Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, October 01, 1908, Image 6

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    THE VMOTE DEMOCRAT
VALWXTINE , XEB.
I. M. KICK ,
a - " ' . .
INDIANA SMITES RUM
OPTION BILL PASSED BY
TUB IiEGISLATUKE.
Member In Tears us He Voteo for
2ift Passage of Bill a Complete
Viclory for .C.'ov. .Ilanly Tnggnrl
is Gr.etitly Cliagrinned.
The. final vote on the county local
option bill in the Indiana legislature
Saturday , when it was passed by a
vote of 55 to 45 , was a surprise to
both republican and democratic man
agers , as six democrats voted for it
and- four republicans against it.
The .scenes attending the taking of
the vote were intensely dramatic. Ful
ly J > 00 temperance workers were mass
ed in the hall of representatives , and
every vote from an unexpected source
was received with loud cheering.
One member who had been counted
against the bill cried like a child as
he sank back into his daughter's arms
after voting for the bill. He said he
was committing political suicide and
knew if , but pressure had been so
strong from every side that he had
finally decided to yield and take the
consequences.
AVomen wept as he took his seat ,
but : i smile was on his ( laughter's face ,
and it was clear to what influence
he had succumbed after standing
out against the bill till it came up for
passage.
AVhen the vote was announced by
the clerk and corresponded with the
individual tallies that many had been
keeping as it progressed there was a
moment of silence , and then the hall
rang -with cheer after cheer as the
temperance workers marched through
the aisles , shaking hands with the
men who voted for their cause and
with Speaker Branch , who had been
surrounded by a crowd around his
desk.
For more than an hour the con
gratulations continued , and it was not
until the ministers and other workers
actually wore themselves out that they
retired from the hall.
BOAT DISASTER IX LAKE.
Seven Out of Launch Party of Eight
Drown Xear Chicago.
Seven men out of a party of eight
A'ere drowned in the Calumet river at
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street ,
South Chicago , Sunday night when the
pleasure launch Lemon struck one
of the supports of a railroad bridge
and sank with all on board. The own
er of the launch succeeded in swim
ming to shore and was the only one
saved. A life saving crew and the am
bulances of all nearby police stations
were hurried to the scene.
Owing to a severe storm and a swift
current in the river , which is wide at
that point , it was more than an hour
before the life savers could begin
dredging for the bodies. The work at
last had to be given up. Albert AYest-
gren , the only man saved , was taken
in custody by the police. He said the
only drowned man he knew was John
Prick , his brother-in-law.
FIRES IX ADIROXDACIvS.
Flames in Xew York Mountains Gel
Beyond Control.
The forest fires in the Adirondack ? ,
fanned by a strong Avind , are now be
yond control of the hundreds of men
who have been fighting them. Ac
cording to reports received at Utica ,
X. Y. , several small villages and camps
are being wiped out.
Long Lake AVest , a village of about
100 inhabitants , was burned and the
damage resulting amounted to many
thousands of dollars. The village con
tained about a dozen buildings , the
railroad station and a large storehouse
which supplied the camps for miles
around. The preserve of Dr. AArebb ,
at Nehassene. was threatened and Uti.
ca was appealed to for assistance.
Russian Students to Strike.
Disorders have broken out ' in St.
Petersburg university. At a mass
meeting which was attended by f ,000
a. resolution was adopted that the stu
dents of this university take the lead
in declaring a student strike through
out Russia in protest against the re
pressive measures of the new minis
ter of education. M. Schwartz.
American Warships at Apia.
Several vessels of the American Pa
cific fleet , including the cruiser Ten
nessee , the flagship of the second divi
sion , in command of Rear Admiral
Sebree , and the AVashington , the
AVhipple and the Hopkins have ar
rived at Apia , Samoa.
Sionx City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Beeves ,
$5.505.75. Top hogs , $6.80.
Oklahoma More Careful.
The county commissioners of Muskogee -
kogee county , Okla. , have refused to
extend the time asked by the Prairie
Oil and Gas company to extend their
pipe and telegraph lines across the
county. The commissioners an
nounced , however , that they desired to
investigate their authority and might
at a later date give the company a
Ji earing.
MANILA'S CKLKBKATIOX OFF.
Cholera \ViIl Proven ! Kntcrtaimncnt
ol * FJeet.
The effect of .Secretaiy of the Navy
Metca.lFs order that in vic\v of the
presence of cholera in Manila no shore
leave was to be granted or visitors
from ashore allowed on the battle
ships when the fleet arrived has been
largely discounted by the realization
that it would be impossible to cleanse
tlie city before the arrival of the fleet ,
about Oct. 10. The people fully realize
the necessity of the situation , but they
are bitterly disappointed.
Thousands of dollars hove baen
spent in preparation for the reception
and entertainment of the officers and
men. The decorations have been
practically completed. A score of
arches have been erected and thou
sands of electric lights have been
strung for the illumination of the city.
An elaborate program , which repre
sented four months' work by L'oO committeemen -
mitteemen , had been arranged. The
majority of the sentiment now fa
vors a months' postponement of the
program until the return of the fleet
from Japan. That will probably be
the decision of the conference which
Gov. Gen. .Smith has called.
For twenty-four hours , ending at 8
o'clock Friday morning. 42 cases and 6
deaths are reported. This number in
cludes many suspected cases. The
small number of deaths shows that
many cases gathered in the dragnet
are not true cholera.
BIG FIKK AT FOXD DU LAC.
Midnight lila/e in AViseonsiu Town
Cat5f.es J ? * r < MM)0 Loss.
Fire at Fond du Lac , Wis. , Friday
/light destroyed St. Joseph church and
ten dwellings , and at midnight threat
ened the entire east side of the city.
Insufficient water supply allowed the
flames to run almost at will. The
Congregational , the Presbyterian and
St. Peter's Lutheran churches were al
so burned.
A high wind which prevailed , to
gether with a scarcity of water , ren
dered the fire department helpless to
cope with the flames. The garage ,
which Avas reduced to ashes in less
than one hour , contained some fifteen
automobiles , none of which was saved ,
and the flames spread to St. Joseph's
church , a $40,000 structure , Avhich is
now in ruins. The total loss was about
$250,000.
Sl'KS KLKTXS' SOX.
* u'\v York Actress Accuses Voting ; Man
ol' Breach of Promise.
The filing at Phillippi , AV. Va. , of a
mit for $100,000 damages on an alle
gation of breach of promise to marry
by Louise Lonsdale , a Xew York ac
tress , against 1'laine Elkins , youngest
son of Senator Stephen B. Elkins , has
? aused a sensation.
The young man is a brother of
Katherine Elkins , who is reported en
gaged to marry the duke of Abruzzi.
A summons was served on young
Elkins at his country home at Elkins
to appear before the federal court and
answer the charges.
In a talk over the long distance tel
ephone Senator Elkins said : "My son
never promised to marry this young
woman , and there is nothing in it. He
denies the whole charge absolutely "
MAXY KILLED IX \VKECK. .
/iot make his presence known to the
Railroad.
A Northern Pacific passenger train
/ astbound , which left Helena , Mont. .
: it midnight Thursday night , collided
with a freight train at Young's Point.
The later reports place the number
of casualties at from thirty to forty ,
with twenty-five dead.
Snow was falling and for this rea
son the freight train's flagman could
Ginter Young , comprising the failed
passenger engineer.
The express car telescoped the
smoker and practically all the casual
ties occurred in the latter car.
The engineer and fireman of the
passenger train are among those
killed.
$2.000.000 Lost in Forest Fire.
The forest fire Avhich has been rag
ing in the northeastern part of Hum-
holt county , Cal. , is reported to be un
der control. A rough estimate places
the burned area at 20,000 acres , but it
is impossible to give any definite esti
mate of the loss , but it is believed it
will exceed $2,000,000. Two men are
known to have perished in the flames.
Frank Do Haas Kobison Dead.
Frank De Haas Robison , owner of
the St. Louis National baseball club ,
theatrical promoter and capitalist ,
died suddenly at his home at Cleve
land O.
Cholera Being ; Checked.
The epidemic of cholera is believed
to have reached its heiglit and to be
diminishing. The daily average of
cases in the city of Manila has fallen
below thirty , with a low death rate.
Mrs. Eliza IJraj" ? Dead.
Mrs. Eliza Bragg , widow of Maj.
Gen. Braxton Bragg , of the confeder
ate army , died in New Orleans , La. ,
Friday.
Baby Drowns in Milk Bucket.
The 10-month-old daughter of R. O.
Middlemas , a well to do farmer near
Springfield , Mo. , fell head first into a
bucket of milk and was drowned be
fore the parents found her.
Call to National Banks.
The comptroller of the currency at
Washington , Thursday issued a call
for a statement of the condition of the
lational banks at the close of business
September ; * . '
COMES TO OUST AYT7.
Chung Men Yew Will Succeed Chinese
Minister.
Tang Shao Yi left Pekin Thursday
on his much heralded trip around the
world. He is accompanied by Chung
Men Yew , who is to succeed AVu Ting-
j fang as minister at Washington. This
change in office probably will take
place in December. Wu Ting-fang
Avill receive Tang Shao Yi on his arriv
al at the American capital , < after
which he will retire from the post of
minister.
Shao Yi is bearing a letter to
j the people of the United Sfcatos from
j the hand of the emperor of China
I thanking tbem for the remission of a
portion of the Boxer indemnity by the
Washington government.
Tang Sha.o Yi , "who is accompanied
by a numerous suite , is making this
tour on instructions contained in an
imperial edict issued last June. His
principal purposes in America are to
thank the American government for
the remission of a portion of the
Boxer indemnity and to enlist the co
operation of Americans in the develop
ment of northern China. From Amer
ica he will continue his travels to
Great Britain , France , Germany , Rus
sia and home through Siberia.
JOKE MAY PROVE FATAL.
Sinn Used as Target at Show in C"it-
ieal Condition.
Subjected to a fusillade of balls
thrown by a squad of baseball players ,
William White , colored , who acted " 6
the target in'a show at the Hanover ,
Pa. , fair last Friday , was injured so
seriously that he was removed to the
York hospital for treatment.
Supplying themselves with heavy
balls ( he sportsman visited the gal
lery with the intention of putting the
colored man out of commission. Sub
stituting the heavy balls for the light
ones , which they brought from the
showman , the players were enabled
to throw strait and hard , and they
hit the target nearly every time.
After a half dozen pitchers had
thrown in rapid succession the col
ored man was pretty well used up ,
and he was compelled to retire soon
afterward with internal injuries ,
which may prove fatal.
NOTED CROOK GETS AWAY.
Sherclin'e , Famous Diamond Uobber.
is at Liberty.
Sherman W. Morris , alias Frank
Shercliffe , recently convicted of the
murder of John Walsh , a Leadville ,
Colo. , saloonkeeper , fifteen years ago.
escaped from the sheriff Thursday
morning while being taken to the
penitentiary at Canyon city , Colo. , to
serve a twenty years' sentence. Morris
while handcuffed jumped from a car
window as the train approached Can
yon City.
Morris had a remakable criminal
record , one of the most daring acts
being the robbery of W. L. Pollock ,
a diamond dealer , on a train near Mis
souri Valley , Ta. . on November 4 , 1S92 ,
of $1. ,000 worth of diamonds , for
which crime he served a sentence in
the Iowa pentitentiary.
Night Hiders Threatened.
Bud Mortime. an aged planter , had
been arrested near Winona , Miss. ,
charged with sending night rider no
tices through the mail. The arrest
was made by United States marshals.
The notices were sent to a cottou gin
owner , and Mortime declares h j was
forced to send them by a ban d of
armed men who threatened him witli
death.
Fight. Ends Fatally.
As a result of a conflict between the
members of the sophomore and fresh
men classes of the Worcester , Mass. ,
Polytechnic institute , Emil Gran of
West Wareham. Miss. , a member of
the sophomore class , is at the city hos
pital with his back broken. He is
paralyzed from his chest down.
Cannon in Indianapolis.
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon , of the
house of representatives , formally
opened the republican national cam
paign in Indiana at Indianapolis
Thursday night in an address on "La
bor" before a great crowd that filled
Tomlinson hall to overflowing.
School Children on Strike.
Sixty white pupils went on strike
at the Lincoln school , a ward school
at Topeka , Kan. They walked out and
paraded up and down the street de
claring tkey would never enter the
doors of the school again until the
negro pupils are excluded.
Storm Cripples Wires.
With snow along the Canadian Pa
cific in the northwest , heavy rains and
high winds from San Francisco to the
Canandian boundary , telegraph serv
ice in that section of the country is
reported badly demoralized Thursday
at Chicago.
Great Storm in Orient.
A typhoon of terrific velocity swept
the central portion of the Philippine
group. The typhoon disappeared in
the China sea. Wires are prostrated
and available details of the damage
done are meager. It is evident , how
ever , serious disaster followed in the
wake of the sudden storm.
Expelled from Exchange.
A. O. Brown and Lewis Gintei
Young of the New York stock ex
change , members of the suspended
firm of A. O. Brown it Co. , were expelled -
polled from the stock exchange.
Doctor Found Dead in Cistern.
Dr. F. W. Eply. ex-mayor of New
Richmond. Wis. , and formerly presi
dent of the Wisconsin Medical society ,
was found dead in a cistern Thursday.
It is supposed he fell in by accident.
CHICAGO POLICE CATCH. LUTZ.
Much Wanted Horne Thief Declines to
Kelnrn Without a llejui > 5tion.
Fred Lutz , alias Frank Diddle , alias
Frank Popp , alias Frank HofCman , the
notorious criminal and horse thief who
escaped from Omaha just as the police
were about to capture him last Friday ,
is now in the hands of the Chicago po
lice authorities , according to a tele
gram which Police Captain Mostyn re
ceived Wednesday night from Captain
P. D. O'Brien , of the Chicago Detec
tive bureau.
Lutz suddenly left Omaha last Fri
day without the knowledge of the po
lice , who had traced his record in and
around the city and also in other
states , and had made plans to arrest
him. Pie had been living in the city
at Forty-third and Lafayette-avenue
for about a year , making regular trips
from here for the purpose of stealing
horses. A number of animals that he
disposed of in Omaha had been iden
tified , and it was through the medi
um of one of these that the local po
lice planned to capture him.
Omaha is not the only place where j
he is wanted , as he has been adver
tised for from Indiana after he es
caped from jail while awaiting sen
tence for his old crime of horse steal
ing. In the telegram received from
Chicago it is stated that Lutz refuses
to return to Omaha unless requisition
papers are secured for his removal.
HAGGERTY JIELD FOR MTRDER.
i
Second Killing in Tv.o Weeks at j
Bridgeport. j
Mike Haggerty. a saloonkeeper of
Bridgeport , who killed John Keitlr. a
ranchman , ten days ago , had his pre
liminary examination at Sidney Mon
day. He was charged in the informa
tion with murder in the first degn e.
The hearing was held before Judge
Tucker , and the evidence adduce-l ' . \ : i -
very strong against the defendant.
Notwithstanding this Haggerty was
admitted to bail in the sum of $25.000 ,
his sureties being his aged father and
brother , Pat Rowlan , his brother-in-
law ; Frank Rihn , a ranchman : J. I.
Mclntosh , a banker : Mike Tobin. sa
loonkeeper , and Dan .McAleese , an ex-
saloonkeeper. This rulini ? has aroused
the people of the Platte valley , it be
ing the second that has occurred in
two weeks. Both cases will probably
be heard in the district court next
fall. The state was represented by
County Attorney Capen and Halliyan
& \Vilcox. of North Platte. and the defense - i
fense by Mclntosh and Fred Wright ,
of Scott's Bluff.
PREACHER ( JOES TO SCHOOL.
Taking- Work in the Tenth and Elev
enth Grade- .
The German ministei in Ponca. Rev.
M. Koolen , entered the- high school
this year , taking studies in the tenth
and eleventh grades , having taken the
eighth grade last year. Rev. Mr. Koo
len has a wife and two children and is
a fine scholar in the German lan
guage. He was born in Holland ami
after his education was completed he
went to India as a missionary , but his
health failed , so he returned in Germany - i
many and later came to America and '
took up work as a German Lutheran
minister in South Dakota.
BOY VICTIM OF Bl'XCO MAX.
Left Stranded at DCS Moisie While En I
Route 1'or Nebraska. 1
Alfert Lingenfelter. a -year-old j
boy. now on his way to his home in i
Grandview. Neb. , waited at the Rock
Island station at Des Moines for H. i
M. Miller , of Peoria. 111. He is still
waiting , but in the matron * * * room at |
the police station , and the police are
waiting for Miller. According to the j
boy. Miller took all his money when I
they met by chance in Peoria. bought j
him a ticket to Des Moines. ; md said j
he would meet him here and pay the j
money back. j
PREFERS TO DIE UNKNOWN.
Wounded Tramp Said IJelnlives Wen-
AVealthy and Uc pccinblc.
A tramp shot by City Mnrshs l
Baum. of Fairbury. several days ago.
while resisting arrest , died as a re
sult of his wounds. At the time of his
arrest he said his name wa William
Jackson and his home in Minneapolis ,
Alinn. AVhen told he could not Hvo. j
and asked if he wished his relatives J
notified , he said he did not. as thfy j
were wealthy and respectable and he |
preferred to die alone. j
ji' '
Buried Under Ccn.iMit. | (
Buried alive under a ton of cement
was the novel situation experienced
AVednesday afternoon by John Lamb ,
a laborer at C. LI. Havens' warehouse
in Omaha. While unloading a car of
cement a pile of sacks fell over on
him and he had to be dug out of the
mass by fellow employes of the ware
house. He sustained a number of
painful bruises and sprains , but be
yond that was uninjured.
Beatrice Man Drowned.
A telegram was received 'it Beat
rice stating that Perry L. Jerman , a
Beatrice boy , was drowned at Rawlins ,
Wyo.
.
Captures Large Ui-h.
Air. Kinneman. of Plattsmouth ,
caught a catfish in the Missouri river
that weighed 77 pounds and he sold
it to Halt & Son for $7.7.1. j ,
Bryan Rcbakcs Young ; Billy.
Upon learning of his son's candidacy
for president of the sophomore class
of the University of Nebraska , William >
.1. Bryan expressed his displeasure and
William J. I'ryan , Jr. . immediately
announced his withdrawal from the
race.
Bonds Are Sold.
At tne meeting of the board of Gib
bon school districting $1S. < > ( ) ( ) , f bondj j
voted for a new high school building j
were sold to W. E. Berkley. Jr of ,
'
Lincoln , at $100 j-.re..Mum. i
AVHECK AT WEEPIM ; V.ATEK
.Missouri . I'r.cific Pa i n-rer Train Collides -
! lides With a Freight.
' Monday evening the IJncoI1 : and
Union passenger. eat. as it -un'led
a curve coming into AVeeping Water ,
smashed into a freight train. [ .nth
engines were wrecked. , also several of
the cars. The seriously injured pas-
i sengers are :
I George Hoffman , fireman ; right arm
j and shoulder crushed.
j Engineer Hooper , sprained ankle
and back.
| Joe Smith , brakeman : contusion
i right eye , concussion of brain.
i Mrs. J. R. Gettz , University Place ;
I broken nose.
Others , not seriously : .
AA'alter Jackson , Beaver Crossing.
Mr. Bingham , Lincoln.
AV. H. Shoaf. Pauline.
H. Guren , Crete.
Rev. J. G. Nichols.
H. A. Seidel , Rising City.
Mrs. AA * . F. Moran.
Rev. E. Holland , Denton.
Harvey Tromble. Fort M organ , Colo.
Bertha Scheuler , Humboldt.
Jimmy Loeoca , Lincoln.
Agnes Loeoca , Lincoln.
AV. Beastham. Broken Bow.
L. Loyd , Geitz.
Airs. L. J. Lake , Elmwood.
J. Lee Boyer. traveling man.
All were able to be sent on except
the fireman.
RURAL CARRIERS TO MEET
National Association AVill Meet in
Omaha October (5 ( to .
J. II. Talbot of Table Ruck , presi
dent of the Nebraska Rural Letter
Carriers * association , was in Omaha
Sunday completing arrangements for
the annual meeting of the national as
sociation of that organization to be
held in Omaha , October , 7. 8 and 9.
The headquarters of the national
association will be at the Rome hotel ,
and tbe convention will be held in the
banquet hall of that hotel , but if
larger quarters are needed , it will be
held in the Auditorium or some other
suitable hall.
The president of the National As
sociation of Rural Letter Carriers' is
Paul L. Lindsay of Tucker. Ga. . who
will be present during the convention.
It is also expected that Postmaster
General A'on Meyer. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General DeGraw. Superin
tendent AV. S. Spilhnan of the rural
tree delivery s < rvice. and other lead
ing postal department officials will be
present.
At least r 00 delegates will come to
the convention and probably twice
that number of rural carriers from
different parts of the United States
with their families.
COrXTY DIVISION FOR KXOX.
Resident * Weary ol' Maintaining In
land County Sent.
A petition was being circulated at
Crofton last week asking tbe board of
supervisors to submit the question of
county division at the election in No
vember. It has been eight years since
the last county seat fight was pulled
off in Knox county , at which time the
county seat was moved from Niobrara
to Center , which was nothing but a
farm at the time. There very little
town there now and the people have
become tired of maintaining the
county seat in an inland town. It is
proposed to cut off the east half of the
county and call it Sautee county after
the Sautee Sioux Indians who will
be located in the northwest corner of
it. It will cause a light for county
scat relocation in Knox county with
Creighton. Verdigre. Niobrara and
Center in the fight. In the proposed
new county are Bloomtield. Crofton
: jnd AVausa , with the former near the
center.
BITTER FEELIXG OVER SALOON
Anti-Siloon Men Claim Their Lives
Are in Danger.
As a result of the prolonged liquor
light at Barneston. Dr. T. J. AVoods
and "Julius Vogel. who have taken an
active part in t lying to keep out sa
loons in that town , appeared in the
county court and swore out warrants
against Frank Pizar. Edward Severano
and Charles Churda. Pizar is charged
with assaulting tbe plaintiffs at
Barneston .last Saturday. Peace war
rants were sworn out against Churda
and Severano. the plaintiffs alleging
they fear their lives are in danger.
Pizar was formerly a bartender at
Barneston and Churda at one time
opeiated a saloon there. Severano re
cently applied for a saloon license at ,
that place. The trouble has stirred up
considerable excitement in the little
town.
Xevtspaper Changes Hands.
The Crofton Journal has been sold
to W. II. Needham. editor of the
Bloomfield Monitor. Editor Robinson
expects to go up into the new Tripp
country.
Horses Are Recovered.
Hans Anderson and Charles A'rnold
of Herman have returned from Omaha
with horses which were stolen from
them bv the horsethief Lutz.
Hold a Second Election.
A second election was held at Crof
ton last week on the water works bond
proposition. It carried this time , 55
to 4.
Editor Takes a Homestead.
Elmer B. Kingsbury , the genial
editor of the Leader at Ponca , has
taken up a claim near Bend. S. D. ,
.11 id will soon leave for that place.
Federal Court Adjourn5 ; .
The federal court at Chadron ad
journed after trying the jury cases ,
leaving the equity cases to be heard
Before the commissioners.
Meteor Sighted Near Platt inouth.
One of the most brilliant meteors
ver seen in the vicinity of Platts-
nonlh passed west of that city Satur-
lyy evening and was witnesed by a
jrcat many people. :
Artillery Moves On.
Batteries C. D and B of the Sixth -
<
L'nitfd States field srtillery , which ,
;
amped at Beatrice ovr Sunday have
eft on their return rcsrch to Fort
riley. K. = r.
3. Treaty of Arras coacitul.nl ; * v.-et'n
tiie King of France and t'jeuli ot
ir-SO Henry IV. drfnited the fj v.-i . rs
at Arques.
1UOO Iludsai : . the exploit1 r. rerv-h wtl tu-
prescnt site of the city of Albany.
1G. > Fort Casimir. the Sw ? : tisJi s.-I > -
ment on the Delaware. sir ' ! : lv"L
to the Dutch forces imdr Gir. . ' . " iy-
vesant.
1U7. > Diichesnean appohitccl IctJ-iu.it
of New France.
1002 Two men and seven vvois'ax -
ec t 'd at Salem for witchci-nf : .
170r > .lacques l-'rati'-ois de Brtr.ililon.
governor of Acadia , died at su-a.
17.10 'LYie French surrendered t"Krbec-
to the English.
1772 First dismemhermcnt of Pt-laid.
177(5 Rritish made an itiihn'TJ'vfui at
tack cu the Americans on IJurleni' .
1777 American force under Gen.
Wiyne defeated by the British under
Gen. Grey. . . .Washington and hs-
army crossed the Schnylkill. deter
mined to give battle to Gen. llmve'sr-
troops.
17SS The Oneida Indians ceded all their
lands to the State of Xew York
170l ! France declared a republic The-
President issued a proclamation or
dering all persons to submit to the
excise law.
1SOO The Concordat between Hona-
parte and tflie Pope ratified.
ISOi The rice crop of South Carolina
completely destroyed by a great hur
ricane Mr. Dearborn , son of the-
Secretary of War. left for Algiers-
with presents for the ruler of that
country.
JS1-1 The British ship Forth destroyed
the American brig Regent United
States troops defeated tlie English ia.
battle at Fort Uowyor.
1S ± 2 Aios ( " < Holers , captain of tfce first
steam vessel to cross the Athvnticv
died at Cheraw. S. C. Born in Xew
London. Conn. , in 17SO.
ISli1. ) Slavery abolished in Mexico.
IS'5'5 The boundary line between Ne\v
York and New Jersey settled.
184. ) American * defeated the Mfxicaus
at battle of ? .Ionterey.
ISH United States troops defeated the
Indians at battle of Wood Lake.
1S5 President Lincoln suspended the-
haheas corpus act.
] Sl > ! John C. Fremont withdrew a
candidate for President of the United
States. . . .The Federal forces wore
victorious in the battle at Opequan , .
Va..A McCiellan meet ing in the-
Lindell hotel. St. Louis , broken up by
a party of Union soldiers.
1SGS Outbreak of the Spanish revolu
tion Lieut. Bfeeher and Dr.
Moore killed in battle with Indiana
near the Republican river.
IS71 Lincoln's body was removed to its
final resting place at Springfield. 111.
] SSI Body of I'resident Garfield lay in
state in die eapitol at AYashinjjton.
tSSl' Arabi Pasha , the lender of the
military insurrection in Egypt , sur
rendered after his defeat at Tol-el-
Kcbir.
1SS4 A party of several hundred Cana
dian boatmen left Quebec to tnke part
in the Nile expedition for th < relief
of Gen. Gordon..Earthquake shocks
were felt in Michigan. Ohio and In
diana.
ISS7 The , centenary of the constitution-
of the United States was celt-brated
in Philadelphia.
ISO.0 The Earl of Aberdeen n. : iniMl
ofilr-e as governor general of Canada.
ISO" Five men accused of burglary
lyiu-hed at VersaillesInd. .
ISO.S Statue of Samuel de OhanviTain-
unveiled at Quebec by Lord Abcnlt'en.
1900 Much destruction eam-c-tl. by
h avy rains in Texas.
[ f)01 ) The Duke and Incli" > of f'acn
wall and York welcomed in Mf. Twal.
. . . .The funeral of President McKin-
] py was held at Canton. Ohio.
1002 Marie ITenriette. Qur-eis of : lw ! ! [ -
gians. died , aged Gi > years.
OOG Fatal race riots in Atlanta. Ca
Rock Island train plunged into the
CSinaiTon river in Oklahoma rml a
number of lives were lo < Sr-i-e-
tary "of War Taft and Acting Sec
retary of State liacou lt-ft Wr.ihi g-
ton for Cuba.
fiOZ. Explosion on a .lapamw l-.Trth-- .
"hip killed rlnrty-four officers and
men..Tln > new treaty l > rnr } 'ii
France and Canada was si nwi at
I'.iris.
NUBBINS OF NET7S.
The I'hclps sranito baik Iinrhl c nt-
linghamton. N. Y. . wis damngo-.l * extent tie
xtent of $7. i.00 ) by fire.
Minority stockholders filed a p-'iflj n fj
't Louis asking that a rcrv--f t
ointed for the Si.ue Trn < t C'ox-nn- il
pal estate firm capitaiizw ! at $ ! , ( ! ( \
Italians of Con * y Islam ! ar nrvj
he i'cath ' of the Kev. Joseph Ifr y.
, * atholic priest , at the n-xorr. Tlr
ad built up a large
irst church building being r . i
arsee hall.