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LINCOLN. NEB., THUKSDAY, OCT. 22, 1891.
NO.
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meitna of notifying subscribers 01 the ante
of their expirations wo will mark thin notice
with a blue or red pencil. on the date at which
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ce wed or that time it will be discontinued.
POETKY.
For the Fabsieks' Aixiahce.
How to Preserve It.
"Preserve th ) dignity and Integrity of the
supreme court "Omaha Bee.
Once on a time the g e. p.
In agony were pleading,
Ta have the court supreme preserved
For corporations feeding.
Preserve tho honor aow Indeed
Of our court most supreme sir.
Prestrvinir rotten eggs would be
Time better spent we deem sir.
The courts inter rlty we know
Is of co poor a flavor.
Preserved, r pickled, dried ot canned.
Of corporate love twould saver.
Their dignity we'd glad preserve
ir It could be obtained sir.
But that Also they threw away
When lioyd the alien reigned sir.
The fruit of which preserves are made.
Books all agree with reason.
Though ripe must never be decayed
go these are out of senn.
And when -our Joo" gets on the bsich
Wh'cb be so well deserves fir,
Ho'll save the pi ep e lots of f us
And make his own nreBerves sir.
Mai. J. T. Kei.i.ie.
For the Farmers' Alliance
Right Shall Reign.
Tune Jksub Bavks.1
Chec-r the toilers far;and near:
liight shall reignt Bight shall reign!
Truth at last shtll triumph here:
Right shall reign! Right shall reign!
Every despot soon shall be
Shorn of strength by this refrain
Truth Bhall make the millions free
Right shall roign! RUht shall reign!
Give tho winds the welcome sound :
Right shall rclgnl Kight shall reign!
Answer this to all around:
Right shall reign! Right shall reign!
Bhout from each Alliance farm.
Knights of Labor swell tho strain
Let tho thunder kings alarm:
Right shall reign! Right shall reign !,
Tremble ye who grasp the earth:
Right shall reign! Right Bhall reign!
Each shall share by equal birth;
Right shall reign I Right shall reign !
Man no more enslaved snail be,
Hunger-forced to beg the chain;
Earth shall hold her Jubilee:
Right shall reign! Right shall reign!
Hear tho news to all the poor:
Right shall roign I Right shall reign !
Nail it on the factory's door;
Rlghtshall reign! Reht shall relgu!
Sound it down the dismal mines.
Waft it o'er the fruitful plains;
Where tho light of Justice shines, -
Right sh ill relgol Right shall reign!
Oeomgs H. Uibsos.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 20.
Noblesse Oblige.
If I am week and you are strong,
Why then, why then.
To you the braver deeds belong;
And so, again,
If you have gifts and I have none,
ir I have shade and ynu have sua,
Tis yours with freet h nd to give,
Tls yours with truer graoe to live,
Than I, Who glftless, sunless, stand
With barren life and hand.
'Tls wisdom's law, the perfect code,
By lovfl inspired;
Of hirr on whom much is bestowed
Is much rryuired.
Tho tuneful throat is bid to sing.
The otik must re no tho forest's king;
The ruitllng stream the wheel must move.
The beaten steel its siren jth must prove.
Tis given unto the eagle's eyes
To face the midday skies.
Carlotta Perry in Uoston Transcript.
NEBRASKA NOTES.
Auburn voted against a proposition to
issue tfi.000 in bonds to build a ward
school.
' Nemaha county will vote on the propo
sition to issue $5C,C00 in bonds to build a
court house. .
Robert Wright.oue of York's oldest citi
zens, died. He was 7tJ years old and a
Met hodist minister.
The total assessed valuation of Kearney
is $1,333,000, and a large share of that is
railromi assessments.
Frank Hart and Frank Field, wanted at
MoCook for burglarizing a jewelry store,
were captured at Huntings.
The Nebraska Woman's Suffrage asso
ciation wiil hold its tenth annual meeting
at HastinRS October 37 and 23.
A postofiice has been established it
Winuston, Kuox county, with John C.
Culbertaua as postmaster.
Miss Florence Carleton of Adams h3
gone insane, due to grief o'er the recent
accidental death of a brother.
A horse became fast in a railroad bridg
near Fremont and a freight train was
stopped just in time to avert a wreck.
I. G. Dongau of Fairbury shipped a car
load of Clydesdale horses to Richmond,
Ind., where they were sold at auction.
The twelfth annual state convention of
the Young Men's Christian association ot
Nebraska meets in Lincoln November 5 to
8.
The store of John M. Persiuger, at Cen
tral City, was entered by burglars and a
quaiuty of xloves, jewelry and cigars
taken.
In Jefferson county several lots of hogs
have been r.ttacked by hydrophobia and
-their owners have been compelled to kill
them.
Alice Cox of Blair was rescued from an
Omaha theatre by her father, where she
was appearing with the "London Gaiety
Girls."
James Kirk, a brakeman, was badly in
jured near Rutland by being knocked
from the train while passing a cattle
chute.
The barn of J. II. Toshe burned at Ban
croft and four horses and two colts were
cremated. One of the horses kicked over
a lantern.
Mrs. W". G. Miller of Osceola narrowly
.' escaped from burning up while working
around a cook stove with a cloth saturat
ed with kerssene.
The lightningod fiends are getting in
their work around Liberty. One farmer
paid ti'iO for a few feet of worthless rod
' and a few sample points,
John Cinaway was killed by the prema
ture discharge ot a cannon at St. Paul,
Neb., which was to be fired in honor ot
Bishop Scanncl of Omaha.
GREAT INVENTIONS.
Thomas A. Edison Makes Electricity
Practical on Railroads.
A FAST ELECTEI0 M0T0E.
Btreet Cars That Will Pick Vp th Cur
rent Through One Line of Ball and
Return It to the Power Station
Through the Other.
New Yoke, Oct 20. Thomas A. Ed
ison, the electrical wizard, bas just
completed two inventions before the
wonderful And far reaching results of
which other recent discoveries are com
paratively insignificant. One is the
practical application of electricity to
great railroad lines, by which speed far
beyond anything achieved by steam
may be attained, and the other the ap
plication of electricity to the propulsion
of street cars without the use of danger
ous, unsightly and inconvenient over
bead construction.
The general principle of the street car
invention is that the electric current
passed down through one line of rails is
picked up by the car, passes through
the motor beneath it, and goes out on
the other side and returns through the
other line of rails to the central power
station.
The experiments have been fully com
pleted and the invention passes out of
the first experimental stage into the sec
ond stage, its adaptation to practical
work. The experiments have been made
by Mr. Edison for the Edison General
Electric company, and until Mr. Edison
has turned the invention over to that
company for actual work the minute
details of the invention are of necessity
withheld from the public.
Mr. Edison's other discovery is to ob
viate the difficulty met in the attain
ment of high speed on the ordinary
steam railways, which is the interfer
ence of steam. The injection and ex
haust of the steam into and from the
cylinders is so rapid in its alternation
that beyond a certain limit it is im
possible to work, and this is an inherent
defect in all steam propulsion because
of the necessity of the conversion of re
ciprocating motion into rotary motion.
In the new electric motor this difficulty
vanishes, and the limit of speed is only
that of the endurance of the machinery
and the strength of the tracks.
With this invention of Mr. Edison a
speed of 100 miles or more an hour will
be more easily attainable than the or
dinary speed of fifty or sixty miles an
hour. This is also in the hands ot the
Edison General Electric .company, and
negotiations are now in progress for the
application of the system to one of the
long lines of railway.
OKLAHOMA'S CAPITAL FIGHT.
Governor Steele's Retirement Likely to
Reopen the Contest.
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 20. Colonel
James Mitchell, a prominent Oklahoma
politician, said that the retirement of
Governor Steele meant an immediate
reopening of the capital city fight, as
none of the prominent towns of the ter
ritory would be willing to see any other
have so strong a pull for the prize as
would be the possession of a governor
whose personal interests would natur
ally lead him to favor the town to which
he bflonged. Kingfisher has brought out
Judge A. J, Seay, and will get a large
part of wester Oklahoma to indorse
him. Guthrieis champion is John Dill,
with W. P. Hackney is also in the race,
and Oklahoma City "is urging the claims
of Judge D. Green. Meetings are being
held at all these points, and resolutions
indorsing the several claimants are be
ing telegraphed to the president, while
hundreds of personal messages are being
sent to Wilshiugtonians supposed to
havo influence. Governor Steele's
resignation is said to be due to his ac
ceptance of the presidency of some big
gun manufacturing corporation in tha
east.
Northwestern Miller's Report.
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 20. The
Northwestern Miller reports: The in
crease in wheat stock of Minneapolis
private elevators is 722,000 bushels,
making the total in such houses 1,131,
000 bushels. The stock of Minneapolis
and Duluth an authorized 1,107,811
bushels, or 6-10,850 bushels more than
last Monday. The Market Record fig
ures the stock of wheat in country ele
vators in Minuesota and the two Dako
tas at 1,779,700 bushels or 343.500 bnsh
els more than last week. This makes
the aggregate northwest stocks 9,878,
00(1 bushels, an increase for the week of
3 ,05,0t0, but a year ago the total stock
was 11, 203,00, bushel.
Tolpsruphic Trouble.
New York, Oct. 20. Press Agent
Somerville, of the Western Union Tele
graph company, has issued a statement
regarding 'the- trouble between his com
pany and the New York Associated
Press, declaring, in substance, that the
latter orgafizUtion refused to pay rent
for leased wires and that the Western
Union had no resourse but to take them
out of the Associated Press offices in
New York. They are now working
over the wires of the Postal Telegraph.
Two Years hi Jail for Debt.
Goshen-, Ind., Oct. 20. The famous
Phillip Bullion case was agan brought
to the attention of the court. Bullion,
who is an aged and infirm man, was
placed in jail nearly two years ago
under capais proceedings because of lits
failure to pay a debt of $i;48 which he
owed Isigels Carter. Ho claimed inabil
ity to pay,but was lodged in jail and for
two years has been imprisoned.
Hie l.icycln Rare.
New York, Oct. 20. The score at 2
a. m. was: Ashinger, 32is miles; Mar
tin, 30.-; Edlin. 320; Lamb, 318; Shock,
307; Robb, 282; Albert, 270; Prince. 264;
Boyst, 240; Lnmsden, 238; Stage, 236;
Wood, 194; O Flanagan. 139.
I'lit-ncll's Mother.
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 20. Mrs. Delia
Parnell, mother jf the lata Charles
Stewart Parnell, has so far recovered
from her nervous prostration that she
has taken a journey to Iluladelphia,
where she will remain- with friend
Later she will so to Atlantic City,
CHARTERED TO MAKE RAIN.
Holbourae Form a Company to Water
Kansas Farms.
Topeea, Oct 20. A. B. Montgomery
ofGoodland, Kan., where Melbourne
recently made his rain making experi
ments, filed with the secretary of state
the charter of the Artificial Rain-Producing
company. As directors there
are named six Stephens county men.
The capital is placed at $100,000, and
the object is stated to be to "Furnish
water to the public by producing and
increasing the fall of rain," by the
Melbourne plan. Melbourne will do
the rain producing, and the company
ha' contracted to pay him 10 cents per
acre for all the land watered by hint
next season.
IllinoU Farmer.
Sfringtield, Oct. 20. -The state con
vention of the Farmers' Alliance met
here this afternoon. Probably an en
tire set of officers with the exception of
secretary will be elected. The question
of joining the third party will be tho
principal subject. It is not likely the
Alliaucewill join the Cincinnati or
ganization. Trans-Mississippi Congress,
Omaha. Oct. 20 The Trans-Missis
sippi congress effected an organisation
nril, r'lmrlaa T. Tlinnm nf Dpnver a.1
chairman. Delegates from nine states
ana territories were present.
FEEE MAIL TO FARMERS.
An Organized Effort Under Way to Oet
Deliveries Made in the
Country.
New York, Oct. 20. An organized
effort is under way among the farmers
to secure free mail delivery in the coun
try towns. The Farmers' Alliance,
Patrons of Industry and other orders
are canvassing the matter. Letters are
being written to congressmen in favor
of the project, and petitions to congress
are being circulated in different parts
of the country. The farmers assert that
a daily delivery at their doors will add
to the money value of their farms and
will he worth still more, because it will
keep tnein in touch with the markets
and the outside world.
Sam Small's Open Letter.
Boston, Oct. 20. The Herald prints
the following:
To the Editor of The Herald.
The long and labored statements and
misstatements in the article entitled
"Sam Small on Bail" in The Journal is a
specimen of brilliant Republican cam
paigning. The transaction involved is one
with plain business features, which I am
perferetly willingjshall be passed upon by
the courts of Massachusetts, and with a
jury drawn from the editorial staff of The
Journal. On their oaths the gentlemen
will do me the justice they defly rue as
journalists, unless they are really Ultra
Republicans of the Quay-Da rdsley type.
Respectfully Sam W. Small.
In conversation with a reporter Mr.
Small was not inclined to enter into the
details of the transaction on which his
arrest was based, but affirmed that he
was not guilty of any wrong doing, and
that there was nothing on his part that
would not bear investigation in any
court. The Herald adds: "The im
pression by the articles in question is
that the action against Mr. Small is of
a criminal character, whereas it is a
civil suit." -
BOYD-THAYER CASE ADVANCED.
Set for Hearing in December by the Su
preme Court.
Washington, Oct. 20. The United
States supreme court has advanced the
hearing of the case of Boyd vs. Thayer,
arising out of the contest over tho Ne
braska governorship and assigned it
for argument on the first Monday in
December.
Congcl Mard's Resignation.
New York, Oct. 20. Senor Mard,
consul general of the Argentine Repub
lic and a prominent merchant of this
city, has resigned 'his official position,
and the consulships of Uruguay and
Paraguay, which he also held. Senor
Mard, who is a Cuban by birth, pre
sided at the exercises rently held by
the Cuban residents of tftis city in com
memoration of their declaration of in
dependence. This, it seems, roused the
ire of the Spanish minister at Washing
ton and ho protested to the Argentine
minister at Washington against Senor
Mard's action. Senor Mard heard or
this and immediately resigned so as to
remove all embarrassment from the re
public which he represents.
Florilas Spiiatorial Contest.
Tallah.' ssee, Oct. 20. The seal of
the state of Florida and the signature
of the secretary of state have been at
tached to a copy of the proceedings of
the joint session of the legislatnre, in
cluding the proceedings of May 26,
when Mr. Call was elected Ucitcd States
senator. The attorney general has de
clined to institute proceedings in the su
preme court for the issuance of a man
damus to compel the secretary of state
to sign the seal and the appointment ol
Davidson, as directed by Governor
Fleming.
The Cherokee Couunisxlou.
Arkansas City. Oct. 20. The Chero
kee commission left this city and went
to Ponca Agency, where they will en
deavor to treat for the Ponca's land
From there they will go to Pawnee.
Tankway and Otoe Reservations. At
Ponca Captain Woodson has established
a permanent camp, and has two com
panies of troops with him.
A Convention of the Kpworth Leng-uc.
Toi-eka, Kan , Oct. 20. The twelfth
general conference district convention
of the Epworth league for Kansas, Mis
souri and Illinois met in this city for a
two days' session. The Epworth league
of this state will meet in convention
Thursday and Friday. Six hundred
delegates are present.
' Trczcla's Appeal Dismissed.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 20 In tho
court of appeals the appeal of the New
York Murderer Trezzia frorr. the re
fusal of the lower court to stay his exe
cution by electricity, was dismissed.
Trezzia's execution is not hastened, a:)
his case is before the United States su
preme court on a similar question.
GET BIGJALARIES.
Fat Fees Are Received bj Many Ju
dicial Clerks.
MAKE MORE THAN JUDGES.
Tue Double and Triple Salary Question
Receiving the Attention of Controller
Matthews Decrease In the Mum.
ber of Army Desertions.
Washington, Oct. 80. Controller
Matthews will take hold of the doable
and triple salary question in his annual
report, which will soon be out. - It is
probable he wili recommend legislation
which will settle just bow many offices
one man shall be paid for holding.
Court offices are the fattest in the way
of fees, which amount to the same
thing as salaries. The attempt in one
or two cases to add the functions and
the pay of the clerks of the new appel
late courts to individuals already hold
ing the district and the circuit court
clerkships, as well as the United States
commissionorship, has caused an in
quiry to be made into some of these
judicial perquisites.
In no case is the Judge sitting on the
bench able to keep up with his clork in
the matter of income. Until lately,
with a few exceptions, tho district
judges got only $V00. They now get
$T,U00, but even that has not brought
them up to the level of clerks' earnings.
The judges themselves take the matter
good naturedly and never try to equal
ize salaries. Under the feeystem they
don't think it possible. They will tell
how the chief justice of the United
States get $H,50(, and the clerk of the
supreme clerk makes anywhere from
$.0,000 to 125,000. It would be looked
upon as beneath the dignity of the
justices to complain of inequality, and
uone of them begrudges Clerk McKunna
his comfortable income. So the judgei
of the lower courts adopt the same tone.
The treasury officials, however, look
upon it as a plain business matter.
They think one piacs and one sr.lary
are enough, though they don't blame
any of the present clerks for benefiting
by a practice which has grown up.
But they are going to break it up if
possible.
May Succeed Itanin,
Washington, Oct. 20. Governor
Steele of Oklahoma has been sent for to
como to Washington. There is consid
erable mystery about the business which
brings him here at this time. One state
ment, and it has some plausibility on its
face, is that the president desires a talk
with Governor Steele with the view of
asking him to take' General Raum's
place at the head of the pension office.
Nobody doubts that Rail in is to retire
next month or as soon as his successor
can be fonnd. Steele is exceptionally
well qualified for the place. He was a
brigadier general of Indiana volunteers.
He served in congress until two years
ago, and was especially prominent in
pension legislation. lie is now a mem
ber of the board of governors of nation
al soldiers, homes.
Decrease In the Number of Desertions.
Washington, Oct. 20, A leading fea
ture of Secretary Proctor's forthcoming
annual report will be his remarks on the
subject of army desertions. He will
show conclusively that what has been
the army's greatest abuse for the last
twenty-five years and was thought by
many to be beyond correction is not
only on the wane, but at the same ratio
of decrease which has obtained during
the ikst two years will within a corre
sponding period be wiped ont entirely.
By returns just compiled for the month
of September it is shown that there
were only 121 desertions. This reduces
the percentage for the year to 5.8 per
cent, of the total enlisted strength, the
lowest percentage known since the war.
Will Po Built at Dubuque.
Washington, Oct. 20. Iowa has se
cured the contract for buildinghe tor
pedo boat No. 2, the Iowa iron works
of Dubuque having secured the work
at a bid of $113,5u0, tho boat to be fin
ished within a year.
Treasurer Woodruff's Demurrer,
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 20. The
trial of ex-State Treasurer Woodruff,
charged with embezzlement, was begun
in the Pulaski circuit conrt. The de
fense entered a demurrer to the indict
ment, claiming that it was defective on
account of its failure to specify the
crime committed by the defendant.
The defense held that no settlement be
tween the state and Woodruff has been
made according to law and consequent
ly he has committed no crime. About
thirty witnesses have been summoned.
A Huce Track Accident.
Independence, la., Oct. 20. Thfc
races here attracted good crowds. In
the first heat the 2-year-old three minute
trot Queen of the West, owned by
Charles I. Duthu of Peoria, Ills., was
crowded and collided with another
sulky, which caused her to run away.
The driver was thrown ont on the track,
escaping without serious injuries, but
the mare ran two miles before she was
stopped. The sulky was utterly de
molished and the mare badly cnt, caus
ing her to be drawn.
Itulmaccda Dead Enough,
New Yokk, Oct. 20. Charles R. Flint
& Co. of this city discredit the assertion
made by two numbers of Balciaceda's
staff now in tlris country that the Chil
ian ex-president is alive and either in
New York or Europe. One cf themem
Ixts of the firm said that the proofs of
Bnlmacedas death were too well au
thenticated to leave room lor doul?.
Sa.vs He Is Innocent.
Leavenwokth, Kan., Oct. 20 C. A.
Benson, convicted of the murder of Mrs.
Mettman, has written a letter to a local
paper asserting his innocence and accus
ing the victim's husband and her daugh
ter of having committed the crime.
Little stock is taken in the statement.
A Live Stock Insurance Company Falls.
Chicago, Oct. 20. Judge Collins ap
pointed James Lloyd receiver for the
Economic Mutual Live Stock Insurance
company on petition of the attorney
general. The insolvency of the com
pany was admitted by the officers.
SUED FOR NEARLY A MILLION.
Bill Filed Acslnst ex-President Boey ky
tha Adams Express Company.
Trentox, N. J,, Oct, 20. TtwAdama
Express company, through " President
Ilenry Sanf ord, filed a bill in the United
States court against ex-President John
Hoey to recover $7&0,000 he is alleged to
bave misappropriated. The only nev
allegation passed was: That he fraud
ulently used the Adams Express check
to pay off 1 )',O0 mortgage executed to
the Guarantee Trust company of Phil
adelphia by Mrs. Hoey. The complain
ant asks for a full accounting by the
defendant and a lien on Hollywood
(Long Branch) where the oomplainant
ays most of the money went. Permis
sion was asked to sell the shares of tha
Southern Express company which Hoey
deposited as security for 35,000 bor
rowed from the Adams Express company-
A Masked Highwayman Got the Bos.
Redding, Cal., Oct. 20. A masked
highwayman armed with a double-barreled
shot gun stopped the Redding and
Weaverville stage about a mile from
this place and compelled tha driver to
handover the Wells-Fargo treasure box.
None of the passengers were molested.
The loss is said to be small. A posse
has started in pursuit of the robber.
THE FIEE RECORD,
Costly Blaze at Pittsburg Three Persona
Injured, One Fatally Wine
Warehouse Burned.
PrrrsBCRG, Oct. 20. An explosion of
natural gas in Seaman's carpet store,
Allegheny City, set fire to the building
and seriou-ily injured three persons. Tha
building was entirely destroyed and the
fire continues to spread. The injnred
are: F. J. Milliard, a gas company em
ploye; William Seaman and an unknown
woman. Milliard will probably die.
Tho explosion was caused by looking
for a gas leak with a lighted caudle.
The tire was finally confined to the Sea
man building. Loss, 7.',000.
Wine Warehouse Iturned.
Passaic, N. J Oct. 20. The ware
house of the New Jersey Wine company
burned. Loss, 1100,000. The oilico of
the Passaic Daily Item was also des
troyed. ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE.
An Engine's Boiler Kxplodei Spreading
Death aud Dlstruotion.
Pottsville. Pa., Oct. 20. A terrible
accident occurred at Tuckers' watch
box, a short distance below St. Clair, in
which three men were killed and one
fatally Injured. A mountain engine on
the Philadelphia and Reading road was
drawing a train of empties up the tho
grade when the boiler exploded, com
pletely demolishing the engine, tearing
tip the tracks and doing great damage
to telegraph lines and surroundings.
The names of the killed are: Charles
Warnicker, brakeman, of SL Clair;
Harry Wagner, engineer, of Port Car
bon; Mahlon Keehe. fireman. Charles
Uauer, brakeman, of St. Clair, is fatally
injured. The men were in the engine
cab when the explosion took place. No
cause is assigned for the explosion, the
engine being jut out of the shop,
Fatal Wreck on the Santa Fe.
Wichita, Kan., Oct. 20. A wreck on
the Santa Fe, about ten miles south of
here, resulted in the instant death of
two men, fatal injury to another and
bad fractures and scalds to two more.
The dead and wounded were all on an
engine sent down to the relief of a stock
train near Derby. The locomotive had
been to the scene of the wreck and was
returning to tho city for more help
when it jumped the track and plunged
into a deep ditch, turning a complete
eomersault, and burying its human
freight. Frank Mulvey, yardraaster,
and Thomas Wade, fireman, were killed.
Phil Reymer, engineer, had both legs
fractured and was fatally burned.
Frank Young and James Martin weTe
badlv hurt. All the men belonged to
Wichita.
Shot Down by Mexicans.
Rio Grande City, Tex., Oct. 20.
Sunday morning, on the Mexican side,
three men were shot by the government
forces under command ot General
Lorenzo Garcia. Two of them w,we
cowboys who have been working near
Victoria and who incautiously crossed
the river without a permit from the
Mexican consul on this side. The other,
Juan Bazan, an army meat contractor,
was suspected of revolutionary senti
ment. General Garcia ordered their
peremptory execution.
Ill and Despondent.
Cortland, N. Y., Oct. 20. Mrs.
Samuel Williams, the wifo of a promi
nent farmer at Willets, disappeared
Sunday. A search was made and re
sulted in the finding of her body in an
ice house. Her throat was cut from ear
to ear. A razor was found by her side
which she had taken from her home.
Mrs. Williams was 73 years old. The
cause of her rash act was probably des
pondency. She was ill and almost help
less and imagined she was in the way of
her family and friends. "
Driven Ashuro by Storm.
Lewes, Del., Oct. 20. The schooner
Rebecca J. Evans, Captain B. M. Fer
nendez, from Brava, Cape Verde island,
for Boston, put into the breakwater for
repairs and provisions. She encoun
tered a severe gale Oct. 2, and consid
erable of the vessel's material was
washed off deck. The vessel is leaking
badly. Seven passengers are on board,
including two ladies.
Wilson Found Guilty.
New York, Oct. 20. Sylvester
Franklin Wilson, the projector of female
base ball kams, who has been on trial
here for fro past seven days, charged
with abducting 10-year-old Libby Sun
derland of Binghamton, N. Y., has been
convicted of the crime. The jury was
out but ten minutes. Under his con
viction Wilson is liable to be sentenced
to five years' imprisonment and fined
1 1,000.
Candidates Withdrawn.
LrscotN, Oct. 20. The two Demo
cratic nominees for regents of the State
university have filed their declination
with the secretary of state.
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45 inch English
Serges cut from
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A QDEERCHARITY.
Revival of Bull Fighting in the
j City of Mexico. ,..
Mia Animals Slaughter. d to Furnish
Amusement to a Shouting Multitude,
Canadian Ministers Design United
Irish Party Needed John Dillon.
1 City of Mexico, Oct. 20. Th revi
val of bull fighting in the City of Mexi
co was in the name of charity. A com
mittee of ladies of this capital with Mrs.
Diaz, the wife of the president, at their
hAkd organized the show for the bene
fit ot the sufferers of the flood in Spain.
It wns one of the greatest spectacles of
the Mexican sport ever witnessed oil
the North American continent. Ths
Mine set was 2:30 in the afternoon. It
is estinlfftfcl that 12,009 persons were
present. Two military farads were pre
sent and four companies of infantry
served to insure good order. Nine bulb
of celebrated breed were killed amid tha
bravos of the spectators. The animals
had been trained for the occasion and
many of tha matadors had narrow es
capes. President Diaz and party left the ring
during the killing of the eighth bull. The
pandurillos that had been stuck into the
bulls were after the fight sold by ped
dlers at extravagant prices. This was
one of the greatest fights Mexico has
seen for years and the amount received
for admission fees is supposed to reach
$25,000,
Dillon Favored.
London, Oct isO. John Dillon's
speech eulogizing Parnell has considera
bly softened the feeling of the Parnell
ites toward him, especially as it was
covered with a repudiation of the at
tack of the Dublin Catholic on Par
nell's memory. There is now believed
to be a possibility ot reconciliation un
der Dillon. No one doubts the trnth of
Dillun's statement that he loved Par
nell, and there is only one speech of
Dillon's on record in "which he antag
onized Parnell strongly, and that whs
on the subject of ttie Paris fund and de
livered a few days before Parnell's
death. Before going to jail Dillon had
been careful to keep a moderate course.
He hoped that dissension would come to
an end before his release. Upon being
liberated he threw his lot in with the
McCarthyites, but he never used per
sonally abusive terms regarding Par
nell and ths utmost charged against
him by the Parnellites is that when
an offensive term was used in his pres
ence he failed to rebuke it. There is no
proof that he heard it, and if he did he
probably thought it best to ignore it.
Dillon is undoubtedly considered by the
Tories the strongest man of the two
factions and the most positive and com
manding character.
Ready for Reconstruction
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 'JO. It is stated
in reliable quarters that Premier Ab
BIM
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cut from U1.75 to
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24 in Plush
colors cut from.
$1-25 to
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20 inch colored
Faille Silk cut
from 1.00
. 771-2c.
24 inch Black
Faille Silk cut
from $1.50 to
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bott holds in his hands the resignation
of every member of his cabinet, hia
ministers having tendered their part
folios to the premier in view of the con
templated reconstrnctibn of his minis
try. While these resignations have not
been accepted, it places Premier Abbott
in a position to act freely till the time)
for reconstruction arrives, as all he baa
now to do is to accept any one of these)
resignations when he wishes to make
room for new blood in his government.
This is following a precedent set by the
colleagues of the late Sir John Macdon
ald, who, as a matter of courtesy, ten
dered on more tlQn one occasion to tha
late premier their resignations when,
reconstruction was contemplated. . J
- Hanlaa Wins Bate,
Victoria, B. C, Oct, 20. Edwar
Hanlan of Toronto, Ont., defeated Al
exander McJue.in ot tnis city in a three
mile ecull lace in outriggea skiffs here
by 200 yards. Hanlan gave McLean n
start of thirty feet, but caught and
pa&MlHs opponent before 100 yards
had been rowed. Thereafter he wan
never hard pressed and won as he
pleased. The weather was in splendid
condition for racing. The time was 81
min. 81i sec. , TS
Tiger Tamer Torn to Pieces. f
London, Oct. 20. A most sensational
incident is reported from Belgrade. A
professional tamer ot tigers entered the
cago of a Bengal tiger in the presence ol
many spectators. The tiger seized the)
man and tore him to pieces, many of the
witnesses fainting at the awful scene,
which none was able to prevent.
Canada's Boodlers. '
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 20. Mr. Senecal.
ex-superintendent of government print
ing, was arrested on charges of beiny
implicated in boodle transactions. Sec
retary Chapleau, it is said, tried hard to
shield his old friend Senecal, , but Sir
John Thompson, minister of justice,
threatened to resign if there was any in
terference on the part of his colleague
with the line of campaign he had
mapped out for bringing the alleged
boodlers to justice.
Closing the Dardanelles.
Constantinople, Oct. 20. It is said
that the sultau has signified to Rossi
his disapproval of the proposed passage,
of a ship of war carrying the Russian
Urand Duke George through the Darda
nelles and that the porta is preparing U
fortify the entrance to the Boaphom
from the Black sea.
United Irish Party Needed.
' Dublin, Oct. 20. The Freeman"
Journal says there is a strong feeling
throughout Ireland in favor of a recon
ciliation of the nation's National party.
The Journal declares that a united party
may be necessary to force the Liberate
to grant an adaquate home rule meas
ure. Will Introduce Pullman Car.
: Losdok, Oct 20. The Great North
ern railway will shortly abolish the second-class
carriages on the line as un
profitable, and the railway anthoritien '
are said to have under consideration the
introduction of Pullman cars.