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'A 3 p-iltsmoiitfi Journal C V. MIIKICM AM. rabltoiitr. l-i-AlTr-MOV"!!!. : 2V.kli&$li' . The News Condensed. Important liiteiiVence Frcm All Parts. DOMESTIC. " A xew counterfeit two-dollar lank note was discovered by the redemption agency of the trea.sir.v department on the Commercial national bank of l'rov- idence. K. I. I'oi.ish Catholics at Umaiia were swindled out of 3-2,000 by their priest and locked out of church by the bishop. Masked robbers tortured an aged couple near Warren, O., nud secured seventy cents. The old people would probably die of their injuries. The first ocean cable ever laid in Kew York bay was put down hy the Commercial Cable company. Six negroes who had been arrested on a charge of barn-burning were shot to death by a mob while brim taken to the jail at Milling-ton, Tenn. John Kavffmax, a wealthy brewer in Cincinnati, O., was fatally wounded "by his wife, whom he hud left. V. M. Gramwkr, manager at I'itts burgh of the Guarantee Company of North America, has disappeared, after issuing- 500,000 worth of bogus poli cies. Smoke from forest fires became so dense in the city of Boston that arti ficial light was necessary at noon. IIkavt wind and rainstorms wrecked several buildings at Indianapolis und destroyed hundreds of shade trees. Jan 1 1 us, the flrat Bohemian Meth odist church in the world, was dedi cated in Chicag-o with interesting- cer emonies. Claiming that the increase was ille gal, whisky mon will refuse to py th new tax and appeal to the supreme court. According to the treasury statement tho public debt decreased 81,713,654 during- August. Later reports from the flre-swept district of northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin indicate that the loss of life and destruction of property have not been exaggerated. While it is not possible to ascertain the exact number of lives lost it is cer tain that between 400 and 600 persons perished. The property loss ' will not fall abort of 810,000.000. At Burbank, O.. the Methodist church, twelve dwelling-houses and five barns ver destroyed by fire. Burglars entered the Y abash, ticket office at Springfield, 111., at the noon hour and robbed the safe of 51, COO. MB3. John' Caktkb and John Wna tnet were murdered at Burr Oak, la. The woman's husband was arrested on suspicion. Forest fires were raging- in Penn sylvania, and trenches were being dug to protect the oil and gas plants. ' Smoke from forest fires made naviga tion dangerous on Lakes Superior and TJlchigsn. The national irrigation convention opened at Denver with about 2C0 dele gates in attendance. Several foreign 'countries were represented. II E A VT rains averted further danger from forest fires at many points in Wisconsin and Minnesota, f At the bicyole tournament in Palmer, Tilass., Allen Atkins, 12 years old, "broke the world record for riding "backwards, making- a half mile in ! Mbs. J. MornrE, her two childron and Miss Mabel Hill were canjrht in a -waterspout near Perry. O. T., and drowned. The first national labor holiday was generally observed throughout the country. At Seneca Falls, N. Y.. three young men were, arrested charged with hav ing destroyed property worth 8200,000 by fire. The -visible supply of grain in the United States on the 4th was: Wheat, 66,940,000 bushels; corn, 3,151,000 bush els; oats, 7,240,000 bushels; rye, 203,000 bushels; barley, 559,000 bushel. All but two of the nineteen bu sines nouses in Ship man. 111., were destroyed by fire, also a number of residences. Dispatches from the upper pea in sula of Michigan show that rain in that region had effectually put a stop to the forest fires. The August coinage was 37,723,000 gold and $370,000 silver, $749,000 of the latter being standard dollars. Fire destroyed, fifty dwellings and all but two stores in Down City, la., a town of 1,000 inhabitants. Loss, S1C0, 000. During a thunderstorm ii. Wichita, Kan., Thomas Herman's bouse was torn to pieces and his two children killed by lightning. A mob took Bourke, the assailant of Irs. Bond, from the officers when near ing Watertown, S. D., and hanged him to a pole. Over 4."0 corpses of the victims of the forest fires had been already-found in and near Hinckley, Minn. More than 600 square miles of pine land were burned over and a dozen towns were absolutely swept oft the earth. At Union City, Ind., Houk Brothers "butter tub factory and several stores and residences were burned, the loss "being 8150,000. The Stark Tool Sc. Machine company of Buffalo, N. Y., went into the hands of a receiver with liabilities of 8100,000. The commissioner of internal reve nue says that persons who have in comes of over 84,000 a year must be ready to pay the tax on January next. The monthly statement of the treas ury department at Washington showed a net decrease in tho circulation in 'August amounting in the aggregate to .nearly 811,000,000. The total circula tion of the country was placed at 61,o46,671,481, or a per capita of $23.99, against Sl,680.562,671 September 1, 1893 The trial of American Kail way union .officers for contempt of oourt was be gun before Judge Woods In Chicago. ; Weber Bros., a Milwaukee dry oods firm, failed for flOOjOOO. a ell I ted i sol lilej nir I b, a. . abed sixv v ,..-tth-m lota, double corn crib T11T a city of 4,500 bushels, good bear Crcimrd also 600 joup apple tree mm These tiny All employes of the Unlcvk. 1'a.slne railway have been notified to abstain from any participation in politics. Fohkst fires continued to rage in northern Wisconsin. Fisher Meadow was wiped out and Bariiuni was said to be in danger. Jt:iu;K Cooi.KnoK deckled the election illegal by which St. Joseph, Mich., se cured the county scat from Berrien Springs. Miss Maision Gi.endkxni.vo and Kit tie Kcutze, both of Brooklyn, X. Y., aged 22 aud 15 respectively, were drowned in the Oyster river at Say brook, Conn. In a free-for-all race at Crawfords ville, li.d., Gucrita stumbled and fell, fatally injuring her driver, Joe Grimes. William Adams, of Anderson, Ind.. became iusane during the night and fatally injured his wife by choking and biting her. At Kossuth, O., a man stolen by gypsies twenty-four j-ears ago when a child has just found his family liv ing near him. At Springfield. Mass., Bliss, of Chi cago, rtkle a mile on a bicycle in 1:52 S-5, making a new record. The supreme lodge. Knights of Pythias, has ruled that the ritualmust be printed in the English language alone. Heavy rains in Wisconsin quenched the forest fires and broke a drought of manj weeks standing. The Middleton (Pa.) bank, the old est institution of its kind in Dauphin county, failed on account of depres sion in business. Col. II. C. Cross, the first mayor of Emporia. Kan., died of heart failure while visiting on Mackinac Island, Mich. The Larkspur inn, a magnificent summer hotel near San Kafael, Cal., was destroyed by fire, the loss being 5100,000. Thieves took 8500 and 815,000 in bonds from State Treasurer Worth, of Baleigh, N. C At Dos Moines, Ja., the corner stone of a monument to the soldiers and sailors of the state was laid with im posing ceremonies. The story sent out from Lofty, Pa., that the mining town of Scotch Valley had sunk out of sight is untrue. Ox the Indianapolis race-track Rob ert J. paced a mile in 2:02,1s, breaking all previous records. The time of the three heats won by Robert J. were 2:0C?, 2:02s' and 2:04?. Four thousand descendants of Davy Crocket held a reunion at Humboldt, Tenn. J. W. Brooks, a saloonkeeper of Albilene, Tex., became converted and made a bonfire of his stock and fixtures. Tile business portion of Conrad, an Iowa village, was wiped out by fire. Noel Maisox was hanged at Pitts burgh, Pa., far the murder of Mrs. Sophia Raes. Bernard Altenberger suffered death at Jersey City, N. J., for the murder of Katie Rupp. Wesley Warner was hanged at Mount Holly, N. J., for the murder of Lizzie Peak. Dan Wiqgiss, a notorious wife- beater, was dragged from his horn at Waldo, Fla., and probably fatally whipped by women. Felix Thompson, George Bridges and Jacob Muir died at Dykesville, La., from eating watermelons that had been poisoned. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL, The Colorado democrats in conve a tion at Denver nominated C G. Thomas, of Arapahoe county, for gov ernor. The following congressional nom inatiocs were made; Michigan, Fifth district, J.J. Tibbetts (pop.); Saventa, U- U. Suover (rep ); Eleventh. John Avery (rep.) renominated. Wisconsin. Third district, C M. Butt (dem.); Sixth 15. C Van Keuren (pro.); Ninth, Thomas Lynch (dem.). Indiana, Fifth district. Hev. R. Ii. Llndkay (pro.). Texas. Fifth district. J. W. Bailsy (dem.) renominated. Colorado, Second district, John C Ball (rep ) renominated. Mary land, Second district. William B. Baksr rep.). Ohio, Thirteenth district. W. E. liayaes (detn.). Mlnnewot. Ji(hth dis trict, A. R. Kslfer (rep.) renominated. Ala bam. First dlstriat. R. H. Clark; Second. J. F. SttiU&cn; Third, U P. Hsrtisos.; Fourth. H. L Wood; Fifth. J. K. Cobb; Seventh. W. H. Danaaa; Eighth. Joseph Wheeler; Ninth. O. W. Underwood, all democrats. South Caro llaa. First district, William Elliott; Second, W. J. Tolbert (renominated); Third, A. C. Lat imer (renominated); Fourth. Sturtevant WU bob: Fifth. Dr. T. J. Strait (rDomlnatd) ; Sixth. John P. McLarln (renominated); Sev enth. Dr. J. William Stokes, all democrats. Urbax A. Woodbury-, the republican candidate, was elected governor of Vermont by 20,000 majority. Samiel J. Kirkwood, Iowa's war governor, was buried at Iowa City, thousands following the body to the grave. Populists of Iowa met in convention at Des Moines and nominated a full state ticket headed by S. B. Crane, of Davenport, for secretary of state. The platform indorses the Omaha platform, favors the free and unlimited coinage of silver and opposes the issue of any more bonds by the national govern ment. Senator Jones, of Nevada, has with drawn from the republican party be cause of its attitude toward silver and will identify himself with the popu lists. Db. James C. Welling, president of th Columbian university at Washing ton, D. C, died at Hartford, Conn., of heart failure, aged 69 years. Candidates for congress were chosen as follows: Iowa, First district, W A. Duckswortb (dem.); Fourth, Thomas Updegraff (rep.) renominated. Mich igan, Eighth district, W. S. Linton (rep.) renominated. West Virginia. Second district, A. G. Dayton (rep.; Fourth, Warren Miller (rep.). Mary land, Fifth district, State Senator Rogers (dem.); Sixth, G. L. Wellington (rep.). Nevada, C. C. Downing (pop.). Alabama, Fourth district, W. F. Al drich (rep.). Tennessee, Ninth dis trict, A. Pierson (pop.). The Minnesota democrats in con vention at St. Paul nominated George L. Becker, of St. Paul, for governor. The platform denounces the protective tariff; indorses President Cleveland's administration, and favors free coin age of silver whenever it can be ac complished consistently with the main tenance of a sound and stable currenoy. 'Eestorative-JHcmn tuw mi . . 77 It Capsules aresnperioTj a. it A(iia Gen. George Stoneman, governor of California in 1SS3 and a conspicuous figure in the civil war, died in Buffalo, N. Y. Gov. Waitk was renominated by the Colorado populistconvention at Pueblo. James A. Ward, of Pierre, was nomi nated for governor by South Dakota democrats in convention at Sioux Falls. A free silver resolution was defeated. Charles A. Bisiki., of Laconia, was nominated for governor by tho New Hampshire republican convention. The platform denounced the democratic administration, its Hawaiian and financial policy, and lreld it responsi ble for the business depression. The following nominations for con gress were made: Illinois, Thirteenth district. A.J. Barr (dem.). Mississippi, Sixth district, W. M. Denn (dem.) Maryland, Fifth district, J. G. Rogers (dem.). Kentucky, Sixth district. T. B. Matthews (rep.). Montana, C. 8. Hartman (rep.) renominated. New Hampshire. First district. C. A. Sul lowav (de'm. ). New York, Twenty- lit th district, J. r. hherman (rep.) re-j nominated. Pennsylvania. Ninth dis trict, A. Pierson (pop.); Twenty-fourth, W. A. Sipe (dem. ) renominated. In convention at Milwaukee the democrats nominated tne following state ticket: For governor, George. W. Peck; lieutenant governor, A. J,J. Schmitz: secretary of state, Thomas J. Cunningham; treasurer, John Hnnner; attornej' general, J. L. O'Connor; su perintendent of schools, C. A. Sehultz; railroad commissioner, George C Pres cott; insurance commissioner, O. R. Skarr. The platform indorses the democratic administration, the new tariff bill and the income tax, and de clares that all money issued by the government should be of equal value. In convention at Helena the Mon tana republicans nominated Judge W. H. Hunt for associate jutice of the supreme court. The platform declares for the free coinage of silver and pro tection and reciprocity are indorsed and the new tariff law is denounced. Col. H exist O. Kent was nominated for governor by the democrats of New Hampshire in convention at Concord. Louisiana sugar planters in conven- tion at New Orleans decided to vote with the republicans in national elec tions. Additional returns show that Wood bury, republican candidate for gov ernor, carried Vermont by 30,000 ma jority. The next house of representa tives will contain 204 members, ull re publicans except nine. FOREIGN. In a quarrel over boinrry lines be tween San Miguel AchWrtltind Tepos colrua. Mexico, twenty-five persons were killed. Twenty persons were drowned in an accident on Morecam bay, near Lan caster, England. Preparations for an industrial ex position of giant proportions, to be held in 1897, were being made at Stock holm, Sweden. The Jewish quarters of half a dozen Morroco towns were sacked by the Kabyles and many men and women were killed and others sold into slavery. Fob3T fires have spread to the Can adian northwest. Six persons were reported to have been burned to death along the Rainy river. TE steamer Miranda, with Dr. Cook's arctic excursion party of board, struck a hidden reef off the coakt of West Greenland and was abandoned. President Cleveland's letter recog nizing the Hawaiian republic was pre sented by Minister Willis and was the cause of rejoicing. LATER. TiiKP.n were 215 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 7th, against 268 the week previous and 323 in the correspond ing time in 1SS3. The total failures in August aggregated liabilities of S10, 13H.447, of which S3, 172,330 were on manufacturing and 3,078,153 in trad ing concerns. Tiir Comte de Paris, who had been critically ill for some time, died in London, aged 50 yearn. In a quarrel near Correctionville, la., Michael Sobieswski, a fanner, shot and killed G. Hill, also a farmer, and then committed suicide. Eight boatn belonging to Finland fifehermen were wrecked in the Baltic sea and seventeen men were drowned. Tiik Mutual Benefit Life Association of America, with headquarters in New York, was declared insolvent with policies of 810,000,000 outstanding. Tne Oklahoma county bank at South Enid. O. T., closed its doors. In a race against time at Indianapo lis Directly placed the 2-pear-old pac ing record at 2:1034, a cut of a quarter second. At .Springfield, Mass., Titus lowered the bicycle records for three, four and , five miles, placing the last at 10:51 3-5. To skci-kk the benefits of the new tariff law, Canada has decided to hvre after levy no export or stumpage du ties on lumber. Trade reviews report slight im provement in business throughout the country. Eugene Dickson, a St. Louis lad, swallowed a green fly while laughing and died within fort3'-eight hours in terrible agony. Before the kinetoscope in the Edi son laboratory at Orange, N. J., Cor bett knocked out Peter Courtney in six rounds. He received 55,000 for his efforts. An open switch caused the wreck ing of the Santa Fe's California ex press at Dillon Junction, N. M., and four men were fatally hurt. The trades union congress in Nor wich, Eng., resolved to demand that the government prevent the landing of destitute aliens. In convention at Reno the Nevada populists nominated George Peckham, of Washoe, for governor. The exchanges at the leading clear ing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 7th aggre gated S794.3S2.538, against $744,230,241 the previous week. The decrease, com pared with the corresponding week in 1S03, was 8.4. curebo fa old on a positive LABOR DAY. How It Was Observed In Various Places Throughout tli Country. Chicago, Sept. 5. Nothing daunted by the rain that fell intermittently all the morning, 10,000 of Chicago's uaion laborers fell into line, a nd amid the music of muilled drums and gurgling horns, beneath bedraggled ban- ners, and with soaked clothing marched through the city streets to Lincoln park, where they were addrescd by several speakers of local promi nence. The programme further pro vided for a march of those who cared to go to Ogden's grove, where games of various kinds were contemplated nad more speaking in prospect, but the disagreeable downpour deterred most of the men from attending. New York, Sept 5. Labor made an imposing demonstration here. The weather was favorable for marching, the sun beiug obscured by haze, while a cool breeze from the east made the air bracing. Not far from 20,000 men, representing near ly all the trades, were in line and here and there in the proces sion were bands of women from the various assemblies, such as the cloak makers, of organized feminine labor. The line of march was up Fourth av enue to Union square, to Seventeenth street, to Fifth avenue, to Fifty ninth street, where the procession disbanded. Such of the march ers as were so disposed proceeded thence to the picnic of the Central La bor union at Broinroer's Union park, but at least as many others finished their day in pleasure-seeking with wives and children in other ways. Washington, Sept. 5. Inobservance of Labor day all the government de partments and public offices were closed, as were a great many stores and public places. The labor organi- j zations paraded and spent the day at a park in the outskirts. Cleveland, O., Sept. 5. Labor day was more generally observed here than ever before. The city was in holiday attire and nearly every business house in the city was closed. Many of the labor unions participated in a parade in the morning, and in the afternoon there was a monster picnic at Forest City park. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 5. Labor day was celebrated here by a street parado and picnic, in which the unions allied with the building trades' council took part. Although the assemblies affili ating with the Central Labor union did not participate as organizations, many of their members joined the proces sion and devoted the day to merry making. Milwaukee, Sept. 5. There were 2, 500 men in line in the Labor day pa rade, and they marched through a drenching rainstorm. The day wa-s very generally observed, nearly every factory and large business house in the city being shut down for the day. Every trade was represented, and while there was not as many wagons and floats as on former occasions, more men were in the procession than had ever been seen on a Labor day. The parade wound up at Schlitz park, where a picnic was held. Indianapolis. Ind., Sept. 5. The celebration of Labor day by the organ ized workingmen of this city did not attract so much attention as it had for several years past. Laat year there were 5.000 organized workingmen in line. There were only 1,000 in the parade Monday. Labor leaders say that the harC times have dtiven many men out of unions. After the parade the workingmen held a picnic in Lin coln park. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 6. Fifty thou sand people participated in the Labor day celebrations in Omaha Monday. Thirty thousand representatives of Nebraska labor unions were in the procession. The demonstration con cluded with a picnic, with local speak ers, at Syndicate park. Toronto. Ont. Sept. 6. For the first time in the history of the domin ion Labor day waa celebrated by a general suspension of business in dif ferent cities and towns throughout Canada. In this city a big parade wm held, ending in a picnic at the island, where addresses were delivered by Sir Oliver Mowat and others. GERMAN RITUAL MUST GO. Supreme Lodge, Knights of 1'jrthlas, Adepts the Msjeritj Keport. Washington, Sept. 8. The much mooted German question has been de cided by the supreme lodge of Knight of Pythias by a decisive vote agains permitting tho use of the ritual in other than the English language. Two votes were taken. The firat, on the substi tution of the minority report to give the German lodges five years of grace in which to adopt the English ritual, resulted 74 to 41 against the minority report. Then the majority report was adopted by a vote of 7if to 36. Sitting in committee of the whole the supreme lodge approved the unan imous report of the committee on the state of the order recommending that saloonkeepers, bartenders and profes sional gamblers be declared ineligi ble to membership, but not affecting those who have already become mem bers. I. lg Forest i lrri In Ontario. Toronto, Ont, Sept, 4. Forest fires are raging in various parts of tho province. At Grand Valley many acres of crops have been burned. Bush fires are devastating Bruce coun ty, near Markham, where a fifty-acre swamp has been burning two weeks. Around Dundalk whole fields of grain and miles of forest are destroyed. In Melanthon and Amaran, the townships near Shelburne. 40 miles of territory is on tire and twelve farm houses have been burned. The whole mountain range north of Milton has been burning three days. Hundreds of men are fighting flames. Mother and Child Burn. Stkubenville, O., Sept. 7. Mrs. Per rine, a well-to-do resident of New Cum berland, W. Va., poured oil from a can into the fire Tuesday night. The can exploded, throwing the burning liquid over her 2-year-old child. Both were burned to death. AtriT-np.v FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. E. T. Debs and Other A. It. IT. Men on Trial Itt-foro Judge Woods. Chicago, Sept. 7. The contempt case against President E. V. Debs and the other officers and directors of the American Railway union, continued from July 25, was re sumed before Judge Woods in the United States appellate court room in the Monadnock block at 10 a.m. Wednesday. All of the defendants except President Debs were in court. It was announced that Mr. Debs was in Chicago, but that he was ill and con fined to his apartments. It was agreed to proceed with the case just as if he were present. The case made up of the informa tjVn filed by the government and the case brought against the defendants hy the Santa Fe railroad, it was agreed should be tried together. Mr. Gregory, for the defense, moved for a trial by jury. Judge Woods said that as this was but a procedure for contempt of an injunction he would, for the present, overrule the motion. He would hear the motion at the right time. He must hear the evi dence first in the equity case. Mr. Milchrist then took up the in formation filed against Hogan, Burns, and other directors of the American Railway union, and said it was the same as that filed against Debs and others in the first infor mation. It specified that for three days after the injunction had been issued, the American Rail way union, by its officers and upon their order, had kept certain railroads from operating their lines in Chicago and had thereby interfered with inter state commerce and the carrying of the United States mails. A MOB'S" WORK. (six Arrested NfRrwi Are Shot to Death In Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 4. A mob of armed and masked farmers inter cepted an officer on his way to Milling ton with six negro prisoners at 11 o'clock Ftiday night and shot the handcuffed prisoners dead in the wagon in which they were being hauled to jail for trial. Recently there have been a number of fires in the vicinity of Millington under such circumstances as to indi cate that they were the work of an or ganized gang of incendiaries. Cotton gins, numerous barns and other out houses, and one or two dwell- ings have been burned and the diabolical work culminated in the destruction of the buildings on the fair grounds at Millington. Sev eral negroes were charged with com plicity, in these deeds of arson, and 3'esterday evening Deputy Sheriff Rich ardson arrested Dan Hawkins, Glenn White, Warner Williams, John Hughes, Ed Hall and Robert Haines, all col ored, on warrants charging them with the crime. T l.e n en were not masked, but nei ther the deputy nor the driver, Atkins, recognized any of them. None of them lives in that community, and it was quite dark where th? murderous work was done. Deputy Richardson immediately ap prised the justice of the peace of what had been done. A jury was sum moned, consisting of four negroes and eight white men, and an inquest held. The verdict was in accordance with the facts as detailed by the only two witnesses. JAPS IN A PANIC. Nvared by the Action of the American Consul at Shanichai. Shanghai, Sept. 7. The recent sur render to the Taotai outside the settle ment limits hy the American consul of two Japanese who were recently ar rested accused of being spies and who had been under the pro tection of the United States has created a panic among the Japanese in thiscountrj-. The latter believed themselves to be safe under the protection of the United States, and their alarm is increased in view of the report that their two country men now in the hands of the Taotai are to be immediately executed. The Chinese authorities, when the prisoners were surrendered, pledged thetnselte not to tor ture the captives and to give them a fair trial. All the Japanese in this city, numbering about 700, are making preparations to leave at the earliest moment possible. Mau3 have already nl. The Yokohama specie bank branch here is transferring its busi ness to the Comptoir d'Escompte dur ing the war. The Japanese merchants are selling out their business and pre paring to leave the country. lorcnt Fires In the East. Bradford, Pa., Sept. 4. Forest fires are raging all along the line of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh rail road. Reports from all points on the narrow gauge roads state that the woods are on fire for miles, and the damage will be heavy unless rain should fall. The woods along the pike to Corydon are on tire for miles, and oil property in the vicinity of the west branch is threatened. Should the fire spread to the oil field serious con sequences would result. On the big level between Mount Jewett and this city and the head of the west branch the woods are ablaze, and several oil-well rigs are reported blazing. At Song Bird and (Quintuple the woods are a roaring mass of flames and vitt uable property is being destroyed. As yet no loss of life is reported and the extent of the damage cannot Ins esti mated. Offers 5,000 for Lynchers. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 7. Got. Ttirney has offered a reward of 55,000 for the apprehension of the persons en gaged in the lynching of six negroes near Millington. Shelby county, last Friday night. The governor has ex pressed a determination to do all in his power to bring the murderers to justice, and says that lynchings in Tennessee must stop. .Many Persons Keported Drowned. London. Sept. 4. Twenty people are reported to have been drowned in a boat ?n an accident on Morecam bay, near L vncastec. 121 at Law,f -A PETTY PILFERINGS CEASED. Proprietor Doctored Some Lozenges and Left Them on Ills Desk. He was in the habit of keeping odd cigars, chocolates and things of that sort lj-ing around his office desk, and the clerks, messengers and office boy were in the habit of helping themselves without so much as asking the priv ilege. It was sometime before he took any official notice of it. But of late he could scarcely turn around before every thing was gone. When this freedom finally extended to the disappearance of little boxes of bon-bons purchased for his wife he began to inquire into it. "It's that boy," suggested the clerk. "Indeed, I never tech 'em," said the boy. "Ererybody what comes along bites into everything." The ne:ct day the proprietor brought home some doctored lozenges and went out to lunch, leaving a box half full on his desk in plain sight. About an hour after his return to the office one of tho clerks in the next room came in and asked to be excused for the rest of the day on account of illness. As soon as the man had gone an investigation of the lozenge box betrayed the fact that all had disappeared. He rang his bell and the ollice boy appeared, pale a d trembling. "Look here, Billy," says he, "I left some lozenges on my desk at noon I hope you " "No, sir, I didn't see 'em." "I'm glad of that," said the employer. 'Of course, you wouldn't have touched '.hem. I was afraid that 3'ou might have done so. Not that they were of any value particularly, but lecauso they were fixed up for cat medicine. You see "' Hut Billy suddenly bolted for the door. His unceremonious exit was im mediately followed by the entrance of another clerk. lie was accompanied by a man friend, and both looked high ly embarrassed and uneasy. Billy had rushed in upon them and told them in an awful whisper that they had all been poisoned. They manfully faced the music. "I we that is" "Ah, I see!" interrupted the Ioss. "You. too, have been eating my cat medicine!" He tried to look serious, b"t his is not a serious nature, and he laughed instead. The young men be gan to brace up. "Then they ain't were not poisoned? Billy says they were fixed for rats, sir. I know we oughtn't to have eaten thein, but" " Oh. they were not exactly poisoned, but lets see (taking out his watch) if you'll go down to the corner drug store and take an emetic you'll be all right in a short time." Both young men disappeared in a twinkling, and the laughing old practi cal joker leaned back in his chair and lighted a fresh cigar. "It is well enough not to let them off to easily," he soliloquized. "They'd have gotten over it in about another minute." There are no more petty pilferings around that office. But then that of fice boy has never come back. N. Y. Herald. WOMEN DISGUISED AS MEN. Romantic Stories Recalled by .a ISritUh War Ollice Incident. The late Col. Burnaby told of the discovery of a woman who served as a sold'.cr in the ranks of the army of Don Carlos in 1874. She wore the uniform and lived and fought just as the other soldiers, but a priest in whose parish she htid lived identified her. Don Car los removed her to the nurses' quar ters, but she begged to be sent back to tho ranks. He laughed. "Not to the regiment of men, but when I form a bi.ttalion of women you shall be colonel." In Australia not so many years ago tb.erc was a woman who traveled under the alias of Edward de Lacy Evans. For years she was a miner at Bendigo She is stated to have been married as a man three times. Her true sex was discovered upon her reception into Kew lunatic asvlum. She eventually re covered her reason and returned to the outer world. The career of Mary Ann Talbot con tains a still further flavor of romance. Sho was the reputed daughter of the earl of Talbot, and at fourteen years sho fell into the hands of a certain Capt. Bowen of the royal navy. The captain, being, ordered to San Domin go, took her with him, disguised as a page boy. When Capt. Bowen was killed in action Mary Ann changed her flag and entered the French navy. She then entered the American merchant marine. She quickly of course, still in male disguise became a favorite with the captain of the vessel, and he took her home with him. His niece fell in love with the pretty sailor boy, as she considered Iiim, and proposed marriage herself. The proposal Mary Ann deemed it prudent to ac cept, and it was arranged that the marriage should 1 celebrated on the sailors return from the next voyage. It is hardly necessary to say that this gay deceiver had no intention whatever of going back. Landing in England, Mary Ann was arrested as a deserter from the British navy, and. to el;:ape further service, she confessed hc-r sex. The story of h-.r adventures immediately spread abrotd and created a considerable sensatioL at the time. The then duke of Yori: procured for her a pension, and she received numer ous and handsome presents from him and from others. It is strikingly noticeable that many of these Amazons were fatally attrac tive to their own sex. As we have seen, Mary Ann Talbot unwittingly capti vated the heart of the American cap tain's niece, while "Edward de Lacy Evans," who married three wives, must also have been a very pretty fellow. Loudon Truth Queen Elizabeth was called Good Queen Bess by her friends and Bloody Bess by her enemit-s. She was also designated the Maiden Queen, tho Queen of Virgins, the Unturned Heifer, Fortune's Empress, the Glory of Her 5ex, the Miracle of Time, Astnra. Ori ana, the True Diana, Glorinna and oth tr names respectful and the contrary. " ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOK HILOH!S CU