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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-19

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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
THE EAST.

lS the third of the international
yacht races the Vigilant and Valkyrie
were towed in after sailing six hours.
The Nigilant was in the lead.
AN investigation into Bank Cashier
Arnold's affairs shows he systematical-
ly robbed the Merchants bank at Lock-
port, n. T., of 800, 900.
THE firms of Wilbour. jackson Il Co. !,
and Sheldon & Binney, bankers at
Providence, Il. l., suspended with
heavy liabilities. These concerns were
classed among the strongest in New
England.
The American sloop Vigilant won
the third successive race for the Amer
ica's cup, defeating the English sloop
Valkyrie The time of the winner in
the SO-mile race was hours SO min
utes, and 81 seconds This ends the
contest.
EDWARD SLOAN beat John Schrecker
to death with large wrench during u
quarrel in a Pittsburgh (Pa.) livery
barn.
COCHRAN HAMMOND, II resident OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, was burned to death
by the explosion of a lamp.
EIGHTEEN lives are believed to have
been lost by the sinking of the steamer
Dean Richmond near Dunkirk, N. Y.
II. +. WINN, Of Springfield, Mass,
crazed by separation from his wife, cut
the throat of his baby boy, then killed
himself.
The entire chain of lakes was swept
by fearful gale whose severity has
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
WEST AND SOUTH.

JUDGE HUDSON sustained motion at
Columbus, S. c., quashing indictments
against persons selling rice beer and
liquors under the state dispensary act.
He said the dispensary feature of the
act was unconstitutional.
JAMES T. BAXTER and Mrs. Nellie NJ.
Metcalf were again united at Washing
ton after seventeen years separation.
In Waynetown, Ind, seven brick
business blocks were destroyed by fire,
the total loss being tiS0,00O
In a rear-end collision between New
York excursion trains on the Michigan
Central tracks at jackson, Mich,
twelve persons were killed and TWEEN
ty-one injured. The first train was
standing at the depot when the second
dashed into its rear coach and the two
rear coaches were telescoped and the
third thrown from the track.
GEORGE RossNATKI's house near Mi
not, N. D., was burned and his four
young sons were cremated.
AT the worlds fair railroad men had
ride on the John Bull train, in COM
mand Of William Finlayson. who wan
conductor Of the first passenger train
ruL In America
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
FROM WASHINGTON,

In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the l1th was: Wheat,
63, ,275, 900 bushels; corn, s, S04, 900 bush
els; oats, 3,93s, 900 bushels; rye, 74O, 900
bushels: barley, l,509, 900 bushels
In the treasury the gold reserve was
lower than it had ever been before,
standing Mt $50, 500, ,OOs.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
t9O3, $40, ,207, against 5000, ,s46, 755, the
previous week The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1892,
was o3.7
THERE were 323 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th. During the week
previous the failures numbered $50,
against aGO in the corresponding time
in 1892. In the last nine months the
failures number II, ia, against 1873 in
the same time last year.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FiFTY-T HlRD CoNGE =Ss.
ExLrn knkaInn.


TUESDAY, Oct 10. - In tho scnete
a petition was presented from Rich
mond, Ind, for the exclusion from
the mails of newspapers containing re-
ports Of prizc-fghts. An amendmcut
to the silver purchase bill was intro
duced and the bill itself was discussed.
In the house the Tucker bill TO repeal
the federal elections law was passed by
a vote of 200 to i01. The bill giving
settlers on certain lands in Oklahoma
the right to commute their homestead
entries was passed. A bill was intro
duced increasing the pensions of veter-
ans of the MEXICAN war from IS TO sl2
per month.
WEDNESDAY, Oct lin the senate
a bill to pension the widow of the
late Gen. John NJ. Corse at the rate of tl00
per month was reported and placed
on the calendar. The silver purchase
repeal bill was discussed and 1t was an
nounced by Senator Voorhees, that the
senate would continue in session until
the measure was disposed of. In the
house joint resolution providing for u
recess of congress from October IA to
November / was referred to the com
mittee on rules. The bill to amend the
Geary Chinese exclusion bill was taken
up and the author of the measure, Mr..
McCreary (Ky.), spoke in its favor.
THURSDAY, Oct H. After con-
tinuous session of forty hours the
senate adjourned at 1:45 this morn
ing, and thus the bill for the uncon-
ditional repeal Of the silver-purchase
law was carried down to defeat Dur
ing the debate on the 12th an amend
ment to the bill was offered by Senator
Harris (dem.) which provides for the
coinage of all the silver bullion in the
treasury into full legal-tender dollars
ot the rate of 100000 per month, and
it was thought this amendment would
lead to final compromise. In the
house the McCreary bill to amend the
Chinese registration and exclusion act
was discussed and many petitions were
presented asking for the repeal of the
Geary law.
FRIDAY, Oct. 49, - In the senate
several amendments to the silver
purchase repeal bill were reported. A
resolution to change the rules in refer.
ence TO compelling the attendance OF
absent senators went over. In answer
TO an inquiry as to moneys borrowed
by the government since March, 1885,
the secretary of the treasury sent word
that no money had been borrowed. In
the house the McCreary bill to amend
and modify the Geary Chinese registra'
ton and exclusion act was further dis
pr A ipp inn
from IS to 100 the number OF army Of
fccrs who may be detailed for military
instruction at educational institutions.
SATURDAY, Oct IA In the senate
various important amendments tc
the rules were offered. Senator Jones
addressed the body in opposition to the
silver purchase repeal bill, after which
the senate adjourned, In the house the
session was occupied in discussion OF
'he Geary Chinese law.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
LATER NEWS.

In the senate, ON the 10Th, the joint
resolution fixing the qualifications to
vote and to hold Office in the Cherokee
outlet was passed. Other business OF
minor Importance was transacted, when
the esilverpurchase-repeal bill was taken
up and occupied the senate until 10
o'clock at night, when adjournment
put an end to bootless debate, inter
spersed with roll calls to ascertain if
quorum were present........ln the house
the McCreary bill was put to vote
and passed by lOa to 10.
WHILE searching for bodies from the
wrecked propeller Dean Richmond, on
the 10th, near Dunkirk, n. Y, their
boat capsized, and George Thurber,
Frank Cahoon and George Mann were
drowned.
THE Norwegian bark Martin Luther,
from Sidney for st. Johns with bal
last, went ashore off Wash Halls, near
Head harbor, N. f., on the 10th, two of
her crew were drowned, and the re-
maing twelve had narrow escapes.
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS, the czaro-
witz of Russia, was formally engaged,
on the 18th, to Princess Victoria, sec
ond daughter OF the prince of Wales.
Each of the contracting parties are in
their twenty-sixth year.
The steamer Wockken, of Cleveland,
foundered in ten fathoms of water just
above Long Point, on the northern
coast OF Lake Erie, in the great storm
on the night of the 14th, carrying
down with her all but three of her
crew, which consisted of sixteen in all.
The bonded warehouse in Lancaster,
Pa, Of Jacob Il. Shaffer was totally
destroyed by fire, on the night Of the
18th, with all its contents, consisting
Of over 1900 barrels of whisky. The
building was set on fire. Loss, $50, 900;
insurance, s5s, 900.
A SHORTAGE that may exceed 500, 900
was discovered in the Cincinnati Office
OF the Wells-Fargo Express Co. on the
10th. Local Money Order Clerk Vim.
r. Orchard, a trusted employe of the
company for seven years, is missing.
He left for Chicago on the evening of
the 14th, and all trace of him was lost
A vEsTiBULED passenger train on the
Wabash road, from Chicago for st.
LoniH, left the track just south OF
Nameoki, Ill, about o'clock on the
evening of the 10th, and ran down an
embankment, where the wrecked cars
caught FIRE. About fifty persons were
injured, many of them, It was feared,
fatally, but none were killed outright,
A relief train from st. Louis was early
stthIseoene, and the wounded were
5000 tpe hands OF skallful physi
slsnr Surgeons
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In Austria Count Won Taafc has pro-
posed an electoral reform which will
extend the franchise to 5000, 900 per-
sons not now voters.
OFF the Japanese coast the Sinyo
Marn, sailing vessel, was wrecked and
twenty-five out of twenty-eight passen-
gers were drowned,
On the Transcaucasian railroad, a
train, on which was carried II large
sum Of money to pay the soldiers at
Batoum, Russia, was attacked at Nigoita
by brigands. who succeeded in securing
the money. Three of the gendarmes on
the .ca,n and four OF the robbers were
killed.
ALI. further exploring expeditions in
German East Africa have been prohib-
tied by the government
In storm mail boat plying be-
tween Rousay and May in the Orkney
island was upset and the two boatmcn,
woman and three children were
drowned
ADyICEs received at London say that
only the terms remain to be settled by
which Brazil will become monarchy.
THE president of Guatemala has de-
clared himself dictator, dissolved the
session of congress and ordered new
election,
Ar llan, Mexico, police and outlaws
fought, and eight men were killed.
TIE steamer Marie lienriette while
crossing the English channel ran into
and cut in half a Danish bark, and siz
of the crew were drowned.
The president of Brazil issued n de-
cree depriving the insurgents of the
protection Of the flag,
THE yacht Enterprise was washed
ashore and her two occupants We're
drowned during the gale at Owen
Sound, Ont.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

JUSTICE HARLAN has assumed the role
Of prophet; may he prove true one
He expresses the belief that future diff
ferences that may arise between 1.-The
United States and Great Britain will
be settled without the intervention OF
strangers but by a commission made up
of the judges of the highest courts OF
both countries. This calling in of for
eign arbitrators does have an unpleas-
ant look. The two great English speak.
ing nations should set an example OF
''peace on earth" to the peoples Of the
world by settling their differences
peaceably between themselves and be-
fore their own Joint court
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE Antitrust as
sociation, which was organized in this
city last June, met at the Palmer house
yesterday to consider the bylaws pre-
pared for its government Gov. Knute
Nelson of Minnesota opened the first
session and shorty after retired.
There were but dozen members
present at the morning session, and
after electing Ed Rosewater, of Omaha,
chairman, and r. w. Easley, secretary,
the report of the committee on pcrma-
nent bylaws was read. The discus
sion of the question occupied the rest
of tha session.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

SEVEN weeks ago the Atlas line steam
ship Alvo steamed out of New York
harbor, loaded with merchandise and
bearing forty-eight persons When she
passed Sandy Hook she disappeared as
II swallowed up, and SO far as is known
not q single human eye ever beheld her
again. A few days ago one of her life
boats was picked up avsca by passing
steamer and taken to Jamaica 1t is
now believed that the Alvo foundered
and that all on board we're lost The
insurance companies have given up all
hope, and are preparing to settle the
claims against them ON account Of the
missing ship.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

INDIANApoLIs, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE cell
ebrated Whitecap trial at Salem closed
yesterday morning, Judge Voyles gavo
Elijah Dalton, who stood by to see his
wife whipped and is believed to have
paid for it, five years in the prison,
south. His brother, James Dalton, who
held Mrs, Dalton, and lIolsapplc, who
whipped her, get each five years. Boz
ling, who was present but did not in
terfere, gets three, and Barnett, who
was present but was too drunk to help,
gets two years. Peyton, for turning
states evidence, escapes The public
apprOyes the sentence,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

For moro than ten years Miss Susan
Friend, of Prestonburg, Ky, has lain
in sleep or stupor that nothing can
arouse her from. Ten years ago sho
fell and cut her hand on the stump of a
sapling. The wound did not appear to
be serious, and healed in due time, but
gradually there came change in her
condition. She grew morose and silent,
her health gave away and finally she
lost the use of her lower limbs Fol-
lowing this came a drowsiness that
nothing could shake off, and she was
placed in bed, where she has remained
ever since.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

THIS is an "otf year. in politics, but
there is a good deal of politics in the
air. Elections will be held in Penn.
sylvania for some state officers Massa-
chusetts elects a governor and state Of
ficers; New York, some state officers;
Ohio, state officers; Virginia and Mis-.
sissippi elect state officers; Nebraska, a
supreme judge, and Iowa, a legislature
and state officers,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
Killed His brother in seif-perense.

GUTHRIE, Okla, Oct 17.-Near Te-
cumseh, Charles Runner, an Indian po.
liceman, attempted to arrest his
brother Abe for being drunk and dis
orderly, and when Abe drew a revolver
and began shooting, his brother was
obliged to kill him in self-defense.
Richmond Carolina, bystander. was
killed by flying bullet.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

THE Massachusetts divinity student
who was lured to Denver the other day
hy the prospect Of marrying a rich
widow and found himself the victim of
a hoax deserves and will receive little
sympathy. He allowed his cupidity to
get the best Of his judgment, forgetting
the Scriptural injunction to those of his
class; "Be ye wise as serpents and harm
less as doves" by attempting a conf
dence game himself he fell into the
hands Of shrewder men, and If he sue
ceeds in borrowing money enough
to pay his fare home he will un-
doubtedly be the wiscr for his expe-
rience
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

In the year 1900 English speaking
people numbered 10000, 900, now they
number 1875, 900, 900, while the German
speaking people have increased from
80, 100000 to 10000, 900, the Russians
about the same, and the French from
81 200, 900 to 50,OOO,OOO The immense
preponderance of gain among the Eng.
lish shows that the use of the English
as business language is growing ir
over any other.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

The paid admissions to the worlds
fair during the six days ended on the
18th numbered l,925, 1O9. Grand total
vince the opening day, 1888, Oo6
THE Office Of County Treasurer Will
liam Campbell, at Black Rock, Arb,
was robbed Of 81, I3l in cash.
I The death was announced OF NJ IS
anna bowers, aged 21. who secured
ID valuable claim in the Cherokee strip,
from the effects Of exposure while
waiting upon tho line and making the
| rnn.
WI lHE directors have planned monster
relebration of the closing day of the
| worlds fair--to be called Columbus
day.
IN On the worlds fair grounds the IIor.
ucultural building will remain stand
tpg during the winter, and " tn it may
DC retained three or four other build
lings.
ix DURING a drunken fight at camp
meeting near Sacred Heart, o. r., Dep
lHty Marshal Charley Bruno killed his
brother Abe and another man.
II AT Magnolia Beach, S. c., fifteen per.
Mons lost their lives by cyclone from
the West Indies.
THE death of Il. w. Crawford. at one
| time the cattle king of southern Texas,
| occurred at his h ono at IIemstead.
FLAMES destroyed the main building
of the state university at Vcrmillion,
s. D., entailing loss Of 500, 900 OF
more without insurance.
CAPT. W. C. HALE, of Joliet. H.,
10 3D. l., 4 IL. a
with pair OF shears as weapon.
RAILWAY men at TIE worlds fair had
ride on the John Bull train in com
mand of William Finlaysop, who was
conductor of the first passenger train
run in America,
THE death of Ex-Congressman John
l.. Thomas, Jr., one of the most prom
inent men in Maryland, occurred at his
home In Baltimore.
THE number of paid admissions TO
the worlds fair for the week ended on
the i4th was 2,0s3, ,144-thc largest at.
tendance in any one week since the cx-
position opened.
FROST throughout the lower Missis.
sippi valley did great injury to cotton
and vegetation.
The schooner Minnehaha was driven
ashore north of Onekama, Mich, and
her crew of six were drowned
BEBT MYERS, aged II, while playing
with loaded revolver accidentally shot
and killed his s-year-old brother at To.
peka, Kan.
AT Detroit, Mich, flames destroyed
n number of prominent business houses,
entailing loss of 5000, 900. One man,
George Barline, was burned to death.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

ABRAHAM LINCOLN is said to have a
living counterpart rs far rs personal
appearance is concerned in an alder
man of the little city of Brewer, Me-,
Samuel L. Stone, who is by trade not
exactly a rail splitter, he being carpen-
ter He wears his whiskers in much
the same style Us did President Lincoln,
and has the same, or nearly the same
characteristics of face and figure.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

IT transpires that many of the bodies
of the victims of the cyclone and floods
on the Gulf coast were looted of all
valuables by some miscreants. The
authorities in that region should use
every endeavor to apprehend the
ghouls, who, if found guilty, should re-
ceive no mercy. A man who will steal
from corpse is too dastardly wretch
for human sufferance.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

CHRISTOPHER benson, "thc pioneer
engine driver Of the United States" as
he is called, is an inmate of the Phila-
delphia hospital. Although servant
Of the railroads for tifty-nine years he
is now dependent on charity. He is
50 years of age and still enjoys fair
health. He held the throttle of the
first engine ever brought into this
Countrywide John Bull" That was
on May 27, 1929, and over the Albany
& Schenectady railway.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
VOICES FROM THE STORM.

Erie, Abo'" Long Point, OH the Noreh-
n,,, INA, 9' ~" '1n %, W" ,,,.,, T,,o,, TIx.s
a Gallant mt Inerrertuai Fight Against
Imdcnding Destruction.
BUFFALO, y. V, oct lG.--Thirteen
more victims have been added to the al
ready long list of fatalities resulting
from the terrific northwest gale that
swept the great lakes Saturday and
Sunday last 1t is now definitely
known that the steamer Wockken, of
Cleveland, foundcrcd in ten fathoms Of
water just above Long Point, on the
northern coast of Lake Erie, in the re-
cent storm, carrying with her all but
three of her crew.
The last few weeks of the naviga-
tion season Of lS03 will live long in the
memory of the lake mariners, for no
such awful list Of fatalities has been
known in shipping circles for decade
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The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

THE planets arranged In the order
of their nearness to the sun are: Mer-
curry, 81, ,3o2, 900 miles distant; Venus,
GO, l34, 900 miles distant; the earth, OIL
100000 miles distant; Mars, 130,3ll,-
900 miles; Jupiter, 375,692, 900 miles;
Saturn, s72, 1877, 900 miles; Uranus, L.
1858, $50, 900 miles, and Neptune, 2,745,-
p9S, 900 miles.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

PERHAPS it would be well, says the
Minneapolis Tribune, If that English
syndicate were to consult the United
States before purchasing Lower Cali
fornia and annexing it to this country.
The United States has about all the
deserts and sandbars it can use to ad-
vantage just now.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

SOME one has discovered that the totai
number of capital letters in the whole
Bible is 100000, of small capitals, 6,s97;
and Of lower case, 8,452, ,593; grand total
of letters, including one E. $500, ,481.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

The jolliest obituaries printed in the
newspapers Of the day are those occa-
stoned by the death of train robbers at
the hands and arms firearms-of
sheriff's posses. II is real pleasure to
tuck away one of those fellows in G
suclful or two Of loaded.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

EMMA GOLDMAN, the arch-priestess OF
anarchy in New York, will spend some
time within doors and behind bars, for
exhorting my friends and workmcn"
to loot New York und slny all the rich
people. Whoa, Emma
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct, 17.-Harvey
$. Rhodes, manager of the Autman-
Miller implement works agency here
and II business leader, has been in
dictcd for compromising larceny in
accepting $500 to stop the prosecution
of Collector Nickcry, who embezzled
5000 in August
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

DETROIT Mich, Oct. 1.-THE three
masted schooner reported to be sunk
in Gravelly bay by the captain of the
Neosho can not be the schooner Typo.
That schooner has been in this port
since the storm commenced.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

john HOOKER, husband of Isabella
Beecher Hooker (sister of the late
Henry Ward Beecher), has just re-
signed the position of reporter of the
supreme court OF Connecticut, which
he had held for thirty-six years
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

ASA p. MORSE, against whom a ver-
diet of $40, 900 was given by Boston
jury recently for breach of promise of
marriage, is 75 years old. Mrs. Van
Houten, the plaintiff, is described as a
pretty widow, SO years of age.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
JEFFERSON MISSOURI, THURSDAY,

The wind was SO high ut Toledo, o.,
the other day that the waters OF the
Maumec river were blown out of their
charnel and the river bed left com.
pletely dry.
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19
Authorized to Bcgin BusInean.

WASHINGTON, Oct, 1.-THE comptro'-
Ter of the currency yesterday authorized
the First national bank of Normal, Ill,
with n capital of $4,000 to begin bus'-
ness,
The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1893-10-19

NEW York, Oct. 1.-THE Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Co.
has passed its dividend from Novembs
TO February /. ls1t'