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‘©•NEILL, NEBRASKA.
# OYER THE STATE.
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^ Tn agricultural lair at Wood River
Woe a grand success.
Ham. county has been redistricted
| wider the Borns law.
j§ Fekmoxt's hemp factory has started
tip on the season's crop,
if Nebraska farmers are learning1 that
S', It pays to plow deep and plant early.
N.; Abrakoemknts are being made for a
| Mg irrigation meeting m Sidney in
I December.
Ed Rykbsos fell from a third story
I: Window in Llneoln, but was not seri*
on sly injured.
- . it costa Thomas county farmer to
■ recover a yellow dog1 stolen by a party
of emigrants be had befriended.
% Tint beet harvest is now in progress
Bln Dodge connty, and is famishing
' plenty of work to men and teams.
The Cedar county fair association is
V paying its premiums in full aud will
nave's surplus to turn in on old debts.
4? Thru* is room for from five hundred
. to one thousand small herds of cattle
g; on the divides north and south of Sid
' ney.
Five hundred acres of beets were
: grown near Wayne this year. Next
te year one thousand acres will be culti
vated.
3The beet fields in Wayne eountyare
yielding from fourteen to twenty tons
: per acre, the lowest netting the farm*
1 ers about S3ti per acre.
Two Ainsworth boys, Edward and
‘ Frank Kiser, aged respectively 13 and.
11, were trotted off to the reform
school as ineorrigiblea
- The corner atone of the Methodist
I dumb at Palisade was put in place
laat Saturday, Rev. D. W. C. Hunting
ton of Lincoln officiating.
A i/OCAI. branch of the Nebraska Cen
8 tral Building and Loan association of
;• Lincoln, has been organised at Raven
; aaaad Several hundred sales found
reedy purchasers.
■ The Plainview house was closed
tinder a chattel mortgage given by the
proprietor to the bank of Plainview.
A settlement maybe agreed upon to
8 enable the house to remain open,
f Os the 13th lust the Methodists of
f Oakland w ul begin a series of revival
meetings. Evangelist D. W. McGregor
t Will do the preaching and I. N. Me
Hose will have charge of the music.
£ Bn Surra, an employe of the B. & M.
1 at Plattsmouth, aaw an advertisement
eastern paper and responded. As
' a result the bride came from Altoona,
Pa. to that city, and they were ma£
vied last week.
William Swaksojt was arrested at
? Syracuse for stealing horse blankets
from horses standing in the street. He
«leaded guilty and was punished.
tker property found with him is held
for identification.
The preliminary hearing of Alonso
Moore, charged with being criminally
Intimate with the 13-year-old daughter
of Fred W. Patterson of Rook Bluff,
held at PlaUsmoutli, and the prla*
ener bound over Without bail.
8 A move is on foot in Weeping Water
; by which a stock company is being or
. gentxed to sink an artesian well to sup
.. ply a lake to be used for various pur*
8 Boses, including the city’s ice supply.
drhe leading capitalists of that town
: mro interested.
C David Eaton of Otoe county met
R with an aceidenl Ha was engaged in
“topping” cane, when a mis-stroke
caused the keen edge of the knife to
f.. strike hip left arm new the wrist,
severing the artery and Tendons and
making a very ugly wound.
Charles Minney of Ohiows is much
: worried about the whereabouts of his
«8aon Arthur, who recently left home.
The old gentlemen says he has node*
dm to compel the boy to stay with
r Idas, but Is only- anxious to know if he
Baa procured employment.
J Jtmos 3. B. Cessna wi)l leave shortly
a New Mexico. The judge is still
•Rgugu* « the lend great case In
I. Which he was defected before the
fe'nnnrt of private lend claims, but says
S, he will go to the supreme court withlt,
where he Will probably win. .
«„ On. C B. Coffin, who takes the
;•••; place «l smtstsut superintendent of
s- we Lincoln insane hospital, made va
- cnatbytte reeiguation of Dr. Greene,
gh one of the leading phyaiolane of the
* Imip country, and though a young
• Jama, has made a mputation in his cho
■- 'V:-. £ * •' V—‘4i
S" ** “ MiiraDALi, living near £xd
haa a.MBtrlrakN
iywwtor out of hta well
tor getting
,w,,— — — — - bjr meant of
,- ,.|peaa power, ilia children were draw
ing water when his daughter, Maud,
" got her hand naught on the rope at
|,«e of the pullejra, and it waa fearfully
loeerated and burned by the rope.
if Into the bee business last spring with
.F* A Heueof Battle Creek atarted
;; fifteen stands ofbeea. lie now haa
torty-five stands, an-increase of thirty
£ atanda, and haa taken over 1,300 pounds
v *< veer dine honey from them, which
te he values, with the Increase of bees, at
i ••*1 : Mr. Hale feela very proud over
HmunmIm has hed with his bees
sg
Ay' A Comoro state of affair*, says the
ffuahville Democrat, exists in a great
unany counties of the state in regard to
fedha work of destroying Russian
-thistles, which falls to the lot of road
Uatlier than to he
if mmnesra. • uatoer than to be subject
. to ftaee for not performing their duty
ovurueers have resigned. , In
a*native where there is much vacant
p hand the most trouble has been experl
fe eased ' No ope seems to be responsible
A' far the cost of destruction, and the
amentias will be unable to collect the
Twt oouaty recorder's statement of
pffttne smutty for September shown
wenty-two farm mortgages filed,
M'lpcsmting togahSOh and twenty-four
sg^MMmnd, amounting to gs&.O'M.so.
, hmo mere fifteen city mortgages filed
A’Tfhnr fH flit *TH and. four released.
|g>pnii anting to »a.nao.gct.
grain denten at Sidney are
ittdng - extensive : purchase* of
oats. and barley from
mm tonne r*. and . moat , of the
‘ matt grain haa been raised on the
If* divide, where one must dig from
, itr to tor water. The grain
i- "M exncileat quality, free from
H
Second Wife of nn Old Mnu
Nebraska City dispatch: In July of
the present year an old man named
Horace Howard, whose wife had died a
few months before, came to this city in
search of another wife He offered a
bonus to any one procuring one for
him, and as he was worth about 930,*
000 he was successful, marrying a wo
man named Delaney. It is said he
presented her with a large sum of
money prior to and after the marriage
yesterday. James Brown, a son-in
law, came to the city to investigate
tie claims that the woman was never
divorced from her first husband and is
consequently ' guilty of bigamy. He
also claims that there is a big conspira
cy to fleoce the old man, who is over 80
years old, out of his his wealth, and he
proposes to cause several arrests as
soon as he procures some additional ev
idenca Mr. Howard is well known in
this county.
boomlpB Milford's Gold Bind.
Lincoln dispatch: Owen Prentiss, an
attorney from Cripple Creek, Cola, was
in Milford today looking over the
alleged gold fields, lie represents a
number of Colorado capitalists Ho
says that if he finds anything to justify
the belief that there is gold in this dia>
trict there will be plenty of capital
forthcoming to work the mines Today
' David,Nefsky wentont to his property
to commence operations with a drill.
Grocer Taylor, who recently made the
912,000 investment, is preparing to do
the same. Arrangements were made
with the railroad to stop the train to*
day and allow the Lincoln delegation
to the Milford soldiers’ home dedication
to inspect the "gold fields” -
Suggestions to Teachers
■ State Superintendent Corbett corn*
mends to the careful attention of all
persons interested in educational mat
ters a circular on the subject of Library
day. For Nebraska public schools
Library day has been set for Monday*
October 21. A suggestion is made for
the teachers:
"One of the ways is to prepare a
program in which teacher, children
and some of the patrons take part
Another is a program in which every
family represented in the school pre
sents a story, an essay, a recitation, a
declamation, or something for the en
tertainment of the people of the com
munity who are invited for the even
ing. A third is for the teacher to pre
pare a talk or lecture on the books
selected for the pupils' reading course
by the Heading Circle board - and give
this on the evening of Library day to
as many old and young, as can be In
duced to come. A fourth plan is to
give out five or six of the Pupils’ Read
ing circle books to a number of the
most earnest and intelligent men and
women (one to each) in the district on
educational matters and ask each to
make an eight or ten minute talk on
‘What I found in the book for chil
dren.’ These talks with music by the
school, or by some of the people of the
community, in connection with the
talk of the teacher, would form a pleas
ant and profitable evening. Ask the
seboel authorities to buy a part or ull
of the set selected by the Reading
Circle board for the pupils, as the needs
of the school and the ability of the dis<
trict may demand.” -
Wanted for, Seventeen Years.
Sheriff J. P. Wetherford of Oskaloosa,
Kan., was in Lincoln last week to pro
cure requisition papers for Jim Daugh
erty, who is wanted in the Sunflower
state for assisting in robbing
a 1 bank at Kortonville, Kan., in
1883. Governor Holcomb granted the1
papers, and the sheriff left yesterday
afternoon for Falla City, Neb*, where
he has located Daugherty.
The crime for which Daugherty is
wanted was committed by him, Poke
Wells and another pal. Wells was shot
dead by a watchman. Daugherty and
his other pal were captured. While in
jail Daugherty got possession of two
revolvers with which he held up the
jailor and made his escape. /
Since that time the officers have been
following him to get the 93,000 reward
offered for his apprehension. He was
located in Kansas City once, but begot
wind of the pursuit and escaped before
the officers could land him. He was
tracked to Falla City by Sheriff Weth
erford. Daugherty is a desperate
criminal, and the sheriff expected
'rouble in arresting him.
Whurar Woman Commits Suicide.
Wisner dispatch: Mrs. W. T. Grimes
died at her home, two miles north of
town, last evening from the effects of
a dose of Paris green taken yesterday
afternoon with suicidal Intent. The
deceased had been confined in the Nor
folk asylum for the insane for several
months, bnt was much improved in her
mental condition, and was allowed by
the authorities of that institution to re
turn home with her husband Friday.
She appeared benefitted by being with
her family, but in a relapse used the
drug to end her life. She was highly
respected by this community, in which
she had lived for eighteen years. She
was n member of the Christian church
and of the Woman's Relief corps of this
place, whose members attended her
funeral in n body, which took place this
afternoon from the Methodist church.
Tor Cotarr Medical Collage.
On tho 8th the State Board of Health
took financial action in the matter of
the Co.uer Medical college, the med
ical school of Cotner uuiversitv. It was
decided to grant certificates to practice
to the class graduated by the school last
June, but a warning was served on the
present senior class and the faculty
that facilities for clinical instruction
in medicine must be provided better
than those now at hand. H was held
that the school had complied at least
with the spirit, and that in fture both
'etter and apirit must be observed.
The church social is a serious think
for young meu of limited means in all
sections of America, but In Kentucky,
Tennessee and West Virginia It Is pos
itively dangerous. Hardly an affair of
the kind is held in the rural regions
that at least one man docs not give up
tain life—not to religion, but to one or
another of the thousand feuds of that
section.
Whether it is a case of the office
Becking the man or the man seeking
the office, the search Is a diligent one
nowadays over a great many states.
CHANDLER ON SILVER.
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR
MAKES BIMETALLIC PROMISES.
COMES OUT IN A LETTER.
Republican* Declared to Be Pledged to
the Use of Both Uold and Silver—
The Democratic Leader* Clawed
a* Uncompromising Gold
Standard Men—Want* a
, Conference Called. ,
Denver, CoW Oct. If.—Ia a letter
to T. C. Clayton, secretary of the Re*
publican state league of Colorado, urg
ing Republicans of this state to stand
firmly with the nutional organization,
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
says: “The Republican party will go
into the presidential battle pledged to
bimetallism which I believe, as sore
as right is right, will win. On the
other hand the Democratic leaders—
the men who dominate and control its
national influence, patronage and or
ganization—are gold monometallists.
President Cleveland and his adminis
tration ure absolutely in the hands
of Mr. l’ierpont Morgan and his
syndicate of foreign bankers; they
are against silver as a money metal
and they are committed to gold mono
metallism. With the patronage of the
government, wfth money manipulated
by William C. Whitney and Calvin 8.
Brice the Democracy are hopelessly
subjugated; and their next national
convention will be as hostile to the
principles of bimetallism as are the
English creditors who propose to exact
the pound of flesh from their debtors
in all parts of the world. It is the
height of folly for any bimetallist to
conceive that anything but gold mono
metallism can come from another
Democratic national victory. W’e bi
metallists outnumber the gold mono>
me tallists of the world 100 to l,and need
not fear that we will not eventually
succeed. W'ith a practical suggestion
1 close. • A bimetallic convention held
in the United States will be attended
by representatives from all Western
hemisphere governments and from
the governments of Russia, France,
•lapan and China. Bimetallic organ
izations in Canada, India and every
other country will send delegates.
The decision of the conference that
the nations should coin silver witnout
limit at the ratio of 15>£ to 1 will be
irresistible, even by England and
Germany. Our congress should call a
conference and provide for paying its
expenses."
PARKHURST’S POSITION.
Although Sadly Disappointed He Will
Support the Fnslon Ticket.
New York, Oct. Is.—Rev. Dr. Park
hurst 'Yesterday broke the silence
which he has maintained on politics
since the fusion ticket was formed and
stated his views on the situation. Jn
his statement Dr. Parkhurst said:
“With the outcome of the efforts
that have Iteen made at fusion 1 am
sadly disappointed. We are not satis
fied to be told of a candidate that
there is nothing in particular that can ;
bo said against him. Negation and'
colorlessncss does not level up to the
grade of popular demand
“Whatever there may be in the situ
ation that is faulty or deplorable we
are not thereby absolved from the
obligation resting upon us as citizens
to gather ourselves up from any per
plexity into which we may have been
thrown from the nnexpecte<L.to re
member that filtered contingencies
have not modified the essential ele
ments in the case, and that whatever
other enemies there may be that will
be required to be knocked down when
their turn comes, it is neither robust
citizenship or good strategy to concen
trate this year upon any otber enemy
than flic one we all combined to par
alyze last year—Tammany hall: In
teresting as it would be to get all the
birds of prey onto one branch and aim
at general effects, yet blunderbns
fighting is a mode of musketry that is
neither the most economical nor the
most effective. One enemy killed is
better than haif a dozen enemies
scorched. - Though I repudiate a por
tion of the fn&ion platform and though
I shall not ucgleet to scratch one or
more uames on the fusion ticket, yet
that fact is no scabbard into whieh I
shall thrust inv sword that is already
red with the tiger's blood.”
Rwariun of Graeehoppenu
Kixokibukr, Ok., Oct, 14 —A contin
uous stream ol grasshoppers has been
passing high overhead southward
every day this week and a good many
drop, so that they are uncomfortably
numerous on the ground. They are,,
to all appearance, the small red-legged
variety, similar to those that devas
tated Kansas eighteen years ago.
Farmers report their fields of yonng
wheat covered with them and are
alarmed.
An Old Leavenworth Mayor Head.
Washington, Oct 14. — Hampden
H. Denham died here yesterday, uged
'>•">. He was born in Ohio and was re
lated to the lilaine and Kwing fam
ilies. lie went to California in 1846
and was One of the Rucker relief party
which carried provisions across the
mountains to starving immigrants.
He was mayor of heaven worth, Kan.,
in 1868, 1850 and 1863.
Missouri IJsliwwUats
Damont. Mo., Oct. 14_The state
convention of the Unirersnlist church
of Missouri convened in this city yes
terday, in the twenty-eighth annual
session, the entire day being devoted
to devotional exercises. Discussions
were held by the Young People's
Christian union, and several very val
uable papers were read and discussed.
A Girt Murders Bur Blathers,
Coign, Oet. It.—To prevent her pil
ferings from being discovered by her
parents, a 14-year-old girl, the daugh
ter of .a laborer in Santander, mur
dered her three little brothers.
TORCH AND DYNAMITE. |
Caban Insurgents Destroying Plantations
and Wreaking Bridges.
Kkv West, Fla., Oct. 14.—Anarchy
practically prevails on the island of
Cuba according to letters received
here. The Spanish are powerless, and
ontside of large cities, like Havana,
there is not even a pretense of govern
ment. Bands of insurgents roam at
will, destroying sugar plantations and
dynamiting railroad bridges. It seems
to be the determination of the insur
gents to destroy everything that would
aid Spain in sustaining her army. In
carrying out this policy the torch is
being applied to the sugar plantations.
In Santa Clara province glone six of
the largest plantations have been
burned. The torch has also been ap
plied to the tobacco fields in certain
districts.
~v »**v luauij-cuvn wmiuuo bills
policy, it will be but a short time until
there will be nothing' left in Cuba on
which to Sustain an army. The mail
service is completely demoralized.
The insurgents bave waylaid and
taken many mail carriers, hoping to
capture important dispatches. The
carriers have become terrorized, and
scores hare resigned. Recently two
Spanish mail carriers were captured by
insurgents under Mnceo and hanged.
>So great is the fear of the carriers that
done will venture forth unless accom
panied by armed guards. Whenever
a carrier starts with an important dis
patch he is escorted by a company of
soldiers.
From the penal colonies in Southern
Spain a battalion of criminals has been
organized and placed under the com
mand of Colonel Uarrido, who
butchered the sick insurgents a few
weeks ago. This battalion is known
as the “squadron of death,” because it
has earned the title by killing women
and children as well as the inmates of
hospitals. Garrido, with his force
will enter a village and place the wo
men and children in front of them as
a breastwork; then, when the Cubans
come, they will dare them to Are, but
will themselves shoot over the wo
men's heads.
FATHER AND SON.
Commodore Selfrldge goon to Be Baked
to the Rank of Hli Parent.
Washi.\oton, Oct. It.—Commodore
Thomas O. Selfridge, president of the
naval inspection board, has been or
dered to report at the navy depart
ment to-day for examination for pro
motion to the grade of rear admiral in
anticipation of the retirement of Rear
Admiral C. C. Carpenter, next Febru
ary.
The prospective promotion of Com
modore Selfridge will result in a state
of affairs unprecedented in the history
of the United States navy. It will
show father and? son in the highest
possible grade of naval command. In
this case, however, the father is on
the retired list.
Train Ditched and Burned.
Aiwa, Iowa^Oct. 14.—The most dis
astrous wreck that has ever occurred
on the Iowa Central happened at tho
Carbondale spur, north of this place,
ydMtorday. The engine and eighteen
cars went into a ditch, and catching
fire were entirely consumed. Engi
neer Al Weaver was fatally injured,
lie was buried under his engine. Fire
man Harry Moore and Conductor Dan
llayes received internal injuries and
may die. A defective switch was the
cause of the accident.
Marriage Made Him Forget.
Mount Carmel, 111., Oct. )4.—When
the Democrats nominated Captain L.
T. Phillips for county commissioner,
Lyman Speeds, Secretary of the meet
ing was instructed to Hie the nomin
ation papers. He was married a day
or two later and went to Virginia on
his wedding trip, forgetting to file the
document. The mistake was not dis
covered until Wednesday—less than
thirty days before the election. The
Democrats have appealed to the courts
tor1 relief.
Hayward’s Plans Thwarted.
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 14.—The
jail officers found yesterday m the cell
of Harry Hayward, the condemned
murderer of Dressmaker Catherine
(ling, duplicate keys which fitted his
cell door and the outer door and there
is no question that Hayward had ar
ranged everything to escape. It is
also known that he had offered a
heavy bribe to one of the deputies who
ut once reported to the sheriff.
Misappropriation of Funds Charged.
Xkw York, Oct. 14.—Charles F.
Phillips, W. C. Boone and C. H. Gra
ham, former partners of the late Hen
ry S. Ives in a Wall street syndicate,
have begun suit against Wills W. Bars,
receiver of the old Ives syndicate, for
$101,000, which they claim he collected
and appropriated to himself as a cred
itor. Barz claims that the money was
paid to him on a private debt before
he became receiver.
The Mormon I’hu.-rh In Politics.
Sai.t Lake, Utah, Oct. 11.—Jt is ru
mored that two leading candidates on
the Democratir ticket have been dis
ciplined by the Mormon church tor
participating in politics. A meeting
of the Democratic territorial commit
tee has been called for Monday and
another Democratic convention may
be called. __
Groom, 04; Bride, 77.
CRAWFOHD8VI1.I.K, Ind., Oct 14.—
Samuel Richards aged 84, was mar
ried yesterday to Mrs. Martha Heath,
aged 77, of Lebanon. Last Sunday
Richards drove to Lebanon with his
son-in-law and met Mrs. Heath for the
first time. They were together only
half an hour and in that tune fell in
love and became engaged. , Both are
wealthy.
The Qmm Braves the Cold.
Loxdon, Oct it—The weather in
Scotland has been very cold recently
for this time of the year, but it is un
derstood that Queen Victoria has been
driving about Balmoral and its neigh
borhood at late hours in tne afternoon
in an open vehicle to the dismay of
those who are constantly dwelling
upon the age and feebleness of her
majesty.
CUBA’S INSURRECTION
SPAIN TO ACT PROMPTLY IN
CRUSHING IT.
Sensational Humor Concerning Warning!
of Uncle Sana—The Spanlali Minuter at
Washington Said to Hare Notified HU
Government that Thle Country Will
Act Unless the Cuban Rebellion U Soon
Suppressed.
Madrid Mach Excited. |
Washington, Oct. 13,—A cable mts
•sge from Madrid received here cany
this morning said that it was reported
there on the best of authority that
the American government had notified
the Spanish minister at Washington
that it was necessary for Spain to act
promptly in crushing the Cuban in
surrection, and that the report caused
a profound sensation in Madrid.
The truth of the report caunot be
confirmed at the state department.
The officials, when approached, would
neither affirm nor deny the story,
though their manner would indicate
disapproval of its accuracy. It is be
lieved quite probable that representa
tions may have been made to Spain of
the wisdom of aggressive and active
operations against the Cuban insurg
ents, biit it is thought that the United
States government did not make these
auggestions, and' that, if made, they
came from Minister De Lome and were
based, on his personal views of the
situation and on his observation of the
trend of sentiment in the United
States and his knowledge of the pur
pose of the friends of the insurgents
to press their cause vigorously soon
after the assembling of congress.
Daily events point strongly to a de
termination to force the question on
the attention of congress in the belief
that the legislative channel affords
the most practicable route to the ac
complishment of something in behalf
of Cuban independence, the executive
branch of the government, in the very
nature of things, being more con
strained in its action thau the legisla
tive department.
Senor DeLorne left hero to-day on a
very early train, and therefore no in
formation could be gained from him
concerning the Madrid dispatch.
THE POLICY OF THIS COUNTRY.
Senor DeLorne, the Spanish m’n
ister, had a short interview with
Secretary Olney yesterday, and in the
course of their conversation the min
ister, perhaps in answer to the secre
tary’s inquiry, made a statement that
operations in Cuba would be conducted
with greater vigor hereafter. As the
president must certainly make some
reference to the insurrection in his
annual message to congress when it I
meets in December, it would be but
natural that Secretary Olney, upon
whom he must rely for his informa
tion, should take steps to gather data
upon which to base a judgment of
probable future events.
While it is true that President Grant
did, as indicated in his messages to
congress, entertain a belief that inter
vention in the then progressing rebel
lion in Cuba would be justifiable, this
view \vas never acceptable to Secre
tary Fish, and it has not secured the
adherence of international lawyers.
The whole weight of authority, is de
cidedly adverse to the assertion by a
neutral nation of a right to say when
war between two combatants has
progressed to a point where it must
be stopped. it may be recalled
that some such proposition was
made during the last stages of the
China-Japanese war, but it never went
further than the exercise of the good
offices of the interested nations to
bring about peace, which function-is
entirely distinct from direct interven
tion. The question is also separate
from that of the recognition of the
belligerence of the insurgents, which,
according to American policy and
Eractice, mast be determined purely
y tBe facts in each case.
DEBS CONTRADICTED.
flu Illinois Federation of Labor Not
Against Hallway Brotherhoods.
Peoria, 111,, Oct. 13.—At the meet
ing of the Illinois Federation of Labor
this morning the resolutions commit
tee reported adversely a resolution de
claring the convention is in entire
sympathy witli the action of E. V.
Debs in his work of the strike of the
American Railway union against Pull
man and the Railroad Managers’asso
ciation, but issuing a protest against
any expression by him declaring that
trades unions were inadequate.
This elicited a stormy debate, last
ing two hours, and finally the follow
ing was adopted as a substitute:
Whereas, Eugene V. Debs has stated
that the railway brotherhoods had
been repudiated by organized labor,
be it
Resolved, .That the Illinois Federa
tion of Labor deny such assertion, and
extend to the railway brotherhoods
our approval and assurance of con
tinued esteem. ,
Resolutions were adopted boycott
ing the Washburn-Crosby Milling com
pany of Minneapolis and the Werner
Printing company of Akron, Ohio, and
unanimously and heartily indorsing
Governor Altgeld and his administra
tion. _■ _
Child Elope* With » Jlefro.
Denver, Col., Oc). 12.—Mattie
Young, a girl 14 years of age, of Lex
ington, Ma, was arrested last evening
upon advices from Kansas City, Mo.
The girl was attending school in Lex
ington and fn the same city lived a
negro by the name of Dan Coutes. lie
was a friend of the child's family and,
notwithstanding his 40 years, made
Ipve to the child. On September 22
%n elopement was successful.
(kt Wife of the Heathen King Believed
to Have Been Killed in an l*prising.
Yokohama, Oct. 12.—Count Koumou
rn, director of the political bureau.has
forwarded from Seoul, the capital of
Corea, a report upon the recent upris
ing there.
It is now supposed that the queen of
Corea was killed by the aqtl-reformers
who. headed. by Tai-Kon-Kin, the
|iing's father and leader of that party,
forced an entrance into the palace at
Ihe bead of an armed force, which
caused the Japanese troops to take
possession of and guard that building
to restore order.
FORTUNE IN A ROOM.
orw a Ml):Ion Dollar! Left Bellied
by a Beclaie.
CdHBBises, Mass., Oct. 12.--Mrs.
Sarah Coolidge, for thirty years a re
cluse in a secluded house here, died of
apoplexy Wednesday. She always >
passed as a woman of moderate cir
cumstances. When the undertaker
disrobed the body preparatory to em
balming it, be found various assort
ments of gold coins tucked away in
concealed pockets in her clothing.*
This led to a search of the room and
it proved to be a veritable gold mine.
In vases and in other pieces of bric-a
brac, in shoes, in bureau drawers, and
in every conceivable nook and cranny
the searchers found $30,000 in casli,
mostly in gold coin. In one dilapi
dated handbag was a roll of 'bills ag
gregating $3,800. On the shelf in her
closet were bank books representing
scores of thousands more, with securi
ties and deeds showing a valuation of
over a million dollars. One document
showed her to be the owner of prop
erty at the corner of Washington and
Avon streets, lioston, which pays a
rental of $1,000 a month.
In addition to the money and the
bank books there were dresses of the
most stylish and expensive goods,
covered with jewels and old laces.
Many of these gonns would easily <re- •
ceive a valuation of $1,000 each. All
the chamber closets and wardrobes
were tilled with these expensive gowns
and none of them have ever been
worn.
The servants were never permitted
to enter the room in which the treas
ure was found, though there was no
special effort to secure protection
from thieves. There were over $300,
000 of negotiable securities in that
room guarded only by an old woman
and four women servants. Nobody
dreamed that it was there, so the vast
sum was secure._^ >
MRS. JAMES BROWN POTTER
She Air* Her Domestic Difflcuitln In
the Newspapers.
New York. Oct. 12.—Mrs.'.Tames
Brown Potter has made public her
reasons for leaving her home for a
life on ihe stage. In an interview she
said:
••1 have never for one moment re
gretted going upon the stage; neither
have I ever cast one longing look back
at Uie old society days, nor even
thought with pleasure of the so-called
social triumph I was said to have
made. 1 look upon those things as
hollow and utterly vapid; they mean
absolutely nothing. It is nine vears
since 1 left New York, and Ihave
lost all interest in the city’s social
set. Indeed, I care as little for
them as they care for me. First of
all, let me say that 1 was much amused
at something said iu the papers a few
days ago about Mr. James Brown Pot
ter's posing as a saint, keeping his
home rendy for ray return at any time
I chose to come back. It is very nice
of Mr. Potter to express such sickly
sentiment. That house and home hap
pens to be mine, as well as everything
in the house. It was given to me by
Pierre I.onllard for the successful
work 1 did in getting people to join
the Tuxedo club.
‘-My ideas of life and those of the
.Potters were at variance. I was
brought up to think that life was .real
and that love ruled the world. The
Potters lived only for outside show,
uiways seemed to be afraid to appear
natural and were always at swords’ ,
points with one another. There was
nothing natural, nothing genuine in
this new life 1 was leading. All was
conventional, all surface. Mv entbusi
asm. and naturalness were chilled by
the Potters. My success in private
theatricals paved the way to some
thing better, and one day. sick and
weary of all the mockery, tired of the
constant fault-finding to which I was
compelled to submit, tired of going
out with a smiling faceand a breaking
heart, tired of the snubs of the Pot
ters, who are always jealous of each
other, ■ tired of genteel poverty, I
walked out of that home Mr. Potter is
keeping for me and left everything be
hind me. I have never been permitted
to go back to get my belongings, and
not even as much as a pair of sleeve
buttons has ever been sent me. I sac- "
rificed little to gain the glorious her
itage of honest independence. ”
DURRANT’S GREAT NERVE.
Goes Bark On Him Jn>t Once During
Cross-Examination.
San Francisco, Oct. 12.—Under the
rigid cross-examination of District At
torney Barnes, Theodore Durrant
made a number of answers that are
regarded as decidedly Incriminating,
inasmuch as they appear to be in di
rect conflict with well established
facts.
lie gave an explanation of a clue
regarding Blanche L&mont's disap
pearance, said to have been received
by him, that was so palpably a false-*
hood that everybody in the room
laughed aloud. The. stifling atmos
phere of the overcrowded court room
came to Durrant’s . rescue and he was
enabled to recover from his confusion
during the short recess that followed.
When he again came to the stand he
remained calm during the most trying
ordeals. The prosecution was, never
theless, well satisfied with the day's '
work, for it' had accomplished wliat
had never been done before—Durrant
fora moment had lost his wonderful
self-possession, and had been caught
in a number of barefaced untruths.
JUDGE COOK FALLS DEAD.
The Republicans of the Kijrhtoentli ||»|.
noU District Low Their Candidate.
Chicago. Oct. 12.—Cyrus T. Cook, a
leading Kepublican politician of Kd
wardaville, fell dead at the Great
Northerh hotel to-day, where lie tvas
attending a tncewu?.
Ex*rhier If rooks Passes ‘Away.
Pittsbi kh, Pa., Oct. 1™—.lames J.
Brooks, ex-ebief of the United Slates
secret service department, but of la to
years in charge of a local detective
agency, died this morning of heart
disease at his residence in this city,
aged 76 years. •
Democratic Business Men.
New York, Oct. 12.—The Democratic
business men of the City of New York
will probably next week issue ad
drestes to the people of the state of
New York urging the support of the
whole Democratic ticket in the coming
election.
