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sTEAMBoA7lt&G ON THE OHIO.
It Was at the Eeight of It's Prosperity
I.AI u Century .Asc.

It Was at the Eeight Of It's Prosperity
l.a,f Il Century Asc.
It was from 1910 to 1sooJJ that steam
coating was at its height. Fortunes
were made in those ais BY men who
owned and ran boats. There were lots
Of steamers on the river then. The EN-
bryo industries Of tLat period depended
II the river entirely, for railroads had
tnly been proposed-not built. About
90 steamboats, were built at Fittsburg
annually to run on the Ohio and Diissis-
sippi rivers. This city was noted fer
the trim crafts it placed on the water as
some of the biggest and best running
steamers were built at the hcadwaters OF
the Ohio.
The boats Of the early steam boating
days were all side wheelers. It was not
until late that the advent of the stern
wheel boats occurred, a,ld when it d:l
they were Tot looked upon with favor
by the denizens of the side wheel crafts.
The rivermen regarded them as an in
ferior kind OF beat, Oh whose decks it
was beneath the dignity Of q first class
stt...lboat.2lan TO tread.
The packets were of good size and
stoutly bailt. They were not supplied
with swinging stages and steam cap
stans, and their engines were Of sure but
not SO graceful movement as engines
now, and electric lights for steamboats,
were not even dreamed Of. But they
served their purpose i'll making big mon
ey for their owne-5.
There was but one organized packet
company running boats down the liver
from Pittsburg. It Was tho old }oittsburg
and Cincinnati Packet Eno, and it ovEed
about 25 steamboats,, some Of which left
the Piittshu15 wharf daily. Among them
we're the Buckeye State, the IHbernia,
Pittsburg, Crystal Palace and Pennsyl-
vania. These boats were all stoatly
built and especially adapted for fast
running Tho laws relating to racing
were not SO stringent then as now, an1
exciting contests Of speed On the river
occurred daily.
One of the swiftost Of the packets was
tho Pennsylvania. Che was the largest
Of the Cincinnati boats asld made some
spleLu1u IeCCiiS Oh liiG SulO. Eue Nt.S
o10 feet long and 81 feet beam. Another
fast steamer was the Allegheny. She was
not SO large as tie Pennsylvania, but
was almost as speedy. Some Of these old
Packet line boats were sunk,
4 few burned, and the others wore out i'll
the river service.
Besides tie Cincinnati conpanys pack
cts there were several steamers, most Of
them owned by Pittsourgers, which RAJ,
down the river and which had no regu-
lar trades, but nlado trips whenever and
wherever there w<s occasion for their
services. They were chiefly to St. Louis
and New Orleans, the trip to the last
named point being completed in about
20 days. There were few boats ran-
ming up the MonongaEcla and Allegheny
rivers. Brownsville was as far up as
the slackwater improvements extended
on the Monongahela, and Franklin was
the head of navigation On the A1leghany.
Post.
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AGAINST SLAM.
Said France Will Make Another
HcInDnSt rat ion.

Said France Will NIake Another
Demonstration.
PARIS, Sept. G7.-It would seem that
the French government has resolved to
make another serious demonstration
against Siam, and one that will not
he satisfied with wordy concessions.
France undoubtedly is nettled at the
criticisms IF the foreign press regard
ing her alleged hack down before
Engfand's firm attitude in the SIAM
ese question. and no second backdown
may he anticipated. The Gaulois, for
instance, announces that the French
government has already dispatched adj
ditional cruisers to Siam. and that NJ. de
Vllers. the special envoy Of France at
Bangkok, will receive the strongest
support in his efforts to insist upon the
evacuation of the territory ceded to
France by Tie agreements of August
last.
France does not intend to wait, as
the Sia,uese would have her do, until
the water in the river is SO low that
French gunboats could not run up
them anl enforce the demands OF the
French.
The ceded territory is to he evacuated
Immediately, or France will take steps
at once to enforce its evacuation. No
further trifi;ng OF diplomatic fighting
for time will b. tolerated.; France has
been as tolerant as possible under the
circumstances. and she is not disposed,
it is stated here, to rut up wish any
moro nonsense from Siam, Or from
England.
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According to Mohammedan belief, the
first copy Of the Koran. or Alkoran,
their sacred book, was brought down
from the highest to the lowest heaven
by Gabriel on the mysterious hight of
AL Khade i'll the month of Ecrladan.
This wonderful book, written in heaven
a2l bound in satin, jewels and gold, wes
communicated to Mohammed at differ
ent times during period cf 80 years.
This was done, according to Mohan-
medan belief, either by Gabriel in hu-
man shape or by God himself. When
Gabriel acted as translator and commu-
nicator, he did SO with a great sound of
music and bells" God appeared either
''veiled or unveiled during Mohammed's
waking hours OR during dreams at
night. ."-St. Louis Republic.
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NO.. ).

amused him after the shorn ones of Eng
land, why won't somebody say that our
butlers-our American butlcrs-weat
mustaches, and we, when abroad, find
it amusing to see the English buffers
smooth shayen, and wonder why their
masters do not insist that their mouths
be covered. Will the time ever come
when we will dare to be Americans?
There are great lessons to be learned
from the older nations of the world,
great models to be studied and wisdom
to be got from. the experience which is
the accretion of centuries, concerning
which the taste of one cultivated COM
1uunity is us good as that of any other:
New York Times.
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FOOLED THE ROBBERS,
Attempted Hold Up Of a Train
Foiled by Clever Work of
Officers.
Two Bandits Killed and -Four
Captured After a Hard
Fight.

ST. JosrPH, Sept. PA bold attempt
at train robbery was cleverly frustrated
here just after midnight. AS result
two would-be train robbers are dead
and four are behind the bars in Jail.
Of six men who attempted the robbery
not one escaped. The train which the
bandits attempted to rob was passen-
ger train No. 8 on the Kansas City, st.
Joseph and Council Bluffs railroad,
which left Kansas City at 9:H5 p. nj.
and which arrived here at 1890 in
the morning. The officials of the road
had been notified that the robbery had
been planned. and they notified the po-
lice. When the train arrived here
A Dummy Train
was made up and 16 police officers.
under command of the chief of police,
were put aboard. In order to thor
caghly deceive the robbers the train
was made an exact duplicate of train
No. 3, and consisted of an engine and
tender, an express and baggage car and
the usual coaches and Pullmans. When
tie dummy reached point two miles
north of St. Joe the engineers atten-
tion was arrested by a lighted lantern
moving to and fro between the
rails. He romptiy obeyed the signal
nnd six masked men surrounded the
engine. One Of the six mounted the
engine. and, presenting one revolver at
the engineers head and another at the
f.eman's, held them in subsection while
the other five men has .ened to rob the
express car. They ordered the nesse,l-
ger to open the door, which he did
forthwith.
Thlee of the bandits enterel the car,
leaving two without to keep guard.
The policemen who were guarding the
train were distributed i'll the various
cars, the ma ajority Of them being con-
cealed in the express car. The three
Of robbing the Car entered the car,
when the police ordered them to sur
render. The robbers were
Taken Completely by Surprise
but they opened fire at once upon the
police The police returned the fire
and Il general fusilade followed. About
25 shots were fired Oh both sides,
When the smoke cleared away the life
less bodies of Kohler and Indall were
found lying On the floor of the car.
Both had been shot through the head.
Frederick, the third robber engaged
in the fight in the car, was unirjurel.
and was placed under arrest. None Of
the officers were injured. While the
fight was going on in the car, those OF
the police not engaged in it were look
ing after the two robber. who had been
left outside to keep watch. The police
quickly took them in and placed them
under arrest. The bandit who had been
detained to guard the engineer and fire.
man quickly realized the situation
when lie heard the bat,le going On in
the express car and promptly made his
escape, but was captured later and
placed in jail here.
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Prairie Fires.

PIERRE, S. D., Sept. n. -Prairie fires
have been raging west of the Missouri
river for the past few days and have
done an immense amount of damage to
the stock ranges. A number OF stock
men not only lose their ranges but the
hay they have put up as well. AS re-
salt OF these fires many stockmea will
be obliged to slip to market this fall
who contemplated holding their stock
0Yer winter.
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Wisconsin Preacher Indicted.

Ia CROSSE, Wis, Sept. a7.-The
Uni ted States grand jury. while in ses-
sion here, returned an Indictment
against the Rev. Dr.. W. D. Thomas, q
we'll known divine Of this city, for
alleged violation OF the United States
postal laws. The alleged ctfense con-
sisted in writing pos; al card to the
Roy. c. L. Esch, formerly Presby terian
pastor of Eau Claire, in which tho gen.
tleman was referred to i'll anything but
complimentary terms.
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TorEKA. Kan, Sept. 27.-The char
ters Of six townsite comp anies ill the
Cherokee strip were filed with the sec
retary of state by rel resentatives Of
the Indians to whom allottments were
made. Tie towns are Kildare, Gross,
Wakoumis, Wharton, Medford and
Pond Creek. Each Of these towns are
owned by Cherokees and are located
hlose 10 government county seats and
land CtIile towns.
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ST. JOE'S BIG FIRE.
Three Solid Blocks of Businel
Houses Destroyed.

Three Solid Blocks of Business
Houses Destroyed.
ST. JOSEPH. Sept 2,.-Three solid
blocks of the finest business houses in
St. Joseph are in ruins and $1,000, ,0C9
worth of property has been destroyed.
About 1o q. m. c. A. Purdy was pass
ing along Edmond street and noticed q
thin curl of smoke coming from the
top floor Of the S-story department
house of Townsend s. Wyatt. By the
time he could turn in an alarm flames
burst from the entire top floor. When
the fire department arrived it was
found that the water pressure was bad
and tie fireman fought at a disadvan-
tage. The entire building was soon in
flames and CHEF Kane saw there was
10 chance 10 save it. a strong wind
from the north carried the flames
across the street to the magnificent
Commercial bank structure and it was
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Eathcd fin Boiling Water.

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 27.-Maggie
Missensawl, the 15-year-old daughter of
Michael Missensawl. met a horrible
death in tie Pennsylvania Institution
For Feeble Minded Children at Elwyn.
The girl was lathed in boiling water
by an older member Of the institution.
Her screams attracted the attention of
the authorities, but she was so terribly
scalded that she died two hours after.
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Tie Cat Was Hungry.

a young lady bookkeeper employed IN
an Office at South Manchester. Conn.,;
has been III the habit for some time past
of giving the office cat piece of meat
for its lunch every day. Precsution is
taken to lay piece of paper under the
meat to avoid greasing the floor. The
other day at lunch hour. when there was
no meat. pussy begged for some in her
most intelligent fashion. and Ct last 60
ing to the vastebasket dragged forth
her regular paper table cloth und laid it
properly for the meat.-Philadelphia'
Ledger.
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CIGiRH.sAEIss IN SESSION.
Sienn.a! Meeting cfthe international
Union at Mi!Waukee.

MILWAUKEE, Sept 27.-One Of the
most important trade conventions OF
the year opened during the morning at
the Yves: Side Turner hail. It is the
biennial session of the international
Cigarmnkers' union. G. ". Perkins of
LIicago, PRESIDENT of tie international
organization. called the convention to
prder. ard there were go delegates
sresell at the opening. The delegates
expect TO le in session 10 days or two
weeks, as the meeting held ia Indian
apo!is two years ago lastel a fortnight.
In 81 e;.ilinG about the condition Of the
argaliz. ton I1asie.eut TerLins said:
I'VE j ave about 80. Go members in the
Un:tel S ates ard Carada and are
:,.oat rs strong and prosperous as any
labor c:san:za ioa. We have .5ao,CJo
Il. cash j.. tie ,re,:s,s.J-. which we think
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Held I'm Three.

REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., Sept. q. -
" lille riding in a box car Oh the Chi
cago aud Northwestern three men were
held up near Lamberton by robber,
he suddenly drawing 4 revolver and
telling 1neln to hold up their hands.
Two jumped from the moving train
and escaped unharmed, while the third
did as he was told. The robber re-
lievea him Of all his valuables. Upon
reaching the station the authorities
were notified and the robber captured.
The yalusbes We're recovered Satur-
day tie robber broke out Ct Jail and is
1T large,
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T'rainrnen aimed.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-TLe Michigan
Central began Monday to arm the
trainmen of all trains carrying Ameri-
can express or mail cars and other roads
intend to soon follow suit. The en-
ployes have Eeen supplied with Win
chester repeating shotguns loaded with
buckshot, and additional employees
armed have been put on, so that there
VIII je at least 10 fully armed on each
express and mail train.
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Marked Minnesota Positions

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 27.-The
commissioners from Minnesota to mark
the positions Of the troops from that
state who fought in the battle of Chick
mauga have completed their work.
end located very accurately the only
two commands from their state. The
Second regiment Of infantry and the
Second battery Of artillery were the
two Minnesota commands in this
bloody battle. lhey lost SIS per cent of
their forces. TIE monuments to be
erected Will cost xl5, GOO.
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t;::ii I!aIs1in. Hire.

zSD1ASAPoLls, Sept. z7.-The trouble
letN cen the Big -Four and tie employ
ees is, as the tl;iunen express it,
'sstill l.a"sins f1;c, With but little pros
pect OF immediate adjustment. The
cgicials, however, assert that there VIII
le 10 strike. and claim thHt the men
lave concluded TO :ccept tie inevitable
1nE uctit11l
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CLfci4O Banker Indicted.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-Ahraham G..
partner of the late Herman
6chafner, who committed suicide after
the failure of his bank, has been in
dicted by the grand jury. The indict-
ment was made on complaint OF Siegel,
Cooper & Co., who charge that they
SEQ, 900 i'll tie schatfner bank
y few minutes before the failure was
nnOunced
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Reward for Trainmen.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-The men who de-
Tended the Illinois Central express train
against loLbres at Centralia, Ills, are to
be rewarded for their bravery. Tie ILL
nois Central road and the American
Express company have united in be-
slowing the reward, which will con-
sist OF six gold medals ard $4,000.
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Tive Hundred Homeless,

NEW YorE. Sept. 27-A special cable.
gram from Warsaw says: The town of
brenezencia has been completely wiped
oGt by fire. Ihe details are not yet at
hand, but adv;ces say several have been
burned to death. Five hundred falii-
lies have been rendered homeless.
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The Farmer Was Forcetr,.,.

The Berwick man who took several
thousand dollars from the bank, put it
III his vest pocl1e:, and then lost the gar
plent was convinced that the banks are
yet the best places to keep money. lie
thought some tramp had stolen the vest.
but when later he found vest and money
in q grain box where he had foolishly
laid it he became more than ever con-
vinced CT the security which the Maine
banks Acknowledgements (Me.) Journal,
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BUT NO RECIPROCITY.
F'ei; Tariff Concessions Between Can.
anda and the United states.

anua ana the United states.
TORONTO. Ont. Sept. 27.-sir John
Thompson, premier of the Dominion
government, in speech on the subject
of reciprocity with the United States,
said:
"We are ready to accept any fair
proposition by which the trade of this
country can be extended and increased
with the United States beneicially.
The two parties of the United States,
Republicans and Democrats, are some
what at variance on the question OF
reciprocity treaties, and the party now
in power in the United States is op-
posed to any such arrangement as a
reciprocity treaty. They have received
from Canada an intima,ion that ii they
are disposed to make tariff concessions,
based on legislation, to us, these fair
tariff conce. sions will be responded to
in proper spirit by the Canadian gov
erumenl"
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"A Mine Caves In.

IsHrEM1So, Mich, Sept. 27.-A large
area of ground over the Salisbury mine
ca!ed in, narrowly missing taking tho
main engine house, which is now on
the brink CT a pit some 60 feet deep.
j is not known whether further eaving
may happen or how great damage has
hean done
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CElicasO's Unemployed.

CHICAGO, Sept. s7.-Ihe police re-
turiss Oh the CELSIUS Of the unemployed
have been completed. From the exact
figures N the staten. euts and from the
estimates Of t..e idle men in trades
omitted IN the police returns it is ar
gued that 1oG, 600 rnen. rloyed men can
be accounted tor in Chicago. In the re-
port it is Shown that about "a, 1000 iron
and Steel workers are cut Of employ
Ment. The brew ers show Lut a small
decrease i'll the huh her Of men EN-
iloy.l
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LATEST MARKET PRICES.
St. Pan! Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. pATIl Sept. Is, ISJI
H0GS-Nc receipts and no trading.
CA1ILE-luiet; steady; lot much offerd.
Prime steers, s1*..5& ".lS; good steers, S..-5 o
2.15: prime COWS, S2.4 Gl2.60. good COWS, Sl.75@
2.2; common to fair COWS, so...5n1 so; light
veal 'aives, S3.G @4.O; heavy calves, SIS, @
25u; stockers, Sl.*o@,l1'; feeders, Sl.7512..:o
bulls. s S.G0t.1.
SHEEP-No receipts and no trading.
Muttons, s. uG3vU; lambs, 81. ll-j.;..3; stock
ers and feeders, SlIDGp2.UO.
Receipts title, l,5GJ; calves j.
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shanks Reaches Chicare,

CHICAGO, Sept. 81. - i.erd Mayor
shanks of Dublin with his party a.
rived in this city during III, even;n /,
and was escorted to his hotel By troo:.
Of mounted police and the 1ldermanio
committee. Mayor Harrison presented
him with the freedom Of the city and S
short address Of welcome was made BY
Alderman Madden.
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A Bank Robbed.

ADA. Mimi, Sept. 27.-News has
reached here that tie cashier of the
Bank of Halstead had been held up by
three robbers at about o'clock p. IN.
and the bank robbed of about $500,
which was all the money that was on
the counter Of the bank at the time.
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Vice Consul Shielded

NEW YORK, Sept. PA special to
the Sun from Hertnos!llo, Mex, says:
Advices have reached here of the sui
eide of G. D. Root, United States vice
consul at Guaynas. He shot himself
through the head. He was so years of
age. No cause is assigned for tie acci-
dent
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Killed His Nife by S,istake

NEW BRUNSWICK. n. j., Sept. a.
Ers. Rudolph Jansen, 26 years old,
tainted in her husbands arms. He
placed bottle Of ammonia under her
rostrils to revive her. Some of the am
monia Went down her throat, and she
died in great agony.
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Murder and Suicide.

ATLANTA. Sept. z7.-Charley Herring,
young man we'll known about town,
made most desperate attempt to kill
his wife and then suicide at his home
On Henry street. He shot his vile
twice with pistol and then sent two
bullets into his body. Both are in q
critical condition.
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IcHu.; Notes and NsuSt.aoes

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27.-Chief Of
The Secret Service Irumuord las ex-
smined The private Elects cf Henry S.
Cochran, TIE tli!eving chief weigher Of
the mint. and found checks, prorissory
Ectes AMI small mortgages which! viii
materially reduce tie $os.o3O shortage.
lie exact amount Chat viii te re;.lizeu
ia ?.Gt :>pv.n
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Conference Closed.

FoET ATKINSON. " is, sept. 27.-Ihe
Methodist E.,iscrra conference. which
has Teen il session lere the last week,
closed Il orday. 1t vas decided to hold
the next session al Fort Howard. Reso-
Iu;ions were adopted favoring all pro-
hibitory measures and opposing ell
forms OF license. Ii was decided to
fight I'll liquor laws.
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ANOTHER TRAN<CoNTINENTALA
che Soo's First Through Train to the
Coast Sent Out.


ST. PAUL. Sept, az-At G:S5 p. m. the
500 started its first through train to
the Pacific coast. In honor of the event
q train OF unusual magnifcence was
made up. 1t consisted OF tourist. dining
and sleeping cars, all vestibuled and
finished i'll mahogany, and furnished
will. the latest OF modern improve
nents and ccnveniences. The company
had cordially invited the general public
to inspect its magnificent maiden
train" at the Union depot between e
and 6:35, and large numbers accepted
the invitation. At 6:35 the train pro-
ceeded to Minneapolis bearing member,
Of the ST. Paul press and officials of the
road. At Minneapolis it was net ly
newspaper men and citizens of tlae
city generally and all informal ce!ebra
ton of Is to 20 minutes duration was