Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-08-27

family killed by freight train. In
with two women on tri-cy-
tic he was en- route to attend camp
meeting at Ashburn. The women es
capped by jumping.
Some one forced an entrance into the
OF Walter l.. Mains cir
Gus while exhibiting at Long Branch,
N. J.. and stole from It cash box con
tanning $1,000. The robbery was not
discovered until the employees of the
circus started to take the wagon from
the show grounds.
The combined democrats, populists
and silver republicans of Washington
have placed their ticket In the field.
John X. Rogers, populist, heads the
ticket for governor. The populists get
all the state officers save supreme judge
and state printer, which go to the demo.
saats, with congressman large. The
republicans get congressman.
Merrill s. Ring, one of the largest
lumber firms in the Saginaw tMichigan)
valley, has asked for an extension of
time from their creditors. The firm
has more than 100000 assets, but ow.
Ing to the recent failures of other large
numbering concerns, they are unable to
care for short-tlme paper.
1t is announced that Chauncey M. De
pew will preside at mass meeting in
Carnegie hall on the night of August q
at which the campaign In New York is
to be opened by ex.President Harrison,
Senator Thurston of Nebraskr has been
invited to address the meeting, but has
not yet accepted.
The democratic state convention of
Texas was held at Fort Worth. The
attendance was smaller than at any
previous state convention for years.
There were no contests except for rail-
road commissioner and chairman of the
state committee. The convention was
strongly for silver,
The Westminster Gazette publishes a
long article calling attention to the
political campaign in the United States
as being not only battle between the
east and west, but between the Ameri
can debtor and his British creditor, ano
advises Englishmen desiring the defeat
of free silver to restrain their shout fol
Mckinley.
In the United States Circuit court ir
San Francisco, Erwin T. Earle was
granted an injunction against PHILIP
Armour and Robert Graham, who, Earle
alleged, had used an infringement O
his patent ventilator for fruit cars. The
injunction will tie up all Armour's carr
and force the use of Earle's cars.
Judgement was delivered by the Chic
Justice In the Admiralty court at Halifa,
in the case of the American ishinl
schooner, Frederick Geerlng, sus
tanning the seizure and ordering the yes
sci forfeited to the Canadian Govern
ment. The "Geer ng" was seized fo
fishing within tn. three mile limit.
Dispatches received from lIolguin
province of Santiago dc Cuba, announce
that force of 1000 insurgents, unde
Calixto Garcia, attacked the forts o
Banes, a town situated near the coast in
the northern part of Holguin district
but were repulsed. They burned tn,
villages of Carbonoco and Lama, in tina
vicinity.
News reached St. Johns, n. f., from
Turnavick, Labrador, that the stcamc
Hope, now en- route for the Arcti,
ocean, commanded by Lieut.. Peary
reached there July 20. The members o
the expedition landed, and after making
a series of scientific observations sailet
again for the north. Lieut. Peary RI
ported large amount of ice and nu
merous icebergs prevalent along tn,
coast.
Michael and John C. Cudahy. tn,
well-known millionaire packers of Chi
cage, have bought the entire plant o
the Northern Indiana Oil company II
Adams and Wells counties, Indiana, am
intend building pipe line from tn,
wells into Chicago, Ii is said they hav,
already ordered 10 miles of six incl
pipe. It is understood the investment
outside of the purchase price of thu
wells, involves about $I,soo,ooo.
Burt Barrett has arrived in Beividcre
ILL.,, from Oakland, Cal, on his bicycle
making the trip of $500 miles In thirty
five days. Barratt says he average,
sixty miles day on the start, and afte
leaving Omaha made an average of sew
enty.five miles daily. Much of the dis
lance through California, Nevada am
Utah was made walking, as the road
would not permit the riding of a wheel
The railroad track was used a great dea
of the time.
Mr.. Norman Lockyer, of London, TIN
well-known astronomer, and editor 0
Nature has written letter TO the Times
In which he says the most excellent OBJ
servation of the recent total eclipse of TIN
sun were obtained by Mr.. Shackelton, al
astronomer, who was conveyed on ST
General Baden PoweIrs yacht the Ola
ria, to Nova Zembia. He obtained
number OF photographs, which will Z,
far to neutraliZe the failures of the as