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New-York tribune., 1894-09-11
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

Tribune Office. Sept. II. n m-The weather yester-
day was oppressive from heat and humidity with
sharp thundershower in tho evening. accompanied by
sudden drop In the temperature The for the day
between 10 and "a degrees the average C7s being
Ia higher than on sunday and "a higher than the
corresponding day last year
The weather Will clear to-day. becoming probably
New-York tribune., 1894-09-11

fishing net the handle breaking with the force ed OF
the blow Holmes in trying 10 escape, crept @ uhuei
the bridge. near Jacobus Hogan. standing dooNG o'
threw the broken handle at Holmes Inc sttEn ~
missed Holmes but struck Jacobus. knocking nm
into the river. Hogan tried hard 10 save the poy
diving after him repeatedly. The body was .i ioui
two hours after the drowning. Hogan was d'ieS'ou
and held for the coroners jury
New-York tribune., 1894-09-11
ELIZABETH.

The Grand Lodge OF New-Jersey. Independent Or
der OF Odd Fellows, met in special session at Eliza
beth yesterday afternoon and last night. The at
tendance large. Odd Fellows from all the
State being present. The past grand degree was
conferred eghty-five members which the
largest addition TO the Grand Lodge in years.
New-York tribune., 1894-09-11
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
5:37 G.iG Moon i5l Moons II
HIGH WATER TO-DAY.
AM-Sandy Hook Az GOV. Island 5:l4 Hell Gate IoI
P.M-Sandy Hook +ii Gov. Island 30 Hell Gate 1:l3
New-York tribune., 1894-09-11
THE UEA THER REPORI.
CLEARING WEATHER TO-DAY.

Washington. Sept O-The storm has moved IRON LAKE
suuoror 10 Maine The of high pressure has moved
from Montana 10 Northern Texas Increasing IN mag
nituie \ storm Of slight Intensity has developed To
the north Of Montana. Rain has fallen in the lower
lake region Mdlc and North Atlantic states and the
Ohio and Middle tower Mississippi valleys Tn" tenn
r.r,,ure has risen In Northwest AMI has remained
stationary IN the Atlantic and Gulf States and gen
orally fallen elsewhere.
,rh. skies will clear almost all districts. The tenn
nor,tutr Will rise Middle and Upper Mississippi
Vallcys westward. and will fall in the Atlantic and CUR
New-York tribune., 1894-09-11
DETAILED FORECAST FOR TO-DAY.

For Maine showers cooler; southwest gales becoming
norihwcstery.
For NV Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts Rhode
Island Connecticut and Eastern New York. showers IN
th. carly morning followed by fair. probably slightly
cooler: southwstery gales becoming northw"sefy fair
Wednesday.
For the District Of Columbia. New-Jerscy. Delaware.
MARYLAND Virginia and Eastern Pennsylvania fair I'LL
Wednesday night. sooler high ncrthwesterly winds.
diminishing.
For Tennessee. Kentucky. West Virginia and Western
Pennsyyania fair I'll Wednesday night cooler: north
erly winds.
For Western New-York. generally fair: norhwestery
winds
New-York tribune., 1894-09-11
Announcements

f.. & W. "Odena." f.. & w.
The new flexible band link button cufr
New-York tribune., 1894-09-11
INCOMING STEAMERS.
N-essel.
IEDNEsDAY. SEPTEMBER II.
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER i3
OUTGOING NERS.

Rotterdam. sept Moth Amer
Rhl Antwerp. sept Red star
New-York tribune., 1894-09-11

Henry A. Daniels, NJ y.
90 WEST S9TH-ST
pise..es Of the Nervous system. o:nito. Urinary Or
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
SOUTHERN.

The bill to punish usurpers Of State Of
fees was passed by the Alabama Legisla-
ture by Il party vote.
The City Council of Jacksonville. Fla,
has unanimously repealed the ordinance
permitting prize fighting.
Mrs. Louis Albert, of Galveston, gave
poison to her children. four of whom
died. She was made insane by religion.
The old jefferson Davis mansion at
Richmond. Va, formerly the White
House of the COnfederacy. is about to be
converted into Il museum of Confederate
relics.
A contribution of $500, made by Wash
ington Duke, of Raleigh. n c., to the
North Carolina Methodist Episcopal con-
ference, has been refused because it is
trust money.
n Texas and Pacific passenger train
was held up at trestle seven miles west
of Fort Worth at $50 p. IN. Thursday
The train was stopped just as the en-
CINE and express car had crossed, the
passenger coaches coming to standstill
on the trestle, where the passengers had
no opportunity of getting off. Those who
caught q glimpse of the proceedings saw
three masked men, with guns leveled,
marching the engineer and trainmen in
and out of the baggage car. When they
finished their work the robbers made the
engineer back the train over the trestle,
and while it was crossing they disappear
ed in thick forest. The passengers kept
so close while the train was being robbed
that they did not know much about what
was going on. 1t is said the robbers Sc
cured over 100000.
BY n vote of a to Go the Georgia Leg
islature has set its face against any eff
fort in the way of bringing women into
politics. Governor Atkinson. in assum-
ing office, was anxious to make Miss Hell
en- Dortch, a pretty editress of IS. his
private secretary. 1t was then found the
preceding Legislature had conferred mili'
tary rank upon that Office. Through Rep
resentative BOufeullet Governor Atkin-
son sought to have an act passed max
ing women eligible to hold Safe House
clerkships, with the view of appointing
Miss Dortch to the place of Assistant
Librarian. 1t was this measure that the
Legislature squelched. Grand Master
Shannon, of the Masonic fraternity, has
offered Governor Atkinson the use of his
name for appointment with the view of
comforting the place upon Miss Dortch as
bis agent. 1t remains to be seen what
the Governor will do.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
IN GENERAL

Masked men attempted to blow up
Berea College with a dynamite bomb, but
were frustrated by student.
Transcontinental lines made progress
in settling their passenger rate difficulties
and Il new association is assured.
In spite of President Havemeyer's dole
full statements regarding the sugar trust,
the usual dividends have been declared.
Many decisions of interest were rem
dered at the session of the Board of Ap-
pealS of the American Trotting Associa-
ton.
A statement showing the Armenians to
have been the aggressors in the recent
troubles has been received by the Turkish
legation.
While returning from visit to Scot
land Mrs. Hannah Williams, of Chicago,
jumped into the Atlantic and was
drowned.
The president and directors of George
town College have prohibited the playing
of football until the rules have been
changed.
Kelly is organizing another CoXey
army in Sacramento, Cal. to move on
Growers villa at Washington" and urge
congress 10 provide WORK Tor unemployed
American citizens.
X. q. Dun & Co.'S Review says: 1t is
difficult to detect any change in current
business. Prospects for business after
Jan. L are quite generally considered
more hopeful; in some branches there are
larger orders and the west-bound ship
ments of merchandise are Il little larger,
but the working force naturally dimn
ishes near the end of the year and the
holiday traffic brings just now a temper
airy activity which is not of much general
significance. The meeting of Congress
and the announcement of the new cur
rency plan and of various bills proposed
have not affected the situation precepti-
bly,. On the whole agricultural products
are scarcely stronger and wages of labor
90 not advance. but there is reason to eX-
pect the employment of Il somewhat
larger working force after the holidays.
The expected government report on feed
ing cattle and hogs has scarcely influ-
enced the market. 1t is doubted whether
the estimate is more reliable than the es-
Inmates of yield of wheat and cotton,
which are not regarded seriously.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
WASHINGTON.

Resolutions calling for information
about the Hawaiian and Bluefelds Incl
dents were passed by the Senate.
Silver Senators have entered into a con-
spiracy to change the Senate rules SO .
free silver law can be forced through.
Democrats of the House Banking and
Currency Committee have resolved to re-
port bill in line with Carlisle's plan.
Gold is beginning to go out again, ST.
JS1 .12:} having been withdrawn in n day.
Treasury officials offer no explanation.
Congressional Campaign Committee has
notified contestants that they must have
good cases and expect no partisan favors.
The Patterson amendments to the in
terstate commerce act were taken up in
the House and explained by their author.
Democratic Senators in caucus discuss
ed resolutions favorinS cloture and aban-
donment of efforts to amend the tariff
law.
The President has sent TO the Senate
the correspondence in relation to the ter
mination of the reciprocity treaty with
Brazil.
Navy department has accepted the
cruiser Minneapolis and ordered the pay
ment of $414,G00 the premium she
earned.
Chairman Babcock, of the Republican
Congressional Committee, says McKin-
leyism will rot be revived in the next
Congress.
Passage of the Patterson amendment
to the interstate commerce act has been
endangered by breach of faith on the
part of the railroad lobby.
In his annual report Attorney General
Olney commends the Supreme Court for
its promptitude in deciding cases and
offers explanation for his course during
the strike.
1t is understood that Mrs. Cleveland
will be compelled to retire from society
again this winter, in anticipation of an
interesting event that is expected to &C.
cur in March next, says a Washington
exchange. Several of the ladies of the
Diplomatic CORPS will be missed this win
ter for the same reason.
Washington dispatch: The soporific
quiet of the Capitol was rudely broken
in upon by a straight tip from the White
House that if the Democrats did not
make good use of the time ut their dis
posal to pass laws for currency reform,
and other reforms suggested in his mes
sage. President Cleveland would prompt
ly call a special session after the decease
of the present Congress, and give the
Republicans chance to legislate for the
good of the country. Villas brought the
special session tip straight from the
White House. with instructions to give
it circulation, which he proceeded to do
forthwith. The news found its way
quickly to the other end of the Capitol
and was given authoritative currency
by the quasi Endorsement of repetition by
Catchings, of Mississippi, who has the
credit of being Speaker Crisp's speaking
partner Warner, Cochrane, Tracy and
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
Death in n Tunnel Collision.

Under the center of the Chicago River
In the Washington street tunnel n run
away Milwaukee avenue train Tuesday
night dashed into Il Madison street train,
the grip of the former and the Ogden
avenue trailer of the latter telescoping
each other. Result: Two men dead. Il
score or more passengers hurt, some seri-
ously. According to the little informal
ton that could be obtained from the grip
man of the runaway train. his grip broke
just as he reached the arch of the tunnel.
His heavily loaded train shot forward
down the incline and before he could set
the brakes it had acquired such Roadway
that the brakes were practically useless.
The rails were wet and slippery, and the
train slid onward with ever-increasing
momentum toward the cars In front of it,
Notwithstanding the gripman bore down
on the brake lever with all his weight
and strength. and poured sand on the
rails. He yelled at the top of his voice
and rang his gong, hoping the gripman
ahead would understand and let go the
cable, but he did not seem to comprehend.
Passengers on the runaway train were
thrown into a panic, and some tried to
get out, but the cars were so crowded
that they simply wedged each other in
tighter. The crash came just in the mid
die of the tunnel under the river. There
was bump, ripping of timbers, grind
ing, crushing sound, and the two trains
came to q standstill. wrenched and broken
at the bottom of the grade. Then were
heard other sounds. There were shrieks
of fear and groans of pain. Fire added
its terrors to the stampede which follow
ed the wreck, but fortunately the flames
were extinguished before additional in
jury and suffering were inflicted The
work of rescue and clearing away the
wreck was conducted by the firemen, and
occupied two hours
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14

tanks of the Equitable Company, holding
100000 feet of gas. The firemen de-
voted their energies to preventing an eX-
plosion. Not until twenty engines were
throwing water was the danger averted.
There is no more mystery about the
murder of Alfred ID. Barnes in the Hia-
watha flats, Chicago. The culpable ones
are in custody after having made full and
free confessions. Edmund Jordan COM
mitted the brutal crime and Annie Ma
haney helped him to cover it up and con-
ceal the chopped body of the victim John
Il. Jersey was n phlegmatic witness to
part of the criminal proceedings. So far
as the authorities are concerned nothing
remains to be done, and for Jordan moth
ing is left but Il discrcdted plea of self
defense.
Claus Spreckels drew a check for ST.
100000 on the Nevada Bank. San Fran
cisco, few days ago, and it is now said
that the money was in completion of a
large land deal. This included the pur-
chase of 10000 acres on which is located
the Chino sugar factory. The deal was
engineered by G. II. Phillips, of San Luis
Obispo. and is said to be the largest real
estate transaction in the history of South
ern California. The transfer includes the
town site of Chino. the Chino Valley
Railway, n narrow-g gauge road ten miles
long, the water system and the contract
with the Chino Valley Beet Sugar Com
many
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
TeleEraplIic Clic,xS.

The Hungarian Cabinet was defeated,
In the lower house, which rejected the
bill to subsidize the new Comedy theater.
Chicago commission men are seeking
the abolition of the through refrigerator
system, alleging it discriminates againsr
them.
the greasy clothing of John Shire. of
Muncie, Ind. aged l3. oil boy at the In
diana Iron Works, caught fire and he WAS
fatally burned.
The BackEverett ordinance. which is
to give Detroit rapid transit for 3-cent
fare, was passed by the Council and sign
ed by the Mayor.
The city of Valparaiso, Ind. has
brought suit against ex-Treasurer
Schwarzkopf and his bondsmen for the
recovery of $4,000.
Hardin, on trial in the United States
Court at Fort Smith, Ark. charged with
murder, was acquitted. He was one Of
the Cook gang. He is a brother-in-law
of Bill Cook.
Zeke Allerton. living near Roanoke
Md. beat his wife into insensibilitv. emf
her head and face and knocked her unon
a hot stove, and is under bonds awaitin,
the outcome of her injuries.
Nebraska courts have held that students
at the State Institute for the Blind must
quit the school on being graduated. Last
years class refused to leave, but were re.
moved on writ of custer.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
FOREIGN,
moved.

Socialist members of the German reich
stag created a disorderly scene in the
chamber by refusing to cheer for the EN-
peror.
Advices from Nicaragua state that the
treaty between that country and Great
Britain has been ignored by Zelayas
officials.
Japan has notified China she will not
entertain further peace proposals unless
presented by regularly accredited am
bassador
Tories have arranged n demonstration
on the Prince of Wales return in recog-
milton of his efforts for an agreement
with Russia.
Reginald L. T. b. Saunderson. highly
connected young Englishman, has been
arrested charged with having committed
the last "Jack-the- Ripper murder
Pekin is terror stricken by the news
from Port Arthur. The Emperor is ac-
cusing all his ministers of deception and
treachery. The storm raging around Ii
Hung Chang is constantly increasing,
and he is now fighting not for the reten-
ton of his decorations, but for his life.
Count Ferdinand de LesSeps. who has
been one of the most prominent charac-
tiers in France for more than a quarter of
a century, is dead. Ferdinand de Lesseps
was born in 1905 at Versailles. and. after
brilliant educational carer at the Ly-
ceum Henry ", lie was appointed con-
sui at Alexandria in 1895. just as the
plague had smitten that city and people
were fleeing from it by thousands. De
Lesseps remained at his post started an
ambulance and tended the patients till the
pest was over The vessel in which he ar
rived on one Occa sion at the harbOr of Alex
andria was put under quarantine. De
Lesseps asked the Captain to lend him
few books with which to while away the
dreary hours. One of these volumes con-
tanned an imaginary sketch of a canal
through the Isthmus of SueZ. Its perusal
fascinated De Lesseps TO such an extent
that he determined then and there TO
think the project over and see if it could
not be carried out. He met with numer-
Gus obstacles of all sorts, but overcame
them one after the other, and the canal
was built. and on Nov. II, 1869, formally
opened. The highest honors were paid to
the great engineer. and on his return to
Paris he was invested with the grand
Gordon of the Legion of Honor. The next
project of his life was the unfortunate
Panama enterprise. Readers are faml.
lar with the collapse of the scheme and
the great financial scandal connected
with it.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
EASTERN.

Plate glass manufacturers met at Pitts
burg and took preliminary steps to form
another pool
and prominent figure in war times, died
at his home at Bowie.
The schooner Clara f. Simpson was run
into and sunk off the Connecticut coast.
Three sailors were drowned
Two blaZes in the New York dry goods
district did S2J0,000 damage. Seventy
five girls had narrow escape.
Yale and Princeton will each receive
ST., 105 from the receipts of the football
game played on Manhattan field.
Archbishop Corrigan has called a meet
ing of the'archdiocesan council to consider
the contumacy of Father Ducey.
Richard Croker and VI. +. Dwyer. of
New York, are contemplating the transfer
of their racing interests TO England.
Further evidence of shocking police bru-
tally and corruption was brought out by
the Lexow committee in New York.
Congressman-elect Andrew ]. Camp
bell. of the Tenth New York District. died
at his home of Brights disease, aged Go
years.
Thirty-fve of the forty-twO children in
the Aver Home for Young Women and
Children at Lowell, Mass, have scarlet
fever.
w. *. Vanderbilt sailed for New York
Wednesday from LIVERPOOL on the leu
tonic. 1t is surmised Mrs. Vanderbilt
has refused the 100000 settlement and
will bring formal application for divorce.
The Lincoln memorial collection which
was exhibited at the Worlds Fair was
sold at auction in Philadelphia. 1t con-
sisted largely of law books, office furni-
ture. and autograph letters, and realized
S2,JG6.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
a MurderouS Maniac.

David Spragg, his wife and six children
lived four and one-half miles from Ridge
way. No. He was an industrious farmer,
well-to-do and greatly respected. About
noon Tuesday, without having given any
signs of dementia. he walked into the
kitchen, took up the butcher knife and,
calling two of his children to him, made
an attempt TO cut their thrOats. With
blood squirting from their wounds, they
cried fer their mother. Thinking his
wife, for whom he has shown the most
marked affection. was about to escape, he
turned his attention to her. The bloody
trail about the premises shows what a
feroc;ous struggle ensued in the death
combat The screams of the children,
sobbing for their mother, seemed to in
crease his anger, aud two other children
were soon his victims. The oldest child,
boy of 10, and the two children whose
lives he first attempted to take, ran to
n neighbor's and gave the alarm. Only
one child of the family of six was left. II
baby months old grooming in the cradle.
This was murdered next. Then he went
out by the side of his wife. and. drawing
the same knife over his own throat. fell
across her body lifeless. There can pos
sibly be no other cause than insanity.
Spragg was never quarrelsome, was not
Incorporate and never abused his fam
lily. He was always indulgent and provi-
dent. The three children who are dead
are 6 months. years and years old.
The two children. and 5 respectively,
who escaped with the oldest child. are
badly lacerated, but the wounds VIII per-
baps not prove fatal.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
NEWS NUGGETS.

From returns to the Agricultural De-
partment the condition of winter wheat
Dec. l is placed at 50, against SD last
year.
Chicago passenger officials are conf
dent an east-bound pool will be formed
and in operation before the close of the
year.
Secretary Carlisle and COMPTROLLER
Ecllles explained the new currency plan
to the House Banking and Currency Com
mittee.
a resolution calling on the President to
begin negotiations to secure the indepen-
dence of Cuba was offered in the Senate
Monday.
News that Emperor Francis Joseph
had approved the ecclesiastical bills ere
ated enthusiasm in the Hungarian
Reichsrath
President Diaz, of Mexico, has de-
clined many offers of men and money. be-
heving there is 10 danger of war with
Guatemala.
proclamation declaring forfeited
lands granted the st. Paul Railroad in
the Sioux reservation has been issued by
the President.
The coroner's jury at Minneapolis re-
turned verdict that Catherine Cling
came to her death at the hands of per
sons unknown.
Net earnings Of the railroads of the
country during the year fell off S2GG n
mile, according to figures compiled by the
interstate commerce commission.
Receivers of the Atchison and Frisco
petitiOned for severance of relations with
the Atlantic and Pacific and for dscon-
tinuance of four Eon-paying branch lines.
A representative of Charles Il. Rousse.
a millionaire Of New York, is at Rich
mOnd, Va, to establish museum of con-
federate relics. The details are to be left
to a committee of nine confederate gen
erals.
Mabel Briggs and Alma Leonard of
Eau Claire, Wis. has again lapsed under
the hypnotic control Of Dr. Pickin. and
are in state of nervous prostration
Mrs. I. II .Notsen, an Omaha school
teacher, has disappeared with her two
children under circumstances which ind-
rate she may have murdered the children
and then committed suicide
Kansas City's $3.O00.OOO bonds for pur-
chase of the National Waterworks have
been sold for premium of $4,000.
A counterfeiting plant, which has been
turning out large numbers of bogus half
dollars was discovered at Minneapolis.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1894-12-14
SEELEY OR HIS TWIN.
POLICE THINK THEY HAVE The
BIG EMBEZZLER.
Nelson Morris Sues the Whisky Crowd
Hotel Guests Routed by Fire at
Omaha-Narrow Escape for Chatta-
uOoga-Gen. Black in Luck.
A Notable Arrest.

a man supposed to be Samuel c. See
ley. the absconding bookkeeper of the
National Shoe and Leather Bank, New
York. who embezzled $3Jf.000. was ar.
rested in Chicago at 1890 o'clock on
Monday night by Detectives William
ODonnell and ]. Almandinger, of the
Central Station. The prisoner was taken
TO police headquarters. where he gave the
name of Frank J. Dale, but refused TO
give any further information concerning
himself. His appearance correspondent
exactly with the description ard picture
sent out by the police of New York III
circular asking for Seeley's arrest, save
that the prisoners mustache had appar
emily been trimmed and dyed, and his
hair also trimmed and combcd down over
his forehead instead of being pushed
back as was Seeley's habit.