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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1896)
0idTetttine democrat f SUCCESSOR TO CHERRY COUNTY INDEPENDENT ROBERT B GOOD- - Editok Pbop Valentine NEBRASKA MARRIED AN INDIAN A NEW YORK ARTIST CREATES A SENSATION Beautiful Miss HashaganWeds the Biff Pullblood Indian Model Thun der Cloud Spending Their Honey moon in Parts Unknown Weds a Pullblood Indian New Yojik One of the most startling and romantic bits of news ever connected with the art world leaked out- when it was learned that Mrs Hattie Hashagan was married recently to Thunder Cloud the big Indian who is one of the most popular and valuable models in the coun try Miss Hashagan has had a studio on Fifty -ninth Street for nearly two years Here she has lived with her mother and done much good and promising work in oil water color and wash drawings From time to time her work has appeared in the exhibitions She is moreover well known in artistic circles for her beauty She is 22 years old fair complexioned has a head of soft wavy brown hair and a pair of large brown eyes and dresses with great elegance Thunder Cloud has been a familiar figure in the New York studios for several years nis fine figure set off with his war paint and string of bears teeth have made him much sought after not only in the studios but in the art schools He is an ideal specimen of manhood from a physical standpoint The bride and groom are spending a honeymoon in parts unknown Mexican Towns Destroyed - City of Mexico Telegrams from Ma zatlan state that the town of Altata has completely disappeared as a result of the recenthurricane Every house was de stroyed burying the inhabitants in their ruins and the only building left standing is a portion of the custom house The hark Elena and schooner Rebecca are probably lost The town of Elotai was wiped out of existence only one house re maining Nineteen people were drowned there Other towns des troy ed are Te cuma Escalaras Silado and Ceritas The inhabitants of all those towns who es caped death are without food shelter and clothing and the authorities have taken immediate measures for their relief It is rumored that yellow fever has appeared at Manzanillo Steamer Ashore Seattle Wash The Pacific Const Steamship Companys passenger vessel Umatilla is ashore at Point Wilson- She lelt San Francis o 01 Saturday lor Vic toria and Puget fcound Points with a full coniplttment of passengers While mak her way up the St a ts of Fuea during a dense fog she struck a rock and water poured Into her hold so quickly that the steamer ha I to be beached Her hold is now full oi nater and -the cargo will have t j be removed before tue extent of dam age toltie vessalca i b ascertained The Umataiia lies in au exrStfdcondftonand in the event of a strong westerly gale would prove a total lobs All passengers are reported safe Condition Is Pitiful Makseilies There exists a condi tion of affairs in this city at present which seems to be a disgrace to Eu rope and Armenian associations gen erally throughout the world Sub sisting upon Government municipal 01 private charity here are 500 Armenians men women and children young old healthy and sick who succeeded in escap ing the bloody massacres at Constantino ple and who one and all buoyed up by the hope of being able eventually to reach the land of freedom the United States are stranded Ilaided by Cuban Rebels DHavaxa The village of San Miguel del Madron on the road from Havana to Guines was raided and burned by insur gents Stores and residences were robbed and churches destroyed Many men women and children were stripped of their clothing and driven out into the rain and storm in night clothes who reachedGuanabacq the next morning seeking refuge Rain iDam ages Cotton Crop Austin Texas Reports from all sec tions -of the state received here indicate that the cotton crop has been seriously damaged by the lieavy rains of Friday night and Saturday Cotton was in full bloom and hundreds of acres were washed tlean Asylum Attendant Dismissed Elgix 111 Owen Carr an attendant at the asylum charged with beating James Corke of Rock Falls formerly a patient whose case is being investigated has been dismissed from the force Discounts American Money Tokoxto Ont Following the ex ample of McGill University at Montreal the Toronto University authorities have decided not to accept American money at par from the students across the border in payment of their fees Butter Makers to Meet Elgin III The executive committee of the National Creamery Butter Makers Associatien met here and decided to hold the annual convention at Owatonua Minn January 20 to 25 Kills in a Pit of Insanity Peokia 111 In a fit of insanity Miss Jennie K wig aged 37 years killed her brothers daughter Grace King nearly 4 monts old by pounding her on the head with a rock Explosion of Grease Causes Pire Bukke Idaho Tigers Miners board ing house was burned by lire caused by an explos on of greas causing the death of one and ser ous injury of many persons i o iJt J Busrgy Company in Trouble - A number of creditors chief among whom is the Powitzly Col lins Buggy Company of St Louis have applied for a receiver for the Capital City Binrgy Company The claims aggregated abou t 5fKHto Judge Harvey appointed the Union Trust Company temporary re ceiver Bank Officials Arrested New Okleans President William Nichols and tCashierw John Deblauc of the Bank of Commerce have beenarrested on the charge of receiving deposits knowing tlie bank was insolvent Robert J Accepts New Yoiik A match between celebri ties in the world of trotting horses iepie senling widely different portions of the and if it can be globe is now on the tapis pulled off will go on record as one of the notable events in turf annals In a recent issue of the Chicago Horse man George M Slatel of Sydney Aus tralia offered to match his trotter Fritz record 214 made as a grass track at Melbourne in March 189G against any trotting horse in the world for 10000 a side The challenge has been taken up by Banker Lewis G Tewksbury of this city who owns Robert J 201 Mascot 20 Paul 207 and other flyers In a letter to the Horseman dated the 25th Mr Tewksbury stated the terms under which he will take his representative probably Robert J to Australia start ing December 1 next the race to take place in six week after arriving in Syd ney mile heats best three in five Na tional Trotting Association rules to gov ern Mr Tewksbury also makes a coun ter proposal that if the Australians will bring their horse to the United States he can probably be induced to give them odds of 20000 to 10000 on the event be sides doubling the allowance they pro pose for expenses which proposal he specifies as his estimates of the great handicap which is placed upon a horse that travels half around the world and undergoes a great climatic change Mr Tewksbury asks that the challenger be requested to cable his acceptance by No vember 14 so it may soon be known whether the battle will take place and where Brotherhood of Carpenters Cleveland The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners restricted the payment of sick benefits so that in the future 110 members will be paid such benefits for a longer period than two years A resolution was passed in favor of restricting immigration to 50000 a year In this connection the Lodge Corliss bill was approved with a proviso that immi grants should be distributed by a board of ten members appointed from the labor organizations who would see that new comers were not sent to already over crowded fields of labor all immigrants failing to find work within - sixty days to be sentback to the country they came from An energetic agitation will be started for the enforcement of the eight hour day in all localities A bill will be drafted and introduced in Congress to make the eight hour day practically operative for all federal employes direct or indirect A satisfactory lien law will be offered for the consideration of all state legislatures at their next sessions In Fear of Forest Fires Superiob Wis Forest fires are spreading rapidly in this vicinity It is reported that several valuable tracts of timber have been destroyed and that there is great danger of more destruction about ten miles south of here on the Omaha and South Shore roads A homesteader and iiis family were burned out three miles from the city and came to town with what few effects they succeeded in saving nearly dead from fatigue and only half clothed Other settlers are reported to have been burned out but without loss of life and still others are now fighting the flames Fatal Shooting at a Cake Walk Frederick Md Ben Butler a negi 0 aged 23 shot and killed Thomas Carter and seriously wounded Edward Nelson both colored at a cake walk near Buck eye Stone Frederick County Sunday morning About three dozen men and women had congregated at tie place and during the evening partook freely of whisky A fight ensued and Butler was knocked down and beaten with clubs ne drew a revolver and began firing pro misconsly killing Carter and it is thought latally wounding Nelson Egyptian Independence Scheme London The Times Cairo corre spondent believes there is some truth in a native report that the Khedive is now making a tour of Europe incognito and that he has taken with him a scheme for Egyptian independence drafted by promi nent native officials This anti British intrigue the Times correspondent con tinues seems very likely since the Khe dive while professing that the journey is nonpolitical has had an interview with M Hanotaux the French minister of for sign affairs Under a Cloud Richmond lnd James W Hender son a local attorney was arrested here or embezzling about 1500 of the funds of Woodward Lodge of Odd Fellows of which he was the secretary He was re leased on a bond of 1500 Mr Hender son is chairman of the Democratic central committee secretary of the board of city committee and also of the board of metro politan police commissioners He was formerly a member of the Patriarchal Circle of which he was one of the grand officers Dixon White Fight a Draw New York George Dixon of Boston nd Tommy White of Chicago fought twenty rounds to a draw in the Broadway Aihletic Club in New York Probably 5000 people witnessed the fight which was unusually fine Each was said to weigh 125 pounds They were warmly greeted by their partisans there being considerable money bet however of 2 to 1 on Dixon 500 Men Given Employment IIollidaxsburg Pa The fires have been lighted in the Eleanor Iron Works of Ilollidaysburg and the Tyrone Iron Works of Tyrone this county Both plants will he run on full time day uid night These industries have been idle during tho summer Five hundred men will be given employment George It Morrison in Jail Troy N Y County Treasurer George II Morrison until recently one of the most influential and pupularnien in Troy a man in the prime of life and reputed to be worth 80000 is in jail charged with the embezzlement of 250000 or all of tne money belonging to the county - Smallpox in a Troop Ship IIavasa The steamship Santiago rived herefrom Spain Tyith fifty nine offi cers and 2050 soldiers to -ire-enforce the Spanish army here- There were several edses of smallpox on board the steajnen and she was lumigated before the troops landed A Child Killed hy Rats Baltimore Three big rats attacked the baby boy Asher gnawing his face head and neck to such an extent that it died in a short time One Thousand Were Killed Constantinople It now appears thatljOOO Armenians weije killecL during the recent massacre atEgih in the Khar poot district Back from Liberia Philadelphia The sir amship VW s land which arrived hcr J from Livcrf ool brought back as passengers six of tV 0 ored colonists who went out to Liberia early in the spring on board t ie J a no s steamship Laurada They tell 1 orrible tales of suffering from disease and desti tution by the unfortunate people wl 0 g av up their homes in this country to journey to that distant republic on what appeared to be liberal offerings of the authorities there Forty members of the Lauradas expedition consist ng of 35 people are already dead while the entire number taken out previously on the Danish steam ship Horsa have been carried off by what is known as Jom Bull feer When this expedition nas made up it was represented that each married man would be given a plot of ground and a house and other grants were to be given the single men Strips of land were given them but no houses and they had no shelter for months after their arrival Provisions command high prices and they cannot be secured by these poor creatures and there is absolutely no way to earn a living Prison Congress Milwaukee At the meeting of the national prison congress here the com mittee appointed at the last session of the prison congress to assist in preparing a history of prison management in the United States to be presented to the international prison congress which will meet in Brussels in 1900 held a meeting Among those present were Gen II Bin kerhoff of Mansfield Ohio and Fred HV Wines of Springfield 111 Rev S J Barrows of Boston who is the commissioner appointed by the Gov ernment to represent the United States at the international congress was also pre sent It is proposed to lay before the in ternational congress a volume giving a history and account of the present condi tion of prisons in this country together with the prison and criminal laws and the work of prison reform in this country Fred H Wines delivered an atldress at a socalled popular meeting which was held He advocated the necessity of a more brotherly feeling toward convicts in working for their reformation He op posed life and death sentences Cigarmakers Convention Detroit President G W Perkins and many of tho delegates have arrived here to take part in the twenty first con vention of the Cigarmakers International Union It is anticipated the sessions will continue three weeks with about 275 dele gates in attendance The systematically applied strength of the international body in maintaining strength when properly and duly ap proved is a matter of special interest to Detroit union cigarmakers a majority of whom have been on a strike for over a year the strike having resulted in the establishment of a co operative factory when unsuccessful otherwise The prin cipal reform to which the international union is now devoting itself is the eradi cation of child labor in the factories Excitement in Worcester Worcester Mass Considerable ex citement has been caused by the fire in the underwear factary of William H Burns Co on Salem Square early Sunday morning Burns is the man who displayed the red flag of anarchy on the front of his building with Bryans portrait on it when the presidential candidate visited the city last Friday This action caused a great deal of unfavorable comment An investigation made by State Fire Marshal Holt and Chief Engineer Vaughn of the fire department convinces them that the gre is of incendiary origin as evidence of kerosene having been sprinkled around the room is very manifest To Have a Cuban Carnival Cincinnati A Cuban carnival of a whole week has been arranged to begin here in Music Hall It will open with a mass meeting to which all citizens will be invited Gen A Hickenlooper has been asked to preside and a list of 200 vice pi e sidents has been prepared Cuban representatives at Washington will be present During the rest of the week spectacular exhibitions illustrating Cuban life and showing the cruelties of Spanish officers and soldiers will be given The proceeds will be applied to the relief 0 sick and wounded Cuban soldiers A 7-Year-Old Murderer Wooster O Thomas Kidd aged 11 the son of V K Kidd of Cleveland was murdered at Dulton near here by Carl Mcllheney aged 7 The Kidd boy who was a cripple was visiting at the Mc llheney home The boys were left to gether while the family were at church and they quarreled Young Kfdd struck Carl with his crutch The latter procured his fathers gun and shot Kidd blowing off the top of his head The young murderer confessed aud has been placed under arrest MARKET QUOTATIONS Chicago Cattle common to prime 350 to 325 hogs shipping grades 300 to 375 sheep fair to choice 200 to 350 wheat No 2 red GGc to U7c corn No 2 21c to 22c oats No 2 lGc to 17c rye No 2 34c to 35c butter choice creamery 14c to lGc eggs fresh 14c to 15e potatoes per bushel 20c to 30c broom corn common short to choice dwarf 25 to G0 per ton Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to 500 hogs choice light 300 to 350 sheep common to prime 200 to 325 wheat No 2 G3c to G5c corn No 2 white 21c to 23c oats No 2 white lic to 20c St Louis Cattle 350 to 473 hogs 300 to 375 wheat No 2 G3c to G7c corn No 2 yellow 19c to 20c oats No 2 white lGc to 17c rye No 2 2Sc to 30c Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 475 hogs 300 to 375 sheep 250 to 350 wheat No 2 G9c to 71c corn No 2 mixed 23c to 27c oats No 2 mixed 17c to 19c rye No 2 34c to 3Gc Detroit Cattle 250 to 475 hogs 300 to 373 sheep 200 to 325 wheat No 2 red 72c to 73c corn No 2 yell624c to 20c oats No 2 white 21c to 22cf rye 3Gc to 3Sc f Toledo Wheat No 2 red 70c to 72c corn No 2 yellow 21c to 23c oats No 2 white aSc to 20c ryeNo 2 37c to 38c clover seeu7 490 to 5f0 Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 64c to OGpr cornNo 2 21tfto 23c 5ats No 2 white 20c to 21c barley No 2 30c to 34crye No 1 3Gc to 3Sc pork mess 575 to 023 Buffalo Cattle OGJ f6V400 wheat No 2 red rTyiesssas S250 tn hnr s sheep 200to 375 73c to 74c corn No 2 yellow 29c to 30c oats No 2 white 22c to 24c New York Cattle 300 to 325 hogs 300 to 450 sheep 200 to 400 wheat No 1 hard 75c to 76c corn No 2 27c to 2Sc oats Np 2 white 20c to 22c buttercreamery 12c to lGc eggs West ern 15c to ISc A SUGAE JBEET CROP NEBRASKA FARMERS MARKET ING LARGE QUANTITIES Factory at Norfolk Begins Opera tions with Three Hundred and Fifty Employes Yield Is Large and of Fine Quality The Norfolk sugar beet factory has started receiving beets and each day the farmers of that locality have been deliv ering from 250 to 350 wagon loads for which they received 3 per ton In ad di tion to those delivered by wagon great quantities of beets have been brought in by rail This has been a very favorable season for sugar beets and they are test ing very rich in sugar nearly the entire crop being ripe and ready for market There are nearly 5000 acres contracted for this factory and the campaign prom ises to be a long and profitable one The factory employs about 800 men All this helps wonderfully to relieve the hard times and gives Norfolk quite a busy ap pearance Western Travelers1 Association The fourth annual meeting of the Western Travelers Accident Association was held in Grand Island last week a good attendance being present President Stevens being absent W H Harrison of Grand Jsaud presided Report of secre tary A L Sheetz showed a member ship of 1600 representing forty sates Out of the 559 members in Nebraska Omaha has 178 and Lincoln ninety three During the year 151 accidents were re ported 121 claims for weekly indemnity were paid amounting to 1031016 1 if teen claims were rejected and fifteen withdrawn Expert Accountant A E Towlie who was employed by the presi dent ot the association to audit the ac counts of the treasurer made a report showing the receipts of the year amount ing to 147318 and the disbursements amounting to 1329441 leaving a cath balance of 140874 Were Stealing with a Pole Mr and Mrs Phil Bourgene were placeu tinder arrest at Hastings on the carge of robbery and are now lodged in the county jail The proprietors of the Black Flag Store have been missing goods almost daily- The other night a couple of cleiks were stationed m the rear of the stoe to await results At about 2 oclock in the morning they heard a rattling near the skylight and directly a long pole with a hook on the end was lowered into the room and hooked into some goods Four shots were fired by the clerks The police were on hand and the Bourgenes who live above the store were placed under arrest When their rooms were searched about 40 vylbrth of slolen goods were found and it is thought that they havo more stowed away Very I ike Mutual Surprise One day last week when John Byerly of North Platte returned to his room he took off his coat laid his watch on the table opened the closet door to hang his coat up and ran into the front end of a loaded revolver in the hands of a burglar whom he had surprised in tlie room John immediately disgorged to the extent of a gold watch and chain and 51 in change Byerly was then locked in the closet and the intruder made his escape After he found that he was alone he made an ahum and was liberated There is little proba bility of apprehending the culprit To Promote Scientific Discussio A Monday Philosophical Club was or ganized at Nebraska City The object of the organization is the discussion of scien tific and theological quesMons of current interest The membership is limited to twenty Itev E T Fleming is president and Prof C M Dawes secretary The membership is composed of prominent professional and business men of the city Killed While Riding- the Trucks Doc Stewart a loy about 16 yea old was killed by a St Joseph and Granu Island train near llollenburg Ivan He left Fairbury to visit his mother at llol lenburg and it is supposed was riding on the trucks and fell oil He had recently returned from the State Keform school and has been stopping with relatives Large Potato Crop The potato crop which is one of grow ing extent and importance in tlie vicinity of North Loup is now being harvested and fanners report th t it is much more promising than was si pp sed a few weeks smo Arrangemants ne being attempted to securo special freight rales by a num ber of large growe Hughey Jackson Owns Hi Guilt Hughey Jackson the man who held up John Beverly in his room at North Platte Thursday night has been apprehended Beyerlys watch was found on his person and he admits his guilt of this charge bur denies all connection wi h the burglary of Einsteins clothing or He says that the livery mans team goi away from him Injured on the Hace Track 0 Charlie Perfect ot Wilsonville was seri ously injured on the race track attla place After the leaders in the horse race went by he ran out on the track ami was run into by one of those behind knocking him down and cutting his fore head open Charged with Horse Stealing D W llulbert was arrested at Goiring on a charge of horse stealing and bound over to the district court in the sum of foOO bonds The Live Stock Association is said to be behind the prosecution and lo be sanguine of conviction Sibleys New Church The 11000 new Methodist church at Sibley was crowded Sunday at the dedi silion services conducted by Dr Ives of Auburn N Y To complete payment f h j church over 2500 was subscribed at die service Divorced Couple TVtd Again Mr and Mrs O T Lytle of Grafton who were divorced about a year ago went lo York and were remarried Two Indians Badly Cut West Point John an lntian and his squaw were badly cut about the head and ace at Lyons by another Indian Diphtheria Interferes with School The Shelby public school opened the 23lh Because of diphtheria and measles Miescool wa three weeks late iu starting Somedj tewuitry schools havejalsii re nin in elL closed owing to contagiousdis ase i For Selling mortgaged Property IJV Hawkins was arrested by the shenttnt Nebraska City on the charge of inongaiieu property uavm xait I claims to have a inoi tira o 011 a horse which liawtcius transferred 10 ti resident j of lovva i lEassKssjiBwrsiss HOW UNCLE SAM IS BLED Has Paid 3000000 in Ten 2 cars fo Something He Did Not Get The Naval Department has at least opened its eyes to an evil of long standing and a reform may be looked for It is in the matter of paying premiums to new warships for increased speed Within the past ten years about 30QO00O has been paid in this way yet there has been but little advance in the matter of speed Vessels would make speed records on their trial trips and receive the bonus but when put into service they could not maintain their records Of the 3600000 about two thirds has gone to the Cramps of Philadelphia When we began the building- of the new navy it was thought desirable be cause of the untried capabilities of Ameri can builders to offer them generous in ducements to improve their plants and put forth their best efforts The premium was decided upon but it was not the speed bonus of to day The earlier ships were contracted for on the plan of a premium for increased units of horse power Under this system were built the Yorktown Petrel Concord Bennington Charleston Newark and Baltimore With the exception of the Baltimore which earned a horse power premium of 106442 the contractors earned but lit tle It was the Baltimores big horse power bonus which determined the Navy Department to change the system and future contracts embraced a provision for speed premiums alone These offers were more than liberal They began with the Philadelphia and San Francisco at the rate of 25000 per quarter knot in excess of the contract requirement of 19 knots Under this both vessels earned a bonus for their builders of 100000 they having made 20 knots on their re spective trials When the New York Columbia Minneapolis and Olympia were contracted for the offered premium was increased to 30000 per quarter knot over 20 knots The Cramps built the ships and made them go very fast on their trials the Columbia earning 350000 and the Minneapolis 414G00 This last prize opened the eyes of the department and thereafter the offers of premiums were very much reduced and in the later contracts for battleships and gunboats they have been withdrawn altogether The great prize of 350000 just won by the Brooklyn is the last of the big pre miums There are now only four ships under construction that are to pay pre miums for speed the battleship Iowa and the three gunboats building at Newport News The rate on these last however is much lower The Iowa is to receive 50000 for each quarter knot excess but the guboats will only get 5000 At this rate the possible prizes will not he great though the Iowa may earn 100000 The Kearsarge and Kentucky battleships are to receive no speed premiums nor are the three additional battleships author ized by the next Congress On the con trary they are to forfeit 25000 for every quarter knot under 16 WHEAT ON THE JUMP Prices Have Advanced Steadily and Speculation Is Kevivinar Within fifteen days the price of wheat in Chicago has advanced 10 cents and there is more buying as prices work higher For five consecutive days there has been an advance above the closing figures of the previous day and last week the advance was 7 cents This has brought about a more confident feel ing in everything in the way of grain and provisions and the despondent feeling that has prevailed for two months is fast disapearjng Speculation is broadening and the fanner is receiving the benefit The market Friday was a daisy The wise traders who thought G5 cents for December was high water mark and sold out their long wheat at a fair profit as well as the short seller who has been feeling for the top to get out a line thought they had a cinch and played for a break They got it as December sold from Go1 cents to G4 cents Then the situation changed and the early sellers suddenly wanted their wheat back It was an ordinary market up to midday but in the last hour the price advanced steadily After the close sales were made at 67 cents Fifteen days ago at 57 cents it had no friends Now it has an abundance of them The feature of the advance is that pries all over the world are moving up as fast as they do in Chicago and the cash wheat is being taken by millers and exporters faster than at any time in yeors There is no manipulation but simply a supply and demand market A coterie of big traders are arrayed on the bull side who have great confidence in the future of values They are John Cudahy W R Linn and W T Baker They bought wheat because thpy believed it cheap and W T Baker docs not hesi tate to say that he believe 3 it will sell at 1 before another crop is raised Supplies are well adjusted to requirements and America for once holds the key to tho situation and can dictate prices to for eigners Sparks from the Wires The noted outlaw and murderer Bart Thrasher and his pal Doc Panther last of the successors of Rube Burrows were killed near Horse Creek Walker County Ala by Deputy Sheriffs Cole and Ball of Birmingham The marriage of Miss Olive Bagley fourth daughter of the late ex Gov John I Bagley to Stedman Buttrick a young banker and broker of Boston whose home is in Concord Mass was solemnized at the home of the brides mother in Detroit Judge Baker of the United States Court at Indianapolis gave his decision in the famous case of the Indianapolis Water Company against the American Strawboard Company for pollution of White River He found against the Straw board company and fined it 250 Information was received at Sedalia Mo of the appointment of James C Thompsbn the defaulting and absconding cashier of the defunct First National Bank of Sedalia as tie and wood inspec tor for the Mexican Central Railroad with headquarters in the City of Mexico Over one half of the twenty four toll gates in Anderson County Kentucky were destroyed by regularly QrganizeG bands of lawless advocates of free turn pikes The keepers were warned that an attempt to collectany more toll would be a warrant for a hanging Rev James B Morrison of Laconia N H committed suicide by inhaling gas in the Revere House Boston Mass Mr Morrison left Laconia recently on account of charges about to be presented against him for immoral conduct He had been pastor of the Unitarian Church in La- conia for the past six years - x BALL SEASON EiNDS t REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD OF 1896 Progress of the Strujjsle for the Championship from Its Bejrinnins Last April Prognostications for Next Season How They Stand 1896 Clubs 1S95 1 69S Baltimore 669 1 2 C25 Cleveland 64G 2 3 606 Cincinnati 508 8 4 565 Boston 542 6 5 555 Chicago 554 4 G 512 Pittsburg 538 7 7 489 New York 504 9- 8 477 Philadelphia 595 3- 9 443 Washington 336 10 9 443 Brooklyn 542 5 11 308 StLouis 298 11 12 290 Louisville 267 12 Tie for njnth place The season just ended has not been as prosperous with professional baseball as the two or three seasons preceding This is on account of the hard times It is in evidenced clearly from the fact that fewer of the minor leagues have pulled through the entire season As far as the Nation al League is concerned the attendance in the aggregate has been smaller than last year The conditions of the race have been responsible for this to a large degree For instance the clubs in good baseball towns like New York Brooklyn Philadelphia and Boston have never been in it as far as the championship was con cerned for any length of time while last year nine clubs were fighting it out until near the close of the season The business of the Chicago club said President Hart has fallen off both at home and abroad this season as compared with last the greatest falling off being in the away-from-home games caused by the reasons just stated The attend ance at home has been less than last year because we have had poorer attractions on holidays Saturdays and Sundays and also because the team was a greater num ber of games away from the pennant al though occupying the same relative posi tion in the championship table as last year To prognosticate the performance for a coming season is a hard task It is impos sible to foretell what will be the condition of the men when they show np for work 4111 mc aymi xuk uest pucners 01 one season may be the poorest of the next The heavy batsmen of 189G may be the weak batsmen in 1897 EIGHT DIFFERENT TICKETS Multiplicity of Presidential Nomina tions May Lead to Confnsion Says a Washington correspondent There are now eight presidential tickets in the field Some of the tickets are du plications Nevertheless they were nom inated by separate national conventions duly called and in some States as for instance in Ohio and Illinois where State legislation controls the method of printing the tickets for presidential elec tors this multiplicity of tickets is likely to cause confusion In the order of their nomination the tickets are as follows Prohibitionist Nominated at Pittsburg May 27 For President Joshua Levering of Maryland For Vice President Hale Johnson of Illinois National Party Free silver woman suf frage off shoot of the regular prohibi tionists nominated at Pittsburg May 28 For President Charles E Bentley of Nebraska For Vice President James Haywood Southgate of North Carolina Republican Nominated at St Louis June IS For PresidentWilliam McKinley of Ohio For Vice President Garret Augustus Hobart of New Jersey Socialist Labor Nominated at New York July 4 For President Charles H Matchett of New York For Vice President Matthew Magnire of New Jersey Democratic Party Nominated at Chi cago July 10 and 11 For President William Jennings Bry an of Nebraska For Vice President Arthur Sewall of Maine Silverites Nominated at St Louis July 24 For President William Jennings Bry an of Nebraska For Vice President Arthur Sewall of Maine Peoples Party Nominated at St Louis July 24 and 25 For President William Jennings Bry an of Nebraska For Vice President Thomas E Wat son of Georgia National Democratic Party Nominated at Indianapolis Sept 3 For President John McAuley Palmer of Illinois For Vice President Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky END OF A LONG LEGAL FIGHT Judce Payne Appoints a Receiver for Iowa Farmers Trust Company The bill for the appointment of a re ceiver for the Farmers Trust Company of Iowa which has been the subject of much litigation was filed with the Supe rior Court at Chicago Thursday The claimants were Julia C Rogers Caroline M Hobbs Frank F Holmes Emil Wall ber guardians of the Schoff estate ana others who are owners of the bonds and stock of the company Judge Payne ap pointed a title guarantee and a trust company receiver The company was incorporated in Iowa with a capital stock of 1000000 and its principal business has been to loan mon ey on farm lands The bill of the com plainants alleges that Rockwell Sayer has been president of the company since its formation and the claimants say he has managed the business mainly for his own profit What is believed to be a genuine case of leprosy was accidentally discovered in the waiting room at Bellevue Hospital New York The supposed victim was quickly transferred to the Willard Barker Hospital He is George Fleming 40 years old a homeless German baker He has been sleeping in charity houses and according to his story he has been afflict ed for ten years Richard Williams ex Chinese customs inspector at San Francisco convicted of fextortion has been sentenced to six years imprisonment and fined 100000 X t 4s r -4 V i j l M
