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PUBLISHKI» KVKItY THURSDAY BT
JAS. H. IIHJUN.
O’NEILL,
NEBRASKA.
Ill some parts of Oeorgla crops of
^felons that should have been mar
keted Ions’ off'’ ere still green with no
signs of ripening.
It is said that ?(»(>(),00(1 has been spent
•n the empress of Austria's new palace
Sit Corfu. 1 tut. that is nothing in com
parison with the late .Mrs. Hopkins’
82,000,000 castle.
On the summit of lien Lomond may
tie seen the smallest tree that grows in
fireat Britain. It is known as thu
ftvvarf willow, and is, when mature,
only about two inches in height.
The policemen of Jersey City are
obliged to wear a head dress of mos
quito netting over their helmets at
night to protect themselves from tlm
ravages of the tormenting "skeetcr.”
The growth of horse racing in the
last ten years is illustrated by the
fact that ill 1880 the money added to
prir.es by tlm racing associations
amounted to 8180,000. Now it reaches
84,000,000.
M. Tisscrand lias said that tiiero uro
in Franco 0,01(1,500 cultivators, who arc
divided 3,403,000 proprietors, farmers
and metayers and 3,452,000 ordinary
laborers, bailiffs and farm servants.
A hotel in Hamburg has been built
entirely of compressed wood, which,
by the pressure to which it Is sub
jected, is rendered as bard as iron, as
well os absolutely proof aguiust the
attacks of lire.
Velocipedes liuviiig been introduced
in the regular service of the Russian
army, as reported, an ofllciul nume of
Slavonic origin has boon devised for
them. Tife now name is samoskaty,
“self roller.”
A philological statistician calculates
that in the year 2000 there will bo
1,700,000,000 people who speak Eng
lish, and that the other European
languages will bo spoken by only 500,
000,000 people.
/v Kind-nearu'u rural land lord auver
Uses for boarders in a paper in tho
northern part of California in the fol
lowing' enticing manner: “A few
boarders wanted by private family.
Can dress as you {dense.”
Tho artificial incubation of eggs orig
inated in Egypt, where it is still car
ried on. According to a consular re
report no fewer than 75,000,000 eggs
are hatched in this way every year on
the banks of the M ile.
An Araager farmer has been ar
rested and fined for assault upon the
Punish army. While entering town
with a load of cabbage the war horse
of tho artillery took fright at his outfit
and broke up the wholo army.
Tho old fashioned Russian wagon
driver who carried passengers and
freight long distances in his rude, self
contrived vehicle is still competing
successfully with the steam horse in
tho land of the white czar.
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The hide of a former Cincinnati ele
phant, Old Chief, which was shot last
February, has been stuffed and with
the mounted skeleton of the brute will
be housed in a special building at the
Cincinnati zoological garden, The hide
weighs 1,100 nounds aad it has been
stuffed with oakum.
In big trees the new state of Wash
ington is quite rich. A Seattle paper
mentions a fir in Momas which is 8,‘j
feet in diameter. Near Stanwood there
is a cedar 17 feet in diameter 33 feet
from the roots, and 12 feet in diameter
113 feet from the roots. Noonsaek re
ports a fir 13 feet in diameter.
Professor Karl Meyer, who is con
ducting the government experiments
for producing rain artificially, has in
vented what he calls a “sky bicycle.”
It is a torpedo-shaped balloon, to which
is suspended a machine similar to the
framework of a bicycle. Curious pad
dle-wheels produce the propelling
power of the apparatus.
Here is a case of somnambulism foi
you that is vouched for by competent
authorities: A young' man visiting
Bath, Me., went to bed with the idea
of arising early and shaving. In the
night lie found himself on the floor.
The next morning he went to the look
ing-glass and prepared to shave, when
he discovered that his beard had been
removed as clean and nice as a barber
would have done it.
In an old geography printed in ISIS
appears the following: "California is a
wild and almost unknown land.
Throughout the year it is covered with
dense fogs, as damp as unhealthful
In the interior are volcanoes and vast
plains of sliiftimg snow which some
times shoot columns to great heights.
This would seem nearly incredible
were it not for the well authenticated
accounts of travelers.
The jelly fish hasn't any teeth, but
ases himself just as if he were a piece
of paper when he is hungry, getting
his fooel and then wrapping himself
about it. The star fish, on the con
trary, turns himself inside out and
wraps his food about Aim and stay;
that way until he has had enough
The prongs of the star fish look like
teeth, but in reality they are not,
being nothing but ornaments to Hi
person.
I HERE ARE SOME FACTa
Practical Operation ol' tho New Tariff on
| Kipurt* iiud Import*,
j Milwaukee .Sentinel: Mr. Julius
Goldschmidt, consul general of the
United States at Vienna, lias just pub
lished an interesting statement of the
declared exports to this country from
the consular districts of Austria-llun
gary during the nine months ending
with June 30, mill,under tlio McKinley
act, compared with the exports from
the name districts during tho corres
ponding months of the preceding year
under the old tariff. It is noteworthy
iu demonstrating that, instead of di
minishing, us its opponents predicted
it woidd, our foreign commerce, the
new law has increased it.
for the period named the exports to
this country iu 1330-90 in Austria-Hun
gary were:
Frso of diilv.t 2,782,291 ~
Unchanged duly.. 2,332,503 73
Reduced duty . 238,533 33
Advanced duty. 4,0:17,751 54
Miscellaneous. 31. <‘151 23
Total.*10,002,490 71
For the corresponding nine months
in 18110-91, under the new tariff, tho ex
ports to this country from Austria
Hungary were:
Free of duty.* 0.827,549 24
Unchanged duty. 2,230,095 87
Reduced duty. 288 tilO 57
Advanced duty.$. 2,752,174 10
Miscellaneous. 24,702 21
Total.*13,139,891 99
These figures show nn increase in
imports from Austrian-llungary, under
the now law, of over *2,000,000 or over
30 per cent. The increase Is due to the
fact that the new law places on tho
free list many articles heretofore duti
able which do not come into competi
tion with American industries. On
such articles the tariff is a tax, and the
people are thus relieved of taxation.
On the other hand, the new law either
leaves unchanged or increases tho
fluty on articles which come into com
petition with American labor, and, in
these cases, as experience shows, the
tariff is not a tux since the the foreign
manufacturer either roduces his prices
to keep our market, or competition be
tween our own manufacturers keep
down nriees.
In another column we copy from the
New York Tribune nn article showing
■vvhul the now tariff does for homo la
bor which deserves a careful reading.
It gives the totals of imports under the
new tariff for the first nine months of
its operation with the totals for the
corresponding months of the preceding
year. There has been a considerable
falling off in the imports of dutiable
poods, but it is more than compensated
by tlie increase of imports of articles
on the free list. In the aggregate the
increase of imports under the new law
is nearly 8100,000,000, provinp very
conclusively that the McKinley law
is not discouraping foreign com
merce. The articles, the imports of
which have declined, are such as
woolen poods, iron and steel products,
and agricultural products. The im
ports of barley have fallen from 11,
013,402 to 3,302,858 bushels, or nearly
70 per cent., of epps, from 10,404,210
dozen to 1,225,220 dozen or more than
seven-eiphts; and the imports of to
bacco for wrappers have decreased over
9,000,000 of pounds. These are all
changes in favor of the farmers of this
country, increasing the demand for
their products. Under the new law
the people are paying less, or no more,
for imported articles, while the field of
American industry is broadened, and
the demand for home labor increased.
Cheap M >ney Defined.
New York Pr^as: When the so-called
people's party t>f Ohio was incubating
at Springfield it was addressed by one
Robert Schilling of Milwaukee—social
ist, anarchist, greenback crank and
cheap money agitator. Far from being
a farmer, he is not known to have
earned a dollar by the sweat of his I
brow for many long years, but has
been supported as a demagogue agita
tor by Hie contributions of deluded,
ignorant, persons. llis speech at this
convention was on the prevailing topie
among the third partyites—cheap :
money, liis definition of the meaning
of cheap money and his explanation of '
the purposes of flic third party move- |
nient are worthy of more i
study thau the addresses of
such men as Peffer and Simp- |
son, because it is the Schillings wlio |
really shape the minds of the ignorant
masses. “The people's party,” said
Schilling, “has declared in favor of
free coinage of silver, but the major
ity of members are not in favor of it.
They tolerate it, however, as the en
tering wedge by which they hope to
overturn the present monetary system.”
This is tlie old greenback theory run ;
mad—fiat money and nothing but fiat i
to give it value. L'ouueeted with this
beautiful scheme he said that the ■
people's party on coming into power :
would pass laws by which the gov- ]
eminent would loan farmers money at j
2 per cent, on non-perishable produce, !
such as wheat, cotton, corn, wool, oats, i
hemp, rice and sugar, in sums propor
tionable to the security offered. This
is a farther step thau the Argentine
Republic land loan scheme, the disas
trous effects of which were felt in
every money center in the world when
its climax was reached last fall. The
people's party is either gone daft or
else is uniortuuato in the leaders it is
encouraging to make such speeches as
Schilling's. There would not bei
enough credit in the entire country to!
buy a humming-bird's feather if his
scheme should be eart-ied into effect.
I'roui tin* Cavn of the Winds.
Kxehunge: Senator I’effer pounds
the stump-encircling air with the state
ment that there are 11.000,000 mort
gaged liornes in tlie United States.
’1 hut is two or tliree times greater than
tin* w^jole number of real estate mort
gages ill the country, and many of
them are uot on homes. Sooner or
later nobody will pay any attention to
the wind that blows out of 1‘offer's
mouth through 1‘erfer’s whiskers.
Indisputable Kvidvuce.
De hole—Where do 3*ou intend to
spend your vacation?
I)e l'ole—I am going to our milk
man's dairy farm. Thefts is the finest
kind of fishing in that neighborhood.
iluh! ^ ou don't take his word for
it, do you?
No, indeed. We've found young
trout in his milk.
NEBRASKA,
j Old settlers lield a reunion at Union SrN
; iirduy.
j Farmers held a harvest picnic at West*
j erville Friday.
War is being waged against bootleggers
at Tekamah.
j A fourteen-story building may be built
at Lincoln.
Tiie Cortland Creamery company has in
corporated.
Ninety-five teachers are attending the
| Albion institute.
A drove of wild horses was seen in Grant
county last week.
Otto Webb, of Bennett, was found dead
near his home Saturday.
The Saline county fair will be held at
Wilber September 1 to 4.
The reunion of the central Nebraska
veterans opened at Ord Tuesday.
Genoa offers inducements to someono
who will build a new' hotel there.
Ohio residents of Gage county will hold
a picnic at Blue Springs in the near future.
•J. J. Alexander, northwest of Beaver
City, killed thirteen rattlesnakes Monday.
The contract for the new Indian school
building at Genoa has been let for $10,125.
Mrs. Maberly, of Thedford, is likely to
lose a finger from the bite of a tarantula.
Congressman Kern will deliver an ad*
dress at Blair Labor day.
John Mienk's burn at Stanton was struck
by lightning and burned to the ground.
Miss Nora Schreiner, of Nelson, lias
sued Z. T. Kay for $5,00J damages for slan
Nearly all the corn raised in the vicinity
of Cedar Kapiils will be fed to cattle there
this winter.
Mrs. James Kiley, of Dodge, lias had five
tumors removed and is in a fair way to
recover.
J. D. Me Andrew, a prominent Ains
worth attorney, has been arrested charged
with perjury.
A 12-year-old daughter of Daniel Mora
dieh, of Fairbury, was bitten by a rattle
snake.
The state fish commission will begin the
distribution of black bass about tlio 23th of
September.
A 4-year-oul son of Janies Moore was run
over by u coal wagon at Hastings, but es
caped uninjured.
A heavy wind blew down a number of
frame buildings in process of construction
at Butte City Tuesday.
While playing with a grain header Mom
day, the 7-year-old son of Mrs. Schwartz,
of Sutton, was killed.
W. Soheer had a hand nearly cut off by
the bund cutter while feeding a thrashing
machine near Hebron.
The annual reunion of the Nebraska G.
A. R. will open at Grand Island Monday !
and continue five days.
A Nebraska City marble dealer offers 20 '
per cent, off on tombstones as an induce- '
ment for people to buy.
James Linslov,a section band at Gretna, !
lost all the toes on one foot, which was l
caught by a falling rail.
A baby show was Held at Wilber the j
other day. Votes were cast by the citizens
under the Australian system.
The Western Loan and Trust comphny. !
of Holdrege, has failed, caused by the fail !
ure of the bank at Western.
A disease similar to distcnipey is going
the rounds among the horses in the vicin
ity of Hyaimis, Grant county.
A little 3-year-old irirl arrived in Fre
mont the other day, directed to her motive*
in care of a house of ill-fame.
Fred Weaver, of Schuyler, won $i0 on a
horse race,but the money was stolen by a
sneak thief the same night.
Liucolu will celebrate Labor day. J. R
Sovereign, of Iowa, and Robert Schilling,
of Wisconsin, will be the orators.
Madison Square Farmers’ alliance in
Loup county have bought an American
flag to be displayed at their»meetings,
Hopkin's elevator at Wilber was set on
fire by a hot box, but was extinguished be
fore any serious dama'ge was done.
The Rushville Sun says there are thirty
five candidates for office ou the alliance
ticket in Sheridan county.
The drug store of Gray & Carman, at
Table Rock, was closed on a mortgage
and the stock sold under the hammer.
A Hastings inventor thinks he has a for
tune in a corn cutting machine which he
has patented and intends to manufacture.
Rev. T. P. Baker, pastor of the Wayne
Presbyterian church for four years, has
left for Grand Rapids, Mich., where he
has accepted a call.
Mrs. I. O. Martin, of Blue Hill, swal
lowed a rusty needle, which was in the
cabbage. It lodged in her throat, but
doctors finally removed it.
The 2-year-old sou of Russell Briggs, of
Hooper, was bitten by a rattlesnake, and
it was only by the most heroic efforts that
his life wus saved.
i. nil oualer, of iekamah, was arrested
and lined $25 and costs for beating his 4
year-old child. Failing to pay, he was
committed to jail.
8. D. Camp, of Geneva, while talking- to
a fneud on the street, stopped to sneeze
and fell to the ground completely par
alyzed. He is in a precarious condition.
Jack and Jim Gallaghes were arrested
at Spring-view for stealing lumber from one
merchant and selling it to another. Jim
broke jail and made good his escape.
The singing societies of the state, known
as the German Maennerchor, held a picnic
at Cushman park, Lincoln, Sunday.
Nearly all the principle cities in the state
were represented.
A tall, awkward looking chaj^ who is
traveling through the country, pretending
to be going to Kansas after peaches, took
Un Wilber sports on a foot race and eur
"ried off all their loose change.
An old man named Woodloek was run
over by the cars and instantly killed on
his farm two miles east of Odell Monday.
He could not see the train on account of
the weeds. Deceased was ‘JO years old,
the oldest man in Gage county.
George W. Cox, and Mrs. Caroline
Pasbey were married in Lincoln Thurs
day. The groom is 51 and the bride 47
years old. He lost his wife six years ago,
and she her husband three weeks since.
“Shorty" Brown struck a miniature gold
mile while engaged in excavating for a
barn on his place six miles north of Craw
ford. While at work he turned out a pe
culiar looking piece of gold which weighed
out $1.26 upon being placed upon the
scales. The gold looks as though it had
| been melted and ruu together in a very
odd shape.
The county clerk of Blaine county has
i issued certificates for 413 wolf scalps, 297
I coyotes and • eight wild cuts. The total
| bouuty given by the county on these is
I 11.544, and by the state, $718, making a
total bounty of |2,26&
INSURGENTS VICTORIOUS
Balmageda Badly Worsted in the
Battle of Valparaiso.
Ho May Yot He Able to Kegaio Uli Loit
Prestige, Hut the Prospect la
Gloomy—Various Reports of
the Great Conflict.
New York, Aug-. 29.—A dispatch was
received this morning1 by William II.
Grace & Co. from their Valparaiso
house fully confirming1 the news of Bal
maceda’s utter route. It was sent at 8
o'clock last night and is as follows:
“Complete victory for the opposition.
All is well.”
The firm are of the opinion that the
insurgent victory and the fall of Val
paraiso is equivalent to the overthrow
of the Ualmaeeda government. Chilean
j consul, General Flint, takes a different
| view of the matter and in an interview
with a reporter of the United Press
said that the result did not neces
sarily end the war. The government
forces will now fall back to Santiago
and the troops of both the northern
and southern divisions will be recalled
to the defense of the city, which will
transfer the entire conflict to the land,
as a fleet of insurgents would bo of no
value to Santiago, Halinaceda would
then have a larger army than his op
ponents, providing he has prestige
enough to retain his army under the
government standard. Whether he
will bo able to do so or not seems to be
a matter of doabt in the consul-gener
al's mind. He has thus far received no
further advices since the 27th.
The Absorbing Topic.
WAsiiiNQTOx, D. C., Aug. 29.—Jhe
Chilean war, its present aspect and
future contingencies is the all-ab
sorbing topic of discussion in official
circles this morning. In the absence
of particulars the news already re
ceived is eagerly discussed. 'Hie faejt
that the insurgents should have cap
tured Valparaiso without, as far as
known, bombarding the city is the sub
ject of much comment, and ciroum
tances lead to the opinion at tlfc de
partment of state that there are
light of Chilean affairs the opinion is
important facts in connection with the
capture of Valparaiso which have not
yet been stuted in the dispatches re
ceived, and which subsequent advices
will make clear. Even in the present
today freely expressed that the war is
not over. The government of Chile
has yet possession of a very largo part
of Chile and her aimy is
double that of the insurgents.
The capture of Valparaiso is recog
nized as a tremendous blow to
ljaluiaeeda, but not necessarily
a1 fatal one. The interior of
the country remains in his
possession and is said to be loyal to
hijn, and more and desperate fighting
will, it is believed, take place before
his power is broken and his govern
ment overthrown. Until this is
done the United States will
continue to recognize the
lialmaeedian government and Min
ister Lazcano as its representative
at Washington. Minister Lazcano
called on Assistant Secretary of State
Wharton this morning and conferred
with him about the diplomatic rela
tions of the two countries, Beyond
this fact it could-not be learned what
occurred. Mr. Wharton also had a
conference with other diplomats in re
gard to Chilean matters, but said he
had nothing to communicate to the
press on the subject.
A Kurop an View.
London, Ah#. 20.—Official advices
received in Paris and Leri in confirm
the report that the Chilean congres
sional troops have captured the city of
Valparaiso. The orderly manner in
which4 the congressional forces have
occupied the strategic points and the
quiet prevailing* throughout the cap
tured city, have been so marked that
the admirals in command of the for
eign lleets in Chilean waters have de
ckled that tnere is no necessity for in
tervention on their part. The troops
of the Junta have abstained from vio
lence of any kind.
TIi» Kepnrt C'undrmfd.
New Yobk, Aug. 29.—The Herald's
Valparaiso special confirms the defeat
of lialmuccda in yesterday's battle and
says he is a fugitive It is estimated
that 5,000 men were killed in the bat
tle which lasted live hours. Judge
Prats will probably be the head of the
new government.
No Ailctitiomil Information.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 20.—Repre- ,
sentatives of the Chilean insurgent
party here have received no additional
information from their country up to
10 o'clock this morning. Senor Monett,
the representative of the insurgent
party, arrived here this morning after
an absence of several weeks, and
was kept busy receiving the
congratulations of friends and j
answering telegrams. During his |
absence he was kept posted
on affairs in Chile by .Mr. Foster, lie
did not rely much on the various news- j
paper reports, he said, as they were so I
conflicting, but was overjoyed when'
the official dispatch was received by I
the state department announcing the !
victory' of tiie insurgents. What ac-11
tion ho will take for recognition by the j
United States government could not be ],
learned this morning, but he will
probably determine today what course
to pursue in this direction.
Weather Keport.
Washington, D. C.. Aug. 29.—Iowa,
fair in western; showers today' in east
ern portion: slightly cooler; generally
fair Sunday. Nebraska — (lenerally
fair, slight changes in temperature;
generally fair Sunday.
Milligan Captured.
Litti.e Rock, Ark., Aug. 29.—Mil
ligan, the slayer of Frauenthal, was
captured this morning. He is in jail at
Conway where the excitement is in
tense and the news of lynching is ex
pected at any moment.
FOR LETTER CARRIERS.
A BUI to Be Introduced to Create a Fond
for These Faithful People.
New Yobk, Aug. 29.—The bill to be
introduced into congress in December
next under the auspices of the Veteran
Letter Carriers association of New
York has been finally draughted and
approved by the' executive committee
of that organization. Its provisions
are made to apply to letter carriers in
all cities and postal districts after they
have been connected with the service
for twenty years. The preamble of
the measure contains some interesting
facts in the light of the London dis
patch of this date relating to the letter1
carriers of England. In this country1
the salary for the first year is $600,
second year $800, third year and there-1
after as long as in the service, $1,000.
Absence through sickness or inability
to work, no matter whether caused by
accident or exposure in the line of
duty, results in a stoppage of the car
rier's pay. The amount so deducted
being paid to a substitute who receives
no fixed salary. The carriers, more
over, get no allowance for shoe leather
or uniform. The bill provides, in
brief, that after twenty year's service
the veterans shall be retired at half
pay for the balance of their lives. It
is urged, moreover, that this would en
able the department to have the ser
vice of able-bodied men, as under the
present circumstances very few of the
veterans are ever willing to resign
their positions until compelled t® do so
by inability.
WHY THEY WERE EXPELLED.
President Saoasa Kxplalns Why He Ki
lled Ills Political Opponents.
Granada, via Galveston, Tex.; Aug’.
29.—President Sacasa issued a procla
mation yesterday giving his reasons
for expelling from Granada ex-Presl
dent General Chamorro, ex-President
General Joaquin Zavala Don Anseloma
Rivas, editor and proprietor of t!he Dia
rioNicaraguenz.the leading newspaper
of Nicaragua; Don Enrique Guzman,
son of General Guzman, and Don J.
Rodriguez, formerly attached to the
Nicaraguan legation at Washington,
who are accused of being the ring
leaders in the riot which took place
last Sunday in which the chief
of police and six other
men wore killed. The president
says that he was forced to expel these
gentlemen, all of whom are prominent
and some of them very wealthy, be
cause they have been plotting against
the government, seeking its overthrow,
exciting the people t,o rebellion, intri
guing to disturb the good feeling
with the neighboring states
and because of unpatriotic conduct.
Senator Anzelmo Rivas, the editor and
proprietor of the Diario-Nicaraguenz,
the president says in his proclamation,
has been guilty of publishing false re
ports, stating that General Vasquez
had entered Honduras territory for the
purpose of creating a conflict between
Nicaragua and Honduras.
REJECTED THE HOME.
Qeorgfa Farmer. Say the State I. Too
Foor to Support Kx-Con federate..
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 29.—That a con
federate soldier should ever be denoun
ced in the Georgia legislature as a
"buttermilk ranger” is ene of the
things not to he expected, yet it hap
pened yesterday. Not only that, but
the home for poor and disabled con
federate veterans, which was the last
a or It of the late Henry W. Grady, and
for which he raised SSU>0,000, was un
ceremoniously rejected. The building
tiad been completed and wus tendered
-o the state on condition that it should
uipport the veterans. There was never
i doubt about the state's acceptance of
the terras of the deed uhtil the state
illiance pronounced the people too
foor to keep impecunious veterans..
J'lie sequel came yesterday when the
proposition was rejected by a big ma
jority.
London Postmen.
Ni:w York, Aug. 59.—A dispatch from
London says: One of the last official
lets of tlie late I’ostmaster-General
llaikes, who died from an electric
sh'oek while walking- in Pall Mall a "few
lays ago, was to sign a bill increasing
-he pay of the post men‘in London and
he suburban districts. The change
>vill increase the expenditures of the
lostoflicc department by a half million
lollara yearly. Even with the advance,
lowever, their pay will be miserably
?oor as compared with the letter car
ders of the United States. In the cen
tal district of London the weekly sal
iry with the advance is now $?8 per
.veek, in the remote suburbs $0 per
,veek. This is for what is known as
die good conduct or first rank men, and
die scale descends downward to §4.25
ier week. Several concessions were
■ranted, however, to this clasB of the
government service by the postraa'st,er
jeneral in his last hours. They are to
>e paid^ extra for Sunday work, the
sum of tt-5.25 is to be allowed each man
“very year for boots or shoes, extra
•ates are to be paid for over-time, and
;ach letter carrier is to receive two
■veeks' vacation with full pay every
,-ear.
Tirnnlon of Crocker'^ Hrlgade.
Dus Moines, la., Aug. 29.—The sixth
liennial reunion of Crocker's Iowa
i’rigade association will be held here
September 23 and 24. The transporta
don committee has effected an ar
•angement with nearly all the rail
roads in the state for one and one-third
•ate, or for full fare going to the re
inion and'returning at one-tliird. This
icing the former home of General
■rocker, the citizens of Des .Moines
lave taken especial paiDs to make the
iccasion one of great interest and
Measure.
Trains Collide.
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 29.—About 3
j'clock this morning freight train No.
11, west bound on the Pittsburg, Fort
tVayne and Chicago railroad, collided
■vith the second section of the No. 8
Chicago express, east bifind, at the
.vest end of East Palestine siding,
doth engines crashed together and
-vore badly wrecked. Three frei ht
;ars were smashed to splinters. Sev
;ral passenger cars were also smashed
ind several passengers were injured.
Engineer Darby was badly cut about
die face and head. Express Messenger
IVise was hurt about his limbs.
EXPLORERS RETURN
Nine Member, of the Kite A roll,, t
tlon Keturn From North Ureem. ^"IL
Halifax, N. S., Aug. 31_Nin,.T
bers of the Kite Arctic exploring'"1'
pedition arrived here last nichr
will leave for New York today ?
party consists of Professor A nm.i
Ileilbrin, Professor P. J. Holt Dr* 11
N. Keeley, Dr. W. E. Hughes' i
Mengel, Benjamin Sharp ’
W. P. Burke, Frazer Hurst J',
A. E. Kennedy. They went as f ,r
north as 77 degrees, 43 minutes w,.‘
70 degrees, 20 minutes, where the
found rocky oountry, but where flow,’;
were growing luxuriously, although
vegetation did not reach a gn at
height than six or eight inches Th'r
bring immense collections of v.lr;
ous plants, flowed herbs
butterflies, some pre^usly '
known specimens. ITTey f011n,;
that aU pubUshed charts
Greenland are incorrect. They it.(,
the north Greenland expedition" under
Lieutenant Peary, at Mellvilly uav
2.500 miles north of Halifax. Tim*,
left behind are Lieutenant and Mrs^
Peary, Langdon Gibson, John M.
koeffl. Dr. J. F. Cook, Evind Astrnvi
and Mathew Hanson, the colored man
Next spring Peary will start further
north on snow shoes to determine, if
possible, the boundaries of Greenland
The party has built a house in which
to live and Mrs. Peary will remain
there during her husband’s expedition.
The scientific specimens left at St
Johns weigh thirteen tons. They will
be sent by steam to Philadelphia.
Professor Ileilbrin made new charts of
Murchison's sound and located Her
bert and Northumberland islands.
BLAINE IN SOCIETY.
"Bar Harbor People Pleated at HU First
Appearance Tills Season.
Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 31.—At last,
after waiting' patiently all summer.
Bar Harbor has had the pleasure of
seeing Secretary Blaine at a social
gathering. The reception Saturday oa
board the Chicago was honored by his
presence, and for that fact, if no other,
it was the event of the season. The
immense ship was converted into 3
bower of bunfting. Flags of all nations
were displayed in elegant profusion
and flowers and evergreens w ere in
abundance. Admiral Walker received
the guests, assisted by the captains of
that and the other ships. The band
discoursed excellent music and there
was dancing. Mr. Blaine and his party
were the center of attraction. He
talked and shook hands with nearly
every one. Mrs. Blaine, Miss Blaine
and Mr. and Mrs. Emmons Blaine were
with them. Other guests were Mr.
and Mrs. Camden C. Hike, Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Gerard, Senator Hale, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Kade, Dr. W. A.
Dunn, Nathan Matthews (Mr. Blaine's
double) who was greeted cordially by
the secretary, Mr. and Mrs. C. Melister
Wilson, the Marquis Imperial, Mr. and
Mrs. Barney, in fact all the society
people at Bar Harbor and Sorento.
THE BANK NOT ROBBED.
A Genoa Sensational Telegram Causes a
Needless Flurry.
London, Aug. 31.—Referring to the
sensational story telegraphed from
Genoa last night to the effect that an
unknown Englishman had attempted
to change a thousand pound note of
the Bank of England, and that the
money changer fearing that the note
might have formed a part of a recent
Bank of England robbery, had his sus
picions aroused and attempted to make
an investigation during the course of
which the Englishman disappeared,
it may be said that the story Is appar
ently unfounded. The cashier of the
Bank of England today assured the
representative of the United Press that
no such robbery of the bank had oc
curred as was suggested in the Genoa
dispatch.
GUARDING A KENTUCKY TOWN.
It Is Feared the Nejfroes Will Burn the
Place if it la Not Guarded.
Georgetown, Ky., •Aug. 31.—Guards
to the number of 200, armed to the
teeth, are patrolling' the streets in
squads. A company of home guards
will be organized at once to protect the
town against any further incendiary
acts on the part of the negroes. 11 is
believed that no more incendiary fires
will be started, but at the same time
it is thought best to be on the safe side
and armed vigilance will not for tiie
present be suffered to relax. The feel
ing against the negroes is very bitter.
THE PARK PLACE CALAMITY.
Mayor Grant Discovers a Body—Several
Recognized.
New York, Aug. 31.—Mayor Grant
this morning visited the ruins in l’arlc
l’lace and found the ghastly remains
of one body, and probably two, under
the sidewalk. Louis Roscnfeld, of Kns
enfeld & Co., identified one of the
bodies as Abraham Divcrvitch, aged 17
years, and there isymly a leg to tell
the story as that of another employe
named Samuel Blithe. The rest of
Blithe's body is supposed to be in the
vault where the remains were found
and search is now going on for them.
SPRECKELS* NOT IN IT.
He Says He lias Not Joined the Sugar
Trust, Nor Will Not.
Paris, Aug. 31.—The Herald's Ku
ropean edition publishes the following:
“1 mean to paddle my own canoe to
the end of the chapter," said Mr.
Claus Spreckels, the California sng .r
king, when I showed him a rep""t
cabled from New York that he hud
joined the sugar trust. "No. 1 huve
not joined the trust npr will I do
and any Wall street' speculator who
allows himself to be gulled by the re
ports that I have, does not know me.
A Story Not Confirmed.
Chicago,. Aug. 31.—An afternoon
paper prints a story from Monroe,
Mich., giving the details of the torture
and murder last Saturday of John
Wilkenson and wife by tramps, who
endeavored to make them reveal tin
hiding place of their supposed wealth.
The story goes on to say the tramp
were captured and lynched at Maybe
station. The account is not confirmed
from other sources.