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A BAD BALLOON.
Cuban. said to Have bought a

Cubans Said to Have Bought
Denth-DealinE. Instrument.
Hartford, Conn.,, Sept. S. - Samuel
Andrews. machinist of this city,
claims to have perfected war bal
loon which he has sold to syndicate
of New York Cuban insurgents. The
balloon has been thoroughly tested in
the fields of New Jersey and is said
TO work perfectly. Instead of the Or
dinary car it is fitted with an armored
box from which n number of bombs
are suspended. The bombs are ig-
nited and released by automatic ma
chinery in the box, and after all are
discharged the box eXplodes, destroy
ing the balloon and the secret mechan-
ism. The machinery is worked by a
steel spring. Andrews claims to have
q device by which he can control the
direction of the balloon.
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Trensury Statement.

Washington. Sept. 5.-The c0lnpara-
tive statement of the receipts and ex-
penditures Of the United States for
the month Of August shows receipts
as follows: Customs, $15.G39,O47, in
crease for the month, $1,562, ,O63; in.
terDal revenue. $12.172, 104, decrease
for the month. $72G391; miscellaneous,
$1.141,544, decrease, $352,S44. The
total receipts for the months Of Au-
gust, therefore. were $2S,952, ,G96,
against $4O.417.GO5 for August, 1894,
when the whisky Withdrawals were
immense, on account Of the new tariff
law. The loss in receipts in August,
as compared with July, was $117,OO1.
The expenditures during August were
$32, ,5SS.1S4, against $3S,54S,O63 for
July. The excess Of expenditures over
receipts during August was $685., ,4SS
and for the two months Of the present
fiscal year, $13, 113,S54.
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Appcnl TO Congres..

Green Bay. Wis, Sept. 5.-Thc meet
ing of the Fox Valley Manufacturing
and Navigation interests. at which
Gov. tpham and several members of
congress were present. was held here
today TO discuss plans for the relief
Of the manufacturing Industries OF the
valley. At present about G,OOO per-
sons are idle because of an order of
lie war department prohibiting the
',sc of the waters Of Fox river for the
operation Of mills. A resolution was
adopted for the appointment of COM
:nittec Of two from each city on the
liver to prepare resolutions to con-
'.rrSs asking legislation that will per-
'flit the use of the river by both tile
navigation and milling interests.
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SPRING VALLEY RIOTS.
A neuS, Two Aldermen ana sewers
9TH eF Persons Indicted.

A neuo, Two Aldermen and Several
9th .r Persons Indicted.
Princeton, ILL.,, Sept. 4.-The grand
fury Of Bureau county to-day returned
an Indictment against Martin DENIAL
gro. mayor Of srrirg Valley, charging
him with completely in the recent race
troubles at that place, and a warrant
for his arrest. has been placed In the
hands of Sheriff Clark. Fifteen other
persons were also indicted on the
.charge of being members Of the mob.
There are four counts in the indict.
.ments against the mayor, and the
principal charges are that he refused,
after notice Of the intentions Of the
mob had been given him, to go before
the rioters and in the name Of the
state command them to disperse. The
penalty for and of these charges is
removal from Office or fine Of 81 900
or both. Numerous other indictments
returned charge Mayor Demalgro, Aid.
Hicks, Aid. Rivera and thirty.flve
other persons of Spring Valley and
SeatOnville with operating saloons on
the Sunday of the riots and on other
Sundays In violation Of the state law.
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Trenton. n. j., Sept. 4.-The guber-
Material state convention Of the Peo-
pies party Of New Jersey was held
In this city to-day. William B. Ellis
of Trenton was nominated for govern
or after several others had declined
the honor. There We're thirty-six del
egates at the convention. which was
presided over by Thomas II. Proctor
of Cumberland county. chairman Of
the state committee. One woman del
egate was present, Mrs. f. j. White
head of Westfield. The committee ON
resolutions reported long platform
reaffirming the national platform
adopted in Omaha in 1892, with a
number Of planks Of state import.
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springs from the multiplicity of duties
that have been forced upon him, and
that lie ia ready to make good any dis
clepancies that may be found by the
treasury officials. Notwithstanding
this his dismissal is looked for at any
time. Ainsworth II. Spofford was born
in GimMnton. N. H., in 1925, and was
appointed to his present position by
President Lincoln in 1864, after hav-
ing been for three years assistant H.
brarian. In Washington he has the
reputation of knowing, and being the
only one to know the contents Of all
the million books and pamphlets in
whose atmosphere he has lived so
long.
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Qusraatiaa patriea,

st. Louis, Sept Abr. Turner, state
veterinarian, who has been here for
several days investigating an out
break among dairy cattle of anthrax,
will issue quarantine against dairies
In which the disease exists. In view
of the gravity of the situation DR..
Howard Carter. city milk inspector.
has issued notice to the public ad-
vising that all milk from whatever
source, be sterilized before using. The
health department is making vigorous
Investigation Of all dairies in the city,
and will prohibit the sale of milk from
dailys In which the disease exists.
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THE LEMONS SQUEEZED 1T.
Storm Lakes Bank Broken by Thei
Rua1noas Moth6sl.

Storm Lakes Bank Broken by Their
Business Methods.
Storm Lake, Iowa, Sept. 5. - Great
excitement prevails over the closing of
the Buena Vista State bank. DEPOSIT
tors are largely people whose earn
ings Of years were entrusted to the
bank. Its doors were closed yester-
day and big crowd fills the street.
1t would only need a word to lead to
violence, the loose business methods
of the Lemon family, who ran the in
stitution into bankruptcy, being very
apparent. The trouble arose over the
valuation of property put in us stock,
and resulted in the bank being closed
by the state. 1t has capital of $5O,-
QUO and $65,OOO of deposits, redis-
counts and money due other banks.
The bills receivable amount to .$S1 600,
Of which about $4,000 are regarded
by the auditor as practically worth
less
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From Foreign Shores.

Sir w. Cleaver Robinson, governor
Of Western Australia. has resigned.
Chinese murderers of missionaries
are convicted.
Frequent fights take place between
the Japanese and insurgents in For
mOsa.
Torpedo boat No. IL, capsized in the
North Sea. Thirteen persons are re-
ported to have been drowned.
The Pope will assent to u request for
him to arbitrate the frontier dispute
between Hayti and San Domingo.
Chinese newspapers received in this
country say the attacks OH the mis-
sions were for the purpose of robbery.
The cotton firm of Staub e. Guyer
of C0rniglianO. near Genoa. Italy, has
failed for over 1,O0OOOO lire.
Balfour's statement that England
cares for no monetary conference
pleases the gold men in Germany.
The Brazilian senate has passed
bill granting general amnesty to poll
tical offenders.
\ duel with pistols was fought
near Ajaccio. Corsica. between Senor
Ienedit,i. Il journalist. and DR.. Ales-
Sandri. The latter was killed.
DIR. Schnurdrcller of Prague and
two Italian guides. while ascending
Mount Blanc. were killed by falling
over a pircipice.
Lieut.. Pclzer. the Belgian officer
commanding the Kassi district of the
Congo state has ben killed While fight
| ing the natives.
The first steel vessel to be built at
Perth. Amboy, will be under way soon.
1t will be Il sllnboat. for which the
government of Colombia has contract
ed with the RamsayS.
A fire which broke out at Hans
bury's wharf. Black Friars. London.
burned fierccly all night. destroying
the granary and the storage. sugar
and combustibles. The damage
amounted to 100000.
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Highest of all in Leavenng PoweE-Lae US Govt Report
R&!a!!!!l! g! fS%asSl fRs*iaHS
ABSOLUTELY PURE

do merchant Of Brazil, Ind, but re.
Gently moved to his farm near Reels.
vile, committed suicide at his home
McAlullen's Wife recently secured
divorce from him.
Father Kelly of NOrwalk. Ohio, who
was arrested ut Omaha as suspicious
character. was discharged. He de-
clares his arrest was an outrage and
entirely without cause.
Oscar Baughman, city alderman of
Lewiston. ILL.,. has been arrested in
Chicago charged with burning Fulton
county's court house. Little credence
Is placed in the charge.
Burglars made Il $4,000 haul ut q
general store at Rush. Mo. Farmer
boys gave chase and 100 shots were
exchanged. but the robbers escaped.
1t is believed Pat Grove, the veteran
train rObbcr is the leader of the gang.
a shooting scrapc occurred about
seven miles northwest of Orleans, Ind,
in which Vc!ncy Clouse was shot and
badly wounded by Albert Sage. They
were neighbors and quarrcled over
gateway between their homes.
Cornelia Brayor. colored, was found
ucitN Ill IL WVll Ut I1eEuulO. NllSS. l'cF.
cy Brooks. Il. Fl. Scarborough and
John Sullivan of Memphis. Tenn, were
arrested charged with the murder
They deny it.
Dudley +. Notson. forty-one years
old. attempted suicide in Chicago Ey
inhaling gas. NOtsons wife killed
herself and two children about year
ago at Omaha by jumping into the
Missouri river.
Max No.lck and Hazel Hammond
were found dead at Sioux City, Ia.
II is supposed that the man. who is
said to have been the wOman's half
brother tried to induce her TO forsake
the life she was leading and. failing,
shot her and himself.
1t Is reported that Capt. baldwin,
U. S. a., acting Indian agent at Ana
darkO, Ok. has l,een killed by gam
blcrs and whisky peddlers.
John Brown killed Nellie Booker,
aged thirteen. at ltasca. Tex, cutting
her throat with razor. Then he
killed himself. He was in love with
the girl.
Mrs. William Fincller committed
suicide at her home in Metropolis, ILL.,,
by jumping into n tlirry.foot well.
When taken out she was still alive
and able to talk, but lived only a
short time. She gave no reason for
her act and did not leave any writ
ten explanation. She leaves seven
small children.
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Prominent pu.Ine,. Man D..o

Sioux City, Sept. 5.-Charles G. Cul-
ycr, one Of Iowa's leading business
men, died Of fatty degeneration of the
heart to-day. The deceased was born
in Washington county. n Y, in 1S41,
located at Sandwich, ILL.,, in 1860. COM
manded the first company which re-
ported for duty at Chicago Mt the out
break of the war, and rose to the rank
OF captain. He came to Sioux City In
1850, and for years ran the leading
dry goods store in the state. He was
recently connected with the Sioux
City starch works.
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Otherwise.

Window glass manufacturers are In
session at Cleveland.
The nail washers won Il decisive vic
tory ut Cleveland, Ohio. and the strike
Is ended.
Dr0uth in Indiana. which has ex-
listed in some sections since the mid
die Of June is broken.
Heber NJ. Wells has been nominated
for governor by the Utah territorial
Republican convention.
The two electric railways at Peoria
ILL.,. which recently obtained fran
chises have been consolidated.
Globe Elc-ator. No. 3. ut Superior.
Wis, n 1.OUmO bushel house. las set
tied eight inches. and will be raised
and n stone foundation put in.
Over 800 colored women from differ
ent parts of the country are in Chica-
go to attend the biennial conclave Of
the Grand Household of Ruth.
Annie Saldritter died at Leaven-
worth. kas, of blood poisoning. She
was bitten on the lip by an unknown
insect.
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st. Paul Has 14o.xn2.

st. Paul, Sept. 5.-The population Of
st. Paul. as shown by the official
figures Of the state census of 1895. ia
1zO.292. The federal census Of 1880
gave st. Paul population of 133, ,156.
4 comparison of the figures gives the
city an increase in population during
the past five years of 7,135 souls, a
cain at the rate Of 5.36 per cent.
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The Armor I. All Rixht.

Bethlehem, Pa, Sept. 4.-The Beth
leilem Iron company was advised by
cable to-day of another successful
armor plate test in Russia. The plate
tested represented a lot of sevcn-inch
armor made by the company for the
Russian battleships Seniavin and
Ouchakoff The test took place at st.
Petersburg and was very satisfactory
to the Russian ordnance officers. The
Russian government has now accept
ed all the armor plate made here for
these vessels.
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Highwny1neu in Omnh..

Omaha, Sept. 5.-A band Of twelve
masked highwaymen held a carriage
lead of people in Omaha suburbs this
morning and secured several hundred
dollars. 1t is an organized gang which
has long evaded the police. There
We're four persons in the carriage who
had been in the city enjoying them
selves.
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The Canuck Son.

sault Ste. Marie. Sept. 5.-The first
boats passed through the new Can
adian canal to-day. They were the
American tugs NJ. F. Merrick and
Latham B. Smith and the Canadian
tugs Clara Hickler and Jessie. The
event cannot properly be termed an
opening as the tugs passed through
for the purpose of making captains ac-
quaiD' ed with the channel. Officers
Of tb" American and Canadian canals
we~, aboard the tugs. The canal will
be opened for general traffic by Sat
urdav
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MILLIONS TO WE'D.
Enlargement of Gertrude Vanderbilt
and Moses Taylor.

and Moses Taylor.
Newport. II. l., Sept. 5.-Thc engage
ment Of Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt and
Moses Taylor, though not formally
made public, is now announced by
their friends. The attachment is a
most natural one. Mr.. Taylor was the
special friend of the late William II.
Vanderbilt. the brother of his fiancee,
and the families have long been on
terms of intimate friendship. The
great fortune Of Miss Vanderbilt is al
most matched by the millions Of Mr..
Taylor. He is the second son Of Henry
A. G. Taylor, and his Inheritance
came from his grandfather, Moses
Taylor, one of the most successful and
respected Of the old-time merchants.
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Garfield Held.

Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 4.-The case
against A. II. Garfield for rape came
up to-day on preliminary examination.
The defendant waived examination,
however, and was held to the De-
cember term Of the circuit court in
bonds of $3.50. 1t is expected his
father in Wisconsin will furnish q
bond and the accused will he liber-
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The stand Fell.

Bloomington, Ill, Sept. 4. - During
the labor day exercises here. Just af-
ter the speakers had finished their ad.
dresses, the stand on which they stood
gave way. Thirty persons went down
to the ground with crash. Three
young ladies' were seriously injured
and may not recover.
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Again Exl,un,ed.

Philadelphia. Sept. 5.-The decapi-
lated body of B. F. Pietzel, one of
the supposed victims of H. H. Holmes,
was again exhumed to-day by the cor
oIer's physicians. The coffin with it's
ghastly burden was carried into the
tool shed of the cemetery. but the ut
most vigilance was maintained to
keep the object of the eXhumation a
secret. 1t was subsequently learned
that one of the bones Of the leg had
been removed and the body reinterred.
The dead mans skull was severed
from the decomposed body last Sat-
urday, under orders from the district
attOrneyS office.
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London. Sept. 5-A Havana dispatch
to the Times says that a meeting Of
ins,rgent delegates at Najasa pro.
clailled constitution for the republic
on q federal basis of five states. They
also elected the Marquis Of Santa
Lrcia president and appointed various
officers.
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Collision I'm CHICAGO.

Chicago, Sept. ga Lake Shore T.
Michigan Southern suburban train
rollided with freight train at State
street to-day. Three men were seri-
ously injured.
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sutton Mu.t show c.r..

st. Paul, Sept 5-Chief Justice q.
N. Start came up this morning from
his home in Rochester, and, after a
consultation with the attorney gem
eral, fixed his name to an order In the
Sutton case. requiring Mr.. Sutton to
appear in the supreme court on Oct.
1 and show cause why he should not
be removed from the office of boiler In.
spector, 1t being claimed that, as
member of the last legislature, he
holds the inspectorship In violation of
the provisions Of the state constitu.
tinn
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Minister suspended.

Cincinnati. Sept. A special from
Hamilton, Ohio, says that the Metho-
dist Episcopal conference suspended
for one year the Rev. w. r. Dudley
for obtaining money under false pre-
lenses.
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Chicago. Sept. 4. Labor day was
generally celebrated throughout the
country with parades, picnics and
speeches. There were no unusual
events at any point.
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suicided bv Acon,tc.

Eden Valley. Mimi, Sept. 5.-John
Campbell of Forest City committed
'l!cide by taking acconite. He tried
. starve himself to death but gave it
Up. He was sixty years old. He
caves no family.
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Wilkesbarre. Pa. Sept. Awhile en-
deavoring to prevent Fred Chapman
from beating his wife to-day William
Davis was fatally shot by, the en-.
ragged husband.
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A m.rderer,. Victim buried.

A Murderer's Victim Buried.
Dodge Center, Mimi. Sept. 4.-The
body of Sam Simmons or Linnel. who
is thought to have been murdered last
week in Fargo, was brought here and
buried to-day. He formerly lived in
this place.
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Judge w. D. Fluedy, who went to
Arizona with the first set of terri
torial officers in 1863, died at Prescott,
.Ariz., last night of nervous disease.
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The Engineer Released.

Denver. Sept 5.-Hellmouth Loesch-
er. engineer of the Hotel Gumry, re-
Gently destroyed by an explosion, was
relea sad TODAY
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ACCOUNTS MIXED.
Aiasvvorth r. sponord, the venera
bic Librarian of Congress-.

bic Librarian of Congress.
New York, Sept. 5.-The many ad-
mirers Of Ainsworth Il. Spofford, the
venerable librarian of congress, will
be grieved to know that his financial
affairs as librarian of congress and
chief of the copyright bureau are at
least S35,0OO short. Mr.. Sponord
claims that the whole difficulty
The Dickinson press., 1895-09-07
strike Ended.

Dundee. Sept. 4.-The strike of jute
workers has been ended and the men
The Dickinson press., 1895-09-07

4 company of Cubans under SEN
tenca Of imprisonment in tn eFortress
II Ceutn Morocco, for rebellion, were
ieported from Havana to-dav
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AT Hickman. KY, today william
Butcher. desperate negro, was taken
from jail by mob and shot to death.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-21
FREE GIFT COUNTER.
5ouR FARM PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED
III GRATUIToUsLY. ...ss
Democratic Tariff Law Establishes . New
n Process For Reaching the Worlds Mar
ia kets-Millions Of Pounds Of Cotton, Lard
N and Bacon Given Away. s+s3tf t,$<

IA kets-Millions Of Pounds Of Cotton, Lard
and Bacon Given Away. 7. $e,[t ;
81 While it has always been claimed by
the friends Of free trade that their pol
icy would open the markets of the world
Ito American products and manufactures,
they have never shown the extent of the
free gift distri tuition that has to be made
in reaching those markets. The German
tariff had been in force seven months on
March 81, 1895, and in that time our
exports Of cotton were as follows, COM
pared with the corresponding seven
months year earlier: 49,.
EXPORTS OF COTTON.
Seven months to Pounds. Value.
March 81, 1885. 49,. 2,924, Sl5673 $1C6 sz3, $50
March 81, 1894. ,23O. 426 400 176,223 ,7Sa
Increase, 1895. 693, 8S9,2G4 1850, SOC
In reaching the markets of the world
we have sold nearly 694, 900, 900 pounds
more Of cotton than we did a year ear
ier, but we have received 50, $50, 900
less money for the larger quantity than
was paid us for the smaller quantity
shipped a year earlier. Itpraotically cost
us the $3.50, 900 to make free gifts to
foreign manufacturing countries of 694,-
900, 900 pounds of cotton.
Let us now look at other farm produce
and see if the producers Of bacon and
lard, for instance, have Jared any better
than the cotton growers, our exports Of
these two commodities for nine months
ending March 81, 1894 and 1896, COM
pairing as follows:
EXPORTS OF BACON.
Nine months to Pounds. Value.
March 81, 1895. 848, Ss5, 664 $40, 053. 3s3
March 81, 1894. ......... 81, 733 100 29,61O,798
Increase, 1895. .......... 38,652,534 IS, 465
Decrease.
EXPORTS OF LARD
Nine months to Pounds. Value
March 81, 1885 .......... 1853, 153 997 $8, $50
March 81, 1894 ........... 3l7147, 1l9 9,8191O6
Increase, 1895. 46W6,s78 *1,&8,2l7
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-21

civil conflict continued in Hayti; the
yellow fever broke ont, and an English
fleet appeared off the coast. Notwith-
standing the peace of Amiens, here was
aUGr. ..
In the meantime, Sebastian, Napo-
Icons agent in the East, came back to
Paris, and published in The Monireur .
report in which there was hint Of the
purpose Of France to reoccupy Egypt!
Moreover, the First Consul proceeded to
divide Piedmont into Departments, after
the French Manners though tho
country were altogether French. TO the
complaints of Lord Whitworth. the
English ambassador. he simply answer
ed, ''These things are only bagatelles. !"
England hereupon-the treaty Of
Amiens to the contrary Notwithstanding
refused to give back Malta to the
Knights Of st. John. This was fragrant.
She had agreed to do go; and Napoleon
insisted that she must. Moreover, the
Cape Of Good Hope the ''oaravansary
Of the Indies" was not surrendered. 1t
became apparent that England would
not keep her compact; and this signified
the Imminent renewal Of war. Bona
parta himself foresaw the coming storm.
In his eagerness to prepare for it-see-
Ing the exposures Of the French empire
In North America-he made haste to
sell to the United States for 60, 600, 600
francs the vast domain from the Missis-
sippi to the Pacific. -Pitt got Malta,
Napoleon an excuse, and Jefferson Lou.
isianai JOHN CLARK R1DPATH.