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The true northerner., 1897-01-06
FIRE IN GOTHAM HOTEL.
Four Lodgers and q Policeman Receive
Severe injuries.

New York. Jan. 4.-Five men were
severely injured at a fire Saturday in
a cheap hotel in East Houston street.
One of the number was a policeman;
the others were dodgers. Following are
the names and the nature Of their in
juris: Sigmund Lissauer, right arm.
right leg and right thigh broken; Adam
Eber rib broken: George White. face
and hands burned; Frederick O'Brien.
face and hands burned: Patrolman
Frederick Stahl. face and hands burned.
Stahl was the first to discover the
fire. and after turning In an alarm. he
ran back to the building and aroused
the occupants. There were eleven per-
sons In the building at the time Two
OF these were servants. who were at
work I'm the kitchen. where the fire
started. and these were tn first to leave
the building.
Eber and Lassauer tried TO escape by
way of the window. Eber. In jumping
to the sidewalk, broke one Of his ribs.
Lissauer missed his footing and fell to
the sidewalk. The burns sustained by
officer Stahl and O'Brien and White
were incurred while they were aiding
others out OF the building. The loss is
s6 OOO
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Run on n bank.

Cripple Greek, Col, Jan. 4-There
was a run Saturday on the First Ma
tional bank, which the bank officers
say was caused by the circulation Of a
report that the bank would not open to-
day by a man whom they had refused
a loan. Small depositors formed In
lire and were paid. No big deposit
was touched. A special train was run
from Colorado Springs with $4,000.
President Parker said: I'VE have on
deposit more than enough to pay every
dollar should II be demanded. but only
small depositors seem anxious, and
business men, minig men and personal
friends are depositing more than is be-
ing drawn out"
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
New Cause for an Injunction.

Detroit. Jan. 2.-George Mulrooney a
man employed by the Citizens railway,
has secured an injunction restraining
the company from discharging him.
The agreement between the company
and the union is that only union men
shall be employed. Mulrooney failed TO
join the union and the walking delegate
informed the company that ii must dis
charge the motorman. The company
gave Mulrooney notice, and he secured
this injunction. Mulrooney has as at
torneys the lawyers of the railway
company, and il is said to be a scheme
on the part of the company to break the
agreement.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
MOB ATTACKS iwO POLICEMEN.
Two Toughs Shot and the Policemen Badly
Cut and Beaten.


Cut and Beaten.
Grand Rapids, Mich. Jan. 1.-Two po-
licemen were pounded half to death by
a crowd OF toughs yesterday, and two
of their assailants were shot. PATROL
men Viergiver and Harrington found
the saloon of Sommers & Treadwell do
ing a thriving back-door business in
violation of the law. AS the officers en-
tered the air suddenly filed with clubs.
bottles and glasses. officer Viergiver
was struck over the head and felled
with a heavy hickory club. He was
drawing his revolver as ne fell. and
he pulled the trigger. Several shots
were fired from the crowd and Har-
rington managed to get his revolver out
and shoot Treadwell. who was pound
ing him over the head with beer
bottle. The next moment Harrington
went to the floor
An officer outside sent for the patrol
wagon. A squad of eight policemen
responded, but most of the crowd had
managed to slip away. Officer Vier-
giver had an arm broken in two places.
a finger broken. his nose smashed and
and awful cash across the scalp. His
injuries are not necessarily fatal. Officer
Harrington was all cut up with broken
glass. Treadwell was shot in the right
lung, apd not likely to recover The
name of the other wounded man Is not
known
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Negro Confe..es a Murder.

Chicago. Jan. 4. - William Thomas
Powers. the negro porter who has been
locked up at the stock yards police
station under suspicion Of having mur-
dered Saloon Keeper John J. Murphy,
admitted to the police Saturday that
he was the assassin. In his confession,
which he swore to before Justice Hen
messy, he laid his first step toward en-
tering a plea OF temporary insanity by
saying that since his youth he has been
a victim of sickness Of a peculiar kind.
During these fits Of sickness he commits
acts OF which he has no knowledge un-
I'll he energies from their influence. and
Il was during one Of these spells that
be killed Murphy.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
DEATH OF ADMIRAL sKeRRITT
He Had Seen Long and Active Service
During and Since the War.

He Had Seen Long and Active Service
During and Since the War.
Washington, Jan. 4-Rear Admiral
Joseph Skerritt, retired, died here FRI
day. His death, while sudden, was
in bad health since his retirement from
active service in July. 1894. The ad-
miral was In the cath year OF his age
and is survived by a widow, three
daughters and two sons. The funeral
will take place Sunday afternoon and
the interment will be at Arlington.
Admiral Skerritt had a long and
honorable career in the service of his
country A native of Ohio, he entered
the navy as midshipman in October,
1S48 passed through the various grades,
becoming a lieutenant in 1855, a lieu
tenant commander in 1862 and was sta
toned at the Washington navy yard
the following year. after which he
served creditably during the civil war
on the Shenandoah and the gunboat
Katahdin. He commanded the gun
boat Aroostook from 1864 TO 1865, and
was actively engaged with the Confed-
crate fortifications at the mouth of the
Brazos river, Texas, i'm June, 1864. Sub
sequently he spent three years survey
ing i'm the Pacific ocean, had command
of an expedition to Panama and an
other TO Apia, Samoa, to settle local
troubles with the United States con-
sui; was governor for two years Of the
naval asylum at Philadelphia. later was
in command of the naval forces on the
Pacific station and was in Honol llu
during the exciting times following the
revolution. 1t is said that because OF
his suspected sympathy with the an
nexation party. he was summarily de-
tached from the command OF the l.
ton and transferred to the Asiatic sta
ton, where he rendered valuable serv-
ices in connection with the troubles in
Corea leading up to the ChineseJapan-
ese war. While on the Asiatic station
he reached the retiring age. July. 1894.
and was ordered home.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
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The true northerner., 1897-01-06
NATIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Shows Decrease Of tho Debt Amounting
to Nearly 33,OOO,OOO.

Washington. Jan. 4.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows the
debt on Dec 81. less cash I'm the treas
ury, TO have been $685.. .929. .5s2. de-
crease for the month of s2.s39.577. This
decrease is accounted for by anincrease
of s., ,963, ,2Sl in the amount in cash i'm the
treasury. The increase i'm the cash was
the result of the recent sale of first
mortgage Pacific railroad bonds belong
ing TO the Central Pacific sinking fund.
The debt ~ recapituated as follows:
Interest bearing debt, sS47 1853, $50;
debt on which interest has ceased since
maturity. 81, 1888. .0I0 debt bearing no in
terest s372. 2.5O2,20l; total, $1,221, PAS, 96l.
This amount however. does not in
clude $3.50, 0,S09573 in certificates and
treasury notes outstanding, offset byan
equal amount of cash in the treasury.
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows: Gold. SIZE, 5,203. 1892 silver. $780,
615 5S4; paper, 151. 1851 $40; bonds. depos-
it's in national bank repositories, ect.,
S17 7.2s6,644; total, 1888. .463.551, against
which there are outstanding demand
liabilities amounting to s625. 172,
which leaves a balance of $22S. .320, 1873
cash in the treasury.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06

Macoutah, Ills, Jan. An the sensa- :
tional divorce suit of Mrs. Millie Hodel
Klingelhoefer against her husband, Pro-
fessor Charles B. Klingelhoefer. a de-
cision was rendered in the st. Clair
county court in favor OF the plaintiff.
allowing her $50 per month alimony.
The defendant will appeal against the
alimony. The case is a singular one.
The young couple. both Of whom stand
high In the community. were married
two years ago. They separated the next
day after the wedding. and although
the case has been in court for several
months the real reason for the separa-
tton is not yet known.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Wanted to Get Up Early.
LAST VISIT OF THE PHYSICIAN.
Finding of an Open Gas Jet and the Ex.
planation That Is Made.

T.
planation That Is Made.
Before going to bed herself Mrs. Man
ion looked into McCullagh's room. She
saw that everything in the room was
In order and then retired to her own
apartments. About midnight she woke
up and detected an odor of escaping
gas. She investigated and found
burner in the combination gas and cleo
trio light chandelier which hangs sus-
pended in the center of McCullagh's
room, open. The odor of gas was very
strong in the apartments. Mrs. Manion
turned on an electric light and shut off
the gas McCulagh woke up
Joe she said." did you know the
gas was escaping In your room? You
would have been dead man in the
morning IL had not discovered it,
McCullagh was apparently too drowsy
TO realize what his sister -in-law said.
He murmured an inaudible reply and
fell asleep again. Mrs. Manion raised
the open window little higher, so that
the fumes OF the gas would leave the
room, and then returned to bed In
dications seemed to be that McCullagh
had got out OF bed for something. and
IN trying to turn on an electric light he
turned on the gas. He did not notice
the error and retired again unconscious
of danger.
Careful Investigation warrants the
conclusion that McCullagh was awak-
ened later In the morning by smother
ing attack, and climbing out of bed
again, nervous and unsteady from the
spell, went to the window for more
air. AS he threw the sash up TO it's
full height he was probably overcome
with weakness. lost his balance and
rolled out over the window sill and
fell 10 death.
There seems to be difference OF op-
inion as to whether McCullagh's death
was due to accident or was the result
OF his own act. This latter theory is
secuted by the dead mans friends.
The funeral is set for o'clock Satur-
day afternoon at Mrs Manion's resi-
dence. Rev. DIR. w. w. Boyd, pastor
Of the Second Baptist church, and Rev.
John Snyder, prominent Unitarian
minister OF this city, will conduct the
services. The interment will be at Belle
fontaine cemetery.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06

State NOueos
The dry goods stores Of Louis Grabow
In Marquette and Baraga. Mich. We're
seized under foreclosure OF chattei
mortgage by A. krolich & Co. Of De-
triot. 1t was announced business would
be resumed as soon as satisfactory set
Elements could be made with creditors.
The assets and liabilities are each esti-
mated at $50, 900.
Miss Lille Belcher committed suicide
at Burr Oak. Mich. by swallowing
morphine. The cause was disappoint-
ment I'm love.
A coasting party at Ann Arbor. Mich.
collided with an engine Of the railroad
and had a miraculous escape from be-
ing ground to death. Two of the party
now lie dangerously injured at the hos
pital.
The hat Of Alexander Hurst. an at
torney at Detroit was sold from the
steps of the city hall by Constable Bar
nett to satisfy a judgment of 81 OBJ
tanned by a former servant girl of the
lawyer.
William Seife OF Fulton, Mich, aged
II, while hunting accidentally shot his
brother, George, aged Is, fatally wound
ing him.
Railroad Commissioner Billings of
Michigan is authority for the statement
that unless business picks up wonder
fully at least 1000 miles OF railroad
track will be abandoned lin that state)
next year"
A White Pigeon, Mich. resident has
a family which Is something remarka-
BILE In the way of weight. There are six
of them, the father and mother, a
daughter and three sons. and their av-
erage weight is 202 pounds.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Oldest Railway Director Dead.

Toledo. Jan. Samuel M. Young,
the oldest railroad director In The
world, died here yesterday In his 91st
year The deceased came here nearly
three-quarters of a century ago from
Lebanon, n. r., where he was born.
The late Chief Justice Waite was q
law student in Mr.. .Young's office and
received his first legal training under
his guidance. Young was also presi-
dent Of the Toledo National bank for q
quarter Of century. ..
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
DECLARES 1T WAS NOT SUICIDE.
Coroner's Jury Says sMcCuliagh's Death Was
Due to Accident.

st. Louis, Jan. 4-The inquest over
the remains Of Joseph b. McCullagh,
the veteran editor of The Globe Demo-
crat, was continued Saturday. Louis
c. Bohle, the liverman, who was Nc
Cullagh's closest friend in life, was the
only witness examined. He said: mo
man can make me believe that he was a
suicide" DR.. Wait. TIE coroner. there
upon ordered verdict to the effect that
Death was due to a fracture of the
skull received by a fall from a window
while under the influence Of sleep and
gas, the result of an accident" 1t is
not known whether the deceased left a
will or not.
A large meeting of memebers of the
press was held Saturday at which reso-
lutions were adopted highly laudatory
of the dead EDITORS career and charac-
ter
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Claims Valuable Land.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec. 3l.-Mrs.
Mary l.. Boardman, widow of F. ID.
Boardman, who died fifteen years ago,
claims a dover interest in forty acres
of thickly settled land in the north
ern part OF the city. and has employed
attorneys to with the view of suing to
enforce her claim. She alleges that
the property was sold in 1868 at a sher-
ifs sale to satisfy execution, but that
her dover interest revived upon the
death of her husband
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
GIVING AWAY TELEPHONES.
Bell Telephone Company Trying to Meet
Competition I'm Ishpening.

Ishpeming. Mich, Dec. 30.-Represen-
tatives of the Bell Telephone company
are here Offering their former patrons
free service for the coming year. The
opposition of the Marquette County
Telephone company is such that the
Bell people are compelled to give their
telephones away as an inducement to
people TO use them. Its local list has
been reduced to less than twenty-five
instruments. while the new company
has 275 in use. with more being added
daily. In view OF the fact that nearly
100 representative men of the county
are interested in the new company. in
ducements offered by the Bell company
will not injure them TO any great ex-
tent Free service will also be offered
the Negaunee people by the Bell COM
pany.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06

Some Of the important Happenings os the
state Picked Up Here and There aud Re-
ported by Telegraph = summary Of
Events Of the Past Few Daya

Menominee. Mich. Jan. Lit is un-
derstood that the county board OF SUI
pervisors now in session will take steps
favorable to the adoption OF law
which will compel tramps and others OF
that stamp sentenced to the county jail
to do manual labor while serving SEN
tences and will instruct Representative
Oberdorffer Of this district. to lay the
matter before the state legislature.
Such a law is In vogue in Wisconsin
and much hardship Is experienced in
the cities and towns and especially In
this county which is contiguous to the
Wisconsin state line, by tramps fleeing
here TO evade the workhouse. The nuis-
ance and expense has become unbear-
able and every effort will be made TO
have the law passed. This 1t is believed
will do much toward relieving the COM
munity OF the expense Of harboring
them.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Confe.ses the Murder OF James Brown.

Detroit, Dec. 31.--James Il. Lawson. an
ex-convict, has confessed to being one
OF the two men concerned in the muir
der Of James Brown, farmer living
near Millington. the night of Dec. 23.
He says that his companion, Howard
Hawley. a young mulatto. fired the fatal
shot, and that the job was inspired by
Thomas Stevens, OF Detroit. Browns
brother-in-law. All three culprits were
arrested and taken to Caro-, Mich, for
trial
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
GOV. ALTeeLo SETS SIX MEN FREE.
All of Them Sent Up for Long Terms for
the Crime of Homicide.

the Crime of Homicide.
Springfield. Ills, Jan. 4. Governor
Altgeld has granted pardons to the fol-
lowing convicts under sentence in the
state penitentiaries for the crime OF
murder: Kate Ford. sentenced from La
Sale county in 1891. for fourteen years;
Charles Richter, sentenced from Cook
county in 1889. for seventeen years;
Henry Schwartz. sentenced from Grun-
dy county In 1887, to life imprisonment;
Willis r. Morgan. sentenced from Pike
county in 1894. for fifteen years; Charles
c. Myers. sentenced from Christian
county in 1882, for ninety-nine years;
Edward J. Warren, sentenced from
Cook county in 1894 for twenty years.
He also pardoned John w. Prentiss,
sentenced from Hancock county In 1888.
for fifty years, for assault with intent
to kill
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Explosion In n Michigan Mine.

West Bay City, Mich, Jan. Ed
ward Kasper was killed and John Kel-
Ter fatally burned in an explosion In the
Monitor coal mine. five miles south Of
this city. Thursday morning. Michael
Simons was injured but over fifty other
miners who were in the mine escaped.
The three named were the only ones In
the lead where the explosion occurred.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Bessie Mine VIII Resume.

Ishpeming, Mich, Dec. 30.-Superin-
tendent Davidson of the Commonwealth
Iron company was at Humboldt Tues
day and arranged for resumption OF
operations at the Bessie mine immedi-
ately after New Years. Twenty-Five
men will be put on at the start. and
additional men Will be added az fast
as places can be made for them.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06

Legislature To He Asked tn Extend the
Tax Levy for Two Years.

rax Levy for Two Years.
Chicago. Jan. 1.-THE Legislature, will
be asked to extend the iix per cent. tax
levy over the sanitary district for the
next two years. In order to provide the
board Of trustees with sufficient funds
TO complete the work. Such was the
decision of a meeting OF the judiciary
committee of the board Saturday, snd
Its ratification by the board next
wednesday Is not questioned. The ex-
tension of the extra taxation for two
years will yield s4.460.000. The deficit
figured up by Chairman Wenter. OF the
finance committee. Is S3.S50. 900. There
will be a surplus OF 100000 TO be used
In flushing conduits for the north and
south branches. should the proposed bill
become a law.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
New Car Ferry Launched.

West Bay City, Mich, Dec. 31.-The
car ferry Pere Marquette, built at
Wheeler e. Co.'S yard for the Flint e.
Pere Marquette railway was launched
yesterday. The new craft Is intended
to ply across Lake Michigan the year
around. She is $50 feet long, 56 feet
beam and will carry thirty loaded cars,
with full outfit OF fuel.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Palmer Threatened with Pneumonia.

Springfield. Ills, Jan. 4.-Senator has
not returned to Washington owing to
illness He is confined TO his bed and
In threatened with pneumonia.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Death of DIR. Adams, of Nashotah.

Milwaukee. Jan. 4.-Rev. William Ad-
ans, ID. D., died at Nashotah, Wis. at l
o'clock Saturday afternoon. He was one
OF the founders OF the Episcopal mis-
sion at Nashotah,
The true northerner., 1897-01-06

Benton Harbor. Mich. Dec. 30.-
Thieves broke in Franklin chapel. In
Berrien Center and carried on the
church organ.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06

Union CITY, . few miles north of this
city. by hanging. He was . prominent
business man there. and was president
of the electric light company.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Two Suicides at Omaha.

Omaha, Jan. 2.-Charles s. Mason.
wealthy, and Matilda Lorsh. 10 years
old, suicided here Thursday.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06

Houghton, Mich. Dec. 29.-Joseph
Pinten. aged "a. son Of John Pinten. is
dead OF malignant diphtheria.
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
Suicide Of = Businees Man.

Coldwater. Mich, Dec. 31.-W. III.
Bond committed suicide at his home In
The true northerner., 1897-01-06
DIED ON THE PAVE
FALLS FROM A BED ROOM WINDOW.

Report That It Was . Suicide Proves In
eerrect-Gets UP While Suffering from =
snothering spell. Probably. and ia His
Weakness Takes u Plunge of Twenty
Five Feet to the stones Below and Dies
There Alone-sad End of the Career ofs
Brilliant Journalist.
The state herald., 1897-03-12
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'rows ON the Banks of the Ganges ana
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