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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
u; sales. 100000 bu futures; spot market

bu; sales, $4,000 bu futures; spot market
dull, unchanged; options very dull and trife
lower, closing easy; No. 2 red January closed
at 81 ,05ss February closed at 81 o4A MaI 1d
closing at ST.. 04ss; July, 987s@99Isc, closing
az 99o; December closed at 9912c. Rye
quiet steady: Western, 77080c. Barley dull,
weak; No. . Milwaukee, ou@82c; ungTa ded
Western, 75@86c; Canada No. !, 95c; No. 2
SIC; No. o5o qgseit Barley d mat d Re
ceipts were 68.9OO bushels; exports, H.
145 bu; sales, 10000 bu futures, 23,-
600 bu spot Spot market dull, steady; No.
2. 59Ss@59Ac elevator; 6oAc atioat; IN
graded mixed. 5SA@6ll2c; steamer mixed,
5Sss0159i2c; No 3, SHE; options slow;
opened lsc better, closing weak at lsc De
cline; January C. closing 59c; May, $500
59Bc, closing 591ac. Oats-Recipts,. $4,000
bu; exports, 10 bu; sales, 900 ou futures,
10000 bu spot; spot market steady, quiet;
options dull, firmer; January. closing, 1880;
February, 501Bc: Nav, 505s0507sc. closing
at 5Os4c; spot No 2 white 50A@
5Gl2c: mixed Western, 4s@51c;- white
W Tbiasgn e9sng % Ts9 oa ea9 No shin
ping, 40Q945c. Hops firm, quiet; state. COM
mon to choice, 3004Oc; Pacific coast,
30@39c. Coffee-Options opened barely
steady, 5@l0 points declines. closed steady
1870; March, I5.a5@l5.4oc; May, 1895
0l5c: July. 14.45@l45Oc; September,
10 S5@14O5c: December, 13.30@l3.4oc;
spot Rio quiet, firm; fair cargoes, l9@l9Hc;
No. z, 1Tlac. Sugar Raw steady, quiet;
fair refining, l6c; centrifugals, SO test.
SAC; refined. more active, firm. Mo
Iasses-Foreign nominal; New Orleans
quiet; common to fancy. 30035c.
Rice quiet and steady: domestic fair to extra,
5A@6l9c Japan, 5s4@6c Petroleum quiet,
steady; United closed at Use for February.
Cottonseed oil firm. quiet: crude off grade
2o0l24c: yellow off grade. 26c. Tallow
quiet, steady: city (S3 for packages), 9-16c
Rosin quiet, weak. Turpentine dull. NOM
inaI, 3-039c. Eggs quiet firm; western.
2a@3Oc; receipts. 2,9S6 pkgs. Hides quiet,
firm wet sailed New Orleans selected 40 to
80 lbs, 70Sc; Texas selected 30 TO so lbs,
7@sc. Pork dull steady; old mess, SlO@
II; new mess. S1I.5C@l2; extra prime,
S9.50@l0. Cut meats dull, weak; picked
bellies, SC; picked shoulders, 4lsC@4Ac;
picked hams, 7A@7l2c; middles dull,
weak; short clear. $3.50. Lard dull, weak;
Western steam, S6.2Zl2; sales, 500 tierces;
option sales, 1900 tierces; January, 81. 70
bid; February, 1888 asked; March, So. a.
asked; May, Si.62@G62, closing at $6.63
asked. Butter quiet, easy; Western dairy, l
o. G.; Western creamery, l902912c: West
ern factory, 8@23c; Elgin, 2n02912c.
Cheese quiet, firm; light skins, 4l2G06Ac;
Ohio flats, G6194c. Pig iron nominal;
American SI6mlS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
LOCAL MARKETS.
st. Paul.

Wheat is steady and firm at quotations.
Corn is quiet, with very light receipts. oats
are unchanged on moderate receipts Barley
and rye are dull and quiet. Millstuffs I'M
changed. Hay quiet and in moderate request
Wheat-No. hard, 9o@3lc; No. north
ern, S7@sec; No. 2 northern, e3@8ic.
Corn-No. 3, 45147c.
Oats-No. mixed, SIC; No 2 white, 800
4Oc; No. white, 3Sl2c.
Barley-No. 2. CSC; No. g. $4,000.
Ground Gyemmo Fe e. ioeSooi !. s1s@1e.5o.
Cornmeal-Unbolte6, S1S.75.
Bran-Bulk, S14@14.5O.
Hay-No upland prairie, S6.50@7; No.
/, $500: timothy, 81 .O701.1O.
Flaxseed-S1.0S@i.1
Potatoes Straight 7o@75c; mixed, eco
Dressed Hogs-s3. 65@3.s5 asked.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
AN ACTIVE MARKET.
Bears Driven Out Into the Cold
by Balls.

New YORK, Jan. 3.-The bank statement
was to many people a surprise, as 1t was
known that there had been movement of
currency out of the banks, both to the in
terror and through the subtreasury, and,
therefore, the moderate increase in the sur
plus reserve was not looked for Money
should however, from this time return to
this city and money market grow easier The
market today responded 10 those conditions,
and displayed even greater strength
than yesterday, investment buying con-
tinuing to be the principal feature.
The houses which do a strictly investment
business say that they find great difficulty III
supplying the demand Tor good bonds and
dividend-paying stocks Such scarcity of
securities upon the street has not been known
in fifteen years. and in consequence every at
tempt TO buy for either side OF the account
advances prices. The news from the rail-
road world to-day was not or special I'M
portance but the Union Pacific and Rock
Island difficulty caused considerable excite
ment The general opinion is, however,
that while the trouble may have some effect
on those roads, it can have little or no infu-
ence OH other properties. In the market thi
test the strength of the late upward
movement and were permitted with the
aid of some foreign selling to open most of
the list at slight declines from last evenings
figures. Louisville Nashville was Is lower,
but among the advances were some OF % per
cent. The new buying, however, was too
much for the pressure brought to bear, and
the natural strength of the market soon as
serted itself. the most conspicuous being
LackaWanna, which was run up to 1912.
gain of ISIS per cent The loss in Louisville
was also recovered. while some of the special
ties scored material advances, and almost
everything traded in fractional gains. Rock
Island was the only weak point in the list,
and giving no evidence of support it became
the prey of the bears, who sold it down
IA. There was some reaction in the last
hour on realization by the traders,
but the issue of the bank state
ment was the signal for renewal
of the upward movement and the
best prices were again reached, and in few
cases higher figures were attained. The close
was fairly active and strong at the highest
points. The only material advance among
the active shares were Lackawanna aud Col
orado Coal, per cent each. The bond mar
bet continued to show the effect of the ueW
demand, and in the two hours of business
there were 81, p1l 90 traded in, which was
evenly distributed over a large number of
issues. Northwestern debentures rose to los,
Fort Worth & Denver firsts to 102. Govern
ment bonds have been dull and steady. State
bonds have been neglected. The exports of
specie from the port of New York last week
amounted to 1925, 1853, of which $50, go was
in gold and SS72,4 silver. The imports of
specie during the same week amounted to
S234492, of winch 1927, 695 was in gold and
Sc. 1877 silver. Petroleum was dull and feat
ureless all day. and the movement was very
narrow Total sales. $4,000 bbls.
STOCKS-CLOSING PRICES.
Vr,riz lon
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
Union StOcIzyards.

Receipts at South St. Paul, 1900 hogs, rs
cattle, is calves, no sheep
Hogs-Stiff at Yesterdays prices. Sales at
$3.50, $3.50, $3.4O, S3.45, S3.4712, So. SO,
$3.50 and $500, the latter for good heavy.
@3.oO; heavy. SIS. 25@3.60
Cattle-Strong on good, common dull;
sales % cows, s41 lbs, at $l.60; IL calves,
147 lbs, at $3.O5; COWS, 97O0
1,O40 lbs, $i.45@1.sO, and 837 lbs at
the market at the close, especially on fair
butcher stuff. Quotations: Fat steers, So rs
@3.7O; good cows. Sl.5O@2. IS; common
COWS, 75c@S1.50; bulls. S1.25@2; mich
cows, Sl5@30; calves, S2@3.50; stockers
$1.5o@2. %: feeders Sl.SO@2.70; butcher
steers. s. 25@3.
Sheep-Steady, few offered. Quotations:
Muttons, So. 1904. 35; feeders, $4,000;
stockers and common, S3@3.75; mixed.
$4,000. 25; lambs, S4@4. So
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
Southern View of Silver.
Atlanta Constitution.

Atlanta CONSTITUTION.
England coins silver money for India
and Egypt. She buys the bullion at
discount and then coins it at gold value
for her Eastern dependencies. She i'm
ports two-thirds of her bread food,
and one of her most important
Industries is the manufacturing and
handling of cotton. Silver has now
been demonetized in the United States
for seventeen years, and during each of
those years England has saved and the
American producers of wheat and cot
ton have lost on an average at least
S125. 100000 on their crops.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
THE POPULATION OF AFRICA
Some Writers Estimate 1t at $685.
600. OOO-The Congo Rasin.

Under the name of the Independent
States of Congo its government was or
ganized after the most approved meth
DDS of Belgian administration, and it
entered fully equipped into the family
of nations, writes Col. Sanford in the
Forum. There is within its area, which
is thirty-three times that Of Belgium, a
population of $50 whites, about one-half
state officials and employees, and the es-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-Cattle-Receipts. 5000;
shipments, 1000; market steady. Steers, SIS
@o.10 cows, bulls and mixed. 81 .9O@3. 2I2.
market slow and lower; rough and common
light mixed, So. 25@3.5O; prime packers and
good mixed, S3.6O@3.65; prime heavy and
butcher weights, S3.7O@3.s0; light, $3.50
$50. Sheep-Receipts, 5000; shipments,
$4,000; market lower; Westerns. S4@4. 80;
natives, S3.50@5. IS; Texans, S3.57@4.5O;
lambs, S4.5306.25.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
ToRnGO Grain.

TOLEDO, Jan. 3.-Wheat firm higher; cash.
CSC; May, $100A July, 93Isc; August, 92c.
Corn active frmer: cash, sic; May, 53$sc.
Oats quiet; cash 42c. Cloverseed steady;
cash. 81 zig; February, S4.35. Receipts
Flour, 22o pbls; wheat, 4,9O4 bu; corn,
1907 bu; oats, 1852 bu; cloverseed II
bags. Shipments-Flour, 275 bbls; wheat
300 bu; oats, l, 100 bu; cloverseed, 1850
han
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
The Rabbit in Australia.

The rabbit is not looked upon as an
unmixed evil in Australia, since it is
good to eat and furnishes cheap meat
for many poor people. 1t also affords
employment in Victoria to more than
1900 persons, who are employed in
efforts to eXterminate the prolific
creatures
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
MiIWauikce Produce.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 3.-Flour unchanged.
Wheat firm; No. 2 on track, cash, SIC;
Nay, Ole; No. l northern, 88c. Corn
irm; No. 8, on track, 49lgc Oats firm; No.
white, on track, 4312@4lc. Barley firm !;
No. 2, in store, 67l2c. Rye firm; No. l,
n store, 67c Provisions easier. PORK
May, $11.22l3. Lard May, SCALA Receipts
Flour, 1900 bbls wheat 16,5O0 bu;
barley, $500 bu. Shipments-Flour, 1.s00
obls; wheat blank; barley, SO, 400 bu.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
Chicago Money.

CHICAGO. Dec. 31.-Money remains firm
and unchanged, with good demand at z
per cent. New York exchange was firm at
zoe premium. Bank clearlngs to-day were
SIG. l24, 900; for the week, 500, al ,62l, as
year. Foreign exchange was quoted at
$3.50 for 6Cday bills and S.. 84I2 for sight
droffS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
New York Money.

NEW YORK Jan. 3.-Money on call
close, ranging from TO 4 per cent, last
loan 3, closed offered at 3; prime mercantile
paper. 7@Sl2 Sterling exchange quiet
but firm at S4.79A for GO-day bills and
81 9A4 for demand. Bank clearlngs to-day
$I55, OS9, 464; balances So. 1853, 919; for the
week, clearings, S574,769,699 balances.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. .-Cattle-Receipts
$3.50 head; shipments $50 head. The
market was 10@l5c lower. Steers, SO. 500
5: cows S1.75@3. %; stockers and feeders,
S2@315. Hogs-Receipts. $50; shipments
1910 head, The market was 1Oc lower;
bulk, So. 35@3.55; all grades. S3@37
Sheep-Receipts, 500. The market was
steady and unchanged.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
To Nervous, Debilitated Men.

If you will send US your address we
will send you DR.. Dyes celebrated Vol
taic Belt and Appliances on trial. They
will quickly restore you to vigor, man
hood and health. Pamphlet free.
VoLTAIc BELT Co., Marshall, Mich.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
BoNDs-oLosrNe PRICES.

U. S. as reg. ...I21 NJ. K.&T.G S.. 374
do as coup. .I21 Nut. Union 6s..102
do 4I5s reg. 103A N. j. Clint. ctfs .107s4
do 4I2s coup .I03M n. Pacific lists. lib
Pacific 6s of '95 100 do IDS. j 1O12
La. stamped 4s 81 N. W. consols. ..135
Tenn. neWset 6s. 100 do deb. 5s.. .IO5
do do IS 95 IStL.&LM.G. SIS. 917s
do do SIS 6914lSt L. &S.F.G.M .1C6
Can South. IDS 95l2 Paul consols. 40
Gen. Pac. lists. .1O7l2 st. PC. & T. lists IL
D. q r. G. lists. Il 1912 T. P. L. G. 7. L. 87ls
do do 4s.... 79l2IT. P r. G. IT. R. 33a4
Erie DDS. -. 81 Union Pac lists. .10Ss4
K.&T.G. 6s... 76& West Shore ..1O0l2
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
NeM Ynrk Ranks.

New YORK, Jan. 3.-1he weekly bank
statement shows the foil owing changes: Re-
serve, increase, 1851. $50; loans, increase,
1856, 700; specie, increase, Se5O,9o0;
legal tenders increase, ST, LAG, 500; deposits.
$4,000. The banks now hold Ss,577.l25 in
excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
KansasC CITY Grain.

KANSAS CITY Jan. 3-Wheat quiet; No. Q
hard, cash. no bids nor offerings; January
Sic bid, 83l2c asked; No. 2 red cash, soc
asked. Oats quiet No. 2, cash. and January,
1920 bid, 44l2c asked. Receipts-Wheat,
SIT bu: corn. 1902 bu; oats, 7S0 Blu.
Shinments-MheaL u. 94N bu.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
New York Produce.

NEW YORK, Jan. -Flour-Receipts. 26.-
40 pkgs; exports, 2,743 bbls. 14.7O2 sacks;
ess active, unchanged sales, II, 700 bbls.
Cornmeal dull; yellow Western, S.. s5@3. %.
Wheat-Recelpts, $500 blu; exports, $4,000
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
Duluth Wheat,

DULUTH, jap. 3.-Wheat opened easy at
3SS4c for May, sold down TO 994c early,
turned and went up to 995sc, closing there
Cash wheat closed at 9012c for No l hard,
SIC No. ] northern, Sic No. 2 northern.
Receipts, II cars,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
The American Queen.
Indianapolis Journal.

1ndlanapOIls JOufnaI.
Watts-Haye cigar?
Potts-No; am just going to supper.
Your wife doesn't object to your Smok-
ing, does she?
Potts-No; but the hired girl does.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
ready. Wheat-No. 2 spring, e9%@90c;
592e. Corn-No. 2, 49s4c Oats-No. 2, 42ss
642l2c. Rye-No. >, 65c. Barley-No. 2
nominal. Flaxseed-No l, $l.l5l2. limo
by Seed-Primc, $1.23. Pork-Mess, per
lbl, 5000. Lard-Per 100 lbs. S5.97I30
$50; Short Ribs Sides-Loose, 81. $50
).05. Dry Sailed Shoulders-Boxed, $40
04.30. Short Clear Sides-Boxed, SIS. 80
05 So. Whisky-Distillers finished goods,
per gal, SLID. Sugars-Unchanged Oats
No. 2 white, 44@44Ac; No. white,
l2I2c. Barley-No. 3, f. o. b., 63@6sc;
No. 4, I. o. b., 57@63c. Receipts-Flour,
)UO bu; oats, l34,0 bu; rye, 5000 bu; bar
ey, 10000 bu. Shipments - Flour, 49,
300 bbls; wheat $1,000 bu; corn, 15I,-
90 bu; oats, 227, 900 bu; rye, 1000 blu;
"arley, $4,000 bn On the produce exchange
oday the butter market steady. Eggs,
2m 2p
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04

this and the station.
The night was beautiful. The moon.
slightly on the wane, REINFORCED by
countless stars, made the snow-covered
ground resplendent for miles around
A good path had been trampled In the
road, rendering walking comparatively
zeasy.
Three years had made no difference
Sin the quiet village. All the old land
marks remained undlsturbed. The
houses with which he had been familiar
all his life, were in their accustomed
places, unchanged. In one field, for
years unused, stood a modern Queen
Anne cottage. In no less than ten let
tiers from friends at home had this been
accurately described, for it was the
only house that had been built since his
departure. The old white church stood
CHASTITY spire pointing toward heaven.
The town ball, with it's row of halt
sgnawed horse posts coated with ice, and
the town pump, kept free by perpetual
use, were as natural as ever, and nu-
merous other familiar objects brought
back pleasant memories and recOllec-
tionS.
Not soul was moving. The stiffness
was broken only by the occasional bark
OF dog in some distant farmhouse, or
the subdued moo of cow, disturbed
possibly by a draught through some
neglected crack. 1t was with a feeling
of unspeakable happiness that Fred
tramped along over the slippery ground.
How much longer seemed the mile to-
night than IN the days of his childhood,
when with his companions he Jagged
along to the district school.
At last the old homestead was reached.
Dark and still it stood as if deserted.
No friendly light, no friendly sound to
welcome home the traveller. His mother
and father slept within, little dreaming
that their son stood outside the gate.
Now to enter the house unheard. Ev-
cry door was bolted and barred, for
although in the country. there were too
many valuable things in the house to
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-18
Three Killed by Lightning.

OMAHA, NEB., June 1.-THE heaviest
rain known for years fell last night all
over the State. Along the line of the
b. & NJ, in Southern Nebraska, and in
Kansas, several washouts resulted, the
most serious being in the vicinity of
Orleans. Several small washouts oc-
Cured on the branch line between Or
leans and oxford. Trains on that branch
are delayed and some have heed aban-
doned altogether.
On the EkhOrn Valley road bad
waShout occurred at Battle Greek,
caused by waterspout, which inunda-
ted the town, sweeping away several
houses and endangerng a number OF
lives. All in danger were helped out in
wagons and no lives were lost.
At Oakdale the precipitation was five
inches. Cellars are filled and sidewalks
are gone.
At Humphreys, Bartholomew county,
farmer was killed by lightning, as was
also the team with which he was plOw-
ing.
At Palmer the wife and grandmother
of Vaclay Lenton were struck by light
ming and killed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-18
TOO MUCH RAIN.
A GREAT BELT OF WETNESS FROM THE gAST
TO THE WEST.
The West Seems TO Suffer Most-WireS Deranged
And Traffic Impsdsd-Thrss Fatalities From
Lightning in Nebraska-NarrOw es-
cape of Passenger Train in Iowa.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, June IT,
This morning cloud burst, as pas
senger train, loaded down with human
freight, passed barely safe, and portions
of freight train in a creek, is what
greeted the eyes of people of Corning.
on Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail-
way About 100 miles east of this city,
and not a great ways from Corning, is
Plum creek AT daybreak this
little stream of water showed no
signs of going out of its banks. About
o'clock, a dark, threatening cloud
moved upon that section from the west.
4 short time after the strange pheno
meuon, Burlington passenger train No.
. came along bearing an unusually
lacge number of travellers. The train
took orders at Corning Station, and
proceeded on the journey to this city.
A miles west of Corning it crossed the
bridge over Plum creek. Seven min
uteS later freight train followed. The
freight train was under good headway
when it neared the qridge, and Engin
eer RowerS, with caution, looked ahead
at the structure. To his horror he saw
that an attempt to crdss the bridge
meant death. He had but a moment to
act, but he was equal to the emergency.
Grasping the throttle, he reversed the
engine and called for brakes. A shud-
der crept along the entire train as the
elements Of locomotion conficted. The
engine slackened speed materially,
but Engineer Powers did not succeed in
preventing a partial wreck, and he was
forced to jump for life. In the twink
ling of an eye he had made the leap
just as the big locomotive and three cars
fell with crash into the chasm. The
rest Of the train held the track. The
creek, which only few moments be-
fore was but a miniature stream, was
swollen, and had carried away the bridge
sooon after the passenger train crossed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-18
WHEELING W. VA Thu URSDAY MORNING, JUNE l8 1891.

their mission this year. Business dis
asters and reverseS are the ladder OF
their hopes. Prosperity and content
ment among the people bring them such
political defeat. Idle furnaces, disman-
tied factories, silent mines, unemployed
workmen, general distress are
the sure harbingers Of Democratic
victory. They are discouraging indus
trial activity through their press and
orators everywhere and every day, and
it breaks their hearts to see any mani
festation of industrial advancement in
the United States. But in spite OF
them we now lead the world in manu-
features, agriculture and mining, and
we will prosper under the new law in
spite of their false omens and dis
couraging prophesieS.
He then proceeded at considerable
length discussing the benefits already
accrued from the tariff, not only in the
North, but among Southern Industries
and enterprises.
They insist that we cannot make tin
plate So they said about steel rails; so
they said about plate glass, and cutlery
aud pottery, and when you take them 10
the factory and show them that we are
M. sing tin plate, they assert with IN
tense pleasure that we are only making
"a little"
That is true; but how much should we
be making? That we are making any Is
the surprise, for the protective duty on
tin has not yet gone into effect and will
notuntil the first of July.
Turning to State issues, Major Nc
Kinley charged the Democratic admin
istration and Legislature with depriy-
ing the legally elected Republican Lieu
tenant Governor of his seat without
egal contest: with making an unjust
aud partisan Congressional gerryman-
der and with unparalleled extravaganza
in State expenditures. Q
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-18
a SAD DEATH,
But it was His own Fault-The Man
Cried Wolf Once Too Often.
.SDecilL TeleOrdm tU the ReOtster.

PARKERsBURG, w. VA, June IT,
Gustavus, or Augustus, Merse and sew
eral other young men, employees OF the
West Virginia Brush Factory OF this
city, took a skiff ride last night to Blen-
nerhassett island. While there they
went in swimming at Gordon's landing,
in the deepest water near the island.
Merse, who was splendid swimmer.
amused himself by calling for help a
number of times, deceivng the boys
into Fastening to his relief. The last
time he was heard, but believing he
was again deceiving them they did not
go to his help. When they did swim
toward the spot where he was last seen
they failed to find him. He had
drowned, almost under their eyes. The
party searched for his body until late
last night, but failed to find it during
to-day. A big party of men have been
dragging the river bottom to-day, but as
yet have not reported its recovery.
Merse was about 22 years old, indus
trious and we'll liked. He came here
from Cincinnati short time since,
where he was engaged TO marry an
estimable young lady early next month.
The searchers are still at work.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-18
Jury Bribers Sentenced.

New ORLEANS, June 17.-To-day
counsel for McCrystal convicted Of at
tempting to bribe McCable, who had
been summoned as tales jurory in the
Hennessey case, made application for a
now trial. Judge MARI overruled the
motion and sentenced McCrystal to one
year in the Pen" the full term OF i'm
prisonment provided by law.
Tonight at 7 o'clock, Judge Marr's
division of the Criminal Court, the jury
in the case of McCrystal and Cooney,
charged with attempting to bribe j..
Gormley, who had been summoned as a
tales juror in the Hennessey case, re-
turned verdict Of "guilty as charged" "
The jury had been celebrating since
9:30 last night.