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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

The Oldenburg Diet has unanimous
ly approved the proposed convention
for the construction of port at Nor
denham, opposite Bremerhaven. and
the associated project for the establish
ment of a new transatlantic steamship
line
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

Mrs. BURNETT has Won Il complete
victory over Mr.. Seebohm, who against
her protest dramatized her charming
novel, Little Lord Fauntleroy." into
much less charming play. Mr.. See
bohm is ordered to cancel all passages
copied or colorably altered from the
novel and submit them for the plant
ifs examination when Cancelled, and
pay the costs of the action.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

LOUISE MICHEL, the Anarchist French
woman, attended the Rouen assiZes and
appealed to the jury to acquit Lucas.
who shot her some time ago. Deputy
Laguerre defended the prisoner. Lu-
cas- was acquitted
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

THE Zilvern Kruis. the first Dutch
man-of-war to enter the Golden Gate
in fifteen years, is lying off San Fran
cisco. She is a training ship OH her
way to Japan, China and the Dutch
colonies of India where she will make
prolonged stay.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

The announcement that q traffic
agreement had been effected between
the Memphis route and the Georgia
Pacific is a little premature. The
Georgia Pacific is not completed to
birmingham and as yet no such an
agreement has been made. 1t has been
understood, however. by the manage
ments that an agreement would proba-
bly, be made.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

The British Foreign Arbitration
Committee has presented Mr.. Cham
berlain with an illuminated address
eulogizing his service as Fisheries
Commissioner. The address is signed
by large number of prominent per-
sons, including Lord Tennyson, the
Bishop of London, Earl Derby and Lord
Harrington.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

A COMMITTEE of citizens from Lex
ington, KY. headed by Representative
Breckenridge. waited on the President
recently and invited him to visit Lex
ington next July, in case he should ac-
cept similar invitation to visit Gin
cinnati on the 4th of that month. The
President said he would consider the
naffar
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Steel Casting
Company has received orders to for
ward the new cast steel gun to WASH
ington. Should the final test of the
weapon prove successful the company
will at once build trial guns, on condi-
tons similar to those under which the
present gun was made for, Russia, Italy,
China, Austria and Japan.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

A PARTY of 1.-THE collectors and po-
lice were attacked by mob at LIAM
fidd. Wales. the other day, and in the
conflict that followed thirty-five per-
sons were injured, seven of them Sc
riOuSly
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

SEVERAL large iron companies of
Pennsylvania have given notice of ten
per cent reduction of wages.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

A NEGRO at Ackworth, Ca. was
given sixty-two lashes recently for cir
culating damaging stories about a
number of young men of that town.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

ADvICEs have been received in Auck-
land, N. T., from Tahiti to the effect
that the French were about to annex
Raratonga island.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

The Princess Alexandria. daughter
of the King and Queen of Greece, is
soon to marry the Grand Duke Paul.
Youngest brother of the Car of Russia.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

A GOVERNMENT decree has been is
sued appointing three days for festival
celebration of the abolition Of slavery
in Brazil,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE Canadian House of Commons
has voted 81, 600, 600 for new canal at
Sault Ste. Marie.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

DIR. NAUsEN, the noted Swedish ex-
plorer, has started for Greenland to
explore the east coast
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24

| renomlnated Hon. b. w. Perkins for Coz.
giess
A HEAVY storm recently d much dam
age in the vicinity of For; Scott. Many
houses were unroofed and the barn Of
James G. Ogden was struck by lightning
and ruined, a valuable COW and team OF
horses being killed.
ANTHONY has struck salt.
THE committee having in charge he or.
rangement Of details for the transportation
Of the Kansas delegation to the Chicago
convention has completed its labors. The
delegation will 60 by the Atchisou, Topeka
& Santa Fee route and will leave on the
afternoon of the 10th Of June. The train
leaves Topeka at 2:4j p. m. and Kansas City
at 500 p. m. arriving in Chicago at $3.50 p.
m. on the 18th. Sleeping car accommoda-
tons have been secured for the delegation
j. r HoDGEs was recently jailed at Pratt
for bigamy. Six years ago he was married
to a lady at Valley Falls and last fall he
was married TO another woman at Pratt,
but his sin and an officer found him out.
DURING a late storm the spire Of the
Swedish Lutheran Church at Topeka was
struck by lightning and totally destroyed.
TIE Democratic editors at their recent
meeting at Wichita elected the following
cmcers: fIeSl0ehI, r. 1. AynCu +; urSt VICE
president, ". B. Hotchkiss; second vice
president, c. T.. Barrett: secretary, J. Z.
Chaplain; treasurer, C. K Holiday. The
associa ion will meet at Leavenworth July
next.
A BOZ twelve years old was recently ar.
rested at Wichita for robbing the post
office. He had skeleton key, and had for
some time been unlocking boxes and taking
out mail. It was thought that he had
stolen several hundred dollars by this
means Upon his confession colored man
was also arrested.
NEKLEY is q new post-cface in Leavea'
worth County.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
NIurat Halstead Predicts.

There is one prophecy that Editor Hal
stead has made and to which he sticks
with all the pertinacity Of an almanac
maker. He declares that IF the Demo
Gratis carry the country this year and re-
elect Cleveland. they will also elect ma
jority Of the house, and carry the senate,
and reorgsnize the supreme court, and
will hold possession Of the government Is
firmly % before the war" To this the
prophet editor adds: III we are beaten
this time, we are In for long spell Of
Democratic rule-barring incidents Of q
revolutionary character"
We believe Bditor Halstead is right,
and that Is why his vigorous remarks
cheer and strengthen. We believe that
Q majority Of the honest voters Of the
arc anxious to promote just such
Q state of things AZ the great Ohio editor
predicts. They have already seen how
the country has prospered and how sue.
cessfully and economically the affairs OF
the government have been administered
under President Cleveland and they arc
anxious to have some more Of 1t. 1t is u
brand new experience since the war-this
thing of honest and bipartisan govern
ment-and the people are so pleased with
1t that they want to continue it awhile
Atlanta Constitution.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

nerve and skill was Henry Colcord, and is
now, or was a few years ago, an artist In
Chicago. Colcord ran away from home and
went to sea, but he seems to have had more
taste for brushes and paint than for
salt water, for in 1858 he joined the
Martinettis, at Boston, Is . scene
painter. The troupe soon after disbanded,
and Blondin concluded to do his Niagara
feat. Colcord accompanied him to the
falls. and together they were five months
In getting the rope stretched and the guys
established. There were 2,0OO feet Of ma
pilla rope three inches in diameter. They
first put Q small cord across in boat, and
then by means Of windlsss the big rope was
got into position.
Tho tight rope was not SO very tight after
all, for there was q curvature OF fifty feet at
the center. 1t was $50 feet above water ct
its lowest point, and the curvature made q
descent Of fifty feet to the center and rise
Of fifty feet from the center to the other
dnors There wers 75,O 900 feet Of guy lines,
each weighted with a sandbag to drop the
line out of the way Of the balance pole.
Colcord has described an incident Of the
passage, when we had gone about ten feet
on this middle span, somebody ON the Ameri-
can side pulled the outer guy line. We at
tsrward found out IL was done Intentionally,
and11be rope was stopped in to- swing. Blon-
din Eopped, and his pole won't from side to
side In vain effort TO enable him to secure
bis balance. At one time IL was up and down
on tho right side, at another up and down on
Che left, and recall now with wonder that
was only curious to know whether he would
succeed In getting control Of himself or not
didn't feel any fear. Failing Of getting HIS
balance, he started 10 run across the horrible
span, and we safely reached tho point where
the guy rope came out from the American
shore Then to steady himself Blondin put bis
foot on the guy rope and tried to stop, but the
guy line broke, and with q dash Of speed he ran
swiftly twenty-lv fset further 70 the next
Hdus where the Edy7 Hist The main fSpS
rbsh 6s tecovessd us balance, and whispeted
raeher than said, 'Dsoendes vous.' The per
s6sation stood out ON bis neck and SHOULDERS
In great beads and we balanced ourselves on
thS ,swaying ropA Presently hs said, Al
iodS and / raiSsd nyIslf to his Shoulders
aud " went on In safsty and without inch
dAnDxoward the shores
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

The intolerance and aspersion. with the
ascription Of low motives for high action,
which distinguished Democracy from 1850
to 1893, have distinguished Republican.
Ism ever since 1884 and greatly mark it
signs Of party's assured defeat To Re-
publicanism such defeat means disband-
ment- To Democracy 1t meant retire
ment until It reformed. The moment O
man or party gets mad because person
differs from him or from 1t, that moment
discontinue is at the door. T.e capacity
Of another mans belief to make you angry
Is proof that he has the best Of you.
The Democracy today has better ma
tional principles and better national lead
ers and candidates than the Republicans.
The coming over of such men as James
Russell Lowell Seth Low and George
William Curtis indicates that Democracy
Is gaining the advantage over Republican
ism In personnel the same as it Is In prin-
ciples. There is hardly blunder which
Democracy has committed in the past
which Republicanism Is not duplicating
now. 1t has nothing but abuse for such
man as Seth Low, and nothing but APP
plause for Ingersoll, sneering at the
KS sss' sossss gS' & otS S9'4 sa sGsR28,
hooting at the one when he favora
reform and applauding the other when
he demands free whisky. One party
Is rarely at its best without the other
being at its worst In America. Dem
ocracy is nationally at its best now. II
would seem as If Republicanism was at its
worst now. Tho country, providentially
appears to be inclined to favor the party
which Is at It's best Brooklyn Eagle.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

were strong within him, and Ii 1916 he gave
up trade and shipped before the mast on
board the ship Yorktown, plying between
New York and Liverpool. But Collins father
afterwards took the lad on his own ship. the
Senator. After that, he became second mate
on merchantmen, and rose to be first mate.
When the civil war came on, Capt. Coffin
enlisted In tho United States navy, and was
nAde master. He was present at the
battle between the Msrrimao and Monitor.
After the war he was mads master Of the
Ericsson, an experiment intended to yevoiu-
tioui1e naval architecture Then be went
aeain into the merchant servioe
Can't Coffin had an infnits fund Of sea
tales at his command, and has also written
stories, some OF which have become. very
popular, among which are Archibald Tho
oar and "Old Sailors Yarns" Among the
paShtsmen and newspaper men Of New York
tixre are many stories told Of the jovial cap
tain and his experiences at sea.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

H. hoh. .,~...- AT the time Of
tho great Chicago Are Of 1871 be was much
impressed, and the Idea occurred to him Of
writing his novel. barriers Burned Away"
30 be took an early train TO the destroyed
city, and studied tho ruins and tho psople
The result was q remarkable pecuniary sue
cess. This decided Mr.. Roe'svocation. At
his quiet home at Cornwall he wrote a series
OF novels. which have had an aggregate sale
Of 10000 copies. OF barriers Burned
Away" 5000 copies have been sold; Of
''Opening Chestnut Burr" o., 900; "With-
out O Home, ;" &C, 900; From Jest 10 Earnest"
8O,00G Near b Natures Heart" IS, 900; "A
Knight Of the XIX Century" $1,000; "A
Day Of Fate" 10000 and the sale Of other
works from his pen ranges tEam 5000 to
1900. Mr.. Roe's latest work, Miss Lou"
Is IN tho printers bands, and will be inaied
by Me@rs Dodd, Mead & Co, Of New York,
early IN September.
Mr. Roc was man Of about feet or 8
inches In height, rather thick set, with black
syes and hair, the latter being mixed With
gray, and bald on the forehead. His face
was extremely kindly, and rather expressive
Of gentleness than strength
Mr.. Roe's novels particularly commend
themselves to the popular taste. They are
published in so cheap form as to bs readily
Attainabla He wrote one novel year from
the time he began till his death. He was
very methodical, having certain hours for
writing and never changing them while at
homo. He would write his copy on small
sheets and then have 1t rewritten by type
writer He never strained for literary ex-
cellsnce, preferring to rely solely on the purity
Of his works and their excellent moral tone
He will be regretted by thousands who are
socustomed to look for a new novel by him,
q meeting an old friend amid new scenes.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
Sailor Boys Of Italy.

These young boys serve for period Of
seven years, beginning at pay OF throe
shiliings month, which 10 increased every
yeor until it becomes nine shillings month
n che Last year Of their apprenticeship. They
aIp!bpught up In an extRsspely hard n,a9per
ondy t,Sso who are In the last year Of theiz
time are allowed TO live below. The othei
o6bf little wretahes sleep anywhere, two OF
EMps qf them IN tho galley during their
vatih below atndght
Tbey have no proper mess, but the cool
Old 70 give them a grea. pan Of food from
6esTemnants Of our mess and the cabin. II
20 generally mixture Of macaroni, boiled
b9ats, boiled corn meal, stock, fish, olive oil
e6d scTspipgs from every other dish OF the
dr. sssST>-s' E-Tr * ~
i44s Eve youngest boys would find tbs
dcJ6Gt place on dscH and then dt round u
S6s6ne spoon among them al Each ons
H5nld take ous spoonful end band the spoon
20 his right hsnd naGbbof; 90 the spoon
W6uld 20 round unt1 the food all dissp-
peared, each one hating taken the same
hrjpb& Of spooafula-esf. Ksans.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
Money Wanted.

A very violent kick is being made by
the more thrifty members of the Republi.
can organization against the policy of suf'
fering the Democrats to carry this state
without struggle. The national com.
mittee have, 1t appears, made up their
minds that to expend money on this com
monwealth would be the height Of folly,
and that their best chance lies in Indiana,
New Jersey and Connecticut.
We confess our inability to see how
any sensible man can dissent from the
opinion of the committee II Is not In
the slightest degree doubtful that every
dollar placed by the Republicans In this
state beyond what is necessary to pre-.
serve the organization Of the party would
be money thrown away With Cleveland
for president and Hill for governor. the
Bepub,cqgs hsye rattle leSS tosncourage
have In Pennsylvania. But that this
does not suit the thrifty politicians we
have Indicated. They want money, the
ducats, the rhino, the Doodle. the stamps,
the stuff, and they will have to go with
out 1t unless they can persuade the ma
tionA committee that this state ought
not to be abandoned.
Moreover, they may ask with consider
able pertfnence and justice whore their
toward is to lie IL tho barrel of Morton Is
to flow not for the benefit Of his bosom
friends but for that Of a lot Of rank out
sders Is there nothing due to them for
making Mr.. Morton a candidate, and is
ingratitude to 80 far prevail as to leave
their seventy votes for Harrison I'M
rewarded? The Democrats, without hurt
ing themselves, can do kindness to
these misused gentlemen. Let the Dem
ocrats acknowledge that this state Is not
by any means so safe az 1t looks; that as
q matter of fact vigorous Republican
campaign may make the race very close,
and without peine troubled in any way
they may DO the means of putting some
good, hard Morton and Harrison cash in
the pockets of lot Of good fellows who
need it very much.-Brooklyn Citizen.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
A Spreading Doubt.

The Republicans are at last beginning
to awake to realization of the fact that
Wisconsin Is q doubtful state. Pretty
soon they will begin to ses that Minnesota
and Iowa and even Illinois are not the
dead sure Republican states that they
have been supposed to be- If the grand
Old party Is going to keep these states In
it, column 1t must give up the idea OF
spending all Its time, money and talents
Oh Indiana, Connecticut and New Jersey.
xChicaso Times. @ssN -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

such q path than in
finding the carrier.
The lstter's facul-
ties would be nat
urally absorbed
during the psritpps
journey by hi s
work, while those
OF til o former
would have plenty
Of time to survey
the SCENE and med
itate on the dan
gers. The man who
agreed to trust his
life 10 BlonCiin'S
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
HRoNEK AND HIS HOUSE.

the manswho succeeded In committing sui
eide in the Chicago Jail just before he was
TO have been hung As the telegraph has
already told Hronek is alleged to have or
gained group" and its members
were TO avenge the death Of the men
executed for the Haymarket massacre.
He is said to have been Joined by Chapek,
also Bohemian, and Chelbowa, who Later
weakened and turned informer
The story OF the arrest and subsequent
proceedings are well known. Hronek lives
in Farrell street, Chicago, and view OF his
miserable dwelling is here shown, together
with his portrait.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
THE LATE CAPT. COFFIN.

He Was q Famous Yachtaman and lJour-
-pelisst.
Capt. Coffin, well known among yachtsmen
a the jovial Capt. Coffin, who died recently,
Immediately after finishing race from New
London, Conn, to Shelter Island, Long
Island sound, was OF Nantucket stock Row
land Folger Coffin was born In Brooklyn In
1926 His father at the time was running a
line ship from New York to Liverpool. lie
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
THE HERO OF NIAGARA.

Rondin. the Man Who Docs Wonderful
Things on tho Tight Rope.
The return of Blondin, tho tight rope
walker. brings remsInbrances Of his cals,
brsted trips across Niagara river many years
ago. Blondin is q Frenchman having been
born In Bordeaux. When he first came TO
this Country he WIS member Of the Marti-
nettis, al offshoot from the famous Rayel
troupe that delighted 80 many people Of New
York with their pantomime during fifteen
years, say from ls45 10 1880. But Blondin
finally made world wide reputation by
walking tight rope Over Niagara, and that
too, with man on his back.
II would seem that more difficulty would
he met IN finding the man to be carried over
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

attended sc DOL
kept by his aunt,
a n d afterwards
went to Nantucket
and studied at the
Coffin sc h o OIL ,
founded by Ad-
miral Sir Isaac
Coffin.
Coffin returned to
Brooklyn and made
an unsuccessful If
fort to make q dry
goods man Of him
self. But the in
stincts OF his an
-. - A.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

N. ", about a mile
below West Point
In the spring OF
1874 he removed TO
Cornwall, a b out
seven miles further
up the II u DIS o n
river, and near his
birthplace II Q re
he devoted himself
TO tho cultivation
Of small fruits, at
which he met with
considerable sue
cess. ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
Board and Feed Stable.

have leased the Barn in front Of Whites Hotel
(known the Ball yaruI and have good warm stables
take horses by the day week. and guarantee salts
faction. ANY one that has horses 10 board would do
well TO call ana see me- Strangers coming to Ottawa
Will find the best OF accommodations and care taken OF
their stock Teams be gotten from the barn any
hour OF day or night Mr.. Brown would like to have
his friends call and him, and he will endeayor TO
give them satisfaction. L. X. BROWN,
decl0-f Proprietor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
DEATH OF E. P. ROE.
TIE MOST POPULAR STORY WRITER
IN AMERICA.

How 20 Came to BE = Novelist-The
Large Sums He Received for His Works.
His Success rs Raiser of Small
Fruits.
Rev. Z. p. Roe, the novelist who died re-
Gently, was probably the best remunerated
writer OF American fiction. His novels sold
by the tens and the hundreds of thousands
They appealed directly to the hearts Of those
who read them, without attempting TO win
the admiration by careful workmanship.
Edward Payson Roe was born at New
Windsor. N, Y, on the Hudson river, in 1888.
He studied at Williams college, and spent q
year at the Auburn Theological seminary
In 1869 he became chaplain OF the Second
New York cavalry, and spent two years In
the field with his regiment. He was then
assigned as chaplain at the Fortress Monroe
hospitals; but Immediately before this he
Joined the raid led by Col Uric Dahlgren in
1894, intended for the liberation Of Union
prisoners at Richmond, and in which Col
Dahlgren lost his life.
After the war Mr.. Roe become pastor Of
the Presbyterian church at Highland Falls,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

Biaine's Parody on Burns.
Ye banks and braes o. bonnie Doom,
We hills o. Scottish nation,
How can ye look so fresh whom I
Have lost the nomination.
Detroit Free Pre0
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
leg8I.
DUNCAN. o'coNoR & GILBERT,

GUARDIANS SALE.-STATE OF ILLINOIS, La
" SALE CoUSrY-ss. BY virtue Of decretal order
of the Probate Court OF said county, entered at the
July term of said court 1885, the application OF
Carroll Theresa Carroll. Margaret Carroll. John F.
Carroll and Mary Carroll minors, 10 sell the following
described real estate belonging 10 said minors situate
in county Of La Sale and stataof Illinois, 10 Wit Lot
number one eil in block number ninety Eight vs. IN
ons.third OF lot number seven In block one hundred
ioO); SHALL on the twenty-third day OF August A. D.
minors in and TO the said real estate at the premises in
la Sale.
is'n' " ' SMICHAEL CARROLL
Guardian for Annie Carroll, Thomas Carroll, Mar
garet Carroll. John T; Carroll and
iuly2l4v Mary Carroll
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28

Here are portraits of the men charged with
conspiracy TO blow up q Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad train, together with
cuts of the informers.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-07-28
HRONEK, THE BOHEMIAN.
Ne I, One of the Men Charged with the
Latest Dynamite Conspiracy.

The new developments in the plans OF the
Anarchists in Chicago bring 10 the front
Frank Hronek, IA young man only about D
feet inches nigh He is native Of Bohemia,
and by trade wood worker. He was per
sonal friend and ardent Gdmirer Of Lingg,