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The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Saturday. Nov. I6.

Ralph G. Smyers. of Chicago, swore out
a warrant for the arrest of his son, Dexter
Smyers. charging him with embezzlement.
Young Smyers is O cripple. Smyers senior,
who is the publisher of local real estate
paper. says his son has embezzled several
hundred dollars, the proceeds of collec-
tion.
Mayor Pingree's city farmers at De-
troit raised crops valued at sl7, ,s97 this
year.
Sheriff Keyser, OF Woodsfleld, o., had
occasion to go TO his stable during the
night and in going there disturbed four
burglars. who were trying to rob the safe
of the Monroe County bank. The robbers
pounced on him, gagged and robbed him
and threw him into the stable, where he
lay until discovered next morning.
A red polled COW at Whittingham, Eng
land has yielded milk continuously since
she ceased calying. five years ago, her re-
cord being l3, 734 quarts of milk of the
first quality. No other case like this is
known.
The Skinner tile factory burned at We
mona Ills. Loss 5000; no insurance.
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Monday, Nov. 1S.

The treasury Saturday lost 81, ,l34 600 in
gold for export to South America, which
leaves the true amount OF the gold reserve
ss9. .439, ,039.
T.. and p. Crowley. farmers and brothers
near Harvard, Ills, didn't believe in
banks Two burglars visited their house
and got away with 5000.
Three thugs boarded a train on the
Pennsylvania railway between Jersey
City and Philadelphia and would have
robbed the express messenger had they
not got into the wrong car. Finding out
their mistake when the train was nearing
Philadelphia they put on the brakes and
jumped of, escaping.
Joe Choynski has been matched to fight
Maher, the Irish champion O..
Fireman w McQuade, of Corning
Y, was killed and Brakeman kirkendal,
same place. was fatally hurt i'm a head-end
collision OH the rail near Williamsport, Pa.
The murderer of William Krauer, q
New York restaurant keeper, has been
captured He is a boy only 10 years old.
Mrs. j. X Emmett, the actress, has
sued her husband for divorce at San Fran
cisco.
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
wednesday. Nov. 20.

Louis Helstron was killed by che falling
of an elevator in the Illinois Steel com
pany's works, Chicago.
Michael III. Maher who is wanted at
Leadville, Colo, for the alleged embezzle-
ment of about 81 900 from the Dold Pack
ing company last February has been ar
rested at Los Angeles
Cyrus II. Mccormick, head of the har-
vesting machine plant. has invited his
Chicago office attaches, numbering about
100. to witness the marriage Of his brother
Harold and Miss Rockefeller at the Fifth
avenue Baptist church In New York next
Tuesday
Danish millers have petitioned the
Danish government to impose an expert
mental duty on imported flour.
1t Is reported that Prince Henry OF Bat
tenberg has decided to join the staff OF the
commander Of the expedition to Ashantee.
John King, alias Goodwin" profess
sional burglar, tried to kill Wong Sing In
his laundry at Chicago with piece OF gas
pipe. Sing whipped the thief into state
Of insensibility. The Chinaman will prob
ably die Of his injuries while the thug will
recover
The true northerner., 1895-11-22

The first Syrian Orthodox Greek church
In America was dedicated in New York
by Bishop Nicolas, OF Alaska
Chicago bricklayers have decided to ask
for . six-hour day when the present
agreement which the organization has
with the Master Masons association ex.
pires. This will be next spring.
Brazil fatty declines to discuss the own
ership OF the island Of Trinidad with Greas
Britain
Charles Schaefer, of Chicago commit
ted suicide in New York because he had
lost his employment and money
Anton Schmidt, a laborer. was killed by
o northbound Monon train while crossing
the Western Indiana tracks at Chicago.
Excavators at Anderson. Ind. found q
cave in which were dozen gigantic skele.
cons.
A bright comet has been discovered in
the constellation Virgo by Professor Per.
rine Of the Lick observatory.
Fire at Meridian, Miss. destroyed the
Meridian Sash and Blind factory and the
Citizens Compress and warehouse.
Total loss. s250.000
The true northerner., 1895-11-22

thought saw the gates AT the draw closed
over the track, but as my lights were burn-
ing and l had current the thought CO.
Cured TO me that my eyes must have been
at fault"
When you first saw the gates OF the
draw were your lights burning and did
you have n CURRENT
~ did have a current and my lights
ws.e burning. That Is the reason why
thought OF no danger When the draw is
open the lights usually go out. but IL was
not the case at the time of the accident as
I can swear AS told you. l was sur.
prised when l saw the gates and knew
that | had both light and current. which
has never been the case before when the
gates have been closed. as the swinging OF
the bridge cuts off the current and. of
course. when this 10 done the lights go
out"
How do you account for the strange
facti"
II cannot account for IL. but l swear
that IL was so. have never had an ac
cident of any kind. until this one. and l
believe this will kill me-" Rogers Is ter
ribly moved by the accident. When his
wife said to him: But IL was no fault Of
yours" he replied mo. but think of 1t.
On my OOu just tnlnk OF III. III was
some time before he could go on with his
story
CLEVELAND, Nov. l9-It has been de-
fnitely settled that one Of the safeguards
provided by the street railway company
at the Central viaduct drawbridge TO pre-
vent accidents has been out of order for
three week. 1t was n device Of levers 80
arranged that when the safety gates at
the approaches to the draw were closed
the current would be shut off for dis.
tance of 900 feet on each side OF the river.
This was the reason the lights in the
sar did not go out, which would have
warned the motorman.
CLEVELAND, Nov. l9,-The recovered
dead of the bridge disaster now number
seventeen. the bodies of Miss
Martha Sauerheimer and Matthews
Calliman having been recovered by drag
ging the river. Rogers, the motorman. has
been held without bail for two weeks. A
thorough investigation will by that time
show whether he should be held longer.
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
CROSS-EXAMINATION
Gould Net Weaken Such Testimony
As This.
CFrom the Kalamazoo Teiegraph.)

(FroBi the Kalamazoo Teiegraph)
The following statement is one Of great
interest to many citizen of Kalamazoo.
and a man as well known as Mr. Wallace
should carry more than ordinary weight
with our readers Here IL Is as taken
down by our representative:
My name is John A. Wallace | am
a member of the firm of j. A. Wallace *
Co., doing business as timers, etc, at lO0
Eleanor Street, Kalamazoo, In which city
also reside. For the past nine or ten months
have been having attacks of kidney com
piaint, tine pain in my back over my iil,s
was very severe at times: my urinary sys-
TEN was also in "a bad state of derange
ment, sometimes the urine was scanty and
then again the amount would be excessive.
and a difficulty of passage always existed.
heard of Doan's Kidney Pills at time
when | felt that | was going TO be sick
but their use warded off an attack, and II
am now feeling very much better; the
urinary organism has regained normal
condition, and the terrific pain In my back
is much reduced in severity, while it is now
fast going away altogether. am con
tnuing the use of Doan's Kidney Pills.
with positive feeling that they will effect
on me a permanent and speedy cure. |
have unbounded confidence in Doan's
Kidney Pills as a remedy for all kidney
ailments; have good reason to be, as they
have done so much for me.
Can you ask any more than this? Doan's
Kidney Pills are relieving more backs of
the burdens they have been forced to bear
through the kidneys than all other means
devised, and, better still, they are doing
this right here in Michigan. Ask any one
who has ever taken them and see what they
will say
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
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Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents
for the U. S. Remember the name, D0an's,
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The true northerner., 1895-11-22
SCENES OF EXTREME PATHOs.
One of the Bereaved Tries to Drown Him
self-Motorman's Story.

One of the Bereaved Tries to Drown Him
self-Motormans Story.
The scenes about the river while the work
of rescue was being prosecuted were pa
thetic in the extreme. 1t was sad crowd,
and out of respect for the unfortunate
dead but very little noise was made. Oc-
casionally the wild scream of some frantic
woman who believed some one dear TO her
was among the unfortunate ones would
echo over the flats, only TO be taken up at
distance by some other woman whose
heart was breaking over her loss.
AS the bodies were passed from the fire
boat to the willing hands on shore every
few feet some woman would step out from
the crowd, peer into the face of the dead
as it passed, and Its not him, thank
God, she would say. AS the body Of
young boy was taken from the fire boat an
old lady nearly fell into the river In her
anxiety to see the face OF the dead She
would not be put back She threw her
self on the body, looked into the face and
cried Thank God" Falling upon her
knees she raised her voice TO heaven and
prayed as only mother could under the
circumstances.
At another spot two men were trying to
hold an almost distracted woman She
car and was almost insane with grief.
Women and children went this and that
way, screaming and jostling each other;
women tearing their hair and calling upon
God to save their dear ones. Women
tainted and were trampled on by the mad,
rushing and insane crowd. 1t was i'm.
possible to keep any kind of order and
the effort was finally abandoned. 1t was a
crowd with a common grief Not one of
the multitude but thought that perhaps a
brother, mother father or sister was at
the moment lying cold In death at the
bottom Of the river
The finding of the body of little Gertie
Hoffman filled the cup of sorrow for A.
w. Hoffman, a grocery salesman living at
1gOS Pearl street. She was the last mem
ber Of his family His wife and son Har-
vey the latter aged a. were taken from
the river earlier. When Hoffman real.
lied what had happened to him he became
bereft OF his reason. Rushing to the
river, he plunged in and tried to drown
himself, but was rescued by his friends
who took him away and tried to comfort
him.
August Rogers. the motorman, Is de-
tanned at the Central station, though he is
held only as a witness before the coroner.
He talked about the accident and said:
When my motor reached the switch at
the approach OF the draw In the viaduct /
shut of the current and applied the brake.
The car came to . full stop and the con-
dnctor ran ahead and threw the switch.
He motioned me ahead with wave Of his
arm. put my lever at the first notch
and 40 passed the conductor I looked
back, az always do, and saw him get on
the rear platform. Looking ahead
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Crime of Train Wreckers.

SYRACUSE, n. ", Nov 20.-Train wreck
crs ditched the New York Central fast
mail few miles west of Rome. Engineer
Frank Hager, of Albany and one tramp
was killed, and another injured Fireman
Chris Wagner, of Albany, and Mail
Clerks Porter and NJ. J. Mccarthy were
injured The engine and all the cars were
thrown into the ditch and wrecked. The
dead tramp is named BILLY" Bond, and
the other, who had his left foot cut off, Is
John Macy Both are of this city John
Hildreth and Frederick Bristol are under
arrest as the wreckers and the sweetheart
Of Hildreth testified that he confessed the
crime to her, saying that they intended to
rob the passengers. 1t is a miracle the
casualty list is so short.
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
RAILWAY BANDITS AGAIN eolLeo.
Cut on the Wrong Car and Depart with
out Getting ANY Booty.


MINNEAPoLIs. Nov l9-Abo 10 O clock
last night an express train on the Great
Northern railroad was held up near ST.
Cloud The robbers were evidently after
the express car, and supposing it to be sec
ond from the engine cut it of from con
nection with the mail car The engineer
then threw open the throttle and pulled
safely into st. Cloud with the treasure
In substance the story OF the engine
crew was that when three or four miles
out from Clear Lake the fireman looked
squarely into the muzzels of two Win
chester rifles, backed by two ugly pairs OF
eyes. The fireman was badly frightened,
but obeyed the injunction of the robbers
who discovering their mistake in not hav::
ing the express car, departed without
further molestation. A special train left
st. Paul with posse for the scene of the
hold-up. So far as known nothing was
secured by the would-be robbers and no
shots were fired
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Governors at Atlanta.

halge, of Massachusetts,. and his staff
Governor Hastings. of Pennsylvania, and
his staff with Pennsylvania state officials
GovernorLippitt,o of Rhode Island, and staff,
held public reception in the Auditorium
at the exposition. The members OF the
Cleveland chamber of Commerce and
Manufacturers club of Philadelphia, the
Pen and Pencil club, of the same city, the
members OF the International League OF
Press clubs, Chic Press association, Mich.
iean Editorial association, Mississippi
Press association, and thousands of south
erners attended the reception
The true northerner., 1895-11-22

Thirty-Two Buildings Go Up In smoke at
Purcell, 4. T..

PURCELL, Il. Il.
ST. LOUIS Nov. IA special to The
Republic from Purcell. I. t., says: Thirty
two buildings burned at loss of $50, 600,
the arrest Of two well-known merchants
for arson. and for tiioe an almost GER
tain lynching. Is the story Purcell. a
little town on the Santa Fe road. tells.
Fire broke out In the Star store In the
middle OF the principal business block on
the north side OF Main street. A heavy
wind Was blowing from the north. and
the flames spread with frightful rapidity
soon sweeping the entire side of the street.
made up of frame buildings, and the
Chickasaw National Bank building on the
north side OF the block
The high wind increased almost TO a
street, and In IA few minutes all the frame
buildings on the south side were burning
Two brick blocks. Blanchard a. Woods
dry goods house. and Campbell's drug
store. were also consumed Every build.
ing on the block Is more or less injured
Some of the stocks are seriously damaged
The east side of Canadian avenue was
swept for one and a half blocks The
fire is supposed TO be of incendiary orr
gin. and A Trough. of the Star store, dry
goods and clothing. is now in Jail charged
with arson
Persons testify 10 having seen him leave
his building just as the flames burst out.
+. Glucksman, manager of the Chicka-
saw Mercantile company, is also in Jail on
the same charge. Witnesses claim to have
seen him during the progress of the fire
enter his store which was thought at the
time TO be out of danger. and pour coal oil
around The feeling was very strong
against both men, and for time a lynch.
Ing seemed certain, but it now seems that
the danger of that has passed. though a
force Of deputy marshals is guarding the
iail
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
ranner a Candidate for Governnr.

CHICAGO. Nov. l6.-John r. Tanner has
resigned the chairmanship of the Illinois
state Republican central committee and
announced himself as candidate for gov
ernor. This action was taken at meet
ing of the committee held at the Great
Northern hotel. DR.. L. n Jameson was
selected to succeed him as chairman of the
committee and Ira G. Copley was made
chairman of the executive committee.
Tanners announcement was In the form
Of an explanation of the reasons for tender
Ing his resignation, which were in brief
that the desire of his friends that he
should run for governor made the office of
chairman of the state committee an em.
barra ssment.
The true northerner., 1895-11-22

WASHINGTON. Nov l6-The executive
committee of the American Bimetallio
league has unanimously adopted reso-
luton accepting the invitation of the ma
tional silver committee OF Chicago, in
calling a conference of those who believe
I'm the free coinage of gold and silver at l6
to l independently of other countries to
meet at Washington Jan. %, 1896. for the
purpose of arranging for a national conven.
ton. BY the terms of the resolution each
organization is to be equally represented,
neither to have more than twenty-five rep
resentatives
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
FATAL FIRE AT DETROIT.
Match Factory Burns, Three Lives Are Lost
and Six Persons Are Injured.


and Six Persons Are Injured.
DETROIT Nov S-Watchman Wagner,
at the factory of the Improved Match COM
pany, stumbled into a tray of matches,
igniting them. Becoming excited he
kicked the tray, scattering the burning
matches in all directions and causing the
loss of three lives and the destruction Of
the factory. The loss on property is $780,.
900. Six persons were more or less severe
ly hurt, The names of the dead are;
Reuben Davis night foreman, 2, years
old; John Wagner night watchman, an
elderly man; Agnes Yettke, II years old.
The three burned 10 death lost their
lives in trying TO put out the fire. Before
they were aware of their danger flames
sprung up all around them and they were
unable to escape. The injured are: Thorn
as Smidt, burned OH face. back and arms,
injuries serious but not fatal, Tony Pok-
rifka. not serious; Lizzie Kattanaske,
nose broken and otherwise injured by
falling down stairs; Annie Schultz,
burned on neck John Antaya and Will.
lam f. Kennedy. suffocated by sulphur,
not serious
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Our New Minister to Switzerland.

who has just been appointed United States
minister to Switzerland, is one of the
most distinguished members Of the Mis-
souri, bar. He was graduated from the
law school in 1850 at Louisville in which
state he was born in 1889. He came to
Missouri in 1858 and has continuously
practiced law since then, being associated
at different times with John n Rodgers
now of Chicago; Caldwell Yeaman, late
member of the state judiciary of Colorado;
p L. Yeager and X. K. Ball He served
three terms as prosecuting attorney of this
county,
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Strike of House.mith. at Gotham.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-Housesmiths to
the number OF 800 are on a strike here
against j. B. & J. NJ. Cornell and Milli-
ken Bros. for higher wages, new regula-
tions for overtime and Sunday work, rec
ognition of the union and prescription Of
nonunion men. II the employees hold out
q sympathetic strike will be called, which
will involve from 5000 TO 10000 men.
The state board of arbitration is trying TO
settle the trouble.
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Nex peroe. Reservation Opened.

SPOKANE. Nov. l9.-The Nez Perces In
dian reservation in Idaho was opened at
noon yesterday. There was no firing OF
guns or any other signals given. No ex-
element or disturbances of serious char
acter have been reported. Probably not
over 5000 locations will be made this fall.
There was no lining up for grand rush.
but the people at noon were all over the
reservation. each on his chosen quarter
sectiOn
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM.
Not Only Needs Adequate Law, but Also
Men Who Are Competent.

Not Only Needs Adequate Law, but Also
Men Who Are Competent.
Continuing he said the problem should
have been solved by the natural operation
of the working councillors Of an enlight-
ened monarchy acting through efficient
and competent instruments. Lord Sails
bury added: Il do not see who the men
are who are to stand as representatives OF
the Rustem Pasha type Of officials at the
sublime porte. l exhort you to consider
that this terrible Armenian trouble Is
quite as much one of competent men as
of adequate law; that the mere writing
of new provisions upon fresh DEGREES cam
not supply the place of governors who
know how-and what is equally i'm
portant, who have the courage and integ-
rity-to do their duty.
Il have no doubt that the powers will
do their best, but do not imagine that
deep seated diseases in an empire can be
cured by the wave of a magician's wand.
The results of long years of error will
have To be paid for, and cruel and inexor-
able is the law that those will pay who
were not originally guilty of the offenses.
/ have taken you for the moment into the
unaccustomed field of foreign policy.
Nothing but the circumstances which /
have explained would have persuaded me
to do so, for l maintain that a foreign
minister above all others is bound to value
and cherish the virtues of silence"
Lord Salisbury then turned to domestic
affairs, and said the Conservative victory
was mainly due to the fact that the mag
netic influence of great statesman which
had been exercised in sinister spirit had
been removed. In conclusion he dwelt
upon the divisions among the Irishmen,
and said II they were let alone they would
cut their own thi oass
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Another National Convention story.

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. a0.-During a re-
cent meeting here, at which were present
quite a number of Ohio politicians friend
ly to Governor Mckinley, 1t was given out
''confidentially" that twenty-one mem
bers of the national committee had
pied ged themselves to San Francisco for
the national Republican convention, and
that the railroads had agreed to make .
s25 round trip rate. II this be true San
Francisco has only Ave more members to
get to secure the convention.
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
HISTORY OF A WEEK
Thursslnx. Nov. Il.

Lord Sholto Douglass mother-in-law
has not tried TO horsewhip him. but IL Is
not improbable that his lordship and wife
will be separated shortly.
The National Brotherhood OF Electrical
Workers Is holding it's annual convention
at Washington Its business Is done In
secret.
The largest crowd ever assembled at
Tahlequah. l t.. was at the opening of
the Cherokee Legislature and the conven-
ing of the first United States court ever
held In Tahlequah Judge William NJ.
Springer presides In the court.
Returns collected by The Iron Age show
that the rate OF production OF pig iron had
reached the enormous total Of siTT ,31S tons
per week on Nov l. The October produc-
tion Is estimated at ola. 3i6 tons. as con-
trasted with 763, ,35s tons in July
A heavy rain has been general al! over
Nebraska. South Dakota. Iowa and Kan
sas, and it Is still raining There is either
rain or snow all through the Missouri
valley and west of the Colorado line.
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
rrrs AND NERVOUS DISEASES.

When Henry NJ. Hall, NJ. d., late surgeon T.
:. A., Department of Tennessee returned from
.he war he found child afflicted with epilepsy
Leading physicians were consulted, without
apparent benefit. Noted specialists could give
but little If any relief To rescue his child from
a fate worse than death became the object OF
his life. For several years experiment followed
experiment, until at last success crowned his
efforts. In 1889 old age and infirmities in
duced him to impart the knowledge of how To
manufacture IL, under the agreement that a
bottle should be sent free of all charges To any
one applying for it, who was afflicted with epi-
lepsy. Since then over 10000 free bottles have
been sent to the afflicted. Experience has
proved that it cures Insomnia, ST. Vitus Dance
and all forms of Nervous Affiction. II YOU
want to try this wonderful remedy free Of all
charge, write, stating your disease a. plainly as
possible give your age and post Office Address
The Hall Chemical Co. West Philadelphia Pa
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
Doiugs OF the Knights of Labor

WASHINGTON Nov. ia resolution was
passed by the *. of L. convention reciting
that the Knights of Labor do hereby de-
clare in favor of the immediate recogni-
tion of the Cubans rs belligerents. An
amendment TO the constitution was passed
making any person over Is yrars of age
eligible for membership in the order un-
less he be manufacturer or dealer In
wines, liquors, or beer, lawyer, banker,
stockbroker, or gambler. The assembly
decided TO reduce the charter fee from SIS
IN 81
The true northerner., 1895-11-22
short I'm His Accounts.

New ORLEANS, Nov. 1s.-Charles o.
Hoffman, assistant cashier OF the Now
Orleans Brewing association is reported to
be about $4,000 short in his accounts.
Hoffmans whereabouts Is unknown. 1t
is stated that false entries on the books
was the method resorted to by Hoffman