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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1896-03-04
BALTIMORE ANo OHIO INsolveNf.


The Great Railway sy~tens, Unable % Pay
1ts Dsbts. Gets - Receiver.
BALTIMoRE. March 2.-The Baltimore
and Ohio Railway company. ono Of the
oldest and most extensive transportation
systems In the United States. and until
recently one gf the most profitable, has
confessed ito Insolvency and gone into tho
hands OF receivers. John X. Cowen, its
president. and Oscar G. Murray, its third
vice-president. will hereafter operate 1t
for the benefit of the creditors and bond
holders. under the direction of the United
States court. This action was taken after
. prolonged struggle against the newt
akle, and was the immediate result of the
failure Of the directors to negotiate loans
TO provide for interest and other payments
due and about TO become due.
For several years, however, the road has
been losing money, and while the COL
lapse, coming at this time. was surprise
to many, but few believed that IL could be
averted much longer. Since the last regu-
lar meeting of the directors two weeks
ago Major Alexander Shaw, chairman of
the finance committee. and President
Cowen have spent a great deal of time in
New York endeavoring to borrow enough
money to provide for large floating debt
and payments Of interest amounting TO
$4O0, 00J. falling due today The Baltimore
and Ohio system includes 1908 miles OF
railway, extending into all parts of the
country east of the Mississippi river.
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SPAIN FULL OF REsENTM ENT.
State of Affairs That Is Likely to Make .
Prophet of Senator Morgan.

MADRID. March g. Copyright, 1896, by
the Associated Press. IF one may judge
by the things that have been said and
some of the things that have been done
the Spanish people are enthusiastically de-
termined TO go to war forthwith with the
United States and to speedily avenge the
insult which it is f6ncied has been offered
TO the pride of Spain by the United States
senate. Some of the organs of public
opinion declare that the bankruptcy of
the Spanish government would not pre-
vent the Spanish people from taking up
the quarrel on their own account and fit
ting out expeditions and maintaining
themselves at their own expense while
combating the "insolencc Of the assertions
of the United States"
There seems to have been a notable In
crease of excitement and patriotic ardor
among the people since Saturday, when
the news Of the senates action was first
made known. Such a stress of feeling az
now exists, il IL continue for any length
of time, cannot but afford serious
menace to the peaceful relations of the
two countries The Spanish authorities
seem to have felt apprehensions of the
form the peoples wrath might take, and
provided special safeguards for the sup
preston of disorders, and especially for
the protection of any official represent
alive of the United States government.
The preparations of the government are
not all Of peaceful character, however.
1t Is significant that the minister of
marine, Admiral Jose Maria Beranger,
has issued orders for the training squad
ron to be prepared to sail. 1t Is regarded
as probable that this squadron will pro-
coed shortly to Cuba. 1t has also been
ordered that all other warships available
be forthwith armed and equipped and put
into condition for active service. In adj
dition to this about fifty merchant steam
ers available for the government service
will be provided with naval ornaments.
For the military branch of the service
fresh expedition OF 10000 infantry and
5000 cavalry will be equipped and put on
war footing and will be kept in readi.
ness TO leave at the shortest notice.
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INLAND DAILY PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Proceedings of It's Annual Meeting and the
Onicers Elected.

Proceedings of Its Annual Meeting and the
Officers Elected.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26-The tenth annual
meeting of the Inland Daily Press associa-
tion was held here yesterday Represen-
tatives were present from the five states
comprising the observation-disclosures
Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan.
The meeting was called to order by Presi-
dent w. NJ Morris, of Muscatine La. The
regular annual reports of the officers
showed the association to be- prosperous
financially and otherwise The themes,
THE Penny Newspaper-Will it Payp"
and 1.-THE Type Setting Machine-Has 1t
Proved Advantageous to Small Dailiesf"
were earnestly discussed and many differ
ent opinions given.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, w. Bert
Wilson, of Lafayette Ind. vice presidents
IS. w. Grubb. Galesburg, Ills; j. K.
Sutton, Logansport, Ind; K. A. Fosterin,
Racine, Wis +. r. ellison, Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, and Will " Tufford, Clinton,
Ia; secretary and treasurer, Ira S. Car
penter, Michigan City, Ind. The meet
ing adjourned to meet again in Chicago
in June next. when the time and place for
the next annual meeting will be selected.
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THE DEATH RECORD.

Rear Admiral JOSEPH FyFFE, retired,
at Pearse, Neb
Senior N. LOPEZ, Spanish consul at New
Orleans.
General DAVID MORRISON, at New
York
CHARLES l.. COLBY, a prominent rail.
road man, at New York.
M. H. SHANKLIN, executive clerk Of the
senate. at Washington.
THOMAS =. MORGAN, reconnaissance
Of the District of Columbia, at Washing
ton.
Brigadier General GEORGE w. GLE, at
Philadelphia.
SAMUEL EDISON, father of the famous
inventor, nt Norwalk, o.
General MADISON MILLER, retired army
officer. at st. Lous.
WILLIAM PARKE, oldest Mason In Indi-
ana, at Wabash. Ind.
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Linton and the Marquette Statue.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 29-An effort will
be made to prevent the dedication Of the
statue OF Father Pere Marquette in Statu-
airy hall of the Capitol by Linton, the
member from Michigan who Is an avowed
representative of the A. p. A. Linton
has prepared resolution to prevent the
placing of the statue i'm the Capitol, basing
his protest on the law providing that only
statues Of citizens of the state furnishing
shem shall be placed there. and claiming
that Father Marquette was not citizen
of Wisconsin,
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Double Lvncbing I'm Texas.

DALLAS, Feb. ga special to The News
from Wichita Falls, Ike, says: At $3.50
o'clock last night mob attacked the Jail
here, where Foster Crawford and 1.-THE
Kid" were confined. After show OF re-
sistance on the part of the authorities the
mob battered in the jail doors and forcibly
took possession of the prisoners For
some reason at present unknown the force
of rangers which had prevented mob law
before was suddenly called to Amarillo.
Both men were strung up. They had
robbed the Wichita bank the day before
and killed the cashier
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NEW YORK ALSO VERY WET.
Rain Raises the Floods and Inundato,
Cellars and Destroys Brides.

Rain Raises the Floods and Inundatcs
Cellars and Destroys Brides.
NEW YORK, March 1.-The warm aud
almost continuous rain of Saturday, Sat
urday night and yesterday throughout
New York state served to bring the frost
Hudson and smaller streams, and do con-
siderable damage to property by flooding
cellars and carrying away bridges Traf-
fc on many railroads has been seriously
delayed by washouts and in q number of
cities street car service has been entirely
suspended on account Of high water Very
little IL any damage was sustained in this
city. The ice in the North and East rivers
and New York barber has about all dis
appeared.
AT Saratoga cellars were filled with
water and the streets badly flooded. Three
dams at Schuylerville and all the bridges
between Ba lston Spa and Rock City
Falls were carried away. At Whitehall
the water In Wood creek Is higher than IL
has been for the past twenty years. The
large flume of the Champlain silk mills
has been swept away, and over 3OU men
will be thrown out of work until the dam
age can be repaired.
The damage to property in Whitehall
alone will exceed $50, 900. At Amsterdam
much damage was done TO mills and
buildings by the overlooking of the Chuc-
tanau, creek The Mohawk river is very
high and has overfowed It's banks in the
lowlands, doing considerable damage In
the vicinity of Fonda. At Hudson the
docks are under water and considerable
damage has resulted to cotton In ware
knr
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THE WORK OF AN ANGRY MOB At
BARCELONA

United States Consulate stoned. but the
TuEbuisnts Promptly Dispsrsed by the
Police--Your Uncse samuel Object of
Aversion by Chrlstins's sahjscts.
BARCELONA. Spain, March S.-lCopy-
hight. 1896 by tho Associated Press. i
The fever Of indignation against the
United States which seems to have taken
possession Of the heart OF all Spain. over
the action of the United States senate In
recognizing the rebelsin Cuba AS belliger-
ents. and In calling upon President Cleve-
land to use his good Offices with Spain to
secure the independence of Cuba. QUINN
ated in violent scenes here yesterday and
an attack upon the United States consul
late. The trouble did not arise out of the
spontaneous formation Of the mob which
did the violence, but was the outcome OF
a public meeting. which had been In
fuenced by fervid speeches. The public
demonstration to protest against the
United States action was organized by
the political leaders, including republicans
and men of all shades of political senti-
ment.
Orators Fire the Popular Heart.
1t was o'clock in the afternoon when
the meeting had assembled and there
were fully $1,000 people present, all In a
state of high patriotic enthusiasm and
ripe for any manifestation of the emotions
which possessed them They wera adj
dressed by orators provided for the occa-
sion, and the purpose Of the meeting was ex-
planned as one of protest against the recog-
milton of the Cuban government as bel
ligerent power by the United States sem
ate. The spirit Of the crowd took fire and
they set off for the United States con-
sulate. The leaders who had originated
the meeting seem TO have realized the Sc
rious consequences that might follow
upon demonstration that took this di-
-ection, and they made every effort to dis
suade the mob from its purpose.
Crowd Charged by the Police.
But their utmost efforts were of no
avail and the crowd set off for the United
States consulate. The authorities of the
city had by this time taken alarm and
force of police was sent to the consulate.
The excited crowd was not inundated by
this show of force from gathering before
the consulate and shouting Long live
Spain" and Down with the Yankees"
These verbal missiles did not long sat
isfy the aroused passions OF the mob, and
in a short time stones began flying from
the crowd which broke number of win
dows in the consulate. The force of
police waited for no further manifesto
ton, but charged the crowd under the
orders of their officers and roughly dis
persed them. wounding several
Vented Their Enthusiasm Elsewhere.
So far as learned there were no fatal re-
suits. Being driven away from the
United States consulate the crowd
marched off to the prefecture of police
and gathered at the newspaper offices.
There it listened to some more fcrvid ora
tory and got itself worked up To the high
est pitch of enthusiasm and patriotic
spirit. The Military club in the city was
also a centre of excitement and there
were also glowing speeches INDUCED in
to the honor of the army, which were
eagerly listened to and greeted with loud
cheers.
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A train near Brunswick, n. j.. struck
a carriage containing two young men and
two young women. killing Laura Childs
and seriously wounding all three of the
others.
The trustees of the Grant monument at
New York announce that they have
enough money TO complete it and that it
will be finished i'm time for dedication on
Grants birthday in 1897. -
Three young children of Nelson Parker
were burned to death at Chisfield, Md.
They were left in locked room while
their mother was away on an Grand The
eldest of the children was years old and
the youngest months
General Weyler declares he expects to
put down the Cuban revolution in year
anda half Not long ago he told Cuban
planters he thought they could begin
grinding sugar by the middle of next
month.
c. N. Race, of Chicago, ex-cashier of the
Burlington (Kas) National bank has been
acquitted of the charge of embczzling s73,-
COZ OF the banks funds.
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PERE MARoUETTE's STATUE
Unveiled by the Artist and the Wisconsin
Representative-Linto Still Hostile.

unveiled by the Artist anu the WISCONSIN
Representative-Linton Still Hostile.
WASHINGTON, March ITO avert any
trouble over the unwilling of the Mar
quette statue in the Capitol, which has
aroused antagonism from the A. p. A,
the covering was removed from the statue
yesterday and will not be replaced. Judge
J. w. Losey, of Wisconsin, and Senior
Trentanove, the sculptor, went to the
Capitol and took the wrappings from the
statue. No arrangements for II formal
unwilling had been made, and Judge
Losey, who represents the state of Wis
consin, which is the donor, concluded
that the ceremony might be dipensed
with. After demonstration by a crank
it was feared that a public gathering
about the statue might be attended by
some unpleasant incident. The crank
was arrested after being heard to say that
he would, ii he could, make debris of the
statue.
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Caupbt Hinder Failing Walls.

DECATUR. ILL.,, March "A. +. Geb-
hard a. Sons three story stone front store
has been wrecked by fire. The loss on
the building is 100000 and on the stock
So, 900. with $4,000 insurance on all.
Henry c. Austin, Central Union line
man, went into store adjoining to get q
telephone when the walls fell on the
building. crushing 1t. Austin was dug
out with fractured skull, but Is expected
tn Iva
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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2S.-The state Pro-
hibition convention met here yesterday
and nominated full state ticket headed
by Rev. f. G. 5house, of Terre Haute, for
governor The platform is broad guage"
and covers all the national issues, de-
msnding free silver, woman suffrage. in
come tax. election of senator's by popular
vote, only sufficient tariff to secure equit-
able commercial relation and government
ownership of natural monopolica
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HIS HOPE is A suPERsEDEAs.
The One Thing That Stands Between Ed
itor Dunlop and the Pen.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S-In refusing to re-
nit the Imprisonment in the sentence of
Joseph II. Dunlop. editor and proprietor
of The Dispatch. Judge Grosscup took
occasion to give Chicago experts a rub.
The report of DR.. Billings, to whom the
case was referred by the judge, said that
there was no sign of another stroke of
apoplcxy or paralysis; that such stroke
would not be necessarily rendered more
probable by confinement in prison; that
Dunlop's greatest danger was Bright's
disease, and prison discipline without too
severe labor would not hasten the disease
The Judge therefore denied the remission
asked, but gave the defendant two weeks
more to complete his bill Of exceptions
upon which he will ask supersedeas.
Unless supersedeas be granted Dunlop
will have to go to Joliet on Saturday.
March IL
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The situation I'm Kentucky.

FRANKFORT. Feb 2S-The Blackburn
men declare apropos of the senatorial dead.
lock that Republican senator will be un-
seated for every Democrat voted out of the
house, and that If the unseating business
begins there will be no more joint ballots
at this session. The sound money" Dem
ocrats have requested n caucus for propo-
sitions for Black burns withdrawal. The
senator says he will comply IL petition
for his withdrawal is signed by major.
itv
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and Much Damage Done Throughout the
State To Railways and Bridges-But Ono
Life Lost So Far ss Known
BRISTOL, Conn, March 2.-The greatest
flood in the history Of Bristol swept down
the Pequaback valley yesterday morning.
spreading ruin and desolation on every
hand. The town Of Bristol was hsavy
sufferer during the storm of few weeks
ago when six men lost their lives, but the
waste of waters before daylight yesterday
morning eclipses all previous records.
The heavy rain and melting snow on the
mountains swelled the basin OF the old
Copper Mine dam in Whiggsville the
northern section of this town. until 1t
burst. tearing hole 100 feet wide In the
granite masonry and letting volume Of
water covering seventy-five acres, and
forty feet high, into the river below, which
itself was a roaring torrent. The break
occurred about 2 o'clock.
Comes Down the Valley with a Roar.
The great body Of water tore down the
valley with roar that was heard above
the noise of the storm for miles away.
For the first two miles there were no
buildings near the river and the water
At Forestville, four miles below, people
living near the river were obliged to
abandon their residences, as the water
broke into the lower stories before the in
mates were out of bed The roar of the
flood aroused families for miles around,
and many people whose houses the flood
had not reached packed up what effects
they could in anticipation of beiug sum-
marily evicted. The highway bridges on
nearly all roads crossing the Pequaback
were swept away. Ten in all have gone
out and others are badly damaged. The
streets OF Bristol and the village Of For
estville were badly washed in many places.
Flooded the Town of Bristol.
The lower stories of dozens of houses
were covered with water all the morning
and much property in the cellars was
ruined. The New England roadbed was
undermined in many places and wreck
ing crews have been at work all day. The
Bristol Brass and Coke company's fac
tory was flooded, the water at the dam
gorging channel forty feet wide and
twelve feet deep. The highway bridge at
Forestville Centre sagged several feet and
Is in an impossible condition. 1t Is esti-
mated that the town of Bristol will lose
from $50, OO0 to $4,000 by damage to the
bridges and roads.
General Throughout the State.
A dispatch from Hartford says that this
town was not alone in the damp destruc-
ton. The rain storm of Saturday, Satur-
day night and yesterday caused the great
est damage to property throughout the
state known in twenty years Many seri-
Gus accidents, washouts and wrecks are
reported. The Connecticut river is swol-
len until it has reached point three
times greater than its normal proper
tions The big iron bridge at Middletown
was in great danger all the afternoon and
portion of the false work was swept
away, but the main structure is still in
tact The storm in Winsted and other
sections of Litchfleld county was very Sc
we're. The loss in Litchfield county alone
is estimated at nearly 100000. At Brook
Ign a well known mill owner lost his life
and several accidents are are reported
from many sections.
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stax in a hallway Sale Case.

MILWAUKEE, March Am appeal from
the order of sale of the Green Bay, Winona
and St. Paul road has been taken by w. s.
Mowrey, representing the first mortgage
bondhoders. A stay of proceedings has
been granted pending the appeal IL will
require from thirty to sixty days before
the court of appeals can take up the case.
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BERGEN. Norway, Feb 29-The Aften-
bladt announces that the pilot, Klaebo,
who accompanied Captain Virgins on his
Arctic expedition. has just returned from
Yeneoseisk, in the northern part of ST.
IBERIA. where In the latter part Of January
he heard customs official remark that
DIR. Nansen was returning from the pole,
which he had all but reached
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Declared from the Mails.

WASHINGTON, March 3 = Postmaster
General Wilson has issued a batch of lot
terry orders against the Pan-American In
vestment company and the American
Coupon Investment company. operating
at Topeka, Emporis and Kansas City,
Kan. Fort Smith, Ark, and FL Paso,
Tex. The concern conducts a bond in
vestment scheme held to be lottery. A
number OF It's officers are also included In
tho orfiera
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rhoma. G. Piatt Ha. . Fall.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Thomas G. Platt
slipped on the sidewalk near the
Twenty-third street entrance to the Fifth
Avenue hotel last night and fell heavily,
injuring his hip and thigh. An examina-
ton revealed that no bones had been
broken, but that the ex-senator had suf-
fered a strain and severe nervous shock.
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South MANCHESTER Conn.,, March a.
Miss Louise Treble, 20 years old, was
stabbed to death by Caspar Hadlen,
German 40 years of age, employed by a
sister of the. murdered woman. The man
was desperately In love with the woman
and upon her refusal to marry him COM
mitted the murder.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 20 President Cleve.
land. 1t is said, has practically CLOSED ne.
Rotiations for the purchase of duck shoot.
ing grounds on the Potomac river in Stat.
ford county, Virginia, about forty miles
below Washington. The place Is owned
by New Workers, has a water frontage OF
about a mile, and Is fitted up with blinds
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Fatal Fire mt Duluth.

DULUTH, Feb. 29.-Flre broke out at 2
a. m. in the o. Brien- Knowlton block on
Michigan street. The building which was
four stories. was total loss The upper
stories were occupied by families, and IL
is feared that several lives have been lost.
1t is almost certain one woman was
burned to death. Several persons were in.
jured by jumping.
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Governor Greenhalge, of Massachusetts,,
has been very i'll, but the latest reports
from his bedside show an Improvement
Americans are taking an active part
against the rebels In Nicaragua At the
bombardment Of Momotombo the Ameri-
cans ID ID. Perry. of Chicago; Canal
Agent Weiser, and three others practical
ly had charge of the government gun
boat.
Frederick W. Dunton, ex-supervisor of
Queens county and nephew of Austin
Corbin. was arrested at New York charged
with stealing about $1,000.
Fire ut Halifax, N. s., destroyed block
OF buildings. causing loss of about
q, OO0,0OOs
August Schrader, the Illinois divine
healer, Is at Chicago. where he will try
to cure an unqucstionable case Of par.
alysis.
A suit In replevin has been fled before
justice of the peace I'm Washington to re-
cover possession of tall white hat once
owned and worn by Abraham Lincoln.
The coroner's jury at st. Louis justified
DIR. Dill, the dentist who killed bis assist
ant, Seaman. Dill Is thought to be Inn
proving.
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Matte Overman, with whom Rev. Dr.
G. o. Brown is charged with having been
unduly intimate, testified at the San
Francisco trial that the prosecution was a
blackmailing plot, of which she and Mrs
Davidson were the hatchers.
United States Minister Terrell at Con-
stantinople writes to brother in Texas
that it is mighty poor policy for Amer
lean missionaries in Armenia to write
and have published in America letters
abusing the sultan and porte.
The first conviction of Cuban fllibusters
under the neutrality laws has taken place
at Philadelphia, the captain and two first
officers of the Horsa having been found
guilty. The case will be appealed.
Florence Lillian Wickes-Ford, daughter
Of Thomas H. Wickes, vice president of
the Pullman Palace Car company, the
pretty heroine of rather disastrous elope-
ment little over year ago, has begun
suit for divorce at st. Louis.
The Peruvian government. after long
diplomatic negotiations with the United
States and England. has agreed to make
1t possible for Protestants TO ma rry In
that country