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The true northerner., 1894-07-27

Result of the First Complete Invcstfga'
tion of the Omce's Records.

Result of the First Complete Invcstfga-
tion of the Onice's Records.
The Comm issloner of Pensions some time
ago issued a circular directing Assistant
Commissioner Murphy 10 mako thorough
examin alton OF the records OF the tension
Office. with view OF showing the present
status OF the bureau. For the first time
since tho establishments OF the Pension
Onice an accurate. complete and COM
prehensive investigation has thus
been made. and the results are re-
garded as very satisfactory. The
work was carried up tc July Of
this year. and it shows that there are now
go 027 claims pending, against 7ll,15O on
July l. 1893. or IA decrease OF 92. 123 claims
The total number OF claimants was 514, Ala.
representing 6i9.027 claims OF the total
number OF claimants, 227,2O are already
on the pension rolls, showing that there
were only 2s7, 200 claimants who were not
receiving pensions Commissioner Lochren
sees before him only 2s7. 200 claimants who
are not receiving pensions, and he pro-
poses TO put the whole clerical force OF
the Office at work adjudicating these
claims
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Foreigners Going Hom,.

There was trouble at New York on the
docks OF the ocean steamship lines Wedues-
day, SO many steerage passengers had
taken advantage OF the rate war TO get
back TO Europe that ships could not
accomm odate all those to whom
passage had been sold. Hundreds
could not be taken aboard even with the
crowding OF the steerage quarters to the
utmost Oaly once before. in 1873. has
there been an opportunity TO get a steer
age passage from New York to Europe for
S10. This Is the rate now, and it Is likely
TO be further reduced unless an agreement
Is soon reached by the rival lines
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Loss of 100000.

At O'Clock Saturday morning the most
disastrous fire In the history OF Birmng :
ham. Ala, broke out Perry & Mason,
Wholesale shoes. and Showers large whole
sale and retail furniture company,
both occupying an immense four-story
structure. are In ashes Loss on build
ing and stock, $3.50, 200; insurance
unknown. The Caldwell Hotel. the
handsornost building in the city and
supposed to be tireproof, was also totally
destroyed. 1t was valued with furnish
ings at $3.50, 0oO insurance. S175.O0O. 1t
was owned by the Caldwell Company. The
guests we're all rescued. 1t is believed.
The first buildings named were owned by
j. w. Johnson. OF New York, ex- President
OF the Central Railroad OF Georgia
The true northerner., 1894-07-27

A RACE horse clears from twenty to.
twenty-four feet at bound.
TT costs Great Britain $4,000 to
scrape the barnacles off the bottom of
one of its big men-o'-war and iepaint
il, and this has to be done twice a year
in the case of nearly every vessel.
BEFORE beginning to fold clothes, or
even to hang them out on the line, Lur
on clean apron il you wish to have
the clothes entirely clean. There Is
always a chance of the damp muslin
wiping something from anything
soiled with which 1t comes in contact.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
CHENOA, ILL, IN RUINS.
Flames Wipe Out the business Portion o;
the Town.


the Town.
The business portion OF Chenoa. Ill, was
destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. en-
-tailing "A loss estimated at from $500. 600 10
S6o0.O0o. Fifty four buildings and nearly
all of the stock they contained were swept
away In IT roaring cyclone OF fame
that seemed 10 break out all over the
business district at once and gave no time
10 save anything. More complete devas-
tation cannot be imagined. he only busi-
ness establishments left In the town are
two saloons. Palbachs dry goods store and
she Office of the Chenoa Gazette. The gen.
eral opinion Is that the fire was ignited
by sparks from the south bound Alton
day express falling in hay at Bal
iinger's livery barn. The conflagratiOa
spyead over the district that was devas-
tated few years ago. and where were
many elegant two-story brick structures.
The postoffice was destroyed and large
amount OF mail matter burned j. L. Nc
Keever. merchant tailor, leaped from a
second story and was impaled on an iron
fence. A sharp picket ran half way
through his body and he Will die.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Terrified by a Big Snake.

Tho big snake which is said 10 exist In
the neigh borhood OF Carter's Lake, Barry
County. Mich. and known as "Carter's
snake has been seen again. this time by
Henry Marble The snake is variously re-
ported as ifteon TO twenty feet long. Mar
BILE was terrified and went TO Sexton Nc
Elwain's with his horse on the run. Hunts
have several times been organized 70 kill
the snake, without results
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
COLLISION ON THE BIG -FOUR.
Fireman and Two Tranps Killed and Ten
Others Badly Injured.


Others Badly Injured.
There was n head-end collision on the
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St
Louis Railroad at Griffiths Station, fifteen
miles from Cincinnati. hree persons were
killed and ten injured, The express from
Chicago. due In Cincinnati at 1880. was on
time, but the St Louis express, which runs
fifteen min utes ahead of 1t, was an hour
late At Griffi hs a light engine was run
ming down to the gravel bank In charge of
Engineer Hart. He forgot his orders, and
knowing the St Louis express was
late he pulled out and was met by
the Chicago express. Hart will die
probably, without being able to
tell how he made the mistake In orders
His fireman. Frank Taylor. OF Indianapo-
lis, was killed outright; also Charles Sher-
nan and another tramp, who were stealing
a ride. There are ten reported injured.
none fatally, except Engineer Hart. The
postal cars OF the Chicago express we're
damaged. No passengers were seriously
injured. The engineer and fireman OF the
express train saved their lives by jumping.
The two tramps killed were stealing their
way on the postal cars There we're seven
postal clerks at work in the cars. only two
are reported badly hurt, the others having
narrow eScaneS
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
FIRES FATAL WORK.

Explosion of Gasoline in n st. Louis Res
taurant Has Disastrous Results.
At o'clock In the morning gasoline
stove exploded in the restaurant and lodg-
ing house of William Hancock, 1905 North
Third street, St Louis. Fifteen persons
were asleep on the second and third floors.
Two we're burned TO death and three seri-
ously injured. In Chicago a quick fire
on Monday afternoon, destroyed about
ten small frame houses on Van Horn
street. Four children we're burned to death
and several persons were injured. The
excursion steamer Favorite was burned to
the waters edge at her dock in New York,
and two boys had narrow escape from
Saath
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
BIG GUNS BEGIN TO ROAR.
japanese Cruiser Sinks Chinese Trans
port in an Engagement.

japanese Cruiser Sinks n Chinese Trans
port in an Engagement.
A dispatch received in Shanghai from
Nagasaki, on the southwest side OF the
island OF Kioo- sloo. japan. says that a
detachment o; Corean trops at the insti-
gatlon OF the Chinese attacked the apan-
ese garrison and suffered defeat A later
telegram says that Japanese cruiser and
a Chinese transport have been engaged IN
action. und that the cruiser sunk the
transport The British consul has received
a telegram from the British charge d at
faires at Toxic stating that the Japanese
have undertaken to regard Shanghai as
outside OF the sphore OF operations. The
price of ccal has risen 40 per cent on ac-
count OF the large demand made upon the
supplies for use aboard tho war-ships,
TRANSPORTS. otc
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
German Attacks Grover.

When the Senate convened Monday the
battle over the conference report on the
tariff bill was resumed before crowded
galleries and a big attendance on the
floor. At IL :35 the conferrees' report was
laid before the Senate and Mr. German
arose and addressed the Senate. speaking
from carefully prepared notes. His speech
was devoted to defense OF the Senate and
an attack on President Cleveland's letter
to Chairman Wilson, which was read in
the House last week.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
EIGHT ARE KILLED.
Cannonballs Collide at Full Speed Near
Queen City.


The south bound and north bound can
nonball trains on the Texas and Pacific
Road had a head end collision near Queen
City, Ark, at $3.50 p. m. Monday. Eight
men were killed and several injured. The
dead are: Ed Bee, postal clerk; Ed
Grimm, engineer; Charles Holland, postal
clerk; Jim Johns, porter; Fred Marshall,
express messenger; Mike Voltz. postal
clerk; -, fireman.; unknown
man. The injured: George Bean. pos
tai clerk; severely cut and bruised
One engine was completely wrecked and
tho other badly disabled The baggage.
express, mail. and smoker OF both trains
were shattered into II mass of splinters
The dead engineer was taken to Texar-
kama, and the bodies of the fireman and the
unknown man were removed to Marshall
The wounded we're also taken to Marshall
There were hundreds of people at the de-
pot to meet the train which came In from
the wreck at eleven o'clock.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
MAY END IN A BIG WAR.

British Consul at Seoul, Corea, Attacked
by Japanese Soldiers.
dispatch from Shanghai gives addi :
tional details regarding the news received
there from seoul, the capital OF Corea
that Japanese soldiers recently assaulted
the British Consul at that place and his
wife. which resulted In the landing OF
thirty British blue Jackets to guard the
British legation. The consul was dragged
fifty yards and was beaten by the Japan
ese soldiers. who used their fists repeatedly.
The chair of the consul's wife was pushed
into ditch. The British Consul drew up
n formal complaint aud sent IL to the Jap
anese minister, but the latter only sent u
curt reply and made no apology
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
WESTE RN II
Dnr
Arrested After Many Years.

Henry Hickok. Columbus (Ohio) sa-
loonkeeper. was arrested for grand lar
ceny said TO have bcen committed In Car
roll County, Iowa, seventeen years ago
His discarded wife is the informant lie
stole she says. 1,70O bushels OF wheat and
four horses Two innocent men were con-
vlcted OF the crime and served thoir sem
tences in State prison. Chief of Police
Pagots telegraphed TO Carroll City asking
for instructions, and was requested in a
prompt reply to hold Hickok.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
EXODUS TO EUROPE.

Five Thousand Foreigners Leave Cleve-
land-Take Advantage of Low Rates
The offices OF the various ocean steam
ship companie' In Cleveland are besieged
by large numbers of foreigners who are
taking advantage of the present steam
ship war and consequent low rates to re-
turn to their native lands 1t is estimated
that since the hard times commenced fully
5000 foreigners have left the city to re-
turn to Europe These people, who are
mostly Hungarians, Bohemians. Italians
and slavs, are leaving the country for
good
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
TWO LIVES FOR HONOR.
Robert Reed Kills His sisters Fugitive Be-
trothed and Is Himself Slain.

Robert Reed kiIIs Ills SIsters EugItIVe Dc
trothed and Is Himself Slain.
duel to the death between two men
took place on the depot platform at Erin.
Tenn, Saturday night Allen Olcott had
deserted Miss Virg inia Reed on the eve OF
their marriage and fled to Tennessee from
Southern kentucky. Ten days ago Rob-
ert Reed. brother OF the wronged girl,
armed himself and started in pursuit He
met Olcott at Erin and, under cover of his
pistol, compelled him to walk toward the
depot, with the intention of making him
take train to Kentucky and marry his
sister When within "a few yards Of the
railway station Olcott fred. and Reed
dropped to the ground, but lived long
enough to put bullet through Olcott's
BRAIN causing instant death.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
city Marshal XIII. Two Thieves.

Marshal Ryan, OF East Point Ga. ar
rested two negro chicken thieves On the
way to the station house one OF the
prisoners shot Ryan In the breast. but
the bullot struck bone and glanced
of Ryan shot the negro dead The other
prisoner broke and ran up the railroad
track. The marshal pursued him. firing
as he ran. After running few hundred
yards Ryan fred two bullets through the
negro and brought him down. despera rately
wounded
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Township Treasurer Robbed.

l. V. Schnurren berger, OF Youngstown,
Ohio. treasurer of Green Township, was
robbed of SI.3S5 by burglars. who chloro-
formed the family. Belden Wright. n
brJther-in-law OF tho Treasurer. was ar
rested aud charged with the theft Wright
claims that he can provo he was playing
mt a dance that night.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
st. Paul Strikers Indicted.

In the United States District Court a,
St Paul the Grand Jury reported between
fifty Eve and sixty indictments against
strikers and others for interfering with
mails during the recent strike on the vari-
Gus North estern roads. Bench warrants
were issued. and until the arrests are made
no names will be given out
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
city ATTORNEY Sued for Libel.

D. c. Tillotson. City Attorney OF Topeka,
Kan. was arresto on the charge OF Grim
inal libel on complaint OF NJ G. Manley. a
banker of Lawrence Manley was on jury
which brought heavy verdict against the
city OF Topeka Tillotson charged Manley,
In an interview in the State Journal, with
having been bribed.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
KILLED BY AN ELEVATOR.
Three Men Meet Death and Two Others
Are Injured i'm a Brewery.

Tuesday afternoon three men we're in
stantly killed and two thers seriously In
jured by the breaking of an elevator drum
at the ClauseD & Price brewery, New York
They were all tub men employed In the
brewery. They got on large grain ele-
vator ten feet square, which was loaded
with kegs. They started from the sixth
floor TO go down into the basement The
drum Of the elevator broke, and the kegs
and men went down with crash The
three men were killed oy the shock
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Men Can Come Back.

Placards were posted all the gates
leading to the Pullman car works at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon announcing
that the company would begin business as
soon as 1t got enough workmen to start all
deDartmentA
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Lvnchinr Bee I'm Texas.

At Woodville. Texas, a mob OF thirty
armed men overpowered the jailer and
broke down the doors they went to the
cell where William Griffith was confined
and took him out Proceeding TO the
Southern Pacific water tank they hanged
and shot him. Ono OF the shots fred into
his body nearly cut his arm Off Griffith
assaulted a little girl
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Law su,t Gives WAY TO Marriage.

Anna sbager. OF Duluth. short time
ago brought contest against Amos Carr
on pine lands on Elephant Lake, northwest
OF Duluth. The contest growing somewhat
bitter and expensive, Carr fixed up an
agreement with hor The contest has been
declared OF and they will be married.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
u,s G,,,antrv Caused His Death.

Thomas McCloskey. a we'll known AL
bany printer, while trying TO assist little
girl to recover her pocketbook. lost his
balance and fell from the Green bush
bridge Sunday afternoon. His head stuck
the projecting stones of the pier His
skull was crushed and when his body was
recovered from the water few minutes
later life was extinct
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
no yyrock rrains with nrnamIte.

A large body of men was organized in
Enid, o. T.. and its members are loudly
proclaiming that they Will destroy with
dynamite the first train that attempts to
pass through the town without stopping.
Company II, OF the Thirteenth Infantry,
from Camp supply, O. T., is at the scene,
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Heat Drops Down in Chunks.

In New York, Friday. the heat dropped
down in chunks and everything wilted.
There were many cases Of sunstroke. The
official thermometer marked 94 degrees,
and on the street 1t was over 100. Seven
persons succumbed to tho heat during the
day. while in Jersey City there were two
fatal cases OF sunstroke. In Brooklyn.
eight persons were prostrated. and Of
these two are likely TO die.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27

Needless of warnings from his sisters
and other girls whom he was sportively
terrifying with an old gun, Edgar. the 15-
year old son OF Farmer James Hey worth.
near hiladelphia. shot and killed Mary
Cuthbert. his little cousin. Then he said
he did not know the gun was loaded. A
coroner's jury also found 1t to be u case OF
accidental death.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27

Two miles east OF Eufaula, L t., samue.
Checota and William Narcome. two Creeks,
shot and killed Frank Hawkins. a Seminole
murderer and outlaw. A reward of $500
was offered for his body. and Checota and
Narcome waylaid and killed him for the
rNward-
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Sought Death by Fire.

At st Louis, Augusta Koch, II years old,
wearied by her nearly three quarters OF a
century on earth, wrapped herself In a
coal oil saturated sheet as "a shroud, and
then setting IL on fire, perlshed Her re-
mains we're frightfully burned.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
wORKMEN BURIED ALIVE.
Caving In of a Cistern Wall Results In
TIAir Horrible Fate.

BY the caving In OF a cistern wall ut
Winona,. Mimi, Tuesday three men and "A
boy we're buried alive. The work OF rescue
was at once begun, and the body OF the
boy, Henry Griesback, was soon recovered.
After six hours OF digging the men were
reached and found to be alive. Just then
a sec,nd cave-in occurred. owing to tho
crowd pressing around the spot, and the
men we're again buried After another
hours digging they were again reached.
Joseph Schneider and Thomas Stanek were
taken out dead, and Michael Kulas was so
badly injured that he will die.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Pension Fraud Cases.

In the United States District Court at
St Paul the cases OF the pension examin-
ers from Austin, charged with frauds. were
taken up Dr. W. l. HOLSTER pleaded
guilty and paid fine OF 81. 900, while the
case against DR. Wheat was nolled. DIR.
Gibson will oe tried later on the same
charges
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Eats Eye Stones.

The cats eye stone, now priced as an
ornament, is O very different thing
from the ancient cats eye or eye stone.
of India, an agate cut so as to show
the so-called eye or eyes. 1t is sup.
posed by some that this latter was
used as money in parts Of India four
centuries ago, and specimens found
to-day have an interest TO numismat-.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Crops Saved by Rain.

In many parts OF the Dakotas and in
northwestern Minnesota the severe drouth
has been broken by very heavy rains two
inches OF rainfall being reported around
NermilliOn, 5. D.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27

The Constantinoplo correspondent of the
London Standard telegraphs that notwith-
standing the attempts at concealment it Is
clearly established that over a thousand
persons lost their lives during the recent
earthQuakes
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Kui. Fath.r ,rd soo

Near San Antonio, Texas, James Craney
went TO the house OF man named Law
ton, where he met John Grain and son. In
a quarrel between Craney and Grain and
son Craney drew pistol and shot and
killed both. Craney has not been appre-
hended
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
How We Null

1t i, computed that the death rate
of the world is sixty-seven a minute
and the birth rate seventy minute,
and this seemingly tight percentage of
gains is sufficient TO give a net in
crease of population each year of almost
100 900 souls
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Bank Clerk Steals $4,000.

William Melville. the correspondence
clerk or the Bank of California at San
francisco, has made confession that
during the past thirteen years he has
stolen s35, 900 OF the banks funds He Is
under arrest
The true northerner., 1894-07-27

Forest fires are doing considerable dam
age around Duluth, aud have now ap-
pearcd inside the city limits. At Amnicon.
twenty-two miles away. n bridge on the
Northern Pacific Road. $50 feet long and so
feet high. were destroyed. 1t will delay
trains for several days
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
MoutreaI Badly scorched.

Fire destroyed twenty-six tenement
houses In ST. Jean Baptist village. In the
northern part OF Montreal Thursday. The
damage is estimated at $50, 900. Four peo-
ple were dangerously injured.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27

Governor Waite, of Colorado. has an
nounced that he is not n candidate for the
United States Senate and will not allow
his name to be used In that connection.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Big Fire In a Small Town.

Through the carelessness OF barber
fire was started which destroyed twenty
principal business houses OF FL Paso Ill,
causing "a loss OF $3.50, 00o
The true northerner., 1894-07-27

Pretty Mrs. Smalley, In her divorce Pc
tition against James II. Smalley, filed at
Newark. Ohio, charges that her husband
tried TO make her to go to Washington for
the purpose of blackmailing Congressman
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Couldn't Get work.

James Bertram. OF Hamilton. Ont. 50
years of age. unable TO get work, made a
dagger out of file and committed suicide
by plunging IL into his heart
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Revolutionary Relic.

The public library of Easthampton,
Mass, has been presented with a we'd
ding dress over 100 years old. The
garment is of "changeable silk und
weighs less than eight ounces.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Hanged for Numbering a Jailer.

Joseph Walwitz was hanged at Trenton,
n J., for the murder OF Deputy Prison
Keeper James n Lippincott
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
Memphis. Tenn. L. shaken.

Three distinct earthquake shocks were
felt at Memphis Tenn, Wednesday morn
Ing The vibrations were from north to
sOuth.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
They Can't Agree.

Tariff conferrees reported their inability
to agree Chairman Wilson read a letter
from President Cleveland favoring the
House BILL
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
SIX PEOPLE DROWNED.
Three Women and Three Men Lose Their
Lives While Bathing

Llves WhIIe Bathfng.
Five women went bathing in the San
Joaquin River near Fort Washington. Col
One got beyond her depth and, in at
tempting to rescue her three of the Others
were carried TO an eddy and drowned.
Three young men were drowned hile
bathing In the Snake River below Pene-
wawa, Wash. One called for help and the
Others swan TO his assistance. All three
grappled In the water sinking simultane-
Ously.
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
The National Game.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

The clubs of the National and Western
Leagues stand as follows in the champion
ship race:
The true northerner., 1894-07-27
THEY DIE LIKE SHEEP
OVER 5000 DEATHS FROM
BLACK PLAGUE.

An Illinois Town Burned-war Is On lie
tween Japan and China-Death Comes
to Many In Varied Forms = Forests
Ablaze.