The farmers' union., July 16, 1891, Image 1

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VOLUME I.
MEM THIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY JULY 16, 1891.
NUMBER 21
SONG.
rl'rmn the Genimn of (irilKl.l
I mti the rose l-idu the imm1
In trail mice- lonely growing;
And thou, oh love, the dew ho cool,
Kiiidi night new life bontowiiii;.
1 am tlie jewel voi ! of lipht
'Mint ilt-pp in mine-cave darVcs;
llion nrt ihe riiv of sunshine bright
Which wakens nil its sparkles.
I nlu the on' of riystnl clour
From which 11"' uioiinroh qunffeth ;
Tiiim rt tin' snoet red wine of chocr
Widen purple ;1 lf lnnylistli.
1 am '.he loml of tempest S"y
1 he lu-iivoii's fa-,, ohscuriuc ;
Un! thoa. sheen of colors yay
'1 lie rainbow so iilluriiij:.
I lil-.e old yrTiinoii'F jitnc seem,
Mlcnt nil ni-'ht in f i-dness ;
Tlion rrt the mill's tirs; r.niiiillt beulU
It fln-ls v ith c ry of cjpilyesa.
I nm but lmrn. nnd troubled sore
1 wnlk abased nml lowly :
13u! tiiOtl ll' t r-lio whom 1 udore.
An aiij:-l x-;rt mid holy !
!i'it i hi i' r.
How Capt. CUttle Was Foiled.
The scene of mv story wa in oue of
our most opulace Southern cities and !
the principal actor in this little drama (
to be pre-cntod was a 1 eantifnl girl. :
whose twentieth birthday had jtlst been j
celebrated, and whose wealth and social
position weie unrivaled in the part of
the country wheie she resided.
Her father l.ad huge planting in
terests. These wore rente ed about a
email suburba-i town named liollisviile,
and it was at the po.ttilice of this vil
lage that were received and deposited
the important communications, ti.e pur
port of which it is now my intention to
tell my readers.
"Eddie," said Sophia, addressing her
young brother as she glai.red up from
a cewspaper she was reading, "would
you be:ieve it. here are six it more
matrimonial adverti- ements bet. ire my
eyes. Bad enough for a man to be ad
vertising for a wife '. Think of a woman
stooping to such a busine s -putting
it iu the columns of a newspaper that
ehe wants a husband pretty bad off, to
say the least. Listen! this in the want
column :
t YivTNIt I.ApY IT, Yl-'.APS OF A(iK. OF
-'I rt-unliir feature, brunette tyi- ami rollepi
nto eap.ent ion. ilesins roriesnonilom-e with n
pentlenmn of retiiieineiit mid auitiil'lo no with
a view to matrimony. Address Miss i larn H.,
liox ihk'ue,o.
"If bhe'd added oO.C-00 to her charms
I'd answered myself," vociferated
Eddie.
"I'd like to know what a woman of
twenty-live wants with a nincompoop
like you," rejoined bis sister.
"I" nil! Sis, onlv a difference of nine
vears. I tell vou :0,u 0 is not to be I
uneezed at; that'll blot out the dispar
ity : you be doggone !"
Tor heaven' sake, stop your slang,
Eddie. You don't know how it jars on
one. ion be doggone: mats a nice
i ii'iuuiicii v itiiii xi. cuu iu Ml.
way to talk. However, a vomen whoi.. ,,,,,, , '
. J . , : , ,thnt ladv had been wafted awav on the
is as anxious to leap into matntnonv as ; - , , . . . ,
,,. ,, , , , , waters of oblivion. JJut is so hati-
Miss Clara 1. ought tr be eucourugea , . ,.. T , . .
, . ..rr?r.- a; pened that Miss C ara B. had not for-
one or the other. I'm going to answer
this advertisement and sign my name
Captain Cuttle. But, Eddie, you must
have a hand iu the game. There's poor
fun iu going in all alone. Y'ou'll have
to do the writing I dictate, of course
then when you go down to Holli-ville
everv Saturday to the plantation von
Never'
can mail and receive the letters.
. . i , , 1 ,.. . .
uu in ici llioru luuria minu xiviv. II"
wonld find it out, sure."
Eddie's eyes fainy glowed with
awakened interest when Sophie made
known her projec
"But, sis, what are yon going to offer
in exchange for the-e 'regular features,
brunette type and collegiate eddcationf
When i man goes a-courtiug he ought
Ti. . ,r n -n '
1 IU Ki'liu: luuiii'i i ui'i t'l iUuuu uil;ui ,
and figure and cot.ceded jiowers of j
adaptability." :
Hereupon Eddie rocked back his chair
and uttered a leud guffaw. "Capt. Cut-;
tie's a butible. a big bubble, yot: betT
"If vou sav 'vou bet, again Eddia
, ;, . ,",", .i.'it vi..- .i
j. ii titt: i itxzimKia luiii. it uai o 1110
tense in so much slaDg?
mv future our- future
What would
Miss Clara It
"lie a jolly trick if this brunette type
should turn out to be a Jap or a quad-1
roon," irrelevantly returned the younger I
tiro! hp r a ilismnl w iinlinir n fi ir Ktiro !
"y-..,.i; ,,- -1 ..' !
1 I'llllllll 111', I'VUCTI miU 1JOUL niUllTI
t . i T, i 1 ,. , , , , M i
lng. Oct that ink and paper ami lets i
co to work " j
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Before the expiration of twenty mm-
.,. .i ,i; : ' i- , r i
utes the following lines were penned m i
i.t,i ,.i, ni,;JL.. i -ii i i I
uviu, iiiaiii von iij'iij ttim mn in ;
a stamped envelope ready to be ie-
1 osited on the ensuing morning in tbe
liollisviile iostof)iee: '
The iitiilersigue.l having seen Miss Clara
Ji. s ailvertisi iiieiit, liastcns to re-mi.
His iiiihIom v foi liiil- him to think for an in-
Mailt that ids personal attractions eoiiM :
even in a minor degree, equal those; of t he
huly it; question.
Nevertheless, hi- anxiety for a further e
iiaiiitaiice is such that he is cmholileiieil to
undertake the pi'iitiing of llii-e unsati.-fas-lory
hues. Capt. Cuttle for sm-h Is the
name of t his humble eorrespoiiiletit -is 'A
good hoigM. ami tic world say- good llg
ure. .Moreover, his father is a infill uf
wealth. Tin-ladies a rd to ( apt. Cuttle
exceptional power- of adaptahllit y. Siure
reading .Mi-s ( Lira Ji.'s aiuioiineeinent,
Capt. ( tittle has liei-ii the mo-t curious .,f
men, and the sus.pon.-o he will endure until
a personal communication is received frorj
Hie gracioii- lauv, belongs inoretothe prov
ince oi me imagination than the pen.
if Miss Clara li. will grant Cap;. tittle
4
iiiestiiiini'le favor of a reply bv ret urn m
his address is liollisviile, near . Tenn
Ten days parsed before Eddie paio!
his customary visit to his father's subur
ban farm. Then was brought home the
accompanying epistle from the afore
named advertiser:
CM'T. Ct'TTt.K: How shall
'amiable gentleman vho has s
w ith a reply to my bold ww
lion, (ireat indeed must be
addlesM tlio
honored me
pa"-r inser
iiis tiuneritv:
great inileeii must lie Inseontnlence in what
is popularly termed the weaker sex. All
my life and a woman of '25 years can not
claim that In r earthlv eNi-tence has been
altogether a brief one- have I admired the
.,uahlications that Capt. Cuttle modestly
claims to pos-ess. Now to nie. t- . should
more accurately aver correspond with a
pent Ionian w ho is w illlng to place these ad
vantages in the bala with il muion
place attractions I have to offer is a boon
iilas: not granted to many.
It behooves me herevviUi to make known
the faid that my vocation is a professional
one. Though fatherless and motherless 1
have many friends. 1 do imt wear false
tooth, neither do I banir mv hair. Indeed.
Capt. Cuttle, I am Nature's own child, as v.i
might reasonably suppose to be thec'ns"'
with one who would publicly make known
their matrimonial proclivities.
With your permission. I sign in vsclf r.-ltr
humble admirer. ( i.AK.v 15.
"Whew! vocation a professioual one,"
ejaculated Eddie, after Sophie and him
self had hungrily devoured those
nniquc contents. " Jnst as likely a pick
pocket or a circus rider, they all claim
to he 'professional,' you know."
"Fatherless and motherless," chimed
Sophie ; a foundling, I dare say. If she
has so many friends it's a pity she can't
get a husband from 'mongst them 'Mead
of paying the printer.
"She must have fine teeth and fine
hair or she would not have particnlr
ized that portion of her make-up," im
patiently interrupted Eddie. "You bet,
sis, that woman's a daisy. She just
wants a companion ami iluln t know
hoxv to go 'bout getting one, so adver
tised for it or him, I should say."
J,Daisy, stiill'." vociferated Sophie,
"an imposter all through, depend on it."
Eddie now went in search of pen,
ink, and paper, ard before many min
utes had elapsed a response had been
indited to the curious missive just per
sncd and criticised.
" We must begin to make some progress
in this affair," declared Hophic; "put
down "Dear Miss Clara.''
In obedience to the suggestion, the
letter was thus faniiliaily headed.
Word for word I give a copy of this re
raarkab'e document for the benefit of
wv readers.
Y i : 1 1 feverish ha-te aii'l miiUitudinoiis
heart-throbs I take my pen in hand. Kxtra
ordinary ! extraordinary! is this experience,
wliii-li. 1 e;tn triitlil'uliy .-iy. li;is ;ilre;iiiy lir--
mi t !io ehicf interest of niy life. Tri-mb-
mifriv I opone.i your leiier. msi leeeiveu.
tillo.l asit was wiili irener.ms sentiments
iiml eaml il avowals. .Noble l;i! must yon
be. .Miss Clara, witli a eharai tor as open as
liay'ijjlit. nnd a form a tit iii.Iel for the
si-ulptor's ehisel. 1 am siek. yea erazeil at
the onteni.ation of the Mi-s that awaits
me if ever brought t.iee to faee with your
lovelv self. Can't yoiijiram iiiesiiehu hope?
I Tel! me the loeality of your home: appoint a
i time for a moetin: pray, make known to me
I y:j-ir last name, tiie character of your voca
j t on: is your life nn easy or har.i one? Tell
i me all this ami grunt me one moment the
mental peace 1 eraie." AtiMOitsly.
capt. Ccttii'.
1". S. Same ail.h ess as lu fore.
True to appointment Eddie journeyed
down to Hollisviiia next morning and
deposited ej istle No. 2 to Miss Clara 15.
in the jiostolBce. lint thi'.s letter con
tained something else besides the ideas
recorded above. Foreseeing the diffi
culties that might arise from an anony
mous I'orrespondonce, and that too with
woman of doubtful standing, this !
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young imuuer ue'oruii'ieu to toreeioe
the affair without delay by making
known the identity of Capt. Cuttle.
llecentlv Sophie had had some photo
graph 4 taken. One of these had she
giten to J-.ddie. It was this picture
that Eddie appropriated for the accom- i
i : l .ri. i. , i, , , . -
piMuem. ui uis uesigu. k tne oacK oi j
this picture Eddie wrote ia character- j
istic phra eology : "This is Capt. Cut-'
tl and he's a female, vou bet!" There- j
upon was it enclosed with letter No. 2
to Miss Clara l. and sent sailing on its
illusion.
''This business has gone on long
'muglt," thought Eddie; "if the wo
man's an innocent it's bad, if she's a
schemer it's worse."
A fortnight elap?ed, still came no let
ter from Chicago. Sophie saw- with
glpomy prospect the end of all her fun.
"Time, postage, paper and envelopes
ami a lot of anxiety, all for nothing,"
declared she to her professedly innocent
brother.
j . Mere than a month passed. Natu
iraliv, Capt. Cnttie had almost entirely
gotten hei'self.neither had that enigmat
ical individual forgotten Capt. Cuttle.
It was a balmy spring morning. The
air was odorous with the pet fume of
budding flowers, and the birds with
rhythmic sweetness warbled frijoir matin
sons. Iu the hammock on her back
piazza was Sophie Ja.ilv lolling. A
at "ieoor k,!'l unexpectedly dis-
mi wi ur.i ci-it;i;ii. iuu r-erwuil Eouil
apt 'eared and presented to her a card
; on which was inscribed in legible char
: acters the name "Miss Clara B."
j Before the expiration of sixty teconds
i the face of our hammock lounger had
assumed every color known to the
painter .s urusn. awiui visions oi an
Amazonian pugilist immediately arose
before her eves. That good heiarht and
good hgure so modestlv referred to in
.. - - ,,
the correspondence was all of a sudden
reduced to pigmy-like proportions. For
safety's sake Sophie felt, before ventur
ing in that parlor, like providing her
self with a pistol or horsewhip. The
1 , , , ' , , ., -, ...
seize that lonely tcmnle when the identity
pangs of disappointment that would
i of Capt. Cuttie was made known might
i drive her to desperation.
" What sort of a woman is she, any
' how?" asked Sophie of the servant as
soon as she recovered her equilibrium.
"Why, ma'am, no woman at all; a
gentleman, and a mighty fine gentle-
nian a
that."
j , . , r. li "11 1 C
tor the first time it dawned upon So-
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pine that t' sre were people in the world
just as shai p and audacious as she was.
., . , , , , .
if the thought hail entered tier mind to
, ,, " , , , , -. .
feign the masculine why should it not
just as well enter somebody else's mind
to feign the feminine?
Prepared for any emergency, Sophie
walked into the parlor.
True enough, an individual of regu
lar features, brunette type and un
doubted education arose from the cor
ner sofa, but as the servant had seated,
it was "a gentleman," and withal "a fine
gentleman."
"This is Capt. Cuttle, I believe,"said
the visitor, whose manners were as easy
as his countenance was smiling; "I owe
Capt. Cnttie an apology that is, if a
lady can ever forgive a man for index
ing himself."
Sophie's face, which was transformed
into one round, solid grimace, assumed
by turns the three colors of the Hag of
freedom.
Mr. John Biddle, alias Miss Clara B.,
now confessed his real name. He was
a lawyer by profession, and lived in
Chicago. Although in this connection
no allusion was made to the teeth or
hair, a glance served to convince So
phie that the former were not false and
the latter was not banged.
"In reply to my advertisement," Mr.
Biddle went cn to explain, "made out in
a spirit of investigation for the purpose
of finding out to my own satisfaction if
the jwor women, a-, the men would
have it, were really theonly people who
wanted to marry nowadays, I received
fifty answers, every man of whom 1 saw
was in dead earnest. Your letter I
know was not in earnest; it was the j
odIv one I answered."
"How did yon know, pray ?" asked
Sovdiie, hastily.
"It had a different jingle from the
rest," was the reply.
"And how did you find me out?" was
the next query of the mystified Sophie.
"Truly. 1 am overcome with curiosity."
Mr. Biddle drew from his pocket her
picture and asked her to read the word
inn on the back.
'That wretch. Eddie!" exclaimed the
astonished sister, in tones of disgust; "to
think of his exposing me. lheres no
reliance to be put in these youuger
brtthers."
'But how did you learn my name?"
wag the next eager inquiry.
'1 went to Hollisvilie. The first man
I showed your picture to enlightened
rue,"
"Well, if ever a being was completely
foiled, Captain Cuttle is," said Sophie.
"It has taught me a lesson to keep my
own counsel. Then, too, I've had my
last experience in playing ihe role of a
mao. A woman iuvariabiy compro
mises herself whenever she doer."
"How 'bout a man playing the role of
woman?"
"If he receives fifty written acknowl
edgements for doing so, I think he can
be excused," was Sophie's quick rejoin
der. The correspondence between the
Tennessee girl and the Chicago matri
monial advertiser actively continues,
but it has assumed a very different form
from that with which it commenced.
The mail is no longer received and de
jxisited at Ifollisville, and, instead of
selfish recommendations being the ab
sorbing topic, each party now makes it
a point in their letters to dwell on the
merits of the other party. That, of
course, makes the correspondence mutu
ally more intesting.
15ut there are two subjects on which
Sophie and her strangely found lover
cannot be led to agree. One is that it
is not altogether such a bad thing for
people to make their matrimonial wants
- . - . , .
known through the columns of
a news
paper, and the other is that younger
brothers are a blessing, not a plague.
Atlanta Constitution.
i
I New York's Milk Siitt'y.
Tn round numbers it is estimated that
J 520,000,000 quarts are used in New York
I and Brooklyn in a year. The value is
! estimated at upwards of $12,000,000.
The people of New Y'ork City are ex
i ceptionally fond of inilK as a beverage.
The New York Sun estimates that they
I drink .'550,000 glasses a day. To supply
j the whole demand from the city about
j oOO.OOO cows are re paired. Due great
I restaurant on Washington street u-es
l.iiOO quarts of milk a day iu winter and
2,400 in summer, besides 200 quarts of
cream daily the year round. A large
hotel in New Y'ork uses TOO quarts a
dav in summer and 5'.!0 quarts a day in
wi!itT
The supply of milk for New Y'ork
City extends all the way from ten miles
to 200 miles from the city, and many
parcels of milk are brought in live, ten
and even twenty miles from the nearest
railway station. New Y'ork milk is sun-
i,, fortv-nn.art ram. which tho milk
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trains bring to the citv, and from which
the. milkman delivers the milk to the
e insumers iu the city. At the great
receiving stations on the railroads when
ti1 milk is brought into the depot it is
tested with instruments made for the
i purpose, to see what percentage of it is
cream, and to detect any- water adultera
' tion. As soon as it is tested and cooled
; and canned it is loaded into a milk car,
j which stands on a siding, and prepared
, for its journey to New York.
; Not all of the milk which is brought
: into New Y'ork City comes in cans, ho w
! ever. A great deal of it is put in glass
I bottles. The people are beginning to
! iind out that they do not run so much
I risk in buying in bottle, and they are
I willing to pay the extra cent or two
'i which is charged on each quart. In
fact, bottled milk is becoming popular,
i The bottle are tilled by machinery,
; which will till 1,000 bottles in an hour,
j As boon as they have been tilled they
; tire packed in cases, and the cases are
buried under ice, in the same car with
: the big cans.
It is said that the average consutnp
j tion of milk in New York City is about
j one quart to the ordinary family. Of
I course there are many two and fonr
I quart customers. They are generally
j families the members of which Lave a
j fondness for drinking milk.
1 lie milk train generally ariviM in
I x-
New Y'ork Citv at about midnight.
loaded with the preceding day's milk,
and meets a long line of wagons, drawn
up awaiiing its coming. As soon as the
train reaches the city, the drivers of the
various teams jostle and crowd each
other for their milk. From midnight
until three or lour o clock there is a
great hustle in progress, and as the milk
is delivered the wagons rattle through
the quiet streets of the city again, bound
lor the headquarters of the various big
milk companies There the milk is
divided among scores of light wagons,
for citv delivery. .1 inrriniii. Cultiva
tor. Hie Silk ThriflH ill 1'appr Money.
In spite of tho skill and industry of
counterfeiters, they have never made a
bill which did not have one or more
vulnerable spots. Some of the products
of their handicraft may seem perfect to
the untrained eye, but the expert xvill
find that each one, like Achilles, has
something lacking in its armor. 1'er
haps the feature of good Treasury notes
which counterfeiters have found it most
difficult to imitate is the two blue silk
threads which run lengthwise through
them. They are a little over an inch
apart, and though sometimes almost in
visible, they form part of every bill is
sued by the Government Bureau of
I'rinting and Engraving. A. L. Druni
mond, chief of the secret .service of the
Treasury Department, who has had a
long experience with counterfeiters and
their wares, explained to a Trihano. re
porter recently why it xvas so diffi
cult to copy good bills in this respect.
"In the first place," he said, "the siik
threads ate put iu the paper when it is
made at the factory. To make paper of
the kind used by the Government re
quires a big plant and lots of capital, so
counterfeiters arc kept out of it. Even
if they had the necessary money, they
wouldn't be fools enough to risk it all
for the chance of making bogus bills.
It woti'd be exceedingly unprofitab'o
for a paper manufacturer who already
has a factory to make the paper, be
cause to do so is a penitentiary offense."
Mr. Drummond theu showed the re
porter a counterfeit two-dollar bill
which had a single thread running
lengthwise through its center. "This
is theonly bad bill that I ever saw with
a silk thread in it. Even this has only
one thread, instead of txvo, so it wouhi.
not be dangerous to a skilled teller. I
have nexcr heard of more than two
other bills like this one. It is easy t
see that tlie counterfeiter split this
note, put in his thread and then pasted
the two parts together again. Ihe
fraved edges showed that. The fellow
must have been very stupid not to know
that genuine money has two threads in
stead of one. An expert can easily tell
when a bill has been split in two and
pasted together again, so the silk
tiireads would not deceive him." Yeiy
York Tribune.
Ilis Hat Saved III m.
Let it not be forgotten that the wear
ing of a high silk hat was all that saved
a man in this city from being sand-
I bagged into insensibility and robbed of
' ,,..;.i..,t.!., 0 of 1 i
C vxj u -'a a v. u"u, ouua v uvsu v ct vra.
two ago. The lesson is plain. Any
hatter xvill take pleasure in pointing it
out. If yon have plenty of money, wear
a high silk hat If you have only a little
money wear it anyhow as a matter of
personal safety. Chicayo Tribune.
He fnoetieali Ah. who can exnress
It... nnu-i.. ' f 1...... 9 21,A f i .... 1 1 f
tun " 1 " luici one '.I' ai.uLui j -
It's two donkey power.
Seasidk landlords are preparing to
get your surplus money, if it takes all
summer.
DISEASED
prci VPOC
l)L OI A IjOO. i
SCARCITY OF "BLOOD" IS WHAT
KILLS THE PATIENT.
KiisIiicsk Men of tlia Nation Vnt Foil Un
ions Tliny Have Hie Kenellt of Money at
Cost -?iailoiiHt IJnukln" Illustrated
Hie i;)verninoiit Slioul I Control the
ltnilro ids.
In what fol'ows 1 shall show that the
majority of the hu loess men of the na
tion must fail un ess they have the ben
efit of hanking or the use of money at
cost. That they cannot pay inteiest on
money and successfully compete
with
bankers la productive enterprise;, ror
illustration, suppose we ilivhlc society
into two divisi- ns, the first- d. vision to
have the b -nelit of banking, as hanks do
now, the second division to depend upon
the hanks of the first division for the
use of moii"' t dj their exi hanging
with, they to ay interest tit the rate ot
; per cent, for its use; in all other re
spects both divis o:is to bo on equal foot
ing equal facilities for prodtn Con,
equal markets, and equally industrious
For the purpose of computation, wo will
supp: se that each division possesses
twenty millions' worth of wea'th in the
form of homesteads and manufacturing
plants in other words, real estate the
value of their joint production to he
twenty millions annually: c ist of main
tenan 'c, ten millions of the piodi.et;
annual increase of wealth, ten millions
in prodm t In or.lor to mane the neces
sary exchanges needed to create this
wealth, they nui-t have currency or
money to the amount of ten millions of
dollars.
Government makes currency or coins
money for the first division to the extent
of tea mi lion. Suilicieut iu volume for
both divisions. second division may
hire their money of the first division.
Here are the linures for the first y ar's
business:
Account of first division -
Yaluoof product sold C-10, M,0W
Interest on :S5,0 m,i0 at 0 per cent. . . 8N),uJ0
Total income.
si i,: i,0i 10
,...St,0 0,O)
Cost of product..
Int. on Sm.ooo,
(. 1 per ct. 10 J,iK)
Total cxpelleio.
s-a.io.oi'o ojiKW'
Gain or iirotit
Account of second division
Va'ueof product 8 M
1 oat of product
Int. on Si.Htm.iiiO, 0 pcrct.
&l,:SM,ano I
S'.o.cj i.ooo !
:oa,o 0 ;
30.i,0)t" :
Total expenso. ...
.fl,3'W.0W 9,W,000 j
(inln or pr Tit, 7.XV0 1
Thus it is seen that the money capital
at a !:-pcr-cont, p:o!it has drawn as its
share S2.0i'O,():)0. The first division, by
means of the monopoly granted by liov
ernnictit. gets as its share il,'.:o;yo.
The second division gets sTt'O.ooo, and
the Covernini'Ut us interest SICO.O o.
Ten per cent, is considered a fa'r profit
for the risk of business, and li per re :t.
a fair rate of interest for nc ney. Such
is the inevitable result of issti ng money
to the people through the banks I ess
than one-tenth of our bu iness men now
on.oy the beiielits of banking. It is
evident that the business men and hank
ers of the lirst division can unite in a
common interest and by means of their
monopoiv of money bankrupt the busi-ne-s
of the second division.
That banks, either dir-etl.' or indi
rect iy through some of their direct -rs.
ar- silent partners in speculative or
productive enterprise;, no on 1 ac
quainted with business methods will
doubt.
I ask you what are the chances of suc
cess for the business man in the so ond
division? The business men of the sec
ond division must hire their money of
the lirst division, giving a real estate
sei niity for the return of the pr n "ipal
at some specilied time In the mean
time pay an annual interest of r, per
cent, in money, header, I want yon to
follow mo closely iu my statement of
facts. Vou will perceive that the con
tract is to pay the sum of s:t'!0,oi! as in
terest annually in money. What I want
to determine is where they will get the
money to pay the interest with unless
they take it from the sum bo. rowed.
Whi e they can create material capital
by means of labor they cannot make
money with which to pay their interest.
It must he drawn from the borrowed
money. It is evident that in a few years
their working capital must become re
duced to the extent that, interest
iu money has boon paid; at 'he
end of ten years tliey wbl have
paid SVion.Ooo of the borrowe I
money as interest and must fail to that
extent. The security pledged for the
return of the principal must tie sold to
complete the contract. Sixty per cent,
of your business has becom.; bankrupt:
Now, while you have t reat d ?7.uoo,t;00
of material wealth by your industries,
you must fail for ?.'t.ooo,oo i borrowed
mouey. Your goods and plants must bo
sold as bankrupt stock to complete the
contract with the bankers. You per
ceive that the amount of failures must
equal the amount of interest pa:d in
money. Such is the inevitab'e result
under the present tnetho 1 of issue. In
tlie present condition of s- ciety. nlne
tenths of the merchants, manufacturers,
and far. i ers are in the second division
Keliablc statistics prove the fact that
ninety-eight per cent, of them b come
bankrupt in the course of a generation.
Should the one tenth, who now con
trol the currency deem it for their in
terest to withdraw their loans from peo
ple for the purpose of investing in pro
ductive enterprises they are freet do it.
The people have no power to ptevent it
under the existing laws of the country.
They must submit to their dictation
That they are disposed to take the ad
vantage of the people is evident by the
international trusts that have been
forme i within the last live years (if we
can beiiow the daily press) for the con
trol of the. staple industries ot the world
iu their own interest. If you permit
them to do it yon must become their
servants, with no choice but to do their
bidding, i iy the control of tlie currency
of the nations they i an anil do control
the Industries. . Jlnrlaitl, In Vr7i-iccs-t
lleforin .h.nrna'.
Tlie St r Iloiite Snh-'ilv.
The history of the mail route con
tracts for carrying the I'nited States
mails, especially tho famous star routes
nf twenty ears or so ago, has been a
very interesting one. It is a history
that the Republican party does not like
to read or hear about, bui one that, the
people should keep in memory.
During tho-e times of overwhelming
lb-publican ascendency, there was a per
fect riot and jubilee of fraud ami rob
bery iu mail contracts, internal rev 'tme
and naval appropriations. Congress
had a large amount oi' whitewa-h in
store, and the Investigating committees
appointed to look after frauds used the
whitewash most liberally.
In a few years a Republican Secretary
of the Navy expended more than four
million dollars in naval repairs, with the
result that at the end of the ox pond. -tures
the navy was less efficient than at
' xrc "vy
i tlio bo Mining
Some of the old h ilks
an- still rotting in tne navy yards, after
roco'ving more thr.n a mil. ion dollars'
worth of roiairsca h. Millions of peo
ple's hard-earned dollars were spent iu
expediting the carriage of I'nited States
mails over some cross country ro ites
where expedition was of no e irthly con
sequence, but where soma contractor
with political intiuen e could hide his
robbery. Investigations were had cost
ing immense sums: but none of the peo
pie's money was recovered and no one
punished to any extent. Whitewash
did it
I l!ut tuc list Congress the billion dol-
lar Congress has p'an nod the biggest of
nil iio mnll route, steals. 1'lin rnhhrv
assume the patriotic titlo
of "subsidy."
The star routers were subsidised, but
under the act of the billion dollar Con
gress the subsidies of the oid star routers
will upjiear insigniliean. Steamship
owners are beginning to look after plums
and soon the people will be payit.g for
expediting malls to every obscure port
on the American continent outsi !e the
I'nited .States under pretext of extend
ing our commerce.
It is imtiossihle to set any limit to the
probable co-t to tie people of this enor
mous jobbery whose sole benclit fines to
wealthy steamshii) owners. The farm
ers who pay wl 1 not d riw any benefit
from it. It was not intended they
shou d.
Tariff h-ej -lation dr.vo American ves
sels fiom tho h gli reas. The people
were t a '.ed for tho purpose of ruining
t heir commerce, and now an enormous
addition is to be made to their burden
for the purpose of r. storing the ruin
wrought, by tarilf taxation. It is hoped
that by this two-fold taxation an equi
librium may be tli result so that Ameri
can commerce may stand some show.
It Is a new idea to sot tax aua-nst tax
to pro luce pr.tsperity an invention of
the billion dollar Congress. That Con
gress will stan 1 in history pre-eminent
for its monumental crimes against the
people.
Let the peop'e watch this subsidy
business an I demand that the next Con
gress shah as far us possible undo the
work of the Heed Cotcrross. It may not
be ossihle to accomplish anything in
the face of a Senate of millionaires and
a President iu sympathy with monopoly
Hut the nxt Congress cannot litid any
available excuse for not trying. ';f
.V-iff, (Kan.) Lantern.
(aovernmeiit lwtiirKli!p of Jtu'lroails.
Xo quest on of governmental policy is
of greater concern to the people at the
present time than tho control of cor
porate power, and of the corporations
railroads are by far the most important
Our industrial and common ia! welfare
depend upon their control. There art
two main fa tors which enter into t')0
question of (Joveriiment owner-hip: the
one is linat:e'ai and the other political.
Private capital and individuals take the
place of the tiovernm -nt ht tTmsCructing
the railroads therefore they must: ser.e
the eople as t ie (Jovertiment would
serve them, or retire. They must not
show tin- spirit which day tiould in mi
festcd when he was contending with th
citi7ons of Columbus concerning
a road which he was bunding
in that s ctlon, when S" .wd.
'licntJemoii. I can i-ke or unmake
your city," ".i the condition f that
citv during the period immediate')- fol
lowing proved the truth of his statement
The ra lroa l corpora t 'mis d i not statu!
in the same relation t ) the people anil
the (iovernmeiit as other property, for
they, in their construction, exercise the
light of eminent domain, thus placing
themselves directly under the control of
the (J ivernment But as they p rs'st in
exercising the rights 1(f a private citizen,
t-'ie Government must take control as
the only alternative. Kailroa ls exist
for the people, not the people for th ?
railroads
Having shown that It is a duty of the
; cm men t to own ami control rah roads,
we may pro cod to the lina n ial and
polit ical plias-'S of the question
The princ'pal reasons why Ciovcrn
mont ownership is 'edre 1 are. that by it
expenses and steals may be lessened,
thereby reducing the rates.
The obey of tho tovo; nmotit in re
gard to the postal system has always
been to give to the people the s -rvice do
sired at the lowest rate, while on the
other hand it is the policy of the rail
roads to give the lead amount o" s -rvice
for tin- money paid, which the people
will ac ept rattier than not to use them
thersrore we have re i son to bel'eve that
(iovcrnino it ownership and control will
give us t .e desired results.
(iovernmeiit ownership will do away
with parallel roads, as the c will the i J
be no need of competition, whi -h so i
many have c'aimed was our only hoj e. j
but which has fulled Th s is one of the
many sources of expense w hich will b--stopped
We have tried in vain to regulate rates
by maintain!: g a system of water routes,
but these a'fectod but a small area and
but for a part of the year, and r. is a
very easy matter for the ra lr. a ls to
raise a es as soon as the canals o:-1 1 vers
become impassable. If would be a far
more feasib e plan for the Government
to bui d parallel railroads throu ihout
the entire country, for railroads have
taken business away trom the best water
routes in existence.
For these reasons It would be more
practical to invest the amount which
they annually appropriate for this pur
pose in railroads, so that a'l would re
ceive the behelit instead of a few receiv
ing a small benclit from the waterways.
Another source of expense will tic
stopped, in tha many officers who a e
now well paid will not bo required, as
they are simply to obtain transportation
for their respective routes.
The great railroad debt, is now fast
becoming of importance, amounting to
?t,TT7, 00. l.ooo, the interest upon which
Is SlS7,000.00(i, or about, $3 per capita.
All this must come out of the people in
the end, ami since we must pay this vast
amount, would it not be far better that
the railroads should come into the hands
ot those who are directly responsible, for
in countries where the roads are owned
by the (iovernmeiit there is no such
debt and the roads pay from 4 to 7 per
cent, up n the investment
There is a great power for good or
evil In the hands-of a railroad I'roddent,
some of whom have very flexible con
sciences. They have always read their
Hibles differently from the ma.'ority.
The passago which most of us read as
"(Jo sell all that thou hast and give to
the poor," they have read as "Co save a
surplus, then make a saxaciotts Invest
ment. "
Some maintain that the commission
will do away with all these evils. They
would have a national commiss'on of
five, with a State commission of from
three to live, each receiving a 'arge
salary, for the.' must have the best
ta cut the land affords. We wool 1 have
these men take entire lontrol, thus sav
big a double expense, for we are in the
Intel e-t of those who mu t pay. Our
ob.'ect is to reduce the rate: to a mini
mum. And even without this advantage
it would take a strong-minded commis
sioner to withstand the temptation of
the railroad boodle.
All regu'ation of railroads tends to
concentrate them under one head, as
has alreadv been the case to some ex
tent, and further legislation will drive
them still further under one control,
which, nn'css it is the (toverntnent. will
wield a mighty power, and be harder to
: crush t an the separate ones The
i power of a corporation having under its
control one-fifth of the capita! of the
I'nited States, and one seventh of the
people dependent upon it, can scarcely
be imagined. And when we reflect that
it is one of the primary duties of the
Government to furnish transportation
facilities, we can but believe that the
Government ougli to own and control
railroads a ;d all other institutions which
have such a vital effe t upon the people.
T. F. IF., in Sioux Ciy' CnUcrnity
Graphic.
Mir Alliance Men Jon I lie a'eople's
a'arty.
The question, what will the Alliance
do w th the new party? is on the Sips of
tens of thousands of anxious pcoplo to
day. -Well, it ought not to take much
wisdom to answer that question. Tha
now party has adopted the Alltaucs do
matids into its platform.' Does any ono
suppisc intelligent Alliance men will
vote against a uni ty that adopts those
demands and in favor of a party that
not only falls to adopt but roiists those
demands? '1 he Western Alliance States
have already gone Into the new party.
Will not the necessity for Ailianco unity
force the other Alliance States to go into
tho new party also? Wo see no way to
prevent the new party from sweeping
tho country, except the simple one of
cheerfully conceding t i-tho people every
one of their Just demands. If the Al
liance men are to bo blamed for going
into the now party, t'ien a hungry child
can be blamed for going to some ono
who can and will furnish him food,
tlct.tlemeii of the old parties, if the time
comes when your ranks shall bo broken,
our loaders overthrown and your heri
tage taken from you, do not blaino the
Alliance for your ruin. The people
represented by tho Farmers' Ailianco
have pet ti tied and b 'gged anil pleaded
and prayed for relief all thes.) years;
and the haughty minions of silitical pow
er have spurned bith thetn and their
p titions and prayers. Do not blaino
them for your overthrow, but blamo
your own b ind and miserly folly.
Hal kill . t". ) Viercs'ficc t'arinrr.
THE JIG IS UP.
Tlie 1'e iple of the South IteiiiNo I.onrer lo
lie IIo iikI to a Tarty Whosr Only Mission
Is t 8i:rve HnlloMly.
Senator George of Mississippi is a can
didate for re election. The only thing
that seemed to be in his way was the
Farmers' Alliance principles. Kspecial
ly the sub-treasury bill Some few
weeks ago it was blazoned out in bold
disp'ay type in the columns of the Dem
ocratic, press of the South that Senator
George was to enter the arena in Missis
sip,.! and waste hi th" Samson that wai
to go forth o.'er the State with his jaw
bone and slay the enemies of tlie Demo
cratic party, as the members of the
Farmers' Al lance were termed iu those
jouruaU That their fa . orite measure,
the sub treasury 1 id, was to be laid bare
in all its hi feotisne -s. That it was to be
shown as the great destr ever of the Con
stitution that the lloiirbon Demo -rat is
always praf'ug so much about The
speech, we wi re iufor.i ed, w as 1 lid be
fore the Democratic leaders here at the
capital, and they, to use a Scriptural
phrase, pronounced it good, (if course,
the Democratic leaders arij at any and
all times up on the question of S rip
tore. Well. George started out amid
the to ii-tomsof the Southern Democratic
press. His op -ninir speech xvas at Sena
tob'a Put whivi he got the e he found
another ltichmond in the field, iu the
form of .1. II. McDowell, the President
of tlie Tennessee State Farmers" Alli
ance, a:id .Mr. ti. orge cou'd not well
afford to igimre his c'aims to half the.
t me in defense of the so called terrible
sub-tre:isi:r . schenpi. And w hen tin-four
hours' debate was over Mr. Geo-ge was
n t handsomer ihan he was when the de
bate commenced. But he w as a great deal
visor. He fotin 1 out that a Mississippi
audience was not willing to admit that
the measure was unconstitutional on
Mr George's say so. unless by argument
he was able to prove it; that the say so
argument was played out in Mississippi.
Then Mr. I'e.uge started out fresh
again, as qui k as he ha i recovered from
the knockdown blow that McDowell
had given him, only at the next place to
I. n I still an.iCior Uichm id in the field
in tlie person of Hon. K. Itariisdale,
whose arguments were ef such a charac
ter that Senator George was not able to
an-wer them, and when lie undertook: it
hisfpeech fell so I at on the audlcnco
that he got angry and commenced the
regular tactics of the low-bred iMili
tic an. He resorted to abuse for argu-
men', .mi I. as Mr. Parks lale refused to
indulge in that, Senator .'o rge is now
wondering why the people will not turn
out to hear him. The schoolmaster ha
been abroad in Mississ pp and people
arc not taking any more stock in sa
sos. .Yof.'oKtf cittern' .-UM-'ntcr.
Vo Yon ln-lors- It?
"You bet vour life we do!" It is the
ureatest, the grande-t, the loftiest at
tempt the human race has ever ma le to
uudorstan i the simple rudiments of tin:
money questii n
oh. innocent sucker, gray with the
hoary moss on your cranium for forty
centuries of growth! oh, vo me low
softy, who as villain, serf, slave, victim,
hath eaten the p'g-husks forii.ooo years,
and greased vour gullets with the rind
after Mr Scarlet Sa h has ta'on off the
bacon, at last you have applied a cold
chisel to your eyes and cot off the m.-tal
pads!
Yes: xve believe in the sub-treasury
plan.
We don't excuse it: we don't delend it.
We. don't m's it up with hog-waah, nor
"bust" the barrel to see if it leaks. We
indorse it with all the aggressive right
eousness that pushes it forward in front
of doubled fists and brass knuckles, it
is the sledge which will brain three
fourths of the knaves iu tho world. It
will st'ip one-half the machines which
grind out fortunes by exchanging money
inr debts, and grinds out poverty when it
trades debts for money. --'f. Paul Great
West.
Wli.it Shall thn Harvest Be?
Otter Tail is o c of the oldest and
most "prosperous" counties in Minneso
ta, and this is tho mortgage record ior
twenty eight years:
Total number real estate mortgages. 1.1.S1!)
Number satisfied 8 272
Number remaining 5,547
In an Iowa county you can drive a
whole day and not itei hid the farms
owned by one syndicate!
A Huron (S. D.) loan company rents
.loo farms, tenanted now by formerown
crs! A rich man in Kansas offered to wager
Slo,(MM) that he i onld xvalk from .1 unction
City to I.eav n worth (111 miles) and not
take his feet off mortgaged lands, exc -pt
in c;ossing h'ghways!
At this rate, what will the harvest be?
PhcMo (Cot. I It'orrtiiwn.
Anpkkw .T.vcksov, when he was Presi
dent of the I'nited State:, found a
I'nited State; national bank, with a
capital of .-J t.",i! ',o:io, that was using
its power and inflnct.ee in the politics of
the country, and lie took it by the throat
and strangled it to death and took the
funds and dis ribtited them among t! in
several States. Grover Cleveland, when
ho became President of the Dnitel
States, found a I'nited States national
bank with upwards of S-L'OO.Oi 0,000, and
also in their tosscssion over SU',( km .(),()
of the public funds He, instead of
strangling the monster, let it have 4M,
0!t.:vi:?Ni moro of t ho public funds to iu
flm the politics of the country with.
In view of these facts, to have him
culogbe Andrew Jackson s ems to par
take too much of a farce Citizens' Al
t li nee.
Ai.ikxs should not bo permitte I to
own a foo of American soil. While a
larne bodv of American laborers arc
needing lands, particularly in the old
States, there are millions of acres held
b Hritisn aristjrrats for speculation,
awaiting th rise in prices and demand
wh'cii the development caused by these
lahoreis will assure. Haml'ton (Afo.)
Atlrricatc
To vixpk'atf. his reputation as an
expert wood carver, a colored man iu
Hutchinson. Kan . recently in fifteen
hours carved a chain neariy six feet
long out of a solid piece of wood.
tlE ITAD SIX VICTIMS.
DREADFUL WORK OF A CRIP
CRAZED FARMER.
A Mother nn I Four t'lillilrnn Killed - In -
titration that Ihe llnslanl and Father
Was the IVrpetrator ot the Awrul lleeil
1'rnbahly In-a e from the Ciiljt.
Mrs. Dr. Alien, of Deatrire. went to
Ellis, Xeb., on a visit to I:or brother.
John H. Puterbaugh, who lived a mile
and a half ?oufh of town. She was
driven to the farm by Louis Pcrlingai.d
knocked at the door, but receiving no
response ntered the house, the door not
being locked. As she entered she saw
her brother on the l'o r tear the door.
and supposed lie was asleep. Hie s oke
to him, but there being no response, she
looked more closely, and saw blcod on
her brother's ghastly face. Mrs. Alien
ailed Per big in, who made an invt-st'-
gati. u. and found a ho, nble state of
aTairs.
On a lied in the room in which the
husband and father lay was the mother
with a bullet through her head. In bed
with her was a 2-year-old babe, also shot
thr iuih the head. On a lounge in the
room lay a lad of lo years dead, shot
through the head. In the room above
was another bed occupied by two young
girls, one 1.1 and one both dead with
bullet-holes in their heads.
The dead are John Puterbaugh, his
wife, and four children. How ihey met
their terrible fate is as yet not known
only bv sin mise. The general lie.ief is
lliat the terrible need was the work ot
the husband and father. The motive is
not known, as Puterl augh xvas a peace
able man in comfortable circii i. stances,
and it is be'ieyed no trouble existed iu
the family.
It seems certain that the terrible crime
was committed by Puterbaugh. P.y his
side, under his arm, lay a 32 ca'iher six
chambered revolver with all the cham
bers empty.
Tiie scene in the house was a in rr ble
one and male the strongest hearted
turn away. The faces of the dead,
though covered with blood, were calm a?
though sleeping. Xo signs of b ar wi re
portrayed on any of them, and no evi
dence of a struggle wore seen any
where. All seemed to have been killed
while sleeping, and a 1 were shot directly
through the skull In every case the
pistol was placed close to the head, a
powder stains were visible ujhui the pil
lows or bed clothing.
Puterbaugh was not a drinking man
and had the reputation of being an hon
est and jcaccabie citien. He suffered
from grip last spring and since then lias
not been in the best of health, frequently
compla tilng of a pain in his bead. He
xvas a mati about :is or 40 years of age,
and his wife was a year or two younger.
The murdered children were as follows:
Carrie. l." years; Mabel, i:t vears
Charles. 10 cars; Ralph. - year One
son. Allen. 17 years of age, survives.
Ho was away from home at work.
Puterbaugh was in Deatrice a few
days aao and is said to have then pur
chased tho icvo vor with wh!ch the ter
rible deed was oommi't-d. In 1 he barn
near the house were the two mules and
three horses. Hitchel to a wagon in
front of the barn were two more horses,
and in the field a number of cows.
The house was farly well furnished
f r a farm house, and in the cupboard
w as an abundance of good food. Puter
1 augh owned I't acres of land, which
he purchased in Match last fr.un A.
Wisneil, of Peatrice. He was liked by
all who knew him there and at. his formej
home iu Diiler.
Uio Ktectr c Chair.
Many States wil! fallow Xew York";
example within the next few years. -.1
i n i 1 1 to ' . Trili i ii :
So far as preventing i ublioity in tie
press :s i oticern'-d, the law seems lo be
a failure. Perhaps it would be more
exact to say that those who arc charged
with the execution of the law talk tot
much. lit'liitnaiinlis .Inn rim'.
Those electrocutions in Xew York ap
pear to have been entire y successful in
removing from this life the four con
demned murderers. Electrocution b
probably more merciful than hanging
f-'di'oi Time.
If we must have capital punish i.eni
it is possible the new method is p'e'era
ble to the old, but the people are en
titled to know whether that is so or not,
ami they never could know if the press
gag clause of the law were respected anc
observed. Iturhesli r llrrnhl.
It will undoubtedly be many years be
fore the electric death is adopted iu th'
other capital punishment States of the
I'nion, and perhaps tiefore it is gen
era ly a .'opted there may l e simpler,
although probabiy no less painful, meth
ods of execution. IH'ruil Free I 'reus.
On the whole, there isi very reason fot
the opinion that electrical execution ot
cri idna's is a distinct advance of civili
sation. 'Ihe only respect in which the
new law is a failme is in its atte i pt
to pre. vi nt tho press of the t'nitet;
States from giving the news with regani
to that important change. Fitlxfuirc
Jipateh.
Evidently the electrical process ot
killing is more humane than hanging,
although it is barba ous enough, heaver
knows. Capital punishment is a hideoiP
and an awful thing, and it seems a saft
prediction that twenty-live years l.encf
it will not bo racticed in any form by
any people pretending to civ.lizat on.
liiilimnip tlis Sentinel.
It does not need a careful reading ol
the olticial story to convince any one
that the attempt to regulate by law the
scn-ationalism in reports of execution
is a farco, and that the lobulation can
not be repealed too soon. Apparently
executions by electricity comply with
all ihe requirements of a humane law,
but the olfcial report must be tiled
away with other imsuc essful experi
ments 7'ro; Times.
There are differences of opinion as tc
the deterrent influences of tho death
penalty on evil-doers, but there is ne
room at al! for dont t that w hile this
penalty temains in vogue the olectrb a'
system of indicting it has many and con
spicuous advantages over all other meth
ods yet devised.- St. f.oiiix (Huhe-lhtmi-crat.
It does not make much difference
whether murderers are hanged by the
neck until they arc dead or whether
they are ut to death by electricity.
The thing is to kill them, and that
swiftly. ( 'iiieinimti ( 'iiininereHil-UnzeCe.
"Electrocution' draws the just con
demnat'on of the Xew ork Tinux.
"Electrothany," which the 'rcn was
first to propose a year ago, is tho best
form yet suggested. It is j hilologically
accurate; it lias analogies in ether words,
such as euthanasia, and its meaning is
perfectly clear, and the verb "ciee
trothanie" can lie deriv d from it iu ac
cordance with sound usage. I'hilaiUl
phla Press.
The only feature of the affair which
merits coudeniuatit n is that, provision of
the aw which prohib ts the newspapers
from publishing any of the details of the
execution, and which excludes represent
atives of ihe press from witnessing the
official killing. Wh n the Xew York
legislature again assembles it will strike
that silly provis'on from the law. t'fn
cinnati Kmpiir.r.
The success of the cxceu'icns by elec
tricity at Sing Sing xv 11 probably have
the effect of silencing the ob.'ections to
the law providing for this method of
taking off criminals. That it is more
humane than hanging is practically cer
tain, and it is probable that for a time
at least it will have a more terrorizing
effect upon tho imaginations of crim
inals. SL Learn R put Iw
AVALANCHE OF EARTH.
NORTH DAKOTA THE SCENE OF
VIOLENT STORMS.
RTiinlt-rft and ShIcIiI-h in HIlnKoiiri Ohio
'orlet.T Jir!n I In I Fun In Ilae-Ball A
IViiii-y Ivaiiiit Vi l:t'-ein laiigrr or Reins
Hwal'oned l'.
A dis; atoh from Xanaimo,
fays: The stoam'-r Princess
15. C.
on'sa.
ir m Mieona, brings now oi a
terrible)
landslide on the banks i f. the
Skeena
liiver, resulting in the death
of ono
woman and about forty Indians
Those
residing in a the ? ort-.crn Pa ific Can
nery at Ski etia Liver hear I a great
lushing no'se in the direction of the high,
steep moutita'ii at the back of the can
nery. In a moment un avalanche of
rocks and earth and trees was uon tho
doomed sett'ement carrying everything
before it into tl e slough close by the can
nery. The oceiii ants of the Louses I ad
time to get outsii.'c the bui dings, but,
before they could escape from the al
vaueiiig column of debris, they were
can rht and carried along at a fearful
velocity. Iu all nine houses and their
occupants were destroyed, including tho
moss-houso and residence of the fore
man of tlie i auiiery. In the mess-rc.o:n
was the xoung Swedish wife of the fore
man. SI e wa- carried along in the mad
and deadly current, and da-hod todeah
li u ml reds of feet be ow. Indians claim
that among those destroyed were about
forty Indians of the Port Simpson, Silka,
Motlakahla, and ICitimiat tribe-. Two
lays after the s ide thirteen bodies of
the Indians were re overe:!. The body of
the foreman's wife has pot yet been
found, but there is not the slightest hope
for any living thing within the range of
the terrible slide of 1 owlders, trees, and
earth. The slide just missed the can
nery building about two feet. Had tho
slide struck the cannery or occurred
half an hour earlier, the i cath roll
wouhi lur-o reached itilo the hundreds.
It had been raining in torrents for the
previous four days, and it is thought
that the accumulation of water in the
ravines on the mountain side broke
away, carrying death and destruction
with it Tlie Indians are greatly excit-d
over the disaster, anil are mourning bit
t riy for their d -ad.
f TOmiS SUM TIIK Til. IN- '.
Kit I Washouts Itcporti l in North Dakota
liiin-;e in t'ily and Country.
SiH-cia's fiom various points in Xorth
Dakota rep nt heavy rains for forty
eiui t bouts, which hav.- caused n any
wash nits on the railroads and much de
struction to irnperty.
ltotwecu no i and 400 xves'-bnund pas
sensers on the X'orthcra Pacific were
stopp-d at Ma c an, X. D Tremendous
rains washed out a !ar e number of
small bridges and culvirs a';d tr.tck
west of this point. All the brbiges
that arc gon are sn all ones, those
of the Heart Kivcr bc'ng all intact. The
lb-art Kiver is running bank full, and is
rising. In Maudun most of the side
walks were lifted an i scattered aloni
the street. Xumbors of cellars are fu I,
and a good deal of damage done. Th
rain extended fr in west of Modora to
Jamestown and poured iu torrents for
several hours. This supposed arid re
gion has enough rain now to insure a
1 ountoous crop.
At Dickinson, X. I)., the rain was
wiirs- than at tirst supposed. Crews of
track repairers arc working both ea-t
and west repairing heavy washoits
Wcsthotinl passengers were de'ayed
forty-eight hours. S reams are rising
rapidly and it has commenced to rain
again. Farmers will sustain damates
from lodge d grain.
y.i kiikrs ami si i: ioes.
A Jealous Ex-Patlreman's Cruel I'eetl -I'oiihle
Iratfetly on the Itoail from
ll lrrll.
Ex-Policeman Crowley, of Kan-as
City. Mo., who has been married only
six months, shot and killed his wife, ot
whom he was insane y jealous. He then
turned the weapon on himself, tint in
tlictcd only a scalp wound. Punning
dow n to the kitoh -n, Crowley snatched
up a carving knife and attempted to cut
his throat, but male only slight gashes.
Crovvlcv. fearing vioVnce from the large
crowd attracted by tlie. disturbance, ran
up Ihe stteet. the crowd pursuing him
crying "lynch him, hang him," and
throwing rocks and other missiles at
him He wa: protected by the police
with drawn revolvers. Crowley's inju
r.cs are not serious.
Murder and self-slaughter were com
mitted at Toos, nine miles southwest ol
St Louis, Mo.' Frand Pacleman, the
teacher of tlie Cathoiic church, and
Joseph I rank were coming from mass
at'.ioclocK when L rank bred at Pacle
man with a revolver The bt.lict took
effe.-t but did not kill, but the fc-oiiu
shot did. Frank then, in the presence
of a hundred or more people, turned the
revolver against himself and took his
own life. Had ho not done so he woti'd
have been lynched. Xo reason can b;
assigned for the deed.
TIIK EAKTH FF.IX IN.
lMsHstcr at an Old Mine In Pennsylvania -A
Village in I'rrll.
A disastrous cave-in occurred at the
old slope of the Kingston Coal Company,
near Earkevillc, live miles from Wilkes
barre. Pa., and the inhabitants of I nrko
vllle, which is built directly over the
mine, were in great f ar of their lives
and property. The cave was caused by
the snapping of the old timbers in the
slope directly under the fan house,
where the surface sank so suddenly that
the upward rush of airlifted the n-of oil
the fan house, depositing it within a
hundred feet of tlie opening. For bun
drcdsof feet iu all directions the sur aco
is covered with large scams and cracks,
some of them a foot wide, and extending
down into the workings. AnumlK-rot
houses in tlie vicinity were damaged.
A docn men were at work in the mines
at the time, but. they all escaped through
a second opening.
KKI.I.F.S AT THE BAT.
Society tilrls I'lay Rae-IIII. Wth a
Preacher Acting an I'mp re.
The Si ciety girls at Washington, Chio.
have dropped the tennis racquet and
taken up the base-ball bat An exciting
anil amusing game was played between
a nine they have just organized and a
picked nine of the society young men.
The 1,'ev. S. II. Alderson, I). D, a prom
inent Presbyterian ministcrof the pla-e,
and an enthusiast on base-ball, stood
tehind the bat as umpire, and dodged
the foul tips with great agility. The
young men played left-handed, so as to
give the girls a fair chance. The score
score 3tood 22 to 17 tn favorof the young
men. The girls say they xvill not play in
public or travel. They belong to the
best families.
Rannlbal Manilla.
Hk took things seriously, as does everv
man win se areer has been a battle, but
he had withal a grim humor which ec a
sioned almost as many characteristic
anecdotes of him as are ic'ated of tlio
immortal man with whom his name is to
live in history. Pittsburg Times.
Tiik present generation hardly knew
of him except historically. Miciy will
remember, howe.er, seeing him on
his visit to the West and this city a few
years ago. He was a genia', old-school
gentleman, and his depart u;e will recall
li period of the country's history oj
which there are no prominent survivor.
SL Paul Globe.