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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1896)
HE NEVER MADE MISTAKES. Mr. Smith ConlJn't Convince the Tel ler that lie Waa In Krror. "Excuse DIP," remarked tlie little wan to the paying teller at tin Lank, "but I believe jou remember me?" "Yes." replied tin- teller. "I mucin ler jou. Your name In Smith John Smith. I fashed a J.xi check fur you this morning." "Yes, Kir, that's right; ami I'm glad to twe that you remember me. tin you mailt? a slight error thin morning, ami "We never make error iu this bank, Kir." "Hut. sir; It ihu't right." ' "1 can't help whether It's Hs;!it or wrong. You should have i ouut il jour money Itcforc jou left the desk." "I (lid eoiiut it. lr. ami It seemed all right: hut after I readied my hotel 1 counted It again, ami found that you lmil liutde a iuitt:iko." "1 have tehl you. rAv. that we never make mistaken here." Hut. Kir " "Ion't hut mi-: I know mj' business. The money wan all ri-'lit when you counted it here. ;nn you have either lost Home of it or l.e had jour pocket picked. You will liavi to Miiud !o one !ilr. as there a:'e others who must he Uftciiiied to." "1 would like to convince jou th;i "You cnn't cntivliire me of anything. MA you will oblige me hy leaving the premises," "Had 1 not lienor leave my eard, no yon may scud for me In case you tlml that you Imve made a mistake'?" "No, Kir; I don't want your eard." "Very well," replied the little man, meekly, hb he slowly took hi depart li re. The next morning, however, and for a week following, the following ad vertisement appeared in nil the prim I )'1 daily pa pent of the elty: "If Mr. John Smith, who cashed a diei k for $2.."(Hi at the First National Sand Hank on the morning of the t!th lliKt. will call at the hank ltn early iim convenient, he will greatly oblige Hit raying teller." The paying teller had Inadvertently overpaid .Mr. Smith the kuiii of .fL'.'xi. r'oollxh HalcNinaii. Lundy Foot, the Inibliii tobacconist, laid the foundation of his uirge fur tune by Haying to eaeh dirty, ragged little girl, as he namled her the penny worth of snuff Khe had asked for, "Thank you, my dear, please come again!" The largest retail grocery bus iness In Boston wan built up by the founder' rule to hist salesmen. "Trent every servant girl an yon would her mist reus. If she were buying." The Saturday Evening Gazette tells of an airy salesman In a Boston ilry good house wIm) had a fall by failure of cour texy to a purchaser. A young lady vvua In search if sonic material to use for a wnist with a very handsome silk kirt, ami she advanced to the counter where thin particular clerk was presiding. Sim waa tpiletly dressed; she did not scintillate with upatigles and gilt belts, and her sleeves and skirt did not extend to the full width of Bpaee between the counters, -onse(uently the clerk decided that she did not come from the magic precincts of the Back Hay. Attracted by a certain piece of goods. he askeil the price and width. The iiinu answered shortly, "Three dollars a yard; forty-evpn Inches wide." She looked at various other things on the counter and then returning to the first 1hing as the most pleasing, she said po litely: "Wll you please give tne a wimple of this?" The man did i.ot move. "I told you that was three dollars n yard," he said. The girl looked at him. "Yen?" she tut Id. "The silk with which I Intend to use It coat three dollars and seventy five cent a yard, but 1 think I can make this stuff of yours do, as It Is only for houae wear." A smile stole over the faces of two or three slmppers, and the salesman cut the sample with a nicckno that would have done credit to Moses; but that girl says she'll go without a dress rather than buy n yard of that man. . How Many Pounds? A correspondent sends to the Youth's 'omjanlon a "true story," which could -only be true, pcrha, In this nge of college athletics. A group of people were discussing it recent novel. Some liked It, some thought It trashy or worse. "For my part," said a lady, "I found It highly Interesting. I especially liked John, the brother of the heroine, you remember. Not a very amiable char acter; a little coarse, no doubt, but well tiketchpd In, and decidedly wtrong." At this point h young collegian, win had taken no part In the conversation, suddenly found Ills volcp. now much can he lift';" he asked, iu all solH-rness. Color audi Aroma of Coffee. There are two things which people Imagine are guides to the goodness of oolSee which are rpally of no conse iience whatever. They are the color of thp decoction and the aroma of the fifTee when ground, or as It escapes from the pot in drawing. Tin; color Is due almost entirely to the roasting. This Is true, also, of tea. The finest coffees and tena when properly roast ed and prepared to give out their flues I flavors will color the water but little. The real essences which give the flavor havp practically no eolor. Illinois as Coal Producing Nlatn, Illinois Is the next State to Penn Kjlvmiln In the production of coal. The mines are In the southern part of the Kttfte and employ 35,0(10 men. New lalKir-sa vlng methods are constantly being Introduced, one of the latest be ing (he rutting machine, with which tw ninn ran do the work of fifteen. OBLIG'NG. The Sheriff I. id the Fair Thing and He Ketarord the Favor. When the sbcritT went over from 'olden t'liy to Lucky Valley after Jim Sander, who was wanted Co; shooting Itnu Williams In a iianvl over a game of cards, he didn't ccti tkke a gun along. He found bis ii.tiu In a saloon, and asked him to step up ami take a drink. Jim complied, but kept a hand on his gun. When they had dreiik they sa4 down. Mid the sheriff told three or four funny hlori.s. Hy and by the puzzled Jim broke out with: "See here, Joe, did you come over after me?" "Wall, I thought you might want to Jog along back with me," was the re ply. "Not in itch I I'll never be taken alive!" "Tie n, that settles it. Let's have an other think." They drunk again, and the officer told a very funny story about a ten derloin's experience In Golden City. Jim laughed as loudly as the o'hers, but presently grew serious and mid: "Say. Joe ye tin t take me alive." "Wall, we won't worry about mat, Jim." was the reply. "Let's I: . an other nip and then a game of mrN." The game lasted until the she: Iff had lost nlHiiit ?J(i. Then he ordered drinks and Kami a song. When I lie song was liulshi'd he said to Sanders: "Jim. heven't I made things ph-isam fur you to-day V" "You hev, Joe, and no mistake." "Treated you like a gentleman, hev en't IV "You certain))' hev." "That's my way of doing things. Now, I want you to treat me lik' .i gen tleman, (oi back to (ioldeil ":..' Willi me." "Hut I shot Han Williams over 1 1. ar." "Of course you did." "And they want to hang inc." "Of course they do, bill that's nolh lu' to me. 1 don't make the laws. I was sent out after you, and I want to lake you back. 1 could hev sneaked In; and got the drop on ye. but I kuowed 'twould hurt yer pride. Haven I I bin tender with ye, Jim'.'" "You hev. Joe. but I don't want to be hung." "I s'pose not, but see how idee I've used ye. Would any other sherilT hev done it?" "No, I reckon not." "Of course not, and If you are hung, on't I boss the Job ii ml make It as easy as possible? Just come right along to obleege me, Jim." "Would It be a great favor to you?" "It would, and It would show me that you was a gentleman to boot. I'm a gentleman myself, and I kin appre ciate a gentleman." "Waal. Joe," wild Jim, after l mo ment's thought, "I did say 1 woi'.htyi't go, and I did think I didn't want to bo hung, but to obleege you and to show these critters that I know what good manners Is, I'll go along wit li ye." And ten days later Mr. Sanders at tended a necktie social, and was left behind when the others started for home.- Dallas News. The Stone l-'orrst of I'lorissHtif. The Klllcllled trees of the Florissant Hash) are a marked curiosity of the 1'tilted States. They are less known than the "stone forest" of .Arizona or than the similar mausoleum of the Yel lowstone region, but It Is only because they have not yet been brought to the attention of the tourist. The trees are at the present time represented only by their stumps. Iu wandering over the green meadow the eye here and there rests upon a seemingly "bald" spot. Over It are scattered white and yellow chips, and. for anything that tin-! 0wh: Presi.ient, W. T. l'rescott; second eye can Itself distinguish these could I vl,.e president, Hugo Miller of Indianap easily be the chips left In the path of !0j8; Becretary and treasurer, John W. work of a recently passing woodsman. I irriood of Denver; for delegates to The deception Is absolute, and it be- I t,1B American federation 0f labor, Frank longs to the stump as well. The knots Morrtaon of Chicago, Daniel J. Sullivan now g...... ami annular ring- are per-t fectly preserved; the bark stands In prominent relief both by ruggedness and color, and all this not In wisid, but In thp monumental substance of stone. The precise manner In which the sub stitution of silica for wood was effect ed cannot now bp learned, but In a gen eral way we know It to have been brought about as the result of a slow In filtration into the tree trunks of heated waters containing silica In solution. The remains are fairly numerous, lint what strikes one with special astonish ment Is the giant size which some of them attain. Diameters of sl.t. seven and eight feet are by no means uncom mon, and we measured three spec), ment which spanned ten feet or more. In most Instances the stumps hardly rise above the surface, coining up flush with It; therefore without excavation It Is Impossible to say nt what height alsivp tlie roots tlip ineiisnreineiits were taken.-Popular Science Monthly. Ilecoriilloos for Hruve Canines. The most unique decoration for bravery Is that bestowed by the French Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals upon deserving dogs. It j consists of a tastefully designed "col lar of honor." Among the animals al ready decorated In this way, one of the most celebrated la HiteehUH, ti large bulldog, whose specialty It Is to stop runaway horses by jumping up ami selr.lng tliem by the bridle. It Is cal culated that the Intelligent nnlmal has already saved the lives of eight per sons In this way. Itttaala's Mack He a Improvement. 'Die harbor of the Russian jsirt of Hatoum, on the eaat shore of thp It lack Kea, him now Iho dpeHued to twenty nix foet at the point where naphtha la loaded. The mole will be run out to a length of l,7.r0 feet, so that the harbor may bp used by the Itlaclc Sen' fleet in nil weather. WijnVn has already spent 5,000,000 rublPH on the port, and Iim just Appropriated 750,000 ruble more. mt.KHOH MILL LOME TO HUA. la O flier In ba Siwnlurd liar Telia , 4tuiCUIua;. New Yobs, O t 16.-A special cable to tne Herald trom tadu, Spaiu, says: If Spain has not put down the insur- rection in Cub by the 1st of ue it 51 arch it it intention of the government to give up the struggle and let the inland gi. The significance of this statement, com ing from an o.'Iicer of rank in the Span ish army within this week, mutt cer tainly Imj regarded as of no little iiu portanee. This view of the situation outlines the jKilicy of the Spanish kov erntijput and tends to show that it is mussing its trtf.'ps in C'iba in the de termination of making one desperate effort to crush completely the Cuban forces. It also imiciesan admits on on the part of the n ish g ivermiieot that if it is unable toachive this during toe coming dry ce in m an I with the treat forces at its c unmand in Cuba at pre sent, and with an administration in the United States in sympathy, it cannot hope to continue the contest succesffiilly in the event of McKiuiey's inaugura tion on March 4, 1i7. Still further, I am (:edioly iiiioiine- that the above iletei mutation is hm open secre among those wlio are dote to the government and that the policy is being adopted of exaggerating the magnitude of the trouble in t ie f'lnllijiiiies with a view of preparing the people lor tlej ultimate design of lei hog Uulia go "Hy way of lurther coroboration of this estimate of the situaaou, it may be remarked fiat, while Spain is sending more than :MO,uO0 slroops to Cuba, v ho are in tne main very young and u. it eiplined. sl.e is carefully keeping er well disciplined and etlicient soldiers, who may Iu available iu case of an out break, at home, she is also keeping in Spanish waters twelve warships which are already in gool condition and which could he oi great service in Cuban waters. Cubans ari awaiting the turn of affairs, and if McKiuley is elected the Cuban eoUl.era will be put in a defensive posi tion. 1 tn-ir duty to break thiotigh the trocha is not doubted by well informed Spaniards, and w ill be proved later." I'rlvKll-fla Me t Color do Si'Hinos, Colo., Oct. 10. T!ie mam business of the international typographical union convention, which is now being held in this city, was prac tically concluded yesterday. Three long seesions were held and the net result wasthe election of officers of the associa tion for the coming two years. At the morning Session of the conven tion the shorter day proposition waa taken up and discussed at full length. The com in it tee which had beenappointed earlier during the convention to investi gate the matter submitted their report. The reixiri recommended that a nine hour day be instituted throughout the entire jurisdiction of the I. T. U., and that the nitire body of members of the organ ization have a tax of 1 per cent levied U.ou ll. em should opposition be nittt wi:li in carrying the new rule into tffect in order that there would be a fund ava lable. Mr. Murphy of Xcw York city drew up an amendment to the committee's report in shape of a resolution, that the 1. T. I', have not the right to stipulate the iis-eSMinent, but tkal the subordinate nrgmaiz.iliotis govern themselves in this matter. The resolution waa later udopt etl and placed as an amendment to the com mil tee's report. The nine-hour day proiosition includes only the book and j ib printing establishments, the com mittee deemed it politic to exempt the newspapers for the present. The election of olhcere resulted as fol- v.. York ,, K,lwar,i ,,:,, , Haiti more. ' First vice president, Theodore Perry, Nashville, Tenn.; trustees of home at Colorado Springs, L, C. Shepard, Grand Rapids; James J. Italy, Philadelphia; Thomas MuCaffery and J. V. White of Colorado Springs. James orinon was a close second in the contest for the presidency, getting a vote of fifty-four to sixty-three for l'res cott. Griffon was the caucus nominee. Syracuse was the successful contest ant for the next convention of the i union. J A Hig ToIintco Mov. I Ntw Yokk, Oct. 10. The F;venitig Sun publishes the following : It is said by well in for Jied people that negotiations are pending between the i American Tobacco company and one or both of its large competitors in St. Louis I Liggett A Myers and the Drummond company. The object is to reach an un I demanding which will terminate the present war between the rival Interests 1 on plug tobacco and cigarettes. Present , indication! are that the negotaitiom have made such progress that develop ments of importance may be excepted at any moment. The St. Ixiuis concerns are understood to he in a position which permits the consummation of a deal or even an absolute transfer of control. It is also said that the P. Lorillard com pany is in a position to sell out its pro petty as the perion of three yean lor w hich the organizes agreed to tie up their common stock has now expired. Sport In South Dakota. Huron, H. P., Oct 1(1, In yesterday's coursing J. J. Smith's Lightfootof Min neapolis beat Slocutn & McCartney's lied of Stone of Oakes In third time and for the Waterloo cup. N. P. Whiting's Rochester of Minneapolis heat Peyton & Briton's Sylvia of St. Louis in the last contest. Tom Llglitfoot will run against Dr. Coyne's Mona of Aberdeen and Pey ton's Hoyal Buck will go with Mel rote , 7 7 , 7, . mKl Iurbi Frank Green of Hawardcn, it., in me closing enp corneal I !A BATTLE IN THE STKEhi EaEk 0tber! riEll , wiTm Eece'tior at Meeker, Colo. SHOT DEAD WHERE THEY STOOD. One f tl:e Unit tlcii. Fjl-Ofl- luthe IliiiiO'-y of 1 li it L ihMmii 'ciuit J- At tempt to Carry Awi iioty 1'iaiet Meikkk, Colo, Oct. 15. One of the moet desperate battles was fought on toe street' of this town yesterday be tween men who rot. lied the bank of Meeker and the citizens, and last night tlir-e of the robbers iie on the cooling board of the morgue and three citizens were woniiiied bythe thieves before thev bit the dupt The dead are: George Harris. Charles Jones, William Smitli The robbers entere 1 the town from the north, mounted, and proceeded to the bank without any attempt at con cealment of themselves. The bank is located in a gener.d ttore. one of the largest of the trading houses in this tec tion of the country. They stepped quickly into the room, two of them remaining in the centre of the room, w hile one of them approached the bank window where the cashier was engaged in conversation with a deposi tor, and brushing him aidde flutist a revolver in his face. Tne man dodged and the sound oi a pistol shot caused the cashier to raise his hands. Then the two men in the centre of the 6tore commanded everybody to hold up their hands or die. Nobody wanted to die. Cashier Moulton then opened the doors of the safe at the point oftho revolver and the contents cf the strong box were removed, after which the robbers took all of the firearms in the possession of the men in the store and then forced them to leave by a rear door, where they had hitched their horpea. WKONO KINI OP A CKOWD. But the robbers '.iad mil-calculated. They forgot the kind of Htuff the peop'e of Meeker are made of, and as they stepped through the door it was to find that the building had been surrounded by the townspeople, who were aroused by the shots, and the alternative of sur rendering or fightin" it out was presented to them. They raised ther revolvers and commenced to fire immediately. Then commenced one of the most des perate battles. Bullets cut the air, penetrated the buildings and bailed through the crowd. It is a wonder that more men were not killed, but the rob bers were surrounded they had fired the first shot and had to accept the con sequence of their folly. The first shot of the fusilade was (5 red at Deputy Sheriff William Clark. The bank officers and those in the store broke for cover. Guns were distributed among them and the robbers, finding themselves alone, opened fire, shooting at everybody in eight Then the people of the town commenced their work and In less time than it takes to tell it, about 100 shots wera fired ani three men fell to the ground. The money, less than a thousand dol lars, was recovered. The men were not known. They were never seen in these parts before. Smith was about twenty and the others about thirty. They were magnificent specimens of physical man hood. Wiiere they came from and what they where previous to coming is a mys tery. Charles Jones, the leader, was a typical specimen of a rough frontiers man, and from his make-up, just the sort ot a man who would embark in such daring exploit. The robbery was well planned. The men, by their actions, showed themselves to be old hands ai the business and thev would have es caped with the money which they se cured had it not been for the fact that they fired the first shot in the bank, thus giving the alarm which resulted in their lieing cornered and phot to deatn Several men were wounded, but so slight'y as not to t e of consequence. Krmlunitn nail Hohiiinntafl Fight Hani. Madison, Wis., Oct, 14 A serious battle occured yesterday between sopho more and freshmsn classee of the stale university at the close of a class meet ing of fteshmen at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. As the latter class came out of the gymnasium where the meeting was held they were set upon by the sophomore and asevete struggle ensued Many were severtly wounded and had most of their clothes torn from them. Several who had rushed from the gym natium ciad only in jersey suits had them completely torn fiom their bodies. But they kept up the struggle. Presi dent Adams and a number of professors, besides the upper class students, and citizens were witnesses of the affray. The trouble lasted nearly an hour and was only suppressed by the arrival of the police, who were telephoned for. Several of the sophomores were ducked in Lake Mendota by victorious freshmen ftev. A. J. Kempton of the Baptist church, who was a spectator caught in the crowd, was roughly handled. The affair caused great excitement. Loyal l.rgloa In Salin. l1nu,Aim,i'iiiA, Pa., Oct, 15. The cotn-mandery-in-chief of the loyal legion of the United States held its annual meet ing here yesterday. Hear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, United States nary, was elected coinmander-in-chicf of the order to succeed the late Gen. John Gibbon, Admiral Gherardi, who was senior vice commander, is sucreeded by Oen, Selden Connor and Brigadier Gen eral John Hook, U. 8. A., succeeds Gen eral Connor ai junior vice commander. I A fowl Uo'aeti. i Naw Yoac, Oct. 13. Paul Crawford, , the 10-year-old tm of a wealthy Phila delphia Springs manufacturer, is held at police headquarters in this city as a j witness against three men, charged with highway roblmry. The bjy waa arrested ! in City Hall pa.k, where he was trying to earn pennies by carrying valises. He : as so nicely dressed in a bicycle suit that he attracted tiie attention of a po liceman. To him the lal told a sensa tional story of his experience of a week among thieves, and he was quickly tak en to police headquarters, where he re- peaieu ins story, tie was placed in charge of detectives, to whom he pointed out the lodging house on the 3owerj, in which he had slept with his iiew-made friend". A dash on the place was made hy the detectives and Thomas Howard, Frederick Dimond, alias "Fatty" of San Francisco, and John Holmes, alias "Kmil Kdert" ol Cincinnati, were ar retted. Ibfc lad identitied them as bis friends, who, on Wednesday night, held up a. d robbed Arthur Wil'iams, son of a prominent Baptist preacher, on Flat-b-ush avenue, Brooklyn. Later i imood cmWjed and Williaais verified the boy's story of the holdup, and identified the men. The men were armed when captured. Dimond said Howard was an e. -convict, and had recently b.-en re leased Iro n tlie penieniiary in Califor nia. A I III i tetoi-Year-OI I At urilerer. Atcuisos, Kan., Oct. 13 Mrs. John M 'vers and h;;i- 13-yeat old sou are in jail here, tint boy charged with murder ing Lester Dyke, the 12 yt.u-old son of a neighbor, and his mother with being an accessory to the crime. The trouble arose over a ki ten belonging to tlie Mevers, and the most reliable ersion of the affair unhealed that the niu-lier en couraged her son to commit the crime. The boys quarreled over the possession of the kitten, ami Mrs. Meyers, itlasaid luconssd hy seeing h;r hopeful get the worse of the ecullle, told him to get a knife and stub his adversary. He obeyed what is alleged to have been her Ct minund by stabbing young )yke over the heart. The ooy cannot live. KuKKlan fltlli-mlil t.O'.ic at ou llllwy. Pukiii.o, Oct. 13. Prince Michel Hil k'jff, Russian minister of transportation, with party passed through here .Sunday afternoon, enroute to New York, where he sails for home October 21. Tlie party wai escorted from 0 lg( n to this plat e by President Jefforyof the Denver & Rio Grande, and went east from here with General Manager Frey of the Santa Fe. Sunday was spent, in an inflection of the r iad over Marshall pans, through the Royal Gorge, and Borne other wonders ot mountain railway construction. The distinguished visitors are returning by this route from an inspection of the Sib berian Transcontinental railway. Miner'! Union Cutis fur Help. Leadvili.e, Colo., Oct. 13. The miner's union Saturday called upon the engineers and pump men's union to aid in its struggle, There are two unions, toe largest being independent, the other incorporated with the federation of labor, A few members of the latter notified the manager that they would not raise or lower non-union miners. Their places were filled. All otherj re mained on duty. This action of the miners union indi cates that an agureaaive policy has been decided upon by the new officers and all hope of compromise is auandoned by the people. Further trouble is regarded as certain. Killed Two fur One. Birmi.noiiam, Ala., Oct. 13. A negro, J m AnderBon by name, was shot to death by a mob near Taylor's Ferry, twenty-two miles from here, Friday night. Saturday Henry Clay, another negro, was taken by a mob at the same place and riddled with bullets. The negroes were accusod of having murder ed and robbed Randolph Fells, a farmer residing ntar Toadsville. Anderson is said to have confessed the crime. Teacher to Meet In lhe liter Town. Chicago, Oct. 13. The Erecutive committee of tin National Education association has elected Milwaukee as the place for the next meeting to be held July 6 to 9, inclusive, 1897, providing the Western Passenger assoc ation grants the usual rates and the ticket conditions of one fare plus $2 for lhe round trip witli extension of tickets for return on September 1. Will Trr to Kill Kim. 8outii M'Alkstkb, I. T., Oct. 13. It is rumored that United States Commis sioner David W. Yancey of Tahlequah, in the Cherokee country, has been spot ted bythe Socie y of Indian criminal! known as the Ca-Too-Abs, which has for a long time been the terror of all law- abiding and especially law-enlorcing people ol that county to an Associated press representative Commissioner matter and says he feels that the society whose existence he doubts, has no mem- her who could justly accuse him with ' improper or unjusi accusati m or pun-I ishrnent, which apparently is the cause i for complaint. It is believed to have I been one of the Ca-Too-Abs members 1 who assassinated Thomas H. Madden of Biaggs' station about six months ago. Kcnailor KieeU a Praalilent. Lima, Oct. 13. (Via Galveston.) A report from Guayaquil, Ecuador, nays the national convention now in seesion there has elected and installed as the unanimous choice of the delegates Gen eral Altefaro as the ante-term president of the republic. The convention has also declared that the constitution of 1878 shall remain in force until the coonlitu tion is promulgated. The delegates sre studying measures calculated to relieve the aufferini; caused by the recent lire MURDERS BY WHOLESALE Cart Loads of Corpses Carted Away at Eight. THE ANTI-SULTAN FEELING IS GROWING French Diver Retute lo U urk Owing- to iheM.tny Ueail Kodies Tli.y Knrount- er in thr. lotphoruo Kefurui are Proponed. Ukrlix, Oct. 14. The Lokal Anzeiger has a dispatch from Constantinople say ing that the aniwultan movement a.nong the soflas (theological students) is growing. They have circulated an other revolutionary proclamation. The dispatch adds that Nehmet Pasoa, an imperial aide, was shot at the Yildiz Kiosk on suspicion that he was implicated in the young Turkey agita tion. Persistent stories are in circulation to the effect that carts loaded w ith corpses emerge at night from tne central prison and hurry off in the direction of the 1 sphorus. These victims ares pposed to be young Turks. French divers are refusing to work in the Bosphorus owing to tlie horrible collection of corpses that they meet while lernuing their labors undei water. In an interview Tewfik Pasha, the for eign miiiibter gave in detail the reforms that the sultan proposes to apply to the whole empire. He said that.the great expense entailed by these reforms would be met by granting new monopolies if the powers will give their consent. With these once at peace, Turkey, he added, would surmount her financial (roubles. In conclusion Tewfik Pasha declared that tlie government was re tohed to continue the construction of the Asiatic railway to Bagdad, thus op-ning up the resources of Anatolia and providing an overland route to India. (lerniHii Socialists In Seasion. Goth a, Oct. 4. The annual congress of the German socialistic party has been formally opended at Sieblichen, near this city. Three hundred delegates were present, including many women. Herr Singer, one of the socialist leaders in the reichstag, was elected president of the congress, and Herr Bock, socialist deputy for Gotha, vice president. lhe allairs of the socialist press were disctis-ed with much warmth. Some of the reproaches which had been cast upon the conduct of ttie literary depart ment of the organization were found to be justified and the great deficiency of suitable men to conduct the socialist journals was admitted. Several speak ers declared that too many injudicious new enterprises in the way of news papers bad been shown. The shortage of funds was being made good by mem bers' tees. The congress rejected Herr Meicter's brief report setting forth that tlie high parties chargeable with the maintenance of the Vorwaerts printing est ihlishment were justified. The party leaders were assailed in lively fashion f ir not having sufficiently devoted them selves to agitation. A Case Iu iili;h Life London, Oct. 14. Lady Tina Scott, the mother of Countess Russell, who was arrested on Friday and arraigned on Saturday at the instance of her son-in law, Earl Russell, who charges her with criminal libel, was aain arraigned in the Bow street police court. The court room was crowded with spectators, many of whom move in tbe highest cir cles. A bookseller named Carrez was called to the witness stand testified that a Mrs. Frank' in, who was conducting a massage establishment in the rooms above his shop in Cranbourne street, summoned him up stairs in August last and introduced him to Lady Scott as her (Mrs. Franklin's) sister. Lady Scott paid him a Bum of money to arrange for tbe printing and distribution among the members of the house of lords, the house of commons, the London newspapers, clubs, etc, of a pamphlet containing libelous matter, which was signed by Cockerton and Kast, who were also ar rested, arraigned and remanded in con nection with the case on Saturday and also by one Aylott, who is now a fugitive having fled to Algiers to escape arrest. Mr. Charles Matthews counsel for the prosecution, said that Kast had endeav ored to bring an action against Earl Russell in the Winchester court on Fri day, intending to accuse hi lordship of having been guilty of serious misconduct in Winchester in 1889, but at the last moment he slunk away, allowing the case to be withdrawn upon techncial grounds. Two hours later, Mr Matthews said, warrants for the arrest of Lady Scott and Kast and his accomplice Cockerton, were obtained. Her Father's Death l)oe not Stop Har, St. Louis. Oct. 14. In soite of the fact that Miss Lillian Russell's father is lvine dead at ll0mei she appeared in her us ual role ln th one "An Ameri- Beauty," at the Century theater Monday night. She was not notified of his death until yesterday morning. Her reason for playing, as given are that she did not desire to deprive the nixty chorus girls of a niirht's waces. She said they could ill afford it and the was will ing to make the sacrifice in their behalf. Italians Celebrate Columbia Landing. Chicago, Oct. 14. The Italian soci eties Sunday celebrated the anniversary of the discovery of America byColumbui The real anniversary of the landing ii today, but the fact of the day before coming on Sunday caused its selection ai the fitting occasion for the celebration. All sorts and condition of Italians par ticipated, from the Italian merchant, of South Water street, worth his millions, to the poor milligram, but recently come to tlie land of liberty. v.