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EDMOND, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, OCTOBEE 11,1895.
NO 14
THE ENCHANTRESS.
(By Sylvan d'Arcy.)
EDEA was the
daughter of King
Aeetes of ColchlB.
She was very beau-
tiful, but her dark
eyes could look
very cruel If she
were not pleased.
A\c- ^ia(^ ^eeU 'ier
jjp ) pleasure, however,
y to Jason ob-
//tain possession of
the Golden Fleece, which was the
treasure of her father. But after help-
ing him she dared not face her father's
anger. So Bhe departed with Jason
from Colchis and became his wife.
Now, you remember that It had been
ho easy task to take the fleece from the
feacred grove of Mars. A dragon with
n hundred eyes that never all slept at
the same time guarded it. And it was
only by enchantments and charms that
Jason was enabled to obtain the prize.
When Medea was alittle child she
passed her life with Circe, her father's
Bister. From her she learned the se-
cret power of herbs; how to Invoke the
Hark powers with incantations; in
Bhort, all the secrets of enchantments
find sorcery.
So It was by her power that Jason
had first tamed the fire-breathing bulls;
had slain the army that sprung fully
firmed from the soil, after he planted
the teeth of the dragon; and it was by
her that the dragon in the grove of
Mars was put to sleep while Jason
snatched the shining fleece, and you re-
member how they sped together down
to the Argo, and, as Orpheus played
Upon his harp, how the vessel sailed
Swiftly away.
But not unpursued did the Argo de-
part. King Aeetes suspected treach-
ery, and finding, when too late, that
his treasure was gone and his prey es-
caped, for he had intended killing J&-
8on on the next morning, he started
after the fleeing bark.
Medea had foreseen this result and
had guarded against It. She had
brought her little brother with her,
Bnd now she called him to her. When
the pursuing vessels began to gain
upon the Argonauts, she committed
the darkest crime In her life. Her lit-
tle innocent brother, who loved her
and depended upon her, was sacrificed
by her own hand. After killing him.
as he embraced and kissed her, she cut
his poor little body into pieces and
threw them out of the vessel, and King
Aeetes. stopping to gather them up to
give them decent burial, gave up the
chase, and the Argo sped on.
So it will very frequently happen
that where a great deed is performed,
a dark stain is somewhere overshadow-
ing the outward effulgent dress that
history and romance put upon It. And
the Argonautic expedition was a great
M
SHE MOVED THREE TIMES
AROUND THE ALTAR.
naval achievement; probably the first
forecast of the great traffic that was
to be; when nations, separated by the
physical barriers of nature, would bo
brought into fellowship and brother-
hood by man's constructive ingenuity.
After a perilous voyage, the Argo
once more touched the shores of Thes-
saly. Pelias, who had sent Jason to
obtain the fleece, was much dismayed
at his return. However, he took the
golden prize that had been won at so
much peril, and gave up his throne to
center of a forest. Great rocks cast
deep shadows, and the trees rustled and
their murmurings were reverberated
from the caverns. Passing quickly from
this dense foliage, she came to a clear-
ing, circular In shape, on which the
moon and stars shone with wonderful
clearness.
For a moment the enchantress stood
with face upturned and arms raised,
silent, and not a sound of living or
moving creatures could be heard. Then
she addressed her incantations to the
moon and the stars, to Hecate, the god-
dess of the underworld: to Tellus, the
goddess of the earth, by whose power
herbs full of charm and potent for en-
chantment grow. She called upon the
gods of land and sea; she invoked the
power of river, stream, lake, wood and
cavern; she called upon the mountains
and the valleys, upon the mighty winds
and upon the vapors
Then she Implored Pluto and Prosper-
plne to spare the life that she wished
to prolong; nnd as she spoke the stars
shorn) brighter, the winds began to sigh
and moan, the leaves of the trees to
rustle. And suddenly from on high a
chariot of gold and precious gems de-
scended to her, borne by winged ser-
pents. Medea entered her car, and in
a moment more was out of sight of
Thessaly.
The chariot bore her to distant lands,
where man had never put his foot,
where nature had unbounded sway.
There she gathered herbs, such as she
knew how to use, and for nine days
she was so occupied. During this time
she entered no dwelling and spoke to
no mortal being. Then she returned to
Thessaly, to the clearing in the woods.
There she erected two altarB, one to
Hecate, the other to Hebe, the goddess
of youth.
A black sheep was then sacrificed,
and libations of milk and wine were
poured upon it. Aeson was then led
forth, and having thrown him Into a
deep sleep by a charm, Medea laid him
upon a bed of herbs.
With flowing hair she moved three
times around the altars, calling upon
the gods of the underworld, and dip-
ping burning twigs Into the blood on
the altars and leaving them there to
burn. The cnldron with its maple con-
tents was then prepared. She put In It
the magic herbs that she had gathered,
seeds and flowers, stone from the far
East and sand from the shore of Ocean.
Then she added hoar-frost, gathered by
moonlight; the head and wings of a
screech owl; the entrails of a wolf;
fragments of shells of tortoises; the
liver of stags and the head and beak of
a crow.
All these things, from animals ten-
acious of life and things that never die,
and many more dark, secret concoc-
tions were put Into the cnldron, till at
last, the contents boiling over, the grass
around took on the vivid green of early
spring, and the dry olive-twig with
which the mixture was stirred began to
grow green, and to shoot forth leaves,
and suddenly was heavy with ripe
olives.
Then, when Medea saw that all was
ready, she approached King Aeson.
Taking her knife, the same that had
slain her brother, she cut the throat of
the aged king, and when the blood had
run out she poured into the wound the
contents from the caldron. Quickly the
wound healed, leaving no traces behind.
In a few moments the white hair grew
dark, the blood surged to the cheeks,
the emaciated looks disappeared and
Aeson rose, a young man.
This is one of the good deeds that
Medea performed, but she soon coun-
terbalanced It with evil, and disap-
peared forever from Thessaly.
It happened in this way. When the
daughters of Pelias, the usurper of Ja-
son's throne, saw Aeson restored to
youth, they begged Medea to do the
same for their father. She consented,
and they were overjoyed to obey her
Instructions.
One night, while Pelias slept, they
entered his room stealthily, and when
Medea commanded them to strike him,
they hesitated. But when she told
them the promised reward of youth,
they were dazzled, and turning away
their faces struck Pelias, with random
strokes. The father awoke and cried
out. and the daughters would have de-
listed, but Medea sprung forward and
dealt him a mortal wound .
Then she prepared a caldron, but put
IN FAB OFF JAPAN DASTABDL1 Ml RDEIl.
FUNDS FOR IRELAND. I PLATFORM GAVE WAY
JOHN A. COCKRILL WRITES OF
THE COUNTRY.
Th* PurFlgu Oiuctery '« Yokohama
l'atlietlc Story of the Sink lug of the
I'ulted Stntea Steamer Oneida by m
Treiirhcrourt English t'uptalii.
Yokahoma Correspondence.
■St) HE foreign ceme-
tery in Yokohama
is well worth visit-
ing and studying.
It is a picturesque
spot, covering the
north side of what
is known as the
wardroom of the war ship and saw her
officers, with toasting glasses in their
hands, as death reached for them. Tho
piteous voices of some of these poor
floating fellows were ringing on the
night air when the captain of the Bom-
bay, who never halted to see the harm
he had done, was steaming Into Yoko-
hama harbor, to subsequently declare
over a glass of whisky In a barroom:
"I run down a Yankee awhile ago. and
it served him damned bloody well
right." The heartless brute! Thero
was talk of misplaced lights on the
Oneida, mistaken signals and too much
conviviality, and the brutal captain of
the Bombay, with a few Inches of water
in hi3 ship's forward compartment, In-
dulged In the usual talk about his fears
concerning the safety of his own ves-
Rlnff " It is ter-1 sel—the customary excuse of the sea
raced ' and beauti- j coward-and his neglect to Inquire
' after the condition of his victim was
palliated by a board of inquiry. But
his name was execrated throughout tho
civilized world—no place more than In
England, where inhumanity upon tho
seas is ever decried and chivalry for-
ever exalted—and today ho 1b in ob-
fully kept, the fol-
iage being pecu-
liarly attractive. Although the
cemetery has been in existence
nearly forty years, It does not contain
one neglected grave, such is the excel-
ir-pot11!: - — • •* «
graveyard. Within the enclosure one
finds the graves of men of all the na-
tions that ever had touch with Japan.
The humble bailor sleeps beside the for-
eign minister, the Catholic beside the
dissenter, the early Dutchman beside
the Spaniard whose ancestors plowed
the main when his were searching for
the gold of the Orient. We find here
every form of mortuary tablet and
memorial architecture, each following
national characteristics as near as pos-
sible. On one Imposing stone we find
JACOB OXFORD ASSASSIN-
ATED IN COLD BLOOD.
hilled by 1IU Son-ln-Lsw, .lame* Fraxler,
Near l'lutto City, Mo- -A Family
Quarrel of l-nug Maudiug tho t'au«e
| of the Tragedy—Fraeler Ksrnpet.
Platte City, Mo., Oct. 7 a family
quarrel of long standing resulted in
tho murder of Jacob Oxford, nn old
and well-to-do farmer residing about
five miles north of this place, by his
son-in-law, J tunes M. l'razier, about 10
o'clock yesterday morning.
The crituo was committed in cold
blood and on the threshold of Frazier's
home. Its immediate cause was the
separation about four months ago of
l'razier and his wife, nlthough for
more than two years the murderer and
his father-in-law had been on very
unfriendly terms.
Frazicr came to litis neighborhood
tome time ago, and secured employ-
ment on Mr. Oxford's large farm. Later
he married the farmer's daughter and
Mr. Oxford built a home for them at
the other end of his farm, about a
mile away from his own home, l'ra-
zier and his wife lived together hap-
pily for a while, and the result of their
union was two bright children.
Hut finally Fra/.ier began to abuse
his wife. His conduct towatd her
finally became so unbearable that a
montii ago she returned with her chil-
dren to her father.
The deserted husband tent word to
his wife that if she did not return
be graven upon the shaft in the Yoko-
hama cemetery, to the end that futuro
generations may learn to hate his kind.
As for the Bombay, she lies, 1 am told
by an officer of tho Petrel, resting and
decaying on the shore of Woosung.
China, dishonored in her very name.
There is much that is pathetic on tho
stones of this quaint burial ground.
Many of the memorials are set up by
sailor friends, and. in their eccentric t _
crudeness, tell of sincere sorrow. Tho ] home w ith the children he would make
i the
An Appeal Inoued by the IrUlt Villon.i
Alliance.
Nrw York, Oct 7. The national of j
fleers and executive committee of tlx
Irish National alliance issued yester
day the following appeal:
To All Friends of Irish Independence i
Tho convention which recently or
ganized at Chicago thu Irish Nationn
alliance has placed its guidance nn.
government in the hands of the under
signed for the ensuing two years. Tin
purpose of the alliance has already
been proclaimed -to obtain tho com-
plete independence of Ireland from
England by any menuscon istent will:
the law of nations. Organizations,
like governments, have to depend oil
their revenue for th"successful accom-
plishment of their duties. "The
sinews of war" for both are absolutely
necessary, both for organization aud
propagation.
\Yi appeal, therefore, to all tho
friends of the independence of Ireland
to aid us in this work, by placing at
our disposal the means required for its
accomplishment. Y.> i are asketl to
subscribe in accordance with you?
means and to forward your subscript
tlons as soon as possible to the secret
tary of tlie Irish National alliance.
Hon. P. V. I'it/gerabl Fitzpatrick, l.vl
Twenty-second street. Chicago, 111.
liod save America and Ireland.
FOR THE CUBAN CAUSE.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT A
CORNER STONE LAYING.
Hundred* of Slen, Women mid Children
Freelpltaled Into a HtrugKH"K Mima-
One Killed Outrliflit, F.leven I at ally In-
jured itud Forly OtlurH llurt.
Lorain, Ohio, Oct. 7.—While a
great crowd of people was assembled
yesterday afternoon to witness tho
laying of the cornerstone of the new
St. Mary's cathedral, a temporary floor
on which many of the people were
standing, suddenly gave way, precip-
itating many men, women and chil-
dren into the basement. One was
killed outright, eleven were fatally
injured und between thirty and forty
others wore badly hurt. The services
were just about to begin when the ac-
cident happened. Fully 3,000 people
muled on an I around the
CHEAP EXCURSION SOUTH.
Tho Farm, Field and Fireside, Chicago,
iadoin? a most excellent work in helping
those who want to better their condition to
secure homes in a more congenial climate,
or where the opportunities for petting a
start in life are better Its colony plan is
very popular, and enables home-seekers to
secure a chunk of excellent 'and at almost
half the usual price. For its Oct. 15 ex-
cursion to Green Cove Springs. Florida, the
lowest rates ever given to that state have
been secured. A splendid train will be run
from Chicago with special cars from Oma-
ha. Kansas Citv, St. Paul and Cleveland,
nnd a steamer from New York. The train
will be composed mainly of sleeping cars,
which will be used for bods throughout the
trip. Fifty-six thousand acres of the best
land In the state has been secured, tho
greater part of which will be sold at 15.00
an acre. Any of our readers who want to
Join this excursion shovld write the Farm,
•laid and I- ireside at once They will also
run a special excursion to California on the
14th of Nov.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Consul Schaum of Uruguay claims
free wool is benefiting American mar-
kets.
Secretary Herbert is making
. ,, tii , , | speeches in the South on the financial
platform, which lu I been constructed '
1 , .. i •niif*st mil.
• f the
! temporal
s the joist
supports l
gglHg 1
I National Sympathetic
lug i'roposcd for Octol
Meet
royal marine sleeping under his in-
scription—"Bill was a good one" .
j testifies to loving comradeship; and
how pathetic is the story of the llttlfj
[boy from Rockwell, in far-off Maine,
'whoso mother has written upon his
tomb:
• 'Tls but a little grave, but, oh, have!
care,
the story or a man who died In London,
an Englishman, who directed at his
death that his body be cremated and
the ashes sent to the Japan he loved so
well. And here they are. Epitaphs
may here be read in Russian, Italian,
Dutch, Spanish, German. English and
nearly all the known languages. In
one section sleep the officers and men
who have died in the service of the Pa-
cific Mail Steamship company. In an
obscure corner one Is reminded by the
gravestones of our naval vessels who
have from time to time visited this sta-
tion—the Tennessee, the Iroquois, ^the
Plscataqua, the Hartford, etc
One
1
1
.vi • T&*.
Is burled with a darling boy!
Speaking to United States Minister
Dun recently of the Inadequacy of the j Fi
trouble. She paid no attention 1
threat. I}e repeated it several times,
bntyet shi refused to go hack to him.
lie met Oxford several times on the
farm and in Platte City, and tried to
quarrel with him, accusing him of
causing the separation. The old gen- i
Heman tried to reason with Frazier
that he was not mixed up in the quar-
rel in any manner, but the son-in-law
wouldn't have it that wuv.
Yesterday morning Frazicr acted
like a demon. A b'rothcr-iu-luiv called
on him and lie sent him back home
with a message to Mr. Oxford.
"Tell the old man," said he, "that 1
want to see him here as soon as pos-
sible."
The boy delivered the message, ami
Oxford walked over to his son-in-law's
house, arriving there about to o'clock,
lie knocked at the door ami Frazier
threw it open in a towering passion.
"Why did you send for me?" asked
the old gentleman.
"To kill you like a dog,'' came the
reply, and without another word
Frazitr drew a oN-caliber revolver and
fired two bullets into Oxford's body-
one entering directly over the left
lung nnd passing through tho body,
and the second penetrating the lower
part of the abdomen. The old genile-
j man fell dead wheie he stood.
I The son of Fanner Oxford who de-
livered the fatal message that lured
him to death, was the only eye wit-
ness to the murder. He returned with
his father to Frazier's house and stood
within a few feet of him when the
shooting occurred.
Immediately after the shooting
escaped and is still at large,
" M and u
Jason, to whom It of right bBlonRe«l. , n (ew glmp|e herb8
Great rejolcinKH Hpreaa _throughout ^<°nglyll)e body of I>ellllB ln the boll.
that animal, and had concluded that
nothing could be done for him. Mr.
Dun came out to Japan twenty odd
years ago under the auspices of Horaco
Capron, and in conjunction with him
had charge of a great stock breeding
farm up in Yezo. Coming from Madi-
son county. Ohio, the finest stock rais-
ing district north of the Ohio river, Mr.
Dun was well equipped for his work.
It is to this that the newspaper corre-
spondents refer when they speak of
Mr. Dun as "a former omployo of the
Japanese government." This model
stock farm in Yezo embraced at ono
time 30,000 acres under fence. A num-
ber of foreign horses, including Per-
cherons, were imported, and every at-
tempt was made to cross the native
ponies, but with little success. The ex-
periment, which cost the Imperial
government a considerable sum of
money, was finally abandoned, and for
all practicable purposes It was a failure.
In accordance with an ancient rule, the
equine species In Japan is- to this day
maintained upon a plan which confines
the brood mare to one district and the
males to another. One never sees a
mare ln harness in Tokyo or Yoko-
hama. Geldings are not known.
posse of citizens are scouring the
country in the hope of capturing him
before "he gets too far awayl s The
murderer was about 4. years of age,
while his victim was <V,\
A MILLION DOLLAR FIRE
the kingdom, and all would have been
well If it had not been that Aeson,
the father of Jason, was too old and
Infirm to attend the Joyous celebrations
of tho victory. Lamenting this one
drop of bitterness in his cup of
Joy, Jason sent for his wife Medea.
"Why are you sad, my lord?" asked
tho beautiful wife.
"Ah, Medea, I have everything that
my heart desires, save only one. My
father, to whom I owe everything, Is
old. It saddens me that at any moment
ho may be called to leave my kingdom
for that of Pluto and Prosperlne. Oh,
my wife, you have, by your magic, per-
formed wonders for me; help me now!
Take from my life some of Its years
and add them to Aeson's. Do this, if
you love me, if you honor me!"
He looked imploringly at her, but
nothing could be read in the stern
countenance. Then his head sunk upon
his breast. But only for a moment, for
a voice, full of low sweet music, fell
upon his ear. He knew the voice of
Medea. It was that that held him
bound to her, even when his nature
recoiled from her cruel deeds
He looked up. Never had she ap-
peared so beautiful, so grand, bo aw-
ful. Her slight figure was drawn up
to Its full height. Her eyes shone,
large lustrous black eyes; her dark
hair fell about her like a cloud, as If
to hide so much glory. She was very
much excited, and spoke quickly.
"You ask, Jason, the hardest task
that even an enchantress may perform.
I could move yonder mountain with less
difficulty. The power to tame the fire-
breathing bulls and put the dragon to
sleep were child's play to me. But now
you ark what will tax all my powers.
Nevertheless, It shall be done! But not
at the cost you mention. Not so much
as one day shall be taken from your
life, but Aeson shall live!''
She ceased, and as he thanked her all
the fire of her being seemed to vanish.
She was as sweet and gentle as the sum-
mer wind. To look at her no one would
have believed her capable of an evil
thought, much less of a deed of horror.
Then she went from his apartment
poor fellow from the steamship Ocean For world-wide hopes are burled there
sleeps beneath a slab upon which some How much of light, how much of joy,
inspired poet, doubtless of the marine
variety, has Inscribed the following
rhythmic drivel: .
"A pain of sickness gave the fatal blow, i jflpanese jlor8e he remarked that he I although Sheriff Oscar Berry
The stroke was certain, but the effect i had ma(je a pretty complete study of
was slow.
With wasting pain Death found me
sore oppress't,
Pitied my sighs and kindly gave me
rest."
The graves of men predominate here.
for the founding of this God's acre was
in the day when few women of the
western world came hither. But the
care of graves, the floral tributes, the
bits of offerings all tell to-day of liv-
ing woman's tenderness and undying
love. The most conspicuous object in
this sadly beautiful cemetery, with its
deep sense of loneliness which springs
from the contemplation of tho graves
of those who die in distant lands, un-
noticed, unloved mayhap, is the gran-
ite pvramid erected in memory of the
officers and crew of the United States
steamship Oneida, who met cruel fate
in these waters twenty-five years ago.
The massive block Is hemmed with a
chain swung from anchors at the four
corners of the plot and within the en-
closure are commemorative stones
above the remains of three officers
.whose bodies were recovered. Many
Japanese admirers of the United States
take a mournful interest ln the spot.
and more than once memorial services
have been held by them in honor of
the poor wanderers of the sea who were
engulfed with the Ill-fated Oneida.
"One touch bf nature makes the whole
world kin" Is realized here. On one
side of the pyramidal shaft. In bold.
black letters, is this inscription:
ln Memory
of the
Officers and Men
Who Went Down with the
U. S. S. Oneida,
When That Vessel Was Sunk
While Homeward Hound
By the Steamship
BOMBAY,
In Yeddo Bay. Japan, January
24th. 1870.
That Is It; coldly frank and candid,
but history. And history, too, which
should not be forgotten so long as hu-
man indifference and cruelty upon the
| seas remain to be detested and exe-
i crated. This is the story: The man-
of-war Oneida had been on the Asiatic
station something more than her al-
: lotted time. Lying ln Yokohama harbor,
I she recelved her welcome recall. All
was glee and happiness among the good
fellows who had been yearning for
home and Its delights. The home-
bound pennant was run up, hasty visits
were paid to friends on sister ships.
bumpers were drunk, jolly songs were
sung and ln the gathering twilight the
anchors were hove, and the Oneida
went bounding down the bay to music
of band and voice. Never did vessel
the horses employed in the army for the Indians at the lowe
(reat Conflagration Wreak* I>ci
at Warren It. I.,
j Warren, R. I., Oct 5.—One of the
J largest fires that has ever occurred in
southeastern NewEngland broke out in
one of three mills of the Warren Man-
ufacturing company, situated about
un eighth of a mile from the center of
this town, just after midnight last
night, and before it was gotten under
control it had swept through three
large cotton mills, two warehouses,
small sheds, freight ears and other
property, causing a loss which is esti-
mated at more than 81,000,000.
AMBUSHED BY INDIANS.
Throe Men Killed l y ItiiUkliiK at Jack-
hoii'h Hole, One Ileitis; Captain SmiIIIi.
Sai.t Lakk Citv, Utah. Oct. 7.—A
special from Idaho Falls, Idaho, says-
A report was brought here to-day by
J. W. Wilson, who lives near Jackson's
Hole, that three men were killed by
id of Jack-
very mayor ol
every city, town and village through-
out the United States will be advised
and requested by the executive com
mittec of the Cuban sympathetic mass
meeting, held in Chicago last Monday
night, to confer with the most promi-
nent and public spirited citizens to ar-
range for a national mas-, meeting the
night of Thursday, October ill. for the
purpose of awakening a kindly feel-
ing toward the suffering and patriotic
Cubans who are struggling for lib-
erty. The committee will also call
upon every prominent organization in
the country for the co-operation of its
branches in every section. Churcho-
of every denomination and fraternal
and benevolent societies will also be
called upon for assistance in making
the mass meeting on October ill a great
wave of public opinion and sympathy
for the Cuban cause from the Pacific
to the Atlantic und from Britisli Co
lumhia to Mexico.
PLANS FOR THE FIGHT.
Tlitf I ii«I lent Iona Are Now That It Will
Ito llcld lii tlie Territory.
Ardmore, Ind. Ter., Oct. 7. — From
| present indications it now looks ns if
the big. Corbett and Fitzslminons fight
is coining to Ardmore. The Chicka-
saw Indians want them, the Santa l'e
railroad company wants to bring
them, and will run trains from the j
Dallas amphitheater without cost, and j
Dan Stuart is heepiug tho wires
: hot to know the conditions under
which it can be pulled off at
Ardmore. The hotels of Dallas, l'ort
Wortli and Gainesville are equally ac-
I cessible for visitors to Ardmore, and
i Ardmore can accommodate 5,000 guests
for any lengtli of time, and can feed
all who may come.
FATHER WAGNER MARRIED
Tli« St. Joseph Priest Taken From Ill-i
Cell to Marry Man<l Stehlel.
St. Joski'II, Mo., Oct. 7.—Father
Dominick Wagner and Miss Steidel,
the girl whom he betrayed and whom
lie had spirited away to ( hieatfo two
weeks ago, were married Saturday
night at the home of the girl's mother
by Justice Fitton in the presence of
immediate friends of the family. Af-
ter the ceremony the priest was driven
back to jail, where he will remain
pending tin* action of tho grand jury
The mother of ti - girl was scarcely
able to stand, ami her lamentations
were pitiable in the extreme.
SPENT STOLEN WEALTH.
Commercial failures
ter of 180.1 were 2,7V
of 152,167,170, ave
firm, against ?10,0:
16 per cent more,
inereiai mortality,
quarter for every 1
proportio
nindation
The boards forming t
floor had been laid ucr
which were supported
by upright posts. These
broke and tho floor went do
crash. F illy . 00 persons we
into the pit formed by the i
the middle of tho floor.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Some I It;iires That Show tho Approach
Nrw York, Oct. 7. -ii. c Dun «<
Co.'a weekly review of trade says-
the third quar- j
with liabilities
raging 811,721 per |
8 la t year, about
The rate of com- |
2.34 failures in a
000 firms in liusi- I
jwer than last year, and the j
i of defaulted liabilities to j
nt business represented by
payments through clearing Iiomsos is
but 2-10 per 81,000, against ,.'.77 last
year. The defaulted liabilities per |
firm in business average 820.02, j
against 820.30 last year. Tho do- I
faulted liabilities of the nianu- i
facturing class average$20,805, against j
910.7U3 in the same quarter last
year; in trading. $8,577, against 80,413
last year: and the banking failures,
not included above, have been thirty-
one, with aterage liabilities of 8114,-
000, against 9110,030 last year. In the
third quarter, when failures are
usually the average of liabilities in
prosperous years, falls below 81",000;
the nnmber below t\\" in 1,000 flrmi,
the delimited liabilit es below 82 per
81,000 exchange; and below 8.\> per
linn in business. Tho analysis in-
dicates a condition ou approaching,but
not yet reached, of general prosperity.
Highly important comparisons of
prices this week show about Septem-
ber tho lowest range ever known
for wholesale prices of all commodi-
ties, notwithstanding advances since
March of 'J) per cent in cotton goods,
40 per cent in bouts and shoes, and 53
per cent in iron and steel products,
while in woolen goo Is there has been
scarcely any ndwiuce, and in nil food
products taken together a fall <>f 17
tj^ Comparisons show n fall in
Wuc'ts of 2."..2 per cent in the
October, lHlii); in wool-
en goods, per cent: in iron pr<
duets, !0.4 per cent, and in
goods, 12.50 per cent, while boots atn
shoes are a little higher and leal lit
und hides much higher than five year
food pro!
A TEHi! IBLE VENGEANCE.
A Georgia Net
Cll ATTANOOCI
Smith, the ne^i
assaulted Mis
Citv. Iia . Wed
o llrnte
, Tenn.,
Mender
Miller I'iirilen of the Allium*
i Company ( uptured.
AliHeoii«llng <
Baltisiork, M<1., Oct. 7.—John Don
Farden, alias T. J. f ranklin, was ar-
rested in Hal ti more yesterday for
stealing $l«i,0H() from the office of the
Adams' express at Terre Haute, Ind.
Farden stated to the authorities that
he had spent every cent of his share of
the 910,000 in fas. living.
, Hole.
i tho
ing concoction, she clapped her hands.
and In a moment her winged dragons
bearing her chariot swooped down
from the sky. Btartllng the people.
Before they were aware of her treach-
ery. Medea had mounted her car, and
the last they ever saw of her was her
beautiful but wicked face leaning over
the side and laughing In mockery.
FACTS FROM ALL LANDS
Norway and Sweden have been under
le king since 1814, but at present there
are demands for a separation.
The cellar in the bank of France re-
sembles a large warehouse. Silver
coin is stored there In 800 large barrels.
There are eleven dally newspapers in
China-nine printed in Chinese, one in
English and one In French.
Twenty-five miles of the Congo rail-
road are already completed. The road
will be ninety-three miles In total
length.
In France tho population averages
about 187 to the square mile. In this
country the average la twenty-one to
the square mile.
Japan Is a corruption of the Chinese
word Shlpen-kne, which means "root
of day," or "sunrise kingdom," because
Japan Is dli ectly east of China.
All of the Btates, kingdoms, princi-
palities, empires, etc., of Europe (ex-
cept Russia) and ail of the United i carry happier hearts nor more iiope-
StateB, including Alaska, could be buoyed crew. The night thickened, and
placed side by side In Siberia and yet (here was a breath of gale ln the
but little more than cover that 1m- puffing wind. A few miles down Yed-
mense country. ; ,iow Day the English steamship Bom-
In Malta bees are plentiful and bee | bay, carrying malls and bound lu, swept
stings are In such repute as a cure for | wildly down upon the Oneida, wounded
rheumatism that resort to this prlml- her to death and rolled on to haven.
morninp
The men were shot from ambush, and
one was Captain Smith, who precip-
itated the Indian trouble there last
July.
cavalry, artillery or transportation pur
poses are entire; therefore, that most
majestic of spectacles in physical na-
ture, "a fighting man riding on a stal-
lion" (vide the Kentucky philosopher).
is quite common in Japan. Mr. Dun
said to me: "Aside from military pur-
poses the pony of Japan seems to fill all
requirements. Carriage riding and
horseback riding are chiefly affected by
foreigners. For farming purposes the
horse Is little required. The coolies
and their carts for light hauling are
sufficient, and for heavy work the big.
black bullock Is wholly adequate. The
late war demonstrated the fact that the
Japanese ponies are by no means the
hardy, tough animals that they have al-
ways been suppose to be. They died
from exposure in great numbers. They
could not do the heavy work expected |j0yeSvUt vwv
of them. About fifteen miles Is as much HUlhoI% tlled very s„ddeulv hti
j a Japanese pony can do In the way of 0f rheumatism of the heart.
f the
An Echo of the IIIk Mriko.
Toi'EKA, Ivan., Oct. 7.—One of tho
supreme court decisions of Saturday
was in tho appeal case of C. \Y. Oliver
of Hutchinson, who had been sen-
tenced to four years in the peniten-
tiary for attempting to wreck a Santa
Fe passenger train about a year age*.
Oliver was denied a new trial and
must now go to the penitentiary and
serve out his term. The act of Oliver
was an outgrowth of the great A. It.
U. strike of 1894.
New
II. II. Hoy one n Dead.
York, Oct •' . Iljalmar II.
fainoui Norwegian
to-day
nyist,
He established a reputation
turer us well as a novelist and t
and among his friends numbered such
men us Victor lluifo and TourguetiefT.
He leaves a widow and two children.
|{evolution Advocated.
Boston, Oct. 7 At a mass meeting
of the Armenians of Boston und
vicinity the topic of general discus-
sion wus the recent atrocities in Con-
stantinople and th delay of the En- !
ropean powers in demanding redress |
of the Turkish government for those
which occurred over a year ago. IJeso-
lutions were passed by the meeting ex-
pressing sympathy for their compu- j
iriots suffering in Turkish dungeons j
and advocating revolutionary meas- j
ures as the only way that the Arnie- I
nian nation can bo saved from exter- j
mination.
May Apply the Torch#
Chicago, Oct. 7.—"If tho law is not j
allowed to take its course concerning ;
1 our men involved in crime the torch |
may be applied in those cities where
the outrages occur." These words !
were uttered at the close <>f the regu-
lar evening services by Itev. J. M |
Townsend, colored, pastor of ijuinn j
chapel. An audience of a thousand
colored people applauded the senti-
ment and rose to their feet to further
show their appreciation of their pas-
tor's stand.
the stockade used for confining pris-
oners, by a mob of not less than 200
men, lust night. The tdieriff and
jailer, with savcral men, were on
guard, but the crowd refused to listen
to reason and threatened to tear down
the stockade and hi
toil point near whe
committed. He confessed his guilt.
Then the father of thu girl, William
Henderson cut off tho nogroe's ears,
while ono of the crowd pounded his
fingers, joint by joint. onp lTriger at a
time, until the hand, ivus a shapeless
mass. Tills was V^cause, in the strug-
gle to subdue Miss Henderson, ho had
bitten off out-4>f lietjfinircrs.
Each man iicAl^c er- wd tUety took a
turn ut shooting.at the wreteh until,
when lie died, he must have had four
or five pounds of lead in him. He was
literally shot to pieces.
The body was finally thrown into a
hastily prepared pile of brushwood
und burned until not a scrap of bone
juestion.
A rousing meeting was held in Chi-
cago in aid of the cause of freedom in
Cuba.
I.illie Butler of Bloomington, 111.,
swallowed poison because of disap-
pointed love.
Chief Engineer Edward A. McKee
will be retired, because of having over-
worked himself on the Monterey.
British schooner E. B. Marvin and
American sealer Louis Alsen have
been seized for violation of l'aris
award.
Italtimore won the penant in the Na-
tional league; Cleveland, second; l'hil-
adelphia, third, and Chicago, fourth.
Twenty thousand dollars has been
unloaded at Eufaula to be distributed
among the Seminole Indians this week.
Eighteen ships were stranded and
many others in distress as a result of
the storm on the great lakos.
Heavy rains caused a train wrcck
near Malone, Tex. Big washouts are
reported on the Mexican Central and
Southern Pacific.
Dr. Mary Walker proposes to estab-
lish an anti-man colony near Oswego,
N. Y. ' )nly old maids who wear bloom-
ers will be enrolled.
A San Francisco court is to pass upon
the question whether a Chinaman born
in America is not a native and entitled
to land upon returning from Asia.
A movement was put on foot in New
York to revive the committee of sev-
enty, or to create a similar body to
take steps necessary to bring about a
union of all anti-Tammany forces.
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Oulf rail-
road is open for business from Wister
to Fort Ueno.
Removal of county commissioners of
Noble county, Ok., is asked because of
bribery.
British war ships brought China to
her unoes, and she made amends for
the Cheng Tio riots.
Corbett gave a satisfactory exhibi-
tion at Madison Square, Now York,
before leaving for the South.
Walter Winansof Baltimore won the
revolver championship at London,
England.
Army officers do not like interfer-
ence of the civil courts in tho case of
Major Amies.
An Agricultural department bulletin
states that of twenty countries ex-
porting stuff ti* tho Netherlands, the
United States stands fifth.
Secretary Smith of the interior says
that the Corbett-Fit/.simmons prize
fight shall not coine off in any of the
territories if he can prevent it.
Four business houses were destroyed
by fire in Konowu, Mo.
Many cattle have been poisoned in
Western Kansas from eating second
growth sorghum cane.
Lucy McBowers, accused of inciting
Dyer i" shoot Thompson Walker, is
under arrest at Sedalia, Mo.
Six tramps beat and robbed three
passengers <>n the Northern Pacific
near Buffalo, N. 1)., and threw them
from the train.
Tho debt of France is estimated now
at $7,00(),000,000.
Another important South America
lie was led railway will probably be built at an
ault was early date, (iovurninental concessions
.have been granted.*
Senator Buryws of Michigan says
he thinks confess will inllict a very
short session upon the country this
Mulmeil, Shot
Oct. 7.—Neal j
t who brutally ;
son near Cole :
iras taken from ;
IN RECEIVER'S HANDS.
nriner*' l.oan hihI Tru*t Company WIiim
Over the Ori'Kon Improvement.
Skatii.k, Wash., Oct 7. —The Ore-
pany went into
in Judge Hun-
yesterday afternoon, and
vas appointed. The bill
was filed by the Farmers'
Trust company, aud
the
cut I'
first mortgage
I lecumbc
tho
travel in a day. He can live on straw.
and he requires very little attention.
For this reason he is highly acceptable
and desirable. Foreign bred animals
require great attention, feeding and
grooming. I am satisfied, from my ex-
perience, that the native breed of horses
cannot be satisfactorily Inbred with
foreign horMB-at least, tt would re- retBlnci, by Mr, ,_ell
quire many patient years o 1)1(" jjussel J. Wilson in defending her subscription intended
anything like sail^a(^ory t8' | Interests in the suit instituted against purpose
JOHN A. COCK III lib. | hcr hy th
government in the event !
that the litigation is carried to tho
,„r a Feddl.r*. on. i United Stalf s supreme court.
The yankee has always had the repu- ] o,l,olio l ..ivr.li,.
tatlon (or being n Ingenious fellow. | , ,lov m Oct. 7. Professor
aggregate
bonds 8lhi',
deemed. J
gon I in provi
pay ii. i'
Joneph Mioatw to A Id Mr*. Ktunford.
San Fhacibco,Oct.5.— Joseph Choate
the noted New York lawyer, has been
eland Stanford to
KequMt tor Extraordinary Credit.
Havana, Oct. 7.-—Oeneral Martine
Do Campos requested the government gage, intere-t
to issue extraordinary credit for tho sr. . i . f..rti
purpose of aiding tho people of the in-
undated district* of Vuelta Abajo. Ho
has also personally headed a pubiio
similar
amounting
fS,000,0(H), of which
0 were afterward ro-
vember 1, 1880, the Ore-
ent company, to secure
of bonds aggrt
nude
I'd of
iitiug *15,000,0
trust known us the consolidated mort-
which. amounting to
I.-., for the half year fell due Oc-
I, when default «an made.
Wh
ku
-TI;
Thrown From III* lloraa.
Nevada, Mo., Oct. 7. s. O. Hahner,
who resided six miles south of Nevada,
was thrown from Ids horse und fatally
injured yesterday evening ut 7 o'clock.
tive method of Inoculation has been in
common practice in severe cases for
generations, the results, It Is said, hav-
ing been most satisfactory for pa-
tients.
A discovery of unusual Interest has
been made In Crawford county, Penn-
sylvania, of the hull of a vessel over
eighty feet long and twenty-five feet
When tho next full moon occurred, j wide. The vesesl appears to be built
at midnight, when ..II were wrapt In after the order of the Norsemen s .hip.,
clumber, Medea stepped forth from the and with copper spike, such as were
palace. She was attired ln black, and used by the 1'hoenlclani lu Ihe early
#he strode swiftly till she came to the ^ days.
The heavy wooden war ship. nB If
struck by a bolt of lightning, careened,
filled and plunged to the bottom, carry-
ing with her nearly the entire crew.
Commander Edward P. Williams and
Lieutenant Commander Alonzu W.
Muldaur went down with brother of-
j fleers, firemen, sailors and the twenty-
five larh and midshipmen who had
I helped a moment before io fill the ship
i with song. Scarce a boat'* crew was
j save). A passenger on the Bombay,
who saw the whole quarter ripped from
I the Oneida, in the fierce collision,
He has been credited with doing a great j>aI1je| shea, of tho chair of phvsics ||e died one hour later. Mr. Hahner
many thingH he never did. and he ha* int)|l. rmv, isuv «.f Illinois, has ac- MM
done a good many things he han never cepted a call to the chair of physics in
been credited with. But It recently de- u,,. Catholic university at Washing-
50 years old and had served in the
j civil war in the Confederate service.
volved upon a real Vermont yankee to ton, I). C.
buy a second-hand hearse and turn It |
Into a peddler's cart. He fixed It over
a little, boarded up the sides and
"daubed'' a little red paint in several
places to take off the funeral air. Ha
also took ofT the plumes and built '
canopy over the driver's seat.
I oiiKren^toniil Candidate.
Injured In a ltmimvay.
St. Joseph. Mo., Oct. 7. While out
driving, a horse driven by Mrs. Lena
Smith ran away and she was thrown
out and it is thought fatally injured,
lompanion, Miss Kdith Carroll,
., Oct
court has decided that police officers
have no authority to arrest persons for
misdemeanors not committed in their
presence, without u warrant. The de-
cision was made in tho case of Joe Kel-
lam of Topeka, who was arrested by
Chief of Police Wilkei'Aon on suspicion
that be was violating the prohibitory
law
A IIIk Flour Mill In AnIip*.
Foht Coi.i.iNk, Col., Oct '<■ -The Col-
orado Milling and Klovator company's
flour mill and elevator were burned
early to-day. The Joss is estimated at
tl'.'ft.OOO; partly insured. Tho origin
Washington, Oct. 7. — Postmaster
General Wilson announced to day that
he would like to make the race again jjer companion, miss rmuii uirruu, *•■■■■ i
for congress and would accordingly i was dangerously hurt. Both are well of ,l>« ls not Known,
try to secure the nomination next known young ladles.
year. | _____ ^ Dwupltated hy i
lllff Fire In Denver. VlCTOH. C !.. Oct. 7
Dknvrr, CoL, Oct. 7.—Firs broko out u misled hole in
of tho Iluena Vista
Roberts, a miner,
killed, his head bei
A Ila-lle to Itccoiue u Nun.
"Well, we have a em, nine a torney ; ^ ^ ^ ^ ,1
among us now, >•M one PHUburg ODe ol „1C ridieht ,ntl ,H01il out at 5:15 p. m. yesterday on top
lawyer to anotbor. Yes, «a« the re- ^ locietv uu|f women this floor of the (our story bnok block at
ply. -What relation la abe to us a cit hllslll„,ou„,(.d,„|lt.r friem , that l'13 ami Id41 Lawn-nee Mreet, burn-
alanr-ln-law?" — PittaburK Chronicle- otl 0ctuber H.Ih. will enter Hi. Mm- ; in* fiercely tor ev«-ral hour*. lotul
Telegraph. tatiou convent as u postulant. | *78,000.
I I'ltpllMloil.
-While picking
ono of the levels
mine, frederick
was instantly
severed from
li<- leave*
i Kugland.
District of Columbia grand jury
recomfcendod that a whipping post bo
established for petty offenders.
Prank P. Allison, claiming to be a
nephew of Senator Allison, is in jail
for deserting the army.
Tobacco Trust stoek got a hard fall
on reports of its being hit a bad blow
by the outsiders.
Tho revenue cutter Rush has seized
two vessels that were illegally killing
seals in Hehriug.
An option bus been secured on a site
for the proposed Episcopal university
in Washington, I). C.
German and Austrian banks are bid-
ding for gold Russia has been draw-
ing some away from them.
Ho v. ti. M. Thorpe fell from grace
and deserted his wife and child and
creditors at Ahdubon, Iowa.
Holla Talbott of Hrand Island, Neb.,
cut his throat at Ashley, Mo. He was
aick aud men tally unbalanced.
H. Fulton French, leader of a tac-
tion in tho French-Kversolo feud, is
under arrest at Winchester, Ky.,
charged with murder.
Dr. C. K. Bach of Brooklyn has ac-
cepted the presidency of Lombard
university at tialesburg, 111.
I. Khcy Boyd, a lawyer, poltician
ami preacher of Kentucky, died at
Paductih of alcoholism.
The statement of the mint director
shows that tho Fnited States has
dropped to third place among tho gold
producing nutions.
A naval construction expert has
found Moran brothers of Seattle prop-
erly equipped and a contract for build-
ing a torpedo boat has been awarded
to them.
A political crisis seem? to be immi-
nent in Argentine. The president
may resign.
Prof. Ley den has received informa-
tion that the Czarowitz is too weak to
travel.
K\ Senator John Martin of Kansas
bays tho Democratic party is over-
whelmingly in favor of silver, 10 to .
South Carolina occupies the unique
position among tho states of tho union
of being the only one which has 110 di-
, vorce law and has never had. The
eonstitutionul convention has. after a
hard light by a vote of Mi to 49adopted
a section of the constitution forbid-
ding the granting of divorces for any
cause whatever, und uot allowing
rei- ignition of divorces granted in
other slates.
A dispatch from Kio de .laneiro an-
j non net's the wreck and total U ss of
h e Herman mail steamship I ruguey,
of I. I'.o Ions.
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