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VCL.XI.
EDMOND,OKLAHOMATEKItlTORY. FRIDAY, JULY 28 1899.
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Rioters in Cleveland Place Dyna-
mite on the Track,
SIX INJURED—ONE FATALLY.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 24.—A Eu-
clid avenue car, loaded with passen-
gers, was wrecked by an explosion of
nitro-glycerlne or guucotton shortly
WHIPPED AND THEN LYNCHED.
Missouri Ne;rn Meet* Death At the
Iland« Of a Moll Near Hlghee.
Mexico, Mo., July 24. —Frank Era-
brcc, charged with an assault on the
14-year-old daughter of W. W. Daugh-
erty, .lutie 17, near Burton, Howard
county, was lyoched Saturday morn-
ing while on his way with the otliccrs
to Fayette to be tried for the crime.
He had expected his fate, and a few
days ago wrote to his brother in Gar-
nctt, Kan . and bald good-by. lie said
if the court cleared him he expected
before 11 o'clock lust nlglit. Six per- , t0 ^ roobbcil flor Ins reluw. He oc-
sons were badly hurt, <mc fatally. .upie.l u cell next to thut of Alexan-
The police are searching for the I dt.r jestor. the allowed murderer of
buggy In which the dynamiter is sup- j (;ill>ert (lutes
posed to have ridden, and all stations jje jm,j feared lynching on his way
have been notified to be on the look- i to Fayette : nd begged to be taken to
out for it. Kansas City for safety. The lynching
Tho explosion tore out the fiont 1 occurreci nCar lligbee, a little plac3
end of the car, smashed all the win-
dows and destroyed the brake. The
tnotortnan William Draggers, who
came from Cincinnati, was dazed by
th* shock, but the couduc'or, Frank
Schroeder of St. Louis, escaped injury.
The force of the explosion was so
great that it shook all the houses iu
the neighborhood and was heard for
a distance of two or threo miles.
There Is no clew to the identity of
t ie persons who pluced the explosive
on the track. Persons living in the
neighborhood say they saw a man in
a buggy stop at tho corner of Ken-
sington street, whero the explosion
occurred, and get out by the railroad
track. He remained there a short
time and then drove rapidly away.
The rioting, which continued
throughout Saturday night, was re-
newed yesterday, and there were sev-
eral serious outbreaks of violence, but
no clashes between tho mobs and the
troops.
Rioting continued all along Broad-
way and it took three squads of police
as many hours to escort threo cars a
distance of four miles to tho barns.
Fifteen or twenty of the rioters wero
taken into custody.
The Famous Agnostic Passes Away
Without Warning.
FIVE MEN LYNCHED,
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died inhabitants in Madison par-
ish, seveuteen miles from the river.
The dead are: Joe Defatta, Charles
Defatta, Frank Defatta, Ky Deberrooh
Ingersoll died at his home, Walston- j >"d .Too t ereno.
u-1-HudsoD, near Ilobbs' Ferry, yeater- ! The five victims >v*r« strunj up to
dav. Ill, death at sudjon and un- treia for a supposed connection with
expected, and resulted from the heart plot to murder Dr. HoJfros, a prom-
Strang Cp In Loultli
Plotting to Murder.
New orlkam, l« , July 29.—Five Acceptance of the War Portfolio by
Sicilians were hanged by a roob yes-
terday at Tallula, a town of several
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. SCIENTIFIC TOPICS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOVERY
AND INVENTION.
HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE.
Nr.w Yoiik. July 2:'.—Colonel Robert
the New York Man,
HE IS A WELL KNOWN LAWYER,
TO FORM A NEW LABOR PARTY,
Delegates of Tra<let Unions In Uotliam
I.auurh n Project.
New York, July 24.—Hundreds of
delegates representing tlve trades'
unions in tho Greater New York
were present at the regular meet-
ing of tho Central Federated
union, at which the organization of
the new labor party came up for dis-
cussion. The project was enthusias-
tically indorsed by 'the delegates, a
number of speeches being made in its
advocacy. A convention was formal-
ly called for August 7, tho place of
meeting to be announced later. Every
union and reform body in the city of
New York will be asked to send dele-
gates and an organization will be
effected.
One of the delegates denounced tho
board of aldermen, saying: "They
had 8150,000 to entertain Admiral
Dewey, but not a penny for the poor
strikers. For them there were police-
men's night sticks and prison cells."
MATTOX IS CAUGHT,
Famous Deiperadn Arretted In Loi An-
ffelea—Called Himself Frink Jon as.
Los Anoeles, CaL, July 22.—Clj'de
Mattox, tho notorious Oklahoma des-
perado, was arrested here yesterday
under the name of Frank Jones,
is wanted in Newkirk, Okla., for the
murder of Lincoln Swinney, a ranch-
man, in a barroom light at Ponca
City on tho night of April 3 last. The
tip on which Mattox was arrested
came from Sheriff Frank Fierce of
Newkirk, who telegraphed that
Mrs. Ilatch, Clyde's mother, had ex-
pressed a valise to Frank Jones
at Los Angeles. Clyde called for
the valiso ami was arrested. He
admits his identity and says ho will
return to Oklahoma without a requi-
sition. Ho declares that he will have
no trouble in clearing himself of the
murder of Swinney, which he alleges
was committed in self-dcfonse.
In Howard county. 'flu pris<
on board a Chicago A: Alton train.
Ktnbree was taken off and and
whipped for half uji hour and tjioq.
hnngid to a tree.
It seems that tho little girl was
riding along the road on horseback.
Embree came upon her unexpectedly.
Ho grabbed the horse by tho bridle,
dragged tho victim to a lonely spot in
tho woods, whero he choked and beat
her severely in nn effort to subdue her
and stop her cries. After accomplish-
ing his purpose he made his escape
and got as far as Garnett, Kan ,
where his parents reside, lie was
arrested there and brought to Iluntn-
ville, Mo., and then to this city.
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED,
Were Sosperted of Ilelng Impllnted In
an Ass-Milt Near SufToll, Ua.
Raimiridge, Ga., July 21.—Three
negro.'s wero lynched during last
uight near Safford, Ga., and the mob
is hunting for flv3 more who are be-
lieved to have been members of a
gang that robbed J. E Ogletree, agent
of the l'lant system ai Safford, Satur-
day night, afterward binding him and
assaulting his wife in his presence.
Sinco the crime was committed hunt-
ing parties have been out iu soareh of
the guilty negroes.
One of the negroes appeared at an
old darky's hut near Urinson, Ga.,
and asked to bo harbored. The old
man went to Brlnson and informed
the authorities of his presence. A
posso returned with him and captured
tho negro, who gave his name as Louis
Sammin. The iudn was taken to
Safford, where ho was identified
by Mr. and Mrs. Ogletree as
one of their assailants. He
said there wero eight negroes in
his gang and they came from Augusta.
He said two of tho gang wero not far
away. One portion of tho mob went
In pursuit of these two, while tho
other hanged Sainmin and riddled his
body with bullets. The other two
were overtaken, shot and scalped, a
party bringing their scalps to Safford
this evening. A hundred men with
bloodhounds are after the remaining
five members of the gang and if caught
they will be lynched.
NON-COMBATANTS LEAVING,
(iravlty of Situation In Clay Count}', Kjr.,
Cannot lie Overestimated.
London, Ivy., July 24.—The gravity
of the situation at Manchester, Ky.,
and generally throughout Clay county
not be overestimated. It is felt
profoundly here, twenty-six miles
away. Many combatants have left
their homes, abandoning thoir crops,
and as many others as can will leuvo
soon. Even here in London the Insc-
urity is felt to such nn extent that
some families are leaving.
tbreak Is expected to-day, the
day set for the trial of the Philpots,
accused of killing Aaron Morris and
others. Both parties are mustering
armed forces for marching into Man-
chester. Tho Philpots have fifty-two
armed horsemen, and no one knows
how many footmen. The Morris and
Griffin factions also have a large
force.
disease from which he suffered in 1800.
Iu that year, during the Republican
national convention, ho was taken ill,
and had to return horns. He never
fully recovered from the nttack of
heart disease and was under the care
if physicians constantly.
Yesterday morning he rose at the
us .al hour mid joined the family at
breakfast, lie then said lie had spent
a bad night, but felt better. He had
Inent physician of the place, who wai
Washington, July 20. -Secretary
Alger yesterday tendered to tho Pres-
ident his resignation of tho war port-
folio, and It will bo accepted. The
resignation will become effective Au-
shot and fatally wounded by one of K«st 1 though it win tendered "at the
tho Sicilian*. In addition to this §ev- p.ensure of the president.
era', act! of lawlessness that haro oc- Washington, .Inly -I —Klihu Root
curreel in tho neighborhood rcccntly j New York has acoopted the War
«cre attributed to tho fan* . Portfolio in President Molimloy's cab-
Several of I lie men aro b,'Herod tc j "net. Tho tender of tho War portfolio
have families in Europe. Ouict was
restored Immediately after the lynch-
ing. and the grand jury began an in-
vestigation of tho affair, but beeauso
of the fee ing against the men it Is
doubtful if action is taken against
any member of the mob
The grand jury reported as follows:
"It is evident from tho facts
brought to our knowlcdgo that the
men who were lynched had formed a .
conspiracy to assassinate Dr. Hodges i draft tho New York police bill which
and tho mob learning tho facts took the recent legislature barely defeated,
the law Into their own hands. After j H was on the opinion of Elihu Root
diligent Inquiry we havo not been 1 that tho Republican leaders decided
able to learn tho names or ths Iden- , t'lero was no legal obstacle to llooso-
tlty of any of tho men composing tho veil's becoming governor of * ow
mob." I ^°rk.
j Tho now secretary Is 5 4 years old.
THOUSANDS IN HOSPITALS, : llis father was professor of matiie.
matics lu Hamilton college, and
otu* iiisappruvos of chief sur^oou'* Keo- | j|l0 8nu taught school and paid
ommendatlon for More lleetor* J own way through that col-
Manila, via Hong Kong, July 21— j Joge After ho was graduated in law
Surgeon Woodhull considers j at tho University Law school, New
York, ho entered a law office In the
made to Mr. Hoot Inst night af-
ter the conference at tho White house.
Elihu Iloot is one of tho best known
lawyers of New York, au I his coun-
sel has frequently been sought by his
party. When Governor Roosevelt was
preparing au amended bill for a tax on
franchises ho summoned Elihu Root
to Albany to draw up a bill that
should stand every legal test. It was
Elihu Root who was called on to
of ONI UtMlftprlnss >\
VUurator That Take
the Druah—New Mm
i Makes
opjll |f 1
In Folding Itoi
Tn reply to a query from the United
States marshal of New Mexico, the
department of justice states that civli
employes of the government cannot
obtain relief by pension, but In worthy
cases may apply to congress for assist-
ance.
Wand's county lias instructed Its
delegates to vote for J W. Farris for
congressman in tho Eighth district.
Phelps county Instructed for Shackle- 1 "r for ■" 01,1 l,'d,l|
ford. The inventive mind of man usually
Commissioner Rlxey of tho Missouri .turns itself to the construction of some
Labor bureau threatens to invoke the new article of use or ornament, some
aid of tho law in dealing with niauu- addition to tli* earth's treasures
faeturers who havo not file 1 reports evolved by patient study and thought,
of their business. Not so tho Inventive mind of woman;
Judge Rogers of tho Federal court that Is usually employed In devising
in Texarkana, Ark., sentouccd to jail ! **>'« of utilizing the useless; of turn-
the striking miners oonvieted of con- |'"K to some secondary purpose that
tempt in violating tho injunction j which was Intended for some entirely
restraining thein front interfering
with tho operation of the Kansas and
Texas Coal Company's mines.
Tho power house at Helena, Ark.,
was destroyed by a terrific explosion,
which shook tho entire city. The
fireman was killed.
A medium at tho Springfield, 111.,
Spiritualist convention says that lu-
gersoll's spirit appeared to her.
Appointments for tho Philippine
to eating mice, young birds, and even
snakes, resembling in this respect the
thernphosidae, or bird-catching spiders
of India and Queensland, tome of
which equal a cat in size. The collos-
sendels Is the most formidable speci-
men of the spider family, measuring
six inches round the body and possess-
ing twelve long, hairy legs with which
it grips 118 finny prey. It attacks fish
srvrral times larger than itself, and,
after biting them through the back and
stinging them to d°ath, gluts itself by
sucking the juices from the bodies of
Its victims.
isv
SMELTER MEN REFUSED IT,
A 10 Per Cent Raise Offered by tlie
filobe Work* nt Denver
Denver, Colo., July 2i —Anattempt
was made this morning to reopen tho
Globe smelter, the old schcduie of ten
and twelve hours being maintained in
all departments, and wages increased
10 per cent. Very few of the former
employes applied for work, the Smel-
ter Men's union having voted to ad-
hero to tho eight-hour proposition.
The state board of arbitration will
endeavor to bring about nn agreement
between the smelter men and the
managers of tho trust smelters.
PRISON FOR THE CASHIER,
Valentino to Servo Six Year* for Stealing
• 1.10,000 Prom a New Jortoy Bank
New York, July 24.— George M.
Valentine, cashier of the suspended
Middlesex County bank, at Perth Am-
boy, N. J., was sentenced In Middle-
sex county court to-day to six years in
the New Jersey state penitentiary at
Trenton for tho misappropriation of
ab^ut 9130,000 from the bank.
EDITOR DEVLIN IS DEPOSED,
Chicago, July 21.—No friction de-
veloped at the meeting of the Demo-
cratic. National committee yesterday,
and the men who mad? such belliger-
ent assertions failed to make them
good. Not a single warlike note was
sounded, and no defiances were ut-
tered either by the men who demand
that "16 to 1" shall be the rallying
cry In the next campaign, or by those
who oppose its adoption.
Tho fight agalust P. J. Devlin, edi-
tor of the press bureau of the nation-
al committee, was brought to a finish,
the Harrison faction of Illinois secur-
ing h'.s deposition for tho part taken
by him as an ofiicer of tho national
committee in the last mayoralty elec-
tion in Chicago. A committee of threo
was appointed to have charge of tho
bureau.
Beyond making several changes In
tho rules governing the committee
nothing else was dona during the day.
Tfr<
COL. R. G. INGERSOLL.
been suffering from abdominal pains
and tightness about the chest.
Colonel Ingersoll spent the morning
swinging in a hammock and sitting on
the veranda with tho members of the
family. At 12::'0 he started to go up
f>tairs. On reaching tho head of the
ptalrs Colonel Ingersoll turned into
his wife's room. Mrs. Ingersoll was
there. Together they discussed what
they would have for lunchsoa and Mr.
Ingersoll said ho would better not
cat much, owing to the trouble with
his stomach. He seemed iu good spir-
its then. After talking for a few min-
utes, Colonel Ingersoll crossed the
room and sat down in a recking chair.
He leaned bis head upon his band,
which rested on the buck of the chair.
Mrs. Ingersoll asked him how he was
feeling, and he replied: "Oh, better."
These wero his last words. A sec-
ond after they were uttered he was
dead. There was not even a sigh or a
groan as death catne. Doctors were
hastily called, but their verdict was
that death bad come Insta itly.
Mrs. Ingersoll was the on y person
in the room with him when ho died.
Death came to hini as he had recently
expressed a desire it should. He often
in old times f-uid he wished to die
slowly, with a full consciousness, so
ho might tell those about him how It
felt. Recently, lie experienced a
change of desire, to die painlessly and
without warning.
Robert Green Ingersoll was born lu Dresden,
N. Y.. August II. 183:1. His father wusnCon-
irregut onnl minister of such brocd view* as
frequently to cuusj dissensions between hlm-
sef and his parish In !& ;> the family moved
to Wisconsin and then io Illinois, where the
sou's boyhood w ssp-ut With his brother
Eben he begun the practice of law In Shawnee-
town. 111., in is >7. Kbon w,.s subsequently cnt
to congress. B< th engaged in politics and
continued their activity in this dir etlon
until is 7, when they removed to Peoria to
glv e wider Kcopo to their ambitions. In 18H0
Robert was the Demo ratio nominee foi
gr-'ss from the l'eorl i district but wi
foatod. Tic partnership between tho l
ers continued for twenty-oaa years with
Intermission At the outbreak of t'.ie civ
Robert was a strong abolitlo M-t and enlisted
in the Union army, ufterwards becoming col
oucl of the Eleventh regiment of Illinois cav-
alry. and a year and a half liter be unite I I. is
fortunes with the Republican party
At the cloxe of he war he wa- appointed
attorney general f r the state of 111 nuls In
the uat'onal Republican e nveniion of lHfti he
proposed the name of Jamus <i 1)1 dno for
that party's candidate for I'res'dent of the
United States, it was in this speech thai
C olonel Ingersoll made u-c of thefumous <•*-
pressltn. "plumed knight," iu reference
to tho chivalri- nature of Ulalno's ex-
position of Republican prlnMph
Chief
that the increase in tho military force
in tho Philippine islands will necessi-
tate tho employment of forty addi-
tional surgeons, but his recommenda-
tion to that effect has been disap-
proved by Major General Otis, com-
manding the United States forces.
There aro nearly 3,000 soldiers iu
hospitals. Tito ofilelal report last
week showed 1,800 In hospital at Ma-
nila and there nre several hundred at
San Fernando and other garrisons.
There are also 275 sick in quarters in
Manila. The regimental Burgeons re-
port that a large number of soldiers
on duty are unfit for service.
IT HELD A FILIPINO BODY,
The DUrovery of n C^llfornUn In Ilia
Boa's t o 111 ii
San Fhakcipco, July 2< —A coffin, |
supposed to contain the body of
Private Francis Deekelman, Com-
pany 1, First California volun-
teers, was lowered in May into a
grave in the Deekelman family plat
at Odd Fellows' cemetery. July 11,
upon suspicion that a mistake had
teen made, the casket was disinterred
at tho request of tho boy's father
and the suspicion verified. Identift-
tation was impossible, but tiro father
beltfcves that a dead Filipino was bur-
ied in place of his son. 8. lteinard of
this city, who discovered the body at
Manila, states, however, that it is tho
body of young Deekelman
ftlado Hpeeelileii for Life.
New Havkn, Conn., July 24.—Harry
Ilracc of this city, formerly pitcher
for the New Haven State league team,
was yesterday probably injured for
life. lie was struck by a pitched ball
In the right temple and knocked
senseless He was taken to tho state
city. His connection with municipal
reform began in 1971, and eight years
later ho polled a large vote ns Repub-
lican candidate for judge of tho court
of common p eas, but was defeated.
He was chairman of tho Republican
county committee for two years, and
under President Arthur sarved as
United States district attorney for the
Southern district of New York.
Mr. Root has been counsel In many
famous trials, lie was counsel for
Tweed in the famous ring frauds; for >
Judge Hilton In the Stewart will con-
test; for the executors In the Have- (
meyer will contcst, and for the city
of New York in the aqueduct litiga-
tion. He is counsel for several banks j
nnd railroads, and has been chief
counsel for the Metropolitan line
in New York. Ho is also attorney for-
several largo private corporations.
DEED OF A JEALOUS MAN,
Shoot* Sirs. Joseph Crlppsn and Tries
to Kill IIer llntbind
Muscatine, Iowa, July 24.-— George
Wright, until recently a tnotorman on
the Muscatino Electric railway, shot
and instantly killed Mrs. Joseph
Crippen at 6 o'clock last evening, and
then attempted to kill her husband,
but was overpowered. Wright has
separated from two former wives.
The cause of his act is assigned to
jealousy.
Filipino l'rlofta In Revolt
Manila, July 24.—A Filipino priest
named (Iregorio Agripay, with tho in-
surgents, is trying to lead a move-
ment for the independence of tho
church in the Philippines from the
Spanish priesthood. Ho has issued a
different metier.
In Brooklyn, where annexation to
New York has not destroyed the dis-
tinctive features, and where people
still own patches of garden where
flowers nnd fruit are carefully tended
through the trying seasons of youth, a
bright woman with tho Inventive mind
aforesaid has taken two old spring
beds which have done duty In their
Intended roles until old ago has broken
almost complete. Several | their wires and reduced their slats to
cquadrons of cavalry are to be sent t; ® pitiable stage of decrepitude, fa$-
Mauiln. General Otis cables that tho tened them against her hack fence,
men suffer beeauso of tho rains. and already trained vines are begin-
The ...Istnnt attorney (r.noral of nlnG t0 l'raP their tin.lghUlno..
Missouri rules tliat the 11,.o against , rel-l' through the ..lata with a
the busted insurance companies must I)r0In'se blossoms latot nn w i r
be paid whether in the thirty day. "hall turn the nld spring beds Into "
specified or not.
The postoffice department proposes
to aslt Congress tor money with which one wh° "ot initiated Into
to provide automobile service to tho
! glory of crimson and gold; nnd it Is
| pafo to say that when tho time comes
leading pjstoflices of tho country.
hicngc woman fraeturcd tho
Bkull of tho man who wns firing at
her husband with a revolver.
American and foreign dignitaries
greeted Dewey at Trieste. Tho ad-
miral, in an interview, declares In
favor of McKiuley for Presldeut in
1D00
America will not withdraw ono Inch
from its position in tho Alaskan
boundary question.
A negro farm baud murdered his
employer In Texas and a lynching is
threatened.
A Kansas City woman sues her di-
vorced husband for 810,000 on tho
ground that ho refused to remarry
hor.
Clay county, Kentucky, feudists aro
caiiniy preparing for another out-
break. They nre buying latest im-
proved rifles and smokeless powder.
Chicago brewers and thoir workmen
signed a wage agreement slightly
bettering tha condition of the men.
Mount Etna is again in a state of
ption. The city of Rome
A new piece of office furniture Is the
copying press bath which was de-
signed to take the place of the brush
generally used for that purpose. It
consists of n box of sulllclent size to
accommodate a sheet of the paper
generally used. The bottom consists of
a padding filled with particles of
sponge. The lid of the box is hinged
nnd carries on Its Inside n spring-ac-
tuated plate, which forces the paper
against the saturated padding of tho
bottom. Thus the paper la moistened
secret will be able to tell the founda-
tion of the trailing vines.
Who can say that the inventive
mind that turns the spring bed Into
such n blessing to the eye does not
rank with the mind that first con-
ceived the bed Itself?
Tim Persian Carpenter.
In accordance with the Invariable
custom of all eastern artisans, the car-
penter sits upon the ground while at
work. Instead of a bench a strong
stake Is driven down before him, leav-
ing about ten Inches above ground,
nnd upon this he rests his work and
keeps It steady with Ills feet. The fa-
cility with which the work Is executed
In this position has always been a
matter of surprise to European work-
men. In tho royal arsenals English
tools are used and a better system of
working has been introduced under tho
superintendence of Dritlsh officers, but
in the native workshops the workmen
are still to bo seen squatting on the
ground, and, being used to this posi-
tion from infancy, and their tools be-
ing formed to work with more effi-
shaken and many houses of neighbor- clency when used "In tills way, any al-
ing villages havo been dcmolishod. [ teratton is scarcely to bo expected.
Mary Ann Ansell was hanged at St j Their principal tools aro the frame
adze, planes, hammers, nails and
ti few smaller tools.—Southern Lum-
berman.
hospital in this city, and although lie proclamation declaring himself
omm
This
xpres-
1)0-
llyrnet' Rruih With llanllts
Washington, July 24.—The War
department received from General
Otis another dispatch giving addi-
tional particulars of the tight between
Captain llyrne. with seventy men of
the Sixth infantry, and robber bands
in the island of Negros. It shows
that the victory of the soldiers was
greater than that reported in General
Otis'dispatch of July 21, and that tho
loss suffered by the robbers was con-
siderably larger than before stated.
Much satisfaction is felt by General
Otis over tho results of this prelimi-
nary effort in dealing with this dis-
turbing element in tho island, nnd he
reports it as already having a salu-
tary effect on other bands infesting
the locality.
Katy Holdup Expeoteil
South McAlester, I. T., July 24.—
Anticipating a holdup by train rob-
bers, tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway has placed guards on passen-
ger trains between Muscogoo and
Wagoner. It is claimed that tlvo
heavily armed men were recently seen
on horseback near the place where the
freight train was wrecked by uu-
known parties misplacing the switch
at Wybark.
(Merer Forger? of Ticket*
Indianapolis, Ind., July '.'4.— Gerrit
Fort of Chicago, secretary of tho Cen-
tral Passenger association, who has
been hero handling tho Epworth
league railroad tickets, discovered ex-
tensive forgeries by tho "buzznrd"
scalpers, who have flocked here from
all parts of the country. Four or five
hundred tickets wero so cleverly
forged that they readily passed the
Union station ticket takers.
Photograph Non-Tnlon Men
Chicago, July 34.—Tho striking ma-
chinists at tho shops of the Fred W.
Wolf company, 130 lleos street, arc
taking snap shots of th£ non-union
men employed there and printing
large numbers of photographs Those
pictures, with the names attached,
will be hung in every union labor hall
in the country, so that a man who has
taken a striker's placo can bo "spot-
tod" wherever he goes.
1 he Trial or a Torpelo lloat
Hatks, Maine, July 24 —The United
States torpedo boat Dihlgrcn was
given a preliminary speod trial over a
course iu the Kennebec river to-day.
She ousily showed a speed of 20 and
TO hundredths knots in six fathoms of
water, and the indications are consid-
ered promising that she will exceed
her contract speed of 30knots npoa
♦.he Southport course nex*i week.
cume the rullyltiK it/ of the Kepubll
an campaign and stuck to Blaine all
his life. It was this Preside tin n minuting
speci-h that directed national attention to the
new orator. From that time be was in great
demand as a political spea<er and he did e -
er«ctk' servl e for tUfe Republican party cam-
paign. In 1-77 he refused the post of minister
to Germany, preferring to dcvot<- lis tlm^and
talents to bis profession nnd literary pur-
suits.
Colonel Ingersoll has tuk<-u part in num-
erous c -l'brnte l lawsuits la ..11 part* of the
country, and was counsel for the so-called star
route conspirators, whose trial ended In nn ac-
quittal In l*H'. During late years he was
located In New York city, where he had elab-
orate offices In Wall strc t
Ingersoll'.-* views on religion arc. probably,
the greatest source of hN notoriety, nnd every
wher.i his bojks, le ctures and pamphlets, di-
rected against the Christian religion, wero
commented upo.i Of hi* books, the in >st fa-
" (Jods." -ti mt«- an I "P
akes
i he st
•ed in
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of Mo-
The (I.kIs,
s and S *l'-ctl nv
kno'
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while '
rstltuMoi
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deliv
Kansas City last Ju
It was In th- >• out ml exploit at o \ or his
agnostic views that Colonel Iiiw-rmill held p ib-
11c attention. Oppose lu-.be was t > a'.l relig-
ious teachings liN chl'-f object In life as to
disprove the authenticity of th • Hlblo and the
divinity of < "hrlst.
Mr. Ingei-.so'.i l,o held advanced Ideas on tho
subject of sulcld". claiming that such a course
was not only justifiable, but positively oom-
tnendabh In cert iln cues
WANT NO CORRESPONDENTS.
They Are Promptly Driven Proui the
Srana or ths Clay County Food.
Londox, Ky., July 22.—Karl Daly,
a newspaper correspondent. Is back
from Manchester, where sheriff White
knocke l him down and ordered hi
out of town. Another ccrreapondeut
was tired on aid ordero.l out of to
An outbreuk is cxp;ctcd at any time
ir the feud. The county otllcial
ch. "go that tho newspapers havo ex
aggerated the situation, and both
sides arc suspicious of strungcrs,
that tho correspondents aro promptly
spotted nnd ordered away.
Acquitted Second Time.
New Yonu. Julo 24.—A dispatch to
the Herald from Montevideo says: A
jury has for the second timo acquitted
Avolina Arredontlo, the murderer of
President Idarto liorda. Among the
nrguments brought forward In tho
pi Isoucr a behalf was one that it was
not proved that the president's death
was caused directly by the shot, as no
autopsy had been held on the body.
has partially recovered his senses, the
physicians at the hospital say he will
be speechless forever, lie is unable
to utter a sound aud the nerves of
his vocal organs arc said to be per-
manently paralyzed.
Detroit Fights « Cent Fares.
Detroit, Mlcli., July 24.—Tho city
council, In special session to-day,
adopted a resolutiou declaring that
the increasing of street railway fares
to five cents straight was an
act of bad faith aud violation of law,
nnd directing tho city's legal depart-
begin legal proceedings
against the companies to test the le-
gality of tho increase.
A Convict's Stranga Rtory.
ndepekdencb, Kan., July 24 —Six
years ago last Fourth of July Milton
Cannon's body was found in a ravine
just east of town, aud in March, Ifl'.ifi,
(ieorge Stevens was convicted of the
murder and sentenced to serve a life
term in tho penitentiary, while
Charles Merrill, of this place, was r.c-
quitted. Stevens has now applied for
a par don, affirming that he swore that
he killed Milton Cannon to shield hit
sister. He says ho is innocent, as it
also his sister, but that ho foupd out
that certain persons Intended to sweat
that his sister committed the murder,
and to shield her lie swore that ho
committed the crimo himself. His at-
torney says that ho has affidavits
from expert physicians that the man
supposed to have been murdered died
of apoplexy, and Judge Skidmore, who
passed sentence, recommends leniency
in the case. The sister has binco died.
Kuih for Wodd'ng Llcen<et.
St. Joseph, Mich , July 21.—Eight
thousan 1 excursionists were In the city
yesterday. The rush at Couuty Clerk
Ncedham's residence by Chicago mat-
rimonial parties was tho biggest of
the season. At one time four wed-
dings were on and ono of these was a
double wedding. There were in all
twenty-three marriage licenses issued
and all to Chicago parties.
Algur Makei a Statement.
Washington, July 24. — Secretary
Alger is at work on a statement for
the press. Those near him say that
it is his intention to make a complete
narrative of the circumstances under
which be learned thut his resignation
was desired by tlie President.
Ingeraoll MomorUI Ssrvlce.
Peoria, III., July — Memorial
services to the memory of the lato
Colonel Robert O. Ingersoll, who was
for many years a prominent res dent
of Peoria, were held In the tabernacle
hero yesterday afternoon. Uver S0C
of the dead orator's old-time friends
were in attendnucc.
general of ull tho Filipino priests in
the districts outside of American con-
trol on tho island of Luzon, and is in-
citing tho priests to disobey tlie regu-
lations of tho church aud brother-
hoods. Tho archbishop of the dis-
trict has issued a bull excommunicat-
ing Agripay and this action has in-
creased the feeling between tho Fili-
pinos and tho church.
Governor a LlW llreaknr.
Deheque, Colo , July 24 —Governor
Tanner, of Illinois, is safely out of
tho state, despite the efforts on the
part of tho game wardens to detain
him for violation of tho game law in
killing out of season one four-
pronged buck. Not satisfied with the
pelt of a mountain lion f jr his par-
lor, the executive of Illinois slew a
young deer, aud the incident promised
to mako trouble between Colorado
and Illinois
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Will A«k for Automobile*
Washington, July 32. — Postoffice
partiuout otllcial* expect to a-tk for an
appropriation from tho next session
of Congress for the use of automobiles
in collecting the malls at all first-
class postotfices.
Wed.loil liar Uncle1 Coachman.
SwAMPSCOTT, Mass.. July 21. — Abblo
Phillips, aged 17 years, a niece of
Warren P. Phillips was married yes-
terday to llernard It Kennedy, who is
employed by her uncle as family
coachman. Tho girl's paren s died
when sho was about 12 years old, leav-
ing her 82,000,000 In trust until bhe
became of age.
liartley'4 Uonlimsa Mo«t Fay-
Omaha, Neb.. July 24.—Judgment
was rendered this morning against the
bondsmen of ex-Stato Treasurer Hart-
ley. Tho judgment is for Wirt,382.45,
of which 8555,703. 00 is the principal of
Hartley's defalcation and tho remaind-
er interest. Hartley is now serving a
twenty year sentence for embezzle-
ment.
Pace Will Have Only I'nlon Sllnnrt
Pa.v , III., July 54. —It is authorita-
tively given out that all the mines
will reopen with union miners on Au-
gust 15 and September 1, thus putting
an end to tho long lockout ami differ-
ences between operators and miners.
The President's Vacation
Washinotov. Ju y 24 — President
and Mrs. Mc Kin ley will leave here tho
coming week for their vacation nt
Hotel Champlalu, three miles from
Plattsburg. N. Y.
Berlproclty With PortiitsI
Wapuinotom, July 24 —Tho FrjpaW
dent issued his proclamation to-day
publishing to the world the reciproc-
ity agreement between the United
States and Portugal
Albans, Kngland, on the charge of
murdering her insane sister by send-
ing her poisoned cake.
A mortgage for 3-T,000,000 has been
filed by the new officers of tho Wis-
consin Central.
Tho Santa Fo now controls the San
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley
road.
(Jovernor Stanley ha* declared war
on tho "Klondike," a notorious resort
near Leavenworth.
Additional details of the clash In
Clay county, Kentucky, show that
three wore killed and five were seri-
ously wounded. The fond situation is
again ominous.
Horatio Alger, tho writer of boys'
stories, died at Natiek, Mass.
The ofilelal weekly crop report for
Missouri shoua a small yield of wheat.
Corn improved some. Some of the
onts crop will bo saved. Apples are
very poor.
The prico of wheat and the other
grains continue* to go down on ac-
count of the abundant supply.
The Pressed Steel Car company has
contracted with tho Carnegie company
for 830,000,000 worth of steel plates
annually for ten years.
Young women of La Salle, Ind.,
have formed a "Kissing Hug"' club to
capture tho insects.
Sixty-five house* burned at Quebec,
and 100 families were rendered home-
less. Loss, 8100,000.
The street car barns of the Twin
City Electric company at St Paul,
Minn., burned, with sixty electrio
cars. Loss, 8i2i,OOJ.
The general trend of news from
South Afrlci, points to a p.-acjful set-
tlement of existing difficulties
It is said that ex-King Milan, of
Serva, himself planned the sham at-
tempt upon his life recently made, for
political purposes.
Former Chief Just'co Ciiambors, of
Samoa, has tired of his placo in tho
joint commission and has forwarded
his resignation to President McKiu-
ley- . , . ,
The secretary of tho interior ha*
made a ruling on the leasing of land
in the Indian Territory, which ore- I
vents tho holding of large tracts by j plete boat is formed, having pointed
individuals or corporation*. lends, constituting buoyant air cham-
Mayor Joue* of Toledo refuses to bers.
run on an independent ticket for gov-
ernor of Ohio unles* the "peoplo rise
up an \ call upon him to do so "
evenly and sufficiently, and yet U not
soaked to such nn extent that It Is
torn In manipulation. This apparatus
has been patented.
New Method of CnlTanlzInff.
Formerly the deposition of a zinc
coating to preserve Iron from rusting
was only effected by the aid of heat,
hut within two years pa..t a cold proc-
ess of galvanizing by electrolysis has
been put into practice. It is averred
that the new process overcomes many
defects of the old, such as lack of unl-
forn ity in the thickness of the zinc
film and roughness of the surface. As
formerly practiced, galvanizing often
neceultatad th* recuttlng of screw
threads on account of the uneven de-
posit, hut with the electrolytic method .
no such difficulty arises. It is also
claimed that the zinc coating adheres
more firmly when deposited by the
new process, while the cost is dimin-
ished.
Oyster Culture.
One of the divisions of the United
States fish commission has investigat-
ed a number of problems connected
with oysters and their culture, and has
reported on the origin of the color of
green oysterB. This variety Is due to
vegetable matter used by the oysters
for.food, and In no way Injures the
edible qualities of the bivalve. Red
oysters have been occasionally noted,
but there has ns yet been no opportu-
nity for their'investigation.
Temperature of Dlamnddfl.
A good diamond Is a good deal colder
than an Imitation and the lapidaries
say that the best way to detect this
difference is to touch the stones to tho
tongue. Sapphires, emeralds, rubles,
garnets and other precious stones may
be tested In the same way; the real
stone Is Invariably colder than the im-
itation. The lapidaries do not give a
reason for tho difference, but It may
be found, perhaps, In the greater densi-
ty of the real stones, which makes
them better conductors of heat.
A New Fold I iik Moat.
A western man has Invented an Im-
proved form of folding boat, which
should prove very successful as an aid
to Inland fishermen and sojourners In
the forests of Maine nnd New Hamp-
shire during the summer and fall fish-
ing season
Any one who has "toted" a heavy
boat across a Maine "carry" has sighed
?or something that would come apart
when desired, and yet would be suffi-
(Made to break down Into sections,
and thus readily transported.)
clently stable to withstand the skocks
and bumps Incident to a trip up or
down the average New England Inland
stream.
The boat consists of two middle sec-
tions and two end sections. The mid-
dle sections are hinged so that they
fold together, forming a sort of box,
In which the end sections may bo
stowed. When the four sections are
In position and boiled together a coui-
Stono and Oil.
D. C. French, the sculptt r, says that
there Is more chance for young Amer-
icans in sculpture than In painting. "I
believe," ho adds, "that our natural
character Is more adapted to working
In stone than in oil." Mark Twain,
hearing this, replied: "Well, give mo
the oil well, and the French can take
the quarry every time."
A New Ending.
Merritt—I had nn awfully embar-
rassing thing happen to me this after-
noon. I was walking with a girl,
when a sudden gust of wind blew off
my hat and sent It kiting up the mid-
dle of the street.
Giles—You surely weren't fool
enough to run after It? You know
there is always sure to be some oblig-
ing stranger who will chase it for you.
Merritt—So I'd always heard. But
the girl began laughing at my predica-
ment, and said I'd have to do some
scorching to beat the wind.
Giles—Well, of course, she was a
girl, and didn't know that some other
fellow would do the sprinting for you.
Merritt—In the meantime a man had
been chasing It up the block, and when
the hat scurried arotind the first corner
I knew he would catch It, for he was
running like a Spaniard.
Giles—Just as I told you.
Merritt—I continued very leisurely,
and when I got to the corner
Giles—There was the obliging man
with your hat.
Merritt—No. Both tho man and the
hat had disappeared.
A New Golf Club.
One of the latest devices of the fad-
Governor McMillin of Tennessee and j dlst In golf clubs Is the single-piece
the attorney generals of Washington, ! driver, which is Bald to possess distinct
Michigan, Montana an 1 North Caro- merits over the ordinary Implement,
lina approve tho anti-tru^t convention , The Idea emanates from the other side,
of governors. where most of tne Innovations of this
Texas declines foal supp'.loi from h'nd have their origin, and those who
outsido sources. An attempt is bciti({ are responsible for Its Introduction
nade to corner the seed market in tho
Hrazos valley. Ono mayor revokes
appeal for aid because supplies pro-
mote idleness among ths negroes.
The population of Minneapolis,
based on the new directory, 1*220,000.
Tho anniversary of the surrender
of Santiago de Cuba
Havana
claim that the club Is the longest driv-
ing Implement that has yet been pro-
duced. As its name Implies, It is
made all of one piece, the shaft being
bent at the neck to allow the head of
the club the proper angle, and In this
way the gra'.n runs continuously from
1b supposed to possess is a greater sup-
TERRIFIC RAINS IN MANILA, i •
at the point where the head and shart
It i N«ee«tary iioat« in Moving aro usually Joined making this possi-
Ahoat Ilia Street* of the City, bl6.
Manila, July 21.—There havo been
terrific rain* litre during tho last two | FUh-Entlng Hplder*.
days. In consequence, it has been j There are certain large sea spiders
necessary to uso boats in moving (two feet from toe to toe),
about the street* of Manila and tho
whole country i flooded. Tiio total
preoi pi nation thus far iu July bus
been thirty*five inches, aud in thw
last thirty-one hours twelve Inches of
rain has fallen
ollosst
dels glgas, that live in tho water aud
(e*d entirely upou molluscs and worms.
The carnlverous wolf 6pider, an am-
phibious inhabitsnt of the tropical re-
gions of South America, is said to pro-
(ar a fi:h d!"C although it Is not.
A Parliamentary Wooing.
"I move," said the young congress-
man, "that we now resolve ourselves
Into a committee of the whole to con-
sider the advisability of immediate an-
nexation."
"I—I object," said the maiden, shyly.
"I movo the previous question, said
the young man, slyly.
This was beyond her, and she said
nothing.
"We will now put It to a vote," said
he. "Any opposition to the motion
may be manifested by a simple 'no.'"
She looked at him a trifle bewil-
dered, and he hastily continued:
"Your speaking eyes being tho only
signs I note, it Is plainly evident that
tho ayes have it and the previous ques-
tion is carried. Now. as this vote must
be considered a test of strength, it can
no longer be doubted that annexation
is favored by an overwhelming major-
ity, In consequence of which you might
as well name the day when the union
shall be completed."
The maiden gasped.
"I—I ob " she began.
Hut With the able assistance of a
luxuriant mu tche he succeeded In
shutting off debate. And the fight was
won.
Could Bemcmher Homo Thing*.
Traveling Missionary—And how
many children have you, Mr. Bur-
dock?
Farmer Burdock (doubtfully)—Well,
now, I dunno. There's Dick and John
nud Kate— wI.e. how many children
are there around hero?
Ilia wife—Nine; five boys and four
girls.
Traveling yisslonary—A lino family
and a line farm, Mr. Burdock. You
keep stock, I presume?
Farmer Burdock—Oh, yes; I've got
173 head of J- r.-oj cattle, 5S9 sheep and
91 hogs.
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