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DECORAII PUBLIC OPINION.
AKERS A SKEEN. Publishers.
DECORAH, • IOWA.
THE NEWS IN IOWA
Ed Boyle, who was shot in the affray
at Frazer, has died from the injuries
received at the dance some days ago.
Nine students of the Epwortli Semi
nary, Dubuque, arc under arrest on a
eharge of having voted illegally at tht
late election.
About one year ago at Vail, Wardy
Fitzgibbons, then 4 years old, swal
lowed a small tin whistle. Ilis death
is now recorded, it is believed, as a
result of that accident.
Elizabeth M. Blythe, mother of Hon.
James M. Blythe, ex-chairman of the
republican state central committee,
died very suddenly at her home in
Mason City, aged 74 years.
John Siemmons, aged 20, a farmer
living near Independence, was killed
while moving a building. One of the
ropes brol:e and in the recoil cut his
abdomen. He died in half an hour.
The 7-year-old son of C. M. Mills, a
prominent official in the Dubuque post
office, was fatally injured while trying
to climb on a wagon. He fell under
the wheels and his skull wus crushed.
Guy Johnson was instantly kilied
while at work at the Murray Iron
Works in West Burlington. He was
caught in a shaft and thrown around
a belt, breaking an arm and crushing
his head.
Jasper county has-just completed a
new’ infirmary at Newton, the cost of
which was $15,000, The building is
one of the finest of the kind iD the
state. The inmates are now being
moved in.
It is now’ alleged that not only the
nine students at Epworth Seminary,
Dubuque, voted illegally, but that
twelve students of the Lutheran
Seminary and eighteen students of the
German Presbyterian Seminary voted
illegally, and they' will be cited to
appear before the investigating board.
The matter lias created great interest
in Dubuque.
Ralph Reynolds of Gowrie, a young
man of feeble intellect, was badly
frightened some time ago by some
men playing the ghost act upon him
and has been in the asylum twice since
from the efiects. Recently Mr. Thom
as Reedy, a prosperous farmer, was
served with papers making him a de
fendant in a damage suit for $15,000
by the boy’s parents.
Gus Lynn and Ralph Johnson, who
are charged with blowing up the safe
in the Citizen’s Bank at Bedford
on November 2, were captured by
at b't. Joseph, Mo., and
brought to Bedford and given a pre
liminary hearing. They were (bound
over to the December term of the
district court. The evidence against
them is strong.
3 B.Von Lcngen, a Holland farmer
residing six miles cast of Ackley, com
mitted suicide by banging himself to
a rafter in the barn loft while his
family was at church. Von Lengcn
w’as 50 years of age, ami leaves a wife
and family. The cause of his rash act
is said to have been despondency from
family and other troubles.
Mrs. John Hilbert, living about
three miles east of Minden, committed
suicide at her home by taking
strychnine. She was in town during
the afternoon doing some shopping,
and seemed as cheerful as usual. Mrs.
Hilbert leaves a husband and four
small children. Domestic troubles are
thought to be the cause of the rash
act.
Des Moines sends greetings to
Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, St. Louis
and Chicago, and asks if they have a
wholesale shoe house which can show
as great an increase last week as the
firm of 'Bentley «fc Olmsted, of Des
Moines. This firm sold almost $50,000
worth of shoes last week, which was
$13,997.34 more than they did the
corresponding week last year.
The jury trying Ned Hemphill for
the murder of Mamie l*eterson at
I,'nionville, May 12, returned u verdict
of not guilty. The foul murder be
comes a deeper mystery than ever. A
pretty girl of I'J years was shot down
in the dark. Hemphill was her lover
atxi was said to be jealous of a rival's
attention. lie was indicted for the
crime by the Appanoose county grand
jury and tried at Bloomfield on a
chunge of venue.
The jury in the case of Phillip
Wickee vs. City of Des Moines for
personal injuries received in a fall on
an alleged defective sidewalk, awarded
Wickee $375. He sued for $5,000. He
claims to have fallen in a hole in the
walk on the north side of East Walnut
street between East Sixth and Seventh
streets. The city claims he fell l*e
causc the walk was covered with ice
and sleet and will appeal the ease to
the supreme court.
Fire destroyed the ( reston Holler
Mills, valued at from 815,000t0520,000,
insured for SI,OOO. The building was
the property ef W. W. Bradford. The
origin of the tire is unknown.
6 Lewis Clem is under arrest at Crcs
ton by order of the l.'nitcd States
authorities. He is accused of break
ing into the Shaunon City post office.
Clem was released at the present term
of court by a jury which declared he
was sane, the defense having attempt
ed to prove otherwise, and not guilty
of robbing a store, the crime of which
he confessed. Tin? jury received a re
buke from the judge.
One of the buildings of the Fowler
Company, wholesale grocers, at Wat
erloo, wus badly scorched by fire at an
early hour in the morning. The
building contained stock valued at
$50,000, which is believed to be a total
loss. The damage to the building is
estimated at $5,000. Insurance on
building, $11,800; on stock, $33,000.
A fire started in the engine house
at Belmond a few days ago and burn
ed up all the water works hose so that
it was hard to handle the flames. A
livery barn belonging to 11. J. Klcmme
was burned also. The engine house
with all its contents were burned.
The contents of the livery barn were
saved. Loss, $2,000. A tramp in the
engine house was burned badly, but
may live. The fire is supposed to«have
caught from a hot stove.
A coal shaft belonging to the Con
solidation Coal company of Muchakin
oek, a mining town near Oskaloosa,
took fire and the company- sustained
a loss of about SIO,OOO. M. C. White,
the fireman at the shaft, was the only
tnan at the scene. He was inside of
the boiler cleaniug it when he first
discovered the fire. In making his es
cape he was obliged to crawl out
through the flames, and he was liter
ally burned to a crisp from head to
foot. He died a few hours later.
A $5,000 slander suit will come up in
the next session of the Appanoose
county court as a result of the elec
tion. R. F. Rinker, has sued a neigh
bor, Elvin Owens, for this amount, al
leging that Owens made remarks de
rogatory to his character by stating
that ‘’Rinker intended to vote for
Bryau, but he got $25 for voting and
working for McKinley.” The case ex
cites much (interest. The plaintiff's
friends are mueh wrought up over the
mutter. The defendant's friends
claim that the use of corruption funds
in the campaign will be shown in prov
ing what Owens said is true.
The jury in the Krekel murder case,
on trial at Burlington, has been
secured. County Attorney Tracy
addressed them, and stated that the
prosecution would endeavor to prove
that Henry Tenacher was guilty* of the
murder of Louis Krekel, some time in
the month of November, 1895; that on
two different occasions he had ad
mitted his guilt at a private conference
before Chief Grenier and also before
Jndge Wohlwend; that testimony
would be introduced to prove these
facts. Attorney Smythe, for the
defense, claimed Teuscher was an
imbecile, and could not be charged
with murder.
The case of the H. 0. Clock & Son
vs. the Hartford Fire Insurance com
pany of Hartford, Conn., which was to
come up m the next term of «the dist
rict court of Franklin county lias just
been settled. The case grew out of a
failure of the company to adjust a loss
on two policies, amounting to $5,000,
covering a stock of goods and store
building. One of the peculiar features
of the ease was the fact that 11. C.
Clock, the senior member of Jthe firm,
was agent for the company and this
was the first loss during a period of 25
years. The loss was nearly- twice the
amount of the insurance but the com
pany claimed the insurance on both
stock and building was excessive.
The insurance company- did not pay
the full amount of the policies.
The First Nutional Bank of Sioux
City has closed its doors. The cause
of the failure was an overload of real
estate. The officers of the bank say
that the bank is perfectly solvent and
that dollar for dollar will be paid
creditors. The crash was caused by
recent - heavy withdrawals and diffi
culty in realizing on assets. Many bad
investments have also been made with
in the past few years and much of the
concern's money is in unproductive
property-. The publication of the re
ported weakness of a Sioux City bank,
to which, however, no direct reference
was madd, is also said to have precip
itated matters. The failure of th -
First National caused a run on the
Sioux City Savings Bank, T. J. Stone
l>eing president of both institutions.
F. B. Ross was appointed receiver.
Several weeks ago a man named
Hogan began canvassing among the
farmers near Central City. He claimed
that a house iu Cedar Rapids had
failed with a large aumtier of safes
lielonging to the Alpine Safe company-.
Rather than ship them 1/aek he said he
had l»eon ordered to sell them among
the farmers at greatly reduced prie.es.
He disposed of about $350 worth,
taking note? of farmers. The notes
were immediately sold atCoggcn. The
safes were delivered, and no investi
gation it was found they were sheet
iron, tilled with elay-. and worthless.
Several of the farmers went toCentral
City to demand the return of their
notes. White waiting for an officer,
Hogan secured a liver.v rig and escaped.
Officers and farmers followed, and
Hogan only escaped by leaving his rig
in the timber and getting away on
foot.
Hausen's radical headache cure cures
nervous diseases etc., euused by excesses
5 The Webster City council has
formally- accepted tlx* gift of Keixlull
Young. the philanthropist. Mr
Young wus the richest mun in Webster
City, and left his entire fortune for a
public library-.
Rev. E. L. Benedict, who shot Drug
gist Mewhirter at Lnrabee recently,
appeared in justice court ami waived
examination. The justice hound him
over to the next grand jury- under a
bond of $4,000, which was quickly
signed. So strong is public sympathy
with the prisoner that fifty good, sub
stantial names could have been secur
ed had it been ueeessurv.
| NEWS OF THE WEEK
There is one county in the United
States whose residents did not know 1
of the recent genera Delection. This is j
Charlton county, Georgia. The ofti- 1
eials in the office of the secretary of \
state are authority- for the declaration |
that the people of the county could !
■ not have known of it. for no election I
j was held and the official digest of the '
| election in Georgia has been made rp |
: with this county left out.
}*> A New York special says: Before |
' the largest crowd ever seen at a horse i
I sale in this country, and after a most !
' sensational auction, John R. Gentry, j
| the champion harness horse of the !
j world, passed into the hands of Lewis
!G. Tewksbury, ot New York, for
$19,00(1, at Madison Square Garden.
Mr. Tewksbury- is also the owner of
Robert J., Mascot, and other speedy ;
horses.
I'rinee Otho von Stillberg-Wernig- j
erode, head of his family, president of j
the Prussian diet, and general of the !
Prussian eavulry, is dead, aged 59.
It is said that the Kansas state leg- !
islature proposes to eni.ct a law nrak- :
ing Mexican silver dollars a legal
tender in Kaunas. It is thought that
1 while such coins would not make, a
! legal tender for the payment of prior
j obligations they- might possibly be
j made to apply- to future debts.
SETTLERS IN DANGER.
J Ikjhomlih River Hun Overflowed It*
Hunk* In Many 1-lace*.
j Seattle, Wash., Nov. 24. —News has
reached this city from Skyomish, on 1
J the Great Northern railway, which in- )
dicates that the Skyomish river is •
raising. The river has overflowed Its I
banks In many places and Invaded the
homes of ranchers. One instance is
given where a woman waded half a
mile with a baby in her arms through
three feet of water to escape the ris
ing flood. Houses have been swept-!
away and big trees, fences and other j
movable objects are being carried off. j
A man named Baker came sailing !
down the Skyomish yesterday on a j
tree, while near him crouched a big ,
black bear. Near the town of Skyom
ish, Mrs. Sanders saw a bear on a !
floating tree and shot it dead and se. }
cured the carcass.
FOLEY AT KANSAS CITY.
Anthorttles feared for the Safety of
the I.lberty Murderer.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 24. —William
Foley, the wealthy young farmer who
was arrested at Liberty, Mo., and for
mally charged with the murder of his
aged mother and his sister, has been
brought to this city for safe-keeping
and placed in the county jail. The trip
was made on an early train to avoid
any possible show of a demonstration
against Foley at Liberty, whose citi
zens have become thoroughly wrought
up over the cold-blooded murder. But
few knew of the transfer at the time
and no trouble was experienced by the
officers. Foley had little to say about
being brought here and quietly sub*
mined to the officers.
Cycle Record* Go at Denver.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 25.—1 n the face
of the high wind Mond;.- Sanger and
j Swanbrough rode five miles, flying
. start, unpaced, on a tandem on the
: Denver Wheel club’s track, lowering
| the professional record sixteen sec
| onds, to 10:37. Watts and Smith es
[ tablished a new amateur record of 1:17
for two-thirds of a mile, flying start,
unpaced, on the tandem, and new rec
ords of 1:59 2-5 for a mile and 4:12 3-5
for two miles.
No Protest from Spain.
Washington, Nov. 23.—Minister Du
puy de Lome of Spain has not called
at the state department to present a
protest against the burning of the
Spanish flag by students at Newcastle,
Del., as Madrid cables state he is in
structed to do. It is not thought a
protest will be made.
lowa Gold Men Confer,
Des Moines, Nov. 25.—There is a
meeting of the leading gold democrats
of lowa in this city today. Seventy in
vitations were sent out by the state
central committee. It is a conference
for the purpose of considering the best
plan of continuing and extending tbe
party organization.
Blackburn Mill in the Kin*.
Versailles, Ky., Nov. 25. —Senator Joe !
Blackburn says that he is not out of the
senatorial fight, all reports to the con
trary notwithstanding. He also says
ae does not expect to run for governor.
I.ondou Warehousemen Fall.
London, Nov. 25.—The failure is an
naunced of Webster & Kenny, ware
o jusemen, with liabilities estimated at
£ißo,ooo ($900.0001 and assets estimated
it £120,000 ($600,000).
Honor for Cleveland Militia.
Cleveland, Nov. 23.—1 t is officially
announced that Troop A, Ohio National
Guard, of this city, will act as the
military escort of President-elect Mc-
Kinley at the Inauguration ceremonies
iu Washington.
Old Indiana Until Hit rued.
Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 19.—Early
Tuesday morning the Kouts hotel at
Kouts, erected in 1840, tho oldest
landmark in the county and the first
hotel built in northern Indiana, was
’turned. The guests escaped.
Indian Mlmdnn Fuudc.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 19.—The total
appropriations for Indian missions In
the United States were fixed Tuesday
by the general missionary commitioo
of the Methodist Episcopal church at
$5,937.
POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENI
Approximately Complete Table of MeKln
ley, Bryan and Palmer Vole.
New York, Nov. 24.—The World an
nounces the first approximately com
plete returns on the recent presidential
election from all the states, as follows:
States. McKinley. Bryau. Palmer
Alabama .. 54,733 107,137 6,46'
Arkansas .. 37,512 110.103
California .. 146,217 142,926
Colorado .. 22,367 16,671 96"
Oonn 110,288 56,734 4.33*
Delaware .. 20,367 16,671 96’
Florida 11,545 29,426 1,60!
Georgia .... 60,091 94,232 2,781
Idaho 5.031 15,754
Illinois 606.577 462,753 12,00(
Indiana 323,919 303,854 3,575
lowa 287,192 219,356 2,00<
Kanas 159,267 172,027
Kentucky .. 218,055 217,797 5,01!
Louisiana.. 18,962 73,861 1,32(
Maine 80,421 32,217 1,864
Maryland .. 136,978 104,745 2,501
Massachu. . 267,787 102,655 11,51(
Michigan .. 251,100 201,250 8.751
Minnesota . 193.455 139,477 3,205
Mississippi . 4,849 55,933 1,021
Missouri ... 304,600 363,750 5,00(
Montana ... 10,100 41,275
Nebraska .. 102.168 115,240 5.25(
Nevada .... 1,756 6,751
N. Harop... 57.444 21,271 3,42(
N. Jersey .. 221,897 134,995 6.47-1
N. York ... 795.271 543,839 18,825
N. Caro... . 155,222 174,488 575
N. Dak .... 23,325 18,175
Ohio 325.989 474,880 1,861
Oregon 49,216 47.102 1,045
Penn 728,306 427,127 11.00 C
R. Island .. 36,437 14.459 1.16 C
S. Carolina . 7.963 39,643 82E
S. Dakota .. 45,100 46,275 2.50 C
Tennessee . 148,773 163,651 1,951
Texas 154,422 264,200
Utah 13,461 64,851
Vermont ... 49,456 9,789 1.261
Virginia ... 135,361 155,988 2,2 D
Wash 39,495 50,927 2.75 C
W\ Virginia. 102,000 90,000
Wisconsin .. 265,656 162,609 3.00 C
Wyoming .. 10,073 10,389
Totals ...7,050,516 6,221,552 138,576
"Total vote cast 1896 (approximate)
13,579,638, including about 100,000 pro
hibition votes and 50,000 Bryan am
Watson votes.
"Following are the comparisons with
previous elections for thirty-six years:
1896 —McKinley popular plural
ity (approximate) 328,964
1892—Cleveland 380,810
1888—Cleveland 98,017
1884—Cleveland 62,638
1880—Garfield 7.018
1876—Tilden 250,93 f
1872—Grant 762,991
1668 —Grant 305,456
1864—Lincoln 407,342
IB6o—Lincoln 491,195
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.
Des Moines, Nov. 23.—A corres
pondent at Bristow, lowa. asks. ”0&n
an improvement be patented without
the consent of theowner of the original
patent?” We answer yes; improvements
are always in order aud sometimes
more valuable than the originals. And
one at Lorimer asks "Is a patent tax
able?” We answer yes, in some for
eign countries, but not in the United
States.
Patents have been allowed but not yet
issued as follows: To C. C. Calhoun,
of Windsor, Mo., for an automatic
brake for wagot»; To L. Avery, of Mon
taur, lowa, (recently deceased) for a
hay rake and loader: to Wm. Morley,
of Fontanelle, for a band cutter and
feeder; to J. A. Drake, of Brooklyn,
for an anti-freezing stock waterer; to
W. J. Benning. of Boone, for acurrent
motor: to A. T. Dowden, of Prairie
City (2) for a potato cutter and a
sprocket chain specially adapted for
his potato harvester.
Thomas G. asd J. Ralph Orwio,
Solicitors of Patents.
Church Faction* Flglit.
Bay City, Mich., Nov. 24. —The twt
factions which have been dividing St.
Stanislaus’ Polish Catholic congrega
tion for the past six months came to
gether Sunday in a pitched battle in
which clubs and missiles were used and
nearly a score injured. Father Boga
clki, successor of Father Matowski
the former priest whose actions had di
vided the church and led the hostilities
originally, caused the trouble by scor
ing the anti-Matowski faction for pur
chasing a cemetery of their own. say
ing they would be cut off from all offi
ces of the church.
Town Wrrrkod bjr the Flood*.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 24.--As a result
of the flood of the Skagitt river the town
of Hamilton is a complete wreck. The
water was in every house in theHower
part of the town, and some of the peo*
pie were prisoners upstairs until they
were taken off in boats.
Chicago Board ot Trurte.
Chicago, Nov. 23. —The following ta
ble shows the range of quotations on
the board of trade today:
i | Clofliiifi’
AkTici.es. High I*>v. _
_ ) Nov 23 Nov 21
Wheat-Nov., f | ..... #T.7 # .76*
December... .76;*. .76* .76% .75’-*
. M *y • • *>.* .78* .80*2 .79$
Corn—Nov..., | j ... 28L
December...
*ay.. 27* i ,26Xj .27 .27
December... .19 1 jsjf .18«^
r -23* .21* 4 .22 I .21 \
lork—Dec ! 6 V)
January 7.75 i 7.02*1 :‘o7W 7 6ft
. • H.o7*; 7.9 i 8.112-,; 7.90
Lard—Dec.... 3.82* 8.80 3.82* 875
January... 4.0 S 1.00 4.05 8.95
«.& ay -k 4 ' 7 ‘* 42s ! 4.i&
January.... 3 82>' 3.8) 3 82* 8 77*
4.oft 400 4 02* i 3 97*
Fruit tiro with Read Paper*.
Cairo, 111,, Nov. 21. —The second daj
of the Southern Illinois Horticultural
society's convention was full of inter
est. Many instructive papers wer«
read. The Illinois State Board ol
American Fruit Growers’ union, which
is holding a convention here in con
junction with Horticultural society,
elected officers for the ensuing year at
follows: President, J. W. Fuller. An
na; vice-president. H. M. Platt, Bal
com; secretary and treasurer, E. G
Mendenhall, Kinniundy; executive
committeeman, H. A. Aldrich, Neoga
BROUGHT TO AN END.
LAW AND ORDER RESTORED AT
LEBANON. IND.
Reign "f Terror Inaugurated by the
Miller Gang of Outlaw* Knded by the
Authorities Ringleader I* Fatally
W ounded.
I.cbanon, Ind., Nov. 25. —The worst
fight ever known in the history of
Boone county took place on the south
east corner of the public square at 8
o’clock Monday night between the no
torious Miller gang and a posse of offi
cers. "Bill” Woods, one of the des
peradoes, was fatally injured. Police
man George Frost received a bullet In
his thigh and several others suffered
slight injuries.
For the last year the citizens of Leb
anon have lived in mortal fear of the
ruffians. The trouble which ended with
this last fight begun about a month ago,
when Woods arrived from Missouri,
where he had been living for about a
year. He was arrested a day or two
after his arrival and spent a week in
jail. He was released eleetlon day and
swore vengeance against the officers.
Several times during the last two
weeks the Miller gang have engaged in
melees, in which guns and knives have
played a prominent part, and each time
the Millers have conquered. About 10
o'clock Monday Jess Miller, Bill Woods,
Harry Byrods, John Paragan and Bill
Kelly left town, going to the residence
of Charles Johnson, three miles east
of this city, where they immediately
proceeded to take possession. The
owner protested and the trouble began.
"Jack” Dowden and Jeffrey Gullio were
badly injured, while no less than sev
enteen others were bruised in the af
fray. Officers were put after the gang
early Sunday morning, but no trace of
them could be found.
Mayor Garrett called the police force
together and gave orders to Chief Witt
to bring in the Millers dead or alive.
About 7 o'clock in the evening Officers
Frost, Irick and Orme ran across Miller
and Wood and Paragan in Francis
Long’s saloon in South Lebanon street.
Miller and Paragan surrendered when
ordered, but Wood ran out the back
door and escaped. The two prisoners
were taken to the police court-room,
their weapons were taken from them,
aud they were left in charge of Officer
Frost, while Irick and Orme left to
hunt for Wood.
There was no one in the room but
Frost and his prisoners, when Wood
appeared at the window and beckoned
Miller and Paragan to come out. They
started out, and Frost drew- his re
volver and ordered them back. Wood
rushed In with drawn weapon and be
gan shooting. The first shot struck
Frost. The officer and outlaw clinched.
Placing his revolver at Wood’s abdo
men, Frost began shooting. Both men
emptied their revolvers during the
bout.
Paragan escaped, and Miller and
Wood attempted to do so. Wood was too
badly hurt and Miller was captured by
citizens. The prisoners were taken to
the county jail.
The news spread quickly, and a crowd
surrounded the jail, but there was lit
tle talk of violence. I)rs. Porter and
Fitch examined Wood’s wounds and
pronounced them fatal, Paragan was
arrested later and lodged in jail with
out any trouble. Officers are searching
for the ofLer members of the gang.
Officer Frost is resting easily and !g
expected to recover.
Nhut Off the Ticket.
Madison, Wis., Nov. 25. Official re
turns show that 446,037 votes were cast
in Wisconsin for president in the recent
election, a gain of 64,456 in four years.
McKinley's plurality Is 104,570. Pal
mer’s total vote was 4,455 and
ing’s 7,466, both falling below the 2 per
eent requirement, thus preventing
these parties from going on the ballot
again except by petition. The consti
tutional amendment permitting the leg
islature to increase the state superin
tendent's salary above $1,200 was lost
by 15,667 votes in a total of 91,651
Bay City Trouble Not Over.
Bay City, Mich., Nov. 25. —The con
flict of the Polish Roman Catholics in
this city over the projected new ceme
tery is likely to result in some of the
combatants being made fit subjects for
burial therein. The greatest excite
ment prevails in the city. Mayor Wright
has himself assumed command of the
police force, and a number of deputies
have been sworn in.
F. A. Coffin Hope* for K«lratr.
Michigan City, ind., Nov. 25.--Fran
cis A. Coffin, the Indianapolis bank
wrecker, who is couflned in the north
ern Indiana prison in this city, is con
fident of securing his liberty. Applica
tion will be made for his release on a
writ of habeas eorpus, based on a teeh
nical error in one of the orders of Uu>
court.
Uep«* AdilrcMc* Vermonter*.
Montpelier, Vt, Nov. 25. —The Ver
mont society. Sons of the American
Revolution, assembled at tbe state
house Monday and escorted Chauncey
M. Depew of New York to Armory
hall, where he delivered a long address.
.lame* K. \\ iin liter Acquitted.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 21.—James E.
Wimmer, who stabbed aud killed
Samuel Thalhimer, who, he alleges,
caused the ruin of his daughter, was
acqutted. The Jury was out half an
hour.
Injured llu«l>aiid Commit* Murder.
New Smyrna, Fla., Nov. 21,—T. 11.
Robertß, hearing that C. A. Bowne was
intimate with Mrs. Roberts, lay in wait
for Bowne last night with a double
barreled shotgun and killed him iu uis
track#.
POPE TO IRELAND.
Trelat* Asked to Have more Reserve In
I>l*rn*slng Political Questions.
Washington, Nov. 25. —The state
ment that Archbishop Ireland was soon
to receive a letter of Instruction from
the Vatican is corroborated from Rome
by private intelligence of undoubted
authenticity, received at the papal le
gation. The letter of the holy father
is reported as being very mild and to
contain only the kindliest suggestions
as to the prelate’s future conduct In
matters political. The archbishop is
warmly praised for his zeal In promote
ing the welfare of the church and for'
the spirit of progress and prosperity,
manifest in the diocese over which he
rules.
He is exhorted, however, to main
tain a certain reserve in regard to na
tional questions under political discus
sion. This letter is a private commu
nication from the pope and will go di
rectly to Archbishop Ireland without
the formality of passing through the
hands of the delegate. It left Rome on
Monday last.
TO FREEZE LITTLE ONES.
Fight In*uiaast«d on tho Small Manu
facturers of Wire Nalls.
Ceveland, Ohio, Nov. 25. —A surpris
ing story is told here by a rod-mill
man regarding the operations of the
wire nail manufacturers. It Is said
that the present cutting of price in
wire nails is not a fight on the pool,
but is being done by the pool for the
purpose of freezing out the small man
ufacturers. Taking $1.70 as the base
price per keg for nails, the men In the
trust have been fo r some time sending
any surplus price they could get for
their product to the officers in Boston
for a sinking fund, from which the
manufacturers will now receive a re
bate sufficient to make $1.70 with what
they are getting during the present
cutting of prices. The entire thing Is
being done to kill small manufacturers.
The institutions that make wire nails
here deny the story.
Race War In Cleveland*
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 26.—Almost
the entire population living on Frank
lin avenue hill, composed largely of
Slavs and Hungarians, turned out last
Sunday night in an effort to cut, stab
and slash one another. It was the
bloodiest battle of the year aronnd the
river front and Columbus street dis
tricts. Twenty persons were more or
less seriously injured. The fight start
ed between James Carter and John
Sprends over a trivial matter.
Ktntlor Voorhcr» to Lcrtsre.
Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 25.—Senator
Vorhees is gaining in strength and
flesh rapidly. It Is understood that he
is intending to go on the lecture plat
form, and is now eagerly looking for
ward to the work of preparation of one
or two lectures. It is said the subjects
will be historical, and will deal espe
cially with some of the statesmen of
America in tbe early part of the cen
tury.
Hanna to Go Washington.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 25.—Early
next week National Chairman M. A.
Hanna will go to Washington to
make arrangements for the cere
monies in connection with the in
auguration of President-elect McKin
ley. It is the intention to make the
occasion, so far as numbers are con
cerned at least, one of the greatest
events of the kind that has ever taken
place.
Commit* Crime to Get Food.
Kansas City. Mo., Npv. 25.—John E.
Kidd, aged 43 years, threw a brick
through a $l5O plate-glass window anil
awaited arrest. Kidd said that be had
been unable to find work and decided
to do something that would cause his
arrest and insure food and shelter. He
was weak from lack of food, and soon
after reaching the station beeame de
lirious.
Canvass Indiana's Official Vote.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 26.—The rote
of Indiana for presidential electors Is
declared to be as follows: Republican,
323,719; democratic, 306,771; gold
standard democratic, 2,146; prohibi
tion, 3,066; national (prohibition), 2.-
268; socialistic labor, 325; plurality for
McKinley and Hobart electors, 17,948.
Opposed to Penny Postage.
Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 26.—There is lit
tle prospect of the postmaster-general
acceding to the request of fie Mon
treal and other boards of trade for the
reduction of the internal postage rate
to two cents. The officers of the de
partment claim it would result in a
heavy deficit.
Thomas Carter on the Senate.
New York, Nov. 25.—Senator Thomas
Carter of Montana is at the Holland
house. In answer to questions he said:
"The republicans ure together in the
senate on everything except the silver
question. They will work together, I
think, and agree on all things except
silver.”
Two Burned by an Kxploslon.
Cairo, 111., Nov. 25.—The Pilot, a
pleasure boat, exploded at the whart
at. 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, fatally
injuring Captain J. M. Mitchell and 1
C. Bryan.
Vote of Illinois.
Chicago,Nov. 23.- The vote for presi
dent and governor In Illinois shows
the following results: McKinley, 600.-
677; Bryan, 462,753; McKinley’s plural
tty, 143,824. Tanner, 586,885; Altgeld.
473,906; Tanner’s plurality, 112,972.
lowa I'nltarlan* Adjourn.
lowa City, lowa, Nov. 23.—The eigh
teenth annual convention of the lowa
State Unitarian Association closed here
Friday night. Rev. A. M. Judy, Duveu
port, waß elected president.