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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-10-12

four companies, representing nearly every
society, band and organization In the cOun.
try. Gov. Fifer, Gen. Wallace, Judge G..
ID. A. Parks, Col. James A. Sexton and
other distinguished men spoke during the
afternoon. In the eyeniHg camp fire and
banquet was rendered the Grand Army
of the Republic by Bartletson Post of Joliet.
II was big day for Joliet and one thor
oughly enjoyed by all who were present
General Manager st. John, of the Rock
Island Railway, has ordered . thorough
investigation of every department OF the
company's service which could have had
any connection with the recent accident at
South Englewood.
Advices received at the Marine Hospital
at Washington on Thursday state that there
are several cases of yellow fever at Key
West, but there Is no danger Of the disease
spreading.
The wheat growers Of the Mississippi
valley will hold convention In st. Louis
beginning on the 23d inst. The chief
object of the convention Is wheat grow
ers' association aAd such action as will In
sure to the farmers Of the valley better
control Of prices and business methods than
now exist.
The election OF Toole as governor of
Montana by the democrats Is conceded, as
well as a democratic majority Of seven In
the Legislature on Joint ballot. The repub-
licans, as usual when beaten, now raise the
old fraud cry; but there Is not likely
to be a contest. The cry OF fraud is partic-
uiarly inoprortune when the situation In
Washington Is contrasted with that Of Mon
tana. In the former state, the gerryman-
dering Of Legislative districts is 80 perfect
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
FAMINE MAY FOLLOW.
HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS by A CLOuD-BURsT
AND DEPENDENT uS CHARITY.

HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS ny A CLouD-BURsT
AND DEPENDENT uS CHARITY.
Specials from the food district near Par.
kersburg give the following complete list OF
the drowned, so far as known. 1t is thought
that the death list will be much larger when
the districts now cut off from the outside
world are heard from.
Robert Black, Mrs. Black Mrs. Thomas
Hughes and four chilren, Ed. Boso, Mrs.
Isaac Roberts, Mrs. Orrville West and two
children, John Bailey, Roy Kiger, Mrs. Roy
Kiger, Mrs. Isaiah Tucker and man whose
name cannot be asc rtained. The damage
to property cannot be estimated at present.
Hundreds Of People lost all they possessed
and many families are homeless. A late
dispatch says the village Of horristown,
Writ county, was swept entirely away.
Great suffering exists among those who lost
all they possessed, and the County Commits
sioners of Wood county will issue an appeal
for aid The cloud.burst occurred on Lime
stone Mountain, Wood county, where the
five creeks that were flooded have COM
mon source and from where they take their
course in as many different directions. The
damage to crops was inestimated and the
farmers will be dependent upon charity un-
til next season.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25

A constitution has been prepared for sub.
mission 10 the South Dakota Convention,
which embraces the leading features Of tried
constitutions. III against female suffrage
and prohibition, gives the Legislature power
to regulate the liquor trade, makes ample
provisions for schools. gives wives the con-
troll Of their own property, places chec ks on
corporations, and restricts the right of suf-
frage to those who can read the Declaration
OF Independence,
A sneak-thief stole package of registered
letters, supposed to contain about $4,000,
from the Milwaukee postofiice. The officials
refuse to give particulars.
Edward Roe, young Englishman, had
his leg almost bitten off by shask. while
bathing in the Cumberland Sound, Ella. He
bled TO death in boat ere la-d wac reached.
Tommy and Agnes WilliiIns, children,
agcd 5 and years, respectively, living in
Columbus, Ohio were burned to death by
the explosion of an oil can, into which they
were throwing lighted matches.
The steam barge Joseph Farman, valued at
$4,000. was burned to the waters edge on
Lake Michigan The crew Of 10 men were
picked up near South Haven, Michigan,
having escaped on a raft.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
OFFICERS MAKE A BIG HAUL.
.GASG or coUsTERFEITERs BROKEN Up. LoTs
OF THE QUEER FOUND.

>GASG or CoUSTERFEITERs BROKEN Up. LOTS
OF THE QUEER FOUND.
Secret service men in disguise have for q
long time been dickering with Nelson Briggs
and wife, who keep the United States Hotel
in the country, two miles from Dayton, o.,
for s2l 600 counterfeit money the deal was
to have been effected Thursday, and it is
now learned that the notorious counterfeteI
Jim Guyon, for whom the Government
has been looking for nine years, brought
the bogus motley u Dayton for delivery,
While Secret Service officer John 5. Bell
was in the hotel eight other detectives sur.
rounded the building to arrest the gang
Guyon remained in hiding in the woods
and rs soon as hc discovered the trap that
had been laid for him, he began to retreat
firing as he ran through the thicket. The
The officers returned the fire, and forty
shots were thus discharged.
officer Donneily, of Virginia, was shot in
the right side of the head, but not fatally.
Guyon escaped, though it was thought he
was wounded. Nelson briggs, who Is an
old offender and his wife and Mrs. Mary
Brown are under arrest, and Officer Bell Sc
cured $25 900 of the bogus money.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
ANOTHER DAM BREAKS.

RESERVOIR OF THE ONO CANAL GIVES WAY
AND WRECKS A VILLAGE
One of the most disastrous storms ever
known in the Hooking Valley eliminated
in the breaking of Sharp's dam, at Sugar
Grove on the Hooking Canal. The dam
held in store large body of water that sup
piled the lower levels of The canal. The
heavy rains had filed the reservoir to the
banks, when, suddenly, the dam gave way,
and with mighty roar the sea of water went
outthrough the valley, taking with it every
movable object. For - miles the soil is
ploughcdup. Trees, fences, crops ard hun
dreds of head of live stock have been swept
away. No lives were lost, because the peo-
pie had taken warning and because the
houses are situated ON the bluff that over.
looks the valley. But the canal for miles is
a wreck and thousands Of feet of railroad
track are washed away.
At Athens the Cincinnati, Washington and
Baltimore and Hooking Valley Railroad
tracks are carried away, and trains will be
delayed several days. Roads and bridges are
annihilated, and the whole valley for miles
looks like dry water course. Competent
Judges place the loss in the hundreds OF
thousands,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
A BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
INVESTIGATION or THE coal MINING DrrFICUL-
TIES IN ILLINOIS.

INVESTIGATION OF THE COAL MINING DIFFICUL-
TIES IN ILLINOIS.
The investigation Of the coal mining diff
ficulties at La Sale, Ills, developed a bad
state of affairs at Braidwood on the part of
the miners, who endure all the evils of the
truck store system; are hampcred in their
work at some of the mines by reason of not
being adequately supplied with timber for
propping up the roof, contrary to the State
mining law, and are in jeopardy Of their
lives.
The coal cars, according to the testimony,
were not properly constructed, so tn at much
coal fell off while being hauled to the mouth
Of the mine, all of which is coniiscated by
the company, and which some days aggre-
gate upward of 25 tons. The mines are very
wet and the miners had their clothes con-
stantly soaked. 0ften the air is insufficient
and bad.
The complaints from Braceville and Strea-
tor were not so great Miners wages average
only S27 to s3G a month, with deductions
for powder, repairing, tools, etc, OF several
dollars each month.
l.. II. Plumb, n Streator operator found
competition so sharp that he said he saw
little hope for the Northern Illinois opera
tors. He had submitted his case to a Board
of Arbitration. If he could not operate his
mine at the rate of wages awarded he would
close il. If the miners would not work for
the wages that might be named they were to
be under no obligations 10 do so.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
TIE DEED OF A FIEND.

At Edgarton, O., Hiram Hoadley Jr,, shot
and killed his wife and her father, farmer
named Newman, and then killed himself.
Hoadley's wife had applied for divorce
and was living with her parents. Hoadley
laid in wait for his wife as she went out
to the barn to milk the cows, and
shot her down. Newman, hearing the re-
port, ran to his daughter aid and received a
bullet in the breast. Hoadley then went to
the house and tried 10 kill his mother-in.law,
failing in which, he returned to the barn,
lay down beside his wife's body aud put a
bullet in his head. He had three revolvers
on his person and it is thought he intended
10 Kill the entire Newman family.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
THE OUTLOOK FOR CROPS.
DRY HOT WEATHER REQUIRED FOR HARyEsTGy
AND BRINGING CORN FORWARD.

DRY HOT WEATHER REQUIRED FOR HARVESTING
AND BRINGING CORN FORWARD.
The Farmers Rerieip says: The majority
Of our crop correspondents report an excess
ofrain during the past week, which has in
terfered considerable with the harvesting of
wheat and inclined oats TO rust and lodge.
The great present need is dry hot weather to
bring corn forwa-i and enable the farmer
to cut and harvest grain crops.
The prospects for potatoes are very fatter,
ing in all the States covered by our reports.
save in Minnesota and Dakota, aud even in
that section the crop promises to be a fair
one. In most of the other States she present
condition is considerably above the average
Corn prospects continue good in Missouri
Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa. The crop has
developed considerably in Wisconsin, Min
nesota and Dakota under recent moist hot
weather. Quite falling off is noticeable in
the reports from Ohio and Kentucky, how
ever. In Illinois and Indiana the present
outlook is fair. On the whole the present
situation is rather critical. If cod wet wealth
er prevails during the next fifteen DAYS tn G
result will be disastrous in many fields al
ready saturated with moisture. With hot
dry weather during that time the result
would probably be above the average
The condition of spring wheat continues
good in Iowa and Nebraska and fair in Wis.
consin. The crop has improved since the
last report in Minnesota, b It reports are far
from encouraging. Dakota corresp ondents
"a gtiIl ftrthar Iaalina In, ,npI,tin,,
with prospects of only half crop.
A general decline is noticeable in the con
dition of the oat crop in Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin and Kansas,
due to the excessively wet weather. In Kan
sas many correspondents report serious dam
age from rust, but whether it will materially
affect the yield for the whole State, it is yet
too early to determine. In Kentucky, Iowa,
Nebraska, Minnesota and Dakota the condi.
ton has improved slightly since last reports.
In Dakota, however, it is too late TO restore
even a fair average and the crop there will
probably be almost a failure.
A. l.. Mohler, Assistant General Manager
of the Manit ba Railroad has just com.
pleted a thorough personal examination OF
the wheat crop along the lines of the Mani
toba system, and has prepared a concise
summary of the results of his investigations.
He predicts that the country tributary to
the Manitaba lines will furnish for ship.
ment at least 100000 bushels OF wheat
This estimate, he says, is confirmed by Chi
cago experts who have been recently cover
ing the same territory independent of him
self
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
BURNED TO DEATH.

An explosion took place in the Park mill
Of the Eagle Valley Tannery, owned by w.
II. Sustenhaut & Co., at Ridgeway, Pa. 1t is
supposed to have been caused by the dust
particles which were ignited spontaneously.
Flames Immediately burst out in all direc-
tions, and before it could be brought under
control the bark,mill, engine-room, leach
room, cooler-house and bark-sheds contain
ing 500 cords of oak bark were burned. OF
the employees, John Striker, single man,
aged -. was burned to death in the boiler
room; Andrew Striker and John Bargeson
are supposed to be fatally burned, and John
Westerline, John Fisher and George Smith,
the engineer, are seriously burned. The
telegraph office of the Pittsburgh Il Erie
road was also destroyed. The loss will
reach 81, 900; fully insured.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
TRADE TOPICS.
ras CLEARING HOUSE TRANSACTIONS SNOW VI
WELL.

NEbLs
II. @. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trad,
says: For the dull season Of the year. busi
Less continues remarkably large. The in
crease in clearing b use transactions fo
July, thus far, has been about 80 per cent. a
New York; about 10 per cent. at Boston
Philadelphia and Chicago, taken together
and about i6 per cent. in the aggregate Of al
other cities. New business of n non.specu
latiye character evidently exceeds that o
the same month in any previous year. From
all parts OF the country, also, come reports
that an active and prosperous fall trade II
anticipated, and the crop prospects continu,
favorable. But the financial outlook i,
rendered uncertain by the continued export
of gold, the liquidation of foreign holders Of
securities and the doubts about trust opera
tions. Secretary Window has talked with
some freedom regarding the purchases o
bonds, but stated that prices now paid are al
high as he thinks the government ought TO
pay. He consider that the monetary sup
ply is at present ample. The treasury h@
paid out during the past week s25o0,0U
more than IL has taken in.
Trade is improving at Pittsburgh. AZ
most points there Is observed full norma
demand for groceries, excepting articles es
pecially controlled by speculation or trusts
and the demand has raised coffee half |,
cent, while distrust of the combination has
helped TO lower the price Of sugar an eighth
Supplies Of dairy products are very large
and butter has fallen half and cheese 8
quarter of a cent. Fork products are frac.
tion lower.
The coal market is dull and the demand
backward. Iron is hesitating again, and
the belief that the present rate of produc
tion cannot be maintained seems increasing
Sales of rails for the week have
been but 1900 tons. For the half year nc
tual shipments Of rails were $4,000 tons
against 5S5 55S last year and 907, ,35l the yeai
before. Copper is weaker. Wheat has been
advanced a cent on report ofextensive dam.
age in Dakota, with sales off,, 600, 600 bushel.
here. The accounts do not warrant the ex.
pectaton that the yield will fall as low a.
4S5,000,000 bushels, which, with the large
surplus still in hand, will much exceed any
demand at present probable. Corn has ad-
vanced half a cent and oats quarter, with.
out special reason. The general aver
age of prices is lower by nearly half of per
cent. than week ago and unless
crops sustain great injury, is likely to go still
lower Stocks have tended downward and
average about sl.25 per share lower than a
week ago.
The business failures number 2OS as com.
pared with total of 2O9 last week and 302
the week previous. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 22s.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
BUTCHERED HIS BRIDE.
A YOUNG WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH ny HR
HUSBAND.

YOUNG WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH ny HBR
HUSBAND.
A horrible case of wife murder occurred
near Bad River Station, Wisconsin The
victim was the pretty H-year-old bride of
Joseph Fuchs, and the murderer Is the hus-
band, man OF about 40 years ofage. They
had been married about two weeks and
made their home at Glidden.
About o'clock Thursday they left on the
north bound train. They got off
near Morse, and section foreman
saw them walking arm in arm up the track.
He was Mortified as he watched their actions
TO see Fuchs strike the woman several times
with some deadly implement. AS he ap-
preached, the murderer picked up the woman
and threw her down steep embankment
When the section foreman picked up the body
il was lifeless. In the meantime the murder
er fled to the woods. Examination of the
body showed that the young woman had
been stabbed seven times in the throat. and
terrible gashes on her arms and hands show
ed what All awful struggle she had made for
her life
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
HUNTED TO DEATH.

Two young criminals escaped from the
County Jail at Cleveland, o. They were w.
r. Smith, held for grand larceny, and Rich
ard n. Mansfield, horse thief. Deputy
sheriiis and policemen started ON their trail,
and shortly after midnight two men in a
buggy were overhauled by a detachment of
pursuers. Revolvers were drawn, score of
shots were exchanged, and Deputy Sheriff
Goldsoll, one of the best criminal officers
that ever served in the city, fell with a
wound that will probably prove fatal.
The men in the buggy drove away.
Shortly afterward the buggy was found
abandoned, with the body of a young man,
supposed to be Smith, in it. Later it de-
veloped that it vas not Smith, and the body
has not been identified.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25

A BoiLER's WoRK.-The boiler in the
planning mill of the X. V. Stone Lumber
Company, on Hoyne avenue Chicago, ex-
ploded The mill was blown to atoms,
scarcely board or sign of the machinery
being left, and the following men were kill
ed. Jefferson King, engineer A. Dollar
laborer Fred Bethel, teamster. Four other
employees had most miraculous escapes. The
body of King was recovered from the ruins
frightfully mangled. Dollar was outside the
building and was in search of work, lie
was also badly mangled and burned. Bethel
was teamster for another firm. His head
was crushed by piece of the boiler The
flames which followed the explosion were
soon extinguished. The financial loss is
about $4,000.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
SWEPT BY FLOOD.
VERY MANY LIVES ARE LOST.
rHr KASAwHA VALLEY MADE DEsoLATK BY
THB RUSH OF THE ANGRY WATERS.


The greatest disaster that ever befell Little
Kanavha valley come in the shape Of ter
rible cloud-burst, which completely flooded
the country, destroying many lives, carry.
Ing off thousands Of dollars in property and
running the crops for many miles around
Parkersburg, w. Va. The 6e'uge fell about
dusk, and rain continued to fall in torrents
all night, doing much damage to the city.
The worst Of the sorm struck the lower
eide Of the Kanawha valley, fillingthe small
stream from bank TO bank. and ending in
the worst food within the recollection Of
the Oldest inhabitants.
In three hours the Kanawha raised six
feet, and ran out with such velocity that ii
carried everything before it. At Parkers-
burg thousands of logs and number of
boats went out or were sunk. The little
kanawha Lumber Company lost 1000 logs;
the West Mill, ten RATS; Barringer, several
fleets y. Paddcn, five barges ties, several
Of which were caught below. Keeyer q Co.
lost four bargcs Of coal which were wrecked
against the Ohio railroad bridge. Miller,
three RATS and ., 900 ties Taylor, one fleet Of
timber; Charles Wells, four barges and ono
full fiat. In one hour 5000 logs went out.
Mrs. Isaah Tucker, Martin Lamless and az
unknown man were drowned.
Above the destruction was still greater.
Big Tygart valley is completely ruined The
big mill near the mouth went out and took
the Tygart bridge along with IT, In the val
ley, all the fences, crops, and much live stock
was lost. At Chesterville, a small town
about ten miles above, half the residences
were carried oil bodily, and left in corn fields
many yards distant. In the Clay district a
fine church and three dwellings were wreck.
ed.
Still later n report came that the steamer
g. c. Martin was sunk at Burning Springs
The Little Tygart is also reported completely
ruined. Hcatherington's store, Capt. Spen.
GERS residence, c. r. Coopers residence and
that of ]. w. Smith were completely demol.
ished.
The worst story of all comes from Norris
town, q small village near the head of Tuck
er creek, where cloud burst about midnight
and totally destroyed il together with many
of its people. The first report gave the loss
at eleven, but later news seems TO fix the
loss at greater number. The houses of the
citizens are said to have been picked up and
hurled against each other in such a short
space of time that no chance to escape was
given TO the people. Among those lost at
Morristown are Jake Kiger, his brothers
Joseph and Thomas, man named Bailey,
Orville West, his wife and child. The body
ofa man, believed to be another Morristown
victim, was found on the Richardson farn.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25

DEPUTY KILLED IN observation-disclosures
ton has been received at the Office Of the
United States Attorney, at Topeka, Kas., OF
the killing of Robert Dalton, Deputy Uni
ted States Marshal in Oklahoma, on Sunday
afternoon. Dalton was in the act of arresting
Lee West notorious criminal, for being
"moonshiner," or whisky peddler.
West shot Dalton fatally, but before he ex'
pired the latter shot West, killing him in
stantly The allray occurred near the Ar
kansas river and near the border of the Usage
Indian reservation. West had notified the
officers that he would not submit to arrest
This is the third affray in which United
States Deputy Marshal has been killed in
Oklahoma in the last two weeks.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-07-25
SIXTY FAMILIES EVICTED.
THE SYNDICATE GETS POSSESSION OF THE UPPER
FLATS AT ST. PAUL.

THE SYNDICATE GETS POSSESSION OF THE UPPER
FLATS AT ST. PAUL.
The Oppenheim syndicate, consisting OF
half dozen millionaires resident in st. Paul
and New York, completed the wholesale
eviction of squatters on its property, known
us the Upper Flats of 81. Paul, MINI.
As result of the eviction upward of &C
families, numbering about 800 persons are
now located on the levces without shelter
of any kind, guarding their possessions and
appealing to the city for either work or
food.
The city aided the syndicate in clearing
the large property Of squatters and razipg
their houses. A force of twenty men of the
Engineers Department, protected by Police
Lieut., Cook and squad, was employed in 10.
eating the streets and removing the shanties
which were within street lines. Some of the
squatters have lived on the flats AS long as
10 years, but the continual presence of the
officers cowed them and there was no show
of resistance. The women pleaded and cried
! in vain, and the men stood by stoically and
watched the destruction of their shanties.
The syndicateplat, theground and the streets
will be graded and the property over which
there has been so much dispute will be put
OH the market for sale.