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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
LATER NEWS wAIFs.

pfshsrrRs, ACCIDENTS AND rArALrrrEs
The boiler Of an engine on the Iron noun
tain road at ST. Louis blew up. The eng-
neer George Schroeder. was killed instant.
ly; Thomas Scott the fireman, was throwr
a distance of 100 feet and fatally hurt
Brakeman Ed koeler was blown into III,
Mississippi and drowned
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
y1NANclhL AND coMMERcIAt

The failure OF the firm Of S. Blaisdell, ,Jr.,
&c Co., of Chicopee extensive wholesale
dealers in cotton and wool stock Of all kinds
is announced. The annual sales Of the firm
have amounted to between q 600, 90,
and s3,OoO,oOO, while the entire liabili
ties are placed at the small figure of s275,
OnO
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
SIXTEEN JOINT RFsoLUTIoNs AND sEvENrEEr
BILLS BECAME LAWS.

SIXTEEN JOINT RFsoLUTIoNs AND SEVENTEEN
p BILLS BECAME LAWS.
At the extraordinary session of Congress.
which closed on Friday, l6 Joint resolutions
and IL bills became laws. Three of these
joint resolutions and niue of the bills were
signed. No vetoes were sent IN by the Pres.
ident and no bill or resolution that reached
him remained unsigned.
Among the measures that became laws
were: Donating an abandoned cannon for
the Grand Army encampment in Pittsourg
in 1884; amending the Geary Chinese law;
for the construction Of q steam revenue cut
ter for service on the great lakes authorix-
ing the Worlds Fair prize winners exposi-
tion in New York City; repeating the .pur-
chase clause Of the Sherman law, to aid the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
judicial.

Justice Bartlett, Of the NewYork Supreme
Court rendered decision that the act of
1882, which assumed to authorize women to
vote for school commissioners, is unconsti.
tutional and invalid. This decision is in &C.
cord with one handed down few days ago
by Supreme Justice of the Syracuse cir
cult
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

The Southwark woolen mills in phils-
delphia have shut dow II and LOO people
are thrown out Of employment
The Bigelow Carpet mills at Clinton,
Mass, the second largest in America, en-
ploying 600 hands shu, down for an in.
delinate period, owing TO lack of orders
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
Washington News.

The coinage at the mints of the United
States for October aggregate 1872, l40 pieces
of the value of $40 003. 900, of which So, 5O4, -
800 was in gold and $4,000 in silver. This
is the largest mintage gold in recent years
The statement of the Comptroller of the
Currency shows that from Oct. 1892, to date
the increase in national bank notes out
standing was s2O9 2l4.l6
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
Silver QoinR Down.

The price OF silver in London, as reported
10 the Treasury Department, is so.6sb7 per
ounce, with the tendency downward. The
bullion value Of the silver dollar IL lower
than It has ever been before, being s0.62Q
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
BURNED AT SEA.
Two Lives Lost in the Destruction of
Big Coastinr 8teamar

Two Lives Lost in the Destruction OF a
Big Coasting Steamer.
The Ward Line steamer City of Alexan.
dfia burned to the waters edge midway be.
tween Matsnsas and Havana. 1t is reported
that Randolph W. Bowen, the pur.er, and
Mrs. Carter, the stewardess, are lost, but
none others are believed to be missing.
The City OF Alexandria was one Of the
fastest and largest Of the American ships
employed in the West India trade. She
was IN iron screw steamer Of 2, $50 tons bur
den.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08

misplaced switch on the Norfolk Term
inal ralr Dad caused two freight trains TO
run into lot of loaded cars at Norfolk, Va.
Engineer Thomss Andrews and Fireman
Edward McCune were killed and several
other trainmen injured.
A market train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road crashed into the caboose of a freight
train at the Thirty-seventh street station in
Philadelphia, instantly killing James Ham.
ilton and badly iniurng Edward .. Repin.
The accident was caused by the market
train Jumping frog
A dense fog was the cause of passenger
wreck on the Pennsylvania ami Reading
railroad at Philadelphia in which Harry
Rinker was killed and three passengers in
iuTed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08

a TISaL survey Jf tine snip canal across the
Florida peninsula will shortly be made. The
canal will be about 800 feet wide and nbou.
$50 miles In length. II will shorten the dis
tance from New Orleans TO Liverpool 1000
miles, and vessels will save the dangerous
voyage around the Florida Keys and Bahia
mas. with the high insurance rates now
exactel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08

fhe Georgia senate killed by q decisive
vote OF ~ noes TO IL ayes the anti-cigarette
bill, about which there has been consider.
able discussion in both branches of the leg
islsture
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08

THERE is r. cabbage-neld on the bank OF the
river little above Salem, Oregon. which
high water has overllowed. leaving the tops
OF the plants IA little above the surface. Tho
owner says that an immense school OF carp
have taken advantage OF the opportunity 10
iatten of his cabbage, and that his garden
Is fairly alive with them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08

ONLY the best OF certain kinds OF grapes
are being gathered on the Stanford vineyard
at Vina, Cal, as there is no market for poor
grapes. In n portion OF the vineyard devot-
ed TO the California or mission grapes, and
other like qualities. the sheep Of the ranch
are new running. II is considered better
that the grapes should be eaten from the
vines than that they should rot on them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08

California mid-winter international expo
sition extending the time for completing
the 1lth census, to. settle theMormon church
fund
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08

TEE irrigation congress at Los Angeles,
Cal, represented thirteen States and ave
foreign countries. \.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-11-08
MARKETS.

riTSBUEG.
THE WHOLESALE PRICE, ARE GIVEN BELOW.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
Monday, Nov. ~.

Frank Falk has confessed at Milwaukee
that he has been the cause Of half a
dozen fires in that city-all comparatively
small blazes.
A reward Of 81 1000 is offered for the cap.
ture OF the man who assaulted Colonel
lierrick in the Society for Savings at
Toledo.
At the st. James hotel ST. Louis, Is.
Perry Collins and James Salmon left n
gas burner open and were found dead next
morning.
1t cost over 81, SO, 900 for sculpture and
staff work at the Worlds fair.
The excitement at Bardstown, Ky, has
blown over. The jury rendered a verdict
OF hanging in the case against Evans, the
negro assailant of Edna Hall, and Evans
was sentenced to hang Jan. 5, next.
IL is stated at New York that the So
called Brooklyn gang" will he prosecuted
and forced to disgorge S5,UOO,OOO which il
has absorbed"
The Grecian monarchy has a new minis.
try with Tricoupis at its head.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
Saturday, Nov. IL,

1t ia at last know that eleven livea were
lost by the burning Of the steamer City
OF Alexandria near Havana, five of the
crew-Purser II. w. Bowen, Quartermaster
Thomas Linden, Louis Black and George
Smith (waiters), and William Foster (oiler).
The other six were negro stevedores.
Great Britain has not asked the United
States to exert a mediating influence in
Brazil and end the strife in that country.
The latest rebellion in Cuba ended dis.
a%strously for the rebels. who were defeated
In their first encounter with the govern
ment forces. The insurgent leader, Gen.
eral Esquerre, was captured and his fol:
lowers escaped to the mountains.
The Greek king has charged NJ. Tri-
coupis with the task OF forming q new
cabinet.
The eytradition treaty between the
United States aud Norway has been rati.
fed.
The first baby born in the Cherokee
strip has been named in honor of Hoke
Smith.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
THE FIGURES FOR DIVA
Begin With "a Gain That Carries the Stat,
for jackson.

Begin w tth 70 Gain Tint Carries the State
for Jackson.
Dies MONIES, Ia. Nov. 0-liepublicans have
elected seventy six members in the lower
house and the Democrats t~wenty-four. Civ.
ing the Republicans the largest majority
in more than II dozen years. In the uppe
house the vote will stand Republican
about two to one. or thirty-thrce to seven.
teen, but these figures ma be changed
slightly.
Jackson's friends claim that bis plural,
ity will be 10000. General WeaN err ex
plains it by saying that the result is a re.
buke To the administration Of Cleveland
for abandoning his promise of reform OF
the tariff. Then. Weaver says, the Dem
ocrats OF the northwest have always been
pledged TO silver and the administration
compelled the a%nnihilation Of the white
metal, hence the rebuke.
Dies MONIES, Nov. l0.-The election OF
a Republican legislature means that a Re.
publican United States senator will be
elected at the coming session of the as
sembly to succeed Senator James Wilson.
The candidates are Congressman Gear, of
Burlington; Hepburn, Of Clarinda; Attor-
ncy General j. y. stone. and A Is. Cum.
mings, Of Des Moines.
Latest returns Indicate that Jackson's
plurality for governor will be nearly 30, 600,
and on the balance OF the ticket between
COCO and 5000 more. Jackson carried his
home county by 2,5il. Almost every
county shows Republican gains.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
TIE RED CLOUD CHIEF. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOV. II, 1898.

police, and Mott Smith, the Hawaiian
minister to the United States Mt the time
Of the revolt, was In those days n simple
apotbecary, Of whom | have bought soar
and 1uinine and tooth brushes over aud
over again"
A telegram from San Francisco says
"At the Hawaiian consulate In this city no
word was received by the steamship China
which would throw further light on the
situation nj the islands. Consul Wilder
stated 10 n reporter that in case the al.
ministration Should ask the PROFESSIONALS
TO step down and out the answer would
undoubtedly be that the request could not
be granted. II the use Of force should be
threatened the provisional government
could have but one course to pursue. Re.
sistance TO the power of the United States
would he useless"
Another telegram from San Francisco
gives the following extract from the Hon.
olulu Commercial Advertiser, a copy OF
which was brought on the China with her
other news OF the arrival OF Willis:
"A return to the old form Of govern.
eminent Is out Of the question, and it Is
generally conceded that should the mon.
hrchy be restored by some unexpected and
improbable means II could not last. The
old historical axiom that revolutions can.
not 20 backward could not be violated in
the case OF Hawaii without grave and So.
rious consequences. This, however, is
not expected. The conservative interests
OF the people who really represent the
Hawaiian islands and own 20 per cent. Of
the business interests Of the country
would very likely refuse their consent to
such a Coursc.n
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
COSTLY BLAZE AT MEMPHIS.
Loss Of S1s5,OOO by Flre-One Ma,
Burned to Death.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. l4-What prom.
Used to be one of the most destructive fires
OF late years was checked by the fire de.
partment after a heroic fight with the fol,
lowing losses: S%chmatxreid Stove com,
pany, building and stock, total loss, siO,-
OO; insured, $4,000. Lemon 81 Gale,
wholesale dry goods, stock. slOs, GOO; build.
ing. $1,000, insured for 100000
The Young Mems Christian association
had rooms in the Schmatzreid building
and found themselves hemined in by the
fire. Several jumped from the third story
and were seriously and perhaps fatally
hurt. A man named Thomas ii. Bond
was burned to death and the following in.
jured by jumping: Charles Il. White, arm
broken and internal injuries; H. Il. Board,
arm broken and severe bruises; Fred Iloke,
wrists and arms hurt; Secretary Smith,
leg broken, internal injuries. may die.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
Tuesday, Nov. II.

Frank Garyin ordered two men of his
his fathers iarm, where they were hunt
ing, near Louisville, Ky, and because they
did not move fast enough he shot one OF
them. named John Cooke. killing him.
The Missouri state treasury holds 500
900 for distribution among unknown
heirs.
Farmer Bright, living near Lima, O.,
was done out Of 5000 which he drew from
the bank to satisfy two strangers that he
had 1t. Mrs. Bright died from the shock
produced by the loss.
Three more deaths have occurred at
Grantsburg, Wis. from AN epidemic
which both battles and puzzles the doc.
tors.
The vaccination corps inoculated no, 90
men. women and children in New York
last week.
Charles X. Harris, the author O. after
the Ball." has married Miss Cora Lehr-
berg, OF Chicago.
The total number OF lives lost at San.
tander, Spain. by the dynamite explosion
was 200; wounded, 400; property loss, s2,-
BOZ, 900.
August Il. o. Tarter, who stole 81. 600
worth Of diamonds from Mrs. Cramer at
Chicago, has been arrested In Pittsburs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
Thursday, Nov. o.

The Viking ship is on the Illinois river,
en- route to the Mississippi. and the cap.
tain and crew are receiving every atten-
ton at oil the towns on the route.
Judge Tuthill's court at Chicago has
succeeded in obtaining 30 far but one Of
the twelve jurors who are to give Dan
Coughlin his second trial for the murder
Of DIR. Cronin.
At Moberly, NO., the Chicago-Kansas
City cannon ball' train ran into an open
switch and was demolished. The fireman
was killed and the engineer badly hurt. A
number OF passengers were injured, but
none seriously. Believed to DO a train.
wreckiug case.
Warren county, Ills, supervisors have
awarded the contract for u $75,OOO court
house at Monmouth, where the present
court house, built In 1886, is one Of the
Oldest in Illinois.
The next Kentucky legislature will con-
sist OF 40 Democrats, 25 Republicans and
3 Populists. This insures the reelection
OF william Lindsay United States senator.
Henry L. Tiepke (Rep.) is elected mayor
OF Pawtucket, Il. l., by n%inety.four ma.
jority over Thomas Robinson (Dem).
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
THE MASKED THUG AGAIN.
Brakeman Fatally Shot While Resisting q
Train Robbery.

Train Robbery.
DECATUR, Ills, Nov. IAN attempt
was made last night to hold up the Peoria,
Decatur and Evansville passenger train
due here ut 10 p. IN. Three men masked
with handkerchiefs got on at the Lincoln
coal shaft when the train pulled out.
They started through the combination car
to the express part. Brakeman George
Trot and some passengers tried to stop
them. Three shots were fired by the rob
bers and one hit the brakeman in the
stomach. He Is expected to die. Six
miles from Lincoln the men presented re.
volvers at some OF the passengers in the
coach and demanded money. The con
ductor Of the train pulled the bell cord
and the train was soon stopped.
The Shooting Of brakeman Trot.
Brakeman George T'rot made n brave
struggle with the robbers, e~ndcavoring to
knock one Of them down and %overpower
him. He succeeded in getting the better
OF one, but another shot him. as stated
above, and 1t is not thought he can live.
The robbers then held the other people in
the car in check with their revolvers until
the train was near Mount Pulaski. Then
one Of them jumped oil the train, which
wa running about twenty-five miles per
hour. lie had compelled the engineer to
start again after the train had stopped.
The others got oil at Pulaski and nothing
has been heard of them. They did not sue
coed in getting any money or valuables
from the passengers.
Gonslustar ficl,n,nnlss Gt,t.unat
Conductor Chris Richmond said: "As |
was taking tickets coming out of Lincolp,
on the platform between the combination
car aud the ladies' car | saw a man look
ing In ut the window. lie turned around
and threw "a gun in my face md ordered
me to hold up my haryls. / ran back and
told the express messenger that We were
being held up. lcut the bell cord and
Messenger Henry McAlanus put out the
lights and barred the door. brakeman
Trot came and asked for my gan, saying
he would 20 out and get them. | did not
have u gun aud he took my billy and start
cd out. just Mt the door the robber shot
through the door aud the bullet went
through Trott's stomach. lie fell back and
said: VI am shot through and done for"
Messenger Wns II Had shot
"Just rs ] cut the bell cord l felt IL
pulled, hut it did not stop the engine and
we kept going. One man Jumped of
while we were going at full speed; another
rode into Mount Pulaski and the messen.
ger shot at him In the station. lie got
away. / did not nee when the third man
left. Trott will die"
Ernest Chester, who lives ut Oakland,
was beating his way on the trucks. lie has
been arrested rs u suspicious character.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
knnsns and Nebraska.

CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-Thc Populists have
given it up in Kansas and Nebraska, and
both states are conceded to the Republic
ans. Harrison, Rep, is elected to the Ne.
braska supreme court by about 5000 p!u-
ral!ty. The Republican regents succeeded
also. In Kansas the Republicans appear
to have won n victory over both Democrats
and PopulistS.
TOPEKA, Nov. 10,-Onicial returns from
eighty.one counties give the Republicans
36a of the county officers elected, the Pop
ullsts lO' and the Democrats 10. OF the
remaining counties eleven were solidly
Republican in 1891, W Populist and the
remainder divided. The Republicans
have carried eight of the thirteen districts
IN which judges were elected. the Popu-
lists two and the Democrats one. The re-
suit In the other two IL in doubt. with the
chances in !ivor of the Republicans.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
Wednesday, Nov. "a

The latest report from Waterloo, H., 10
that Governor Boies is decidedly better.
The attorney general of Illinois has de.
cided that n building and loan association
cannot make an assignment.
James Phelan, Of Detroit, has been APP
pointed collector Of customs Of that port,
vice James II. Stone.
James A. Bell, charged with embezzle-
ment mt Chicago, took strychnine before
he went to court and had a fit on arriving.
He will 1--we.
Seymour S. CABOT, salesman for a Vir-
ginia distillery, has been indicted for en-
bezzling 1885 Of the %company's funds.
Whites shoe store, John Mohr's gro
Gerry, Joseph Mohr's hardware store AID
other property at Danvers, Ills, burned.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $3.50.
A prairie fire is raging near Hay
Springs. Neb. The fire has already burned
over a strip twenty miles long aud eight
miles wide, destroying many houses and
barns and hundreds Of tons Of hay.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
LATE ELECTION NEWS.
OHIO, IOWA AND MASSACHUSETTS,
GO REPUBLICAN,.

The Empire state Also Fails In Line
Maynard Beaten by Nearly OO,O o Votes
-Massachusetts Elects G~reenhaige by q
Large piuraiity-Iows Probably 40, 900
Against Iioies.
COLUMBUS, Nov. 14.-Based ION full Off.
cial returns from all except eight counties
aud the pluralities Of the Republican and
Democratic parties in the eight, the Pro-
hibition vote in sixty four and the
Populist vote In ~sixty.six counties the fol.
lowing totals are figured out: Mckinley.
$500; Neal, $4,000; Macklin, Pro-. 1900;
Bracken. Pop. l6,30O; total, 81, 900. Nc.
kinley's vote was $500 over Harrison's in
1883, and q, 200 over it in 1892. The Pro-
bibitionis:s lost 1910 and the Populists
gained 1,400.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
Friday, Nov. 10.

Fritz S%tetter, a butcher at Oswego,
Kendall county, Ills, had n quarrel with
an employe named Jacob Meir, and in the
scufle Stetter's neck was broken. Meir
claims it was an accident.
General J.. $. Martin, of Salem. Ills, ono
time chairman Of the Republican state
central committee, married Miss Margaret
Savage. Of Ashland, Ky.
General Carlin's son and a party Of five.
who left Spokane on a hunting expedition
six weeks ago, are missing In the Bitter
Root mountains, Montana.
Charles McCafferty, the turfman, shot
and killed Charles Collins, n barkeeper,
at st. Louis. Collins had assaulted Nc
Cailerty because the latter protested
against lis foul language in the presence
Of ladies on a car.
Mrs. Anna Swinarton, Of Chicago, Is
suing George LIE Boutillier. the New York
dry goods merchant, for $4,000 damages
for the loss Of an eye. She claims that
while in lie Boutillier's store a pin was
snapped into her eye by a cashboy. .
Louis Floyd, who, with his brother
Frank, c%onspired with Paying Teller Philip
M. Gcheig to rob the bank of Minneapolis
of 500, 600, WAS arrested in New York on a
steamship destined for Rio de Janeiro.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
VIII Still Be the Destroyer.

New YORK, Nov. Is. - President
Peixoto of Brazil has cabled to Minister
Minindona at Washington that inasmuch
as the name Destroyer was given to the
submarine boat that bears it by her in.
v%entor, Captain John Ericsson, with
whose name and fame he is we'll &C.
quainted, she should continue to DO so
called. Flint 81 Co. have virtually de-
cided to send the Destroyer to Brazil
early next week in tow of the powerful
ocean going tug Scandinavian. Com.
modore Gillis, United States navy, may
be made the executive officer Of the De-
stroyer. Several additional guns were
mounted on Ell Cid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-11-17
NEARLY 90, 1000 AGAINST MAYNARD.
Further Retuans from the Empire state
-IsesuIt In Kings,

Further Retuans from the Empire state
-Iesult In Kings.
NEW IoEK, Nov. 9.-Tle latest returns
from all parts OF the state show that the
Republican victory Is fully us great as the
most enthusiastic Of the party's leaders
have claimed. Ba,tlett's majority for
judge Of the court OF appeals over .lay-
nard is in round figures 80, 100. General
Palmer's majority for secretary of state Is
$4,000. OF the sixty cou1ties Maynard se-
cures u majority in only seven, viz: Al
bany, Chemung, Greene, New York,
Rcnessnlcr, Schoharie and Seneca. He
carried New York by about 32, 900. Bart.
let's largest majorities were in Kings,
5000; Erie president Cleveland's old
home). 1880; Monroe, 5000, and Chau-
tauqua, 5000.
Meyers democrat for secretary Of state)
majority in New York county is more than
double that Of Maynard, viz, 64,975. In
Kings his vote Is 5000 more than May
nard's. The Democratic rout in Kings Is
complete. Besides the loss of mayor, their
control Of the board OF alderman is gone.
This puts all the power In the hands Of
their political opponents.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Interest Is practi-
cally ut an end in regard to the election.
New York has elected the Republican
state ticket by probably $3.50 majority.
The state scnatc is Republican by Is to IL
on the latest returns, but this may be
changed to ~ TO 10, and the assembly
stands 10 Republicans to 81 Democrats.
Schieren, Republican for mayor, has 3d.
plurality in Brooklyn. Tammany
Ia lVZ "a -.... -. AL II --I n n
It's local candidates by pluralities ayerag.
inn III lOO