mine* with Dynamite
and Five Lire* Are Lost in the FI "In
in £ That Follow*.
Leadville, Colo., Sept. 23.—Five dead
bodies lying at the morgue, and half
a dozen wounded, with damage to
property to the amount of $25,000 are
the visible effects of Sunday night's
lawlessness. It ns believed that when
all is known the list of dead and in
jured will considerably exceed theso
figures. Everything is quiet now. tho
camp being practically under military
rule.
The fifth name was added to tho
death list by the discovery of the body
of Michael Daugherty on the ground
near the Emmett mine, where he had
fallen in the attack of the rioters upon
the Emmett while flushed with their
victory at the Coronado. There were
many people in the upper windows,
and on house roofs provided with night
glasses, who, in the brilliant moonlight,
saw the attack on the Emmett and tho
repulse of the rioters. These watchers
say the first volley from the mine was
delivered at close range, and that the
attacking party fell like grain before
the sickle. How many met the fato
of Daugherty it may remain for the
search of a long abandoned shaft in
that vicinity to tell. It now seemo
that the rioters dragged away their
dead and wounded.
The following are the dead so far
as known:
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY.
BERT MEIER.
JAMES BENSON.
JOHN MAHONEY, died this after
noon.
They were miners employed at tho
Coronado, and were killed by the ex
plosion. They were identified only by
means of papers found on the bodies.
Dying:
WILLIAM O’KEEFE, foreman of
hose company No. 2; shot through the
stomach.
J. HIGGINS, miner employed at the
Coronado; shot eight times in arms
and stomach.
Injured:
Frank Telle.
Martin Scott.
Both were Coronado miners. Their
wounds are not believed to be fatal.
The Coronado people had heard of
the coming of trouble, but the supposi
tion was that the attack was to be
made at the Emmett. Soon after tho
destruction commenced many of the
citizens responded quickly, armed with
rifles and shotguns, but they could do
little in fighting the fire and dynamite.
Foreman O’Keefe was shot from behind
just after he turned a stream on the
fire at the Coronado. The first attack
at the Coronado was made with dyna
mite near the oil tanks. The men with
in the inclosure returned the attack
and a fusilade of bullets followed but
the dynamite did its work well.
It is charged that the lawlessness
Sunday was due to a mob of strikers,
principally from the Coeur d’Alene
country, who have long been breeding
trouble m Leadville, and who, seeing
that the strike was nearing an end,
were determined to make a final
stroke. This assertion is largely made
by the peaceful miners of the camp.
Early Sunday night there was every
evidence that the strike was broken.
Many miners had announced their in
tention of going to work in the morn
ing. After being repulsed at the Em
mett mine, the mob, which numbered
not over fifty persons, fled the town,
and are hiding in the hills.
Denver, Col., Sept. 23.—Gov. Mcln
tyre Monday morning received the fol
lowing letter from the sheriff at Lead
ville:
“Leadville, Col., Sept. 21., 3 a. m.—
Gov. Mclntyre, Denver: The situa
tion here is beyond my control. lam
compelled to call on you for aid to
preserve order, and hereby do so. All
are of the preeent opinion that a
strong force is needed.
“M. H. NEWMAN, Sheriff.”
The governor at once ordered out
a strong force of militia. The Denver
& Rio Grande officials took extraordi
nary precautions to prevent the wreck
ing of trains carrying troops to Lead
ville. Guards were sent out and the
entire road from Salida to Leadville
was patrolled and picketed. Three
special trains were dispatched from
Denver carrying tsoldlers and supplies.
The troops are under command of
Brig-Gen. Brooks, and Adjt.-Gen.
Moses accompanied them.
Odd Felloirs »t l>alln-.
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 22. —The Sover
ign Grand Ixidge, I. O. O. F., convened
aere today.. Grand Sire J. W. Stebbins
arrived yesterday. His report and
that of Secretary T. A. Ross will be
submitted Tuesday or Wednesday. Of
the 600 delegates elected to attend the
meeting nearly one-ha'lf have arrived.
Wednesday the grand parade will em
brace the sovereign lodge and minor
lodges from every city in Texas and
several in the Indian territory and
northern Louisiana.
Wife .Murder at H*t<lfor<J, O.
Cleveland, 0., Sept. 22.—The citizens
Of Bedford, twelve miles south of this
city, are horror stricken over a highly
sensational attempt at murder which
took place there late Sunday afternoon.
Jumes McMillan, who had separated
from his wife, decoyed her from her
father’s house, kidnaped her, drove
to a dense wood and there hacked her
throat with a jack knife. Pursuers
frightened him away. He stole a horse
and buggy, started across the country,
pursued by half a dozen men in bug
gies.
TEN HURT IN A WRECK.
Collision Occur* on tho Montana Halos
N«ar Butte. *■'
Butte, Mont., Sept. 22. —By a collision
between the Union Pacific expres.. from
Salt Lake and the west, due h e at
11:35 a. m., and a mixed train o.i the
Montana Union, bound for Anaconda,
near Rocker, four miles west of here, at
11 o'clock Sunday morning, the engines
af both trains and the express car and
the smoker of the Union Pacific were
wrecked, and the following were hurt,
none seriously: John Murray, Lead
ville, Col.; Daniel Green, Leadville,
Col.; Quinn K. Murphy, Red Cliff, Col.;
Joseph O’Brien. Butte; Charles J. Jus
tice, San Francisoo; J. H. Elliott, Baker
City, Oregon; Julius Jacobs, Butte; M.
M. Burdick, news agent; H. E. Fisher,
baggagomaster; A. J. Jones, mail clerk.
The engineers and firemen saved hem
selves by Jumping. The accident is at
tributed to a conflict of orders.
WHITECAPS NEAR TOLEDO. O.
a»or£« Hnnttman and Family Flogged
and Ordered to L.eave the State.
Toledo, 0., Sept. 22.—A farmer by the
name of George Huntsman, who lives
fifteen miles from Toledo, sent his little
boy and girl, about 10 and 11 years of
age, to the village postoffice for the
mail. The children obtained what they
were sent for. While they were in the
postoffice a man by the name of Woods
and some companions were there also.
The children on the way home were
overtaken by Woods, who charged tho
children with having picked up a pock
etbook containing SIBO or SBO. Tho
children stoutly denied the charge.
Thursday night, accompanied by a
mob. Woods called at the Huntsman,
home and by the aid of a half-dozen
accomplices the members of the family
were flogged and otherwise severely
maltreated. They were then ordered to
leave the state. Law-abiding citizens
condemn the outrage.
To Reconvene the Delegates.
Boise, Idaho, Sept. 22. —A call had
been issued by the silver republican
state committee, reconvening the dele
gates to the recent silver republican
state convention in this city next Sat
urday, the 26th inßt, This wag the con
vention that Indorsed the principal
nominees of the democrat-popullet fu
sion convention, after the silver re
publicans had been refused recognition
on their state ticket This action wag
taken with the belief that tbe national
democratic and populist committees
could secure recognition by the Bryan
republicans here. Two attempts have
been made by the national committees
to adjust these matters, but these efr
forts have entirely failed.
Sugar Refinery Horned.
Moncton, N. 8., Sept. 22. — Fire broke
out in the char house of the Moncton
sugar refinery at 7 o’clock Sunday
evening, and in a short time the flames
had destroyed the sugar house, eight
stories high. It was owned by the Aca
dia Sugar Refining company, with
headquarters in Halifax. It is said to
be insured for $300,000, but the loss will
exceed that figure. About 150 men were
employed. The cause of the fire is un
known.
Women’* Mlaalonary Societies.
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 22. —Tho an*
nual convention of the Women’s Mis
sionary societies of the Churches ol
Christ in this state was called to order
by Mrs. H. Goodacre of Richland
Center Saturday. There were fifteen
societies represented. Miss Mettie J.
Monroe of Monroe was elected presi
dent. The convention closed Sunday
with a convention of Christian En
deavor societies.
Will Clo*e Tonight.
Lansing, Mich., Sept. 22. —The min
isters of the Michigan conference* gave
themselves over wholly to religious
work Sunday, no session of the confer
ence being held. They preached in nil
the churches and even helped out the
salvation army in its street services.
The conference will conclude fts work
tonight, when assignments of pastors
for the years will be announced.
Now Gold Fields Discovered.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 19.—Gold has
been discovered in Ferryland, south
of St. Johns, and is claimed to be ‘in
paying quantities. Prospectors are
flocking thither.
Chicago Hoard or Trade,
Chicago, Sept. 21.—The following ta
ble shows the range of quotations on
the board of trade today:
, _ Cloßing.
articles. High. Low. - “
Wheat-Kept.. * .61% $ .59% « .61% *760%
December... .62% .60% .ft>q ,51*}
May 66% .04% .60% '.65%
Coru— Kept .21% 21V
October. 21% .20% 21V '«l%
December... .21% .21% .21% 22
May ........ 24%* .24$ .24$ .24%
October. 16% .16 .16% .16%
December... .16% .16% .10% 16%
May .HD, .18% .19% # * M g
Pork-Sept 5.95 5.87%
October..... 6.97% 5.87% 5.95 5 87%
Junuary.... 7.10 6.95 7.1>5 6 97%
Lard—Kept 3.50 8.47%
October 8.55 350 8.52% 3 47%
January... 3.95 8.87% 3.90 8 87%
Bh’t r'bs.-Sopt 315 8 10*
October 3.’.5 8.12% 3.15 8 12%
January.... 8.50 3.45 850 8!45
M. Hutan 1* threatened.
Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France, Sept. 19.
—M. Bossu, the deputy public prosecu
tor in charge of the case against P. J.
P. Tynan, the alleged Irish dynamiter,
has received a violent letter inform
ing him, in the name of a committee
of invincibles and the anarchist broth
erhood, that unless Tynan is released
within twenty-four hours he, M. Bossu,
will be blown up with dynamite. Tho
letter is written with a red fluid, be
lieved to be blood, Is dated Thursday,
Sept, 17, and was posted at Laon, capi
tal of the department of Aisne,