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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25

MEN IMPRISONED LIKE RATS IN
A TRAP.
Floods Threaten Many Towns In the Cone
msugh valley-Narrow Escape of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Financial Bubble
Bursts-Trade Depressed.


Possibly the worst wreck the Chesapeake.
Ohio and Southern Railroad has had for
years occurred in Standing Rock tunr oil.
ten miles east OF Princeton. Ky, Saturday
morning. E>t-a freight train No COZ In
charge OF Conductor Kinkle. ran into the
work train, which was gravellng near Daw-
son. In charge OF Conductor Hill Midway
In the tunnel Conductor Hill and six gravel
men were killed outright and several
slightly injured Engineer Jones. OF tho
extra freight, saw the danger just In time
to jump and save his life The cause OF
the wreck was due Co either tho care
lessness OF the fiagman OF the work
train or to Conductor Hill. who was killed.
The fiagman was left at Dawson, two miles
away, TO stop trains until the work train
could make the siding and he claims he
gave orders as he was directed. When
struck the work train was backing through
the tunnel to make siding a few yards
Leyoud. The extra freight running
twenty-five miles an hour, dashed
into IT, completely demollshing four or FIVE
cars of the work train aud the engine and
several cars of coal of the freight. Many
OF the tralnmen had miraculous escapes
from death, and the accident happened so
quickly that no one save the engineer and
his fireman left their train They were on
the train before they saw it, and their es-
cape seems miraculous
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
PERISH IN THE SEAS
Stout Vessels and Crews Succumb to the
Fury OF the Gale.

Stout Vessels and Crews Succumb to the
Fury of the Gale.
Up to nightfall Friday the furious gale
had driven eight vessels on the beach at
Chicago and ten sailors were known to
have Ierished. The vessels were the
schooners Evening Star, G. G. Mixer, Myr-
tie. Lincoln Dali, Jack Thompson, ]. LOOMS
McLaren, Mercury. and Rainbow The
Myrtle alone lost six men. At Milwaukee
the NJ J. Cummings went ashore and seven
men were lost The G. C. Barnes was lost,
but her crew escaped. At other points,
from Milwaukee around TO Ashtabula, O,
twelve vessels were driven ashore, but
there was not great loss OF life The gale
was furious and long continued,
and every barber held boats which
had put in for shelter, while out
side each port there were many at anchor,
the attempt TO enter being too dangerous
Still others went up or down the lakes un-
der bare poles before the screaming wind.
their crews knowing no rest or safety. The
catlstrophes of Chicago and Milwau-
kee were witnessed by thousands
OF people. and some OF the sailors
persisted within a few feet OF shore This
was the worst storm known on the lakes in
years, and 1t came with a suddenness til at
caught many unprepared and with no fore :
warning from the Government signal SER
vice The full list OF casualties will not
be known for several days
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
JUST MISSED A FORTUNE.

Large sum OF Money Sent TO st. Louis
Swindlers Which They Did Not Get.
Now that ]. b. Breeding has been arrest
ed in SIN Antonio, Texas, charged with
the forgery of the Wells Fargo Express
Company money orders it has been learned
that IL the swindling firm OF Trend. Smith
& Foster had been allowed a few days 4:
would have reaped for une. There are
about 300 registered and ordinary mail let
tiers at the ST. Louis postofiice addressed TO
the firm, and these letters are known to
contain drafts and currency amounting to
$1,000, but not one was delivered The
funds at the postofice are remittapces
from banks TO which the firm sent its
forged money orders for collection.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
DOWN TO THE notion.
Never Before Was the Wheat Trade So
Pgralyxod

Paralyzed
Never In the memory of the oldest traders
on the Chicago Board OF Trade has the
wheat market been so paralyzed as IL is
right now. The bears have all they want
Traders dare not buy and the feel
ing of uncertainty Is so strong In
the ring at the wheat pit rs to make
the body OF them feverish and wild.
There seems no hope of reaction-no
prospects for permanent bracing of the
mart. and there is not an expert on the
floor. bull or bsar, that has the hardihood
or the courage TO predict The market is
as II IL had been hit In the head with u
hammer and seems unable to recover con-
sciousness Opinions differ as to the cause
OF this remarkable movement, that In a
few months has carried wheat down TO a
point that has not been equaled in
nearly seventy years. The decline
has acted like facilitating drug
on the spirits OF the traders Money
has been made by the bears, but quick ac-
tion has been thing almost foreign to the
board except In one or two instances that
came with a sudden drop In prices and as
sudden a readjustment from purely Incl
dental causes The trend OF the market
has been and Is that way stii-downwarl.
Abou. the only ones who are losing money
by the conditions however. are the specu-
lators. as very little actual trade is done
by the farmers
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
Royal Commission vommends.

A London dispatch says: The British
Royal Commission to the Worlds Fair at
Chicago has just issued its report 1t is
decidedly favorable to the exhibition.
1t gives an excellent description of
the exhibits, and concludes by saying:
ait is impossible for those who did not
visit the exhibition 10 understand the
enthusiasm which pervaded 1t and the
commences of its character. 1t would be
an easy matter TO criticise its shortcom-
ings, but It is undeniable that 1t was a
courageous inception, splendid in execu-
ton and successful In its results In all
previous exhibitions the exhibits have
been almost the sole attraction and It
has suflcel IL the buildings furnished
suitable shelter. The great feature OF the
Chicago fair was the unique arrangement
OF the frame OF the picture Enormous
sums were lavished upon the splendid
temporary pa aces Concerning the part
taken In the fair by Great Britain, the re-
port says that Great Britain had less to
gain by the exhibition than any OF her
rivals, yet II she had not taken romi-
nent part IL would have been extremely
disastrous to her trade.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25

Chicago Election Commissioners Assessed
$1,000 Each for Their Contumacy.
To pay a fine OF $1,000 and to remain In
jail until such fine be paid was the PEN
atty imposed by Judge Chetlain on Elec-
tion Commissioners p II. keenan,. A. W.
Hutchings. and Henry Schooner for refus-
ing to obey the courts order TO submit
10 inspection by the grand jury the
ballots cast at the April election In
the twenty second precinct OF the
Twenty Ward. Chicago The pro-
ceedings were dismissed as TO Chief
Clerk w. A. Taylor. because IL had been
shown that he had no authority over the
ballots The respondents were not In court
and an order OF commitment was at once
issued and sent TO Sheriff Gilbert, instruct
ing him to arrest the contumacious Com
missioners and lock them In jail. The alb
sence Of the Commi sioners from the
courtroom was Intentional They did not
appear because they expected an unfavor-
able decision and wanted 10 be arrested.
BY this procedure they could at once make
application for release Oh writ of habeas
corpus and thus bring their cases before
the Court of Appeals
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
FIVE DAYS OF FLOOD.
In western Pennsylvania Seven Inches
Rain Has Fallen.

In western Pennsylvania Seven Inches of
Rain Has Fallen.
For five days and nights Western Penn
syivania was storm-swept and in that
sine seven inches of rain fell at some
places The country has been deluged.
Nioudbursts have repeatedly occurred
at different points Booms have
peen torn to pieces and immense
quantities OF valuable timber scat
tered. Many county and railroad
bridges have been carried away. Miles OF
railroad tracks have been destroy ed lin
some cases only buried un Ter extensive
landslideS, In other instances entirely OBJ
iterated by the tremendous force OF the
rushing torrent, which also carried away
ears and their contents Reservoirs have
been overwhelmed, fertile valleys and ne W
W cultivated fields and farms have been
diminished OF top soil and crops and buried
under sand. The inhabitants OF many
villages and large portions OF some cities
have been turned into veritable lake
dwellers, their homes into floating palaces.
Fires have lent added terrors To flood, and
boatmen and fremen, policemen and citi-
tens have together turned out In the
dead OF night 10 rescue lives and save prop
erty. Ten deaths are reported
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
CONDENSED CENSUS REPORT.
Abstract of $50 Pages, Containing the
Totals, Nearly Really for Publication.

The results of the work of the eleventh
census Will be summed up In an abstract
which has been almost completed at the
Census Bureau. The publications will give
all The totals for the different subjects for
which figures were compiled by special
agents and enumerators Concerning the
official brochure, Colonel Carroll d. Wright,
superintendent OF the Census Bureau, said:
~The preparation OF an abstract not ex-
ceeding $50 pages was authorized by re =
cent act OF Congress There will be 10O,-
BOO copies published 10 Is to be the popu-
lar condensation OF the twenty four vol
umes OF the census, and will contain all
the chief totals by states, the facts to be
brought into comparison with those for
1880. So far as population is concerned, It
will embody the totals for countries and
cities Figures OF manufactures, agricult-
ure. transportation, insurance. churches
and wealth. debt and taxation will be Civ
en- by the States. The abstract will be in
readiness f-r distribution between July Is
and 81 ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
Johnstown FLOOD Recalled.

The reservoir in the ALE heny Mount aims
at Kittanning Point, six miles above AL
toon. on the main line of the Pennsylva-
MA Railroad, broke early Monday morn
ing. and the food poured down upon Hol-
lidaysburg. The break In tho dam is If
teen feet vide A mighty volume of water
Is behind the breast A Pennsylvania
locomotive was sont down 10 Holidays
burg six miles. 10 warn the people. 1t was
q wild race with the food. When the peo-
pie OF several towns heard the news there
was a panic. An earlier report OF danger
had put the residents on the lookout
They fed for safe y and awaited develop
ments The reservoir Is used to supply
city of Altoona with water and the break
Is I'm one section.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
SHE READ TOO MUCH.
KILLED HERSELF WHEN PAR
ENTS REPROvED HER.
Tremendous Damage by Floods In Penn
nia-Commonwealers Go to jail
Spain Kills n Choice Assortment of An
archists-Census Information.


Arthur Franklin. living near Dalville,
Ind, has made statement as to the prob
able cause OF the strange suicide OF his IA
year-old daughter. Edna He says the
girl had great mania for reading and
her choice literature was the newspapers
For hours after the family would retire
the girl could be found In her room
perusing each column of news
paper She was always attentive enough
TO her school books to lead her class She
was well Informed and exceedingly smart
Tor one OF her age A year ago she
threatened to take her life IL her parents
ala not cease reprimanding her. A few
weeks ago she attempted to execute her
threat After she had taken the fatal
dose she confessed aud wanted to be saved.
but 1t was too late
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
PENALTY Is VERY HEAVY.
Amendme nts to Interstate Commerce Law
Make 1t Exceedingly Strict.

Amendments to Interstate Commerce Law
Make 1t Exceedingly Strict.
The sub committee of the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce having In
charge the bill for the regulation of pool
ing has submitted new amendments
bearing upoa false statements made
by eithcr shippers or railroad COM
panies or other common carriers, and
providing PENALTIES for those violations
OF the law These amendments change
section 10 OF tho present interstate COM
merce laws They impose a penalty Of
$1,000 upon any lerson Who shall deliver
property for transportation to common
carrier and by false billing, false classic
cation. false weighing, false representa-
tion OF the contents or by any sort OF de-
ceit or device obtain or seek to obtain
transportation for such property at less
than the rey ular rates then established on
the line OF the railroad or other common
carrier In question. like penalty is i'm
posed on the agent CT any railroad COM
pany or common carrier who may assist In
such deceit.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
STRIKE DEPRESs 1T.
Yet Trade Shows Remarkable Soundness
In Spite of Them.
O.. .,

Yet Trade Shows Remarkable Soundness
in Spite of Them.
r G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade says:
the obstacles 10 improvement do not
lessen. The strikes of coal miners and coke
workers have not ceased, but have caused
the sioppage OF numerous works and en-
barrassment to some railroads. The con-
ference at Cleveland exhibited much angry
feeling and wider differences than had
been expected and seems to render agree
ment more distant Proceedings in the
Senate do not indicate that the latest form
of tariff revision has made speedy final &C.
tion more probable Yet the recuperative
force OF the country is so great that OBJ
servers are constantly amazed at the VOL
ume OF business transacted, the tonnage
being transported, the number OF works re-
Stunning operations, and the general sound
ness of trade Notwithstanding influences
which in any other land would produce
dire disaster.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
A Swindler MINED.

William G. Thompson IL in custody at
St Louis. on a charge OF swindling lie
admits his guilt He sent TO his own ad-
dress at nearly two hundred hotels In
the Western States small packages by
express In appearance they we're
money packages and the valuation
marked on them was usually S25
20 s40 few days later he sent
TO the same hotel keeper letters stat
Ing that he had ordered a jeweler in St.
Louis to send his watch 10 him there by
express, and requested the hotel man to
pay the G. o. ID. charges The money
packages would be looked upon by the no.
tel-keeper as ample security. 80 that
when n day or two later a little square
box purporting to contain watch would
be delivered the 81 charges would DO paid
OF course. neither package contained any
thing of value
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
Toni ORDER ASSIGNS.
Liabilities Up In the Millions, and Said to
Have SI,2OO,OOO In Assets.

Have 81, 100000 I'm Assets.
The Order OF Tonti has gone the way Of
the Iron Hall, the Earnest Workers, and
other bubbles. The executive committee
OF the order assigned at Philadelphia TO
the Land Title and Trust Company and
Francis Skunk Brown, the orders attor-
ney. Although the assets are estimated to
be In the neigh Dor hood Of 81. 200, 00l, the
liabilities cannot be Appropriated. Presi-
dent Clausen had ext ected the blow, when,
upon his election TO the presidency. he Le-
gan TO examine the fiimsy state OF the bub-
BILE He found that there were $500, 900 OF
matured certificates outstanding, with
others rapidly approaching maturity, and
with no cash to pay them without draft
on the reserve fund. He saw that In two
years the order would lie called upon to
pay out $1,000, 900, and that the very best
II could d. would be to have 3D. 600, 600 to
meet the demand The orders attorney
said large assessment would not stand
the test of law, and so the Supreme officers
decided that the only thing to do was to
make the assignment
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
SHOW FOR JUSTICE.
CHETlAIN LOSES CONTROL OF
PRENDERGAST.
Exaggerated Reports OF Pennsyivania
Floods-To Look Into Armor Plato
Frauds-Frenzied Action OF Georgia
Lynching Mob-Disastrous Explosion.
Away from Chetlain.

Some judge other than Judge Chetlain.
OF Chicago. will preside at Prepdergasts
insanity trial The lawyers for the state
have made every move that legal ingenui-
~ could suggest In the direction OF get
ting the case transferred from Judge
Chetlain's court TO some other court
Every stratagem failed but one; that one
was to apply for a continuance extending
beyond the date which would mark the
terminate OF Judge Chetlain's term In
the Criminal Court Tie State de-
sired, II continuance was to |
granted at ALL that It should be
until June 1S There was stubbornness m
both sides An agreement was finally
reached and June IL was entered on the
record. In signing that date Judge Chef
lain signed the death sentence OF his con
nection with the case. A was subsequent
ty shown. Judge Chetlain was not fully
conscious OF this at the time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
hits OF Things.

IT is estimated that Ia, 200, 900 human
beings have rcrished as a result of
earthquakes since the year 1905 b. G.
THE sect of jams. in India, are the
champion long-distance fasters. Fasts
of from thiity 20 forty days are very
common, and once year they abstain
from food for seventy-fve days.
ALUMINIUM Is now TO be used for en-
craving in pace OF stone or steel. IL
Is claimed that. besides the advantage Of
lightness. an aluminium plate will fur
nish 5000 impressions, against 60 10
100 from q steel one.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
Minnesota and Wisconsin Suffer.

The great storm which swept over Min
nesota and Western Wisconsin Tuesday
night was the most severe since the cy-
clone Of April IA, 1886. crushed eighty-six
lives at St Cloud and Sank Rapids So
far as reported only four people have been
killed. but the loss to buildings, crops.
bridges and railways by wind. hail.
lightning aud flood will foot up at
least $500. 200. The downpour CT rain
for given period was the greatest known.
The storm broke In the region OF Fergus
Falls. Mimi. about o'clock In the af err
noon and swept central, eastern and south
ern Wisconsin. Insignificant creeks grew
from placid streams to raging. muddy tor
rents Railway traffic f. In state of utter
LIBERALIZATION. Over an area OF TWENTY
FIVE miles the worst effects have been felt
and on the Chicago lines the washouts
have been particularly severe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
TO INVESTIGATES A SCANDAL.

Armor-Piate Inquiry to Fall to the Lot of
the House Naval COMMITTEES.
The House Committee on Rules reported
back a substitute for the Dunphy resolu-
tion. The substitute authorizes the House
Committee on Naval Affairs to investigate
the armor-plate scandal A great mass OF
informatio has been collected by the spe-
cial committee. ana It Is expected that this
data will be called for by Chairman Cum
nings. and that all the persons connected
with the manufacture OF the defective
plate will be summoned Lefcro the COM
mittee.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
SIX REDS PUT TO DEATH.
Spanish Anarchists Who Tried to XIII Gen.
De Campos Meet Their Doom.

The Spanish anarchists C1dina. Cerezuel-
la. Scars, Bemat Viltarbua, and Mire who
were condemned to death for completely In
the attempt OF Pallas to assassinate Gen.
Martinez de Campos, we're shot Mon
day morning. Their companions shouted
all kinds OF revolutionary cries
while on the way TO execution.
Troops were drawn up outside the
Mont Juich walls. forming three sides OF a
square. The fourth side was closed in by
the walls OF the citadel The six an
archists were placed standing in line
with their faces to the wall Standing at
a short distance behind the condemned
men was the firing party. At the first vol
ley only four OF the convicts fell dead, and
second volley was necessary In the
cases OF sogas and Codina TO complete
their execution. There was no disorder.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
DE LESsEPs Is INDICTED.
French Count and Suez Canal Directors
to BE Prosecuted.

French Count and Suez Canal Directors
to BE Prosecuted.
A criminal indictment has been lodged at
Paris on behal OF Egyptian mobiles against
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps and the early
directors OF the suez Canal Company for
the Misrepresentation OF money. The claims
amount to several million pounds and are
based upon documents given under me
seal OF Said Pasha, then viceroy of Egypt
by which, In accordance with the acts OF
concession. he conferred shares upon the
members OF his army and household. The
case is expected TO equal the Panama
canal scandal in Importance. 1t is thought
likely that the company will dispute the
claims on the ground OF lapse of time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25

The biggest dog ever known was a
st Bernard named Plinlimmor, shown
at an English dog show in 1886. He
stood thirty-five inches high at tho
shoulder and weighed pa pounds. Pin
limmon is now in this ,untrv' or. a.
least, was brought TO America direc "
after being exhibited, having been
bought by an American gentleman at
q price so large that IL is said he never
would tell what Ii was.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
WESTERN LEAGUE GAMES.
Tishplates on the Track.

Tramps made an attempt to wreck a
night express train on the Boston and Ale
bany Road, near Cordayille, Mass. by
piling ton of fshplates on the track.
The train was going at the rate of forty
miles an hour when 1t struck the otstruc-
ton. and went through without serious In
jury. only the locomotive being damaged.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
FLOOD LOSSES CUT DOWN.
Entire Damage I'm the ConemaEgh Valley
Now Estimated at SI25,OOO.

Entire Damage I'm the ConemaEgh Valley
Now Estimated at S125,OOO.
AS near as can be estimated the loss by
the food Ia the Conemaugh Valley will be
S125,0OJ. The Pennsylvania Railroads. loss
IS $4,000 The floods between Johnstown
and Conemaugh are rapidly subsiding.
Bridge No. ., reported washed away, is
intact Trains continue to run by way Of
Huntingdon branch, the Baltimore and
Ohio Railway, and the Southwest Pennsyl-
vania. Around Williamsport the waters
are slowly receding. IL Is now believed
that the worst is over and no further dam :
arc will esult from the flood. though IL
will tc many days before the susquehanna
River will fall to its normal condition
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
Seek am AsyIum In AmerIca-

A dispatch from Moscow says: One hun
dred German Baptists have left the row.
inces OF Kherson and Volhynia for Amer
lea TO seek an asylum from Russian re-
ligious persecution. As the vessel on
which they embarked left Libau the emf
grants sung n psalm, which was heard for
some time after the vessel had left the
harbor aud which greatly affected the
crowd gathered en- the dock
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-25
SEVEN WERE INJURED.
Boiler Explodes at New York and Crashs
Through n Building.

Boiler ExpIodes at New York and Crashes
Through N Building.
Seven persons were Injured, two serious
iy, by the explosion of boiler at 156th
street and Eagle avenue, New York The
boiler. which weighed three tols. was
blown seventy FIVE feet into the air and
landed In a stable In Ann street, seventy
Eve fset away. 1t crashed through the
roof and through two floors, LANDING among
thirty horses The boilor is said to have
been defective and 10 have been reported
as such to the boiler inspector a week ago.
The boiler was used TO run a drill In blast
ing rocks for the foundation of n mansion
to be built by Ebling, the brewer.