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ANOTHER WIFE 6HOWI UP
STRUCK BY A TIDAL WAVE.
WRECKED BY STORM. L
Duapkf
LEXINGTON LEADER.
C«mn Ac rota
Japan Earlhqtiak
Nov. 25.—The Pacific j
pnclnr
donee of Ih
Sam Fbaxci
LANKY A MERRITT, Propr's.
L1XIHGTON, OK. TY
Thk grf>at inventor is one who has
walked forth upon iho industrial
world, not from universities, but from
hovels—not as clad in silks and decked j
in honors, but as clad in fustian and j
grimed with aoot'auu oil.
While economists are engaged In
demurs, rating how much the world han
' lost by strikes tho organized walters
of Paris have sorved notice on their
employers that they will strike—one
and all young and old, married or
slnglo — if. after a period to 1 e deter-
mined hereafter, they are not to bo
permitted to wear mustache#.
While in theory tho subject ol
prison reform has been intelligently
analyzed and tho lemedles for evils
suggested It must bo admitted that In
practice the work has scarcely been
begun. In the majority of states and
municlpalit.es the control of prisons is
vested in boards that are wholly gov-
erned by political expediency.
Boys of tender years aro thrust
in the tame prison corridors
with hardened criminals. It is use-
less to elaborate tho theoretical side
of prison reform until fommon justice
and decency dictate that our prisons
shall not be criminal factories.
We aro accustomed to consider tho
Irish lard laws the essence of bnrbnr-
tjuT M'C
A •■r rUe Awalta Joseph I
on (iiiIdi Iloine.
Cedar Rafu s, la. Nov. 83.—When Jo-
,! Sopii P. Dunphy, foreman of the Jooes s
mail steamer China, which hai Just arrived -rai kor 'artcrr went boms last
THE ELEMENTS PLAY HAVOC IN J from the Orient^ was struck on thecal-1 MANY POINTS BLOCKADED-ON J tw0 w0«nen,
each of whom claimed to to hia wife.
Yosterday afternoon a woman giving the
EASTERN STATES.
I ward trip by a tidal wave. First Officer
Smith was ou the bridge at the time.
"I saw an immense wall of water dead
ahoad," said he. "As It camo on there j
ACCOUNT OF SHIPPING.
_ was an overhanging curl to it like a break-, ......
LOSES TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. p.mi*r^ FARMERS ADVISED TO HOLD ORA1H.
Damage F> <
md Other CUli
Down and (
Many i'oluts
«— Many N
From
Washington
—Telegraph Wire*
big mountain of water and the next miu-1
| uto everything wus floating on deck. 11
| barely suvod myself from boing washeu
' overboard. The steerage steward was;
j washed the whole length of tho aliip,
I and was takeb out of the steering pear'
I with hta lex broken. Tho Iron door of the |
nutcher shop was torn from the binges. 1
; One life boat was washed from tho davits
and another stove in. It is believed that
■ tho wave was caused by the Japan earth-;
1 quake."
THE BARNABY TRIAL.
' Judge Kiting
n'lroada mo Using
Greatest Capacltlai
tir.ilo Hhlpplug, "
■ re Not Equ.il t-j
minds or the t
of this Y<
Handle the
he (jreat He
Kansas City, Mo., Nov.
The dam-
Itefuaoa u tonllonauca ,
Washiwotox. Nov. W.—1The total loss In I A«kedi*or.
V/ashitigton from yesterday's storm will Dinvkb, Col.,Nov. J > —Dr. 1 or for c^is is becoiniug greater each day
aggregate *'.'30,cO). George White was Graves. thedefendant in the famousHara- each day the roads seem to be a little i
\ the only persou killed. Keports received >u>' poisoning case, tiled au application | XV0lte off tjia i 0„ the preceding one.
' hero from Wllliamsport, HarH burg, Ai- (Saturday night for a coutluuauce or toe ail0rtage seems to bo gen-
t toona and other towns iu Pennsylvania for ninoty days on the ground that he orHl niH, from everJ. prtrt 0f
and from Baltimore northward along the |s unacquainted with several of the wit-1 tjj(j t>tmulry como Uie cry for
New Jersey coast to Now York, show con- Jesses to bo introduced by the pr°s0l'u'| ^jdltiuoal cars. Although grain'4s b"tag
sideruble damage. *'on- ^e *9 801 ,or t0'd y. T^c n,°" i dipped from Chicago iu immense qu: u-
Staukton, Va., Nov. ;M—There was a lion for a continuance was argued yefcter- i titioi by Eastern roads and steam-
terrific gale hero yesterday morning, [lay amid disorder aud^ excitement. Ihel j. , l0 mj^;sty rush of grain
Houses were unroofed, walls were blown lawyers lost control of themselves, anu L|iat flowing in Irom Western pomts
, down and much damage done to fences, tho argument became heated and even , ,|1Q ghippiug channels ut C i-
, The Goscheu rclliug mill building was parsoual at times. Dr. Craves course ,a_0 blocked up. An official of the
1 carried awav and part of the Clifton forge pisdo a strong argument for continuance. I jjuriiu>?toQ tUyS :,tod more « ars and 100
foundry. Judge Rising denied the petltior of the de |nop0 cn„;ii ,^u|,, bo u^0a to advantage
Roanoke, Vs., Nov. &L—A terrific wind fensefora continuance of ubiety da>s . j system alone. A dispatch from
I aud rainstorm passed over this city early ^ 10 work of selecting a Jury iu t lis now j um-jjugtoo, la., says that 5J0 cars oi grain
^ yesterday morning A number of bouses ( famous case will begin to-morrow. ! crossed tho Mississippi for Chicago ^yes-
•frnv%Te unroofed. Olaan in many houses was " " I terday aud this is but a fair sample of
broken. In Salem a number of houses wore fllme. Vera Ava Again. what the other roads urt doing.
unroofed and other damage done. Tho j C'nic.ioo, Nov. 25.—-Tne following adver-1 ( moni i)CM 0f tho rail way pounnlsalon
name of Mrs. Mary Ryan of St. Loula,
came to tho city and weut to Mr. Dunphy'a
bouse. When he went homo a general row
ensued, which ended by Mrs. Ryan draw®
itg a revolver and attempting to shoot
Dunpby. Ho called the police and had the
woman arrosted. Mrs. Ryan claims that
Their j Dunpby is her legal husband. Dunpby
i claims that he secured a divoroo from her
j in 1889, and alleges that tho littlo boy she
' has with her, and whom she claims ia his,
i she got from tho Fouudling's home at St.
I Loeia, and that she tame here simply to
] mako troublo and aoek revenge. Dunpby
says ho has three other charges to bring
against the woman as soon as the present
one is disposed of. Dunpby bears an ex-
cellent reputation here. Sensational de-
velopments aro looked for, as it ia believed
the Ryan woman will shoot Dunpby if she
gets un opportunity.
John W l.lle'a Tliaiikaglrlilff-
| 'Thanksgiving!—for whatV"
ism. but so far BB mere law is con- | p. , -mid he muttered a curse-
cernea. tho Biluation in Iraland U.not J "Forth. plal"'"ta°[ll'™lll)1)lllly
u bad iu. It is in Great Britain, or tYr. life or hunl
®Ten Arierica. No IrUh iaudlor.l fci |(< |d[e ^ ^ *• «- d"tb"'
could clear off his tonantB by hundreds or n poor man'. wo at
to make room for a deer forest, o I- UtUw-zloh il . wb0 0|inl
done every year in Scotland, and Th. 1. aothltx In H(o
could be done in tho Unitod States if ; ( j0l„, wb,,!'"
there were uny object in it. The 'ery So ,altl Jn::r U)HU food wlfo
czcoss of misery in Irelnnd hits se- And o'er her face
... . . stoln a look of pain.
cured for the people there eomo relax- „^othlng rioar j0 n?"
ation of the rigor of land laws that and he thought again;
p *oss with increasing cruelty upon al- Tben g,anc0,1 ,uor,> 'dowii'on Jano.
most the whole civilized world. ' I was wrong." he said:
And I've my health,
"I'd forgotten yoat
and the baby, too.**
Boston builders and insurance men.
according to tho New York Com-
mercial Bulletin, aro disturbed over
what seems to be the discovery thnt
asbestos paper between floors i«
not only no protection against firo.
but an inorenso of the danger. The
law provides that in Boston buildings
the whole area of tho floor from wall
to wall shall be deafened with one |
Inch of plaster or two thicknesses ol THANKSGIVING ROMANCE
asbestos paper, or other incombustible
material It has been customary In
complying with this law to uso as-
bestos pnper; but the American Archi-
tect reports sorno recent experiments
in Germany which throw grave doubt
on the value of the procaution.
And o'er Jaue'a faoo
caine a look of Joy;
And ahe kissed her John
lis he went away;
And ho said to himself,
tih lie woiked that day:
"I was wrong, very wrong:
I'll not grumble again,
Iahould surely be thankful
for baby and Jane."
r 18 GETTING
late, Elisabeth. I
don't put It on ' I only say what I' will do, children," fromGrandslre bud-
hoar, that you are a muster hand in duedthem.
sickness. The wl ole town known how
After dinner Aunt Elizabeth gath-
rltched Caleb Green s little girl was ered the little Hock about her
when she had the fever; she couldn t
sleep unlets von held her hand "
4,Tnen say what you mean and don t
bring up tho wi -ked follv of past gen-
erations: 1 don't care to hoar such idle
talk!" said Elizabeth In great uunoy-
auce, hastening her hteps.
"Oh, wait, dearv," said the old
woman, clutching her cloak with bird-
claw fingers, "I'm not going much
further with you. How is your hon-
ored father aud mother?"
"They are well," said Elizabeth
brie fly.
"Now, I suppose, Elizabeth, yon
haven't heard any word from Kecoin-
pen so King. I sec last Sabbath ills
| damage in tho couutry is very small
York, Pa., Nov. 21 —At Hanover 1 n
this county the storm was terrible.
Many private properties were dam-
aged and the Ketterer wagon works
were completely demolished, cutail-
------ , Jug a loss of <25,000. Howard
answer to a demand for a story, ana Clivanuutrh wn# klllod bf n ftllling building
while the twilight came on ther « i and p0r„n, wtre iujurcd. At Cai-
before the frreat lire place as a M 1UU> .averal school bulldogs were blown
them of the giant Goliath and th« but fortunatcl)r onljr Uv0 papu wore
brave tripliiig David. J | .ovorely Injured.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 34.—St. Louis was
from tele-
ho'wasaraonih fru:,h ™mniuni:atlor. xoth tue East
tlsemeut appeared in the Saturday issue | of ^„ulh Dakota staruni for Chicago yes-
* evening paper: _ .... [terda/ to plead with railway
'ologist of ili«> Vii n
nsMHtod by Fa'her famine
2" pT-110r
Soon ft r. lid wards canp In and told
S?rC'^"uToSbi
lobe the''Admiral," who wa. a month o ^ th(j b
thronged w!^ e",^'llt?^' and' tha? ^vailed ia Pennjyl. ProvlncIal Oenera. o, U,e
l.ong wharf was crowded. It was dark ?'■. No'* poninlcan order, regularly conlirmed.
before she was near cnouirh for friend |Wln s °u bot!' of ,he t,lmk 'lh P"!10 himself cau not excommunicate
to recognize friend, and all waited leasanjthe damoife was soaorlous thatlt { usurpatloa of the Holy See
... "Ot bo told How soon tho lines would f ^ snU.lclir|,t j arm engaged this morn-
I I III" till HUH. IIP"
. _-m(.nk of th« Krancl
linveil tho futuro duiljr from 10
110 W. Madimm st. ,
A reporter called at 410 West Madison t"0 l'i
ptreet and was introduced to Mrao. Vera , "
Ava by hor ushor. "Father" Frances.
"The statement that I am an astrolo^ist
fs erroneous," said the madam. "I am an
pccullst. 1 exorcise tho power held
by tho Church of Home, an occult
force which no scienco, student or
scholar would ever pretend to dony iu
nineteenth century. I am tho only! f'uul their grain n
mizivt Provincial General of the t to the station.
is now experiencing,
ri'.tca complaints from dif-
ferent points arc recorded on 'the books of
issiou, all arnviti": within ten
Jay#. Many to wus it port that tboir elo-
vHtors«aro inll an l .hat they have stopped
ouylng gram, having no cars.
'1 he railroad officials are advising farm-
ers to storo their grain ior a while as a
goiutiou of tho problem. Tho farmers,
however, noed tho money, hut already In
many cases they have been obliged to
tiaul their grain homo after taking
Tho result ia
The Edwards family had gono with
tho rest of tho neighbors, leaving
mother and the two inalds have puton | l-H/abeth to her wonted care of tho
mourning or him. 1 would like to children, who loved her fondly. Mie
ask vou as u friend if vou don't think shrunk from tho arrival of ships tliat
you are wasting valuable time wait- brought her no tidings from her sailor,
ing for liim? You're getting on,; "if there is nny further message for
Elisabeth; whv you inu.it be turned of m« l will hear it. scon enou Kb." said
tho lust corner'" let mo see. you was j Ml/aoeth to herself on the arrival of
five
dune . ^ .. , —
wife and mother of four children. Its captured by pirates and tho crew all
going on hve years since Hecoiupen^o i killed
sailed. You are too good looking a ,
fngin reviewing sonio advance sheets for
tho Monist. While thus onpaged Father
Francis will oftlciato for inc. My fee is
p-.'. Over 2W persons called on mo Sen-
day." _____
be repaired.
Nearly all the wires throughout Penn-
sylvania aro down Chicago had but two
wires to Now York, St. Louis had no com-
munication with Now York or other east-
ern cities duriug the night until into this
morning, when a wire to Baltimore was
seeured.
To receive news from Washington anj c^ef 0f ^jo rovenuo marine division,
o rcuitous way. The newspapers Ul0 ye#r cruised 801,1-00 miles
, . . . . . using leased wires suffered to a consider- ,nd boarded vessels, of which
loft mo ,W, 'in the kettle') P? . 8glv?'*n.1 ♦ C.!S! ttble t,xlent and both pre" ttSS°°iutioU9 1.0114 were found violating the law. Tno
tun id to be kit to danie In theKettle.^ Uvith the little llock about her, the two were bU(Jlv cr|ppi©,i. The lockout on incurred bv these violations amount-
Lh trf"?i£r.^^°fhlnthe0ro' U no ro bt Voungest in her aims. Wiling all the ncws wu, 'th, Zt complete that has oc One hund 'd and twenty-
coast killed them all. I hey say those of tl)0 nebrew babe that the Blountala Top or Freeze.
(iodless pagans are worse than ®1"" I oeautifnl Princess took from his Kxoxville, Tenn., Nov. 25.—Au emi-
tho farmers, having uu chunco to ; oil. aro
short of rnonoy, and in somo instances
prebslng obligations aro causing much
trouble. Instead or being con?.ned to
tho roads and shippers tho difficulty
arising Iron) t :o snort car supply
i. beginning to ntfeut tho entire
Western country, and unless relief is
fc.v m soon trie gravest roiults uro ex-
petted. The Burlington has issuod orders
enue marine. to suspend tli«: l.mditig ol oil grain foi
15.—Captain Shep- j Chicago owing to a threatened blockade
lit that city.
a llulllon Ulorkatl* Urokeu.
TaiiPico, Mex., Nov. 23.—'The billion
blockade w hich has been iu effeot here for
the past mouth, has been broken, and the
82 400 bars of silver accumulated here are
being exported as rapidly as transportation
faculties will permit This delay of bul-
lion shipments was caused by the Monte-
rey smelters refusing to pay the govern-
ment charges of $3 made for the assaying
of every bar exported. The assay charges
have now been reduced to 62 ior every
l;6 marks. This result is not entirely
satisfactory to tho smelters, but they must
accept the hardship for the present
Itebel ^ell Given for i Ir«. Davis*
Memphis, Tonu., Nov. 93.—Mrs. Jeffex^
son Davis is in Memphis, the guest of
Colonel H. M. Neeiy. Sho was one of a
committee who received the Virginia Press
association at the Appeal-Avalanche offioe
last evening. The Virginia editors are en
routo to Texas, whero they will be enterw
tainod by Governor Hogg. After several
speeches yesterday afternoon, W. B. Fitz-
hugh, vice president of the Virginia asso-
ciation, and oditor of the Capo Charles Pio-
neer, called for the robol yell in honor of
Mrs. Davis. It was given «with will and
Bcetned-to please Mrs. Davis so w«ll that it
was ^repeated.
To Check Kiock Humbling.
Bbrlin, Nov. 28.— A motion supported
by the Conservative party was presented
to the reichstag yesterday demanding that
the government introduce a bill placing
the bourses under the.^octrol of the state
and rendering persons who gamble on time
bargains, especially In articles of con-
sumption, llablo to criminal prosecution.
THE NEWS IN BRIEP.
I their
Indians. Your sisters are all settled
I watery cradle. Sho heard the return- grant train of six wagons and thirty-
have to get tho
cows to-night; I
don t seo an.' •
thing of your
brother." said
Mrs. Edwards,
peering throuah
the many-pnned,
square window
that was almost
cove r e ti w i t h
woodbine from
which a few remaining leaves fluti ered
in the October wind and sunshine,
•'llo thought ho Would bo home nn
hour before sundown, but tho ronds
are not very good this time of year
and it is a long way to the Nurse farm.
You better go at once Elizabeth, it
rly, and it is quite a walk
... 11 , , waicrv cranio. .iuu hwhu mu icv « lmu
guess you w 1 }n comfortahlo homes of heir own , ■ ht of the neighbors aud their thr
ll!IVf* to fTCL I 10 « J ...... .. M.I fn.linrt 1.' I i / -i 1 ><>( 11 m V n .. I ... mi
alues, with cargoes, aggre^ating
)). The revenue cutters, moreover,
rendered material service to the life sav
TO SELECT A MEETING PLACE
Tho ltepubllaan NUioiial Comuilttee
Aiirmii • l« Washlngion.
Wahiinoto.'*, Nov. 24.—There was bus-
'jlo and contusion at t'10 Arlington l-otel
'hie nvuuinir bjfoiM thft nieoMu7 of tho
rtepunilcun national committee,
headquarters of tho
representing tho riii'
i in, meeting placo of tho next
Brooklyn, Ia., has a haunted house.
W. H. Frizzell was hanged ot Abilene,
Tex., lor wife murder.
The Conductors' Mutual Benefit associ-
ation is in session at Chicago.
At Decatur, 111., Elijah Jettcut his wife's
throat and then killed himself.
Euglish Liberals will add to their plat-
form a bill for Englisn tenants.
William J. Florence, tho actor, will be
buried in Greenwood comotery, Brooklyn. .
Tho | At Richland, Minn., Charles Peasoly
arious delegations j murdered his stopfather, Joseph Cole-
dc=irous of being ' burn.
The assertion is mado that tho de-
mand for so called realistic literature
is growing larger and that the publio
taste is changing for tho bottor. Such
a statement coming at a time when
the human mind seemol to have a
morbid and greedy craving for tho im-
pure in fiction is almost too mu *h to
be implicitly believed. An examina-
tion of the books displayed in stare j
certainly doej not indicate that there ^et8 dark
has been a roceut improvement al- to the Neck "
though the dealer, .tate 4h* «1« of The
books that would have been interdictod fining steel spindle gave out a reso-
inthe days of our forefathers, aro not nant hum; the wheel,great of span but
nearly ao large as thoy w.r, a year ^^^.^'^wnTandt8
nga and that there is considerable In- acroM u,0 white, sanded floor, draw-
crease In the demand for fiction of tho ing a firm, smooth thread. Time win
higher prnde and (or the magazines. ! <'"•> ||jjj I djjjarjK san/ lite a
It is found that tho discipline of a
school in which manual training is
promoted becomes so natural and
happy that all need of artificial re-
straint passes gradually away. It in
otaerved that the children, refreshed °l her menuU^lu^
by the variety of their work and in-
Chllnowie mountains.
gate opened and slammed to; the snow except a farmer named Gaor^o
deadened the footfalls; she listened Akei-s, who was somewhat Intoxicated! ant Porter of the i prepared^themselves for tlio prosentalion
second but linby voices_ clamored went iato camp. Akers persisted In ta^'tooa to tbc coinmlttoe of th. superior merits of
"iro on!" and sho resumed her story, going throu h tho storm and said Secret serviIce, lias ! ,h, ir rcnociive cit es
The dining-room door opened sud- would not stop until he reached from WaKington toloijkout fo^i a^daiJ" j Ballvoflir1|, iho list of commit! oi-mea ant
donly: she put the tallies on tho rug to tho mouutain top. Mouday morning, ous oonnwrfeit on the «0 goidMrtilhato. ,' • J ( h) dclcgutom
see what wa, wanted. \Mlh a faint whea the other m-lubsrs. started t, ward It is a;photographic Imitation of the gen u-, hold! lg up th e ho^ ol thu. nuig^ o^
cry she stood still, her face white a. Kaoxvdlo they traocd Akors^ and his « "^0 hunter-' aplcuou. ameag the many persons threat-
alf traco Thim. ' «,po°,V felt Is 873,BIS, check letter A. B. Bruoo. lua Ihreugh the lob!
tiou is that tho foolhardv larmer register, and iiil.i shorter aud Inch
*nd his family either lost their way and narrower lhan the genuine, and It dlllo
b rd at her spinning-wheel, but now
her work was done quietly, and only
on the Sabbath, in tho little in etinir-
house. was her sweet, strong voite
beard leading the tenor with a great,
earnest forgetfulnesa
Mra Kd wards rose from her straight-
backed clinir anil folded away the last
ulng into a tall client of
drawers, .she turned and ex imined
Kli abeth's work critically. "Vou are
a good
to concrete, are quieter and more c„1:rod ,li|tbtl- ,lcr
studious over their books than in roother wns rarely betrayed into | ralso
schools whero they have only abstract of any living creature, and to have
studies to pursue. It is demonstrated her work likened to her grandmother s,
stuaies to pur e ^ho was now a "glorious sainme
that ohlldren who pursuo manual ],eavcnt" was n great pra.se inded —
studies stand bottor in literary on*a ,l8 Une\pe ted as it was do
than the children who follow _llt^ -^„oT
studies alone. The pet cent of attepd noj, feel it upon her eonseieneo that sho
ance on enrollment is higher in schools ],ud ever fostered it in her children,
where manual training is in a reguiar Their childish love of approbation had
Health of always gono hungry, and she felt^he
and you aro fading, Elizabeth; my old j conversation. Their own in
eyes can see it plain enough, you look
your age, every day of it. Well, here
is tioodwlfo Syl ester's, (.ood-day."
Hi abeth, pale and trembling, bur-
rie«l out of reach of the unanswerable
maliciousness of tho shrill old voice.
Stung In every nerve, a low hot tears
burnt licr checks, but tho waters of
sorrow were absorbed in her | a lent
heart and seldom dim ued her sad eves.
Sho looked seaward—alas! no white
sail was in sight. She looked around—
the o was no one near. Loosening her
cloak, sho pulled out a tiny, black-
silk cord from her bo-aun. At the end
hung half a silver sixpense, warm
with the beating of her true heart's
love. She si out iy pres ed it to her
lips und her heart said. "We shall
meet nguln if not in tills life, then in
another, whero there shall bo no;
more sea."
It wanted just one week of Thames-
giving. tho greater part of the prep-
arations lor the day had been made.
Twenty-four to.ithso no min .'o pies
wer • ranged about the great pudding
on the store-room shelves. Tue lowls
to bo sacriii ed were feeding in a Sep-
arate pen in great ama ement at their
luxurious fare. Once again tho big
oven was to be heated and one do en
pump.iin pies would bo taken there-
o,r re3d"7radrend ^brought' death. She stretched her trembling
from the atti > It was fortunately big I bauds.
enough to hold tho two youngest! Kecomneuso. .
gr.iiulchlldren. The spur,• beds were 1 '"jes, my own lless Pon t be
Siring nil,I everything was in neate-t frightened, it la no ghost lhat bolus
. . .. . . ing service dur ng the vear and rescued I national Republican c onvention
peoph, met a snow .blockade dVovsnln* uenty-six persons. ! tnrewn open, and con.ulUllc,
• ■ wore poin< on in every c<
Connierfrlt Ciold Certlllcate*. net*. Tho leaders of tho delegations h
Much complaint exists In Mexico over
i_e poo,- u>aii service,espociallyfrom the United
Btates.
Brazilian Congressionalists are hopeful.
Dictator da Fonsoca's life is said to be la
danger.
I A tramp's warning stopped a Burlington
i corridors, and
eted with marked
every w i
consideration.
rol.oa into the river or fell Into some d"eej j'a color alse, f Uef gcaiilae, be- ^"ven'was^h
•pecial forty foot from a partially burued
bridge.
At Paris, Tex., Bill Hutigius was found
guilty of inurdor, tbo doath penalty being
assessed.
The Brooktiold and Northern has been
chartered to build from Miami, Mo., to
Centerville, Ia.
Mrs. George Thoinpsou of Valparaiso,
ravine and wore frozen to death, or at tag ""'W while "10 counterfeit is a light slow Vl"ms,but at tiiut Ind., has been married Ave timos and yet
least covored up with s
itiRftked Women .Make a Hiilil.
A School Uell PoUoiieil.
I time not more than a dozen member
present iu tho hall. Others drifted in
has had but two husbands.
Two recent murders uoar the Mexican
Fiunkfoht, Ind, Nov. 2. A public Jiow|y however, and bv . 1 0 o'clock the border are alleged to have been committed
New Burmes, O.. Nov. 35.—At t old- BCt,00l in Forest township, Clinton connty, doors were closed upon all but members by General Garzia's orders.
water, Mercer county, Sunday uight, jias been closed by the wholesale poison- the committeo held a secret session. It, is now thought lhat Mrs. Annie Hick-
forty masked women raided a dis- [ng 0f tj,e pupils aud tho teachcr. The man, who was shot by her husband In
reputable houno ou the outskirts teacher and fifteen of his pupils are in a liiitilzcN Party Ferrets, East St. Louis, will recover.
of tho town. The women surrounded critical condition, whle two of the pupils Spokane Wash, Nov. 1.1—G. D. Sut- i An ofllcer of tno United States steam-
tlie house and battered iu the doors. ttl.e jead. Tho poison was in the water in ' l!U) depose.;'state president of the ship San Francisco says wo have nothing
Seven men in tho place escaped, but four tt new The water possesses some x. jriner-i* Aliianco of Washington,will pub to lear from the Chilian navy.
Mrs. Matilda Partridge got a verdict of
third party favorably before the convt
; | tlon. Iu it sletter he says:
"Ex-Vice President Williams, w
part of the school work.
course, is better.
The American people havo Inherit- grim a^ain
order. Klizabetii had notime to think .v««i could a ghost klssllhe thls-and
of herself, there had b on so much to i this—and this, my own swlctiiea
do she was weary, body auit soul, | Hecorapense King had a wonderful
when niiriit er.mc. and sank into her story to tell the two assembled fami-
i r. ,ti„.i-bi'il with a su/h of lies that niffht, of how the vessel had
rchef ^ ie clrew the sno\v-white mits-1 been becalmed u d at nipl.t the pirates
lin curtains and tied hor Utile night- came down on her. lly a Utile strata-
cap
shut 3U
autumn
sound ol
her poor iroari/—Buu icu -iwp .. .wsa . - , <„
Braver upon her lips for' those who go He signalled the Adraual
down to tli" sea in ship-. ' I becalmed in the Straits, embarked a lor the governor.
i i , | sl. ,..,:1-uK01.a rare cargo and aftor many promises to
ior l-.il/abeth. the ni igllbors t aUowed to lel,vc his sub- Tr,li.« l .lake a Keillemenl.
i .--- -T -o . . "is wasting the be- t ye.us of her , Atcuisox, Kan., Nov. 25.—Iho cases
jlind dono her duty even though the Ulu wultillir for , C. omi.ense King, lie ; .«« • d Ul mother agahut Howell. Jewel. & Co., tho lumber
•■well done that just ce demanded „ „ lls llBna„1111B and noble a vou.ig; , ."J™ and ,|0 lers who failed here lust summer, camo
had been williheld. ' o hei fiuu iiunv Mmn IiS «vl.r sal ed rrom this |mi t. but . tlila it %v<.ul,l lie time for second up In tho dlstiict court yesterday afteit
. g.'m a. Tain "I will set the wheel bail. , ,,er„ iv „„ Hianee of his being in the ;v ^ ' ,,X her aud the 1 "'on The defence made pracl.cally no
ed restlessness and discontent asjhelr aad *• daughter, do | many'ng Lli aheth* Kd" girls lavender alll.a'- opposition, and Judge Eaten rendered
i i .1 ni,,, i "Ail alike screamed t
women were caught and terribly boaton peculiar chemical property which In Its .. V ' ex„osuro of a plot formed, Ii
with switches on their hare backs, tho 0(.ll0I1 on thj ,„tcr llip03 generates the am0^J,be third parly agitators n
blood running in streams. One p0i30n. Those who havo drank the water ,hl! e..,„|nlt of the 17th to elect officers b
was afterwards taken b> a small ure 0micln'with blood poisoning. ; fore the commltteo ou resolutions « - ■ •
stream near by und ducked iu the frooz- l
ing water until almost dead. Tne four lirooklyn'N Water l-'ainiiie I'.ml*.
women were then g.ven twenty minutes to Brooklyn, Nov. 25.—Tho residents of
got out of sight. After that, tho women jirooklyn breathed a sigh of relief when it
literally tore down tho house smashing xva;S unnouueed bv Commissioner Adams
tho furniture to kindling. Tne mob was |Mt nl(fht t,iat th0 break in tl.e conduit
composed of tue leading women of the |,aj been repaired. At8 o clock water was
town. | turned on and the water famine was r.t un
Uuvorilur Hill at M u.lilniiloii, end. Tho cable on the big bridge was
Wvshinutov Nov, 35.—Governor Hill -tailed seen after, anil trains w;erc ugaiii
left here tills afternoon for New York. propelled by that ineaiis instead of the
II,- has lake,i rooms at r.TOrliugton for meters tha t had been In uso through
the session of congress. Tney are located . 'at tho day.
Ht the corner of I street and Vermont ..
avonuo and aro .n the vicinity of tho rooms Pardoned by (.uteruor Frauds
occupied la.st winter by General Spinola. J JrrrEHso.i Citv, Mo., Nov. 25.-Govern-
f-Sno at Brooklyn in l>er breach of promito
suit against Andrew^A. Joyce.
Miss Minuio Gottschalk of Sedalla has
! pointed, and thus br.ng tho question of n from home oecauso hor fiauoe re-
fused, at the eleventh hour, to marry her.
Owen Murphy,the international boodler,
now in New York, says he bribed nearly
plotted with Galvani, the notorious Rus- an ^e oftlcials in Cauuda to get contracts,
■iun nihilist of this state, aud with .Teflfrles,
editor of nn industrial paper in Bpokti
who is known to bo an Italian, and who
Phonographic records cf William J.
Florence, tho dead actor, have boeu made
and aro now held invaluable by tho owners.
Alex Wilkinson was convicted at Pine
the penitentiary
have been in
loug time,
•tiv atteudod the meetings of tho
Italian 1Vlaila in Spokane to «P th« . Blu|r ^ of horse-stealing and sen-
local Alliance orm i ^rufu-il tha ! tenced to spend fifteen jears in tho peni-
capturo tho state government, drafted the 1 v
r solution to send delegates to the labor teuuary.
convention to he held at Ellnniburg." ! Cherokee stockmen are much alarmed
Thu let*ef will undoubtedly cause oxelt-j- hj the discovery of a law under which
nicut in Uie peliLlcul aud industrial circles ] they
ol the stat< . *
on In-
mother's anxious care, who deemed it
a ''stumbling bio,-It," put on her cloak
und a small, close-Httinjr, black-velvet
hood and started in Heart h of the cows.
(jreat trees of primeval forest still
shaded Main street, but they were
ulmost bare and great drifts of 1
patrimony. Tho roots of our being
(or generations past havo had their
origin in a courjigeoua dissatisfaction.
Our ancestors wer© the select inen of
their families, tho men of energy.
daring and endurance, tho men of
tingling nerve and excitable inaglna-
tion. They were the men who aban-
doned comfort ut homo und crossed rustled underneath her feet or Wtfl
the seas in frail barks to or counter ^XT'i.ui on t^ie
hardships unmeasured and dangers of hreexo ruffled the curls on her white
the moat appalling charactcr merely ; forehead--lier; eyes-dark as the brook
that they might alter conditions with ["iJLjrViwrd "deeplysadly;
which all other men of their class w.tH aiouo and felt her
were content. Wo are tho descend- . face uuwatdieo, a sorrow almost of
... , . „,.A nnt desi air s owed iu the lines of mouth
ants of pioncors, and pioneers ai e not i
placid peopla If tliey were they
would not be pioneers.
you go at c
Elizabeth took ol* her hi* apron. Uvjm|s or sho would h ar from liim.
tried to smooth down the ri.-h, brown i iiero are others who would bo will-
hair that would curl in • pile of her to step int > his shoes—-but there I
| !* jfk n<> use talking to Kli/abeth, slio is
SO lippislt"
1 and bro
She stat ted and
but could hee no a
I laugh like the eel
! ter. a little.
od -day
And y«
Dr. Walkf.r, a physician of Edln
burgh, hss published hin observations i,ur ,.ane iiehind a
on the study of mcdicino in American the bond ot
colleges- He criticises the shortness ,t V^Joi^ sv'i1!
of the course, which, while nominally 1 js if
throe ye.irs, is reduced to two years b.v pie.isure in 1
the custom of accepting a year with n ^ t(?rCt*,cL ^w -i IS* \v.
medical practitioner as equivalent to n J>e;tr v >, corUpjUy u ,,art of]
year's study in college. Theaatranoo | i,oar (jo.ul.Mfe >ylves'.et-
examinations he condemns as being dl« uf her 1. tt si kne-.^ nii'l
farcical, 'iho average age of medical ^u,y'ijui'ir to ti
students in America is five years older \voman (moaniny the ostabl
than Uicil of Scottish students, whlcli irli h church hr.' 1
is beneficial in un orderly sense and ^,"1° S 'aml'slle
promoting harder work—and yet ho treu blinghcad forebo.lingly.
Kli/.n belli."
iked around her,
With an uncanny
>f human lnu;?h-
man hobb'ed on
tree in
0 >dwlfe Williams,
playing hide and-
Klixabet'.i
• h no
All alike screamed tho girls, Judgments for amounts aggregating ?.'00,-
•'ain't that just like a >uun:" 10 ■ . The firm is making stron mu< efforts
"Hut f«-r rav bonuv Hess I've a silk to settle for thirty cents on the dollar, and
rich enough to stand alone, as white the law yers now think that a compromise
as milk, u a-v veil like u spider-wed, will bo effected soon.
and a ring of yellow (iuihna gold, and
we all know what they are for," he ,N' <*1
said, kissiufr her burning cheek. I Bkhlik
nald county for
Miller, sentenced from Ripley county iu
1S86 for highway robbery and grand lar-
ceny.
Not Satin
\
i, Kan., Nov.
M.
Wood.
sock of Mulv
wi
ro keepi
5 a millinery
W.I
ot through
•Mi
j. \v
•jodrock las
ip'oye
a young mai
Baker, e
f whom Wo
ou
ling homo last
On
;kcr the
re,tie attacked
be fined for feedintr
dian lands.
A lUu-u of uiuny aliusca, l^aotvu generally
by the name of the "French Colonel," was
couvictcd in London of tryinj; to black-
l jfuiouk iiiimiiuiiii m10i.
S4. Last Illght A. j woaJthy Yadiesr
Hue, Kan., whose ... , ., , , ,
store in Peaho l v. The Atchison is said to bo losing large
abilniiieiV shipments of oro from the Denver and Klo
had ' in her ' O^nde road which Is now being shipped
n named George j ovor Union Pacific.
Il Hull One. I Hniioi" cf wiioni Wo idcock was Je.il- A petition urging President Harrison to
Nov. « -A more. I J-tann* homo last night and finding appoint M M. Esteo to the vacant cabinet
meat is on foot here to capture tho natiou- ] D«kerlh..cc,iieiitt ck«lhim, knocking i tm position is belug aotlvoly circulated and
al Democratic convention also. An effort 1 ti ,wn with u chair. The young man So- iigned throughout Call lorn la
will oc made to combine the Northwest in I cUred a revolver and told Woodcock to Tod Iiarnbrook, employed by Doler fc
favor or the scheme. The Domoerats say cft Woodcock made a 1 nsh at j Wicgand, Jacksonville, III, butoheri, mot
that the selection of Minneapolis for tho u ,i: T with the «i ;nr aud received 'a builel a horrible death by fall.ng into a tub of
Uepubllcan c ouveution inakei
that the Demoer
also be held hero.
• TnlU« Willi the Hniner.
IMssian foi
ft'lieru Marbles ti
Aim-st nil the •niarbl
out of s asi
shady spots
ti mil-
t ds
vhich ' ' he
1 and ufces
by
Willi
I a proI
L'cntc
iMuents und iu
at i-berstein, !
i\ largo agate
li'lt i c irhhor-
•d. but it is bcllov
than tho u<u.il
■d that nol
courtesies
sum 11
ing its
level f
upper
: I iie small stone '
"kuu kle down ' '
roUen into small
a light hammer, j
*>'. mie are thrown 1
the hepperofa
m •' ii!i concen-
ihis is the "run-
dv.o-td having a
« r surface. The
o revolve rapidly, 1
r von Capr * I
Our^c 'Ihri
put In by tho p<>
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
ly mill- [ chemicals with w
it trans- and offers t . cute
ling fur-| farmers of JCaus
were cx- uext year at prlci
ed with j Melbourne
A Ilia: Tin
mage. Gltjikik, Ok., N
ice porpe i.
imun Halumaker.
Nov. 25 - ltouhen Jarvis,
public schools of Smith
hud to have discovered
into contractu with tho
for their water supply
1 far below those oi Mr.
Baker aave himself >" i hot lye water used for scalding hogs.
" ' An explosion of a gasoline stove at the
1 he safe m the p .tolllco at Col o. auditorium at Pittsburg, where a fair wes
Plant, Ark, was blown open and Wl. bolng holdi ,.uvlsed H panic, and a number
■iniipv i< 11 ti # .id .n hi.1111 ii> Laknn. . , , .
of persous were slightly burued and In-
Uouey aud f 13U in stampi taken.
Miss Auuio Sullivan of Sneflleld, Ala,
who was bitten by a dog, has been soul t«
Now York to try tho Pasteur cure.
Jured.
The Wabash has begun proceedings st
Springfield, 111., to test the authority of
tors havo dit
I ber which was beii
1 and which had b"«-
iientland. Promt
i md a big scandal y
Meal.
Timber inspec-
) worth of tini-
hhipped to market,
stole
pnt 1:
fro 11
gove
rill likely follow.
nplicated
Lead Ore Ad*
, Mo., No
•Jl
ride
Lroiu:r I Thai lcsgiving dnv dawned bright about lif
I will and cleat*, with pood sleighing The of good
s way. whole town went to church nnd list- Unuckels
like to en-d to a serine . over au hour in ico.oou pi
1 tlint h njytb. and 1 myers in proportion.)
ale to I hey sang the One Hundredth I'salm,
carle* 1 1 *t<y that time everybody was ready
1 i,!i '•>•<'. inner, (irnndsire Kd wards was of Cnl
stub- th • opinion that tho cliiluren ought to th*
iv lire- sit at tiio table with their elders nc- dei
Ai her toruintfiy the durng room was pie ed "n«
riiat's out with the kitchen table and they Pa
rlyj
With all of h<
uie.
think, tho professional attainment* of , a fine clmMj youhavc; dkl^u ^ old l"-ight l/h •'
American students are )e-Ihnn those .l.lo ra ii lei \. i nre. ).. m -i'lli.,t nM'ren-1 niihl l-esccn lint it ,1 vi,
of Scottish students. With a'l this. ,.lltl tl.,ri| y. nn- III. .1 ' •> a |'| v t Hill IT 'li'a not heard. :,nd any nnveenlv'diMirder tho v.-aitn-vv
Dr. Walker, if be will look over the Inckyvou wen, t born in my day with wOTld^t *™m«'i r "y
| and zinc ores In ti'.o Si
j mining district la^t wo.
5 %0,lte0 pounds; iciiu II
value. 161,1 ill Va. ;
vnuced to f34. a pnin o
There is no enango in il
I I ut prlco3 are steady ai
Is looked for.
l arls A llllclcd Willi Ifl«<a .
Dr. Walker, If ho will look over the | lucky von w«
list will discover that American
physicians have reached success and
fame quite as great as those of any
other nation, and have made as many
valuable discoveries in the art of heal-
ing as the most renowned of Euro-
peans. In our best medical colleges licitn
a higher standard of examination of "V^kf bless
students now obtains and the coursu j
has been lengthened to four years.
black
er, .your el
charms in s
been a fine ti
and the old v
fill echo ot a iaugh and peered nt
Lli abeth with her di n. deep set eyes
"Whatdo you mean by my charms in
asked Uluubeth, Hushing
is** mouthed way ana
< kness, you would have
rare b r Hallows Hill. "
•(.man laughed her hpito-
vith was promptly <|Uelled by the awful Bsj
eth- threat that "the tidy man \
anu tlieni." HttV toe.ard the end of iho with a laiiit mi
feast, while nuts and eider were disi- evident oisla.st
cuhsed—with something stronger f«^r ' C'ranbcirys
the elders, for these were not blue nantljr, ,,tl:at
ribbon days—a mild hilarity relgnod, a cranberry th
and when (I'randsire Edwards cracked pump tin."
a joke tho « hi dren improved the oo- | •'Maybe not,
me,
on to let out their pent-up splriu "but you seo it giy
un I laughed tcrouslv until a ! more reason
If the 'c p don't fit. | k'eutie rap of a knife-handle aud "that turkey "
There In a coal famine at i... ... .uny's
Falls, Minn.
Asiatic tlrck tonpue is said to have ap-
peared in parts of Indiana.
Tho Democrats of For? Scott, Kan., have
formed a tariff reform club.
The body of one of the men buried at
Brooklyn by a cave-iu has been recovered.
(jus Spr y was instantly killed in tho
Missouri, Kansas and Texas yards at Clin-
ton, Mo.
Bdward C. Coleman is suspectod of hav-
ing burned his wile's property in Leaven-
worth, Kan.
The four children of David Cooper, col-
ored, living near Sylvania, flu., lost their
lives in a lire.
asked At Elkhart, Ind., Frank Johnsou. a tailor
the New nnd stranger, wus shot and killed by an
unknown woman.
A fatal wreck at Jacksonville, III., was ! u.amor t
caused by Ibe criminal carelessness of En- ^ Pjrt
gineer James Beck h in d 1
echoed indlg- h i reported tbat eighteen men were 1 .
, the Have, of iro„.Ded d.iring . g^e c the lake neer , - ; ' j . ; „
mut has of n 01(m Haven, Mich. | n|lJ ,u „ s,„k coniilt:
' A Kansas merchant set a spring gun ana
led. demurely, j faUuy shot a thief who refused to give his
jg n 1 narne before he died. _ I «• . i.o of ta
n a Dollar.
ri.e sales of lead
Lhw.'Hi Missouri
'.vcvj: Idiue ore,
, iv.f. >70 pounds;
Pa his, Nov. 24.-
by a descent Upt)
il.as, comlna froi
and from which i
to 11 ud relief.
liavo been trie-- by
ibe poi.u but t-!.'i
has been efflicted
city of swarms of
nno knows where,
•como Itnpossiblo
>f preparations
„c -> Kot rid of
i'lhout succeus.
Suit is to bo beRun ngainst the tsond* tbe railroiid eommissloners iu permitting
non of ox-Treasurer Woodruff ol Arkau
tas for the amount of bi3 abortage.
Tho governorship of Oklahoma Is likely
the Jacksonville Southeastern to cross the
Wabash track.
At Brooktield, Mo., James Malone,
So be given to Judise Tucactt, chief of th, >wlu.linaa in th^ Haiiuibal and St. Joseph
CAlorlWilliln oi| ,wijJ(inWiteS''it,pin« railroad yard., wan thrown from the top
muff, Ark., of horsestealing and sen- ' hoi-ear and Instaetly klUed, one of
tcncod to spend fifteen years in Uie peni- tb® cars pa-sing ov
i" his body
leutiary.
The Kusslan mini:>!er of tinuncs has
i:g oi
Im port of which and their proluots is pro*
hlbited with wheat destined for Imporw
Cherokee stockmen aro much alarmed sbmed adecroe prohibiting the m1
by the discovory of a law under which wore than 8 per coot of the gi
ilioy can be lined for feediug stock
dian lands.
A mau of many aliases, known generally
by tho name of tho "French Colonel," was
convicted in London of trying to black-
mail wealthy ladies.
A
iff Out.:
light, ft";
•vith the
Uiitish so;
shipments of oro from the Denver aud ivio
Grande road which is now being dipped
over the Union Pacific.
A petition urging President Harrison to
appoint M M. Estej U) tho vacant cabluet
position Is being actively circulated aud
signed throughout California.
Tod Iiarnbrook, employed by Doler &
Wiegaud, Jacksonville, III., butchers, met
a hornblo death by fall ng into a tub of
hot lye water used for scalding hogs.
An explosion of a gasoline stovo at the
! auditorium at Pittsburg, whero a fair was
j being hold, caused a panic, and a number
' of persons were allghtly burnod aud in-
lured.
. f. M 1 Tue Wabash has begun proceedings ot
■ i h nMi h Spiiugfield, II to test the authority of
lheBritish Uae railroad commissioners in permitting
' •' • nn"iwd in j |,j,e Jacksonville Southeastern to cross tho
" W °r Jh0 Jbir? I Wabash track.
f'tf.r d «niA tt'niin Al Brookfield. Mo., James M'llonn, a
ior . evnic, opain. j #w|tc^man \n t|ie Hannibal and St. Joseph
•' ll.l'l 1 • . 1 1.0 I -I I ...nC Ihrnirn trnm thn ly n
u. 1. Owen,
of the Knight, lost his life
John McKca-
1 of a box-car and instantly killed, ono of
tbo cars pu siug over his body.
Tho Russlar mluistor of linauce has
signed a decree prohibiting the mixing of
be tliuiiklul for the I Now Orleans pspers ure prophesying | lit']"™ The moalidw of1"thoOTw"" !
1|hut that city is to become the groatcsl Jcr( un(, wm ^ for.vin!e<! Kuglaod i
'ihlpylug port In the cotmtrjr. I th, 1)r|U,b r0mui.
, i port of which end their proJuou Is pro*
•iiwm) wirt 4 iHn« ■
The Illinois Christian
assooi itioh at
Galesburg,. 111., is cor.duc
ting .a warfare
on sccret organization".. The most d«ter-
: mined assaults are on M i
oniy. Odd Fel-
low ship a ad tho Grand Ai
my of the lle-
' public. "
Much comment has b
iv'ii aroused la
1 Chicago by the surhmaij
it eta* • i of the po-
' lico in breaking up* two i
rt* lings of tho
1 Anari hlsts. Inspector 1
I ul bard's order
to tho meeting to unfurl ti
m American ilsg
' in especially questioned.
• ltaiph Worth ington, a ,
Cu.ihy merchant
of Cleveland, C), 06m i ts
his belief that
| Kobcrt Kay Hamilton v-.
murdered. Mr.
| Worthlugtou has becu on
a hunting xpe-
dition in tho Wyoming reg
ion whero ilaui-
1 !)Imm U w J to 1 «eo. I '.'lcl
himself,
So;diri> litsttiare k
iiiinoolvrt.
! Wichita, Kan.. Nov.
-During a
drunken row at ChaudU-
r, Ok., Monday
j night S .crilT Jus Pur; "
r ■ i •' a saloon-
Imo wounded.
body ot soldiers
' I bulnnging \o t! ^ l it* . t
.,va.it, U. S. A.
1 Ti.ey finally in can e
ii'lblcioUa tl.itt
j thoy were tr.rt.cd oui 1
1' iv - saloon.
' 'i lieu ther con.nieiici i ih
ng uniiugh the
i floors and w: , .m, O
«• i!dier was
slijhtly wokqded.
ulu
c tn.
1 W,vi,--cu. Out Nov. 19
So'. \v. ne. a
11 p.1,tic ti Uni'iiiiHi lc.icL-r^
II.. levlvodj t
.r J'cro:11<•, 5U "
1 lug that Jo ut Uebato'urc
L*.... * hold tin* .
1 on tho subject of political
us;lo'* with thj
1 United frtaUifl.
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