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•mm THE PLAINDEALEE 4. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. . • •• ' - • . • • - ' ' MoHENRY, ILLINOIS SEW ORLEANS BANKS v < . . . itt?" |}f?? w Iter ••• fim AIDED BY BILLS OF EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK. Treasury Department Officials Sanc­ tion the Action--Leading Banks of *he City in Excellent Shape--Mutual National, a Weak One, Fails. r: Another New Orleans Bank Breaks. The Mutual National Bank, G24 and <526 Cailal street, New Orleans, closed its doors Thursday morning. Henry Mas- pero is the president and James J. Ta rle- ton, cashier. The capital stock of the -tMink was only $200,000, and its line of deposits very small. It had been regard­ ed as' weak for a long time. The bank it said to have sufficient securities to. liquidate its entire indebtedness. It is stated that leading banks of the city hold, .In cash assets,-an amount which is twice •a large as that usual at this season of <the year, and are perfectly-, sound .fir.an- "cially. The treasury officials at Wash­ ington are doing what they can legiti­ mately and lawfully to assist the nation- *d banks of New Orleans in, tiding oyer «iiy runs that may be made upon them./ The New 'Orleans banks faaye. reserve agencies in New York, and at their re­ fluent deposits arc made in the subtreas- •ury there and the subtreasUry. in New Orleans is then directed to pay the amounts to the banks. Already pVer ,000.000 have been so transferred, and in case of need further exchanges will be made. ; ' Wild Race with Fire. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern through New York express, west bound, carrying nothing but express and sealed xnail pouches, raced against fire through -the Indiana prairies Thursday evening. Six miles east of Goshen it was discov­ ered that the New York storage car was afire. It was soon apparent that the fire was beyond control with the means at hand, and. after the rear car was side­ tracked. the blazing car being next to the last, the engineer was ordered to make a record getting to Goshen. The sight of the engine with fire streaming from the • Barake stack, the faces of the fireman and engineer reflected in the glow, and ihe , ribbon of flame made by the blading coach on the end of the train startled the Residents of the farming country through •which tlie road runs. The train passed like an apparition, but hundreds rushed £rom their homes to see the unusual spec­ tacle The efforts of the trainmen tcyjre- vent other coaches from being burned were assisted by the speed of the run to --Goshen, as the flames were fairly out- raced. The Goshen fire department was called to the station by telegram before the train arrived and the fire in the burn­ ing car was soon under control. National Leacnc, Following is the standing of the clubs -«f-the-Xatien al--B a seball-Leag u /'V. 'J;< W. L. W ,S4 34New York .. .59 Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago .. Boston ... Pittsburg .73 .72 .08 .67 .02 45Philadelphia .57 45Brooklyn ^...54 53Washington .51 54St. Louis ... .36 55 Louisville .. .30 -i-r • v • Aiiat» s .. vM? / and stearii lengines. The factory has been closed for four years. Mrs. Warren, a respected widow, resid­ ing near Sharptown, Del., has been read­ ing about the New York prophet whoopre- dicted the world was to come to an end. on Wednesday. She became convinced that the prediction would be verified, and spent Monday and Tuesday distributing all her worldly goods to her neighbors, and on Wednesday she donned a white robe and sat on her front doorstep all day. The event failed to come off, and on Thiirsday ske made an effort t»> secure the return of her property, biit failed. She will bring snit in court to recover. The national convention of the United States regular army and navy veterans was held Monday at the headquarters of the national commandery in New York. This organization is composed of about 800 honorably discharged soldiers, sail­ ors and marines of the regular army and navy, belonging to ten commands through­ out the United States The object of the convention is to elect national officers for the ensuing year and to talk over good of the organization. The delegates rep­ resented the following commands: Gen. John M. Schofield, Gen. W. S. Hancock and Gen. George A. Ouster, Philadelphia; Geii. George Washington, Centralia, Wash. ̂ Ge^. Nelson A. Miles., Fort Iieogh, Mont.;, (Jen. George G. Meade, Pottsville, Pa.; Gen. George H. Thomas, Wilmington. Del.; (Jen. David McM. ' Gregg, Harrisbnrg, Pa.; ' Gen. Philip Kearny. Newark, N. J ; and Gen. Philip H-Sheridan, New York. , • * • ' • "• : WESTERN. - ' • •• In attempting to frighten off a gang of hoodlums who were bent %ii taking a pris­ oner from him Patrolman Mahoney shot and killed 'Janes- Linhart,. a 5-year-old child, near West 15th and Jefferson streets, Chicago, Monday afternoon about 5 o'clock. A street political argument at Stroms- burg, Nob.. late Sunday resulted in a riot. Two citziens of oposlte political faith iu- terfered with tip Marshal, who was mak­ ing an arrest. This started a battle which soon became general. The street was blocked by a howling mob of excited men, all of whom seemed to be slugging some one. Blood flowed freely, and the noise made by the frenzied participants could be heard for blocks. Quiet was finally restored, and the Marshal made many arrest^, among whom Were a bank­ er, u leading merchant, and other promin­ ent citizens. Other arrests will follow, t Gen. W. II. H. Hart, of San Francisco, has just returned from New York, where he has been in the interest of the Pacific Coast Association of Harlem and Anneke Jans heirs. He reported that all required' of the heirs was to produce proof of rela­ tionship and they would receive'their pro rata of the property, which is valued at $400,000,000. It is the purpose of the various associations throughout the Uni­ ted Stales to ask the Supreme Court of New York to assess the property 1 per cent, in order to create a fund which will be used in establishing the claims of those who are too poor to do so for themselves. The bimetallic smelter at ; J^eadville, Colo., employing some 200 men. has shut down owing to inability to procure suffi­ cient orders to coutiuue operations. Its daily capacity is about 150 tons. The Bohn mine, from which several union men have been ordered, secured new men and is ranidlv manning out the water, so_ be constituted of representatives of bona fide labor organizations, and that the del­ egates should -be determined on the line of those* attending the British "trades unions congress. The delegates voted to exclude the reporters of all non-union papers. The latter include all the news­ papers of Edinburgh. The Mexicati Government is making an effort.to extradite Santa Teresa, the Mexieal maiden "heftier," her'father and Ser.or Aguii-ro, editor of a Mexican paper published in El Paso Texas, which has recently [.criticised President Diaz and his administration very severely. All of the parties are citizens of Mexico. It is charged they incited the assault by the Yaqui Indians' on the Mexican custom house at .Npgales, A. T„ Aug. 12, which resulted iii the ki/li'ng of six Indians and three Mexicans. The Mexicans and In­ dians are devoted to Santa Teresa and de­ clare they will resist by force any attempt to take1'her across the Itio Grande. Sp strong has been the criticism of the Radical papers at London upon the alleged luxurious surroundings of Dr. Jameson and his fellow raiders since their sen tence was so modified as to make them first class misdemeanants that the Governor ,of Ilolloway prison. Lieut. Col. Everard :*S. Milman, has found it necessary to issue a statement of the conditions by which the prisoners are governed. This sets forth- that they are not allowed either tobacco, cigars or spirituous liquors, that the letters they write, as well as those they receive, are read by the authorities, and that only two visitors a week are al­ lowed to be received. The Governor fur­ ther says the routine for first-class pris­ oners is-clearly prescribed hy the prisons liiw of 1877,' and that he has no power to deviate front it. : The announcement was made Friday at Philadelphia that in pursuit of the Span­ ish Government's intention to land within the next few months thousands of troops on the shores of Cuba it has chartered foiir big ships--the famous Cunarder Gal­ lia and the White Star liiier Cufic, both well-known Western Ocean traders; the Glasgow steamship Pegu, owned by Pat­ rick, (Henry & Co.; and the steamship Montevideo, of the Trans-Atlantique line. Efforts are being made to secure for the same purpose the steamships Lord Gough and Lord Clive, lately of the American line, but this deal has not been consum­ mated. It may be anticipated that the insurgents within the next,,(ew months will have the fight^of their lives. It was stated by those familiar with the climate of Cuba that the troops fresh out from Spain at this season will not be able to keep up the fight against the insurgents, who are all acclimated. They will suc- camb to the yellow fever and smallpox. Western League. y Following is the standing of the clubs In the Western League; r* "; : W. L. W, L. Minneapolis . 81 3!)Kansas City .66 57 Indianapolis .68 SOMilwaukee .. 57 71 Detroit ..... .72 53Columbus -.. .43 83 St. Paul .... .71 54Gr'd Rapids .41 85 C" Fierce Storm at Paris. A cyclone of extraordinary, violence hurst over Paris about 2:50 o'clock Thurs­ day afternoon, devastating the central streets of the city. The duration of the cyclone was not longer than a minute, but daring that time at least three persons •were killed and. about fifty were injured. Much damage was also done to property in that part of the city in which the full force of the phenomenon raged. This "was in the lower part of the city and the immediate vicinity. BREVITIES. m mm- .Defalcations amounting to $500,000 are declared to be responsible for the closing of the Union National Bank at New Orleans. The Superior, Wis., property of James Btinson, of Chicago, has been attached In proceedings to recover on a note for $135,000. Thestdamer Laurida, which sailed from Philadelphia for Cuba Aug. 6 with a cargo of war material for the insurgents, lias dropped anchor off Reedy Island. Chief of Police Farrell, of Dayton, Ohio, says that two men, whose names he refuses to give, have come to him and told him they have personal knowledge that Albert Franz murdered Bessie Lit­ tle, and that they will give evidence in the trial. He savs, furthermore, that he 2ms clear corroborative evidence support­ ing the direct evidence of these two \m-~ known witnesses. The murder took place less than two hours after she had left her boarding house. John McCarthy, alias Bigelow. was ar­ rested at, San Francisco for complicity in the attempt to tunnel into the vaults of the First: National Bank of Los Ange­ les some five months ago. The police are acting upon the theory that McCarthy *ras the master mind which engineered the plan. They believe the prisoner sometimes known as Mathely and that lie was affiliated with Morgan and his %and of bandits who recently attempted to hold up the overland express hear Sae- camento. - --• •--• -- - At Ellsworth. Ivan., twenty-six attach­ ments, aggregating $7,000, were filed oii the Ellsworth Land and Cattle Com pany, of which W. ,C. Wornall, of Kan­ sas City, Mo., is president. The com pany owns 6,000 acres yf land, and last » year wintered 2,700 cattle, on which they are said to have lost heavily. No statement has as yet been made. At Louisville, Ky., ev-Gov. John Young Brown while stepping.from a train fell «nd received serious injuries. His phy­ sicians say three bones are broken, Jmt that he is likely to recover. EASTERN. tha^t it will be ready to take out in a few days'unless further interfered with. Po­ lice are on guard there day and night. Bodies of armed men continue to guard all roads leading to the camp, sending back all men who say they are coming there to work, and depots are carefully watched day and night. Serious trouble is looked for unless some kind of settle­ ment is reached soon. A frightful accident happened Tuesday afternoon a coaching party of Warsaw, Ind., young people,When about live miles north of the city the horses took fright at sour- object in the road. They backed the rear wheels of the tally-ho over an embankment and the people, horses and vehicle were rolled down a hillside in a mangled and bloody mass. Six persons were killed. Their names are: Francis Conn, Mary Cnmliffe, Jas. Fitzhugh, Agnes Levest, Frank Metze- ler, Edward Sinythe. The injured: Vic­ tor Brice, broken leg; Frank Donahue, driver, internal injuries; James Hollow.ay, fractured skull; May Morrell, broken ribs. The remainder of the party escaped with more or less painful bruises. One of the horses was killed in the fall. The others had to be shot. When nominations for commander-in- chief were declared in order in the St. Paul Grand Army encampment Friday morning D. R. Ballou, of Providence, R. I., was nominated by his comrade, Spoou- er, of the same State. Judge M. L. Hay­ wood, of Nebraska, presented the name of Maj. Thaddeus S. Clarkson, of Omaha. The name of E. H. Hobson, of Kentucky, was offered by Gen. Case, of Tennessee. John C. Linelian, of New Hampshire, was brought forward by Daniel Coggs- well, of that State, and Rear Admiral Meade was presented by a Dakota dele­ gate. Seconds for the nomination of Clarkson came quickly from all over the hall, but one of the first men up was Ad­ miral Meade, who withdrew his own name. It at once becanio evident that Maj. Clarkson would win, and all the oth­ er names were withdrawn. lie was then nominated by acclamation.- The next attraction at McYicker's Chi­ cago Theater will be Messrs. E. M. and Joseph Holland, supported by an excep­ tionally strong company of players, who will present that absorbingly interesting play, "A Social Highwayman," which all theater-goers will remember as a dramat­ ization by Mary T. Stone from Elizabeth Phipps Train's remarkable story, which was published in Lippincott's Magazine for July, 1S95. The play was exploited in this city in November, last season, when the success of both the play and E. M. and Joseph Holland as co-stars was evidenced by a succession of large and fashionable audiences, who had, by reason of their former work, oome to know that it would be an exceedingly dull play that the art and genius of two such delightful players as the Hollands could fail to invest with some charm. "In -presenting "A Social Highwayman" to the American stage, a vehicle has bpen semired by these really great artists, which, for the display of their talents, could not be improved upon, for all ••of which the Hollands are to be congratu­ lated. All their lives has been devoted to acting, whiih with -them is ah art, mastered by tireless study, which covers a period of many theatrical seasons, dur­ ing which time obstacles were encoun­ tered which would htiVe disheartened the average player of to-day IN GENERAL George L. Wheeler, white, was hanged at Paris, Texas, for the murder of Robert McCabe in the Chickasaw Nation June 12, 1S95. He lay in wait for his victim and shot him in rhe presence of his 5-year-old son. Im­ mediately after the removal of Wheeler's body the trnp was again adjusted, and Silas Lee and Hickman Freelan'd. ' tty6 negro ipurderers, were hanged. The ne- groes were hanged separately at Wjheel- er's request At Folsoin, Cal., George W. Roberts was hanged for the murder of Walter D. Freeman. Arthtit Hayne was hanged at Atlanta, Ga. H6 killed Will Springs in Holland^s saloon March 7. They were friends and quarreled while druuk. r--'~-- .. ' . Dr. Thomas Gallagher, the alleged dyn­ amiter, who left this country thirteen years ago, returned Friday on the steam­ ship St.'Paul a pitiful mental wreck from the results of thirteen years' penal servi­ tude in a British prison. The elaborate preparations for his reception by the Amnesty Association and hundreds of Irish friends meant nothing to him. He did not even recognize his sisters at first, and in a moment of delirium struck his brother, shrieking wildly that he had kept kirn in jail. Three of his ribs have been fractured and his brain bone forced in during his confinement, and tnere are cuts and bruises and old sores all over his body. J . . C. H- Townsend, of the United-States fish commission, and temporarily of the Behring Sea seal commission, in an inter­ view expressed the opinion that the seal herd in northern waters is being rapidly exterminated hnd the sealing industry ruined by the iiiirestric'ed pelagic sealing now indu!ged,iju by a large fleet of schoon­ ers. He maintains that three-fourths of all the seals killed in the open ocean are females, and that thousands of pups are dying on the Pribyloff Island rookeries on that account. On the Japan coast the conditions are even worse, and he thinks that sealing in that country will never again be profitable unless the seals are given siveral years of perfect rest. Li Hung Chang passed over into Cana­ da by way of the suspension bridge a little after 9 o'clock Monday. The dis­ tinguished Chinaman traveled on a special Canadian Pacific train, which had been brought to this side--the first ever brought into the United States, by the way--es­ pecially for His convenient. His pur­ pose was to get to the Pacific Coast as rapidly as consistent with safety, and he will take most of his inspection of Cana­ da from the car windows. It is under­ stood that Li Hung Chang is preparing autograph letters of thanks to George W. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania Railway, and Mai. Gen. Ruger. the President's repre­ sentative on the tour. SUSPICION MURDER. '• ' ' •: - ' . .. Vj ' " •' . ' FARMER'S WIFE AND GRAND- MOTHER DIE SUDDENLY. COMMANDER CLARKSON. Yonngr Asricnlturiat Said to Loved Another Girl Whom Once Married--Suspicion Is AjHouacU and Hie Arrest Follows. Marder Mystery in Iowa. • James Paul is a young farmer just 20 years old, who lives, when at home, in a heat cottage on a picturesque spot the other side of Homer, ten miles from Web ster City. He is now in jail charged with murdering his wife and her grand mother by administering f)6i- son. L a s t F o u r t h o f July eVe the young MISS haktmax. womap whoin Paui led to the altar six years ago. died. On the night of Independence day he attend­ ed a "patriotic" dance/'jffVfyfiich he was the escort of Miss Hartman, to whom for months he bad been paying devoted atten­ tion. The following Sunday morning Grandma" Diilin, Mrs. Paul's grand­ mother, and for the week since his wife's death his housekeeper, vfcis dead, too. The old woman was buried, and about a week laWr the widower and Miss Hart- man were married. Then Paul was ar­ rested, charged with double murder. His bride of a week went back . to. her home to live with her parents, and now de­ nounces the accused. )'•• Such is the outline of the Paul mys­ tery, which promises to be most sensa­ tional. The circumstances surrounding *3* ,;PAUL AND HIS FOIlMEIi WIFE. Max J. Becker, consulting engineer and real estate agent of the Pennsylvania £4nes, died at Mackinac Island, where he &ad gone in search of recreation. He had a complication of diseases, Theextensivecarpet millsat GroveryilLe, K. If., built by the A. T. Stewart estate, have been sold, and it is rumored the purchaser is Edwin Gould, who intends to operate them as a match factory. The purchase'prtee is not given out, but it is tmderstood some time ago the price asked was $450,000. The plant is one of the largest in the county :ifoth water power FOREIGN. Steamers arriving at Stornoway, Scot­ land. from Iceland, report that the se­ verest earthquake since 178f, occurred there the night of Aug. 26. The report states that.two churches were destroyed, cattle killed and farms destroyed, No persohs Avere killed, Ttyfe'eenter of -the disturbance appeared to be the volcano Hecla. - The congress of the British' 'trades un - i ions at Edinburgh discussed the report of tfye Parliamentary Comniittee, which op­ poses further participation "in interna­ tional congresses. Finally, the delegates adopted Tillet's motion to the effect that all future international congresses shonld the death of the two women and the sub­ sequent behavior of the man who should have been protector, point to him as be­ ing the one responsible for the sudden death of both. But if he is convicted it must be, by circumstantial evidence or his confession. • James Paul might be called good-look­ ing. His hair is light and his eyes are blue. He has the appewrauce of an honest man. He has resided in the county five years and has many acquaintances, who were, shocked beyond measure when he was arrested, charged with the double murder. Paul's wife-died - under suspi­ cious circumstances on the 3d of July. On the night of the 4th he was enjoying life at a country dance, where his partner of the evening was the one he made his wife ,w e e k s after­ ward. Before the marriage." ceremony, hdWe't.ei^: there was an obstacle appar­ ently in the way. The neighbors say it was the grandmother of Mrs. Paul. His wife, before her death, had been the joy and pride of "Grandma" Diilin, as she was (•ailed, and it was dulix folly to think she would ever give her consent to the marriage of her grandson- in-law so soon after the death of her treasure. „ , The story the neighbors tell, and they told it under oath before the Grand Jury, is that Saturday afternoon after the death of his wife Paul was with "Grandma" Dulin. They talked about the death of his wife and how lonesome he would be without her. The noon hour came and the old lady, feeble as she was, moved herself around and prepared dinner for the two. Paul was with her in the kitthen and she had his sympathy. They partook of the meal. "Jim, this tea doesn't taste right," she said; "There is a bitter-'taste to it that I don't like. I can't drink any more of it." She had.only finishedja^half of the cup, but two days afterward slip died in spasms. Paul's arrest followed, and then commenced the unraveling of the chain of circumstances which makes the outlook gloomy for the accused. He was brought to the Webster City jail, where he has since maintained a discreet silence. He MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3/>0 to ?5.50; hoge, shipping grades, $3.;v0 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 50c to 57c; corn, No. 2, 19c to 21c; oats, No. 2, 14c to 10c; rye, No. 2, 30c to 31c; butter, choice creameryr 15c to "17c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common short to choice dwarf, $25 to $00 per ton. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.50; she»p, common to- prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, 56c to 58c; corn, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to "13c.. S: Louis--Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.t>0 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2, 57c to 58c; xorn. No. 2 yellow, 17c to 19c; oats. No. 2 white, 15c to 17c; rye, No. 2, 27c to 29 e. . . Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 58c to 60c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 15c to 17c; rve. No. 2, 30c to 31c. Detroit--Cattle, $2-50'.to $4,75; hogs, $3'.0O to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2. red, 00c to 61c; e'o£n, No. 2 ij'ellow, 21c, to 23c; oats, No. 2 white, 3$c to 20c; rye, 32c to 34c. , • Toledo^--Wheat, No, 2 red.;-C2c to.;63c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 22c; oats„"No. 2 mixed, 15c to iTc; rye, No. 2, 32c to 38c; clover sefcd, $4.20 to $4.25, Milwaukee--Wlief.4', No. 2 spring, 53c to o5c; corn, No. 2, 20c to 21c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; barley. No. -2,..i30c-to 38c; rye, No. 1, 32c to 33c; pork", mess, $5.1i5 to $5.75. ' Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3-00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 64c to 65c; corn. No. 2 y dlow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. » New York-^Cattl4, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 05c; corn, No;' 2. 25;. to 26c; oats, No, 2 white, 19c to 20c; buttef, creamery, 12c to 17c; eggs, West­ ern, 15c to 17c. HOME OF THE PAULS. only denies his guilt and insists his wife and her grandmother died from natural causes. Paul was hardly placed safely behind the bars before the proper officers com­ menced gathering evidence. The remains of his wife had been laid to rest in a cem­ etery in Webster County, only a few miles from her former home. This wa^done in accordance with her expressed wishes in life. The remains of "Grandma" Dulin were interred in Hamilton County. Both the bodies were exhumed. The stomachs were sent to State Chemist Floyd Davis at Des Moines for analysis. In a few days word came from Des Moines that unmistakable signs of strychnine poison­ ing; had been found. Miss Ilaitman, whom Paul married so soon after the death of his wife and "Grandma" Dulin, is scarcely 18 years of age. Her parents are respectable peo­ ple living on a farm a mile south of Ho­ mer. She has bad many suitors for her hand, but has refused them all. Her parents say they thought her of a retiring disposition, and in no way sought to in­ fluence her selection of company. They hajl never noticed that there was more than a passing acquaintance between her and Paul, and when the fact of her mar­ riage with hiai was brought to their at­ tention they .wb,uld not believe it. Their daughter took the marriage certificate to Vheir house and showed them that it was true before they could be convinced* Kti6whlg of the rshort time that had elapsed since the death of Mrs. Paul, they denied her the house. When her husband was arrested she was left without means and alone. She returned again to her father's house and was given a home. Professional' Gossips iu China. Professional gossips are common in China. Most of them are elderly worn en,- who have regular patrons of the fe­ male sex, whose houses they visit, and wjbom tbey entertain by narrating the news and scandal of the day. They thus earn about enough to maintain them lb « life 'of laziness. TS'ew Head of the G-. A. R. Is Very Popnla»j> with the "Boys." Thaddous Stevens Clarkson, the new commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, was a candidate before ,the Louisville national encampment last yjai, but finally declined to enter the race against Geri. Walker. He is well known and well liked in tho Grand Army, espe­ cially in the West. He was born at Get­ tysburg. Pa.. in 1840. Ho ivas educated three miles, frqtti the great battlefield of Antietam. He enlisted April 16, 1861, within two hours after the appearance CITIES IN M0UBNINI BENTON HARBOR AND ST. JO­ SEPH FIREMEN KILLED. Eleven Meet Death Under Falling Walla-- Catastrophe Caused by tho Burning; of Yore'a Opera House--ln- cciadiarism Thought to Be the Cause 1 mAj. THADlDErS S. CIVARKSOX. of President Lincoln's call for 75,000 men for three months, in Company A, First Illinois Artillery. He went to Cairo, served under Gen. Grant there; re-ehlist- ed for the war July 16,. 1861; was pro­ moted Dec. 1, 1801, to adjutant of the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry; served with that regiment, and on the staff of Gen. John W. Davidson, participating in the battles with that commander On the march to Helena and Little Rock, Ark. He was assigned to command it during the Arkansas campaign. In August, 1863, he assisted in raising the Third Ar­ kansas Cavalry of Union white men of that State; was promoted to major and commanded the regiment until nearly the close of the war, participating in "nearly all of the battles in Arkansas under Gen. Steele. On Nov. 11. 1802, he was married to Mary Beecher Matterson, and to-day has five children. He came to Nebraska, settling in Omaha, with is'brother, the late Bishop Clarkson, in March of 1S06, and has lived in the State for thirty years. He was postmaster of Omaha under Pres­ ident Harrison's administration. Maj. Clarkson was on the executive committee of the national council of administration, G. A. It., for three consecutive years, was elected department commander of Nebras­ ka at the encampment in February, 1S90, and has been commander of the Loyal Le­ gion of Nebraska-. LABOR IN LINE. Toilers Turn Out to Celebrate Their Annual Festival. The labor organizations of Chicago cel­ ebrated Labor Day with a parade in which probably 40,000 men participated, practically every trades union in the city being represented. The weather was ideal and the streets were thronged at an-e-juiy-Iiourljy-the.-soius-oftojl-antltheir- families. Their shops and factories wero generally closed in recognition of the workingman's holiday and all public of­ fices, the Board of Trade and many down­ town stores remained closed atl day. The chief attraction of the day was the speech of William J. Bryan at Sharpshooters' Park in the afternoon. There was also speaking at Ogden's Grove by prominent labor leaders. Long before 2:30. the jhor.r set for the arrivel of William J. Bryan, Sharpshoot­ ers' Park Was filled with laboring men. Outside a crowd of unnumbered thou­ sands had gathered, waiting impatiently to see the apostle of free silver. Every tree within hearing of the speaker's stand was filled with those seeking an unob­ structed view. As Mr. Bryan's carriage neared the park the densely packed crowds gathered there set up a roar that lasted for fully ten minutes. Then with a rush the gates were broken down. The police were powerless to control the crowd, and in a short time the park was one dense mass of crushed but still cheer­ ing humanity. No one was seriously in­ jured in the jam, though oue or two wom­ en were removed in a fainting condition. The Labor Day parade in Kansas City exceeded that, of past years in point of numbers. Five thousand workingmen in line passed through the streets, the beau­ tiful weather making it a success. Busi­ ness was suspended and the streets were lined with people. In Washington, D. C., Labor Day was celebrated with the usual street parade and picnics and excursions by^the several union organizations. The weather was perfect and an unusual number of sport­ ing and other events served to bring out large crowds. The workingmen of Milwaukee ' laid aside their tools of trade and appeared in gala attire. The weather was favorable for marching and the parade in the fore­ noon was voted a success. Grand Mar­ shall Frank Miller stated that lie thought he had 7.000 or 8.000 men in line. Labor Day in Cleveland was celebrated by a monster parade of workingmen in which it was estimated that from 10.000 to 15,000 men took part. A feature of the demonstration was a number of marchers representing colored slaves and tramps, illustrating their views of the present conditions of the workiugman. The Klecloral Vote. The electoral vote as based upon the apportion men t act of Feb. 7, 1891, is as follows: Votes., States. Votes. States. Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut . . Delaware Florida .... Georgia Idaho ..... ... Illinois Indiana ...... Iowa Kansas ....... Kentucky ... Louisiana .. 1, Maine ..... .-.i Maryland ... j Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi . . Missouri . .... Montana ..... Ill Nebraska 8 8 Nevada ; 3 HI New Hampshire.. 4 4|New Jersey....... 10 (>!New York 3U ;ii North Carolina,.... 11 4'Xorth Dakota..... 3 lSiOhio: 8! Oregon , ........ 4 24iPennsylvania .... 15; Ithode Island..... 4 13]South Carolina. . .. 0 10 South Dakota .... 4 lSfTennessee •, 12 8'Texas 15 fill 'tah 3 8! Vermont 4 15; Virginia . ........ 12 14j Washington ...... 4 1); West Virginia .... 6 9| Wisconsin ........ 12 171 Wyoming 8 3| ' . ' Total ;....447 Necessary to a choice, 224. Told in a Few Lines. In attempting to capture Geo. O. Quinn, n Virginia desperado, who had killed Everett Fowler in Itussell County, Vir­ ginia, the posse fired on him, killing liim instantly. Quinn was surrounded by the posse and made a desperate fight before he was killed., ° William Truste and Detective Seward are both in Newport (Ivy.) jail, where Jackson and Waliing were confined until removed to Covington for safety. Seward is charged with subornation of witnesses in the Pearl Bryan case and Truste is under indictment for perjury. Edwin Harlan, a son of the formei American consul of that name, who is residing at Dresden, has been serving ai first lieutenant in the Seventh Uhlan Reg­ iment. Aft^t* ginning a long distance ride he was^hroWn from his horse near Saar* and shortly Afterward. • f£-- Firemcn's Awftil End. A terrible calamity befell the twin cities of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor at an early hour Sunday morning--the destruc­ tion of Yo're's Opera House and the loss of eleven lives, members of the St. Jo­ seph and Benton Harbor fire department. Onlv once in the history of these two places' has there anything rivaled this dis­ aster, and that was when the Chicorh was lost. • .* • The Dead. •fc^Jdw'n'rd T. ()auge. St. Joseph, dray-, mfiiv: head crushed. AliTthur C. Hill. St. Joseph, foreman ho>e company; lived one horn. John Hoffman. Benton Harbor; crushed into unrecognizable mass. • : Louis Hoffman, Benton Harbor. : Thomas Ividd, Benton Harbor; unmHjf- riefl; killed by live wires. - . / Will -Mitten, Benton Harbor; -leaves widow aaid seven children. . , Scott Rice, Benton Harbor, bellboy ai hotel; skull fractured. , Jiobert L. Rofe, St. Joseph; burned; lived one hour. \ < Frank M. Seaver, St.-Joseph; cut and • burned: lived three hours. Silas Frank Watson, St. Joseph; skull crushed; leaves widow. Frank Woodle.v. Bent oh'Harbor; killed by live wires; widow and three children. The Injured. John A. Crawford? Benton Harbor; burned about the head. William Freund, St. Joseph; cut about the head. Will McCormick, Benton Harbor; an­ kle crushed and leg broken. Frank S. Paget. St. Joseph; bruised and bunied about legs. At midnight lire was discovered .in the rear of Yore's Opera HOUS J Block. There was a performance in the house Saturday night and the audience had not been gone more than tkrec-quarlers of an hour when the fire was discovered. Its origin is a mystery, but it may 'have been caused by a gasoline stove in tho basement of the building where a banana ripening room is located. Incendiarism also is a widely-accepted suspicion. The St. Joseph hook and ladder com­ pany was requested by Chief Johnson of Benton Harbor to assist fighting the fire fropi the rear in order to save the build­ ings across the alley. They began work and had not more than got their ladders raised when the top part of the alley wall wa? noticed to totter, and a yell went up. but too late. ^ The crash came and the boys tried to get away, but nine were buried beneath a wall that stood eighty feet high. While the St. Joseph boys were getting up their ladders the Benton Harbor boys had a line of hose in the alley keeping the flames. Ividd and Woodley were killed by live wires after the wall fell. S F. Watson, was the first man taken out dead. Me was crushed. John' Hoff- mau- was'taken out alive. He was in­ jured internally and died soon after. E. II.- Gange was alive but badly mangled. He died soon. Louis Hoffman was next res­ cued. His skull and thighs were frac­ tured. He died early Sunday morning. Frank M. Seaver had two holes burned in his back and was otherwise badly burned, and died at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gauge was senior member of the transfer and fruit buying firm of Gauge it Badger, and well known on both sides of the lake lie was an Odd Fellow and Maccabeo, carving $10,000 insurance in the latter order. He leaves a wife. Mr. Hill was manager of the Stv Jo­ seph laundry. lie was a Ivnights of Py­ thias and a Maecabee. and carried \$1.000 in each order. lie leaves a wife and two small children. Mr. Seaver was a member of the liquor firm of Kibler i'c Seaver. lie leaves a wife. Mr. Ilofe was unmarried, but carried' §2.000 in the Modern Woodmen. The two Hoffman boys were not broth­ ers, but belonged to and carried insurance in the Modern Woodificn. John" lenses a wil'<- and six t-hildren. Louis was unmar­ ried, as was Scott Ilice and Thomas Ividd. Mr. Woodley leaves a wife and three children. Mr. MittlhnJSSS/wife "and four children. He was formerly of Buchanan. The ages of those killed range from 20 to 35 years. BiliUlint; a Total I..OSS. Tho stores under the opera house were occupied by the News, a tailoring estab­ lishment. a bakery and barbershop. The building is a wreck, and all contents were lost. Frank Woodley and Thomas*Kidd were 011 «op of adjoining buildings with hose when they encountered live electric wires, 011 which they were hanging when found. Policeman Charles'Johnson narrowly es­ caped, as falling bricks tore his coat off, while another was protected by a tele­ graph pole. The work of -removing the debris was commence1'! at ones and those pinned in were removed in a few minutes except C. A, Hill. .1. V. Howe lassoed one of the St. Joe firemen, who was half buried with bricks, and pulled liim out of the intense heat that was cooking liim. Property Lioss la $50,000. Joseph Friek's boot and shoe store, west of ihe opera house, was partly burned and demolished by the falling walls. He and his family lived'over the si ore. and how they escaped bein^ killed is a mys­ tery. The loss is estimated at $5,000. as fol­ lows: -"Patrick Yore, opera house and furnishings $35,000. insured for $.19,000; Evening News. $4,000. insured for $2,500; Joseph Friek, building, stock, and house­ hold effects $8,000, insured for $-1,500; other losses $4,000. partly covered by in- sur.iiiee. *- -- ° ^ --- ;lnquest over the remains Was com­ menced and the examination continued till the question of live electric wires was reached, when y 11 adjournment- was made. PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. FIRST BUILDER OF THE VATICAN The Vast Strnctnre Is Mainly Dne to Pope Nicholas V. 6> The present existence of this palace is principally due tc Nicholas V.. the builder Pope, whose gigantic scheme would startle a modem architect. His plan wafe t<j build the church of St. Pe- ter'sr/as a Starting point, and then to construct one vast contral "habitat" for the Papal administration, covering the whole of what is called the Borgo, from the Castic- of Sant' Angelo to the cathe­ dral. In ancient times a portico, or cov­ ered way supported on columns, led from the bridge to the church, and it was probably from this real structure that Nicholas began nis imaginary one, only a.femall part of which was ever completed. That small portion Mone comprised the basilica and the Vatican Palace, which tog-ether forth by far the greatest < oiitinuous mass- of- buildings In the vorld. The Colosseum is 195 yards long by 150 bioad, including the thickness of the walls. St. Peter's Church i:lone is 205 yards long and"150 broad, s-.< that the whole . Colosseum would ejs-ily stand upon the ground plan of the church, while the Vatican Palace is.more than ,half as large,.again. Nicholas V. died in 1455, and the old­ est parts of the present Vatican Palace are not cider than bis reign. They are generally known as the Torre Borgia, from having been inhabited by Alexan­ der VI., who died of poison• in'the' third..' of the rooms" now occupied by the li­ brary, counting from the library side. The windows of these rooms look upon the large square court of the Belvedere, and that part of the palace is uot visible from without. ; Portions of the fiubstructure of the earlier bnilding were no doubt utilized by Nicholas, and the secret gallery which connects the Vatican with the mausoleum of Hadrian is generally, at­ tributed to Pope John XXIII., who died in 1417; but on the whole it may be said that the Vatican Palace is origin­ ally a building of ll.e period of the Renaissance, to wlrch all successive Popes have made additions.--Century. ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA. Differ Greatly from Specimens of the Same Species Found Elsewhere. Australia has been called a "fossil continent," because it presents types of life which have perished or become insignificant elsewhere. Some time about the beginning of the tertiary pe­ riod of geology a convulsion of nature severed tho connection which at one time existed between Australia and Asia, and from that time the former has been left to develop herself on her own lines. A belt of deep sea, known as Wallace's line, cuts through the Ma­ lay archipelago, and all the fauna to- the south of this line, with the excep­ tion of many birds and a few recent Importations, are of a special and char­ acteristic type. At the time of the sev- erance small creatures of- the niarsu- pial or kangaroo type prevailed all over the world. In Australia these have de­ veloped slowly and undisturbed. In the rest of the globe they were subjected to fierce competition, giving way be­ fore the stronger races, till at length no advanced marsupial is left, with the exception of the opposum; and in him the struggle for existence has developed a cunning unknown to his Australian kinsmen. I11 Australia, however, the marsupials have had it all their own way, and it is interesting to notice how they have developed into many various forms to suit their environments--e. g., there are flying squirrels superficially resembling the flying squirrels in Amer­ ica, but unlike them in tlieir underly­ ing apertyx, belong to a type extinct elsewhere.. And, finally, much of the vegetation--the gum trees, the e'asua- rinas, and the wiry undergrowth--is a survival from the forgotten floras of past geological ages.--St. Louis Globe- Democrat. SteS-: Am Increases of $l'-:.:i4^,<>S-4 Noted for Month of Aujinat. The ,monthly statement of the public debt issued from tin.* Treasury Depart­ ment shows t'hat at the close of business oil the last of August the public debt, less cash in the treasury, was $978.497,19U. which ie an increase for the month of $12,342,084, which is accounted for by the loss of nearly .exactly.tha'-. amount "f cash on hand, due to the excess of expen­ ditures over receipts, Tlie debt *s recapit­ ulated r.s fpllows: • Interest-bearing debt, $847.304.2(R); debt 011 which interest has ceased since maturity. $1,022,900; debt bearing 110 .interest. $372,850.4 <0; This does not include $503,450,973 in certifi­ cates anil treasury notes.outstanding and offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury. The cash in the treasury is classified as follows: Cold..$139,825,000; silver. $513.(547.700; paper. $177,923.508^ bonds, distributing officers, hahinees, etc., $17,992,270. making 11 total of $849,388,- 740. against; which there are demand lia- ' bUjties amounting to $<>(>0.0i2..'{45, which " it'aves $24i,S40,4?K) cufclr in the treasury. John and His Pocketbook. Between the brass rail and the plat­ form on which the X-ray exhibition was being given last evening in Won­ derland a continual stream of people passed for hours. Carried by the cur­ rent were two persons who kept an affectionate hold of each other's arms. Just as they passed within the rail a man who saw a conductor's punch in a pocketbook loudly asserted that "the thing had been fixed." The affable ex­ hibitor smiled and shouted out: "Use your own pocketbooks, ladies and gentlemen. You can't see papers or tickets, but you can see tlie outlines of money." John's turn came. "Use your own pocketbook, Joh^" said the girl. "Oh, dat's all right, Mayme," said John. "De t'ing's straight. don't carry none, anyhow." "Yes, you do. too. You took some out of it to buy me that popcorn." ' "Dat's so. I forgot. But come on, we's blockin' de pat'." But the girl insisted and John pro­ duced the pocketbook. The exhibitor held it in position. Mayme looked through, but she saw" no shadow of a coin. She said the X rays were 110 good. The exhibitor, in self-defense, opened it and showed her that there was not a cent in it. The crowd laugh­ ed, Maynie blushed and John looked mad.--Detroit News. He Was Truly Polite. A visiting young man in town recent­ ly ate the ribbons thai were tied around the sandwiches served him at a card party. He was very polite, and dln't like to ask what the ribbons were for, so he ate them. As lie had at least four sandwiches, it Is estimated that he ate fully three yards of ribbon. We have had occasion so often to point out the blunders made by visiting Topeka peo­ ple that we charitably refrain from say­ ing where this unfortunate young-man was from.--Atchison Globe. - Sympathy. A mother was explaining to a diminu­ tive juvenile the meaning of a picture representing a number of martyrs who had been thrown to some hungry lions. She tried to impress his {nfant mind with the terrors of the scene and thought she had succeeded, when sud­ denly lie exclaimed: "Oh, ma! just look at that poor little lion behind there! He won't get any!" Answers. When Chloroform la Fatal. ! Chloroform is fatal once in 1,236 times. g •