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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
ENCOURAGING FOR THE FAIR.
The English Receive Our Commissioner,
with Great Cordially.

The English Receive Our Commissioner
with Great Cordially.
LONDON, July 22.-The reception given
to the Worlds fair commissioners by the
Society of Arts, Chamber of Commerce,
and other bodies since their arrival here
has been highly gratifying to the visitors,
and equally encouraging to the object of
their visit Though they were prepared
in advance for the display of reasonable
degree of interest in the fair on the part of
the English merchants manufacturers,
and others, they express themselves as
amazed at the enthusiasm which abounds
in every circle likely to be represented at
the exposition.
Butterworth Greatly Surprised.
In his reply to Sir Cunliffe OWENS well
coming address at the chamber of COM
merce yesterday Mr.. Butterworth took
occasion to express the unbounded sur
prise of himself and his colleagues at the
warmth of their reception and the deep in
terest which the Englishmen manifest in
the great American enterprise. A dis
patch from Paris, whittier the commits
sioners will go on Friday, says the inter-
est taken in their prospective visit justi-
fies the belief that their reception in the
French capital will be no less cordial.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
LOSS OF LIFE IN MINES.
Four Men Suhocated-Heroic Death O
James Dover.

Four Men Observation-Disclosures Death Of
James Dover.
MARQUETTE, Mich, July 22-Peter Pas
coe, a son of Superintendent Pascoe, and
James Dover were smothered by gas and
smoke in No. 7pit of the Republic mine
yesterday. Shortly before noon Pascoe
descended into the burning mine by No. z
shaft to ascertain, if possible, the extent
of the fire raging in Nos. and 6 shafts.
He was accompanied by three men. The
whole party was overcome by gas and
smoke, but the others managed to reach
the skip and were brought to the surface,
leaving young Pascoe behind.
Went 10 Rescue His Friend.
James Dover and four others descended
into the mine to endeavor 10 rescue Pas
coe, but the smoke was SO dense that they
were also overcome and were drawn to the
surface. Dover went down a second time
to rescue his friend and lost his life.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Diabolism I'm Massacbusetts.

LANCASTER, Mass, July 20.-Annie M.
Lawrence, aged IA, has told the police a
most shocking story of abuse by her STEP
father, Patrick f. Doolan, and on the
strength of her allegations Doolan has
been arrested. Annie says that she has
been the victim of her stepfather's pas
sion for five or six years, and that he has
treated her shamefully in many other
ways. She declares that she was forced
by him to commit perjury in 1886, when
Carl Rosnell was sentenced to prison for
six years on charge of felonious assault
on her. Ror1ell was convicted chiefly on
her testimony, and she now says there was
not word of truth in 1t. Rosnell died in
prison.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Their Remains Widely Scattered.

CHEYENNE, w. T., July 1.-two drunk
en- Finlanders placed target against the
power house at Rock Springs, the big
coal camp of the state yesterday and began
practice. Tneir remains were scattered
over two acres of ground. Three children
and three women were hurt, and nearly
every window was broken. Some mine
were damaged and six freight
cars demolis ned
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
National Temperance Assembly.

AsHEvILLE, N. c., July GA national
temperance assembly under the auspices
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union opened here yesterday with large
attendance. 1t will continue for ten da. g.
Among those who are taking prominent
part in the proceedings are: Mrs Chapir
Mrs. Goodale, Mrs. WellS Mrs. Woody.
President of the North Carolina Woman's
Christian Temperance union, with Mrs.
Mary Allen West and Mrs. Mary Lathrop
representing the north.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

MOTHER AND CHILDREN ABLAzE.
Distressing Accident by Which Bah,
and Little Girl Lose Their Lives.

Distressing Accident by Which a Baby
and Little Girl Lose Their Lives.
ERIE, Pa, July 1s.-Lena, the 6-year-old
daughter of a baker named Charles Swartz,
while making bonfire in the alley at the
rear of her home yesterday, spilled some
coal oil over her clothing and was soon in
a blaze. The clothing of her baby sister,
aged months, also caught fire, and their
mother, startled by the childrens screams,
rushed to the rescue. When neighbors
discovered the situation all three were
clinRing to each other wrapped in flames.
They were speedily stripped of their
clothes and everything done to relieve
their sufferings, but despite prompt medi-
cal assistance, Lena died few hours later
in horrible agony, and the baby is dyi-g.
The mother may survive. Several persons
who assisted in the rescue received seri-
Gus burns.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

ST. LOUIS, July 22.-Suffering from ca
tarrh of the stomach, and despairing Of
ever recovering, John Nobel, laborer,
living at .2714 North Tenth street, placed
his neck across the rail in front of a Wa
bash train ia the yards of. that company
in this city yesterday, and allowed the
wheels of IL, moving train to sever his
head from his body
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
France Will Admit the American Hog.

PARIS, July 20.-The decree readmitting
American pork passed by the chamber of
deputies simply enacts that American
salt pork, hams and bacons, which have
been subject to duty of 81 francs per
100 kilos before the enactment of the law
prohibiting the importation of American
pork, shall now be admitted subject to
an import tax of 90 francs in accordance
with the new tariff.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
yaIue of Land I'm London.

LONDON, July 22.-The enormous value
reached by enoicely situated land in this
city is freshly illustrated by real estate
transaction which has just been COM
pleted. 1t is the leasing of a piece of
crown land in Pail Mall, and the rental
obtained is based on a selling price of half
million pounds sterling Per acre.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
BALL PLAYERS BADLY HURT.
Collins of the Brooklyn Team Will Prob.
ably Die.

Collins of the Brooklyn Team Will Prob
ably Die.
BROOKLYN, July 2l.-An accident oc-
CURED during the base ball game between
the Brooklyn and New York National
league teams Monday which will probably
result in the death of "Hub" Collins, the
well known second baseman of the
Brooklyn team. He and Right Fielder
Tom Burns, while running at full speed,
collided, and both were rendered uncon-
scious. Both men were frightfully cut
about the face, and blood was squirting
from Collins mouth and ears. The re-
suit was conclusion of the brain in both
cases. Burns regained consciousness in
an hour but at late hour at night Col
Inns was still unconscious.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Death OF Thousand Dollar Dop

NEW YORK, July 22.-The champion
cocker spaniel "Doc," owned by A. 9. Will
derding, of this city, president of the
American Kennel club, died Sunday. He
had won s6 : lies, and was champion of the
United States and Canada "Doc" was
valued at $1,000
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

OA<N A%A$JO Il ~
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy Of its kind ever pro-
duced. pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC;
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE KY NEW YORK. N.Y.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Terrible Forest Fires Reported.

OSHKOSH, Wis, July 2l.-People re-
turning from upper Michigan say that
terrible forest fife-ihe worst ever known
in that regions now raging there
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Two Miners smothered to Death.

FAIRpLAY, Colo, July 22.-Two miners
were smothered to death in Hall Valley
mining district Monday. Fire near the
breast of the tunnel in which they were
employed drove bad air to the workings
and they soon persisted.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
All Quiet at the Seat of War.

COAL CREEK, Tenn, July 22.-Every-
thing was quiet and orderly at 10 O'Clock
last night. There had been no demonstra-
tions shown, and but few men were to be
seen. No troops were expected.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
A RETREAT IN GOOD ORDER.

The Militia Evacuates It's Camp and the
Mob Takes Possession.
This was cmphatically refused. The
miners then asked Col. Sewer IL he would
remove his troops and take the convicts
with him. He asked what would be done
with the mining company's property,
which was also under his protection.
They replied that it would not be injur,I.
He also asked IL an attack would be made
on the Knoxville Iron company's stock
ade just below Briceville. II such was
intended he intended to fall back there
and fight It out regardless of the conse-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
Memphis Troops OR for the war.

MEMPHIS, July 2l.-The Chickasaw
Guards, Hibernian Rifles, Bluff City Zou-
ayes and the Roster Zouaves, under orders
from Governor Buchanan, left this city
at $50 last night for Briceville, the seat
of the mining troubles. The companies
are small. the four turning out about iC0
men, under the command of General Sam
mel Carnes
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

quences. The leaders, reply was that no
attack would be made.
The troops then marched out of camp,
carrying with them the convicts, all their
commissary supplies and baggage. They
marched to Briceville and there took the
tram to Knoxville.
Promises Promptly Violated.
The troops were hardly out of sight be
fore the mob violated its promise. The
rioters went to the mines of the Knox
Vile Iron company, surrounded the stock.
ade, and captured the lbs convicts there,
with the guards. They were shipped
away to Knoxville, and arrived here about
$50 o'clock. The mob then started fol
Oliver Springs, where they also intended
liberating the prisoners. The whole OF
eastern Tennessee is in sympathy with the
miners. Whether the convicts at Alum
Springs have been liberated is not known
Great Excitement at Knoxville.
A call of some labor leaders has been
issued for labor meeting here tonight.
The excitement here is intense. Streets
are crowded and diversity of opinion is
heard. Many of the labor men say the
miners have done right. The troops who
arrived yesterday say the statements made
that they would not fight but wished the
miners to capture the convicts are false.
The Chattanooga boys showed a determin-
alton to 60 back to the front.
The Mob Leaders Send Out Scouts.
A number of the leaders in the mob yes.
terday were in the city last night getting
all the information they could of the in
tentions of the governor. Some of these
men returned to Coal Creek on the $50
train. and others remained in the city.
Excitement here seems to be increasing
every minute, and thousands are on the
streets.
Established q Censorship.
The miners have appointed committee
to say what dispatches shall be sent out
and what not, and this committee or some
of it is in the telegraph Office all the time
and reads all the matter sent out by the
newspaper men. The committee, whether
self-appointed or under the miners organi-
zation, told the operator on duty at the
key that If he did not let them read the
messages they would cut the wires. A re-
port came from Coal creek late yesterday
afternoon saving the miners declare that
no troops can be landed there. There are
threats that they will wreck the trains or
burn railway bridges.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24
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communication to all towns and cities east and vcst
northwest and southwest OF Chicago and Pacific and
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-07-24

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For Tickets, Maps, Folders, or desired information
apply to any Coupon Ticket ONCE in the United States
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z. eT. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN,
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CHICAGO. Ill.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-04-04
How Indian Medicine Men Work.

visited the National Museum this
morning. writes Frank G. Carpenter
from Washington, and took a look at
The specimens of Indian doctors in it,
collection. One form of the Sioux
medicine man has bearskin over his
shoulders and bears head upon his
head, and he walks along with an arrow
adorned with feathers as his staff The
Alaskans have their medicine men, and
sherc is an ivory carving from Alaska
showing the Indian doctor driving out
tho evil spirit from patient. The
spirit is travelling off on turtle, aud the
doctor claps pair of ivory sticks to-
gether in triumph as he goes. The
Indians along the North Pacific coast
nave terrible orgies as to their medicine
men, and Indians are chosen as medicine
men through popular superstition. If a
man dreams that his son has performed
a miracle he concludes that the boy is
cut out for a medicine man, and he gives
aim over to the other doctors for educa-
lion and training. The Sioux ordeals
are by all means the most severe. The
young medicine men have to hang them
selves to ropes by skewers which are put
through the muscles of the breast. and
they hang on to these ropes until the
lesh is torn off. There are no more
superstitious Indians in the world than
these Sioux, and though the present
dangers may be exaggerated, still it is
easy to see how such story as that of
the Messiah might cause trouble at any
time, provided there was clever sleight-
Of hand Indian among them who would
pretend to perform miracles Chicago
Herdld.
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The Test of Death.

1t has been recently stated that prize
offered some years ago for the discovery
of some means whereby the inexperi.
cnced might at once determine whether
in given case death had or had not &C.
CURED, was won by physician who had
discovered that if light we're placed be.
hind the hand of the supposed dead per-
son scarlet tint would be apparent
where the fingers touched each other il
life were not extinct; and that If no red
glow was visible death had taken place.
DR.. W. B. Richardson has written an es.
say in which he states that although this
test has its value. it is not by any means
to be trusted as an unfailing indication
of life or death. He gives the case of
person in a state of syncope tn whom the
test was most carefully applied. Not
the faintest sign of red coloration be-
tween the fingers could BIZ traced, yet
the recovery of the syncope WAS COM
plete and was effected without any Mtifi.
cial aid. DR.. Richardson regards it asp
good test. but is of the opinion that
more certain proofs are The pulsation;
the respiratory mnrmur; pressure on
veins; the electric test for muscular irri.
liability; the ammonia hypodermic test
coaguatiOn of blood in the veins; ricos
mortis, and decomposition.-[N York
Telegram.
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Good and Dad Effects Of Sea Air.

The conversation in a little gathering
uptown on II recent evening passed to
the effect of sea air on various things,
Including, of course, tobacco. One man
told the rather curious fact that ale is
often sent from England on a sea voyage
90 India and back, and its flavor much
improved thereby. Another man re.
marked:
"A person who has always lived in
This country doesn't know what good tea
really is. No matter how tightly boxes
Of tea are closed before being shipped
here from China, the sea air always
manages to get at the leaf and causes its
aavor to deteriorate materially. ANY
one who has drunk tea in Russia which
mas been transported overland appre-
ciates the damage done by the sea air.
In England, also, tea that comes from
China over Europe and has to undergo
only brief sea voyage is priced much
more highly than that which makes the
entire journey in ship."-Mew York
r ilHne
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Phe President of tho Republic of
Mexico has promulgated a decree pro-
vkding for normal school for women
TEACHERS in the City of Mexico. The
course Of instruction will extend over
four years, and the plan of study is very
thorough. The instruction is free, and
tn addition eighty of the pupils may re-
eeive from the Government sufficient
allowance for their maintenance, as a
reward for application and talent. Those
receiving this special aid must contract
" teach for three years in the Federal
District or in the territories Of LEIPZIG or
Lower California,
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How to Saddle q Horse.

''There is only one way to put a sad
die on horse" says Colonel Kearney.
81 learned it when was a member Of
the Texas rangers. lisa little thing, but
it is worth knowing. l used to put my
blanket ON and it would look smooth and
nice. Then 1 would put the saddle on
and mount. After riding a few miles
would find the saddle slipping further
and further back and would find il
necessary finally to dismount and cinch
up again. One day cowboy said: Let
me fix that saddle for YOU l got off
and he put the blanket on just as l had
done and then the saddle. Then he put
his hands under the saddle and blanket
and lifted them up and let them settle
back into place. found that when this
was done the saddle would stick for a
forty-milc ride. kansas City Times.
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Light Without Fire.

To obtain light instantly, without
the use of matches and without the dan.
ger of setting things ON fire is, according
to the Mining and Scientific Press, an easy
matter. Take long vial of the clearest
glass, put into it piece of phosphorus
about the size of pea Upon this pour
some pure olive oil heated to the boiling
point, the bottle to be filed one-tAird
full; then cork tightly. To use the light
remove the cork, allow the air to enter
and then re-cork. The whole empty
space In the bottle will become lumiuous
and the light obtained will be a good
one. As soon as the light becomes dim
lis power can be increased by opening
the bottle and allowing fresh supply Of
air to enter. In very cold weather it u
sometimes necessary to heat the vial be-
tween the hands to increase the fiuidity
of the oil, and one bottle will last all
winter. This ingenious contrivance NAV
be carried in the pocket, and is used by
watchmen of Paris in all magazines where
explosives or inhammable materials are
stored.
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Senator Evarts, of New York, told
Washington reporter recently that theol-
Ogy, as a profession, had no attractions
Tor him when he left college in 1887.
"Medicine," he adds, "was such grew.
some business that could not bring N.Y.
self to consider it seriously as life vo-
cation, although it promised wealth and
hOnors. was very favorably impressed
with the lite of a farmer. In fact,
throughout all my life have had pas
sion for farming, and now own two
acres, and one in Maryland, on the Poto-
mac, of about the same number of acres.
But when at the time speak of l tried
to lift barrel of apples into wagon as
4 test of my physical strength, and found
that was not equal to the task turned
my attention to the law, which I have
followed for over fifty years with more
or less success | think now that if ]
were standing where l was fifty three
years ago, and journalism was what il
now 10, should choose as the business
of my life that of a journalist. can see
In it greater possibilities than are en-.
Draced in other professions.
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TAKE HEART OF GRACE

Take heart Of grace. begin anew,
To-day's to-day, not yesterday,
And on its budding bloom the de-
Ofearly morning still doth play.
Take heart Of grace, and gather up
This dewy sweetness of the morn.
Fill up with This your emptirh cup.
And pledge the fair hours newly born.
Take h"a,i OF grace. and look before.
Instead of backward on the way,
Wash out the old rcgretiul score.
The soIrowing sins Of yesterday:
And let the old mistakes and pain.
DE cleansed with this refreshing dew.
Aud make beginning once again,
With hope and courage bright and new.
For what's the world and all its days,
But ours TO try and try again.
Not ours to falter on its ways.
Not ours to fling aside for pain.
Take heart of grace then, day by day.
Take heart of grace and sing each morn
To-days to day, not yesterday,
And all the world is newly born.
mora Perry in Youths Companion.
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44e Deeklp Messenper
PUBLISHED EEKLY BY
ALBERT sIENVENU.

The Chicago Hrah asks: Can we
lsok forward to time when the chemist
viii manufacture our sugar, when the
sugar cane and the beet root will cease
to be planted because their products can
be more cheaply manufactured from coal
or woods Results apparently as improb.
able have happened.
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A Knox County Qnd.) farmer plante
thirty acres in Russian sunfowers, and
realized 500 per acre on the crop.