The Yalentine Democra VALENTINE , NEB. X. M. RIOE , Publish * TEN PEOPLE DROWS NAPHTHA LAUNCH TURNS TUR TLE ON THE POTOMAC. Occupants of the .Launch Rushed t One Side ami the Boat Was Ovei turned Only Four oi * the Occt pants Were Saved. Ten persons were drowned as the rcsu of the capsizing of a naphtha launch c the Potomac River off GeorgctOAvn in tl western section of Washington , D. C during the annual Potomac regatta S/n unlay afternoon. Four others also we ! on the launch , but escaped.All but or lived in the city. The dead are Andrew J. Booze , aboi 35 years old , a salesman , formerly f Asheville , N. C. ; .T. George Smith , hn been president of the Smith-PoAvell P : per Company , of this city ; marriet 'Charles ' Herbert Coates , of McKecspor Pa. , tailor , about 35 years old ; Job . " \Valdman , Jr. , 20 years old , machinb apprentice in navy yard ; William Smitl about 35 years old , employe of the nav yard ; Mrs. Lulu Dreyfuss ; Bertha Se bach , sister of Mrs. Dreyfuss ; Hele Ilizer ; Helen Moore , daughter of a prim er at Washington. The saved are Dr. C. W. Wagner , Di C. A. Stewart , J. A. Woulfe , and Wi Jiam Leader. Tlie accident was the worst in the his tory of Potomac River racing. Th names of the launch was Recreation owned by Drs. Stewart and Wagner. During the first race the launch got ii the Avay of the four-oared shells and it wash was such that the oflicials repri mandcd its crew and ordered them out o the Avay. There was some shoAv of re pentment at this order , and the launcl headed for shore , but miscalculated it : course , and striking the strong undertov caused by a mill race , rocked for a mo ment and as the passengers rushed to out side turned turtle. Only a few of the thousands that linec the shore witnessed the accident , but tlu police immediately set to work to re cover the bodies. STRIKERS ARE ACCUSED. Residence of a Mine Superintendent Blown up at Austen , W. Va. Unknown persons early Sunday at tempted to kill Superintendent F. M , Horchler , of the Austin Coal and Cokt Company , and his family by blowing up the residence at Austen , near Wheeling , W. Va. , Avith dynamite.N The charge was placed on the front porch , directly under the room in Avhich the family was sleep ing. ing.The The explosion tore a large hole through the floor and drovq a hole in the ground several feet beloAV. The family all es- capbd serious injury. The employes of the Austen Coal and Coke Company haA-e been on strike since the 1st of January , and Mrs. Horchler believes some of the strikers are guilty cf the outrage. b- TENNESSEE CENTRAL WfJECK Oue Man Killed and About Forty Other Persons Injured. One man was killed and about forty other persons injured in a passenger wreck on the Tennessee Central Railroad - , road , ten miles southeast of Xashville , Twin. , Sunday. Westbound passenger train Xo. 2 , from KnoxA-ille to Xashville , and in charge of Conductor AV. II. Re- > ( land , was making the descent of Silver Point hill , Avhen a flange of a Avheol on a tmck of the rear car broke , derailing the two last coaches , , One of them turned completely over , and both Avere badly wrecked. A 2-year-old baby was hurled from a window down an embankment , lodgii.g betAveen the car wheels , and Avas un hurt Avhen picked up. Rioting in Kew York. Xew York : Demonstrations against the non-union men Avho are taking their places in the packing plants of Schwarz- schild & Sulzberger and the United ( Dressed Beef Company were rencAved Friday by the striking beef butchers and .their sympathizers. Assaults on non union drivers became general during tha afternoon. Forest Fire in Idaho. A forest fire is raging in the heavily timbered district south of Pierce Lake , an northern Idaho. People from Priest River are unable to get through to the lake and fears are expressed for set- ' tiers in that region. So far but onoi death is knoAvn , that of a small boy , fa tally burned near Newport , Wash. Brilliant Marine Picture. Six score of yachts , 104 of Avhich flew the NOAV York Yacht Club's pennant and five United States Avarships all but chok ed the entrance to the Thames River at' New London , Conn. , Sunday and made a marine picture of great brilliancy. Sioux City Ijive Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City stock market follow : Fat steers , ' $3.30 < go.45. Hogs , $4.75(0 ( > i.90. Rapid Promotion. An official bulletin issued from the Pe- terhoff palace at St. Petersburg says he .empress and the heir to the throne arc .progressing favorably. The czarevitch 'has ' been gazetted as the ataman ( or chief ) of the Cossack forces. Three More Bodies Found. A Pueblo , Colo. , special says : Three imore bodies of the victims of the Eden ( disaster were discovered by the search- jiug parties Saturday and all were idenTi- jfied sqou after being brought in. f * * * * tn \ * APPEAL TO HARRISON. Mayor of Chicago "Will bo Ask < to Take a Hand. Mayor Carter H. Harrison , of Chi < go , Avill be asked to do what he can i ward settling the stock yards strike. With all prospects of peace , or ev peace conferences , gone , the retail me dealers and grocers Friday night decid in the present conflict similar to the i to ask Mayor Harrison to take a i :5tion taken by him in the street c strike last fall. The street raihvay stri was settled through his efforts. At a meeting of the retail dealers F day afternoon a committee of ten pt sons Avas appointed to Avait upon t mayor. ReprescntatiA-es of the strike were at this meeting , and express themselves as being satisfied AA'ith t plan to ask Mayor Harrison's assistan in the controversy. * Previous to the decision to reque Mayor Harrison to intercede for peac Cornelius Shea , president of the Into national Brotherhood of' Teamsters , d clared in an interview that there AVOU be no more sympathetic strikes of tl members of his union. He declared th all the packing house teamsters on stril would "stand pat , " meaning that th < would remain on strike. Mr. Shea's attitude is taken to me ; that the teamsters' joint council Avill r fuse to sanction any actual Avalkouts ' its members Avhen they meet Sunday consider the matter. A riot in crowded Fifth Avenue with a square of the city hall , recalling tl teamscers' strike tAvo years ago , win missiles were hurled through the wi : dews of office buildings , capped the c ! max of disorder in the stock yards stril Friday. During the day half a doze men Avere hurt in various encounter and shots Avere fired dining an attack o a trainload of strike breakers. All told , Friday's A-iolence AA-as moi widespread than in any previous tweh hours of the strike , although no mob c great size took part in any of the a ; saults. SeA-enty skilled butchers who 'struck r Chicago are reported to have returned t their former employers , Schwarzschil & Sulzberger , to tftke the places of stril ers in the plant at New York.'Other ' a leged desertions of the union cause dm ing the past tAventy-four hours are sai to aggregate 319 men , all skilled butcl ers , lee of Avliom are asserted to hav been sent to strike-affected plants at 81 Joseph , Mo. , Omaha and Kansas City. Officials of the labor union deny th truth of the reports. CZAR GETS A BOY. Heir to Russian Throne Arrived Fri day Afternoon. A St. Petersburg special says that i son and heir to the Russian throne Ava : born at 12:30 Friday afternoon. Th empress and child are doing Avell. Th < child Avill be chrir.tened Alexis. The birth of an heir to the throne Avai attended with all the ceremonial ordain ed by imperial tradition. In accordant with Russian LIAV there AVCI-C present , be sides the emperor , Baron Fredericks master of ceremonies , and Prince Dolgo i-ouky , grand marshal of the court. Dr Rott personally announced the birth 01 the heir to the aAvaiting imperial family An imperial salute of 101 guns Avas subsequently fired by all the forts around St. Petersburg. The christening of the heir AA'ill take place in a fortnight. It Avill be a cere mony of the most elaborate sort. SULTAN IS SCARED. Inrkey Promises to Meet Uncle Sam's JLJemands. Smyrna , Asiatic Turkey , advices state : hat the American squadron , consisting ) f the Olympia. Baltimore and ClcA-eland , irrived ther'e Friday morning. Naoum Pasha , under secretary qf for- Mgn affairs , called on Minister Lcishman it Theapia , nine miles northeast of Con stantinople , and reiterated the assurances > f the government regarding a speedy ind favorable reply to the demands touch- ng the rights of American citizens in turkey. ' Subsequently the secretary of the pal- ice and minister of mines had a long nterview Avith Lcishman for the purpose if determining upon the text of a reply vhich may prove acceptable to America. A Determined Suicide. After three attempts at suicide , Thos. Duffy , a transient telegrapher , at Faro - ; o , X. D. , was successful. The first ef- ort , by cutting an artery in both wrists , ras a failure. The second effort , by langing , was no more successful , and nally he tied his suspenders around his eck , stood on a chair andtied a knot , round the steam pipe , kicked the chair ut of his Avay and soon strangled to oath. Colorado Miner Shoots. At Cripple Creek , Colo. , a committee f five AA-ent to the house of George heidt Wednesday night for the purpose t deporting him. After the" men gained utrauce to the house Shcidt began shoot- ig at them. A dozen shots were ex- lianged , but no one was Avounded. , Cleveland Cloakmakers to Strike. Two thousand cloakmakers , employed i seventeen shops throughout Cleveland , ' . , have voted to go on strike to enforce demand for an increase in wages and osed shop. No Settlement Near. Shooting followed an attack on a LaJce here train carrying a large number of rike breakers from their homes to work : the Chicago stock yards. Windows ere broken and a number of occupants ruck by lying missiles. Wheat Takes Tumble. Persistent profit taking and less dam- jing crop advices caused wheat to fall &c on the board of trade at Chicago riday. September sold from $1.0 14 to . .01 % , closing at ? EIGHT WEN DROWNED. Bursting Dam Carries Death Miners. A special to the Ralicgh , N. C. , and Observer from Salisbury , X. ( says : "Information has been received he that the Baringer Gold mine , , locat near Gold Hill , X. C. , Rowan Count Avas suddenly flooded with water la Thursday afternoon , causing the dea of eight men employed in the mine. The dead are Will Canup , Will Sti AAalt , Joseph Magrum , Bob Deberr Sam Price and three others , Avhose nam are not obtainable. Xine men Avere in the mine shaft AVK the dam of a large pond located nei the entrance to the mine gave way b cause of excessive rains , the Avaters rus ing in upon tlie men. Thomas Moyl , manager of the plar was the only one to escape death. The mine is filled Avith Avater , and noi of the dead bodies has yet been reco ered. ered.An An unusual doAvnpour of rain was r ported in theAicinity of the mine Thur day afternoon , doing much damage property. The flooded mine is the property of tl Whitney Reduction Company , of Sali bury , and Pittsburg , Pa. , and has bee operated bor a number of years. " REWARD FOR LOST CHILD. Son ot Brooklyn Contractor is Stole 'by Kidnappers. < Vincezo Manniuo , the Italian contrac or , of Brooklyn , X. Y. , Avhose G-year-6 ] son Antonio has been kidnapped , has o fered a reward of 300 for the return c the boy and also offers to pay liberall for any information concerning his los child. A letter mailed at Hobokeu was r < ceived by the Mannino family , which ha been turned over to the police. Tlie boy' ' name was signed to the letter , in Avliic he stated that his fingers and toes woul be cut off if the ransom was not pan Francisco Corneglio and Avife Antoni have been arrested on information fui nished by Angelo Cocozza , a 10-year-ol boy \vho says he brought the boy to th borough of Manhattan. NOT TO SINK SHIPS. British Premier Conllde-nt Itussk Will Not Sink XeutraJ Vessels. In the house of commons at London Premier Balfour , speaking on the sann lines as Lord LansdoAvne in the hoiifci of lords , said he Avas perfectly cnnfiden no neutral ships would again be sunk b : the Russians. He fully agreed in tin statement that such sinkifig Avas an in ternational outrage. The govcrmnem had expressed to Russia in tlie clearesi Avay possible that view , Avith tlio forego ing result. The Associated Press learn Greal Britain is distinctly dissatisfied Avitli Uit Russian attitude in the Knight Conimau dor case and continues to press Russia to make a substantial modification of the list or articles regarded as contraband. SOLVES CRIME MYSTERY. Lincoln Police Capture the Man Who Killed Officer Reedy. A Lincoln , Xeb. , special says : Crazed by grief and remorse , Jesse Golden at tempted to kill himself with a razor in the outskirts of the city. He was recog nized by DetectiA-es Bentley ai Dawsou Thursday morning as the murderer of Of ficer Reedy , in East St. Louis , in May , 1902 , and he confessed his identity when iccused of the crime. He said his brotli- 3r , John Golden , committed suicide in Denver not long ago. The mystery of Reedy's death has been ) ne of the most profound in tlie criminal umals of St. Louis. A reward of $500 s offered for Golden , Avho Avent under tlie ilias of Long. PROBABLY DIED IN WRECK. : iio Grande Traveling Engineer Mis- sine Since Sunday. Frank Wilson , of Denver , Colo. , tnn- 'liug engineer of the Denver and llio Jrande Railroad , has not been heard from ince Sunday , and is believed to have icon among the victims of the flood at Sden , Colo. It is positively knoAvn thalj ie traveled from Denver to Colorado Springs on the train that ran into the reek at Eden , as he rode on the engine > art of the Avay , but Fireman David iayfield says he" did not see Mr. Wil- on after the train left Colorado Springs. Chicago Society Woman Killed. Miss Grace Gregory , a young Chicago ociety woman and daughter of Robert I. Gregory , a prominent business man , ; as killed in the suburb of Lake Forest y being IhroAvn from her horse. The nimal shied at a passing train and Miss Jregory was throAvn to the ground , frac- wiring her skull. To Relieve Kuropatkin. It is reported in military circles at St. 'etersburg ' that Lieut. Gen. Linevitch ! marching troops from the direction of 'ladivostok to create a division in tfie ; ar of Gen. Kuroki's army Avith the ob- ct of relieving Gen. Kuropatkiifs > rces. Big Steal Charged . J. E. Reiuger , formerly president and easuror of the Iteiuger Lumber Corn- any at Kansas City , Mo. , was arrested ; South Haven , Mich. , rlnursday on a arrant charging him Avith the embez- emeut of $43,200 from the lumber com- iny. Gives Yacht Away. Emperor William of Germany has giv- i his American-built yacht Meteor to e crown prince. It is expected the em- iror's new yacht , to be built by the 'crreshoffs , Avill bo completed by next me. Beaten in Race "With Death. Gen. George W. Davis , governor of the inama canal zone , who has been sum- oned home because of the illness of his' ife , learned upon his arrival at New ark that Mrs. Pavfe was dead. STATE OF NEBEASt NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A COf DENSED FORM. Thirsted for Maidens' Blood Ge Fourcloud. Alleged to Have Kllle Four Indian Girls .Liquor Mat Him a Fiend. After satisfying what officers declare his mania for killing young women , Avi the total cost of four lives , George Fet : cloud , a Winnebago Indian , is in tl hands of the law at Fender , charged \vi killing Cora Elk , whose bruised boi was found by the roadside. The youi woman , who was about 20 years ol was found near the agency Saturdi morning lifeless , having been killed but short time when found. Nothing wi developed at the inquest to show caui for the act , but Fourcloud was drun The girl was beaten and terribly bruisi about the body , several ribs broken , ai showed that in a fit of rage she was li erally beaten to death. When intoxicated it is alleged nothii will satisfy Fourcloud but the blood < an Indian maiden. His first victim , is charged , was the IS-year- daught < of Mrs. John Hill , who died as the resu of knife wounds. The second victim AVJ Mary Decora , another Winnebago gii and the third Lucy Tebo , a half-breed. Fourcloud was held responsible fc each murder , but not until this time ha sufficient evidence been secured to wa : rant his arrest. Conditions" the Omaha and Wiun < bago reservations are in many respect the best they have been in years. Tli worst drawback at "present to the pro ; perity and peace of the Indians , and th white men , too , for that matter , is th liquor business , which flourishes in spit of every effort that has been made up t date to eradicate it. In fact , there neve was a time when it appeared so easy fo the Indians to obtain liquor as now. Ai rests for furnishing liquor to the Indian are frequent , fully as much so as at an ; time in the past , but in spite of this th industry nourishes and the day is rar when drunken Indians are not to be seei on or about the reservation. Homer ap pears to lie the principal seat of the boot legging industry , thought it is by n < means impossible for the Indians to secure cure liquor in other towns surrouudin : the reservation. SEVERE RAIN AND HAIL. Damage to Crops , Roads and Bridges r Around AVayne. The worst rain and hail storm of tlu season occurred near midnight Mocdaj night , lasting nearly an hour. Foui miles northwest and northeast of Wayiu hail fell in a strip two miles wide , doinj ; a great deal of damage to the.crops. Har- A'esting is nearly over and the damage Avas not as much as it Avould have been earlier , though corn suffered somewhat. At the home of AV. A. Kneely , north east of the city , twenty-eight window glass Avere'broken by the hail. Twenty acres of oats in the shock be longing to William Meyers in the low lands Avas Avashed aAvay entirely. The rural free delivery carrier on routfe Xo. 4 could not complete his trip , owing to bridges being Avashed out ; and barbed Avire fences across the roads. In other parts of the county the dam age is light. STRIKE-BREAKER KILLED. One Negro Stabs Another to Death at South Omaha. During the progress of a row between strike breakers Thursday night at the Cudahy plant at Omaha Andrew Ilansen was stabbed OA-er the heart and killed by a man named Isaacs. Both are ne groes and were strike breakers. Isaacs immediately fled and has not been cap tured. Ilansen Avas from Jacksonville , Fla. . find Avas a recently imported strike breaker. Isaacs HA-CS in Omaha. New Farmers' Elevator. Arrangements are Avell under Avay for irganizing a farmers' elevator and grain mying company at Straussville , a small station on the Missouri Pacific , three ; iiles northwest of Falls City. There are o be thirty farmers to take one share > ach of stock at $100 and pay a fee of $ . ' { . V number of the farmers in that vicinity iaA-c expressed a Avillingness to go into he scheme. Impaled on Pork Handle. Frank Wylis , a young farmer , living icar Ellis , attempted to slide to the j ground from a hay stack and struck on I ' he handle of a pichfork and AVHS im- mled until taken down by several farm lands Avho Avere Avorking nearby. For a ime it Avas thought he could not recoven nit at last accounts he Avas slowly recov- ring. Rob Bachelor Quarters. When Charles Adolph returm-d to his achelor home at Plattsmouth a few venings ago he Avas quite surprised tend nd that someone had broken in the oor Avith an ax and had smashed the runk and taken his money , a IIOAV suit f clothes , destroyed valuable papers and ommitted other depredations. Hartin ton Man Drops Dond. Ed Schager , of Harrington , Avhile sit- j ng in W. M. Lorang's saloon , suddcnlv ropped dead. Heart disease is supposed ) have been the cause of death. Sch.iI I ervas about 40 years old. j Hail Kill * Hundreds of Birds 1 Afte a hail storm at Omaha the other : iy sparrows were found dead under one ! ee. A chicken and a kitten Avere found j ozen in a pile of hailstones. ( Fatally Hurt by Explosion George Bennett , of Xebraska City , em- oycd by the Xebraska City Brick Com- iny , Avas fatally hurt by the premature : plosiou of a can of powder. Switchman AVants Damag-ps. Ed Brantner has brought suit in the strict court at Plattsmouth against the urlington Railroad Company for $3.1.- 10 damages for injuries alleged to haA-c en sustained by him while employed by e company as night watchman in the irds at Pacific Junction on Feb. 14 last. Good Crops in'Polk County. A Stromburg special says : Threshing this vicinity has progressed well and good average crop of grain is being rued into the bins. The prospect for bountiful corn croo is good. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Long and Patient Wait to See TVhi Populists ATould Do. The meeting of the Democratic sta convention at Lincoln , which Avas call for'2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon , AV delayed two hours to give the delegat an opportunity to hear the address Thomas E. Watson at the populast co vention , and to permit of confereuc Avith populist leaders concerning fusii of the tAvo parties. It was admitt early in the day that fusion along ti Thomas E. Watson at the populist co substitution of AVatson and Tibbies elc tors for those of Parker and DaA-is ai an equal division of the state officers Avould never be conceded by the Dem crats , Avho insisted on fusion alone < the state ticket , each party supporting i presidential nominee. The platform contains a hearty i dorsenient of the national ticket , says in part : "AATe , the Democrats of Nebraska , i state convention assembled , hereby rea firm tlie principles of Democracy asser ell and defended by Jefferson , Jacksc and Bryan , and approve the platfon adopted by the Democratic national coi vention at St. Louis. We pledge ov hearty support to Alton B. Parker an Henry G. DaA'is , the nominee of tl coiiA-cntion. ( "We point with pride to the splendi record made by our distinguished fello1 citizen and take this opportunity to agai express our profound appreciation of h : steadfast devotion to Democratic prii ciples. " After an all night session t"ho Denu crats and populists completed the follov ing state ticket : Governor George W. Berge , Populis Lieutenant GoA-ernor Dr. A. To * vr send. Democrat. Treasurer John M. Osborne , Populisi Auditor J. S. Canaday , Populist. Secretary of State R. E. Watzkr Democrat. Attorney General Edward Whaler Democrat. Land Commissioner A. A. Woolsej Populist. Superintendent of Public Instruction- Albert Soft ley , Populist. A HAND TO HAND ENCOUNTER , Arrest of Albert Mullens in Dakota County. After a hand to hand encounter Avitl Sheriff H. C. Ilansen , in Avhich gun : played a prominent part , Albert Mullens was lodged in the county jail at Dakot : ; City Thursday night , Avitli his face be smeared Avich blood , the result of being hit on the head Avith a gun in the hand * of Sheriff Hanson to subdue him for ar rest for disposing of mortgaged cattle. Mullens lives with his wife and fam ily on.a farm about five miles west of Hubbard , is about 40 years of age , and i ? \vell known in the county. Mullens put up a tight and he and the sheriff engaged in a tussle , Sheriff llan- < en all tlie time keeping Mullen's gun pointed from him. AVhilo engaged in thy : ussle both men Avont down , with Hansen - sen underneath. Others appeared upon : he scene and Avent to the rescue of the ? : ierifF. Avho soon subdued Mullens , who , ivith the vilest of oaths , submitted ami tveut to jail. . Sheriff Ilansen received several bruises m his face. ALICE FOURCLOUD TESTIFIES Jays She Saw Her Brother Strike Cora Elk. In the evidence before Commissioner Sloan at Platte , Alice Fourcloud , a G- ear-old girl and sister of George Four- loud , stated that George did strike and : ick Coia Elk , that after this George arried Cora and put her into his spring vagon and drove away. Her brother's estimony. David Fourcloud , corroborat- d partly that of his sister Alice. Other fitnesses were called , but no direct evi- ence was adduced from them furthei han finding her dead by the roadside , 'he case is not y > t concluded , but nousrh evidence was adduced to indicate Iiat Commissioner Sloan Avill turn hire ver to the federal grand jury. Pnpillioii Hey Injured. Word has reached Papillion from Og- on. Utah , of a serious accident that upprned to Garry Beadle , a former Pa- illion boy. and formerly of the South inaha lire dpartinent' . He was working ; ilh a surveying party in the vicinity of 'gden. ' when he was kicked in the face y a horse , brrakinir his nose. lacerating is forehead and badly injuring his eye. Burglary at Platt.smouth. Another case of burglary has been rought to liu'Iit at Plattsmouth by the tiding of thirty pairs of new shoes by lioriff McBride and Chief of Police Fitz- rald in six now sacks , covered with vo coats , which AVOI-O tiie property of id bore the name of AV. AV. Coates , of iattsmoiith. nicely secreted in a hole in ; e side of the big bluff. Severe Electrical Storm. A severe electrical storm passed over yens Monday niuht. L. A. Peterson , farmer living southeast of Lyons , had s barn struck by lightning , burning it the ground , together with valuable > i os. grain , etc. Mr. Peterson Avas idly burned and bruised in attempting get the horsts out of the barn. TraJn Stuck in Cut. A Burlington freight train. Avith 02 rs. five of which were loaded Avith > ck , got stuck in the cut near Platts- mth. A switch engine took out nine ulcd cars and after sidetracking them is able to assist the train in getn'ug out the cut. Good Pro ros-s on Asylum. Work on tlie new Nebraska state hos- : al for the insar.e at Norfolk , for which lust legislature appropriated $100- ! ) . is moving swiftly. The three new itatres are almost finished to the top :1 : tlie big administration building is 11 under Avav. Kor e's Kick Results Fatally. ohn Blackwell , a farmer living five ! es northwest of Osmond , Avas kicked the abdomen by a vicious horse on turday night , from the effects of which died Monday. Mr. BlackAvell was 4G irs of age and leaves a large family. r < un T Fish lor Nebraska .Lakes. 'he United States fish commission car , charge of Superintendent Johnson , of ishiugton , D. C. , arrived at Lodge le Monday morning and stocked the es on Oberfelder's ranch "with crap- s. black and rock bass. One Hundred Years Ago. The United States squadron , under Commodore Preble , attacked tlie ship ping and. butteries of Tripoli. During the action the Constitution was much f damaged , thirteen were wounded , and one killed , three of the enemy's boats were captured and three sunk. John Kinzie , of the American Fur Company , bought Le Mai's trading ; house and was the first permanent set tler of Chicago. A coach route was established be tween Philadelphia and Pittsburg , Pa. Considerable excitement prevailed in Florida over an insurrection of Americans who attempted to surprise find capture the garrison at Baton Rouge Seventy-five Years Ago. The Massachusetts Eye and Ear In firmary at Boston was founded. The centennial of Baltimore was cel ebrated. The first locomotive regularly used in the United States "was run on the Carbondale - bondale and Honesdale Railroad ID Xew York. "Moray floods" in Scotland caused great loss of life and damage to prop erty. erty.Rosas Rosas , the leader of the Federalists , , attained supreme power in the Argen tine republic. Fifty Years Ago. The Queen Regent of Spain attempt ed , to leaA'e Madrid , but Avas prevented by the populace , "who demanded her trial by the Cortes. A severe battle Avas fought between the Chippewa and Sioux Indians. The Russians on the demand of Aus tria evacuated the Danube principality : hen occupied by Austria. forty Years Ago. Residents of red light districts ia Chicago Avere given a forty-eight hour lotice to leave the city by the police- > oard. The United States treasury depart- nent was making every effort to pay he army up to July 1. So many men of Chicago and 1111- l/ois / were being recruited by agents- or other States that Governor Yates- ssued an order barring such agents. Adirijral Farragut , with six iron- lads , was reported to have passed forts Morgan and Gaines and to be- oinbarding the inner defenses of Mo- The citizens of Pennsyh-ania at a , pecial election approved an amend- lent to the Constitution allowing sol- iers to vote. Residents of Buffalo , X. Y. , were ex ited over a report of an intended Con- sderate raid from Canada , Avith the bject of burning tlie city. hirty Years Ago. The people's , or "white man's , ' ' tick- t Avas elected in Vicksburg , Miss. , for ie first time since 1SG1. An attempt Avas made in the Chicago * "fcy Council to have the proposed city all located on the West Side. The gossip of London clubs was that ie House of Commons Avould be asked > appropriate ยง 200,000 to pay the- * bts of the Prince of AVales. Twenty-five persons , mostly women , , idshed in the burning of an Ohio Riv- steamer near Aurora , Ind. Charges- : selfish cruelty were made against ie boat's crew. Five thousand grangers held a mon- er picnic at Fort Wayne , Ind. rventy Years Ago. A hot wave swept OA-er Southern ranee and the plague of cholera , hich had raged for a month , became- ore severe. The Rush street bridge , Chicago , was sted and formally opened for traffic. Jay Gould resigned the presidency of" e Wabash. St. Louis and Pacific Rail- iy and plans for its reorganization jre put into execution. Lieut Greely and his fellow arctic plorers , recently returned , were giv- a grand reception at Portsmouth , H. The corner stone of the Bartholdl itue in Xew York was laid during a uring rain. Henry M. Stanley , the African ex- > rer , recently returned to England , . is given a reception by King Leopold Ostend. , n Years Ago. Fapon protested against the delivery- China'of 10,000,000 rifle cartridges an American firm. Ill companies of the Illinois militia tich had been on strike duty in Chi- : o and Pullman were relieved from vice by Governor AJtjreld.